3.5 stars — This was a VERY hard book for me to rate. Honestly, if it hadn’t been an ARC, and I hadn’t been worried my slump was affecting my enjoyment, I might have DNF’d it. The first half of this book did NOT work for me. I couldn’t connect with either main character. The […]
This book was good, if a bit too much like The Fall Away Series and Fallen Crest Series. But I did love those series so……it had everything I wanted in a teenage bully-turned-lover high school romance. Intrigue, angst, strong willed heroine with a forgiving heart. I mean, I don’t know why I love these books so […]
Favorite Quotes: We didn’t just read books. We devoured them, brought them back up, and digested them again. We were like cows. Really cool, totally not fat, book cows. I was invisible once. Now, with my voice raising and my heart pumping, I felt like they saw me. Not the pretend Bella that Jake had […]
4.5 stars — Dudes, isn’t it weird how you don’t know you’ve missed something until you get it again? I really love the way this duo writes together. I don’t even know how to describe what it is about their writing, but it’s just seamless. And you get the best of both writers. And OMG, […]
3 stars — This one sucked me in practically right from the start, and I couldn’t put it down. It was just easy to read and compelling. But as we got to know the characters more and more, I realized I didn’t like either of them that much, and I started losing patience with their […]
4 stars — I’m not always a big fan of enemies to lovers, but this one worked out okay for me. I think part of it is that there wasn’t any genuine hostility, they just enjoyed being rivals and giving each other shit. So there was a lot of little taunts and jabs, but it never […]
3.5 stars — I started off LOVING this story, but not really enjoying the male narrator (I’ll get to that). And I’m not sure if it truly lost its luster, or if the narration grated on me, or most likely a combination of the two, but I found myself just wanting to get to the […]
Favorite Quotes: The horsemen rode to the four corners of the world, and in their wake machines broke, fuses blew. The Internet crashed and computers died. Engines failed and planes fell from the sky. Bit by bit, all the world’s great innovations ceased to be, and the globe slid into darkness. This is what Pestilence […]
Overall: 4 stars — It seems for me that I always end up liking the first book the best…but I’m probably misremembering. That was definitely the case here though! It started off really strong, but all the books were solid Christmas reads. It was interesting to see how each author took the “snowed in together” trope […]
4.5 stars — That’s it. I think I’m just going to listen to Mariana Zapata’s books from now on, particularly if they’re narrated by Callie Dalton. Dudes, that chick knows how to give good narration. Like she takes a book that I would have enjoyed reading on my own, and turns it into a favourite. […]