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The Blood of Stars (Duology)
This Post is Spoiler Free! Spin the Dawn So… Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Where to start? Well, I suppose I’ll start with the first chapter. It was interesting because the first chapter was backstory and nothing else. It almost felt like an extended prologue, but less mystical? I’ll be honest, this is the only book I can remember reading that started like that, and I actually found it useful. When the story started in the second chapter, I already liked the characters well enough and was eager to continue. Unfortunately, that eagerness didn’t remain—somewhere in the first half of the story, I got super bored. To the point…
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And I Darken (Full Trilogy)
This Post is Spoiler Free! And I Darken Oh my goodness. And I Darken by Kiersten White. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I don’t even know how to explain what I’m feeling right now. I don’t even know what I am feeling. This book is amazing! I won’t lie, it was daunting at the beginning, but it was so artfully crafted that whenever I picked it up, I didn’t want to put it down. Seriously. I have no idea how on EARTH Kiersten White managed to put this together, but I’m amazed. She has definitely made it onto my “Favorite Authors” list! Seriously, my mind is a mess right now. At first, I loved…
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The Girl The Sea Gave Back
This Post is Spoiler Free! Alright. Bear with me here. I have mixed feelings about The Girl The Sea Gave Back. There were parts about it that I absolutely loved, but there were also parts that nearly made me put it down, which is a bit rare. I honestly think that if I were the DNFing (Did Not Finish) type, this book would have been one of them. BUT! I hate leaving things unfinished, so I pushed through, and I’m not too upset that I did. I know… I’m going in circles… This is just how the book made me feel, okay? Let’s start with what I liked: the story.…
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Sky in the Deep
This Post is Spoiler Free Fun fact: this is the second time I’ve read Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young. Fun fact number two: this is the second time I’m reviewing Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young, but the first time I reviewed it, it was less of a review and more of a discussion starter (it included spoilers too), so this doesn’t feel too redundant. Fun fact number three: it’s a pretty good book! I’m no stranger to rereads. I love them, though I’ll only do them with certain books. Sky in the Deep is kinda on the edge of that “certain book” line… or it was…
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House of Salt and Sorrows
I recently read House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin Graig, and it was the first Fantasy book I’ve read in a while that I thought was kind of… eh. Don’t get me wrong, there were a lot of things in the book that I liked (particularly in it being a retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses), but the ending didn’t sit well with me. When the ending is off, it throws off the whole book. However, let’s start with the beginning. Erin Craig sets the scene, and she sets it fairly dark and dreary. It took some time, and I had the smallest amount of trouble getting into her…
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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Well, ya girl has read another trilogy. Normally, I read Fantasy (with a little Sci-Fi and Contemporary mixed in), but this one… this one was YA Romance. I’m gonna mention that I’m not a fan of Romance as a genre. You might be asking, “Why did you even go for it, Lucy?” and the answer is, well, I don’t actually know. Maybe to try and get into the spirit of Valentine’s day (which is, if I’m being honest, far from my favorite holiday)? In any case, I don’t really like the genre, but this trilogy wasn’t bad. I’m talking about the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy, by…
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Shadow and Bone (Full Trilogy)
If you’ve been following my bookstagram at all, then you know that I have recently found an intense love for Leigh Bardugo and her books. It started with Six of Crows, where I marveled at the way she built the world of the Grishaverse. It continued in Crooked Kingdom, where I cried over characters who weren’t good but weren’t bad—who were young and human and flawed and perfect. I continued my Bardugo journey with the Shadow and Bone Trilogy. And goodness gracious. I read all three books in just over two days. If I’m being honest, the plot of the trilogy wasn’t quite as polished as Six of Crows and…
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Six of Crows (but I… haven’t finished the book)
This post is spoiler free! Here’s the thing. I am just about to start part five of Six of Crows, beautifully labeled as “The Ice Does Not Forgive,” and I am nervous. I last read on Wednesday, less than forty-eight hours ago, but since then I’ve only had the odd half hour where I could actually read (because of work… laaaame), so I have gathered every ounce of self-control that I have in order to NOT pick up the book. The next time I read, I’m going to cease life until the book is finished. I need to make sure I have an adequate amount of time, because I do…