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19 reviews

So Let Them Burn (Limited Edition) by Kamilah Cole

adventurous emotional funny inspiring fast-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

5.0

Such an amazing story, I really loved the way dragons were portrayed and the relationships and everything. Eventually (near the end) my enjoyment got to a point where I couldn’t put it down! The world building is easy and simple (in the best way possible) and the characters were very enjoyable. There were parts where I nearly teared up (especially that bonus chapter, gods damn-)

Overall everything was amazing, I should’ve read this sooner honestly. Can’t wait to get my hands on This Ends in Embers <3

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

medium-paced

4.5

Amazing book, took me a bit to get used to the writing, but once I got the hang of it I was having a marvelous time! Nearly teared up at the end, still feel so bad for the creature 😞

Also Victor is an idiot, acting all shocked that the creature he made from corpses... would look unsettling. He also married his sister-cousin-or-whatever-she-was (yes, I know she's adopted, still weird-)

Milk and Vine: Inspirational Quotes From Classic Vines by Emily Beck, Adam Gasiewski

fast-paced

1.5

Would be a genuinely funny parody if it wasn't for the fact that this whole thing is basically taking other people's content and making money on said other people's content (which I *know* the ones who "made" this DID NOT ask for permission)

God of War: The Official Cookbook of the Nine Realms by Rick Barba, Insight Editions, Victoria Rosenthal

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Honestly had a lot of fun reading this; yummy looking food and recipes, learning a bit about the lore (even when it feels contradictory a couple times) and even of Tyr!

(If the one speaking *IS* the real Tyr that is, it's hard to tell-)

Will I use these recipes? Maybe a few, but for now it'll just remain in my God of War collection-

Layla by Colleen Hoover

2.0

The only reason I didn't rate this one star is because of the ghost guy, would like to see more of him in future novels he sounds cool as fuck.

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

0.0

(EDIT: Fuck Neil Gaiman, jfc fucking disgusting man)
Such a fun book for those who want to get into Norse mythology. Enjoyed every page that I didn't want to put it down (Though I had to sometimes because my fingers would get sore from holding the pages for too long). There are parts that made me giddy, made me cry (Though its because I'm over-emotional), made me laugh - honestly I felt all the emotions reading it! Highly recommend!

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

3.0

It was a pretty decent read, a very good story. However it was a bit confusing in the beginning in regards to wording (There were quite a few moments where I was like "Huh???") and there were times where things would get way too flowery in descriptions that I had to skip though a paragraph or two to get back to the story. The romance was okay though with most of the mentions of Talasyn being small and Alaric being big was...questionable (Especially with the "old man" comment, gave me Lore Olympus flashbacks/neg).
(Spoilers under here)

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Will I be reading the next one? Most likely because I do want to see how the Voidfell will go (Most likely terribly wrong lol) and also because I firmly believe that Khaede is going to be the traitor (I do not believe its Darius, I ain't buying that shit lmao)

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Verity by Colleen Hoover

1.0

Forget "When pigs fly", how about we start saying "When Colleen Hoover writes a book without smut"? Because Christ almighty, the whiplash of Verity trying to choke her infant daughter to her fucking Jeremy is jarring. Also for the love of all that is holy; Asperger's ISN'T a proper diagnosis! It hasn't been one since 2013! I assumed that since this was a more recent copy this would be corrected, but fuck me I guess. I expected this book to have full-on thriller, but majority of the time it's just smut scene after smut scene! Christ man, this book makes me want to be a sacred maiden for the rest of my life.

God of War - The Official Novelization by J.M. Barlog

4.0

As someone who loved God of War I enjoyed it very much and near the end I just couldn't put it down.
However the reason as to why its four stars is because of the removal of the scene with Atreus and Sindri, felt unnecessary to remove it and in doing so, it made the scene of Atreus killing Modi and the scene of Atreus shooting Kratos less impactful and more out of nowhere by removing the rising action of Atreus' character (if that makes sense)
Nonetheless, good book and I cannot wait for Ragnarök to get novelized as well...
....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE-

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

3.0

Feel very mixed on this book. On one hand I appreciate the message and the themes this story was trying to tell, in fact there were moments where I was tearing up. However Colleen Hoover tends to add really weird shit onto her works, which does sour my opinion on this book.

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like with phrases like "slow apologetic thrusts" and "when he was wiping that cow shit on me, it was the most turned-on I have ever been" how am I supposed to take this stuff seriously? Even with the more fucked up scenes it's hard not to think about the line with the cow shit. Also the fact that Lily was 15 while Atlas was 18 made me feel the ick personally-

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Anyways, this will be the last of me reading CoHo (hopefully...praying-)