The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
THE RAVEN KING WAS AMAZING OH GOD I HAVE ZERO PROPER WORDS TO EXPLAIN HOW SPECTACULAR IT WAS, ALL THE WORDS ARE INSUFFICIENT, BUT IT WAS RAD AF! READ THE SERIES! DO IT NOW!
Book Reviews
Completed: The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The Fae lore in this novel is just wonderful honestly.
Abandoned: Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch
I gave up before I even got half-way through. Twice.
It’s not so much that it’s a BAD book, but I just couldn’t get through it. It’s just second book syndrome. Everything that was accomplished in the previous book was suddenly all going wrong at once and it was just too hard to get through.
I may try again one day, but I don’t know.
Completed: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
There were, of course, some things that I didn’t like concerning changes to characters I had come to care for.
However, the sheer level of female badassery in this book more than makes up for it! Trust me, it’s worth any annoying romance angles or personality changes.
Completed/Abandoned: The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Technically abandoned. I stopped reading immediately after the “hiding in a sewer” scene in the last novella… I refuse to read what happened to Sam or the pain Aelin was in when she found out. No one can make me; I will never finish this book.
But you should read it, it’s really good. I’m just weak.
Abandoned: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I abandoned this book less than halfway through because the characters were so annoying I wanted to die and it just wasn’t worth it.
Abandoned: Matched by Ally Condie
Matched by Ally Condie
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
If you like love-triangles this is THE book for you. If you hate love-triangles, or even just don’t enjoy them, you should never even try to read this book because you will want to die.
Completed: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Spending the summers on her family’s private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.
This book was insanely hyped up on tumblr, so I read it, and honestly I couldn’t have been more disappointed.
I won’t go on a rant here; I’ll try to be succinct: The characters were flat, none of them were remotely likable, the story wasn’t that interesting, the plot twist didn’t feel at all cathartic as a plot twist should (nor was it shocking), and to be completely honest the only thing I cared about in the entire book was the dogs.
Addition: I also couldn’t stand the writing style. I defy anyone to find ten whole sentences that are longer than 5 or 6 words.
It’s a shame really because with this premise the book had a lot of potential and I just feel it was wasted. I can’t for the life of me figure out why it was so popular on booklr….
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