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Alright so this was completely unexpected and I’m so here for it!! I only picked this one up because I heard the second book is gay, and that’s really all I want in life let’s be real here. So I read this one expecting it to be a complete snooze of heteronormativity, and boy was I wrong!
I absolutely fell in love with this. Daisy is hilarious, Seb is a hot mess in the best way possible, and Miles is swoon worthy even for my sapphic self. I’m SHOCKED that I loved this so much, and even gave it 5 stars. Who am I ??
My one critique is that the ending felt a bit rushed; everything was wrapped up in like 15 pages and left me with a lot of questions, mostly about Miles. But otherwise, this is a very light, fun read and I’d definitely recommend it!
I absolutely fell in love with this. Daisy is hilarious, Seb is a hot mess in the best way possible, and Miles is swoon worthy even for my sapphic self. I’m SHOCKED that I loved this so much, and even gave it 5 stars. Who am I ??
My one critique is that the ending felt a bit rushed; everything was wrapped up in like 15 pages and left me with a lot of questions, mostly about Miles. But otherwise, this is a very light, fun read and I’d definitely recommend it!
I decided to pick this book up on a whim the other day. I had heard of it, a few of my friends had read it, but it wasn't on my TBR and I had no plans to ever read it myself. But, I'm avoiding getting back into Queen of Air and Darkness so much that I just picked the first book I saw when I opened my eBook app, and I'm glad I did! This was a really nice story; I loved the characters, the plot was interesting, and the pacing was really good. It wasn't one of those life changing novels you read, I didn't fall head over heels in love, but I did like it quite a bit. I would actually really love a sequel, or maybe a spinoff or something, that centred on Severin after the events of this book. Severin was definitely my favourite character, but if you know me then that's kind of an obvious choice lmfao
It’s 3 in the morning, I’m wrapped in a soft blanket, and have a box of tissues next to me. This book absolutely ruined me, which I did not expect at all. I thought this was just going to be a cute little travel love story, which it was, but it was also so much more than that.
The characters felt so incredibly real and authentic. I could feel the love and grief and the awkwardness of some moments radiating off the page and hit me like a fire truck going full speed. It was insta-love, which I normally despise, but with Field Notes on Love I just completely ate it up. It was so believable, if I them I would have fallen in love too.
The absolute best part of this story though is Nana. She is hands down one of my favourite characters ever, and is exactly who I want to be when I get old.
This is such a beautiful story; it somehow manages to be both beautifully simple but also very intricate at the same time. I would highly recommend this. It’s so much more than a love story. It’s about love, but it’s also about family, loss, finding yourself, and following what you know is right. This is a story that will stay in my heart for years to come.
The characters felt so incredibly real and authentic. I could feel the love and grief and the awkwardness of some moments radiating off the page and hit me like a fire truck going full speed. It was insta-love, which I normally despise, but with Field Notes on Love I just completely ate it up. It was so believable, if I them I would have fallen in love too.
The absolute best part of this story though is Nana. She is hands down one of my favourite characters ever, and is exactly who I want to be when I get old.
This is such a beautiful story; it somehow manages to be both beautifully simple but also very intricate at the same time. I would highly recommend this. It’s so much more than a love story. It’s about love, but it’s also about family, loss, finding yourself, and following what you know is right. This is a story that will stay in my heart for years to come.
Ballad: DNF
I can’t believe I’m giving a Maggie Stiefvater book 2 stars but here we are
So. Let me just describe the plot of this book and you tell me what other book it sounds like, cool?
A girl in high school feels invisible to everyone around her and has very few friends. Her best friend is in love with her but she doesn’t feel the same way. Out of no where, a pale and beautiful man appears. He seems otherworldly and acts way older than every other 17 year old. She knows something is up but doesn’t care because he’s hot. He eventually tells her that he’s a *insert mythological creature here* and he’s very dangerous and she should stay away from him. He’s killed before and it’s his biggest regret. She still doesn’t care because he’s hot. She discovers that she has some powers similar to those of the *insert mythological creature here* and others of his kind are coming after her because of them. There is a chase, a battle, many near death experiences, but after an extremely anticlimactic fight everything turns out ok.
So that’s the plot of Lament. It’s also the exact plot of Twilight. Like literally the exact same, just with faeries instead of vampires. And before people get upset, I’m not accusing Maggie of plagiarism. I’m just pointing out that Lament has a highly unoriginal plot line. It was extremely fast paced and super confusing to follow. The main character is kind of an idiot. The characters aren’t that interesting. The plot twists were predictable. Overall, there wasn’t a whole lot I liked about it.
Maggie is my all time favourite author (which tbh is the only reason this got 2 stars instead of 1) but this book was just not it. I’m sure if I’d read it when I was like 13 I would have been ALL OVER THIS, but yeah it’s just not great and I’m so sad about that. Still gonna read Ballad because I love Maggie regardless, but yeah. Wasn’t a great book. Please don’t kill me
I can’t believe I’m giving a Maggie Stiefvater book 2 stars but here we are
So. Let me just describe the plot of this book and you tell me what other book it sounds like, cool?
A girl in high school feels invisible to everyone around her and has very few friends. Her best friend is in love with her but she doesn’t feel the same way. Out of no where, a pale and beautiful man appears. He seems otherworldly and acts way older than every other 17 year old. She knows something is up but doesn’t care because he’s hot. He eventually tells her that he’s a *insert mythological creature here* and he’s very dangerous and she should stay away from him. He’s killed before and it’s his biggest regret. She still doesn’t care because he’s hot. She discovers that she has some powers similar to those of the *insert mythological creature here* and others of his kind are coming after her because of them. There is a chase, a battle, many near death experiences, but after an extremely anticlimactic fight everything turns out ok.
So that’s the plot of Lament. It’s also the exact plot of Twilight. Like literally the exact same, just with faeries instead of vampires. And before people get upset, I’m not accusing Maggie of plagiarism. I’m just pointing out that Lament has a highly unoriginal plot line. It was extremely fast paced and super confusing to follow. The main character is kind of an idiot. The characters aren’t that interesting. The plot twists were predictable. Overall, there wasn’t a whole lot I liked about it.
Maggie is my all time favourite author (which tbh is the only reason this got 2 stars instead of 1) but this book was just not it. I’m sure if I’d read it when I was like 13 I would have been ALL OVER THIS, but yeah it’s just not great and I’m so sad about that. Still gonna read Ballad because I love Maggie regardless, but yeah. Wasn’t a great book. Please don’t kill me
3.5 stars
I liked it but found it to be kind of boring at times :/
I liked it but found it to be kind of boring at times :/
3.5 stars (maybe 3.75? Basically just not quite 4 stars)
To be honest I thought this book would be a lot... *more* based on all the hype around it. I did really like it, but I guess I let the hype give me too high of expectations and I was a little underwhelmed. I think my main issues with it was the pining, unrequited love (which will always drive me nuts in pretty much any novel), and the main character a little bit. I liked her for the most part but she was a little annoying at times
That 👏🏼 writing 👏🏼 style 👏🏼 though 👏🏼 ugh stunning
To be honest I thought this book would be a lot... *more* based on all the hype around it. I did really like it, but I guess I let the hype give me too high of expectations and I was a little underwhelmed. I think my main issues with it was the pining, unrequited love (which will always drive me nuts in pretty much any novel), and the main character a little bit. I liked her for the most part but she was a little annoying at times
That 👏🏼 writing 👏🏼 style 👏🏼 though 👏🏼 ugh stunning
Buddy read with Dragons and Tea Book Club (I don’t know how to do links on mobile oops) (yes I read ahead, we weren’t supposed to finish this until tomorrow but I couldn’t resist)
I was not expecting to like this so much. The description sounded decent but I didn’t anticipate getting as invested in the characters and story as I did. Ancrum did an amazing job of making you feel like you were part of the story, that you were just as much a part of Jack’s world as August. I feel like the super short short chapters really contributed to that somehow, it really really worked with the story. Every aspect of this book just worked in every way. I didn’t give it 5 stars because 5 stars are usually reserved for books that made me me sob, which this one did not, but for everything else it was absolutely perfect. I loved this book so much. I remember reading a couple reviews that said this book queer baited though, which I’m confused about, but anyways. Read this, you won’t regret it
I was not expecting to like this so much. The description sounded decent but I didn’t anticipate getting as invested in the characters and story as I did. Ancrum did an amazing job of making you feel like you were part of the story, that you were just as much a part of Jack’s world as August. I feel like the super short short chapters really contributed to that somehow, it really really worked with the story. Every aspect of this book just worked in every way. I didn’t give it 5 stars because 5 stars are usually reserved for books that made me me sob, which this one did not, but for everything else it was absolutely perfect. I loved this book so much. I remember reading a couple reviews that said this book queer baited though, which I’m confused about, but anyways. Read this, you won’t regret it
Actual rating 3.5 stars
It’s not that I disliked this book, I really did like it. For some reason I just couldn’t get into it as much as I did with The Bird and the Sword, even though Kjell was one of my favourite characters in that book. There isn’t any one thing I can pinpoint as to why I didn’t like it as much, I just neither liked or disliked it. Although I will admit to tearing up a few times, and Harmon writes romance really really well; it was like I could feel the pain Kjell was in whenever he was apart from her, that was fantastically done. Also the name of the last child made me tear up quite a bit, I’m not gonna lie LOL
It’s not that I disliked this book, I really did like it. For some reason I just couldn’t get into it as much as I did with The Bird and the Sword, even though Kjell was one of my favourite characters in that book. There isn’t any one thing I can pinpoint as to why I didn’t like it as much, I just neither liked or disliked it. Although I will admit to tearing up a few times, and Harmon writes romance really really well; it was like I could feel the pain Kjell was in whenever he was apart from her, that was fantastically done. Also the name of the last child made me tear up quite a bit, I’m not gonna lie LOL
Actual rating 3.5 stars
I really loved Whisper of the Tide, but unfortunately not nearly as much as Song of the Current. I think with this one, it kind of lost some of the magic that the first one had; in the first book, the thing that drew me in was Caro’s relationship with the gods and trying to figure that out, I adored that magical little mystery and getting to know her world. I kind of felt that magical element to the world was lacking in the sequel. I was also disappointed in Caro quite a bit? For a while in the middle there she seemed to be choosing to live her life for a man instead of for herself, which isn’t the Caro that I know at all. I understand the purpose of that was to demonstrate how she wasn’t sure of her place at the moment, and of course there wouldn’t really have been a plot if she had chosen otherwise lol, but still I wish she had chosen differently. I still loved it though! The characters and the writing style is fantastic, and it’s definitely worth the read if you liked the first book
I really loved Whisper of the Tide, but unfortunately not nearly as much as Song of the Current. I think with this one, it kind of lost some of the magic that the first one had; in the first book, the thing that drew me in was Caro’s relationship with the gods and trying to figure that out, I adored that magical little mystery and getting to know her world. I kind of felt that magical element to the world was lacking in the sequel. I was also disappointed in Caro quite a bit? For a while in the middle there she seemed to be choosing to live her life for a man instead of for herself, which isn’t the Caro that I know at all. I understand the purpose of that was to demonstrate how she wasn’t sure of her place at the moment, and of course there wouldn’t really have been a plot if she had chosen otherwise lol, but still I wish she had chosen differently. I still loved it though! The characters and the writing style is fantastic, and it’s definitely worth the read if you liked the first book
YALL
EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS BOOK IT’S SO GOOD HOLY SHIT
I loved every single thing about it!! I’m gonna write a proper review in the morning but just oh my god this was incredible !!!!
4 months of this book being on my RTC shelf later...
The above is basically all that needs to be said tbh. To Kill a Kingdom was just absolutely incredible and one of those books that I still think about months later. It was so so so so good, I don't think there was a single thing that I disliked about it. Just absolutely brilliant, one of the best books I ever read. I wish this would be a series so I could have more of the world, but at the same time it ended perfectly so I wouldn't want more. The struggle lmfao
EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS BOOK IT’S SO GOOD HOLY SHIT
I loved every single thing about it!! I’m gonna write a proper review in the morning but just oh my god this was incredible !!!!
4 months of this book being on my RTC shelf later...
The above is basically all that needs to be said tbh. To Kill a Kingdom was just absolutely incredible and one of those books that I still think about months later. It was so so so so good, I don't think there was a single thing that I disliked about it. Just absolutely brilliant, one of the best books I ever read. I wish this would be a series so I could have more of the world, but at the same time it ended perfectly so I wouldn't want more. The struggle lmfao