I didn’t get nearly enough Christmas reads in this December — actually, I barely read at all the last two months. It’s all very sad. But who says I can’t continue Christmassy books into January, am I right? I very well may be doing that! Anyway, here are two that I did get to this year – one of which I read way back in October, so I’m glad I started early on those holiday books! đ I will be […]
I’m a big fan of dual timeline historical fiction stories, so The Summer Wives was one I was looking forward to, especially since I’ve really enjoyed other books by Beatriz Williams! However, this one was a miss for me. While both time periods were captivating and written vividly, where it lacked for me was the characters. The romance was instant and unbelievable and I was missing that emotional connection to any of the characters. That disconnect made the book seem […]
My Thoughts: The Last Magician was a really great start to a unique time traveling fantasy series and I was really excited about The Devil’s Thief! In fact – I waited in a really long line to get it at ALA Annual in NOLA. I was a bit disappointed though as I think it suffered from second book syndrome slightly. The premise remains so unique and the set up for this second book is really interesting with new elements being put into play as […]
My Thoughts: This was pretty much the perfect recipe for a fun, light, contemporary read for me. I love Pride and Prejudice and thought this was would be really cute. Unfortunately, this really missed the mark for me. It felt really over the top and it just read much younger than I expected it would be given the actual age of the characters. I am all about boy craziness and book boys – like I talk about swoony book boys a lot. […]
My Thoughts: Unfortunately, this Kasie West book missed the mark for me! It’s actually making me a little hesitant about future Kasie West YA contemporaries because a few have totally been meh for me. I would absolutely love for her to go back to some non contemporary writing (I mean Pivot Point was AMAZING). Anyway, as far as this one goes, I thought I would enjoy it since friends to more is totally a favorite trope of mine! However, there was […]