ORIGINAL REVIEW: 5 stars — Heartbreaking. Completely different from many paranormal-ish books I’ve been reading lately. Beautifully written — it jumps around in time a bit, but it’s the first time that I’ve actually enjoyed that in a book and found it appropriate b/c it adds something to the narrative at just the right times. […]
4.5 stars — Well, this one helped my slump! There’s nothing like a favourite series to do that sometimes… I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about Brenna, because she is just so forceful and angry and off-putting. But I actually really appreciated her journey. I know this will sound weird, but I […]
4.5 stars — Well colour me intrigued!! I loved how that story of the women with the feather came into play. It’s all super intriguing. It gives it a bit more of a fantasy vibe than just pure dystopian. And a wall of FIRE?? Crazy!! Lots of great detail about the world beyond what we’ve […]
4.5 stars — Well, that was a lot of crying. I mean, I know I’m a crier, but damn. Emily Zeller was fantastic as always as the narrator. Her voices were consistent even with the first book, and I basically just LOVE everything about how she narrates these books. I honestly can’t imagine consuming this […]
4 stars — I might be in the minority, but I kind of love alternative POV short stories. I love getting in the head of another major character and seeing things through their eyes. And that’s what this short story from Peree gave me. The problem? It was too short. It just made me want […]
4.5 stars — I was sucked into this book almost immediately from the start. The concept was so unique, the details were superb, and the attention paid to Fennel’s sightlessness made me feel sightless myself. And I genuinely think that a great book was made even more spectacular by listening to it. Emily Woo Zeller […]
4.5 stars — Oh, look at that. I started it at bedtime and stayed up until after 3am finishing it. Damn this series is addicting. I’m sad I’m all caught up now. I loved that this one gave us yet again a different kind of heroine, looking for different things. It was so refreshing that […]
4.5 stars — I don’t know what exactly had me enjoying this one even more than the previous ones, but I think part of that was that Cassie’s perspective is a bit different from the previous girls. They were all afraid of being raped, Cassie’s considering giving herself in exchange for protection. So it didn’t […]
4 stars — Goddamn these books are addicting. I started this one before bed and stayed up until 3am to finish it. I mean, they’re not perfect, but they are seriously compelling. Something about them just keeps me coming back for more. I should be reading other things, but I can totally see myself finishing […]
3.5 stars — A weird blend of kind of hokey and hard to suspend my disbelief, mixed with compelling and engaging. There were times where the pacing fell a little bit, and the book got wrapped up in repetitiveness. The thing is that some of that repetitiveness was about Mya pining for her family and […]