jessi_readss's Reviews (580)


This is my first reread and I do not know what I was thinking when I gave this book 5 stars. ๐Ÿ˜…

While the writing is still good and I love the majority of the characters, this book was a regression of all character growth. Persephone became overly annoying, jealous, whiny, and just overall a toddler in adult form. The toxicity was insane. I actually liked Apollo more than her in this book. I gave it a 3 though because she does start becoming more bearable again near the end. 

Still love this series, she just needs to chill. ๐Ÿ˜‚

They are so cute I wanna die. ๐Ÿซ 

It was cute & fun. Definitely a little slower paced than the previous two books. I also love how this books timeline is in sync with the first two books, I thought that was awesome, especially getting to revisit a couple scenes. 

Itโ€™s not my fave however, the second book is my baby and I still love the first book. This book comes in third compared to those two, to me. The audiobook is also ๐Ÿฅต, however the spicy scenes were cringe so I would alternate between the audio and the book for those scenes. 

Overall though, it was a good time and I would def reread this entire series again. 

I had such a good time listening to this book. It was cute and steamy and theyโ€™re both so traumatized. I loved it. ๐Ÿ’•

It was cute.
Then it was adorable. 
Then it was awkward.
Then it just got weird. 

How many times can you fit โ€œfoldsโ€ in to a single smut scene? And I get that it was short and adorable. But the spice scenes were awkward to listen to and their chemistry felt extremely forced near the end. 

I almost DNFed but realized I was at 90% so I pushed through but I wish I had just stopped. ๐Ÿ˜… 3 stars for the first half of the book and the writing style. Everything else was not for me. 

Normally I absolutely detest the same book in a different pov but omg it worked so well for this one. I absolutely loved hearing Hades PoV for every scene. Some of it did feel repetitive, but I still had a good time. Def do not recommend skipping this one. 

I wanted to love this, I really did, and I tried so hard but in the end I had to push myself to even finish it. The characters just both seemed to be the same person in a way with the same struggles and it was repetitive in a way. And I kept dissociating from boredom and had to reread multiple parts and a few of those parts I gave up on altogether and have no idea what happened. ๐Ÿ˜… Now I listened to the audio so that may have been the problem and I do plan on trying to read the physical book at some point to give it an honest chance. 

But for now, I didnโ€™t hate it, but I didnโ€™t love it. 

This volume was so cute and sweet. I love that Adachi chose to pursue his dreams while also choosing Kurosawa. And Tsuge is so freakin cuuuuuute. Ah, this manga is everything. 

A Thousand Boy Kisses

Tillie Cole

DID NOT FINISH: 31%

Looking for an AMAZING story that is extremely detailed to the point you can fully immerse yourself in the story? This is the one. 

Now, Iโ€™m gonna be super honest though. It was so detailed that my ADHD brain kept having to reread whole sections of the story because I would zone out periodically. So I am rating this 5 stars solely on vibes and the fact that I have not read a story this detailed and superb since LOTR. It is an amazing story, just hard to stay focused on something so detailed, itโ€™s a me problem. ๐Ÿ˜‚

But I heard the first book is also the slowest as it has a lot of explanations and character intros and different regions being described. So I understand that and I am so excited to get to volume two. 

I also hybrid read/listened to this by the amazing narrator Crimson Rain on Spotify. ๐Ÿ’•

With all that said, I am obsessed with the characters and the story and I NEED more Xie Lian and Hua Cheng more than I need to breathe. ๐Ÿ˜