Change was often incremental, almost imperceptible to the observer. Failing to see it didn’t mean it wasn’t happening.
– Kerry Kletter, East Coast Girls
East Coast Girls
June 2020 Reading Wrap-Up
Forest of Whispers by Jennifer Murgia
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: Yes
Format: Print
Reading Dates: June 1 – 4
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Is it Magic or is it Medicine? Rune is basically an herbalist lol
Least Favorite Thing: The ending felt rushed and confusing…
Dammit, I didn’t realize this was the first in a series (or duet maybe? because there’s only one more book), I was so excited for a nice standalone! And the thing is it totally read as a standalone, so I probably won’t bother with the sequel.
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Belladonna by Anbara Salam
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: Yes
Format: eBook
Reading Dates: June 5 – 10
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Sentient Potato
Least Favorite Thing: Made me dissociate…
I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Welp! Guess I have another new book to add to my wishlist lol
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
(The Lunar Chronicles Collection)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: June 11 – 15
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Wolf’s story
Least Favorite Thing: The ending of that weird Little Mermaid retelling? Like did she accidentally leave something out?
Im glad I finally got around to reading this collection, but now I just want to read the whole series again…
Divine by Mistake by P.C. Cast
(Parthalon, book 1)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ – did not like it
Review: Vlog
Format: eBook
Reading Dates: May 28 – June 17
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: That scene where she tells some random guy about her yeast infection.
Least Favorite Thing: Every sex scene.
This is without a doubt the worst book ever written and I don’t understand how it got published.
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East Coast Girls by Kerry Kletter
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: Yes
Format: eBook
Reading Dates: June 17 – 22
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: The writing style.
Least Favorite Thing: A little difficult to get into.
I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I was worried I wasn’t going to like this book for a minute, but the more I read the more I liked it.
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Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
(Strange the Dreamer, book 2)
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: June 23 – 26
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Everything I want to say would be a spoiler!
Least Favorite Thing: There is nothing!
I read this for the #MakeYourMythTaker Readathon and I am so glad I did!
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Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
(The Cahill Witch Chronicles, book 1)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: June 26
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Feathers!
Least Favorite Thing: The ending!
I read this for #MakeYourMythTaker also. And now I’m going to have to get my hands on the sequel because I’ve got to know what happens next!
American Rose by Karen Abbott
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review: No
Format: Audiobook
Reading Dates: June 11 – 29
Read Count: <1
Favorite Thing: Her whole life story based on lies and no one cares.
Least Favorite Thing: Her actual childhood based on abuse and no one cares.
Man this book should have been so interesting and yet… DNF’d at 64% so I’m still counting it towards my goal for the month and year.
Maybe most people just accepted what they could tolerate because it was familiar.
– Kerry Kletter, East Coast Girls
So many women she knew were cheated on or abused or simply in the wrong relationship. When she was younger, she could never understand why women stayed with men like that. But now she could see how easy it would be to sink into an offering of love, no matter how inadequate. Just for the relief of not having to look for it anymore.
– Kerry Kletter, East Coast Girls
She often thought of the cruel trick society played on women, inundating them with messages that they weren’t enough and then telling them they could fix it by starving themselves, knowing that, like Harlow’s monkeys, people needed love and comfort and even more than food. And all along what women carried, what they perceived as excess weight, was merely the shame they’d been force-fed before they could identify its taste.
– Kerry Kletter, East Coast Girls
Mini-Review: East Coast Girls by Kerry Kletter
I deeply enjoyed this character-driven novel about friendship and the long-term effects of trauma.
One of my favorite things is how different each of the girls is, and how each time the POV shifts you can feel that difference in the writing.
I am always excited to find platonic love in stories and this book was so full of love it practically flowed from the pages.
East Coast Girls was well written and infinitely quotable, and I recommend it to older YA fans (the 20+ crowd), anyone looking to get into the New Adult genre, and fans of Women’s Lit.
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