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Finale by Stephanie Garber
4.0
3.75 rounded up i guess.. i had some issues w the execution esp of the concept of the fates. it had so much potential tbh and it’s so so interesting to read about but it kinda upsets me that it feels underdeveloped :’( reading abt the lore is one of the things i loved most abt this entire series. however, i really appreciate how the story emphasizes the magic and power of love!!! it has been the central theme of the whole series and i just love how the third book reiterated that. scarlett & tella’s sisterhood, SCARLIAN (my beloved!!!!!!!!), tellalegend, paloma’s love for her daughters, legend & julian, and how these relationships were contrasted against tellajacks (jacks is such a complex chatacter imo, his twisted view of love is so interesting) & the fallen star arc. everything is about LOVE!!! the relationships frustrated me at some point, but love is complex & multilayered like that. love can be messy and painful, but it perseveres. it’s worth living for. im gna miss these characters a lot 🥹 and the magical vibe!!! it’s everything!!! <3
Legendary by Stephanie Garber
4.5
didnt expect i’d like this as much as i do now.. (the first book was kinda meh 💀) there’s this unique sense of joy that comes with developing enjoyment for things you didn’t expect you would enjoy. the introduction of the fates definitely made the plot more compelling!!! i also find tella’s character more interesting than scarlett. her character devt is so gewd, from someone who relied solely on the destiny the fates carved for her to defying that fate & embracing the freedom to choose for herself. from someone who didn’t believe much in love to actually sacrificing herself to save both her mother & dante 🥹 im a tella truther through and through like thats my gurl!!!
i loved tella & dante’s dynamics too their banter?!? the tension? the angst at the end? CHEFS KISS. i just don’t know how things will change in the next book knowing that he’s actually legend 😬
JACKS. im afraid im a jacks apologist guys 😔😔 i love love his introduction & the depth he adds to the plot of this book. ig i’d have to thank him for the higher stakes! AND he’s so dramatic ijbol i can’t wait to read more abt him in the next books!!!
overall i really loved the vibe, the banters, the lore, the magic of it all!!! thank u legendary 🫶
i loved tella & dante’s dynamics too their banter?!? the tension? the angst at the end? CHEFS KISS. i just don’t know how things will change in the next book knowing that he’s actually legend 😬
JACKS. im afraid im a jacks apologist guys 😔😔 i love love his introduction & the depth he adds to the plot of this book. ig i’d have to thank him for the higher stakes! AND he’s so dramatic ijbol i can’t wait to read more abt him in the next books!!!
overall i really loved the vibe, the banters, the lore, the magic of it all!!! thank u legendary 🫶
All This Twisted Glory by Tahereh Mafi
5.0
I WAS READY TO GIVE THIS BOOK 5 STARS AT CHAPTER 11. easily my favorite from the series by far. i love love love alizehcyrus so much it’s insane 😭 cyrus’s chapters... i think i am forever changed. this man’s yearning game is on a league of its own. i felt like something within my soul shifts every time i read his pov. i have never seen anyone as pathetically down bad as him. and the way his yearning was written so beautifully adds to the feeling of madness this book inflicts upon me. im so happy we got to see more of him in this book! i love him so so much my soft boy :( it breaks my heart whenever he thinks of how unworthy he is of tenderness. if only i could shower him w all the good things in this world, i would. he has gone through so much suffering i hope someone embraces him & fills him with light (alizeh please 🙏)
and alizeh!!! she is probably the kindest, purest, gentlest fmc i have ever read. how she treats the world with so much kindness even when the universe has been cruel to her amazes me. it’s like everything she touches softens and blooms like a flower, but this softness does not wither, they linger. her gentleness is the kind of strength & power she possesses that, in my opinion, is even more powerful than what she has yet to uncover in the arya mountains.
ALIZEHCYRUS. no one gets u like i do!!! im so excited for what every spiral of fate has in store for us!!! it’s already this good when there are still so many things holding both of them back so imagine once all their walls finally crumble ?!?!! i fear it’s going to be a life-altering, soul-shattering experience i will never recover from T__T miss tahereh i am putting my faith in u 🙂↕️ like give me the wedding, the vows, the kiss!!!
i have mixed feelings w the ardunia group (except kamran bc i’ve grown to really hate him in this book lol), they are good friends to her, but it pains me whenever they talk badly abt cyrus 😭 i get it in a way bc i know that’s how the entire world perceives him bc they no nothing abt what he’s going through but im so sorry i am a cyrus protector first, human second!!!
i also love how embracing people & accepting them for who they are have become a central theme in this entire series. i love stories that show the value of human connection!! this was alizeh’s dynamic w her friends & esp w cyrus :’) these are some of my favorite words from this book 🤍
“Let us hope for the day when we might all remove our masks, and live in the light without fear.”
“Thank you for receiving me as I am.”
“Thank you for trusting me with who you are.”
and alizeh!!! she is probably the kindest, purest, gentlest fmc i have ever read. how she treats the world with so much kindness even when the universe has been cruel to her amazes me. it’s like everything she touches softens and blooms like a flower, but this softness does not wither, they linger. her gentleness is the kind of strength & power she possesses that, in my opinion, is even more powerful than what she has yet to uncover in the arya mountains.
ALIZEHCYRUS. no one gets u like i do!!! im so excited for what every spiral of fate has in store for us!!! it’s already this good when there are still so many things holding both of them back so imagine once all their walls finally crumble ?!?!! i fear it’s going to be a life-altering, soul-shattering experience i will never recover from T__T miss tahereh i am putting my faith in u 🙂↕️ like give me the wedding, the vows, the kiss!!!
i have mixed feelings w the ardunia group (except kamran bc i’ve grown to really hate him in this book lol), they are good friends to her, but it pains me whenever they talk badly abt cyrus 😭 i get it in a way bc i know that’s how the entire world perceives him bc they no nothing abt what he’s going through but im so sorry i am a cyrus protector first, human second!!!
i also love how embracing people & accepting them for who they are have become a central theme in this entire series. i love stories that show the value of human connection!! this was alizeh’s dynamic w her friends & esp w cyrus :’) these are some of my favorite words from this book 🤍
“Let us hope for the day when we might all remove our masks, and live in the light without fear.”
“Thank you for receiving me as I am.”
“Thank you for trusting me with who you are.”
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
4.75
I DEVOUREDDDD THIS BOOK IN 2 DAYS 😭 i didn’t expect i’d finish it this fast but i was just so invested & it hooked me right from the very beginning!!!
now that i think abt it i think i really have a soft spot for stories with time travel elements bc the idea of love being so powerful it transcends time & space is something that’s so gut-wrenching & heartbreakingly beautiful at the same time. the way this book was written made me feel like i was there with them. i feel like i had gone through the cross with june. every kind of confusion, frustration, relief, and affection she felt — i felt it too. this had a very vivid storytelling & magical prose that i am very fond of in books. so of course, that added to my adoration for this. i loved the setting, the vibe, and most especially the themes. this had so much heart and it was shown from every relationship between the characters, from the farrow women, to june & eamon, to june & annie. i was so so immersed with the story that i felt incapable of putting the book down. it’s kinda insane how this story and the characters felt so real to me despite it having a sprinkle of magical realism. i felt like i went back in 1951 too, and honestly, if i had this people w me in that timeline, like june, i’d also choose to never cross the red door again. i’d choose to stay in a heartbeat, for a thousand times.
im so glad i went in blind w this one bc this is the kind of story where the first read will never be the same as any other reads that will follow. it was a topnotch experience. a grand masterplan. the unraveling of it all is something that u’d only ever experience once in ur life. june farrow u are an icon!!!!!!!!!
now that i think abt it i think i really have a soft spot for stories with time travel elements bc the idea of love being so powerful it transcends time & space is something that’s so gut-wrenching & heartbreakingly beautiful at the same time. the way this book was written made me feel like i was there with them. i feel like i had gone through the cross with june. every kind of confusion, frustration, relief, and affection she felt — i felt it too. this had a very vivid storytelling & magical prose that i am very fond of in books. so of course, that added to my adoration for this. i loved the setting, the vibe, and most especially the themes. this had so much heart and it was shown from every relationship between the characters, from the farrow women, to june & eamon, to june & annie. i was so so immersed with the story that i felt incapable of putting the book down. it’s kinda insane how this story and the characters felt so real to me despite it having a sprinkle of magical realism. i felt like i went back in 1951 too, and honestly, if i had this people w me in that timeline, like june, i’d also choose to never cross the red door again. i’d choose to stay in a heartbeat, for a thousand times.
im so glad i went in blind w this one bc this is the kind of story where the first read will never be the same as any other reads that will follow. it was a topnotch experience. a grand masterplan. the unraveling of it all is something that u’d only ever experience once in ur life. june farrow u are an icon!!!!!!!!!
These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
4.25
minus quarter of a star bc of kamran’s chapters i literally lost track of the amount of times i sighed whenever i realized it’s his pov again akghfghsh and also bc not much rlly happened? wdym the events of this book transpired within just 24 hrs 😭
ANYWAY FIVE STARS FOR CHAPTER 28 & 29 ALONE. THE ONLY CONFESSION EVER. I AM DEVASTATED. MY LIFE IS FOREVER CHANGED. CYRUS I LOVE YOU.
ANYWAY FIVE STARS FOR CHAPTER 28 & 29 ALONE. THE ONLY CONFESSION EVER. I AM DEVASTATED. MY LIFE IS FOREVER CHANGED. CYRUS I LOVE YOU.
Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh
5.0
been seeing the hype over this & i’ve always been curious why people loved it so much & oh boy am i one of them now!!! i DEVOURED these books & it has consumed me in return bc it’s all i ever think about since i started reading it. i have been w these characters for 3 weeks & idk what magic these books possess but i became so attached that it’s so hard for me to let them go 🥲 there’s a hollow feeling inside my chest everytime i think abt them & i gotta agree w most people who describe that feeling as homesick, bc these books, these characters — they feel like home. the books were long af, and the story will really take u through each day, and i think that’s one of the reasons why i developed a huge attachment to the characters. bc it felt like i really spent those days with them.
the grip johnny & shannon have on me — INSANE. i don’t even know how they managed to completely take over my mind i just know that i love them so much and the brainrot is so intense!!! the slowburn in the first book was so freaking perfect they had me feeling all kinds of emotions i was screaming crying pulling my hair out!!! it was really such an amazing experience witnessing the progress of their relationship & how they went from having guarded but sincere conversations to sharing so many pieces of themselves to each other. i feel like i fell in love w them too honestly 😭 i couldn’t emphasize enough how much i adore the gradual increase of the vulnerability & intimacy they share bc it was an absolute chefs kiss!!! GOD MAY THIS KIND OF LOVE FIND ME. a love that will make you feel safe and keep you. johnny’s love for shannon was so full & steadfast & unwavering, the kind of love that is strong & tender at the same time — powerful enough to get through your heavily-guarded walls, give you comfort whilst being vulnerable, and hold you close and keep you during the moments when you don’t even feel like keeping yourself. shannon’s love for johnny was nurturing & gentle, like a warm hug that allows you to embrace yourself in return, makes you believe in your own brightness, and resolutely stands by your side. u know that trope when a character believes they are hard to love & someone loves them like it’s breathing? that’s SHANNON & JOHNNY!
i love these characters so much guys i just want them to be happy forever and ever. it makes me want to bawl my eyes out whenever i think abt the parallel between keeping 13’s last chapter & binding 13’s first chapter. my baby gurl shannon has gone through so much & im just so so glad she has finally found the happiness, safety & comfort that she deserves. her character growth & healing was really heartwarming. i love her character so much that if she’s sad im sad too & if she’s happy im happy too helpfhfjdgh that part towards the end of k13 when she was finally able to say that she’s happy — i cried out of happiness and relief 🥹 and johnny kavanagh!!!! the man that u are. i need johnny’s kind of stability, certainty & assurance in my life. at the back of my mind i kept thinking how shannon never once second-guessed abt johnny’s affection for her once they went all in. he never fell short in reassuring her that he’ll always be there and he NEVER!!!! went back on his word T___T the way he stood by shannon throughout everything, the way he always came running to her whenever she calls, and the way he embraced every single part of her, especially the broken parts… he is absolutely upppp there at the top of my best book boyfriend list oh god. and his family too.. i love the kavanaghs so much. john and edel gotta be the two of best parents ive come across in any piece of media ever. the contrast between the family dynamics of the kavanaghs and the lynches just go to show how important healthy parenting is and how much the family environment affects the growth of a child. thank u john and edel for being such amazing parents to johnny and extending ur warmth to the lynches <333
reading these books became a quiet respite from the current pressures of my real life. it’s like an outstretched hand that gives the promise of a safe & happy place, just like johnny’s presence is to shannon. the idea of picking the book back up makes me feel giddy & it’s what i have been looking forward to everyday for the past three weeks. im so sad that there are no more of their story i am left to read abt and that i will never experience shannon & johnny’s love for the first time again. i will never listen to she will be loved & iris again without thinking of them 🥲
i wrote a whole freaking essay oh my god what have these books done to me helpfhgfhg anw im writing this review on january 10, 2025. happy 20 years to johnny & shannon’s first meeting. both of their lives were changed. mine too, actually. ❤️🩹
the grip johnny & shannon have on me — INSANE. i don’t even know how they managed to completely take over my mind i just know that i love them so much and the brainrot is so intense!!! the slowburn in the first book was so freaking perfect they had me feeling all kinds of emotions i was screaming crying pulling my hair out!!! it was really such an amazing experience witnessing the progress of their relationship & how they went from having guarded but sincere conversations to sharing so many pieces of themselves to each other. i feel like i fell in love w them too honestly 😭 i couldn’t emphasize enough how much i adore the gradual increase of the vulnerability & intimacy they share bc it was an absolute chefs kiss!!! GOD MAY THIS KIND OF LOVE FIND ME. a love that will make you feel safe and keep you. johnny’s love for shannon was so full & steadfast & unwavering, the kind of love that is strong & tender at the same time — powerful enough to get through your heavily-guarded walls, give you comfort whilst being vulnerable, and hold you close and keep you during the moments when you don’t even feel like keeping yourself. shannon’s love for johnny was nurturing & gentle, like a warm hug that allows you to embrace yourself in return, makes you believe in your own brightness, and resolutely stands by your side. u know that trope when a character believes they are hard to love & someone loves them like it’s breathing? that’s SHANNON & JOHNNY!
i love these characters so much guys i just want them to be happy forever and ever. it makes me want to bawl my eyes out whenever i think abt the parallel between keeping 13’s last chapter & binding 13’s first chapter. my baby gurl shannon has gone through so much & im just so so glad she has finally found the happiness, safety & comfort that she deserves. her character growth & healing was really heartwarming. i love her character so much that if she’s sad im sad too & if she’s happy im happy too helpfhfjdgh that part towards the end of k13 when she was finally able to say that she’s happy — i cried out of happiness and relief 🥹 and johnny kavanagh!!!! the man that u are. i need johnny’s kind of stability, certainty & assurance in my life. at the back of my mind i kept thinking how shannon never once second-guessed abt johnny’s affection for her once they went all in. he never fell short in reassuring her that he’ll always be there and he NEVER!!!! went back on his word T___T the way he stood by shannon throughout everything, the way he always came running to her whenever she calls, and the way he embraced every single part of her, especially the broken parts… he is absolutely upppp there at the top of my best book boyfriend list oh god. and his family too.. i love the kavanaghs so much. john and edel gotta be the two of best parents ive come across in any piece of media ever. the contrast between the family dynamics of the kavanaghs and the lynches just go to show how important healthy parenting is and how much the family environment affects the growth of a child. thank u john and edel for being such amazing parents to johnny and extending ur warmth to the lynches <333
reading these books became a quiet respite from the current pressures of my real life. it’s like an outstretched hand that gives the promise of a safe & happy place, just like johnny’s presence is to shannon. the idea of picking the book back up makes me feel giddy & it’s what i have been looking forward to everyday for the past three weeks. im so sad that there are no more of their story i am left to read abt and that i will never experience shannon & johnny’s love for the first time again. i will never listen to she will be loved & iris again without thinking of them 🥲
i wrote a whole freaking essay oh my god what have these books done to me helpfhgfhg anw im writing this review on january 10, 2025. happy 20 years to johnny & shannon’s first meeting. both of their lives were changed. mine too, actually. ❤️🩹
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
4.5
AMAZING AMAZING !!!! while i do agree that the pacing is slow & some kamran chapters were meh, i absolutely loved reading this from start to finish god the writing is chef’s kiss !! i loved reading about alizeh T___T my strong yet soft bbgurl the way she touched the lives of almost every character she’s met in this book from kamran to deen to omid to huda ;( and the way she held so much hope for the world & radiated so much warmth even though her life has been everything but warm :( i love her so much no one gets her like i do!!!
the way tahereh managed to weave both character & world building in this book is glorious i am seated for these infinite threads 👏
the way tahereh managed to weave both character & world building in this book is glorious i am seated for these infinite threads 👏