Initial Thoughts This was actually a pleasant read, where pleasant mostly means it's "a hella dark YA book where romance was at a minimal but that doesn't mean trust and intimacy is nonexistent." Seriously, though, I was expecting something else entirely after reading the first chapter, and got something else by the end. I will [...]
Initial Thoughts Those final chapters were WILD. Roshani Chokshi has always managed to ensnare me easily with her beautiful writing, and she went all out in this book. The Bridegroom's narrative interwove with Azure's in such a way that I loved the back and forth, and the homage to fairy tales and stories were absolute [...]
I think this is the mini review that took me out of my usual faire, so while I didn't love these books, I appreciated having read them anyway. A Dowry of Blood came onto my radar because of the FairyLoot edition, and not gonna lie, that special edition is GORGEOUS. To be fair, I hadn't [...]
Another set of mini reviews! I actually did a pretty good job of getting through the books I've read this year. And here I was thinking I would need to slow down on the reading to be able to review them all! But I suppose there's my reading journal and copious amount of time now [...]
Initial Thoughts Well color me enthralled and just a dash of impressed. I honestly hadn't expected the end to put in such a bang, but it made all the slowly developing mystery and plot worth the read. I loved Alex's ferocity and enjoyed the Darlington POVs as well. The whole story ran a bit slow, [...]
Story and Somnomancy 