booknerddd's reviews
85 reviews

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

5.0

fuck it we ball

The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

amazing so bomb yes this is exactly what i needed this one was so good like for a duloagy it is so easy to rely heavily on the first book’s success and then just flop on the second but NO this one understood the assignment it knew what we needed from it and it gave us everything and MORE well done queen carissa

The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

loved loved LOVED this book the world is so interesting, detailed, and is created so beautifully i loved oraya completely rooted for her the whole time she is such a good heroine big fan of this one stayed up all night to finish it yup

Happy Place by Emily Henry

5.0

emily BABE i love you i seriously do how do you do it how do you write not only love perfectly but also friendship and sisterhood and family and trust and fuck ALL OF IT i will never not b impressed with your writing, your characters, your BRAIN im absolutely in love with this book and harry but WYN yeah wyn is it i love him and i have decided to take a pottery class because of harry so thanks for that as well you and your talent in the form of beautiful words are just the gifts that keep. on. GIVING!!!

Glow by Raven Kennedy

4.5

fine freaking wine this might not fit for this series but damn i am living completely utterly captivated i cant lie i am so disappointed i have to wait for the next one but god we arent just cooking with gas here we are cooking with the most flammable substance in the world (idk what it is it could b gas i dont know science i just read) i honestly think that first book could have been completely like condensed and combined with book two but hey its ok i rather read the harder ones first to get to the juice the absolute melty chocolate in the middle yum is all i can say about this series this point in time 

Gleam by Raven Kennedy

4.25

its insane to me how much more engaging these stories are getting like truly getting over the first one is a miracle but so worth it because i kind of understand the hype i love the characters and i really feel immersed in the world well done miss kennedy

Glint by Raven Kennedy

4.0

<spoliers ahead>

ok now we are cooking with gas i mean it was so expected maybe because i read acotar and i promised myself never to b bamboozled like that again but still there were some twists some turns i really like the writing its just so so so similar to acotar for me idk what came out first but damn its a tiny bit irksome otherwise very good 

Gild by Raven Kennedy

3.0

honestly just ok a little frustrating and i felt like it couldve been condensed into three chapters but you know ill read the next one im in it already arent i 

Addicted to You by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

it was a book on addiction i guess. very frustrating but i just didnt believe they loved each other. i didnt believe she loved him at all. it was much to tangled and relies heavily on the tension addiction creates in human life. it just wasnt a love story in my opinion. 

The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

yup. this was an entire journey but so worth it i think their love is so magical and real… truly captivating and makes up for any annoyances from the first book. i love magnolia, i love bj. i want what they have and it was a special read