mars_thereader's Reviews (266)

Love Unwritten

Lauren Asher

4.75

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Hear me out…Spanish men. See?

Ellie- It is so impressive how you overcame your fears and your past. The trauma is real, so it makes it even more impressive. Also, she is drop dead gorgeous. Rafael knows what he is doing iykyk. Another note, she is soo prepared to be a mother to all those animals and Nico or whatever future child is in the future.

Rafael- Hot- who’s said that? Anyway, he is super caring and grumpy. Best grumpy single dad vibes. I haven’t read much btw. Considering his own trauma, this man deserves an entire farm of animals. DO IT!

Overall this book was pretty good. I do prefer the first one more, but this is close. Lauren Asher now owns some of my soul for writing these masterpieces. I love how she writes them, it is most definitely developed.

Love Redesigned

Lauren Asher

5.0

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Pros: he is a hot Spanish man that is super hot and thoughtful. Along with he kind also super shy

Con: He is fictional

Dahlia- She is a literal queen. Top tier romance fmc. So basically, she is overall amazing since she battled her demons and still carried the weight of grief. And worrying about her career? Icon right here. I love the banter and determination she has.

Julian- MARRY ME! Please, sir. I will get on my knees and beg for him…anyway, he is actually super sweet and thoughtful so I love him immensely. And he speaks another language? Hot beyond reasoning. Plus he is thoughtful and caring? I can’t, I literally cannot.

Overall I want to rate this book over a five. I love this book soooo much. It was a perfect a mixture of family, and trauma. Also the spice was top notch, like it wasn’t too cringe. It was so much better with the banter. God I love the banter.

Lights Out

Navessa Allen

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Damn! I love their humor, along with their cats. I love cats.🥰

Aly- She is a great fmc. Not too broken, like some fmcs, and not too strong. This woman has my respect because she is protective of cats too. Like she sticks up for cat lovers.

Josh- This man..this man has me on something. If I’m given any more of this man, I will go feral. Josh is so sweet and hilarious, along with handsome. Queue heart eyes. Anyway, he is overall an amazing person for Aly so I respect this.

This author is slowly making her way to the tops in my books. I love authors that give funny content, I just like kicking my feet and squealing at one in the morning.(By the way that’s when I’m writing this.)

Overall I really liked this book. It got a little intense sometimes, but not so much that I wanted to put it down. It was the opposite, highly recommend.

New Moon

Stephenie Meyer

1.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m concerned overall. I hate the werewolves, only because they want to like stop Bella from joking the dark-side (music enters-) along with the fact that they howl and growl. No thank you. Y’all can keep them. Actually, keep all the characters. I don’t approve whatsoever of anyone’s behavior. It’s childish and mediocre along with immature.

Twilight

Stephenie Meyer

2.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Okay, so like I don’t hate nor like this.

Bella- She freak me out. She makes me think that she isn’t even human, like first of all, what are your reflexes?! How is she this clumsy..I take it back I’m that clumsy. Anyway, I do like how she started out, like the smart shy girl that slowly became more confident. I like that part, not the part where she wants to be a vampire, like this is a little too soon right?! What was the conversation with marriage too?! I’m concerned.

Edward- He both freak me out and turn me on.(I say this to a lot of guys, lmao.) I like how protective he is but not possessive. Like, if every guy in the school does like(I highly doubt it too) her then Edward can’t really do much. Anyway, I like him in the beginning but the ending….No thank you.

Overall, this book was decent. I don’t hate it, even with the rating, and I don’t love it either. I enjoyed the beginning, but not the ending. It got a little confusing and cringe for me. WHY ARGUE OVER THE FACT YOU WANT TO BE A VAMPIRE?! JUST DROP IT!! Ugh.

Throttled

Lauren Asher

3.25

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

I hated most of it but the ending made up for it entirely. I’m a sucker for sweet endings.

Noah- Marry me? I can act like Maya, I swear! Anyway..Noah is such a good bf. Like, he is sappy but also sassy? My type right there. Along with, he is so sweet. Swoon three times over universes.

Maya- Kinda cringe, but like I tolerate you. She is very pretty, I’ll admit that. Also, I hate how she went on dates with other guys trying to get over Noah, like what was the point of that? No thank you, it wasn’t even that serious.

Overall this book was kinda rushed, but like I said the ending made up for it.

Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard

2.5

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m so confused. I mean, I don’t hate this book, not really. It was just difficult to read and get through. Like, Maven, wtf? I understand Mare when she says she chooses no one. Cause like I hate them all and I don’t trust them. (I don’t really hate them that much.)