A Reading Journal
TL;DR: A great setting and world, kind of bland characters. Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Eda needs to make a deal with a demon after her brothers get caught brokering deals with another demon. Characters: This was the weakest bit for me, everything else was very nice. Setting: I liked the setting, it... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Such a fun and quirky adventure!Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Ben needs a memory erasing spell, and that’s all it takes for some BIG MAGIC to cause havoc.Characters: I really grew to love these characters. They were dynamic and didn’t quit fit at first but by the end I loved... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: What a strange and disappointing drop from book one.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Logan is perfect and our quests are easier than we think!Characters: Honestly the somewhat fun characters we had in book one just became the opposite of fun here.Setting: The setting was okay, honestly. It’s a return to... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: The perfect atmospheric read.Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: A young girl gets caught up after a revolution and trapped in a truly haunted house.Characters: This one had a great cast, with two PoV characters I loved.Setting: This author can write the most beautiful of settings.Horror: While this one wasn’t much for the... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A genuinely creepy and beautiful story about a child’s choices.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: A woman struggles with nightmares and possible memories after returning home to Mexico.Characters: These characters worked so well in their roles here. I was genuinely afraid and worried for them.Setting: Mexico City felt like a fantastic... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Ultimately very… meh for me.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: A second chance romance that squeezed in a hocky player!Characters: The ultimately downfall of this one. The characters were so deeply uninteresting.Setting: It was but bones to attempt to hold up this story.Romance: No, I didn’t get the chemistry at all... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Don’t look too closesly and you could have a fun ride with this one.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Bianca tries to figure out how to save her horse-husband and they avoid assassins.Characters: I meaaannn… don’t look too close.Setting: There are two kingdoms… and war. And magic but again, don’t look... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: An absolutely fantastic horror about what haunts you. Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Val survives an even that takes her sister and friend and she lives with that while it haunts her. Characters: I really enjoyed everyone in this story. Flawed but engaging and believable. Setting: This felt very important especially with... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Not for me, insta-love and unrealistically ‘badass’ MCSource: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Four PoVs, the outline of one world, an evil king, and that’s about it.Characters: Fairly flat and predictable, especially for the genre.Setting: I wish there had been so much more here.Romantasy: Insta-love, which was frustrating after a brief... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Definitely not for me. Dull and a bit predictable.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Girl gets kidnapped, falls in love with the ‘enemy’ and has great, awesome power.Characters: Fairly run of the mill, though our MMC was mute, so that was a nice mix-up.Setting: Ehhh, it was clearly not important so... Continue Reading →
