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.…
The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Let me be upfront about this. I did not love The Kiss of Deception. I did not hate it. However I feel like when I think back on the year it’s not going to be one of those books that springs…
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Everyone seemed to love Nimona, but I’m not one of them. Let’s be clear, I didn’t hate this. It didn’t make me angry or make me want to rage quit out of the story. I just didn’t really enjoy it much. The titular character Nimona…
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…
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…
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…
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan My rating: 4 of 5 stars The only Rick Riordan book I read before this one was Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. I love Greek mythology, so I wanted to love that series. Instead, I walked away from Percy turned off. I came to Percy Jackson way…
Winter by Marissa Meyer My rating: 3.75 of 5 stars Winter is a big book. Let’s not pretend that it’s not. It’s nearly 300 pages longer than the longest book in the series. Yes, it was not only fleshing out new POV characters, but continuing with old POVs and wrapping up a series. Still the…
Scorch by Gina Damico Scorch by Gina Damico My rating: 3.75 of 5 stars Croak was such an enjoyable read, that I had to pick up the second book. While I can honestly say that I enjoyed this book as well, the fire that I got from the first book was just lacking. I wanted…
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars I dove into The second book of The Raven Cycle having heard that this was their favorite book in the series. let’s be honest. I absolutely loved This book. Sure, there were things that still irked me, it was not perfect, but I…
So, I pondered... 