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Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore by Emma Southon
4.0
Listened on audio.
I’ve never been a big history fan but I really enjoyed this. I think you’re either going to like the humor or hate it and, thankfully, I liked it. I enjoyed learning about the history of Agrippina and think this is a great starting point for anyone who wants to dip their toes into the history genre.
I’ve never been a big history fan but I really enjoyed this. I think you’re either going to like the humor or hate it and, thankfully, I liked it. I enjoyed learning about the history of Agrippina and think this is a great starting point for anyone who wants to dip their toes into the history genre.
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
4.0
This was FUN! this was the first book in forever that I sat down and binged. And not because I was panic reading to finish something before the end of the month but because was genuinely invested. I think this was definitely a case of “right book at the right time” as I just finished a long and slower paced high fantasy book but I also think this book had crack laced within its pages (and I think going in knowing nothing about it made it that much more fun too).
Typically a bunch of jumping around timelines pulls me out of a story but the way small pieces of information that helped piece things together with the present day were sprinkled throughout the past timeline chapters, I think the skipping around actually drew me in more. I wanted to know WHAT was happening, WHY it was happening and how the fuck we got there. Overall, really enjoyed my time with this one! I’m not entirely sold on the second book but I could be easily persuaded into picking it up
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
4.0
I mainly listened to this on audio and I want to state that because typically when I do so, it results in me not being super immersed in a world. HOWEVER this book seems to have been an exception.
This book had a slow start. And I mean a SLOW start. But once it picked up and once I, the reader, really committed to it, I was very quickly immersed in the world and became invested in the characters and their wellbeing. I could see and feel it all and it was, for lack of better words, magical.
I was warned about the ending and that it would feel like a set up for another book even though this a standalone but I still found myself, in a way, frustrated. I loved it and I hated it. I want to know MORE but I’ll never get to.
Overall, I really enjoyed this world and its characters. It was a pleasure having my feelings hurt by this story and author!
This book had a slow start. And I mean a SLOW start. But once it picked up and once I, the reader, really committed to it, I was very quickly immersed in the world and became invested in the characters and their wellbeing. I could see and feel it all and it was, for lack of better words, magical.
I was warned about the ending and that it would feel like a set up for another book even though this a standalone but I still found myself, in a way, frustrated. I loved it and I hated it. I want to know MORE but I’ll never get to.
Overall, I really enjoyed this world and its characters. It was a pleasure having my feelings hurt by this story and author!
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
4.5
He made me cry. And that’s so rude. How are you going to kill my main bitch and HER main bitch?? I loved them both and now they’re gone and I’m going to scream. At least Sazed is still alive (allegedly)
Great book and a wonderful wrap up for a trilogy. I had my issues just like with the others but overall, loved it and now I don’t know what to do with myself :) Such a wonderful world, cast of characters, magic system and storyline that kept my attention across all three books. I can see why this book is so loved and I’m slightly upset that it took me so long to finally pick it up.
Great book and a wonderful wrap up for a trilogy. I had my issues just like with the others but overall, loved it and now I don’t know what to do with myself :) Such a wonderful world, cast of characters, magic system and storyline that kept my attention across all three books. I can see why this book is so loved and I’m slightly upset that it took me so long to finally pick it up.
The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
4.0
I think an important thing to remember is that this is only 80 or so pages long and yet it still provided a full story with a decently solid plot and characters. Were there some issues? Yes. But again, this was 80 pages and did more than some 300+ page books I’ve read. Really enjoyed my time with this one!
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
3.25
Huh, odd! To be honest, I wasn’t that scared which is saying A LOT because I get scared so easily. I walked out of a children’s haunted house once. This was interesting and I didn’t mind it for the most part but some things felt… unnecessary. I don’t have much to say about this other than I DID IT! Good job me.
Impact Winter season 2 by Travis Beacham
3.5
The production is still my favorite part and this was an overall enjoyable listen but the story still just falls flat in some areas and, just like season 1, I had no emotional connection to any of the characters so “big” and “impactful” moments really didn’t mean much to me.
The Risk by S.T. Abby
This was a silly goofy time for me. Not rating. I just wanted a brain shut off short story and this fit that nicely. Not a single thought was in my head other than “hehe nice! She killed another one!”
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
3.25
A little disappointed with this one. It was a slow start in my opinion but what kept me interested was this familiar (no pun intended) feeling that I had experienced with A Dowry of Blood. I couldn’t tell you what exactly was reminding me of that book in this one, but it was there. Unfortunately, I felt like this book lacked everything that made A Dowry of Blood so addictive.
The writing was fine. Maybe even good. But there was just so much lacking from this story that I never found myself truly invested in any of it and I’ll probably forget everything about this book by tomorrow.
If this wasn’t my book club’s book for May, I would’ve DNF way before any of the plot or pacing picked up because of how, well, bored I was.
The writing was fine. Maybe even good. But there was just so much lacking from this story that I never found myself truly invested in any of it and I’ll probably forget everything about this book by tomorrow.
If this wasn’t my book club’s book for May, I would’ve DNF way before any of the plot or pacing picked up because of how, well, bored I was.
Manacled by SenLinYu
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