3.5 stars — Well shit, picky Lenore strikes again. I wonder if it didn’t help that I had such high expectations for this book, since everyone I know really loved it and was wowed by it, but it just fell short for me unfortunately. Which is not to say it was a bad book, it […]
3.5 stars — I read this in a boxed set, so didn’t have the updated 10th anniversary editions. I will admit that I found the story to read a bit jumbled, especially in the beginning. It feels like we’re thrown in, and then plot things just keep happening and happening, but we haven’t really had […]
3.5 stars — This one started off super flat for me. Honestly, if it wasn’t a book club book and I wasn’t buddy reading, I would have DNFd and moved on to something else. I don’t really read MG books, but this one definitely read more like MG than YA for me. The characterizations were […]
5 stars — Wow. Just, this was more than everything I was looking for in a book, and I loved it from start to finish. Sometimes I find 5 star reviews the hardest to write, because there’s so much I feel, but I don’t want to spoil anything and I feel weird just absurdly gushing, […]
3.5 stars — I think my mediocre rating for this one had to do with 2 things on a personal front: having expectations for who Stacey was and how I thought this story would go; and simultaneously reading a book I’m really loving so I would inevitably compare the two and notice more clearly what […]
4 stars — I absolutely loved the setting for this book, and now kind of want to check out a renaissance faire. And while I enjoyed Simon and Emily’s story, I have a feeling it was never going to be my favourite in a series I’m looking forward to continuing. I listened to this one, […]
4 stars — My reading buddy likened this book to a Hallmark Christmas movie, and I have to agree that it’s a pretty great comparison! It’s light, but has enough depth to keep things interesting. And while you generally know the final outcome pretty early, the journey is still fun. I will admit that I […]
3.5 stars — There were so many things I enjoyed, but the frustration with certain things was strong my friends! Loved Ms. Wells’s accents, it really added to the character of Nève when she was speaking. Occasionally I’m not sure if I would have read certain passages differently, and maybe would have warmed up to […]
4.5 stars — I wholeheartedly enjoyed this book even more than her debut novel, it just seemed to hit the right spots with me. I both listened and read this book, and the narrator was not bad, but made weird choices sometimes. I found I just preferred to read it myself, purely personal taste. Bee […]
4 stars — OK, this is going to be another terrible review because I did a terrible job writing down my thoughts…woops, sorry! Still hilarious. The banter, the witty writing, loving it. Dephne is a delightfully sassy and sarcastic witch. Annette is hilarious. Still a bit repetitive at times and feels like not a lot […]