I loved Blood & Honey just as much as Serpent & Dove. Lou and Reid's journeys continue to thrill me, both their personal one and the overall plot of the novel. They seem like a realistic couple, one who fights, struggles but ultimately they love each other enough to communicate and overcome things. Even after the first novel they still have personal hangups that they're trying to deal…
There are books that you read, enjoy and forget about after a while. They aren't bad books. You probably loved them whilst you were reading them. Then there are books like Dear Martin. You read you adore and you never forget. It can be months since you read them and suddenly you're thinking about the characters, what they'd be doing now, what happened in the book. Dear Martin…
I read Ash a very long time ago and adored it so I expected to love Huntress. I didn't. The characters were very one dimensional, there was no growth and the resolution didn't resolve anything. The quest was finished but then the personal issues that characters had remained. I found both Kaede and Taisin unlikeable and quite honestly forgettable. Similarly the plot was easy to guess, it was…
Let's move on from what the current date is and what this wrap up is dated, okay? Wonderful. Whilst I didn't read a great deal in August, what I did read I adored. That's the main thing, quality over quantity right? She says whilst the nearly toppling book towers stare at me from the floor... Bookish and the Beast* was one of my most anticipated reads of the…
Bookish and the Beast* is the third book of Ashley Poston's Once Upon a Con series and quite possibly my favourite. I love all the books in the series but this one I really felt connected to in ways I can't describe properly. Once again we meet the characters from previous books briefly which I really enjoy. This book focused on Vance Reigns, the asshole of the previous…