nathaniacalaee's reviews
219 reviews

Our Secret Moments by Janisha Boswell
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

I just want to say that I love reading indie authors books, especially when there is POC in the novels (and written by a POC); however, I think the book felt too Tiktok-y for me. It felt like it was trying to cater to the audience rather than the author writing a book she genuinely wanted to write. I mean— who knows? I may try out another book from this author because I can see the vision but it just felt like this was a book that was supposed to be under the “As Seen on TikTok” category, rather than a “This is just a great friends to lovers, best friends brother book.” If that makes any sense. IM SO SORRY TO THIS AUTHOR 

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

5.0

No words. Prepare to be SICK of me when Intermezzo comes out. Sally Rooney pls give me an arc (i now have to reread normal people just to be back in her mind) 

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

I’ve been reading other books and FINSIHING THEM… no tea, no shade but if I was enjoying this book (with the way I’ve been reading books right now) I would’ve finished this book a LONGGG time ago 

Happy Place by Emily Henry

4.0

Wow! I’ve read Beach Read and I didn’t really enjoy it and then I tried to read Book Lovers (it didn’t work out), yet I couldn’t shake the feeling that maybe this was going to be the book for me. AND BOY OH BOY WAS I RIGHT!!! I should’ve read this book sooner. It felt like Emily Henry put all of my thoughts into a book and said “deal with it” 😀 CRIMINAL! I had a couple issues with the book… nothing crazy though! I felt there were a couple repetitive parts and sometimes the dialogue sounded SOOOO out of character it was too cartoonish if that makes sense (it’s an issue I had with Beach Read as well) long story short… I loved this book so much and it was a beautiful story I think I left a piece of my heart in between the pages to be honest 

p.s. I am NOT a second chance girl (I actually try to avoid it if I can) and I ate this book up so yeah… do with that what you will 😋💗

Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

4.75

I loved EVERY SECOND OF THIS BOOK! I need this book tattooed into the backs of my eyes. I love it so much! I want to jump into the next book but now I have to finish days worth of work I missed just to read this series (I think it’s safe to say I LOVE the og trilogy) 

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

4.0

This book got a little slow for me in the middle but I still loved every second of it!! 

Fracture Me by Tahereh Mafi

Super fast omg like crazy fast! Why did I not hate Adam… I felt like he was finally starting to have some ambition and priorities be built. What do you mean “should my allegiance lie with James or Juliette” BABE THERE IS A CLEAR ANSWER HERE!! Maybe I’m crazy or there were chapters missing from my book but I read that so fast AND I didn’t think Adam was bad (he’s not BADD he’s just BORING) 

Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

Quick and easy read! We love a delulu man (Aaron Delulu Warner aka loml) 😍 

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

4.0

Solid 4 ⭐️ book! I loved Aaron (unpopular opinion… for the first book at least); I could tell he was just in a silly goofy mood! Adam had me bored to tears whenever he was on the page I don’t know how I’m going to manage the novella + UNRAVEL ME!? Crazy! 😆 Kenji ate. James ate. Juliette ate- but she was a little too dramatic but honestly ARENT WE ALL? I’ll cut her some slack… it’s just Adam that made me not give A damn (see what I did there 😉) ANWAYS TO THE SALON (aka the kindle store, so I can buy the novella 😍) 

Team Players by Deanna Grey
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.

Literally no hate to Deanna Gray but her books are so boring… I was skimming this and it was only the first 10% I cannot imagine the rest of this book. I would try out another book if this wasn’t the second time I was yawning trying to read her books. Again no hate to the author, I can understand why people would enjoy this book, however, the writing style just isn’t for me. There is BIPOC rep, so period!!