2 out of 5 stars A cute, but very juvenile, story that tries to compensate by burying the B-plots in more adult themes. Goodreads.com: The Upside of Unrequited, by Becky Albertalli Today's protagonist is Molly Peskin-Suso: a cute, awkward, overweight, anxious, 1000% terrified virgin YA trope-fest. She meets a cool boy. She meets a dorky … Continue reading Review: The Upside of Unrequited
3 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: The Wicked King, by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #2) Jude Duarte is human, but lives in Faerie with her sister Taryn, and the man who killed their parents. To understand why, you'd need to read The Cruel Prince. It took me half of that book to … Continue reading Review: The Wicked King
2.5 out of 5 stars Maybe I should have started reading where the author started writing. Goodreads.com: The Last Wish, by Andrzej Sapkowski (The Witcher #0.5) Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher. Stolen as a child by a cult who practices dangerous magical rituals on their prey, Witchers are those who survive to become meta-humans … Continue reading Review: The Last Wish
3 out of 5 stars Good isn't quite great, but in this case, it is goodbye. Goodreads.com: A Question of Holmes, by Brittany Cavallaro (Charlotte Holmes #4) The last installment in Brittany Cavallaro's endearing Charlotte Holmes series reads like it's time to move on. The characters are ready-ish, and the author is too. I could … Continue reading Review: A Question of Holmes
4 out of 5 stars Now we're cooking: Katherine is craaaaazy, Mirabella is lovely, Arsinoe is haunted, and the Ascension of the Fennbrin Queens is closing in like the mist around the island. Bonus: It's not the end! I always assume series are trilogies, then realize 50 pages from the end that there's no way … Continue reading Review: Two Dark Reigns
3.5 out of 5 stars Who says the sequel can't be better than the original? Or that titles with numbers in them should indicate the order of books in the series? (Actually, I do. That's really confusing.) Goodreads.com: One Dark Throne, by Kendare Blake (Three Dark Crowns #2) In the second installment of her Three … Continue reading Review: One Dark Throne
4 out of 5 stars Ahoy, spoilers! The Thousandth Floor series ends with a twist that I think I saw coming. Or maybe I just really wanted it to happen. Goodreads.com: The Towering Sky, by Katharine McGee (The Thousandth Floor #3) It ends as it began: with a death. Sort of. The first book in … Continue reading Review: The Towering Sky
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