Oh my gosh. The Study series. The Study series are one of my absolute favorite series, and I can’t being to tell you how much I adore Valek and Yelena. The thought of a spin off series–with the same main characters–was absolutely one of the best things I ever could’ve imagined. There was no way this book could’ve disappointed. Except it kind of did. It wasn’t bad at all–I loved reading the book, honestly. It just wasn’t as amazing as I’d imagined to […]
Tragic and enchanting. Star-marked I’m starting the review off with this: I started Death Sworn on Oct 5. I finished it the same day. I then immediately started Death Marked and finished it the same day. And now I’m writing the review and I’m an absolute mess. I shed a few tears for Sorin and Ilena when I realized this was a duology. Not exactly my proudest moment, but I’m absolutely stunned and heartbroken by the intricate weaving of Cypress’s storytelling about an assassin […]
Contempt over a needless romance unleashed. I gave Uninvited five stars last year, but after a while I wasn’t incredibly interested in the sequel for some strange reason. When I was sent a review copy, though, I picked it up because–well, I love the first book, so why not give the second a chance? Yeah, maybe I shouldn’t have really picked it up. It’s hard to introduce a new major player in a sequel and even more so when that new player turns […]
I first read these books when I was maybe nine years old, and Shannon Hale was one of the first YA authors I EVER read (Goose Girl remains one of the closest books to my heart to this day) so getting to have her on Fiction Freak was a chance I just COULDN’T pass up. I’ve got a (mini) review of the first book and a GUEST POST from Shannon Hale with her Top Ten Tips for Being a Princess! EEPS indeed! My Review As […]
Blood is spilled. Hearts are crushed. I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the whimpering state this book has left me in, and I’m afraid this review will be a bit rambly due to feels. Major case of the feels. I was probably one of the first ones to read this so I didn’t really have anything to be wary of. The synopsis sounded fascinating, the cover was sleek and gorgeous, and I’d been waiting on it for maybe six months before I […]
Gorgeous and intriguing–not a gap in my love for this book. Bee-utiful I didn’t expect to love Bone Gap. Yeah that seems weird, right? That I’d choose to read a book that I wasn’t very excited about 6 months before releases? There was something about Bone Gap that intrigued me though, and when I was scrolling through Edelweiss, I thought “Why not?” and downloaded it. And then I started reading it and fell in love with a story about faces and family and […]
Salt from my tears and cruel cruel stone heart of Victoria Scott Guys. Guys. Guys. Oh my dear sweet lord. There are so many emotions. So many. Where do I even start with this review? After Fire & Flood’s catastrophic events and shocking plot twists, it’s hard to imagine that Scott could write a sequel packed with as many surprises without using her old tricks–but dear lord, she does. Salt & Stone is as stunning, if not more so, than it’s predecessor. It’s […]