Oh look, yet another wildly popular book that I didn’t enjoy. Baa. Not to say it was all terrible. There were some things I liked: namely, Father/Samson and the Wildfolk. I thought the magic/lore side of the story was really cool, and I enjoyed those parts. However, I wasn’t a huge fan of Abitha’s parts. Or Abitha’s character. Actually, I found all the characters to be rather flat, and didn’t connect with any of them. Not to mention there were […]
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3 month haul Bought Red Rising by Pierce Brown, signed & personalized Golden Son by Pierce Brown, signed & personalized Morning Star by Pierce Brown, signed & personalized RR “I would have lived in peace” tote RR bookmarks Empire of the Vampire/Damned page overlays (I don’t even remember ordering these lol) Kamigoroshi candle (Flick the Wick, from Owlcrate) Dinar coin (Owlcrate) Atomic Habits by James Clear Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (Fairyloot) When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker […]
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3 month haul Bought Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Fairyloot) Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (Fairyloot) Heavenbreaker by Sara Wolf A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (Owlcrate) Empire of the Damned dust cover (Librarian Box) Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff (B&N) Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff (Illumicrate) Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff (Waterstones) Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff (Goldsboro) Empire of the Damned […]
A HUGE thank you to St. Martin’s Press for sending me an early copy of the book! “Sunset waits for no saint, and the Dead run quick.” I. JUST. WOW, YA’LL. I daresay Damned was even better than Empire. This book rocked my fuckin’ socks off! Something I adore about Jay Kristoff is that he is a PRO at middle books. No second book syndrome here! (Actually, I think the second book has been my favorite in all of his trilogies!) […]
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January haul Bought Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (B&N) Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao (B&N) Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White by Amélie Wen Zhao (B&N) Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Waterstones) From subs The Longest Autumn by Amy Avery (Owlcrate, January) February haul Bought Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek (Waterstones) The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland (B&N) Mood Reader shelf sitter from The Bookish Bird Co From subs Voyage of […]
I think it’s time for me to come to terms with the fact that Stephanie Garber is not for me. Caraval was just okay for me – pretty meh, but not bad – and I outright hated Legendary. I got tricked by the hype monster yet again, because this spin off series is WILDLY popular. So, I went in with rather high hopes. Why can’t I just like the stuff that everyone else likes?! It seems like every time there’s […]