The Walking Dead: Vol. 08, Made to Suffer by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn | Rating: ★★★★☆ As always, The Walking Dead kicks things up a notch with the next installment. It asks questions of humanity--who would we, the ordinary, be in such dire circumstances. One thing is certain: we'd be forever changed. Following the events and cliffhanger of the previous...
The Walking Dead, Vol. 07: The Calm Before by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn | Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5) Perhaps one of the weakest length in the early run of the series, The Calm Before is basically a filler volume. Each issue had its perks and flaws but for the most part, the title says it all. It's a base. It is...
Solo by Kwame Alexander | Rating: ★★★★☆ As a note, an e-galley of this novel was sent to me via Edelweiss by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not effect my opinions in any way.This was my first experience with a Kwame Alexander book. Based on the entire prose of Solo I can already tell it won't be my...
California by Edan Lepucki | Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5) “Time moved forward, but the mind was restless and stubborn, and it skipped to wherever it pleased, often to the past: backward, always backward.” Edan Lepucki is really on a roll with her novels. Although California was-at times-slow to the point, the prose was incredibly haunting and moving. Unlike most dystopian novels, this one felt......
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas | Rating: ★★★★★ “Wouldn't we all look guilty, if someone searched hard enough?” Holy--sh*t. Oh my God. Out of curiosity, how the heck am I supposed to get over this book hangover? Because I'm at a loss. I'm completely consumed with thoughts of the aftermath of Dangerous Girls I fear I can barely sit still, let alone write...
The Walking Dead, Vol. 06: This Sorrowful Life by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn | Rating: ★★★★☆ Proving once again what a staple this is in anyone's horror/graphic novel collection, The Walking Dead continues with its sixth volume, a collection of gory tales of survival in a zombie apocalypse. You see the horrors first hand--the death, the savage nature we're drawn...
Roxy's Story by V.C. Andrews | Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ (1.5) Although the second book in The Forbidden series, a prequel leading into the end of Forbidden Sister's central plot-line, is immensely better than its (highly dull) predecessor it is still a deeply flawed and sloppy attempt at a novel. Roxy is far more fascinating to read about than Emmie, this much is true, tripping...
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Promising Plotline, but Definitely Not V.C. Andrews (Review: The Forbidden Sister by V.C. Andrews)
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The Forbidden Sister by V.C. Andrews | Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ “You can’t love anyone without pain, the pain of jealousy and the pain of loss. It will always be under your skin and in your heart waiting to pounce.” I just can't seem to learn from the flaws of this era of "V.C. Andrews", you know? Time and time again, I get lured in...
Great by Sara Benincasa | Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5) “It's like there's this knowledge hanging in the air that one person has more power than the other, and we're supposed to pretend everything is nice and normal and equal, but in reality, luck or chance has showered benefits on one person that the other person couldn't dream of.” The thing about retellings of classic...
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A Court of Mist and Fury is Brilliant, Fiery and Deliciously Dark (Review: A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas)
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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas | Rating: ★★★★★ “No one was my master— but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared.” You know that feeling you get, not long after you close a good book, and you just have to sit there and bask in the aftermath? Hypothetically speaking, you kind of just...
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas | Rating: ★★★★★ I have one thing to get off my chest before gathering my thoughts: HOLY CRAP IN A SACK, WHY DID I PROCRASTINATE READING THIS FOR SO BLOODY LONG?! I'm serious. I know, I know, I know I should have listened to you guys ages ago about Sarah J. Maas but...
Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki | Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5) The first thing you should know before diving into Woman No. 17 is that Edan Lepucki's prose is velvety smooth; dark, delicious, humorous. What makes the entire novel is the way the story is told. The narration as it unfolds is something spectacular, even if the story is not. Something in the way...
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan | Rating: ★★★☆☆ Well, this was a rather mediocre end to a fantastically fun and dishy series. Crazy Rich Asians has quickly become my latest literature addiction and is one of the best beach reads a girl could find. In fact, I have not felt this much energy and fun in a novel of this genre since...
The End of Everything by Megan Abbott | Rating: ★★★★★ ...like all that you are is the wanting, and the rest of you just burns away?If there's only one thing to be said about an author like Megan Abbott, it should be this: she breathes life into her words and the characters only grow from there. She understand the complexities of being a...
Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren | Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5) This is my first experience with a Christina Lauren book and I have to say I am very intrigued and impressed. While it had its similarities to The Hating Game and toed the line of being repetitive, it was still sexy and humorous. Beyond the undeniable chemistry of the two leads,...
Honestly, I don't know what it is about June but it makes me so nostalgic. I think it's all the summer air that makes me think of middle and high school. Regardless, I get more than a little nostalgic in the month of June. Sometimes, places and settings and seasons and songs and books make you remember the past. As a whole, I...
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Enter, Spine Tingling Villains and Disturbances (Review: The Walking Dead, Vol. 05: The Best Defense (Graphic Novel)
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The Walking Dead, Vol. 05: The Best Defense by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn | Rating: ★★★★☆ AND A WORTHY, SPINE TINGLING VILLAIN FINALLY ARRIVES. You know, the level of emotional distress and disturbance has always been high in this one, what with the introduction of The Governor. In its history, The Walking Dead has always balanced that sort of terrifying...
Broken Glass by V.C. Andrews | Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5) While it may not erase every last flaw that was found in its predecessor, Broken Glass is a far superior read when compared to The Mirror Sisters. Kicking off the plot right after the first book's cliffhanger, this is a novel that is quite reminiscent of the real V.C. Andrews. As the story unfolds...
