Tag: werewolves
The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman
I have to say, I am an absolute sucker for any story involving werewolves. Just tap that shit straight into my veins. So of course, as soon as Aurora gets “kidnapped” by Callum I was all, yep, here we go. And the story ended up being really engaging. The background is an unjust war between […]
Continue reading The Wolf King by Lauren PalphreymanZodiac Academy: Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
750 pages and I am still not sure about this series. The main thing that is making me waffle on whether or not I want to finish this series is that it’s just SO repetitive. The cycle of hurt the Vegas-the Vegas fight back-oh no they’re hot-we must hurt the Vegas is just continuous. You […]
Continue reading Zodiac Academy: Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham and Susanne ValentiCrescent City: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas
This book is a monster. 835 pages all told. I enjoyed this book, but I do kind of feel like the sheer size of it was unnecessary. I think I was about a (quarter? third?) of the way through and Hunt was still in the dungeon, Bryce was still navigating her way through the tunnels […]
Continue reading Crescent City: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J MaasZodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
I am genuinely unsure what to make of this book. So first of all, it has a lot of pretty well-worn tropes. I don’t usually hold that against a writer, some of my favourite stories are re-imaginings of older works. But the “re-imagining” part is definitely not playing a role here, the main characters are […]
Continue reading Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham and Susanne ValentiThe Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L Armentrout
I really enjoyed the first four books of the series, but I have to admit that this one disappointed me. It felt really disjointed, like Armentrout didn’t really have a clear view of where the plot was going and she just kept throwing in extra characters to make things happen. First of all it took […]
Continue reading The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L ArmentroutA Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer L Armentrout
This book is cheating. It’s just the plot of From Blood and Ash retold from Casteel’s point of view. I assumed that would take up maybe the first part of the book while Poppy was “in status” but nope, she doesn’t wake up until the very last page. Maybe this is way of keeping the […]
Continue reading A Soul of Ash and Blood by Jennifer L ArmentroutThe War of Two Queens by Jennifer L Armentrout
One of the things that George R R Martin did in Game of Thrones that I have rarely seen addressed by other writers – once you conquer a capital you then have to hold it. If you move on to conquer new places immediately then you leave a power vacuum that will be very attractive […]
Continue reading The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L ArmentroutThe Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L Armentrout
So in From Blood and Ash it was theorized that one of Poppy’s parents was an Atlantian or part-Atlantian. In Kingdom of Flesh and Fire they figured out she was a diety. And in The Crown of Gilded Bones – she’s a God now? Like, is there anywhere else for her to go? I’m almost […]
Continue reading The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L ArmentroutKingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jeniffer L Armentrout
So…. not a lot happens in this book. And in spite of that I read the entire… 558 pages? In two days. The majority of the plot is about the journey to the Atlantian homeland. With the exception of one craven attack and one incident where an Ascended shows up looking for Poppy, that’s pretty […]
Continue reading Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jeniffer L ArmentroutFrom Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout
My very first reaction to this book was, I am not kidding, Hawke Flynn? Really? And her bodyguard Wardwell? Then Tawney Lyon appeared and I almost didn’t make it any further. (Aside, I am almost positive I once worked with a dancer named Tawney Lyon back when I was bar-tending in strip clubs.) But I […]
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