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-review- Eleventh Grave In Moonlight by Darynda Jones

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- goodreads - (Spoiler Alert if you haven't read the previous books in the series) -"When Shawn went to you, a weak, corrupted slut––" "Slut?" "––we knew what we had to do." "I think slut is a tad strong." "See, you aren't just any corrupted. You are his corrupted. His concubine. The Dark One's. The demon from hell." "Promiscuous, maybe." She kneeled again. "We were never after you." "Wanton." "We were after the abomination..."- This book was so good... Until it wasn't... which was about the time it finished... Why would someone end a book in the way that this book ended is beyond me. I was happy! I was in my happy place with my happy ending if somewhat bittersweet but I WAS HAPPY! I was a happy person people!!!!!! And then Darynda just unceremoniously ripped out my heart, stomped on it, kicked it, and then proceeded to tear it apart... slowly... ...

-thoughts- Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas (ToG #5)

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- goodreads - ⚔️⛓ Nameless is my price ⛓⚔️ I finished EoS today at probably 2:00am(September 9th) and... I'm practically a shell walking, that book completely tore me apart. I'm not talking about heartbreak I'm talking about complete annihilation of a person by words. I kid you not, I haven't stopped thinking about the book for the entire day. It slips into my mind when I least expect it to so I feel a really bad book-hangover coming or a reading slump. Either way, I simply cannot cope, cannot deal, and I'm just so so so broken. That's it people. I have been broken by words yet again. As if Strange The Dreamer wasn't enough of a torture or Eleventh Grave In Moonlight (review coming soon!) with their endings now here comes Sarah J. Maas and just quite literally proceeded to kill me... in a way that I felt was exquisite at times when in reality it was just a distraction for that so awaited final blow. She didn't disappoint. Thanks for ...

-thoughts- Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (ToG #4)

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-goodreads- (Spoiler Alert for those who haven't read the previous books in the series.) -"You're exactly the way I dreamed you'd be." I did NOT see that coming. How am I even supposed to write a review when I'm left so emotionally drained after everything that happened in this book? How can I be happy by the ending when I know for a fact that the worst has yet to pass. When will all this craziness end?! I'm completely terrified, scared, spooked because anything can happen ANYTHING. And I don't want anything bad to happen to ANYONE in that court or to the thirteen or to their mounts, I mean, Abraxos needs infinite life okay? -It did not seem like a weakness to fight for those who could not defend themselves. Even if they weren't true witches. Even if they meant nothing to her.- And what about that Manon thing at the end in Rifthold??! What?!?!?! I need a huge HUGE break right now. My head is pounding and my stomach is i...

-review- Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas (ToG #3)

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- goodreads - (Spoiler Alert if you haven't read the previous books in the series) -He made her want to laugh and sing and shake the world with her voice.- She will not be afraid. Even after all this time, she says it. My heart breaking over and over didn't matter. My eyes tearing up didn't matter. My hands shaking didn't matter. Bawling my eyes out subsequently didn't matter. My rage didn't matter. All the magic, the badassery, the shifting, the endless training, the constant betrayals, the secret stolen glances, the discoveries, the incredible and absolute darkness that was the self loathing of Celaena. T-T -Abraxos was still lying on his belly, sniffing the wildflowers, when she returned with the dead goat in her arms, its blood now iced on her cloak and tunic. He'd devoured the goat in two bites, then gone back to enjoying the wildflowers. At least he'd eaten.- Nothing mattered because I am done. I am so done with thi...

-review- Crown Of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (ToG #2)

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- goodreads - (Spoiler Alert if you haven't read the previous books/novellas.) I just want to point out that these are some of my favorite book covers EVER. -But death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.- Thank y'all who convinced me to read the novellas. Now I can cry more whenever Sam is mentioned. Like how he's mentioned, referred to or even quoted in this one. Wow you guys! I feel like I've just gotten off an insane roller coaster that took me into highs and lows and dips and soars and just overall spin my head every which way and I loved every minute of it. I discovered one thing though and it's that the author loves short romances. In book one we had one that ended abruptly and this one wasn't the exception. -Ashryver Eyes The fairest eyes, from legends old Of brightest blue, ringed with gold.- I like it, I just worry for my heart and all the feels it goes through whenever ...

-thoughts- The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas (ToG #0.1 - #0.5)

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- goodreads - As someone pointed it out to me before I even had this collection of novellas. This is the heartbreak absolutely NO ONE asked for. But here it is nonetheless and I'm guilty AF for being a sucker for heartbreak. Edited to add the fact that I cried like a baby when... things happened. End of edit* -"But why? Why can't you let it go?" He grabbed her shoulders and shook her.- Sam is the one worth it the last star I gave this book, it was One star for Sam One star for the beautiful cover Three stars for the stories I hated a lot and I loved a lot and in between I managed not only to think the worst of Celaena but also the best of her. I'm glad I read these even if I struggled a lot because of the most stupidest decisions ever made in the history of decisions to make hahaha. -"My name is Celaena Sardothien," she whispered, " and I will not be afraid. "- 5= ~sobs hard~too good to be true!

-review- Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

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- goodreads - -He wonders if this is the queen who everyone in Rolanth sees. If all the rumors have been untrue... If that is so, then she is his and his alone.- This is the first time I've ever started and finished a book like this.  Not because I don't read Fantasy often, alas I didn't until just recently, but it has more to do with the way it's written. The voice. The English. The way the characters "speak" and "think."  I'm not fond of old English though trust me this isn't old English. I'm just not good with certain ways that English was spoken a few decades ago. And that's how I felt this book was written and that's why I struggled at the beginning.  But Guys GUYS I'm so glad I pushed through.  And then... it didn't take me long... not long at all, to love it. To understand it and to crave it!  I've only ever read one other book by Kendare Blake but it is so very different from this you'...

-review- Roar by Cora Carmack

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- goodreads - "Your head may have forgotten, but your heart has not. Remember that in the future. Now go. She will wake soon." This book! This book! Okay, I've got to admit I was wary about reading it because of how hyped the book had somewhat become but guys... guys I don't know how or why or when or really what happened but there was this something about the writing of this book that instantly, just like that -makes clicking sound- had me hooked.  I loved the innocence but fierceness that Aurora portrayed, she reminded me so much of how teens actually think, at least how I used to think as a teen, alas I wasn't born to be queen of a land plagued by mortal storms or twisters or fog or tidal waves or lightning or fires BUT I sill enjoyed that breath of fresh air that was her and the way she thought and acted. I rooted for all of her... be her Rora or Aurora or Roar or any other name she may come up with. I get ya girl, I get ya. "I know the tas...

-review/thoughts- The Curse Of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones

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Another excellent addition to the series guys! What am I going to do when it finishes?! - goodreads - “What other secrets are you hiding behind those sparkling eyes?" He grinned. “You have my heart. That’s where I hide all my secrets.” “Then I guess I don’t have the key.” “Are you kidding? You forged the key.” Could it be??? Could this really be one of my faves of the Charley-Reyes-Cookie saga?  Surely it can't but then... we did get A LOT OF REYES on this one and I'm all for that.  And can we address the elephant in the room right off the batt?? Like really, seriously. WHO OF YOU SAW THAT SIBLING THING COMING? Who in their right mind would've put two and two together. Math is definitely not my thing, just like Charley, proven by how I couldn't even add up those numbers.  And BEEP I saw you girl and I imagined you beautiful! Raise their hands all the ones rooting for a  spin off  for Beep and you-know-who (meeeeeeeeeee) ...

-review- Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

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- Goodreads - "A dream dirty and bruised is better than no dream at all." I've read sad books... Believe me, I have. Books so sad they would keep me from reading another book for months, the sadness lingering long after I finished the book. But I've never quite read a book as sad as Days of Blood and Starlight. This book was so sad I wish they would've invented a new word solely to describe this book. Oh, there were amazing things as well but the sad predominated throughout the entirety of it. It was like a living thing that wouldn't go away even now that I've finished it. And surprisingly I'm okay with it, if only for the fact that I've always liked heartbreak in books just to better enjoy and take in the un-heartbreaking, just as the author would put it. I started this book expecting one thing but what I got was another thing completely and it blew my mind. I loved it so so so very much that I suffered even more for it. ...