Rating: Review: I had written a much longer review but I’m revising because…reasons. 4 star to 3. This book is predictable, I won’t lie. But it was also stupid entertaining. I love dragons and I miss that no one writes good stories with them in it. Everything else besides the dragons, I’m kind of over it. Romantasy is probably the Twilight vampire craze of now and needs to die. I’m over the smut. And very much over the words growl and molten. My eyes cannot roll any harder than they did reading those repeatedly. Xaden and Violet weren’t the worst characters, in fact there were thin ..read more

Hi everyone! So, if you haven’t noticed, I’m not posting on here as often anymore. This is due to a few different factors. One is that I used to mostly use this blog for my advanced copy reviews and I seldom am doing those anymore. The reason for that is unfortunately many publishing houses are putting out content in books I do not wish to read or promote, therefore I’m not asking for advanced copies anymore or taking on copies sent to me. As such this last year my reading has been comprised mainly of re-reads, Christian books and some classics, all wonderful choices but not necessarily ones I ..read more

Rating: ★★★★★ Review: “To be a gentle man is to be the sort who is more than capable of hurting the weak…but doesn’t do it.” I love this book. Am I the targeted audience for it? As a woman, no I’m not but I’ve enjoyed all of Brant’s books so far and when I saw he was tackling this topic I had to see what he would write. 100% not disappointed. I was practically highlighting something every other page. Do I disagree with some finer points here and there, sure. For instance I don’t believe wives should work at all and especially not make more than their husbands as mentioned in a part of the b ..read more

Rating: ★★★★☆ Review: As per usual with C.S. Lewis the amount of depth he’s managed to cram into a book that can be read in half a day is astounding. To digest everything that was in this little book would take me longer than it did to read it. The discussions between the Ghosts and Spirits alone was haunting, knowing eternity is hanging in the balance and how accurately he’s able to depict people. I knocked a star off simply because I’ll admit I didn’t understand much at the end with the woman and the Dwarf, everything else was great and getting better but that lost me. So I’ll leave this sh ..read more

Originally I had a different review for this book, arguably far more on the critical side. After sitting on it for some time though I’ve changed my opinion somewhat. That’s the interesting thing about this book, it does tend to stick with you. My main problems originally had to do with feeling that the romance in the book wasn’t much of one, also that Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth themselves weren’t particularly likable characters. I’ve realized that my idea of the romantic part of the book is heavily colored by the 2005 adaptation in film, also just romantic sentiments of the modern age. While no ..read more

I don’t think I’ve ever posted a general update on this blog but the other day I got an email telling me this blog had been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 100 Young Adult Book Blogs on the web!! I’m thrilled this blog, which is just my humble collection of reviews, was even considered and so thankful for you all who follow the blog. I’ve posted the link to the list below, thanks again to Feedspot for the feature and happy reading everyone! Top 100 Young Adult Book Blogs List ..read more

Release Date: August 29th, 2023 Rating: ★★☆☆☆ (I only rated because I made it to 50% of the way through.) Review: DNF at 51%. Normally I would never DNF an advanced review title. I’m grateful to get to receive books ahead of time and I try to always get through the book even if I have my gripes with it but honestly, at halfway through I was just done with this book. I’ll admit I had not read ‘The Mask of the Red Death’ by Edgar Allen Poe before reading this and maybe that would’ve helped inform me better on what this book was supposed to be like. The main reason I struggled to get through thi ..read more

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review: Out in the open, no shame was as awful as it appeared when hidden in the dark. The last novella I read in this series was the second, Final Chance, which I really enjoyed. I wish I could say the same for this one but unfortunately I can’t. Somehow reading this novella felt like it had been written by an entirely different author. For one thing, the POV switched from third person perspective to first, going back and forth from Kiva and Preen’s perspective. While I usually like first person perspective reads, in this one it didn’t seem to work as well, the reason being t ..read more

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review: I would say that this book may be better experienced in hard copy format than on audiobook like I experienced it. Not because Ben Shapiro is a bad narrator, he speaks very well and is highly articulate. More because of the sheer volume of facts and information that may be missed as a consequence of listening vs. being able to sit down, highlight and absorb the text slower. There were times I wished I could mark passages in this book that I was unable to because I was listening to it. Researched very well with astute cultural, historical and social observations, I enjoye ..read more

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review: So l’ll admit to watching the anime film first before reading this. I honestly didn’t know that the film was based off of a book when I went to watch it and only found out after looking up more information. Unfortunately, I feel my experience with the film definitely colored my reading of the book. While I liked its whimsical elements and humorous moments, I felt the characters were a lot flatter in the book. I came expecting closer to what I experienced in the film, which of course is always a mistake when reading the source material. For me the characters of the film ..read more