My Thoughts: I DNF-ed at 36%. I was really looking forward to this. It’s supposed to be a historical fiction story of Alexander the Great mixed with fantasy elements. It sounds amazing! It’s totally something I’d be into. Unfortunately, this did not work out for me. And I tried really hard to push through. First of all, the tense it’s written in really threw me. It’s written in 3rd person present tense and I struggled with this. It kept jolting […]
Why Did I Read? There is a ton of hype surrounding this book but of course, I was intrigued and plus, I am a huge sci-fi fan! My Thoughts: It’s going to be really tough for me to review this book. I just really, really loved it and this book is so unique and is worthy of all the hype, 100%. I didn’t mean to read this in one sitting. But I did. I could not put it down. I honestly didn’t know […]
Before you guys read my review, know that it’s not possible to talk about this book without spoilers. All my feelings, thoughts and opinions are spoiler related. So this will be ridden with spoilers — if you have not read Queen of Shadows yet, back away! WARNING: THIS REVIEW HAS QUEEN OF SHADOWS SPOILERS! DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED. Before anyone judges my rating of the book and writes me off as oh-she-just-isn’t-happy-because-her-ship-didn’t-sail — don’t. […]
Why Did I Read? The Grisha trilogy is one of my favorite fantasy series so I was beyond excited when I heard that there was going to be a new series set in the Grishaverse! My Thoughts: Leigh has a way with words! Her writing is amazing. Sometimes when I read, there are certain books that as I read, the words settle over me and I get this feeling of ahhh, yes, this is why I love reading. The descriptions […]
Let me start off by saying that this series is supremely hard to review. What do I say that will describe the epicness that is this fantasy series? How can I tell you about how this series captured my heart and my emotions and a little bit of my soul? How do I explain how Melina Marchetta’s words are like magic? How do I even begin to tell you about the all time most amazing ships (yes, PLURAL) of all time? […]