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november book haul + blogmas announcement

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the books i hauled this month, but also talking about blogmas and what my plans for it are. which, i didn’t haul to many books this month, so it will be quick to talk about that and then in the end we can talk about blogmas.

the silent unseen by amanda mccrina. this book comes out april 5th, 2022. poland, july 1944. sixteen year old maria is making her way home after years of forced labor in Nazi Germany, only to find her village destroyed and her parents killed in the war between the polish resistance and the ukrainian nationalists. to maria’s shock, the local resistance unit is commanded by her older brother, tomek, who she thought was dead. he is now a ‘silent unseen,’ a special operations agent with an audacious plan to resist a new and even more dangerous enemy sweeping in from the east. and when tomek disappears, maria is determined to find him, but the only person who might be able to help is a young ukrainian prisoner and he last person maria trusts, even as she feels a growing connection to him that she can’t trust.

the summer we forgot by caroline george. this book comes out march 8th, 2022. darby and morgan haven’t spoken for two years, and their friend group has splintered. but, when the body of their former science teacher is found in the marsh where they attended camp that summer, they realize they have more questions than answers, and even fewer memories. but, the group reunited friends begins to suspect that a murderer is stalking the coastal highway 30A, and they must try to recover their memories as quickly as possible, before the history they can’t remember repeats itself. and as tension rises and time runs out, darby and morgan begin to wonder if they can believe one another, or if they can even trust themselves.

the vicious grace by emily thiede. this book comes out june 28th, 2022. with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. when a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing alessa is the island’s only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. desperate to survive, alessa hires dante, a cynical outcast marked as a killer, to become her personal bodyguard. but as rebellion explodes outside the gates, dante’s dark secrets may be the biggest betrayal. he holds the key to her survival and her heart, but is he the one person who can help her master her gift or destroy her once and for all?

she gets the girl by rachael lippincott and alyson derrick. this book comes out april 5th, 2022. alex blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dah of chaos and a whole lot of a flirt. she knows how to get the girl, keeping her on the other hand, not so much. molly parker has everything in her life totally in control, except for her complete awkwardness with just about anyone besides her mom. she knows she’s in love with the impossibly cool cora myers, she just, hasn’t actually talked to her yet. alex and molly don’t belong on the same planet, let alone the same college campus, but when alex, has a bad breakup, discovers molly’s hidden crush as their paths cross the night before classes start, they realize they might have a common interest after all. because maybe if alex volunteers to help molly learn how to get her dream girl to fall foe her, she can prove to her ex that she’s not a selfish flirt. that she’s ready for an actual commitment, and while alex is the last person molly would ever think she could trust, she can’t deny alex knows what she’s doing with girls, unlike her.

okay, so for blogmas, i’m going to be posting 31 different blog posts for the month of december. not all of them are christmas related, most of them are book reviews, but i still am honestly so excited and i can’t wait to do this. but, i am still really excited to do these and to celebrate christmas this way.

anyway, that is all for today! it was honestly a very short review, but i still really can’t wait to read any of the books, to hopefully like them and to honestly hope they all are really good.

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it happened one summer review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about it happened one summer by tessa bailey. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i honestly really liked this book, granted it started out kind of rough, but in the end i honestly really liked this and the romance.

trigger warning- sexual content, death of a parent, grief, death, cursing, alcohol, toxic friendship.

i think one of my favorite parts of this book was how they never had piper change who she was. with her being this instagram star and to have her be this ‘girly girl’ and to have her figure out that instagram isn’t the most important thing in her life. and especially when she chooses to stay in the town, i really liked that they never changed who she was. that she still liked pink and clothes and make up, like i think it was really cool to see it all happen and that bailey never changed who she was, which is so small, but i think it still is so important.

honestly, piper did give me major alexis rose vibes from schitt’s creek, like i know people have really compared this book / characters to alexis and mutt from schitt’s creek, so i don’t really know if it is a direct retelling, but i still really liked that we got this. and also that you could definitely see in piper that she is so unapologetically her, just like alexis is, and that she knew what she wanted and that she is still always going to be herself. which, i honestly really liked and seeing that part of both of them, but for the sake of this review, piper.

then for brendan, he was honestly so sweet, and i honestly didn’t know that crab fishers made that much money, but i guess it makes sense since they are putting their life on the line whenever they go out. but, i really liked that with their romance, he not only made her fall in love with him, but also with herself, so she isn’t insecure and knows what she is actually worth, not just instagram. and she was honestly just such a sweet guy, even if he was that really grumpy guy on the outside, and i completely loved him and loved seeing how he acted and tried to hide his feelings, he was honestly one of the best heroes that i read by bailey.

with that, i did really like the romance and how they both loved each other so much and that they both really helped each other so much. so, where brendan was kind of scared to put down roots and that his life is mainly on his boat, she could help him figure it all out. and where she had her issues with her life and family and instagram vs. reality, i thought it was cool to see how that all played out. and i just think it was so cute and i honestly really loved seeing them fall in love and have crushes on each other.

but, one thing that was kind of odd was the sex scenes. thankfully neither brendan nor piper had really cringey names for each other, i still think it was kind of odd. like, they definitely were very steamy and honestly written really well. it was just something that made me borderline uncomfortable. like i want to say again that the sex scenes were written pretty well, i feel like the scenes just didn’t fit and were kind of off putting.

another thing i didn’t really like was the conflict in the end of the book. like, i was just so stupid, since it all happened was just pure coincidence and that it wasn’t really piper’s fault with the first thing and a lot of it was just miss communication and that if one thing was different for piper in the four seconds, it would be completely different, so that was kind of annoying. but, i guess how they made up was really cool and i do think it was kind of romantic, in weird way.

but, one thing i honestly really liked was the relationship between piper and her sister, hannah. like, it was something that i honestly didn’t expect to love that much in this book, but i completely adored it with their relationship and what they did together. like, i really loved how they put together the bar and to just help each other with their trauma with their father’s death and just grow closer. and i think it was just done so well and i honestly loved it so much.

another thing i really liked was them talking about their father, and even their fathers family. like, i think it was done really well with telling us with what happened to everything that happened to the father and then even tell us about his father’s life. like, i think it was really good and i honestly loved to see how piper and hannah find out about their father and then talking about the death and then moving on from it. like, i think it was just so good and i honestly really loved reading the journey with the sisters and finding out with it all.

i also really liked them flipping the bar. like, i think it was just so cute and i honestly really liked seeing them flip it and honor their father in that way. like, i think it was done so well and i think it was just something that was done really well and that it was just so cute. like, i honestly loved seeing that and i loved seeing hannah and piper bond over doing this and just to figure out how to do this, and even to have piper find out what she actually loved to do and show that life is more then instagram.

i also really liked seeing brendan and piper both to get their own povs, even though it was 3rd person, i still really like to see it. like, i honestly prefer when romance books have both povs, since i could get the insight from both of the characters. and for the most part i always feel like one of the povs are not as good as the other one. where, in here i feel like they both were done so well and that you could connect with both brendan and piper and that i think it was so powerful and amazing.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly really liked this book and the romance was just top notch, so i honestly can’t wait for hannah’s book and hopefully it is just as good.

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a night like this review

hello everyone! today i am goin to be talking about a night like this by julia quinn. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i honestly liked this book, and i think it was a good add on to the smythe smith series, but it was kind of a mess at some parts.

trigger warnings- sexual content, kidnapping, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, misogyny, sexual assault, toxic relationship, violence, stalking.

one thing i didn’t really like in this book was the whole insta-love vibe. like, i don’t think this book is a pure insta love book, but i do think it was definitely kind of there, which got to be kind of annoying. like, i’m not the biggest insta-love fan, so this kind of annoyed me. but, i do think that this book was kind of annoying in the way that when daniel met her, he had no real reason for all these feelings, so this got to be kind of annoying that he just was on his hands and knees for her, which i think they should have explored more and maybe not have it be so insta-love.

other than that though, i did really like how much daniel was in love with anne. granted, it was kind of insta-love, but i still really liked to see how much he did love her and all the ways he did try to woo her. like, i think it was cool to see how much he was smitten for her, and like i think it was something that i honestly really liked though, even if it was kind of a lot at some parts. but, i also really liked that he never pushed her or made her uncomfortable, which is the bare minimum, but i still really liked it.

then for anne, i honestly really liked her and i liked seeing her past, and honestly how that played into everything and then her romance. but, i do kind of wish we got to see more of it, since i think it was a very interesting storyline, and i think it was done really well and liked seeing that happen. and i like that she also stood her ground and that she wasn’t this push over when a man with money and a title came knocking at her door. and i think it was cool how her social status played into everything.

with that being said, i did like the romance, and the society standards, mainly with their titles and how their class kind of fits into it all. like, it honestly kind of scared me, since i feel like an offer from a gentleman is kind of a mess, even if i really like that book. so, i think it was cool to have a better and more positive version of it, and to have the class still play into this story and that they both acknowledged it all, with how they probably couldn’t / shouldn’t be together and all the issues with the ton.

but, kind of going back to anne’s plot, the whole ending of this book was so weird?? like i really didn’t know what to expect, but i thought it was going to be some cute ending, but like what happened was so random. like, after reading the last two bridgerton books, i wasn’t that shocked, but i feel like it just didn’t fit the vibe of the story, even if kind of made sense. since, this book is all about daniel and anne falling head over heels and then a lot of drama with that, so i didn’t really think it fit. but, at the same time it worked. but, i did really like how anne fought back and didn’t just go with the flow.

i also did really like the romance, once it starting going. like, i think the pace of the book was really nice and i really liked seeing them kind of fall in love when they first meet and then slowly working their way back to interacting and getting to know each other. like, i think some of the moments in this book were just so sweet and i really loved reading about them having these sweet little moments together. granted, they’re by no means quinn’s best couple, but i liked what they put on the table.

but, i also really liked the family aspect, first i’ll talk about daniel’s family, and then i’ll talk about who anne works for, which i guess is also daniel’s family. but, i honestly really liked reading about daniel’s mom and and his sister, honoria and marcus, who had book one. which, i think it was kind of cool that they were able to tie in honoria and marcus, since honoria’s plot isn’t really done. so, i liked seeing her and just how they both helped, especially with the ending and saving anne. like, i think that adding the smythe-smith family in here was cool.

then, for the family anne works for, who is also daniel’s cousins. i honestly really liked them, since they honestly were the funny aspect of this book and made this book to be more light hearted and they really added the moments that made you laugh. and i think they’re plot was really cute and just seeing how daniel interacted with his younger cousins to try and impress anne and get closer to her was honestly really cute and i really liked it.

anyway, that is it for today! i honestly really liked this book, and honestly this was super cute and kind of the less problematic version of an offer from a gentleman, but i do think anne and benedict would get together really well with the whole mistress thing.

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14 ways to die review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about 14 ways to die by vincent ralph. i gave this book 2/5 stars. i honestly wish i liked this book, but i feel like it was just not good and that this book could have been done better. and also so much of this book just didn’t make sense, and i really didn’t like it.

trigger warning- murder, grief, death of a parent, violence, suicide attempt, blood, death, body horror, cursing, gore, suicide, stalking, alcoholism, bullying, emotional abuse, toxic relationship, self harm, kidnapping, gaslighting.

i think one of my biggest issues with this book was how every single person in jess’ life just did shit for her. like, in the start of the book you have jess talking to her dad with how she wants to do this vlog series and hunt down who killed her mom and 13 other people. like, she talks about how he’s protective and how he never lets her memory die. and i just don’t know why he never put a stop to the whole vlog series, cause she put herself in harms way more than one time. and like it just annoyed the hell out of me because there was so many adults and other friends in her life who could have told her that she shouldn’t do this or at least calm the hell down with it all. like, i know a lot of actions on mystery books are reckless as hell, but i feel like this book was just to the extreme, with millions of people watching it unfold, i think someone should have told her to calm the hell down.

but, with the mystery plot of the book, which is arguably one of the biggest parts of the book, i think this was just done terribly. like, there was so many parts of this book were jess would just sit at her desk or go to school and do literally shit, and just wait for people to give her info. like, the mystery plot of this book was just done so terribly, with how they executed everything so not well. like, they could have put something there, like actual threats towards her or something that makes her think someone in the town did it, and now she is just trying to do it or like a mis trail or something. so, if you are getting what i’m saying is that they needed to put something in here that actually did something, or just have some better plot to all of this.

with that being said, i feel like the plot with jess actually trying to find who did it, like nothing happened. like i said, she pretty much just sat there all day and waited for people to help her. like, some random ass guy emailed her and helped her with it all, and he did most of the leg work in the case. like, i feel like jess, as a person, didn’t do shit with anything. like, she was pretty much just the face behind it all and the one that is telling the story. like, i wish they just changed it since anytime she actually did any work was when it hit her in the face, and she didn’t do anything else besides that.

but, i feel like the suspension and the tension between the book just didn’t work. like, i feel like the stakes were high, to a degree, since the magpie man could come out and kill a bunch more people, overall. but i feel like the stakes for jess weren’t high at the same time, like i think the threats just weren’t good, even when they were real. like, i think the tension just wasn’t there for the characters and i think they just needed to put something else there. and i guess it could have been me, but i feel like they needed to have something.

granted, as a person, i kind of liked jess. like, i really liked that she was determined and that she did fight for what she did think was right. and i really think she did the right thing with trying to find who did it, even though i think how she actually did it was bad, but i think she could have done more. but, i still really liked to see how much she still cared for her mom, even years after she died. and i think it was kind of cool to see how much she loves her and still keeps her memory alive. but, i do think she could have been a better investigator.

but, i do think her as a character, her development and writing was all over the place. like, there were times where she would make a mistake and fuck up, but then instead of saying, you know, that was wrong i won’t do it again, 10 pages later we’ll have her do something again. like, i think they would have jess say she learnt, but she never actually learnt. and some of her actions were just reckless and stupid, still probably not over the death of her mother, if you could ever actually get over that. and there were plenty of times were she would say she cared for someone, but then she would do something that could’ve gotten them hurt, which i feel like was so stupid and dumb. and i feel like she just needed to be written better in the grand scheme of thigs.

as for the actual reveal of who the magpie man was, it was dumb as all hell. like, i feel that were was so much built up with who it could be, and all these clues that could lead it to be someone else. like i feel that with having the who done it, there was like five other characters that could have been the killer, but weren’t in the end, and who probably could have been a more convincing killer. since, who the actual killer was some other character who was mentioned once or twice, and it was just so dumb and something that i feel could have been better. and again, i feel like the who done it was handed to her on a silver platter, since she didn’t even hunt him down, someone told her who it was, in the end. and the person did literally nothing in the book.

but, i feel like there was also this really weird romance in this book. like, i feel that the one romance that i thought was going to go somewhere was the one guy in the production, who is a whole ass adult. and even to kind of try to put the chemistry in the book was just weird and i honestly hated it so much. like i don’t even know why the author took time to almost try to develop it, if they did it on purpose. and then the other romance that i also thought was going to go somewhere with her ‘partner in crime’ like i thought something was going to happen there but he’s like 14 where she is like 16/17, so i’m kind of glad nothing took off there, since that would just be kind of gross and so unnecessary.

anyway, that is all for today! this was honestly a mess of a book, and i only really read it cause it was short and quick so it would dump up my goodreads goal. but, i guess it was quick and easy and the chapters were short, so you can’t really complain to much.

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how we fall apart review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about how we fall apart by Katie Zhao. i gave this book 3/5 stars. i honestly didn’t hate this, but i didn’t really like it. honestly, the saying grace for me is that it was such a quick and easy read.

trigger warning- adult / minor relationship, toxic friendship, suicidal thoughts, fire / fire injury, death, racism, bullying, emotional abuse, suicide, toxic relationship, drug use, violence, drug abuse, self harm, blood, grief, gaslighting, abandonment, mental illness, sexual content, stalking, suicide attempt, outing.

honestly, i think my biggest issue with this book is that this book is pretty much one of us is lying. like, most of the actual plot points in this book is really really similar to oouil. which, honestly, i didn’t really know going into it. but, i feel like this book was something that i didn’t like, and that it was just so bad. like, i think if you want to read this book, i would honestly just read oouil, since that is just the better version of this book.

but, also a lot of this book does revolve around mass texting the whole school, which doesn’t happen and cannot happen. and i think that it was just so stupid that they had this be one of the central part, yet that could like never happen. i know it is something that is so small, but it was something i googled before for a different book and it said that it can’t happen, so with this, it just got to annoy me. and like i guess the whole mass texting the whole school is just trying to make it different from oouil.

one of the things i really liked in this book was nancy. i can’t tell if her experience with her being an Asian american and if that rep is good, but i honestly liked the backstory and her plot with that throughout the book. like, i think it was just really good and i honestly really liked seeing her talk about it throughout the book. but, i also really liked the plot with her being on a scholarship kid in a very rich school. it is something that i can honestly relate to so much, and i feel like with how it all was shown in this book i could see myself, in someway shape or form, so i really liked that they did a good job with showing the struggles with it all.

but, i do think a thing with this book that kind of put me off was how that this book just felt so young. like, i think this book did read kind of young and something that i didn’t really care for. like, i think it was something that i didn’t like, but i feel like it was something that younger teens could like. and i think it just read really young, and also just things that younger teens would like. and just the way they talked just seem very young.

with that, i feel like the mystery wasn’t something i really liked. i think it was something that was not very high stakes, like it just felt like it wasn’t something that i was on the edge of my seat for or that i was so nervous about. like, i think with the whole reveal about it all. like, i think that who it was honestly kind of easy to figure it out and to tell who did it. like, i don’t think the states about the Proctor was that well. like, i think they needed to up it or something. like, yeah there was some threats here and there, but i feel like nancy was the only person that had the big stakes, with having her scholarship being taken away. and like i wish they did raise the stakes for other people and just made the reveal be bigger.

then for the who done it, i feel like the suspense with it all wasn’t there. kind of like i already said, the stakes weren’t there so i really didn’t like how they all did it and how everything kind of fell into place. and i feel like the school didn’t help with it all. since, it was such a competitive school, i think a lot of this book was just, the kids trying to figure it out but then they just go to class, and there was a lot of time were they were stuck into the school. like, i think the school setting was just so boring and i really didn’t like it. and i mean, the whole setting just didn’t work and i wish they had something else there. and the whole reveal really just fell short since there was just so much thrown at you in three seconds.

and i guess at a couple points the stakes were kind of high, but i feel like they still could’ve been higher. like, they could have had more drama or something else in this plot that left more for each of the characters. like, i feel like a lot of this book just came out to be really surface level, like with everything that went down there wasn’t any consequences, and if there was, it was barely anything. and like it’s not like the allegations were something like they stole a lipstick from the store or they didn’t pay for their lunch, it was like drugs and inappropriate relationship, murder, like they never really had anything come out from it. like i think each of the characters pretty much got a slap on the neck and told not to do this again.

with that, i feel like on an emotional level, i couldn’t connect with the characters / the relationships of the characters. like, i think the only one i ever connected with, but not even that deeply, was nancy. like i don’t think they built up the relationship between the four of them, plus the dead one. like, i feel like it was something that i wish i could connect with the characters and the different relationships, but i just couldn’t. like, i feel like it was something that i wish i could like the relationships and them, but i feel like it was just not done well enough.

anyway, that is all for today! i feel like this book was a huge let down, since i would have loved to read and like a more diverse dark academia book, since they are really white. but, i just didn’t like it, and i probably could have read one of us is lying if i wanted to do it.

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isn’t it bromantic review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about isn’t it bromantic by lyssa kay adams. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i honestly really liked this book, but i feel like there was still something missing in this book, overall. but, i think it was still one of my favorite books in this series.

trigger warnings- kidnapping, sexual content, death of a parent, injury / injury detail, trafficking, grief, death, violence, medical content, medical trauma, car accident, abandonment.

i think a lot of my issues in this book was that this book was just kind of off. like, i think the biggest thing was that they had the romance plot, and then the whole missing parent and journalism. like, i do think you could do a good romance and have the whole romance and then have more serious subplots. but, i feel like in here, they didn’t do it well. like, i feel like there was just so much going on and the whole missing parents just took up way to much time.

like, i also think that the whole ending of this book was bad. like, i think there was just way to much happening in this book, by itself. but, i think there was something that it was just unneeded. like, i feel they had this decent book, but then the whole missing parent subplot, i think the whole ending just didn’t make sense. like, i guess it worked, but it didn’t work in this romance book, and the stakes also felt so low for the whole scene.

one thing i really liked was seeing that the vlad and elena were childhood friends to lovers and then marriage of convince. i honestly think it was really good, but i feel like they needed to honestly think they should have told more of the plot around their childhood and i think they should have put something more there, since i think it was a big question mark, and i think there was so much more potential to kind of go into a little more detail.

but, i think the romance was something that was kind of a mess. like, i think the subplots of this book kind of took away from the actual romance. but, i think one of the main things were that vlad and elena just never talked, like they were married and elena moved away from him and they just never talked but then assumed that they both didn’t like each other and then a lot of more drama. and i feel like if the men in the book club and vlad’s female neighbors didn’t push them together, they would have never gotten together and just kept assuming about it all.

with that being said, i feel like they were all too jealous, which i don’t think is the right word, but that’s the best word i could use. i think that they never really talked, till of course this book came around, but still. like, i think that were married, but they never said they couldn’t get together or not. which, i think was kind of annoying. but, then vlad had a bunch of female neighbor friends, which elena kept saying that they were fine but they wasn’t fine with it all, and i think it was kind of annoying.

and like i also expected that the sex was at least going to be good with them having all this bent up sexual energy, but i feel like it wasn’t even that good. like, i feel that all they did when they were having sex was thinking that they didn’t deserve each other and also how they both are ruining each others lives with doing all of this. like, they kept saying that they were doing something that isn’t right.

as for vlad as a character, i honestly liked him as a person. like, i feel like he was a really good character and he was honestly really nice and a good guy. like, i feel that he was someone that i honestly really liked him as a hero. like, i think he was someone that was a really sweet. and i do think he was probably one of the best heroes, even if some of his book wasn’t amazing.

then for elena, i honestly liked her. i think she needed a little more depth with some of the things happening in here. like, i think we didn’t know to much about her, even if we did know a lot about her. like, i think we needed to see a little more about her and just about her past and what she wants, since i feel like with vlad, we know a lot about him, where i feel like we never knew to much about her, which got to be on my nerves after awhile.

but, i did really like the bromance book club men. like, i think vlad and elena weren’t very funny, and that they were more serious, instead of having the whole rom com way. like, i think that they needed to have something more there. but, when the book club guys came in, i thought it was just so sweet and i think they really brought the humor into this book. like, i think they were honestly so cool and someone that i really liked. and i honestly wish they had a bigger part, like i think they didn’t have that much of a plot which they should’ve.

though, i feel like that the whole cheese drama was not good. like, i think vlad was just so annoying with how he was so into the whole store and cheese man. like, i feel like it just got to be on my nerves that vlad was just so pissed off with how he was so secretive about the ‘shop’ and also how much he hated the cheese man, which i get, but he didn’t really do anything wrong, which just got to be on my nerves after a long time. and i think there was just something that i didn’t like.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly liked this book, and i feel like this book was good, but still kind of a mess at the same time, which kind of sucked. but, i still think there was some good moments in this book.

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the box in the woods review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the box in the woods by maureen johnson. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i honestly really liked this book, but i feel like a lot of this book was kind of a mess, and i feel like so much of this book didn’t happen in this book.

trigger warnings- death, murder, violence, child death, drug use, gun violence, panic attacks / disorder, blood, gore, car accident, grief, body horror, medical content, mental illness.

personally, i really liked how that this book was really addicting and i think it was such a good book. like, i feel that this book was so easy enough to read and that it was really easy to get into and to get into this mystery. and i also think that this was a really good book with how they kept it all together and to have this new mystery.

i also liked that the mystery in this book was really good. like, i feel the mystery of the first three books it wasn’t that good. like, it definitely was good mystery, but there wasn’t enough happening in each book, like the who done it. but, i feel like, in here you know what is happening and how each thing is going to pan out and to see how it all is happening. like, i think it was really cool to see the mystery happen in one book.

another thing i really liked was how this book did have the whole back in forth, with stevie’s plot and her pov and then the pov and plot with the kids that were killed. i think this book was really good and i honestly really liked it and to see that it was a really cool book. and i think it was really cool to see them and the both plots with it and to see how the murders actually happened.

like, i think that this book didn’t really dumb to much info with stevie and with stevie finding everything out, like i think it was cool that we got to see the actual murders happen and to tell what it was all happening. and i mean, i think it was just so cool and that it was a really good book with seeing that all happen. and also that the characters all had a personality when they really didn’t have that much of a plot outside the back story.

i also think that the whole camp murders could have been it’s own book if you really wanted it to, kind of like the fear street movie. like, i feel like it could have been a cool book to see them get murdered in the camp and the lead up to the murder and all of that. especially if they have it be dual povs with them having both of the sisters get a part of the book, so one sister with the actual camp and then one with the people finding they were murdered.

but, i also feel like there was so much about stevie in this book that i literally just didn’t like. i mean, i feel like most of this book is stevie getting into arts and crafts and then going on long bike rides and thinking about her boyfriend more about the murders. and i think it was just so crazy that we had this, instead of having stevie be the stevie from this book. like, i mean i think it was a complete 180 of stevie in the first 3 books.

i also think the whole who did it was kind of bad. like, there was no like, oh my god they did this, since it was just so boring and not this big moment. like, they could have totally done it better, which i think was so annoying because they could have made it be so much better. and i feel like the whole ending could have been so something that was so cool, but instead it was just so boring and bad. and like, i wish they had something that was more climatic.

granted, i think nate was the biggest reason i kept reading these books since i feel like he was just so deadpan funny. and like i think that he was just so funny and i honestly really liked him and just all of his humor throughout this book. and i think it was just honestly one of the best parts. and he carried this book on his back, for the most part.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly really liked this book, and i honestly hope that this series got to have more books in it, since i think it would be really cool.

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on the way to the wedding review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about on the way to the wedding by julia quinn. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i honestly liked this book, and i think it was a cool way to honestly wrap up the series and i think it was a decent book.

trigger warning- sexual content, emotional abuse, blood, confinement, infidelity, miscarriage, violence, medical content, kidnapping, medical trauma, gun violence, misogyny.

as for gregory, i honestly liked him. like, i honestly didn’t really know what to expect based on the tv show since he is a kid in the show, where here he is a whole adult. but, i did really like to see him. but, i feel like he had moments in here where he is just an ass, which i didn’t really like, but i expected it.

then for lucy, i feel like she was kind of nice. granted, i don’t think i would have named both characters in this book and than one in the eloise book both be named lucy. but, i still feel like she was just so nice and honestly so sweet. but, i do think that there wasn’t enough for her past, and i think we should have got told her more. but, i did like that we still got to see how loyal she was to the people that were important to her.

personally, i feel like that the characters felt too young in here. like, i feel that there was something that just wasn’t in here. like, it might be because gregory and lucy just felt so young and i think that they were just kind of juvenile compared to everyone else. but, i think that gregory acted way to young, which i think also kind of played into it.

but, i did kind of hear that this book was really different from the other books in the series, but i never really expected it to be that different. like, i feel like it was just so different, which i didn’t really expect that much. like, i feel like the ending of this book was just so odd and something that didn’t fit into the rest of the series. but, i still feel like the feelings were there, it was just kind of different.

but, i also think it was kind of cool that we got to see more plot about how gregory knew what his brothers did in the paths of their own romance, i think it was kind of cool to see them figure out what to do. and i think it was really good and i honestly really liked to see him learn from their mistakes and kind of find his own ground and new romance.

with that, i feel like that we could honestly see them become this real couple and just to get more comfortable with them. and i feel like it was just cool to see them become more and more in love and to honestly fight their feelings for each other. like, i think it was something that i really liked that we saw them start to care for each other, while also being kind of funny.

but, i feel like gregory wasn’t the most best hero in the book. like, i think one thing that really pushed me away from the book that gregory was in love with hermoine, lucy’s best friend. i feel like they didn’t really work with how greg started with hermoine and then with lucy, i think it was the part that kind of put me off from this story. but, i think that it still is something that a lot of books have, so it wasn’t the end of the world.

i also did like that we did get plot with the other bridgerton’s in here. like, violet had plot and that we got to see that she still cares for her kids after all these years and that she still is active in their lives. and also just to see kate back in this book, since i feel like she was someone that i really liked and that she was back in this, and had a bigger role in here. and also that she was still so badass in here, i still really liked her and just to get her back into her glory.

but, i also feel like there was way to much internal thoughts, for both greg and lucy. like, i think there was to much going on about what they were thinking about how they thought about every single event way to much, and not in a good way. like, there was just way to much there and it got to be way to much info dumpy once and awhile, and especially when there was a lot of plot in here, that they had going on.

i also think that there was to much plot and talk about how beautiful and how much greg loves hermione. like, i think it was something that was just so stupid and i think it kind of took away from the romance with the lucy and greg. like, i think it would have been way to much and that they shouldn’t have had the whole romance plot with hermione and greg, especially that they took so much time, and eternal thought of greg, that he was so in love with hermione and then they got to be with lucy at the snap of a fingers.

second epilogue– i gave this book 3/5 stars.

i honestly had so much hope for this book, and to be the cute little wrap up to this series and to have a full family moment. but, i feel like this book was just way to much and that i think that this was just to much with lucy almost dying and having her practically on her dead bed. and i think it was just so crazy and i think they should have changed it a little bit and made it better and not as happy.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly liked this book, but i feel like there was just some issues that could have been fixed in this book and not have it be such a mess at some points. but, i think they could have not have this been so much in here and have this have so much happening.

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when you get the chance review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about when you get the chance by tom ryan and robin stevenson. i gave this book 3/5 stars. i honestly wished i liked this book more, since i feel like it had such a cool premise, but i feel like it wasn’t the best book in my mind.

trigger warnings- homophobia

first thing, i didn’t really like mark in this book. like, he has one of the POVs and is the main character in this book, so i kind of wanted to like him and his plot. but, i feel like he was supposed to be a bit of self absorbed asshole, which they obviously did, but i think it was just kind of annoying cause he never came out of that. like, i feel like he should have had this moment that he got better and not to be a dick anymore. but, i feel like he was just such an asshole and so self absorbed and just selfish, which i think should have honestly been changed.

next, talia, who had the other pov in this book. i honestly liked her, since i think she was just one of those messy queer characters that don’t apologize about being like that. but, there was still moments of this book that i didn’t care for her, and that i still wanted to slap her, but i still wanted to slap her less than i wanted to slap mark. and i did like that she still challenged him and wasn’t a dick about it all.

the best character in this book by far was paige. i don’t normally like kids in books, since i feel like they always over age the characters, and i think that it was done really well though. like, i think she was just so funny and cute and i completely loved them with it all. and she also had a bigger personality and was more mature than talia and mark combined, which is always good for a 10 year old.

but, i think overall that the biggest issue with this book is just the characters. like the plot is fine, but i just feel like that a lot of the characters in this book were just unbearable to read about, for the most part. and i think once you kind of get over these characters it’s a better book and that it was a decent book. like, i feel like there was just so much drama happening with these characters that just don’t make sense, and i feel like that could have been cut out.

i also feel like with this book, and the description, i feel like they really talked about the family dynamic. like, i feel like this book really talked about the plot with this family and to talk about this family becoming close again and all of that. but, the family aspect was just not there. like, i think there wasn’t enough plot and enough full family moments with all of them. and i feel like so much of the family plot was just half assed and that we never get to see it. which, i think was just so annoying and i literally didn’t like it.

but, i feel like this book was easy enough to read and the writing was honestly so simple that i really liked that part of it. but, and i feel like because this book was so short and it was easy to read, it honestly helped this book so much and was something that i really liked that one. since, it was just so easy to finish, especially that the plot was so ‘basic’ in away.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly wished i liked this book more, since i feel like it had so much potential, but i think it still was a decent read for what it was trying to give out.

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the castle school for troubled girls review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the castle school for troubled girls by alyssa b. sheinmel. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i honestly liked this book, and the message that it was trying to get across, but i think that there wasn’t really a plot in this book, and that there wasn’t really to much happening in this book.

trigger warnings- self harm, grief, addiction, cancer, death, eating disorder, mental illness, terminal illness, blood, alcoholism, drug abuse, medical content, forced institutionalization, body horror, confinement, drug abuse, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt.

i think my biggest issue with this book was that so much of this book didn’t have this plot. like, i feel like it could have had this plot about how bad the girls school was, but i feel like that was it and i feel like not to much happened in this book. and i feel like in the end, there probably some message, but i feel like there was no real plot in this book, which i feel like was annoying, and i think there wasn’t anything in here.

and i also just expected to have this book to have more tension or like mystery in this book. like, i feel like there would be something there, and that i think that there would be something in there. but, i feel like this book is a more mental health journey, i feel like there should have just been something more there, and i think they needed to have some sort of issue with everything.

like, this book is marketed as this thriller or like this mystery book, where i feel like the real theme of this book were grief, recovery, and then friendship and bonding together. like, i think that they needed to honestly change how it was marketed, since i feel like with going into it thinking it was going to have this mystery plot, i think it kind of messed with what i thought it was going to be like. and i kind of wish this story was a bit more creepy and mysterious and even a little sinister or something.

but, i did like to see how they did have each girl have some sort of mental illness, or some some of struggle. like, i feel like it was just cool that we got to see each of them and to have them all kind of go through it all and just to have them each get a chapter for them and kind of see where it all came from. i honestly really liked it and to see it all kind of happen and to see where they started and then where they end up at the end of the book.

and i also really liked the exploration of mental health throughout this book. like, i feel like in a lot of YA books they’ll bring up mental illness or talk about how it’s so important. but, i think it was something that was cool that none of the girls got shorthanded and that they always talked about each girl and than how we got told all of their journey and that we really got to know each of them.

but, i feel like a lot of moria’s issues was that her best friend, nathan, died. which, i think was cool to kind of see her go through the trauma and the grief of all of that happening. like i feel like it was something that they talked about a lot, but i feel like it was something that they should have explored a little more, especially with nathan and just build up their relationship and to talk about them together before and just to build up their relationship more. since, i feel like they could have used that and just to see them and to know more about their relationship.

i did kind of like that we got to see a bit more of moria’s mind, seeing that this is in her pov. but, i do think that there was something that was happening and to see them from an outside perspective. like, i think there could have been something more to explore or to show if this book was in third person or something. like, i did like seeing her mind, but they just explained everything in this book, and it kind of got annoying to be stuck in moria’s mind all the time.

and i also think that the whole vibe of the school. like, i think it was just so cool to see them and to see them have this kind of dark academia plot, but it’s not a real dark academia plot. like, i feel like the whole atmosphere of this book was honestly so good and so cool. like, i really liked the whole plot of them being in this boarding school, and i really liked it. and i think it was done so well and i really liked seeing it and seeing this all play out with it being in this secret mountain school.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly really liked this book and i feel like it was just such a good book with all the mental health journey i really liked it. but, i am honestly kind of excited to pick up the other books by this author.

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