4 out of 5 stars What a weird, off-kilter, and absolutely lovey book. Goodreads.com: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman Eleanor Oliphant is a sad picture when we meet: socially incapable, rigidly routine, alcoholic. She's desperately lonely and desperate to be left alone. Over the course of her story, that changes. She has … Continue reading Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
3.5 out of 5 stars I've gone back and forth in this series, giving increasingly better ratings as the story progressed:Three Dark Crowns got 3 stars, One Dark Throne got 3.5, and Two Dark Reigns got 4 stars. I had high hopes for the final installment - book four, though it has the number five … Continue reading Review: Five Dark Fates
4 out of 5 stars As good as the first book in the series, Dev1at3 turns the focus from Evie to her supporting cast, and they are well worth the spotlight. Goodreads.com: Dev1at3, by Jay Kristoff (Lifelike #2) At the end of Lifel1k3, Evie Carpenter, orphan and scrappy scavenger girl in a post-apocalyptic American future, … Continue reading Review: Dev1at3
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
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