WE ARE BACK BABY! New year, new dedication to the reading blog! Hopefully you all had a lovely beginning to your year, and got a lot of fabulous reads done in the meantime. If you're interested in what I read this month, please continue on!
I had slightly less reads this month due to one of my all time favorite authors releasing a new book at the end of January, so I was re-reading her series before getting my pre-order in the mail.
What a fun little read this was! Sort of like The Hating Game meets a fictitious war novel but make it romantasy!
I would recommend going in blind to this story because that's what I did and was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it!
I loved the two main characters right away because Ross has such a wonderful way of weaving characters and plot together without forcing anything upon the readers. Our main characters' stories and strife was beautiful and poetic and gut-wrenching. MMC embodies "if he wanted to, he would" and we just spend the whole story swooning over it. Highly recommend if lightly dabbling in romantasy intrigues you!
Our bookclub's choice this month was this psychological thriller, which was a nice reprieve from our usual heavy subject matter books.
Millie is hired by Nina to clean her beautiful home and sometimes take care of her daughter. But Nina's very handsome husband seems to snag Millie's attention as soon as she enters the home.
The writing is very simplistic and easily comprehendible. I thought this was going to be exactly like The Last Mrs. Parrish, but thankfully it was not! The ending of this book felt purposeful and exact, which I appreciated. Not much more to it than that but gave this one a 3.75 stars out of 5.
I finished this one awhile ago but because of all the hype around this book, I had a hard time distinguish my thoughts on it compared to everyone else's aggressive praise.
A human living in a vampire-filled world, Oraya competes in a notable event for the empire in order to gain recognition but winning will be anything but easy.
Sort of lightly combining The Hunger Games and Twilight? The twist at the end of the book had me loving the book overall, but then the forced and rushed ending made me really dislike this book, which is unfortunate. The book felt clearly written to solely facilitate a sequel, which always irritates me. Felt bummed about this one!
This book absolutely lived up to the hype for me, and I greatly enjoyed it in this audiobook format! The narrator was perfect for this role.
Athena is everything and everyone that June wants to be. So when Athena dies, June has no qualms about stealing Athena's manuscript and publishing it under her own name. Inevitable complications ensue.
Kuang's writing is very strong and layered with nuance. I loved her tackling the question "who should or shouldn't tell certain stories?" This is a deeply dark satirical book that is emphasized with dramatic interludes. The author's voice is strong throughout the book and she pulled no punches. June was a car crash of a person and it was hard to look away from her dramatic and evil undoing.
This incredibly captivating, nature heavy thriller was just what I needed!
Two young men traverse the wilderness but they notice a raging wildfire approaching them. As they try to get away from the fire in their canoe, they overhear a couple fighting. So when a stranger approaches them that night saying his wife is missing, the two young men have to decide the moral dilemma that they are confronted with - save themselves from a fire, or save a strange women in the wilderness.
The writing is exceptional and fast paced, and I experienced a full range of emotions while reading this. Highly recommend!