3.5 out of 5 stars I feel that I should have loved this book, but I only liked it. Goodreads.com: The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune It didn't take much for The House in the Cerulean Sea to sell itself to me: Barnes & Noble front table positioning, great cover quotes, accolades … Continue reading Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
4.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon Epic hardly begins to describe The Priory of the Orange Tree. From page one, the reader is completely immersed in one of the biggest and most comprehensive world builds I've ever experienced. That Samantha Shannon can create such a thing … Continue reading Review: The Priory of the Orange Tree
3.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Undying, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Unearthed #2) Teens on Earth! Well, the getting there isn't easy. When we left Jules and Mia at the end of Unearthed, they'd sealed themselves inside an alien spaceship with the intent of blowing it up before the governmental International Alliance can … Continue reading Review: Undying
4 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Unearthed, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Unearthed #1) Teens in space! I saw this book described as such, "... with Indiana Jones and Lara Croft." An appealing claim, but one that overestimates our heroes, Jules Addison and Mia Radcliffe. An homage, certainly, but our intergalactic adolescents are likable … Continue reading Review: Unearthed
2.75 out of 5 stars A little bit better than the first, with a little more hope for the last. Goodreads.com: Archenemies, by Marissa Meyer (Renegades #2) Listen. There's making sure we get it. There's reminding us of an important plot point before the story builds on it. And then there's Archenemies. Nova is still … Continue reading Review: Archenemies
2.5 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Renegades, by Marissa Meyer (Renegades #1) On the highest, tippy top of the upside: The Lunar Chronicles. On the lowest, bottom-scrape of the downside: Heartless. Marissa Meyer has done some of the best and worst work in recent YA fiction, so my hope for Renegades was wobbly. It doesn't … Continue reading Review: Renegades
4 out of 5 stars Goodreads.com: Call Down the Hawk, by Maggie Stiefvater (Dreamer Trilogy #1) I adore Maggie Steifvater's writing. In her gorgeous prose, the language is art, flowing in surprising surges like over a waterfall. Call Down the Hawk is no different. In fact, there are times where she's over-describing, where another analogy … Continue reading Review: Call Down the Hawk
3.5 out of 5 stars Decent and solid, but this series deserved a little better in the end. Goodreads.com: The Queen of Nothing, by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #3) I prefer to read any series back-to-back, yet always fall for pretty cover art on the shelf and end up waiting a year … Continue reading Review: The Queen of Nothing
2.5 out of 5 stars Tella thinks about herself for 478 pages. The End. Goodreads.com: Finale, by Stephanie Garber (Caraval #3) Mehhhhhhhhh. I didn't love Caraval (3.5 stars) or Legendary (2.5 stars). This whole series talks about and drips with and swims in magic, without actually feeling very magical. My overall take on the first … Continue reading Review: Finale
4.5 out of 5 stars British accents! Alchemy! Pirates! Part heist story, part treasure hunt, and all treatise on equal rights, The Gentlemen's Guide is an insane champagne cocktail of peril and perfection. Goodreads.com: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, by Mackenzi Lee (Montague Siblings #1) Henry Montague, our dear Monty, is an absolute … Continue reading Review: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
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