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I didn’t really enjoy this book. On a positive note, it has really good LGBTQ representation, as it’s set in a world where everyone is accepted. Unfortunately that was the only thing I liked about the story. I thought the world was underdeveloped and it could have been described more thoroughly instead of just throwing readers in. The story was also long and dragged out and nothing really happened until the last 30 or so pages. I almost DNF. Overall this was a generic YA fantasy that was extremely boring. The only reason I gave it 2 stars was because of the great LGBTQ representation.

This was just an average historical fiction book. For a book with the subtitle: “A novel of Grace Kelly’s royal wedding” Grace Kelly was hardly in this book. A better subtitle would be “2 people who briefly interacted with Grace Kelly & fell in love.”

Sophie was a very relatable and likable character. She has an alcoholic mother, and a stereotypical, high society, controlling boyfriend, also her perfume business is failing. The relationship between James and Sophie felt rush. I felt the build up of their relationship could’ve been longer instead of summarized.

The ending of this book bothered me. The last few chapters had a huge 30 year time gap from Grace Kelly’s wedding in 1956 to the day she died in 1982. It was not a satisfying ending, and it felt rushed and unfinished.

Overall it was an ok story, I just wish the ending didn’t feel incomplete.

Ok, so I really loved this story as a whole. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of five is because of how much I hated the character of Adam. Since he is the only person who can touch Juliette, I felt like she was just in love with the idea of not being able to hurt someone, and her draw to him was only because of her longing to have some kind of human connection. He is manipulative and I thought the whole relationship is ridiculous. Anyway...I really enjoyed the rest of the story. I devoured this book in 2 sittings. Juliette is a character you can’t help but root for. She has been mistreated her entire life and locked away in an asylum and kept in isolation for a year, and she managed to stay sane. I’m really excited to read the rest of this series to see how she develops as a character.

“You take this world and make it what it should be. And don’t let the beliefs of a backward system define you. You are the one who has to live with the future, baby girl. So you live it.”

I so wanted to like this book more than I did. Don’t get me wrong, it was a good story, I just think it could’ve been better.

This is a YA dystopian fantasy. It had magic and magical creatures like sirens and ghouls. There was also a diverse range of characters with representation from poor to high society. Feminism is a huge influence in the store - Rhen want to be a scientist in a world where women are supposed to be housewives.

It was a fun story, I just wish it was longer. In my opinion there was a lack of world development. I also feel like the competition could’ve been built up better. The whole story felt rushed, especially during the competition.

Overall it was an easy, one sitting read.

Why does every YA dystopian have to have a love triangle?? They are so over done in this genre.

I hate Adam so freaking much it physically hurts. I never liked him from the beginning of the series, and I keep waiting for him to redeem himself, but it never happens.

I need Juliette and Warner to get together. I’ve been shipping them from the beginning.

Also can we talk about Kenji? I love his friendship with Juliette, and their scenes together are so adorable.

I definitely liked this book better than Unravel Me. It’s a different spin on a dystopian world, and the world development is amazing. The writing style is easy to read and I am flying through this series. My only issue is that it was a slow build up to one showdown at the end, and while the final battle had plenty of action, I just wish all the action wasn’t in the last 50 pages or so of the book.

“They can take and steal and break all they want, but there is one thing they have no control over. Our emotions. Our feelings. Our thoughts. None of them will ever be able to control the way we feel. Our minds and our hearts are our own. That is our power.”




How do I even begin to condense this into a review? This book was so freaking good! This is a high fantasy with demons and magic.

The world development is fantastic. The book takes place in a world with a caste system and where demons rule and humans are the lowest caste. The world was slowly built up throughout the story, instead of having it all thrown at you in the beginning.

This book has some heavy subject matter. So much so that there is a disclaimer at the beginning of the book. The Paper Girls are meant to be consorts to the King. Lei is raped by him. It also deals with murder, abuse, & slut-shaming.

My only issue was the epilogue scene. While it was clearly meant to be a build up for a sequel, I thought it was a little predictable.

Overall it was an amazing, five star fantasy and I can’t wait to read the next book.

“I hate the moon. I hate tides and earthquakes and volcanoes. I hate a world where things that have absolutely nothing to do with me can destroy my life and the lives of people I love.”

This was one of the most terrifying, psychological thrillers I’ve ever read, and I don’t even know if you can really call it a thriller. It is more of a survival story.

It was terrifying mostly because it hit a little too close to home in the sense that we are dealing with climate change at an alarming rate, and the whole plot was a little to plausible for comfort.

This book is told through journal entries. The main character, Miranda, had tremendous growth throughout the story. She went from being kinda spoiled and selfish to mature.

I read this in one sitting and about halfway through I had to stop and convince myself the world wasn’t ending, and I didn’t need to go o the store and stock up on canned food and water. As the story went on, things got worse and worse to the point where I was uncomfortable and I almost put the book down a few times. The need to find out if things got better won out and I kept going.

I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.