Review: Pangalax

Pangalax by S.M. Koz
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Aya is a halfbreed but when her mom gets kidnapped her father moves her to the Pangalax space station where she has to hide her identity from the humans. There is a plot going on that could put her and those she loves in danger but she has to first figure out just exactly who she can trust.

I really liked the story as a whole. Kye was a pure and simple heartthrob, I wanted to fall in love with him on the spot! I did not like how standoffish Aveyana was, but in the whole of the story I understand her reasonings. She was rash and quick to action but I also liked how she did it for all the right reasons.

Note: I read this book for free on swoonreads.com

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Review: The Winner's Kiss

The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The war is raging on and kestrel is trapped at a work camp in the tundra. She wants Arin to save her but he doesn't even know that she is lost.

I liked the characters and how it ended. I was frustrated with all of the back and forth of the relationship and all of the uncertainty. I just wanted Arin and kestrel to talk to one another and work everything out.

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Review: Prisoner of Glass

Prisoner of Glass by Chani Lynn Feener aka Tempest C. Avery
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4.5 stars

Delaney was just trying to live her life, even with all the newly discovered aliens around. She just did not expect to get kidnapped by rukus who mistakes her for the alien princess, the lissa. The real one changed Delaney's appearance to the alien race to get out of having to marry the son of a warring alien race. Now she has to pretend to be the princess or risk getting herself and potentially the entire human race killed.

I thought this book had a great plot. I liked the sexual tension building up between Delaney and rukus and the story was suspenseful and kept me at the edge of my seat waiting to see what was going to happen and who would be responsible. The only think I would say would be the alien terms are quite confusing and rushed in the beginning.

Warning though: this book does have a cliffhanger at the end which I have to say I was a little disappointed in.

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Review: Grimm Diaries Prequels

Grimm Diaries Prequels by Cameron Jace
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

OVERALL: 3.5 stars

Snow White Blood Red (The Grimm Diaries Prequels #1) - 4 stars
A delightful prequel to what promises to be an exciting tale. The first prequel in the Grimm diaries series explores the alternate world of the snow white fairy tale. The story caught my attention and has me excited to actually start the series.

Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder (The Grimm Diaries Prequels #2) - 4 stars
I loved how Alice goes back into old time Venice and it was interesting how the author choose to direct the story around Venice and the glassblowers.

Beauty Never Dies (The Grimm Diaries Prequels #3) - 3 stars
I liked the interplay of characters Jace uses in his fairy tales but this story to me felt a little jumbled up. I was particularly surprised at the end though.

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut (The Grimm Diaries Prequels #4) - 4 stars
I liked this story and how it turned out. Gruesome but I did like ladle. I also thought the development of the story was done well and how Jace interpreted the characters.

Mary Mary Quite Contrary (The Grimm Diaries Prequels #5) - 3 stars
I liked how the author was able to bring in Elizabeth Bathory into the story. I have always been interested in her story, especially since she was a real person.

Blood Apples (The Grimm Diaries Prequels #6) - 3 stars
At this point in the series the author has done a great job of immersing the reader into the story and the fairy tale world he created. I always loved a good fairy tale story and Jace is taking the fairy tales into more of a horror setting, these are not your Disney tales!

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Review: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Miranda fell in love when she was 10. She stayed that was for nine years until she finally told the object of her affection that she loved him.

It actually took me a long time to rate this book. I kept going back and forth through the spectrum. I loved turner, then I hated him, then I wanted to hate him but loved him all the same. Turner made me so unbelievably mad and annoyed, I wanted to throttle him but then again this book also got me to thinking about relationships. I thought I would like this book more and in a strange way I did. It certainly got me in a fit. Turner was such a jerk. It was definitely a page turner, I really wanted to see what happened next.

I'm not sure exactly what I mean by this but this book really felt more like a story than Quinn's others (Bridgerton and Smythe-smith series). I'm not sure why, maybe because it started briefly from Miranda's child like view, but it felt complete.

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Review: Lady Whistledown Strikes Back

Lady Whistledown Strikes Back by Julia Quinn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

OVERALL: 4 stars

Overall I like how the stories were connected by the Neely bracket mystery, it was quite intriguing.

The First Kiss - Julia Quinn - 5 stars
Tillie's brother, Henry, died in the war and Peter had promised to look after his sister. He didn't however expect to want to marry her himself, especially when he had no prospects and she has a substantial dowry. Peter, a man of upstanding honor, doesn't want to be labeled as a fortune hunter but neither does he want to ignore his growing desire.

I really liked both of the characters. Tillie was funny with a shrewd sense of humor and Peter was upstanding. I wouldn't have minded marrying him either!

The Last Temptation - Mia Ryan - 3 stars
Miss Martin is a companion to lady Neely and she also arranges all of her parties. Roxbury is in need of a party planner and she is just the thing, maybe even a little more.

Not exceptional on the characterization but I didn't think the overall story was that bad.

The Best of Both Worlds - Suzanne Enoch - 4 stars
I liked Charlotte a lot. I thought her character resembled mine a great deal actually. And Xavier was perfect for her.

The Only One for Me - Karen Hawkins - 4 stars
I'm not usually about the second chance at love but this wasn't too bad. I liked the characters and Sophia was rather spunky which made the story all that more humorous.

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Review: The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown

The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown by Julia Quinn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

OVERALL: ~4.3 stars

Overall I enjoyed how the stories interconnected with one another and we got to see the characters throughout. Most of the stories were interesting.

One True Love by Suzanne Enoch - 4.5 stars
Anne has been betrothed since birth but she has never met her intended who lives all the way in Yorkshire. She cannot imagine a life away from London and is unpleasantly surprised when her intended comes to claim her.

Anne sure is independent and stubborn for a lady of her time. It's a wonder her parents put up with it. I liked the myth and how it ended. I thought Maximilian was quite persistent in his wooing and it was endearing.

Two Hearts by Karen Hawkins - 4 stars

Royce has been friends with Liza for many years and never anything more. But now with Liza thinking of marrying someone else Royce is realizing just how much he can't live without her.

This was a cute story. I liked how Royce and Liza interacted with one another.

A Dozen Kisses by Mia Ryan - 3.5 stars
I found it to be quite a bland sort of story. I was not terribly interested in the outcome and had no opinion of the main characters.

Thirty-six Valentines by Julia Quinn - 5 stars
My brother wasn’t worthy of a woman like you? - That was quite the spectacular remark from the earl.

Susannah and David were really cute together. Quinn did a fantastic job of telling their story and I loved how strong of a character Susannah was.

Also Read In:
2003

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Review: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy

The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4.5 stars

Richard Kentworthy had to get married quickly! He came to London for that one purpose but wasn't expecting to fall in love with iris Smythe-smith. To his horror his plan did not seem to be so easy to accomplish as he was expecting.

I had a suspicious feeling about what the secret actually was but reading it through was quite fun. I liked iris's no nonsense attitude and she really did mean it when she said she could get mad, luckily for Richard it wasn't in her personality to happen that often or he would be in some serious trouble!

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Review: The Sum of All Kisses

The Sum of All Kisses by Julia Quinn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Sarah despises lord Hugh because of what his altercation did to her family, and ultimately in her mind to herself. Taking that into consideration everyone seems to have forgiven him but her. Now, she is strapped entertaining him at her cousins wedding and the sarcastic so remarks somewhere along the way become flirtatious banter.

I loved the enemies to lovers portrayal Hugh and Sarah had going on. Also, the carriage scene was my absolute favorite, I think that was a major turning point for our two characters.

I decided while reading this that I would want to be friends with Sarah. I actually did not care much for her in the other books but reading her story she is a rather likable character.

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Review: Smaragdgrün

Smaragdgrün by Kerstin Gier
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Gwyneth is trying to figure out who to trust still and what the prophecies actually mean before it's too late.

I kind of suspected the ending, not in full details of course but the basics. I was not really satisfied with the epilogue either, I wanted a more complete ending for everything.

Cover note/ question: shouldn't the blue gown be on the cover of the third book and not the second?


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Review: Sapphire Blue

Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I thought this book was more interesting than the first, we were still left with a lot of questions which I hope are answered in the final installment. It was still a little confusing with all of the different characters and nicknames for all of them.

Gwyneth was pretty annoying in her own right. The author went to great lengths to 1)try and make her appear really stupid then 2) trying to make her into a strong leading heroine. Not particularly fond of Gideon's attitude. He goes from hot to cold pretty fast. I hope there is an actual point to that.


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Review: Queen

Queen by Aimee Carter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The rebellion is continuing but the black coats may be on the losing side as "Daxton Hart" thwarts their plans at every turn. His secret must be exposed but that might not be as easy to do as it sounds.

Kitty was so strong throughout the whole ordeal and I loved how she has the support of Benjy. It took a lot of courage to be able to hold back and wait for the right time to act. Even though this book focused on the rebellion I wanted a little more romantic relationship development. I did like how the story progressed though. Aimee carter wrote a very successful trilogy.

(view spoiler)[I never really liked Benjy, as a best friend -yes, as a love interest - not even close. He just didn't do it for me. However, when I thought he was going to be executed I had this heart wrenching moment. I loved him, I sobbed, I cried and I wanted everything to be okay in my fake little world. In that moment I loved Benjy. (hide spoiler)]


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Review: Never Never: Part Three

Never Never: Part Three by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The ending was not bad, I think for me it was just anticlimactic. I was really expecting more from Charlie and Silas than what the problem ended up being. It did not make me like the characters more or want to know more about them after. I was left feeling blah.

It was sappy.

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Review: Forgotten

Forgotten by Evangeline Anderson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Not only has Kate lost all of her memories of Rone but she is terrified of him and to top it all off now that he has finally found her his hunger is getting worse than ever. They have to learn how to fix the problem fast before it gets out of control and ends up killing them both.

I felt really bad for Kate and Rone. I really liked them in the previous books. I'm not sure how I would feel in Kate's position, but I would imagine it would be something similar. Anderson did a great job of bringing across Kate's fear and confusion but also Rone's patience and understanding.

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