Review: Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf

Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I've been studying on this book for years and finally got around to it. For the most part, I enjoyed it. I just thought it was a bit slow going. 2 weeks have passed but it felt like months for how slow evening went. 

Zera is in such a predicament in this book. Lucien definitely makes it hard for her the most she learns about him, and even for a girl without a heart, its hard not to fall for Lucien.

I love the ending when Zera massacres all of those people but I know that will haunt her for the rest of her life. And Varia popping up? Love it. Definitely is going to have me diving into book 2 to see what happens next! 

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Review: Cursed by Marissa Meyer

Cursed by Marissa Meyer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from Edelweiss. This is my honest review. 

I feel conflicted about this book. In the one hand I enjoyed it. Serilda's journey went in entry direction and the storytelling that was involved was top notch. On the other hand, I feel like this was way too long for what was needed. I found myself skimming parts cause I was losing interest fast.

I love Serilda's determination in this book. Even though she had many reasons to, she never gave up. She believed there was a way to win and wouldn't take another outcome.

So, yeah, I'm glad I finished this series finally. Still adore Marissa Meyer but I feel like this sequel was a bit too much extra than it needed to be. 

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Review: The Boundless by Anna Bright

The Boundless by Anna Bright
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from Edelweiss.  This is my honest review. 

This book started a bit rocky for me because I was willing to overlook Selah's "I fall in love so easily" in book 1 since... well she was out being courted by suitors so of course she was bound to get some feelings.  Especially since she's only been interested in 1 guy her whole 18 years and she's being pursued with Bear and Torden.  But when she started catching feelings for Lang?  That's when I'm like, girl, you can't be in love with 3 guys who are all completely different.  Pick a guy and stick with it, stop being flighty.  So when that was going down, I was not impressed by this book at all. 

Thankfully she straightened up and finally realized what she wanted for her future - WHO she wanted for her future.  And in my opinion, she picked correctly.  Lang is a jerk, plain and simple.  She said it well when she told him she wanted the person she loved to love her first.  Lang wasn't in love with anything, I honestly think he was just surviving hour by hour and not thinking about what he really wanted in life.  Bear was so long ago, a distant memory honestly.  Plus it looks like he's doing just fine without Selah around haha.  But Torden.  What they had was magical and they just clicked right away.  So, yes, she picked my Team and I'm very happy!

I thought it was very interesting storyline of Selah "defeating" Baba Yaga.  That whole world was messed up and every chapter revealed something I didn't think I needed to know.  But I'm glad that Selah wasn't the one to "take her down" because that's not the person she is.  She just came up with a plan that followed through for that I approve.  If she were to kill them or whanot, I would not have been a fan since that was not the person Selah is. 

When Selah got home and she PUT DOWN Alessandra?  Loved!  Probably my favorite part.  She OWNED being the elect in charge and she demanded her voice to be heard in a professional way, and I loved that part so much. 

I'm glad I decided to stick it through these two books and that I finally got around to reading them!

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Review: The Beholder by Anna Bright

The Beholder by Anna Bright
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from Edelweiss. This is my honest review. 

I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I really thought it was going to be a dud, but I was flying through the story. I'm sore some people think nothing happened in this book and they would be somewhat right, but I think this was a journey of Selah finding and understand herself. She's lived her life for one prose and her stepmother ruined that for her. But every since she was in this journey, she's become more independent and decisive about what SHE wants to do. 

I totally called it with the first Prince, really early on actually. And I knew Selah would feel betrayed and embarrassed, because I would have too. So i would have done exactly what she did. 

The second prince, I also predicted that ending. Well not exactly, but I knew the distance would pose a problem, no matter what Selah thought. 

I think if she continues with these princes, she needs to be upfront and honest with them, cause the miscommunication, or the LACK of communication is getting annoying. But it looks like this book may be going into a different storyline now, so I guess I'll have to wait and see what happens. 

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Review: Menagerie by Rachel Vincent

Menagerie by Rachel Vincent
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from Edelweiss. This is my honest review. 

I adore Rachel Vincent and have read most of her novels at this point I believe? And I've been dragging my feet on this series. So i finally decided to dive into it and... it just didn't work for me. I tried so hard but I kept avoiding this book because I just wasn't really interested in these characters. The storyline was intriguing but there are also 2 storylines going on, which was a bit related I suppose. 

I also didn't connect with any of the characters that well, which also meant I just didn't really care what happened to them. Harsh but true. I felt bad for Delilah and what she went through. She didn't deserve any of that. And Gallagher was just weird to me. And it got weirder the longer the story went on. 

I guess I felt a bit disconnected from everything. I was just interested to keep me coming back but not interested enough to stick with it when I picked it up. 

Then i went to find spoilers for book 3 and I'm glad I won't be continuing this series cause if I had stuck it out through so 3 to get that ending? I would have been livid. 

So I'm glad I finally read this story finally but I'm sad I didn't love it more since I really do love this author. 

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Review: Long Live the Elf Queen by JM Kearl

Long Live the Elf Queen by J.M. Kearl
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

I so so wish this series was complete because I need to know what happens next and now I have to wait. 

There are so many twists and turns in this series. Just when you think you know what will happen, you really really don't. And i loved every time that happened cause I was just consuming this book, needing to know more and more. 

I am loving seeing Layala grow into this untapped power that frankly no one knows about at this point. Especially herself. But that isn't stopping her from trying to figure out out. 

Thane is great and I loved that we got even more viewpoint chapters from him. Though with that ending? I'm very intrigued to see what happens next! 

So, yes, this was a great, unexpected series that I didn't think I would love, but here I am. I know I will be thinking about these characters and this story for days to come and I'm hoping book 3 will get here soon. Glad i decided to leap into this series! 

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Review: Bow Before the Elf Queen by JM Kearl

Bow Before the Elf Queen by J.M. Kearl
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I decided to dive into this book because Bookish Box is doing a special edition of our and I wanted to see if I wanted to keep it or not. The answer: yes, I'm keeping it! (Unless they destroy the cover arr, then maybe not...)

I was reading through some Goodreads reviews about it being bland and a mash up of other popular fantasy books. I really didn't think it was bland. I loved being able to go into 2 characters viewpoints. I loved seeing the characters develop. And I read this very quickly, for it being a 500+ page book. I just went to get book 2 on Amazon actually. And i don't read a lot of fantasy novels, so I guess I'm lucky that I have nothing to compare it to. 

Layala is a fantastic character. She's strong willed, determined, and independent and I love those things about her. But the longer she figures out the truth, the more her personality shifts into other characteristics. And the emotional turmoil she goes through with her feelings towards Thane are remarkable. 

Thane is amazing. Seriously, he's my favorite. He is so determined to save his people not also change Layala's mind about him and his world. And he does many of it slyly that Layala doesn't write know what he is doing. 

I totally called the traitor. I don't know how or why, there was no aha moment, but I knew it was coming. 

So, yes, off to book 2 cause I need to know what happens next. Though i know book 2 has a cliffhanger too so that will also be brutal when I get to the end. 

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