4 out of 5 stars Spoilers ahead, as the second installment of The Thousandth Floor series is as good as the first. Goodreads.com: The Dazzling Heights, by Katherine McGee (The Thousandth Floor #2) If you haven't read The Thousandth Floor, go away now and come back when you have! The Dazzling Heights picks up immediately … Continue reading Review: The Dazzling Heights
3 out of 5 stars Something's about to happen... so let's skip that, jump over here, and kinda fill you in later, okay? Goodreads: Three Dark Crowns, by Kendare Blake (Three Dark Crowns #1) In the land of Fennbirn, the Queen is always one of a set of triplets. Not the oldest, nor the smartest, … Continue reading Review: Three Dark Crowns
2 out of 5 stars Meh. This book was fine. But with blisteringly creative, updated, and badass reboots like The Lunar Chronicles out there, Hunted feels tired. Goodreads.com: Hunted, by Meagan Spooner Re-imaginings must be both easier and harder to write. The bones of the story are there, just elaborate, ! On the other hand, What … Continue reading Review: Hunted
2.5 out of 5 stars Predictable fluff, but really cute nonetheless. Goodreads.com: Five Feet Apart, by Rachael Lippincott, with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis Rule-following girl with incurable disease meets bad boy with same incurable disease. Dislikes him for as long as it takes her righteousness to show him what to live for and his wild … Continue reading Review: Five Feet Apart
3 out of 5 stars The action and story go up in this series finale, but the heroine of Book 3 drags like an anchor. Goodreads.com: Their Fractured Light, by Aime Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Starbound #3) The galaxy-spanning, dimension-crossing culmination of the Starbound series, Their Fractured Light brings the two main characters from each … Continue reading Review: Their Fractured Light
3.5 out of 5 stars A Book 2 with more grit and less googly-eyed staring = +.25 stars. Goodreads.com: This Shattered World, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Starbound #2) I love series that spin-off internally, then allow the characters from multiple books to encounter each other. I don't mean dusting off Jace & Clary … Continue reading Review: This Shattered World
3.25 out of 5 stars Crashing space ships and intergalactic conspiracies? Don't mind if I do. Goodreads.com: These Broken Stars, by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner (Starbound #1) Lilac LaRue, deubtante of the galaxy and heiress to the fortune of her father's deep space tech company, is not the cossetted twit we expect. Well, she … Continue reading Review: These Broken Stars
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