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The Sacrifice of Constellatia by Bianca K. Gray
5.0
This was such an interesting, fun, intrigueging read! I have read this book as an eARC and man i am so happy i did and it was so good that i have already pre-ordered a paperback of this book!
The end of this book was so painful i want to have the second book so badly already🥲 what i like about this book is that the characters aren't always in the right and have to put work into it. It made it more relatable!
We get to follow 8 people and not just the main 2! We get to know about their lifes too, about their love stories and life struggles which is a huge plus to me! I hope we get to know even more of the side characters in the next book!
The world building was very solid! You don't get all the information of the whole world in once but more and more the further you read into the book. Its hard to read when all the information gets shoved down your throat in once so to get to know the world one by one was a very nice thing! I can totally imagine the world and got so many questions out of curiousity.
The magic system is similar to other magic systems but also not at the same time! New turns were put into the magic system which is very refreshing!
There were so many things i had to annotate from crying out of pain, yelling at the characters for how stupid they were sometimes, yelling in happiness about things. Gave me so many emotions!
The end of this book was so painful i want to have the second book so badly already🥲 what i like about this book is that the characters aren't always in the right and have to put work into it. It made it more relatable!
We get to follow 8 people and not just the main 2! We get to know about their lifes too, about their love stories and life struggles which is a huge plus to me! I hope we get to know even more of the side characters in the next book!
The world building was very solid! You don't get all the information of the whole world in once but more and more the further you read into the book. Its hard to read when all the information gets shoved down your throat in once so to get to know the world one by one was a very nice thing! I can totally imagine the world and got so many questions out of curiousity.
The magic system is similar to other magic systems but also not at the same time! New turns were put into the magic system which is very refreshing!
There were so many things i had to annotate from crying out of pain, yelling at the characters for how stupid they were sometimes, yelling in happiness about things. Gave me so many emotions!
Dance with the Dragon Duke by S.L. Prater
4.75
I read this book within a few hours in once through and this was such an adorable but also spicy read at the same time!
I love the characters so much! Tomorrow is an adorably awkward but sunshine person i just got very happy from! And dark is grumpy but would protect tomorrow at all costs which was absolutely adorable! Their romance went deep and emotional and is so sweet!
Then the spice came in and i was not prepared for a moment for the tail play but honestly im all here for it🥵
The world was a bit confusing for me at the beginning but i got the hang of it a little! This book can be read as a standalone but the writer recommends to read it as a series and honestly i just need the rest of the books as i read this as a standalone. I am eager for more!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I love the characters so much! Tomorrow is an adorably awkward but sunshine person i just got very happy from! And dark is grumpy but would protect tomorrow at all costs which was absolutely adorable! Their romance went deep and emotional and is so sweet!
Then the spice came in and i was not prepared for a moment for the tail play but honestly im all here for it🥵
The world was a bit confusing for me at the beginning but i got the hang of it a little! This book can be read as a standalone but the writer recommends to read it as a series and honestly i just need the rest of the books as i read this as a standalone. I am eager for more!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
The Witchery by S. Isabelle
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
3.0
Honestly i bought this book for the cover and this was one of these disappointing books i bought based on cover.
It took me way too long to get through it, too much information was pushed into the short book which was not great. I honestly had the feeling i was constantly reading information instead of the storyline. Besides that was the storyline way too rushed! Most of the time i had no idea how much time had passed and in once it was a whole month. In my honest opinion this book had so much potential if there was not that much information dumping. I know there is a second book but i am already getting tired of just thinking about it to read it.
Besides all that the ending was sloppy and too all over the place. Still don't know what actually made it stop as that was not clear. There were too many characters, too many different povs. The magic had rules but were not explained. Most of the magic that happened felt like it happened of page. The book is a standalone which made everything too pushed together.
The only reason i finished it was because i wanted answers on many questions i had and to be honest the plot is pretty good! It would have been better if not needed information was not kept and more depth into the characters was needed too in my opinion.
It took me way too long to get through it, too much information was pushed into the short book which was not great. I honestly had the feeling i was constantly reading information instead of the storyline. Besides that was the storyline way too rushed! Most of the time i had no idea how much time had passed and in once it was a whole month. In my honest opinion this book had so much potential if there was not that much information dumping. I know there is a second book but i am already getting tired of just thinking about it to read it.
Besides all that the ending was sloppy and too all over the place. Still don't know what actually made it stop as that was not clear. There were too many characters, too many different povs. The magic had rules but were not explained. Most of the magic that happened felt like it happened of page. The book is a standalone which made everything too pushed together.
The only reason i finished it was because i wanted answers on many questions i had and to be honest the plot is pretty good! It would have been better if not needed information was not kept and more depth into the characters was needed too in my opinion.
Icebound by Meredith Trapp
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
4.0
first of all thank you Love Notes PR and the author for sending met an eARC copy of this book!
i really liked to read this book! finished this book in a night as it kept my attention the whole time. the book has an age gap, sort of fake dating and even anxiety rep!
i really love the relationship between Rhode and Nina. it was great to see for once that Rhode had an issue at first with Nina being so much younger than him and to see how it got handled like adults as it should! in most books age gap either doesn't get acknowledged/ignored and it was nice to see for once that one of them has an issue with it but that that got shown that if you actually love each other you can be together and it can work out! outside of them the dynamic between the characters were written very nice!
the only thing that irritated me was the dynamic between Nina and Gwen. why would you still live with your sister as she has been with your ex boyfriend? and not in like a quiet way but in a loud way! in my opinion you are just a very bad sister for going with your sisters ex. i get it as someone with also a sister its hard to not not talk to your sister as she is still your sister, but if that happened to me i would have never talked to her again. the worst is that Gwen kept going with the relationship!? until he broke her heart!
i really liked to read this book! finished this book in a night as it kept my attention the whole time. the book has an age gap, sort of fake dating and even anxiety rep!
i really love the relationship between Rhode and Nina. it was great to see for once that Rhode had an issue at first with Nina being so much younger than him and to see how it got handled like adults as it should! in most books age gap either doesn't get acknowledged/ignored and it was nice to see for once that one of them has an issue with it but that that got shown that if you actually love each other you can be together and it can work out! outside of them the dynamic between the characters were written very nice!
the only thing that irritated me was the dynamic between Nina and Gwen. why would you still live with your sister as she has been with your ex boyfriend? and not in like a quiet way but in a loud way! in my opinion you are just a very bad sister for going with your sisters ex. i get it as someone with also a sister its hard to not not talk to your sister as she is still your sister, but if that happened to me i would have never talked to her again. the worst is that Gwen kept going with the relationship!? until he broke her heart!
The Snow Thief's Amulet by Rowan Redfield
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
4.25
First of all, Rowan thank you for this eARC🥹💕
This was such a quick read! Absolutely loved this book from the beginning to the end! Disclaimer: yes it says it is a part of a duet but you can read this book as a standalone!
Lets just start with Nivia and Thane! He wants something from her, she doesnt want to do it but because he threathens her, she does do it! And ughhh if that isn't a good start for an enemies to lovers then i dont know what is. She is hiding to not get killed by anyone! I am not going to spoil though what made me gasp
I mean i kind of think it was like that when it got mentioned but yet i loved it anyways when it got revealed😌✌🏻 the building of their relationship in just how pure it is is just chefs kiss honestly. I love everything about them, i love everything about this book just so you know😌
This was such a quick read! Absolutely loved this book from the beginning to the end! Disclaimer: yes it says it is a part of a duet but you can read this book as a standalone!
Lets just start with Nivia and Thane! He wants something from her, she doesnt want to do it but because he threathens her, she does do it! And ughhh if that isn't a good start for an enemies to lovers then i dont know what is. She is hiding to not get killed by anyone! I am not going to spoil though what made me gasp
I mean i kind of think it was like that when it got mentioned but yet i loved it anyways when it got revealed😌✌🏻 the building of their relationship in just how pure it is is just chefs kiss honestly. I love everything about them, i love everything about this book just so you know😌