A Reading Journal
TL;DR: An arranged marriage leads to romance, with a dash of a fantasy world.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Nico and Camilla are in a forced marriage and 'hate' one another.... and then they don't. And need to work together.Characters: I know folks love this MMC but he felt fairly standard, as... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Heartbreaking but somehow still hopefulSource: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: These essays all focus on those impacted by tragedy, manmade and natural, and how resilient love can be.Setting: This spans the globe and touches on everything from Japanese survivors of a tsunami to the Ukraine/Russian war.Readability: Even with these being so... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Another fantastic Tingler!Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Influencer by day, body snatcher by night. Poppy steals the wrong body and things go poorly.Characters: Our primary characters, Poppy and Eddie, are two sides of the same coin and it’s so fascinating.Setting: This isn’t a strong part of the story, but I... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: More worldbuilding and an action packed story.Source: Saga Press! Thank you so much to the publisher! Plot: Our trio from book one reunite to find their way to the First City, and try to figure out their relationship.Characters: I enjoy the characters in this, but I wish we had more from the prince and... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: An absolute banger of a collection.Source: Saga Press! Thank you so much to the publisher! Plot: All the stories in this focus on being understood or how words can fail.Characters: So often characters in short stories fall flat. That is not the case here.Setting: I enjoyed so many of these. Ken Liu is a... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A good YA fantasy, especially for a younger audience.Source: Netgalley, thank you to the publisher! Plot: Kids had goals, kids met, liked each other and kind of continued goals (not really, but enough I suppose).Characters: I think perhaps the characters felt a bit distant, but they were okay.Setting: It was okay, I don’t know... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: This was like… 75% fillerSource: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Vassa gets kidnapped and we get a lot of filler before a bang of an ending.Characters: Vassa looses a lot of her kickassery in this and we don’t get nearly enough Reid time. I couldn’t stand most of the other characters (Roman).Setting: A... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Absolutely not. The ending destroyed what might have been an okay series.Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Inconsistent. Both in pacing and ultimately in reason.Characters: They weren’t bad till they truly were, though I believe them to be victims of poor writing.Setting: This had a LOT of promise but was glazed over.Fantasy: Sadly... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A great, slow paced historical paranormal fantasy.Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: Doctor Van Helsing’s daughter chases his killer and gets caught up in much more.Characters: I loved a lot of this cast of characters. In fact I’d love to read another book focused on the others.Setting: This was a great part to... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A fascinating history of the study of schizophrenia and the development of medication to aid it.Source: NetGalley, thank you so much! Plot: This one follows not just the development of medication but how drugs such as LSD assisted in these studies which I wasn’t expecting and loved!Structure: This flowed so well. I flew through... Continue Reading →
Sarah Evermotion's Reads 