Creepy, but sort of terrible and cheesy. But CREEPS. I had such, such high hopes for this one. I will admit I got a bit worried when some mixed reviews started pouring in…but it couldn’t be that bad, could it? I mean with a premise like that, what could go wrong? As it turns out, quite a bit. For the record, I was pretty close to DNF’ing this when I was about half in, but Alyssa said that the second half was better, so […]
I read this and I’m going to tell you right now–I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Of course, I’ve heard everyone squealing about this one, people trying to get me to read it, saying that as a high fantasy fan I absolutely had to read it. I was skeptical though. We all know the dangers of putting a book on a pedestal before we’ve read it. But damn, this book deserved that pedestal. It was hard getting into it at first and I actually […]
I debated against myself for about two months before deciding to read The Ring and the Crown–and really only when a bookish friend said she could get me a copy did I decide to read it. I guess the fact that I was seeing the author a few weeks later helped with my decision! While it did sound enthralling, I was a bit put off by early reviews–mixed early reviews. They went from rave reviews to DNFs to in-betweens and just a ton of […]
Here’s the thing: I love Jenny Han. And letters. And Jenny Han writing about love letters was just. YES. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before was, without a doubt, one of my most anticipated releases of 2014 and while I didn’t hate it, per say, it was rather disappointing (though it was a pretty awesome read!) My problem with the story was that it had NOTHING to do with the letters. After reading the synopsis I expected something about repercussions and […]
OKAY OKAY I did not expect this story at all. I expected a straight out thriller and while it was definitely thrilling, there were a number of supernatural elements that played a part and they just made the story all the more complex. We’re immediately thrown into the action and the situation from page one, capturing our attention and interest almost immediately and throughout the story that’s what it keeps doing–drawing us into the story, thrusting us in the middle of a […]
Honestly, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this book going in. One one hand, I adore high fantasy.–on the other, the word “fairy godmother” sort of put me off. I like my fantasies dark and fairy godmother really just conjured the image of something more light and fluffy than dark and intriguing, but once I started it’s pretty clear these aren’t the fairy godmothers that we grew up with. The world of Stray is definitely one of the best parts of it, […]
OH THE INTRIGUE. There was one reason and one reason only I picked up this book: Nobles. Empress. Princess. Political intrigue. I will read anything where high nobility come into play and where alliances and betrayals are made in secret–and that’s exactly what Queen of Someday gave me. There’s something oddly fascinating with these kind of books. I went from loving it, to hating it, to loving it again. And then realizing one of the best things about this book was also one of the […]