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I almost put this book down in the first chapter. I'm quite glad that I pushed past those moments of frustration though as I was quite taken with this story as it progressed.
The reason for my initial frustration was that the main chara...
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book because the description, while intriguing, had me worried that it would ultimately be more about a cliched love triangle than it would be about an MC I enjoyed or a plot worth following. Lu...
I enjoyed the slow love story that grows between the two main characters as well as the setting and story telling. I also appreciated the nuanced approach to good and evil that the book takes. However, I found that approach lacking when ...
While I found aspects of this story entertaining and engaging I had a number of issues with the book as well.
First the things that I liked: I enjoyed the story telling itself, and I enjoyed the setting. I found myself vividly immersed ...
*Really 3.5 stars*
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. First of all, I enjoyed the characters and the combination of fantasy and sci-fi. In addition, I enjoyed the writing, story telling, and description and found the pacing and plot engagi...
I enjoyed the story and characters from Blackbird Summer, although I found a suspicious number of parallels between this story and the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris (including one or two references to that series that the m...
I read this book in a day. I couldn't put it down. It's not as though it's a thriller or suspense novel that one can't put down for all the mystery surrounding it. I just didn't want to leave the world Werlinger had created after I was i...
I thoroughly enjoyed the premise, characters, and setting for this story. They were good enough that they pulled me through the book even though I was repeatedly put off by typos, poor formatting, flat writing, and plot holes. Which, to ...
I found the third book in the Rogues of the Republic series was quite a bit more satisfying than the second. Between the deeper character development and the twistier plot twists, I found the whole experience to be more enjoyable than th...
I started reading this book the moment I finished the first book in the Rogues of the Republic series, and promptly put it down, recognizing that one can have too much of a good thing. I gave the first book (the Palace Job) an enthusiast...
Magic Banquet is an enchanting tale of a young woman and her struggle to survive a feast that's to die for. As an orphan with no home, Aja doesn't have much going for her aside from her curiosity and education before heading to the Magic...
Vision in Silver takes up right after the first book in the series left off and does an excellent job of keeping the series moving.
Anne Bishop has a great talent for writing characters that are intriguing and engaging and for keeping p...
This is exactly my kind of book. I enjoyed every moment of it. If I had to recommend it to folks by comparison (something I generally don't approve of because I feel it oversimplifies things, but has its uses) I'd call it Oceans Eleven m...
I went back and forth with this book quite a bit and there were a few points where I almost put it down.
I thought the overall pacing was fairly good, and the premise and bigger mysteries of the book kept me intrigued throughout.
Whi...
This third installment of the Hobson & Choi mysteries delivers just as much fun and whimsy as the first two books, but with the delightful addition of more wolfhound. My favorite thing about all three books is the characters and their en...
3.75 stars!
I enjoyed many aspects of Salvation's Dawn. I found the main character's (Kari's) curious personal story to be intriguing, along with the basic premise for the world. I find myself wanting to know more about how this strange...
Undertow had me veering back and forth between enjoying the characters and the plot and shaking my head at the sloppy storytelling and seemingly lazy set up. There is instalove, which I am not a fan of, and there are overprotective males...
*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review*
This book surprised me in many ways. For example, I didn't expect to remember middle school so vividly, and how terrible it can be. I had almost f...
*I received an advanced reader copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review*
To be clear I read this book without having read the first book in the series, which means I read it as a standalone and was missing a...
*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review*
I found this book to be entertaining and fun. An enjoyable light read with a dash of erotic romance and enough action based urban fantasy to keep ...
I toyed with rating this only four stars because I generally reserve five stars for my all time favorite books... But I couldn't come up with any reason not to give it five stars, and as I considered the question, it occurred to me that ...
Convince Me the Winter Is Over is a book that is difficult to categorize, but easy to enjoy. The characters are well developed, believable, engaging, and ultimately what drives the story.
I don't often read books that can be labeled "r...
I would like to break this review down into categories because there are parts that I thought shone and parts that I thought needed a lot more work. I will endeavor to avoid spoilers.
Characters: 3 stars - This is a tough category. I re...
I was surprised by how much I loved this book, though perhaps I shouldn't have been as I always enjoyed the Temeraire novels that Novik has written. Still, with how different this is from Novik's Temeraire series, I thought I might not e...
I don't generally enjoy romance novels, and this story falls into some of the patterns that generally keep me from the genre, but I still found the story and characters entertaining, fun and spicy.
Amanda Palmer's the Art of Asking is a brilliant, informal analysis of how society views artists, how artists view themselves, and how both views could be improved. The writing is witty and heartfelt. The thoughts are insightful and movi...
Mark Helprin's prose is some of the most beautiful I've ever read. Truly he is a wordsmith of the first order. If you love beautifully crafted, descriptive narrative above all else you will love this book. Sadly, I value plot too much to...
Hobson is a curmudgeonly detective with anger management issues in need of an assistant who is tech savvy, but not annoying enough to want to punch.
Choi is a mature and tech savvy high school student in need of an internship that won't...
An excellent continuation of The Others series. This book had some heartbreaking moments, but was ultimately hopeful. More detailed review to come.
Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy is probably my all-time favorite fantasy series, but I've been very hesitant to read her other works because I feel like I have unrealistic expectations after that experience and that anything outside o...
This was an enjoyable read. Perfect for curling up with a hot drink by the fire and adding a bit of warmth and spice to a winter's evening. Lovable characters draw you into an adorable story about love, family and friendship. Warm fuzzie...
While I thoroughly enjoyed the first Enchantress book (Brood of Bones) I found Fox's Bride even more compelling as we watch the protagonist, Hiresha, learn to fend for herself. In the first book we get a very strong sense of Hiresha's de...
Ooh, thanks for this, it's given me a few more books to stick on my (teetering) to read list :)
ReplyDeleteOh good! So glad these are of use. :-) Let me know what you think of whichever books you read. I'm always interested to know how other people's opinions differ on books that I've read.
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