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Thrown to the Wolves by Charlie Adhara
5.0
LOOOOOOOOOOOVED. This is definitely my favorite so far. It was very frustrating at times, and I wanted to smack Park a time or two (or six) but I’ve been dying to jump into the werewolf world more and we FINALLY got that here and it was everything. I adore this series, I can’t get enough
Thrown Off the Ice by Taylor Fitzpatrick
3.0
Pretty much all of my goodreads friends gave this 5 stars, except Melissa who I buddy read this with (until I had to stop)
I really really enjoyed the last 30% and I wish the entire book had been similar. The beginning was too much, and then Mike’s sulkiness and denial (oh god so much denial) drove me crazy.
*i also had a hard time with the health issue aspects. Some things just hit too close to home, and I don’t know if it was just a bad time to read it, but I found myself having to set it down for being too painful.
I really really enjoyed the last 30% and I wish the entire book had been similar. The beginning was too much, and then Mike’s sulkiness and denial (oh god so much denial) drove me crazy.
*i also had a hard time with the health issue aspects. Some things just hit too close to home, and I don’t know if it was just a bad time to read it, but I found myself having to set it down for being too painful.
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
3.0
So let’s dive right in, because I have some thoughts. This is going to come off as a rant review, but I actually did enjoy it so don’t hate me.
This review will be littered with spoilers. Spoilers everyone else in the reading world probably already knows as I’m one of the last people on Earth to read this series, but spoilers regardless.
I enjoyed this. I did. But not as much as the prequel novellas. I have to be real with y’all if I hadn’t read that prequel I would have gotten so bored so fast. The only reason I wanted to keep reading is because I already knew this world and was invested BEFORE coming into this one. But holy shit it was so boring. I’m sorry it really was. I got to the 60% mark and thought, “what the fuck has even happened so far? That’s right, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.” It was the same thing over and over and over again.
I actually do enjoy Maas as a writer. I think she’s engaging and creates dynamic characters. She writes action scenes very well and knows how to make characters that are neither black or white. Nehemia was such a wonderful addition to this book and was the highlight for me. All three of these stars are basically just for Nehemia.
Celaena, just like in the prequels, is a pompous, obnoxious brat. I’m glad I know her better as a character or I would probably hate her and not be continuing this. (Seriously she is so mean, and has more attitude than my 4 year old daughter)
I love Chaol. I feel like I’m supposed to not like him for some reason (???) but I really can’t remember what I've heard about him so fuck it I like him and hopefully me saying that doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass.
My least favorite part of this book (and I knew it was going to be) was the fucking Love Triangle™. If that entire plot point had been taken out this book would be 10x better. I hate cliche YA romance tropes with a passion and this is a perfect example of WHY.
Celaena and Dorian kiss like twice and suddenly Dorian is all “I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR HER I WILL TEAR DOWN THIS ENTIRE CASTLE AND LAY WASTE TO THIS KINGDOM FOR YOU CELAENA” and Celaena is like "lol that’s cool but I’m here for my freedom not a boyfriend." Then you have Chaol who is all brooding and subconsciously jealous and we all know Celaena and him have some hidden will they or wont they brewing feelings for each other and everyone sees it except for them and omg I want to scream someone shoot me.
Fuck these fucking love triangles.
It’s completely pointless. And I hated how it turned out. I like both Dorian and Chaol as characters, but (in my personal opinion) Chaol is clearly the one she should be with. I genuinely have no idea who she ends up with, or what happens after this fiasco, but Dorian was so casually thrown under the bus here I felt bad for him. The entire thing was dumb. It’s obvious she’s going for Chaol now and it all felt like such a stupid and useless plot point. It did nothing for the story (except make it worse).
I'm obviously invested in this story now, and I will most likely binge read it since I have all the books checked out from the library. It's not bad so far, it just isn't anything exceptional either and has a few too many flaws. I desperately hope it gets better from here, because I can't handle another 6 books living inside Celaena's head with barely anything happening plot wise. Give me more action and adventure like we had in the prequels. That's what has made this series good, and what SJM is good at writing. The romance is just so.... meh.
At this point my true OTP is Celaena and Nehemia and NO ONE CAN CHANGE MY MIND.
This review will be littered with spoilers. Spoilers everyone else in the reading world probably already knows as I’m one of the last people on Earth to read this series, but spoilers regardless.
I enjoyed this. I did. But not as much as the prequel novellas. I have to be real with y’all if I hadn’t read that prequel I would have gotten so bored so fast. The only reason I wanted to keep reading is because I already knew this world and was invested BEFORE coming into this one. But holy shit it was so boring. I’m sorry it really was. I got to the 60% mark and thought, “what the fuck has even happened so far? That’s right, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.” It was the same thing over and over and over again.
I actually do enjoy Maas as a writer. I think she’s engaging and creates dynamic characters. She writes action scenes very well and knows how to make characters that are neither black or white. Nehemia was such a wonderful addition to this book and was the highlight for me. All three of these stars are basically just for Nehemia.
Celaena, just like in the prequels, is a pompous, obnoxious brat. I’m glad I know her better as a character or I would probably hate her and not be continuing this. (Seriously she is so mean, and has more attitude than my 4 year old daughter)
I love Chaol. I feel like I’m supposed to not like him for some reason (???) but I really can’t remember what I've heard about him so fuck it I like him and hopefully me saying that doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass.
My least favorite part of this book (and I knew it was going to be) was the fucking Love Triangle™. If that entire plot point had been taken out this book would be 10x better. I hate cliche YA romance tropes with a passion and this is a perfect example of WHY.
Celaena and Dorian kiss like twice and suddenly Dorian is all “I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR HER I WILL TEAR DOWN THIS ENTIRE CASTLE AND LAY WASTE TO THIS KINGDOM FOR YOU CELAENA” and Celaena is like "lol that’s cool but I’m here for my freedom not a boyfriend." Then you have Chaol who is all brooding and subconsciously jealous and we all know Celaena and him have some hidden will they or wont they brewing feelings for each other and everyone sees it except for them and omg I want to scream someone shoot me.
Fuck these fucking love triangles.
It’s completely pointless. And I hated how it turned out. I like both Dorian and Chaol as characters, but (in my personal opinion) Chaol is clearly the one she should be with. I genuinely have no idea who she ends up with, or what happens after this fiasco, but Dorian was so casually thrown under the bus here I felt bad for him. The entire thing was dumb. It’s obvious she’s going for Chaol now and it all felt like such a stupid and useless plot point. It did nothing for the story (except make it worse).
I'm obviously invested in this story now, and I will most likely binge read it since I have all the books checked out from the library. It's not bad so far, it just isn't anything exceptional either and has a few too many flaws. I desperately hope it gets better from here, because I can't handle another 6 books living inside Celaena's head with barely anything happening plot wise. Give me more action and adventure like we had in the prequels. That's what has made this series good, and what SJM is good at writing. The romance is just so.... meh.
At this point my true OTP is Celaena and Nehemia and NO ONE CAN CHANGE MY MIND.
Thoughtless by S.C. Stephens
4.0
Okay....this review is definitely going to contain spoilers because it's more of a rant then a review but I need to get this off my chest so bare with me.
I don't even know where to start...I gave this book 4 stars, part of me wanted to give it 2, part of me wanted to give it 5. It was a great book don't get me wrong, it truly was a roller coaster ride and it was hard to put down. But that brings me to my next point which is that when I DID put it down it was usually because I was chucking it at the freakin' wall.
The main character, Kiera, pissed me off to absolutely no end. 90% of the time I wanted to punch her in the face, the other 10% I actually wanted to kill her. She was selfish and a tease and I hated that fact that she strung around 2 perfectly great guys because "she couldnt decide what to do". Well, fuck you. God, sorry about the language but this girl seriously drove me nuts. I HATED the fact that she would cheat on her boyfriend and then go have sex with her boyfriend 12 hours later. She would even leave his bed in the middle of the night to go have sex with another man. THAT IS NOT OKAY!! By the end of the book I was fully happy with both of them breaking her heart and leaving her lonely for the rest of her life, because SHE COMPLETELY DESERVED IT!! I honestly could not stand her, I am going to read the second book but it's with some what of a reluctance mainly because I have to be inside her head again.
This is definitely not a book of good morals, but it is a good story, and it demonstrated the type of girl I hope I never am anything like. Honestly if I knew someone like this in real life, I would punch a bitch in the face, just sayin'.
I recommend it if you can stand reading about two timing, selfish bitches for 300 some pages. If not, then I highly recommend not reading it because you'll just end up tossing in the fire, or ripping it to shreds and throwing it down the garbage disposal (which crossed my mind a few times). Either way, good luck, it really is an emotional roller coaster ride.
I don't even know where to start...I gave this book 4 stars, part of me wanted to give it 2, part of me wanted to give it 5. It was a great book don't get me wrong, it truly was a roller coaster ride and it was hard to put down. But that brings me to my next point which is that when I DID put it down it was usually because I was chucking it at the freakin' wall.
The main character, Kiera, pissed me off to absolutely no end. 90% of the time I wanted to punch her in the face, the other 10% I actually wanted to kill her. She was selfish and a tease and I hated that fact that she strung around 2 perfectly great guys because "she couldnt decide what to do". Well, fuck you. God, sorry about the language but this girl seriously drove me nuts. I HATED the fact that she would cheat on her boyfriend and then go have sex with her boyfriend 12 hours later. She would even leave his bed in the middle of the night to go have sex with another man. THAT IS NOT OKAY!! By the end of the book I was fully happy with both of them breaking her heart and leaving her lonely for the rest of her life, because SHE COMPLETELY DESERVED IT!! I honestly could not stand her, I am going to read the second book but it's with some what of a reluctance mainly because I have to be inside her head again.
This is definitely not a book of good morals, but it is a good story, and it demonstrated the type of girl I hope I never am anything like. Honestly if I knew someone like this in real life, I would punch a bitch in the face, just sayin'.
I recommend it if you can stand reading about two timing, selfish bitches for 300 some pages. If not, then I highly recommend not reading it because you'll just end up tossing in the fire, or ripping it to shreds and throwing it down the garbage disposal (which crossed my mind a few times). Either way, good luck, it really is an emotional roller coaster ride.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
4.0
A perfect book to ring in the new year
This book is fascinating and unlike anything I've ever read before. Barely anything happens and yet everything happens. It's both confusing and full of mesmerizing lyricism and poetic prose. I think it's best to go into it without knowing much, it's one of those books you just have to experience.
I'm unsure what to say about this that hasn't already been said. I understand why many people don't like it - the prose was at times hard to follow and I felt like plot lines and metaphors were going over my head. I almost gave up in the beginning, but decided to keep going, and I'm so glad I did. It really hooks you, and I fell in love with this story and these characters.
This is one I'm probably going to be thinking about for a long time, and will need to read again.
This book is fascinating and unlike anything I've ever read before. Barely anything happens and yet everything happens. It's both confusing and full of mesmerizing lyricism and poetic prose. I think it's best to go into it without knowing much, it's one of those books you just have to experience.
I'm unsure what to say about this that hasn't already been said. I understand why many people don't like it - the prose was at times hard to follow and I felt like plot lines and metaphors were going over my head. I almost gave up in the beginning, but decided to keep going, and I'm so glad I did. It really hooks you, and I fell in love with this story and these characters.
This is one I'm probably going to be thinking about for a long time, and will need to read again.