by Michelle | May 15, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author, Review Copy
In an author’s note at the beginning of my review copy of The Betrothed, Kiera Cass mentions that the 1500s era is one of her inspirations for her latest book. I mention this because it is an important note. The Betrothed is not a rewrite of The Selection...
by Michelle | May 1, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author
This is going to be a rambling review because I learned so much and had an absolute blast listening to this behemoth that I cannot put my thoughts into anything resembling cohesiveness. I know you won’t be surprised when I say this but history books are wrong,...
by Michelle | Apr 23, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author, Review Copy
The Book of Koli is M. R. Carey’s latest entry in the post-apocalyptic fictional realm. Set in a world many generations from ours, in which the pre-apocalyptic world was more technologically advanced than our current world, existing technology becomes the basis...
by Michelle | Apr 10, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author, Review Copy, Uncategorized
Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco is my second experience reading her novels. Just like my first experience, it left me feeling rather blasé. I cannot seem to care about her characters or the main story. My biggest problem with this particular story is that I wanted...
by Michelle | Apr 9, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author, Review Copy
The Never-Tilting World by Rin Chupeco is the rare young adult fantasy novel that I did not devour nor really enjoy. The story never fully grabbed my attention, and there was no emotional connection to any of the characters. For a genre that I adore, the entire book...
by Michelle | Dec 30, 2019 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2019, C Author, D Author, E Author, R Author
Holy shit. Sexy. Mysterious. Forbidden. Seductive. Feminist. Give. Me. More. A satisfactory sequel with enough summary to make it easy to pick up the series months or even years reading the first one. I find that this book did a better job of explaining this world,...
