kyleahs_bookshelf's Reviews (133)

Dark Stranger Revealed

I.T. Lucas

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

•the writing has improved and the plot still has a chokehold on me.

•i do wish for more consistent POVs. It still bounces around a bit and I’m not sure having so many really adds anything to the book…

•again we ended at such an odd point…was this a AO3 book?!?

Dark Stranger: The Dream

I.T. Lucas

3.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The first line of the official book description reads, “Twilight meets Ancient Aliens with the sizzle of Fifty Shades.” First, whoever wrote that needs a raise and second, immediately downloaded. Also, whoever oversees my kindle lock screen ads please know that I love you because that is how I found this book.

I’m going to preface this with the writing in this book is not the best and borderlines cringy at times, but the chokehold this book’s plot had on me was inane. My boyfriend can be quoted calling this book, “smutty Percey Jackson ‘’. To which he is both correct and incorrect.

I obviously downloaded book two because a) and spoiler alert they did not 👀 and b) it ended like a Wattpad fanfic where the author was like “this is all I could come up with today, update later.”

Additionally, I.T. Lucas, why are there 62 books in this goddamn series!?

The Guncle

Steven Rowley

3.5

funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Mad Honey

Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

1.0

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

Hooked

Emily McIntire

2.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the writing wasn’t bad but everything else was

The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I can’t solve a normal mystery/thriller there is no way I was solving this book….

Is it wrong that I’m only invested the series for the possible enemies to lovers/love triangle(?) romance??

The Lost Bookshop

Evie Woods

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It was a super cute story, with a dash of romance mixed. While I enjoy the beautiful escape of this novel I found the ending slightly lacking. I just wanted a bit more, but I think that’s just me being selfish.

Content Warnings