beccabou's reviews
886 reviews

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

adventurous medium-paced

3.75

A sweeping continuation, though felt a little long for the character arcs.

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

tense medium-paced

3.5

Interesting concept of a pleasure-bot learning and growing. Equal parts frustrating and thought-provoking!

The Follower of Flowers by Natalia Hernandez

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

Interesting continuation of the story, but didn’t feel as compelling as the first book. But I do need the next book!

The Will of the Many by James Islington

adventurous fast-paced

5.0

Loved this!! Incredible YA high-stakes competition fantasy. Loved the magic and world building, great character building, and engaging plot!
A couple eye rolls, but I’m an adult reading a YA. Not impressed I have to wait for book two, because THAT ENDING!!!

The Women by Kristin Hannah

dark sad medium-paced

3.75

A fascinating character study of a woman Vietnam Vet. Didn’t love the second half, though the hardship of war vets shouldn’t be enjoyable, so it feels accurate.

A Month of Sundays by Courtney Peppernell

So this was a good reminder to me that maybe I shouldn’t impulse buy a book based on the cover! But it is so stinkin’ cute!
Turns out it is a book of poetry around the author’s ex who cheated with some cute parable-style short stories mixed in.
I am absolutely not the intended audience and I skipped through the book, so I am not going to star rate it.

On These Black Sands by Vanessa Rasanen
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.

The writing is clunky and is trying to build anticipation, but not achieving it - just repeating itself. Heavy reliance on dialogue to move the plot forward. And siblings just don’t refer to each other as “brother” and “sister”!!

Golden Son by Pierce Brown

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

A good continuation of the sweeping tale, though it felt a little long.
I’m also not a huge fan of the narrative style where we jump forward, then backfill information. It can be used cleverly to shock the reader, but it felt overused here.

Regenesis by Eric Walters
Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.

70 pages and we’re still just talking in a spaceship. No action, no conflict, no endearing character traits.

Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis

reflective medium-paced

3.0

What an interesting concept for a book! I almost think reading the author’s note about the poetic nature would be better to start with!