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 […]
The Sound: The narration was decent and enjoyable. I thought the narrator did a good job with infusing the emotion of the main character in her voice. The Story: So, I love myself a good revenge story. Mix in a covered up attack and murder of an entire cruise ship full of people? I am so in. I was really eager to see what exactly was going on with the attack and how Frances was going to go about her […]
This series has been on my list to read for quite awhile! First, the covers and dresses are gorgeous. Secondly, zombie aspect drew me in because I love zombie stories! I finally decided to do this for my August series. The first book, Something Strange and Deadly is set in Philadelphia in the late 1800s. Eleanor Fitt is just your normal girl until mass numbers of zombies interrupts her day to day life. The Dead, as they are called in this series, […]
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. […]