A Reading Journal
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: A surprisingly wholesome story of a robot looking for their missing leg and collecting friends.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Our MC has their leg stolen and this sets them off to find it and to discover how the world has changed in their exile.Characters: An interesting cast gathers around our... 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 →
TL;DR: Not exactly the horror for me but I can see this working for others.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Vic is meeting friends after a messy breakup and things get even messier.Characters: They were all… alright. Mostly dislikable and fairly 2D.Setting: A desert town that’s slowly disappearing. Or is it?Horror: Eldritch,... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Delightfully fun with a unique side character.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Edmund accidentally pulls a sword out and an ‘angel’ saves him - ha.Characters: I know the quirky characters Kingfisher writes are not always people’s favorites but I adore them.Setting: For Kingfisher fans, this is familiar land but it’s a... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: Slowed down but still overly packed with action?Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Conrad sets out on a secret mission, and of course it gets messy.Characters: Sometimes it felt like any growth we got was cut off by wild action sequences, so I’m not sure we got much on this front.Setting:... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A fun ‘good for her’ style haunting.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Lucy didn’t plan on getting killed, but when she is, she definitely wants to plan revenge.Characters: A very interesting cast, I loved Nicola and her more thoughtful foil to Lucy.Setting: This one had a decent setting but it wasn’t... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: An incredibly fun start to a progression fantasy.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: Long Wu Ying never planned on becoming a cultivator but then the army calls and plans change.Characters: I love a good level headed MC and that’s what we get here.Setting: Lovely, not too strong but strong enough to... Continue Reading →
TL;DR: A 9 year old is sent off to solve an adult problem. It goes poorly.Source: NetGalley, so many thanks to the publisher! Plot: All of the trigger warnings as a small child flies in a flesh ship into space.Characters: No one here is likable, and yet I enjoyed all of them?Setting: 60% Flesh Ship,... 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 →
Sarah Evermotion's Reads 