• Book Rants,  Buddy Reads,  Fantasy,  Fiction,  Horror,  Mystery,  Retellings,  Reviews,  Romance,  Young Adult

    House of Salt and Sorrows: A book that made me both salty and sorrowful

    September 23, 2021

    🌸 Title: House of Salt and Sorrows🌸 Author: Erin A. Craig🌸 Release Date: August 6th, 2019 🌸 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Retellings, Romance🌸 A non-major spoilers review.🌸 This was part of my May buddy read with @froggyreads! “We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.” –Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows Goodreads summary: In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls’…

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  • ARC Reviews,  Book Rants,  Fantasy,  Fiction,  Mystery,  Retellings,  Reviews,  Young Adult

    Lost in the Never Woods – The tension lacked and nothing really happened

    March 21, 2021

    🌸 Title: Lost in the Never Woods🌸Author: Aiden Thomas🌸Release Date: March 23rd, 2021🌸Genre: YA, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Retellings🌸 A non-major spoilers review.🌸Note: I received an ARC copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review “I thought you weren’t afraid of anything?” Wendy heard herself say. She was lightheaded and breathless. “I’m terrified,” he said quietly. -Aiden Thomas, Lost in the Never Woods Lost in the Never Woods introduces us to Wendy Darling, a girl traumatized after losing her memories and her brothers. Five years later, a boy falls from the sky—literally, and tells her that she’s the key to finding the children who have been disappearing. But she will have…

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    Series Review: Caraval – A wet noodle of a magic series

    February 19, 2021

    I’ve recently decided to take some trips down memory lane and revamp my reviews and post them on my blog rather than have them sit on Goodreads. Caraval is one of those. I really had a hard time reading this series, and I feel bad because so many people seemed to love it. I stuck with it because I was hoping Tessa’s point of view in Legendary would sway my opinion, but it didn’t change much. My video below also gives my opinion on the Caraval series along with some other books such as Serpent & Dove and Midnight Sun, which hopefully I’ll have reviews up for on my blog…

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  • Adult,  ARC Reviews,  Mystery,  Thriller

    The Necklace – a predictable yet chilling read

    January 30, 2021

    🌸 Title: The Necklace🌸Author: Matt Witten🌸Release Date: September 21st, 2021🌸Genre: Adult, Mystery, Thriller🌸Preview: A woman questions whether or not the man accused of killing her daughter is truly guilty.🌸Note: I received an ARC copy from NetGalley in exchange to review.🌸A no major spoilers review. Susan Lentigo’s a small-town waitress who fought for the man who supposedly killed her daughter has second thoughts about the killer. She’ll go to great lengths to find the true killer—and he might be closer than she thinks. The Necklace devastated me and left me breathless. It tore at my soul. I teared up more than once as we learn about Amy’s death, and even though…

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  • Book Rants,  Fantasy,  Fiction,  Mystery,  Paranormal,  Reviews,  Young Adult

    Harley Merlin – A Harry Potter knockoff that is a big disappointment

    January 30, 2021

    🌸 Title: Harley Merlin🌸Author: Bella Forrest🌸Published: August 27th, 2018🌸Genre: YA, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal🌸Preview: A Harry Potter lookalike with glaringly obvious Harry Potter tropes that don’t work.🌸A no major spoilers review. Harley Merlin can sense people’s emotions and works at a casino in order to make use of these powers. A monster arrives after working at the casino and she meets Wade Crowley, a warlock. Harley decides to involve herself in the world of magic when attempts on her life come to fruition and Wade’s convincing pitches work. Can she find whoever is after her? Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven attempts to market itself as a Harry Potter lookalike,…

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  • Adult,  Contemporary,  Fiction,  Mystery,  Reviews,  Romance,  Thriller

    Verity – A romance thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat

    January 30, 2021

    🌸 Title: Verity🌸Author: Colleen Hoover🌸Published: December 75th, 2018🌸Genre: Adult, Mystery, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Thriller🌸Preview: A struggling writer goes to finish a series for someone else but ends up with enough content for her own story.🌸A no major spoilers review. Lowen Ashleigh is a writer struggling to make ends meet when she accepts an amazing job: finish a book series for Verity, the wife of Jeremy Crawford, an extremely successful author. However, as Lowen reads through Verity, she learns shocking facts about the day that Verity’s daughter died. Lowen must decide if she’ll keep this hidden from Jeremy; but as she falls harder and harder for him, she finds herself wanting…

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