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Kiki Siregar is a gamer girl, and a really good one too. Unfortunately, because she is a girl, she cannot exist online without being threatened and harassed by guys online. So she starts playing with a new tag, Dudebro10, so that people leave her alone and treat her with respect.
In her real life her mother has decided to send her to a more conservative private high school, Xingfa. Kiki hates it. There is a rich kid there who basically owns the school and enjoys making her life miserable, and she has just found out that her online best friend Sourdawg is her new friend Liam. Her new friend who might treat her differently if he finds out that he has been gaming with a girl this entire time instead of a guy.
I thought that this book was so cute. I really enjoy playing video games, but I don't play FPS games and so for many years I had people tell me I wasn't a real gamer girl because I didn't play harder core video games. It was really cathartic to see a girl stand up for, not only her video game genre of choice, but also cozy games and platformers.
I thought that the romance that builds in this book was really cute and it made me really smiley for the rest of the day. My only beef with this book is that there was one piece of information that I couldn't really come to a conclusion about on my own, and I wish that the author had included more info about it in the epilogue.
Language warning: if reading strong language bothers you, then please be aware that there are multiple uses of the "F" word as well as some other colorful language, but it isn't constant.
In her real life her mother has decided to send her to a more conservative private high school, Xingfa. Kiki hates it. There is a rich kid there who basically owns the school and enjoys making her life miserable, and she has just found out that her online best friend Sourdawg is her new friend Liam. Her new friend who might treat her differently if he finds out that he has been gaming with a girl this entire time instead of a guy.
I thought that this book was so cute. I really enjoy playing video games, but I don't play FPS games and so for many years I had people tell me I wasn't a real gamer girl because I didn't play harder core video games. It was really cathartic to see a girl stand up for, not only her video game genre of choice, but also cozy games and platformers.
I thought that the romance that builds in this book was really cute and it made me really smiley for the rest of the day. My only beef with this book is that there was one piece of information that I couldn't really come to a conclusion about on my own, and I wish that the author had included more info about it in the epilogue.
Language warning: if reading strong language bothers you, then please be aware that there are multiple uses of the "F" word as well as some other colorful language, but it isn't constant.
When Sharlot gets caught in a compromising position with her boyfriend her mom decides that it would be better for her to spend her summer in Indonesia with her respectable and conservative family. Sharlot, feeling so weird about having been caught, breaks up with her boyfriend and is now spending her time moping around Jakarta. In an attempt to get her daughter a boyfriend who is more respectable, Sharlot's mom responds to a message online from a nice boy. What she doesn't realize is that the boy is the only male heir to the Tanujiwaya group, and that he comes from an extremely wealthy family.
They get caught by a reporter on their first date and now Sharlot is expected to fake date this boy until the media dies down and they can fake break up, but is she starting to catch feelings for him? And what will he think when he finds out it was Sharlot's mom, and not Sharlot, who reached out to him in the first place?
I thought that this book was pretty funny. I didn't like it as much as I liked the spin off book though, but I still thought it was a good story. I think that Jesse Q. Sutanto has a way of bringing her characters to life that makes them seem so real, and vulnerable. I did think that this book had a better wrap up than the sequel though, only because it wrapped up more of the storylines.
They get caught by a reporter on their first date and now Sharlot is expected to fake date this boy until the media dies down and they can fake break up, but is she starting to catch feelings for him? And what will he think when he finds out it was Sharlot's mom, and not Sharlot, who reached out to him in the first place?
I thought that this book was pretty funny. I didn't like it as much as I liked the spin off book though, but I still thought it was a good story. I think that Jesse Q. Sutanto has a way of bringing her characters to life that makes them seem so real, and vulnerable. I did think that this book had a better wrap up than the sequel though, only because it wrapped up more of the storylines.
What would you do if you woke up suddenly in Paris and people were shooting at you, but you couldn't remember anything about your life? That's exactly what Alex has to ask herself, or not Alex, because when she meets someone who actually knows Alex, he tells her that she must be Alex's twin sister. Not Alex needs to find a way to stop getting shot at and get back home.
I thought that the premise for this book was really cool and that I was really going to like this, but it ended up being more poorly written Rom-com than action adventure with some romance. I love Ally Carter's YA books and sometimes they are cheesy, but they were always aimed at young adults and it comes with the territory. This, however, read like poorly written action fan fiction by a young person who has never actually met an adult man before.
I was able to start predicting the ends of sentences (while listening to the audiobook) before they ended by just thinking of the cheesiest way the line could be written. I think that the action story had a lot more promise to it, and if Carter had focused on that instead of the Romance, and let the romance just be the B plot, that the story would have been so much richer and more exciting. Instead it felt like the author trying to find a thousand different ways to put the characters into compromising situations, but instead it felt forced instead of earned, and it felt way fake.
Also she wrote the guy character like the world's biggest horn-dog. I don't think a guy who is worried about getting out of a situation alive is lusting after the girl character that often. Occaisionally? Sure, but definitely not every other page and location change. I think realistically his character would have died a lot sooner if he actually did this.
I finished the book because I wanted to know the outcome of the action adventure, but nothing about this book felt really earned. I think with more revision it could have been much better.
I thought that the premise for this book was really cool and that I was really going to like this, but it ended up being more poorly written Rom-com than action adventure with some romance. I love Ally Carter's YA books and sometimes they are cheesy, but they were always aimed at young adults and it comes with the territory. This, however, read like poorly written action fan fiction by a young person who has never actually met an adult man before.
I was able to start predicting the ends of sentences (while listening to the audiobook) before they ended by just thinking of the cheesiest way the line could be written. I think that the action story had a lot more promise to it, and if Carter had focused on that instead of the Romance, and let the romance just be the B plot, that the story would have been so much richer and more exciting. Instead it felt like the author trying to find a thousand different ways to put the characters into compromising situations, but instead it felt forced instead of earned, and it felt way fake.
Also she wrote the guy character like the world's biggest horn-dog. I don't think a guy who is worried about getting out of a situation alive is lusting after the girl character that often. Occaisionally? Sure, but definitely not every other page and location change. I think realistically his character would have died a lot sooner if he actually did this.
I finished the book because I wanted to know the outcome of the action adventure, but nothing about this book felt really earned. I think with more revision it could have been much better.
I think that these stories have a very gothic feel to them. I feel like the terror, or the horror that you discover in the story creeps on slowly while you know something is wrong, you cannot tell what for the longest time.
I will say that I thought the ending of this book was a little confusing and I may need to go back and read it one more time so that I understand it better, but I cannot wait for the next one. I do hope that it provides some answers for the thing that happens in the epilogue.
I will say that I thought the ending of this book was a little confusing and I may need to go back and read it one more time so that I understand it better, but I cannot wait for the next one. I do hope that it provides some answers for the thing that happens in the epilogue.
In the days of the Final Empire the Skaa are treated terribly. The nobility can do that because the Skaa have no powers of their own, except that there are a few Skaa who ended up with the ability to manipulate the world around them by burning metal. This is called Allomancy, and it is the key to bringing the Final Empire to its knees.
I don't think I have read a book with such excellent world building since I first read Harry Potter. Sanderson really shows you the hopelessness of the Final Empire before beginning the adventure so that you can empathize with Vin and the massive challenge she has to overcome. The book shifted perspectives from time to time, but it didn't do that thing where the author spends an entire chapter with a character that is nowhere near the action in order to create suspense. I think that works well in some books, but I feel like a lot of authors started trying it and now it is in every other book that I read.
I also thought that Sanderson did a great job of coming up with real problems for his characters. Sometimes in books the characters create problems for themselves that could be easily solved by communicating with their friends or using their magic and you scream at the book wondering why they don't just fix it the easy way, but Sanderson's characters have real problems. I like that sometimes they create the problem by being rash, or the motivation is love and they can't help it, but it doesn't feel forced at all. All of the characters choices feel accurate to them.
My FAVORITE thing about this book is that the story is resolved at the end. There are enough questions to get you to read the sequel, but no massive cliff hanger used to get you to buy the second book. I am so excited to read the second book and get some of my questions answered and dive back into this rich and complex world.
I don't think I have read a book with such excellent world building since I first read Harry Potter. Sanderson really shows you the hopelessness of the Final Empire before beginning the adventure so that you can empathize with Vin and the massive challenge she has to overcome. The book shifted perspectives from time to time, but it didn't do that thing where the author spends an entire chapter with a character that is nowhere near the action in order to create suspense. I think that works well in some books, but I feel like a lot of authors started trying it and now it is in every other book that I read.
I also thought that Sanderson did a great job of coming up with real problems for his characters. Sometimes in books the characters create problems for themselves that could be easily solved by communicating with their friends or using their magic and you scream at the book wondering why they don't just fix it the easy way, but Sanderson's characters have real problems. I like that sometimes they create the problem by being rash, or the motivation is love and they can't help it, but it doesn't feel forced at all. All of the characters choices feel accurate to them.
My FAVORITE thing about this book is that the story is resolved at the end. There are enough questions to get you to read the sequel, but no massive cliff hanger used to get you to buy the second book. I am so excited to read the second book and get some of my questions answered and dive back into this rich and complex world.
Meddelin Chan has a pretty boring life. She doesn't date because she is still hung up on her college boyfriend, and she still lives with her mom doing wedding photography for the family business. Her life is about to get a lot more exciting, though, and not in a fun way. When her mom sets her up on a blind date, and that blind date insinuates that he is going to have his way with Meddy, whether she likes it or not, she tases him. Unfortunately he was driving at the time, and said tasing causes their car to crash. Now he is dead, and Meddy, with the help of her Ma and Aunties, has to get rid of the body before anyone finds out.
I think this is one of the more unique books that I have read in a long time. The plot is very carefully thought out and funny. You never once think of a super obvious solution that could have solved everything. Every problem they run into is a genuine problem that is going to get them caught.
I think that the dynamic between Meddy and the Aunts is so funny, and I am grateful it exists because it puts them all into increasingly dicey situations.
I think this is one of the more unique books that I have read in a long time. The plot is very carefully thought out and funny. You never once think of a super obvious solution that could have solved everything. Every problem they run into is a genuine problem that is going to get them caught.
I think that the dynamic between Meddy and the Aunts is so funny, and I am grateful it exists because it puts them all into increasingly dicey situations.
This was one of the more strange books that I have ever read because you aren't trying to solve a crime, you are trying to hide one from being found out. I thought that it was gripping and a very quick read.
I thought that this was going to give me answers that I felt like I was missing from the first book ( which I would still like, frankly) but I thought that this was a good standalone novel. I thought that it was fast and gripping, but less believable than the first novel.
I thought that this one was fun, but less believable than the first one. I did like the plot though. I do wish Nathan and Meddy had more time together in the book, and I am hoping that the next one is something like four aunties and a baby, but I still thought that this was a very fun book.
I thought that this book was a fun rom com, and it had some cute moments, but I think that maybe I am not the intended audience.
It was really well written and it is definitely a feel good book but I had a hard time getting through it. I think that the audiobook reader made the book more difficult for me, so if you love rom coms, this is a good one, but read it, don't listen to it.
It was really well written and it is definitely a feel good book but I had a hard time getting through it. I think that the audiobook reader made the book more difficult for me, so if you love rom coms, this is a good one, but read it, don't listen to it.