The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Wow, I am so conflicted with this book. On one hand, I love the worldbuilding. On the other hand this book felt like it dragged and as a result didn’t have a lot going on with it. So I found myself…
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Joonam. I seriously loved this book. This was a character driven story and I absolutely loved them all. Well, for the most part. I initially rrated this 5 stars, but after letting things settle this is more of a 4.5 stars.…
Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix My rating: 4 of 5 stars Growing up I loved Margaret Peterson Haddix. She was the first author I knew was an author and actively sought out her books no matter what they were about. It all arose from my love of Running Out of Time, which I…
This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This Shattered World felt like Romeo and Juliet in space. Let me start by saying I absolutely hate Romeo and Juliet. Thankfully, This Shattered World feels different enough with characters who are nearly as foolish that I managed to like this book. That…
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m impressed to watch this story go from a 2.75 with Shatter Me to a 4 with Ignite Me. I still have some issues, but this was rather enjoyable. I’m secretly hoping there will be more in the future. There’s still so much of…
It’s time for Tuesday Talks which was created by Janie and Janelle. This week the topic is: If you do not enjoy the first book in a series do you still continue reading the series? There are times when you pick up a book, be that an anticipated release or simply something you’ve stumbled upon, and…
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Of course I’ve already seen Jurassic Park, though admittedly none of the sequels until the series revival Jurassic World. I wouldn’t be a 90s kid if I hadn’t. I have to admit, I haven’t seen it in a while. Long enough that I still…
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi My rating: 3 of 5 stars Damn it. This book. I have so many mixed feelings about this. On one hand there were so many things that irritated the hell out of me. On the other there were these little glimmers of hope that made me think that this story…
Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m not going to pretend like I loved Snow Like Ashes. I didn’t, but I thought it was alright. In fact, I thought that the first book ended in such a place that it really didn’t need another book. Sure, there was an…
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard My rating: 3.75 of 5 stars Truthwitch is one of those books where I like it and I don’t at the same time. I enjoyed greatly what was done. I liked how things built up. However, I didn’t ever find myself in love. I was looking in the cracks. I was irritated…
Ensnared by A.G. Howard My rating: 3 of 5 stars I don’t know why I had such high hopes for this series ender. I didn’t love the first book. It was simply interesting. I liked the second book quite a bit more because of the increase in the presence of Morpheus. Also I liked the…
Gathering Darkness (Falling Kingdoms #3) by Morgan Rhodes Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes My rating: 2.75 of 5 stars The more I think about this book the less invested I become. As with the previous books in this series I read this book in one day. That means I didn’t sit there and linger. The…
Vicious by V.E. Schwab My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed Victoria Schwab’s other works, or I should say work as I’ve only read The Archived. However, I fell so in love with The Archived that I knew I would love anything else by her. I’ve had Vicious since even before I read…
Caliban’s War by James S.A. Corey My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars You may notice that the actual score is a little lower than Leviathan Wakes. In some ways this book is much better than it’s predecessor, but in other ways I felt like the book lagged. The biggest detriment to this book is actually…
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson My rating: 4 of 5 stars It is rare that I fall so deeply in love with a novel so quickly. Within pages of starting this book I realized that Lucero-Elisa was a character I could really get behind. I loved her. With it, I loved…
So, I pondered... 