Initial Thoughts Alright, hear me out. HEAR ME OUT. I set about this book having been edged to insanity in the first book (which I thought had some older YA vibes), so I was hoping something would happen in this one. But DAMN I was NOT expecting the continual escalation and WRATH HAS FOREVER RUINED [...]
I actually read these two books on my prolific reading month of September. Because I'd read copiously in the last two months, I kind of did stumble into books that were really just meh for me. Maybe at a different time, I might have actually liked these, but right now, the rest of the series [...]
Initial Thoughts: I think I've solved my Holly Black beginning-book problems, because she did the EXACT SAME THING to me in The Cruel Prince and--to a lesser extent--Tithe. Book of Night was definitely on the slow end, and while it picked up for me a third in, it sputtered again in the middle. However, I [...]
Initial Thoughts So I probably enjoyed this much more than I thought I would, especially when I found out it was practically a vampire/werewolf book (which, when you put it THAT WAY, I'm not heavily opposed to). But it was a HIGH FANTASY ROMANCE. Other than Amanda Bouchet, I haven't read those in a while, [...]
Catching up to my "to review" list is almost as bad as trying to catch up to my TBR list. Okay, maybe not AS BAD, but it's gotten to the point where I have to do minis instead of full-on reviews (which I much prefer, because then I can rant a little longer). Then again, [...]
Story and Somnomancy 