Review: A Dark Forgetting by Kristen Ciccarelli

A Dark Forgetting by Kristen Ciccarelli
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars

Kristen Ciccarelli is an author i have either a hit or a miss with as I have lived some novels she wrote and others i want able to finish. This book falls in the middle. I enjoyed the story and the overall mystery, but did get bored a few times to get to the main plot. 

Emeline has so many dreams and goals to achieve, but she's missing the passion that is needed for those goals. She's basically just living day to day going through the movements without the actual feelings to go along with her journey. We then discover her heart really belongs to her hometown and the first that holds so many mysteries. 

I really liked Hawthorne, though his reluctance to tell Emeline anything got old really fast. Fae stories always have so many half truths.

The curse mystery i figured out pretty quickly but it was so fun to see it go through the reveal cycle. 

Glad I finally got around to reading this! 

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Review: Sweet Nightmare by Tracy Wolff

Sweet Nightmare by Tracy Wolff
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I've never read the Crave series, so i went into this book and world blind not knowing what to expect. And once I got caught up on what the creatures and monsters were, I fell into the story pretty easily. 

Clementine is honestly treated really poorly by her family in this story, which is ironic because her family is the ones running the school and should have her back. But instead they act like she's a giant inconvenience. I'm glad she had Eva and Luis to be her friends and help her with all the awful tasks she has to do. 

Jude. I like Jude but he has way too many secrets and a giant "I'm going to save everyone" complex that really doesn't bode well for him. All of his secrets could have been shared and nothing bad would have happened. In fact it would have made things a lot better if he in fact told the people he trusted the truth. 

Overall I'm glad i finally read this novel. It was a good story that kept me engrossed to figure out how things were resolved. Though another book will have more secrets to unearth I'm sure. 

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Review: The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey

The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book has been on my tbr for forever so I'm glad I finally got around to reading it! I didn't realize how heavy this book was going to be though. The cover made it look cute and light, but there are a lot of serious situations packed in this book. 

Darcy has lived in constant fear her whole life. Fear.she would be pulled away from her mother. Fear that people would find out her apartment was a giant hoarding place where her mother won't stop buying things. Fear they won't have enough money to pay the bills. Fear they will get evicted out of their home. 

That is way too much fear and stress for a teenager. Darcy shouldn't have to worry about any of those adult things, but her mother isn't capable of being the parent. 

I love how adorable Asher is in the bookstore and when he interacts with Darcy. Young, first love is so pure and adorable. Sure Asher has his own issues and made his own mistakes, but that memory of hope adorable he is so sturdy with me for some time. 

Marisol is the bestest friend in the world. No seriously. They way she such with Darcy and helped her through all of this stress makes her the best best friend I've ever seen. 

I'm glad i finally got around to reading this. It puts perspective on what is important and what is artificial when one really stops to think about life. 

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Review: Better Not Pout by Maren Moore

Better Not Pout by Maren Moore
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As always, Maren Moore created another sweet but spicy holiday novels that had me laughing and blushing all at once. 

Wells and Rosalie are perfect for each other. I love how they met and I ADORED Penny and Frankie. Honestly those pups stole the show for me. I love how much Rosalie loves her town, her grandparents and the sweet shop. She is definitely meant to stay in that little bubble that's her small town and bring joy to anyone who wants sweets in their life. And Wells went through a tough spell with ending his career, but he is going to thrive with this new mission in his life. His family is loud, rambunctious, and loyal. Those Christmas gatherings would be a sight to see!

So glad I got the chance to read this story and yet again loved another Maren Moore story! 

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Review: A Curse of Shadows and Ice by Catharina Maura

A Curse of Shadows and Ice by Catharina Maura
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I'm always a sucker for Beauty and the Beast so I was excited to read this novel. 

Arabella grew so much in this novel, and I loved seeing her become empowered. Learning her magic and harnessing it really allowed her to become the strong, powerful woman she was always meant to be. 

Felix also grew in this novel. Being cursed for so long really jaded hours outlook on life and having Arabella in his life changed that for him. 

This was a unique twist to the fairy tale and I'm glad I got to read it! 

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Review: On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn

On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This story dragged a bit too much for me. Medra is put in an impossible situation and becomes a pawn in EVERYONE'S story. She's used over and over again and the ones making the rules thinks it's okay because they found her first... Let's not expect anything different because she's a human though, right? She doesn't have her own rights...

Medra is also a bit too naive for me. She's in this world she doesn't know, has to follow these rules she doesn't understand, and she's not trying to learn everything she can to make sure she doesn't get trapped? Because let me tell you, she got ridiculously trapped and I'm sure she could have avoided it if she just did what one of her professors said and read the right books. Instead, Medra just started to do the homework assigned to get instead of doing extra work. And that's on her. 

Blake is annoying. He said he had Medra's best interest at heart and he's helping her, which in truth he is, but the way he almost killed her at the end of the book? Show some restraint man. She wasn't even willing and then you almost eliminated her from your life... Also he acts like he's super important, but he cowers so much around EVERYONE else who's older than him because they are stronger than he is.... so that means he's not that important in the end. 

The dragons are almost nonexistent in this book which was disappointing. The situation with her mom was just weird... so yeah this book wasn't for me. Glad I read it and glad I don't need to but the pretty book in stores. 

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Review: The Things Gods Break by Abigail Owen

The Things Gods Break by Abigail Owen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

After demolishing book 1 multiple times, I was extremely excited to get back into this storyline to see what would happen for Lyra and Hades and Boone. And this book is packed with adventures, more trials, and a whole lot of confusion. Which is intentional, but boy did it take me way too long to read this book because of all the moments I became more confused. Eventually, things became clearer, but then yet again we were presented with another cliffhanger. 

I think Lyra is so strong, brave, and determined. She's extremely witty and comes up with the answers really quickly in certain instances. I do love her character and how pure she is. 

I love getting to know all the new characters. But I will say, theyte was very little moments with Boone. He had a lot of his own missions in this book it seems. 

What Lyra put Hades through? It's kinda messed up when you think about it. I get why it had to be done, but it's really a lot to put on someone's shoulders and also expect them to keep his sanity.

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