4 stars — That was a surprisingly emotional read for me. Like, seriously, I cried more than was probably warranted. I split time between reading and listening, but I really enjoyed Ms. Spencer’s narration. She had a great balance of emotion and snark that was needed with Holly. Solid pacing and voices as well. This […]
2 stars — First things first, I got lazy and didn’t contact Amazon to force whatever update to whatever latest version I could get (now entitled By Magic Enchanted). So this cover above, this is the version I read, and I truly think it’s a pretty early one. Honestly, I don’t think the blurb on […]
ORIGINAL REVIEW: 4 stars — ON REREAD: 3.5 stars — Since this was one of my earliest indie Kindle reads, I really wasn’t sure how it was going to be rereading it over a decade later. And while I definitely didn’t get as sucked in or emotionally invested, it actually wasn’t as bad as I […]
3.5 stars — Well I definitely enjoyed this one more than Famine, but in the end I was left feeling only somewhat satisfied. Honestly, I kind of saw at least elements of the “solution” coming from early on, so it really just felt like a long ride to somewhere I was impatiently waiting to get […]
2.5 stars — Well…that was probably how I was expecting to feel after reading the reviews. Just because I know I get bothered by the same things as were mentioned in many negative reviews. I definitely enjoyed Pestilence, I was middling on War (even though it ended great apparently, though now I don’t honestly remember), […]
3.5 stars — I will admit that I stayed up pretty late into the night finishing this one, because I just really wanted to know what was going to happen. I think if I was a history buff, I would enjoy these books even more. As it is, I really haven’t retained much about British […]
3.5 stars — This was a strangely compelling book, despite some things that really pushed my buttons. The funny thing is, I kind of expected not to enjoy this book, and so it surprised me in many ways. I wasn’t expecting the way the story started, and the way the story was told through so […]
5 stars — Wow. I don’t think I knew I needed this book, but I 100% needed this book. It didn’t even have the most prominent romance, but what I got more than satisfied me! There was just something magical, in so many senses of the word, in this story and these characters. It made […]
4 stars — I wrote these notes for a review 2 years ago, and I really don’t feel like making it nicer…so you get what you get. Listened with the hubby on a few road trips — shame that we had to split it up, would have been nice if we could have listened to […]
4.5 stars — Quirky and fun and odd, but maybe a titch drawn out longer than I would have normally liked. This was a new narrator for me, and she was solid. She had a lot of qualities that reminded me of some of my favourite narrators — solid different voices, great pacing and emotions. […]