3.75 out of 5 stars Excellent series, strong finish, but I still hate time loops. Goodreads.com: Aurora's End, by Amie Kaufmann and Jay Kristoff (The Aurora Cycle #3) I love The Aurora Cycle, and as a series, I'd give the whole thing 4.25 stars. It started out whiz-bang in Aurora Burning (4.5 stars), sunk it's … Continue reading Review: Aurora’s End
2.5 out of 5 stars After the thrill of the Red Queen series, Aveyard's sophomore effort slumps. Goodreads.com: Realm Breaker, by Victoria Aveyard (Realm Breaker #1) Normally, pirates and squires and lost civilizations in alternate dimensions and girlheroes would have me rapt. But putting it all in one story means you'd better deliver big, and … Continue reading Review: Realm Breaker
3.5 out of 5 stars If ever there were a porn movie turned down due to budget, it's every Sarah J. Maas novel. Goodreads.com: House of Earth and Blood, by Sarah J. Maas (Crescent City #1) There is always so much in a SJM novel, and her latest - and first foray into “adult” fiction … Continue reading Review: House of Earth and Blood
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 out of 5 stars Snark. In space. Sign me up. Goodreads.com: Aurora Burning, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (The Aurora Cycle #2) Following Aurora Rising (4.5 stars), I knew I wanted more. And wanted Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff to scathingly scribe my inner monologue for life. Alas, I can only have one … Continue reading Review: Aurora Burning
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
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