steam_stove_princess's reviews
33 reviews

Bound & Tide by A.K. Caggiano

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A bit too smutty for my taste. I feel like the smut was more so the goal in this book than the other ones. Or maybe the plot just didn’t flow as good. Idk. 

Funny Story by Emily Henry

4.0

Forest of Dreams and Whispers by Katherine Macdonald

4.0

This was just the sweet and predictable book I was looking for. The romance was cute. The book tropey. But it did exactly what I needed it to wanted it to. 

A Midnight Hope by Stefanie Lozinski

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I find the concept of this book very interesting. It is not often that the ball for the Cinderella story is something different. 
I do say however that the garters were lacking. The author tried to make them work through their trauma but it felt shallow. Whenever it was brought up it was confusing bc I didn’t feel like they were really traumatized or hurt by anything by their other actions. There were also several obvious times where the author was dropping hints that we should be wondering about something. 
I also found the prophecy and real life fairytale part of it to be lacking. 
I don’t think that the characters really fell in love, and I think they knew that too. I think they had potential to fall in love and were in the early stages of it, but they weren’t when the got engaged I think they did bc they felt pressured to. 
Also I was expecting her to be more blessed with horses than she was. Which isn’t a bad thing, I was just disappointed. 
Overall I’m very disappointed in the book. 

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

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

5.0

It was so sweet and u adore toadling. It was quite the delight. 

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious

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

4.5

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

funny hopeful lighthearted

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

3.5

I love Sophie. I think that the movie was better. But I do think the romance clicked together a little better in the book. 

The Debt of Time by ShayaLonnie

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad tense

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Powerless by Lauren Roberts

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. The charters gripped me and the plot twist twisted. The romance was cute. 
The rain scene. 
The betrayal. 
People actually died. I wasn’t sure if that would happen and it did. 
It was really good. And I can’t wait to read the next one. 
Also the prose remind me of how I write short stories. Which is fun. I think they got better as the book went on which is good. 

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

4.0

It was a very romantic book. And I think that the exploration of the charters was fun and the charters were unique. I also really like how reading was depicted and how different types of readers were explored.