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February wrap up
These are my completed books read in February 2024. I think 10 total? One was a library and 2 were audio. all of these have individual reviews on my site with my random thoughts. Have you read any of these? Which are your favorite? What ratings do you disagree with?...
Peter Pan
Review #441 My author friend and I finally settled on a tandem read- Peter Pan. However apparently it’s a whole collection & a play. So she’s starting on a garden setting one and I just read this one version. I think it’s the original, but honestly I’m not sure....
We Hunt the Flame
Review #440 Please disregard things spelled wrong since I listened to the audiobook so didn’t see any of the names. For those of you who follow my reviews you know by now that I have trouble reading third person narrative so I try listening to them on audiobook...
The Legacy of Villains
Review #439 I rarely ever like books in third person anymore but this one somehow got a solid 4.5/5 stars! The Legacy of Villains is my favorite Peter Pan retelling of the 10 I’ve read so far. It’s a clean YA fantasy romance standalone that may live within a potential...
1st line of my novels
These are the first line of each book I’ve written so far: The Golden Chains Trilogy “Raelyn Bell stared up at the forbidden loft.” Break the Stone by Cassie Swindon (2021) “Raelyn squinted through the narrow slats of the hut.” Hunt the...
DNF Tiger Lily
Blurb: When fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan deep in the forbidden woods of Neverland, the two form an unbreakable bond. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland's inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for...
Scarred
Review #438 I own this whole series so even though the dark romance isn’t my favorite I’ll still read them. I give this one a 3.75/5 stars. I assumed Emily’s whole series was all contemporary dark romance but this is 1910? I don’t love arranged marriage...
Night of the Witch
Review #437 So I think there could’ve been a better title of the name of the book but overall I LOVED this book. Strong 4.8/5 stars. Chapter 1 starts in 1591 in Fritzi’s perspective. I already care about her early in the story and feel like I’m there, experiencing her...
Becoming Hook
I rated this one a 3.5/5 stars. It’s a Peter Pan retelling with happily ever after for James Hook & Tink. Here’s my thoughts while reading; “Becoming Hook” by Mary Mecham is a Peter Pan retelling that starts with Jimmy at age 16. After he coincidentally stopped...
DNF- The Wolf and the Woodsman
There was nothing wrong with the book. I’m just not in the mood for more kings and queens and princes and the fight for power. the royalty theme is overused right now. I’m looking for fantasy romance without royalty. But here’s the blurb!: In her forest-veiled pagan...
DNF- Anastasia
680 pages?!?!! Sorry, but no thank you. It had beautiful art interiorly Here’s the blurb: Anastasia is the princess no one needs: the fourth daughter born to an emperor without a son, and the only royal lacking a magical gift. Until she collides with a young...
All of our Demise
Review #436 “I think people need stories to survive…” I give this YA epic fantasy a 3.9/5 stars. I rated the first in the duology higher. The descriptions, doomsday and dark vibe (& Allister’s parts) were all done really well. Rereading some of my copy and pasted...
Starling House
Review #435 5/5 stars for this standalone monsterish book. Set in contemporary times with some stories thrown in from the past, Opal is transfixed with the Starling House. No one dares to enter through the gates but that doesn’t stop them from gossiping about the...
Second Star to the Left
Review #434 This is the first book I’ve read by Megan Van Dyke but I believe it’s a series of standalones. This fantasy romance (mild steam) has two points of view both Tink & Hook. I wish each chapter heading labeled whose head we’re hopping into though. I’d give...
January wrap up
These are my finished books in January 2024. Each has its own review on my blog with more info. As usual, these are listed backwards with my favorite last. 3.75 3.9 4.2 4.25 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.8 4.9 5 stars