Reviews of my Reading List
Review #40
Title- My Sister’s Keeper Rating- 5/5 Genre- YA Contemporary POV- First person, present tense Trope- Family drama, parenthood, sibling love, controversial topics, coming of age Similar Books/Comps- The House We Grew Up In My emotions- Ugly cry, heartbreaker,...
Review #39
Title- Paris is Always a Good Idea Rating- 4/5 Genre- Contemporary Romance POV- First person, past tense Trope- Irritated/frustrated to lovers Similar Books/Comps- This book makes me think of Eat, Pray, Love. My emotions- comfortable, heart-felt,wanted to slap her...
Review #38
Title- Paper Towns Rating- 2/5 Genre- YA Contemporary POV- First person, past tense Trope- Coming of age, discovery of oneself Similar Books/Comps- We Were Liars, Finding Audrey My emotions- bored Characters- I didn’t connect with any of themPlot/Blurb- When...
Review #37
Title- The Queen of Nothing Third in the series Rating- 4.75/5 Genre- YA fantasy POV- first person present tense Trope- enemies to lovers, evil parent My emotions- I enjoyed this one much more than the sequel. The second half was captivating! Comments- YA...
Review #36
Title- Only When It’s Us Rating- 5/5Genre- Contemporary Romance POV- First person, present tense Trope- Irritated to Lovers, Slow Burn Similar Books/Comps- The Off-Limits Rule My emotions- pleasantly surprised at the build up of sexual tension! Characters- I...
Review #35
Title- The Wicked King Sequel to The Cruel Prince Author- Holly Black Rating- 3.5/5 Genre- YA Fantasy POV- first person, present tense Trope- royalty, enemies to … enemies? Similar Books/Comps- The Cruel Prince, The Red Queen My emotions- frustrated but...
Review #34
Title- Simmer Down Rating- 4/5 Genre- Contemporary Romance POV- First person, present tense Trope- Enemies to Lovers Similar Books/Comps- Loathed at First Sight, Snapped My emotions- Hungry, Eager, Optimistic Characters- The English hottie, Callum, makes the...
Review #33
Title- And Then There Were None Rating- 4/5 Genre- Murder mystery POV- Third person, past tense Trope- Crime, “who dunnit?”, classic Similar Books/Comps- The Maidens My emotions- at first confused, but it all came together Characters- The characters were easy to...
Review #32
Title- Children of Blood and Bone Rating- 5/5Genre- YA Fantasy POV- First person, present tense. Alternating 3 POV My emotions- Entranced. The magical elements were awesome since it felt more spiritual and natural-based. Vibe- Epic! Characters- Zélie Adebola-...
Review #31
Title- The Cruel Prince Author- Holly Black Rating- 4/5 Genre- YA fantasy POV- First person, present tense. ONE POV Trope- Bully romance. Enemies to lovers. Academic setting Similar Books/Comps- Red Queen, Six of Crows My emotions- frustrated in the beginning...
Review #30
Title- Red Queen Rating- 4/5 Genre- YA Fantasy POV- Red Queen is one of only present tense stories that hasn’t been jarring for me Trope- Enemies to lovers, Forbidden love, two brother love triangle, teen revolution leader Similar/Comps- The City of Brass (I DNF this...
Review #29
Title- Arsenic & Adobo Rating- 3.5/5 Genre- A contemporary with upbeat humor and some sassy spice in and out of the kitchen (Book of the Month selection) POV- First person, past tense Trope- rom com, match-making aunts Similar/Comps- A Pho Love Story (I will write...
Review #28
Title- Anna and the French Kiss Rating- 3/5 Genre- Contemporary Romance/YA POV- First person, present tense (yet tense switches back and forth some) Trope- Boarding School Similar Books/Comps- No We Can’t Be Friends, Kisses and Croissants My emotions- Content,...
September Top 10
10th best read in September Ruin and Rising 9th best read Scorpio Races 8th best The Darkest Park of the Forest 7th Defy Me and Restore Me (tied) 6th Imagine Me 5th The Love Hypothesis 4th Paris is always a Good Idea 3rd place The Beautiful 2nd place Fable 1st place...
Review #27
Title- The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany Book of the Month Selection Rating- 4/5 Genre- Contemporary POV- First person, present tense Trope- Family love Similar Books/Comps- One Italian Summer, Sweet Forgiveness My emotions- Almost a tear jerker at the end,...