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Actual rating 4.5
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I had to stop reading for a little bit just so I could cry! My damn emotions!
This volume was so great!

“You were the sun, and I was crashing into you. I'd wake up every morning and think, 'This will end in flames.”

I am currently writing this review on no sleep, and it’s this books bloody fault!

Last night, at around 10:30pm, I decided to read a few more chapters before going to sleep, the next thing I knew my phone alarm was going off at 6:30am and I had just finished the book.

This book sucked me in so much that I lost time and the only thing there was left was Simon, Baz and this magical world that Rainbow had created. I would be mad, but I’m in love with this story and its characters too much to be.

The story was creative and Rainbow managed to get a whole series of information into a single book without the feeling of being contently drowned with information. This is hard to do especially in a fantasy book, but she managed it and at the same time made sure we had all the information we needed to understand the story.

The characters were all amazing. I pretty much adopted Baz as my own as soon as he came into the story, the constant back and froths between him and Simon had me laughing so hard at times that the comments are still in my head now. Baz is pretty much sass in human form (well Vampire form really, but who cares) and is constantly taunting and teasing Simon the whole book, which I loved.

Simon I found so adorable with how thick he seemed at times, but he was kind, brave and we shared the same love for food, so how could I not love him.

The relationship that develops between Simon and Baz was so adorable that at times I couldn’t help but go “Awh!!!” out loud, it was either that or laugh at how sassy Baz was being.

Penny was such a strong, smart and fun character, I loved jumping into her point of view and seeing exactly what she was thinking, it was always so insightful.

I will be honest that I didn’t like Agatha that much, I found her character annoying , but that’s just my opinion on her.

I have so many feelings toward this book that I’m actually having trouble writing them down. This might also have to do with the lack of sleep, but I’m going to blame the emotions.

Rating- 5 Stars- Amazing! I loved it!

This whole story stole my heart and all I want to do is pick this book back up and read it again, even though I just finished it.

I would recommend this book to any lovers of Rainbow Rowell, fantasy and romance. Rainbow has always been a great contemporary writer so I was very excited to see what she could do when she stepped all into a fantasy book and I was not disappointed.

Carry On has moved to second place in my favourite Rainbow Rowell books and I don’t think anything will knock my little Vampire and Chosen one out of their place.

Happy reading everyone!
Jess

“His old bones told him something was up, that she was playing notes from a different song; he just didn’t know which key.”

I received this book in the Cre8ive Inspir8ions Indulge box back in December 2018 , when I first took it out of the box I didn't know what to expect just by the title of the book, I mean Breach is such a vague title that it could mean anything, but once I read the blurb of the book I was immediately interested.

I mean this book is set during the time of the Berlin Wall and there's magicians in it, how could you not win with this book?

The story follows our lead character Karen, she is an American magician scientist or scientist magician… look she is a magician but she is also a scientist whichever tile she wants to go with I’ll be on board, what you really need to know is that she is also a badass feminist and I love her to death.

I started this book and I was only like 24 pages in when I realised that I loved this woman and she was my queen! During the time this book is set women had to work really hard to gain respect in the workplace, if they got any at all, but Karen takes not crap and will stand up for herself to any man and I love her for it.

Anyway, Karen is chosen to travel to Germany to assist the CIA with an investigation, you see, the Berlin Wall which in this story is a magical barrier has started to crack and they need to know why this is happening and how to stop it. While Karen tries to help a mystery starts to unravel and she decides to figure it all out before it is too late.

As many of you know characters make the story for me, if the characters aren't well written I lose interest very fast and will often DNF the book. Well, the characters in Breach were amazing, I loved every one of them and each one was beneficial to the story.

Some of my favourites were Jim and Dennis the CIA agent, and the chief of the CIA, my grumpy dad, Arthur. I will admit that it didn’t take me long at all to claim them all as my children and threaten other characters for being mean to them. (I’m protective of my fictional children okay!?)
This book was full of history, comedy, action, and was so full of mystery that I seriously had no idea where we were going, I was just happy to be along for the ride.

I love the writing style it was very easy to read and very descriptive, while at the same time not being overly descriptive, the conversations the characters had ran smoothly and seemed like a conversation that would actually happen during that time, you know without the magic though.

Rating: 5/5 stars- Amazing! I loved it!

Now this was the first book in what I believe is a duology, with the next book, Revolution, coming out in November, I'm beyond excited to see what revolution brings. All I know is that we still follow our lead Karen into a brand-new location with brand new magic and I'm so excited.
I would highly recommend this book to people who enjoy fantasy or historical fantasies or for anyone looking for something a bit different to read.

This is probably one of my favourite books of 2019 and it is one I will be recommending to people for a while.