bookwyrm25's Reviews (219)


I rarely give a book five stars, but I can’t remember the last time I was so engulfed in a book and so invested I couldn’t put it down for two days straight until I read every last sentence. I was terrified to read this because of all the hype, but holy shit does this bypass all the hype it was given. To me personally, this is the best introduction to a fantasy series I have ever read (yes including all the SJM books).

No spoilers, but I must say I’ve felt almost every emotion possible reading this book. I am SO beyond invested. Fingers crossed the other books will be as amazing as the first! If it is, this will easily become the best series I’ve had the pleasure of reading.

The audiobook narrator was AMAZING. As for the story? Both sisters are absolutely crazy, and I loved every moment of it. I wish there were more stories about these two.

2 stars. I really should stop being so influenced by tiktok.

I love the story of the author, but his novel is very middling. Not bad, but it also isn’t great. Nothing stands out. A female cop with anxiety/pill addiction. Chauvinistic men who don’t think said cop can hold her own on the case. The cop proves them wrong. Etc. the killer is kind of cool but also done before.

Overall it was ok. I don’t regret reading it but I won’t read it again.

Rating this 5 stars just for the sheer fact that the author did what I wish anyone writing a bisexual character did: made her unapologetically bisexual. She loved men and she loved women and she did not take ANY shit when people tried to label her one way or the other. She lived in an unfortunate time where one could be killed for their sexuality, so mistakes were made on all parts as bi wasn’t really even a thing.

This book was so realistic, so raw, so emotional that I’m left sitting here feeling every emotion possible. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of her relationships made me angry, but the gritty realism is what made them seem real. Seem relatable.

I loved the representation. I loved this book.

I feel I should not rate this book. If only I had read it as a child and not as an adult. Because I’ve seen the deeply exciting and amazing movies and TV show even, I expected the book to be faster paced… it was not. There was so much random, useless, information and extremely slow progression in the story.

I’m could hardly finish it, but due to my deep respect of Tolkien and the huge worlds and adventures he started, I will leave my review with no rating as I know it is worth far more than I would rate it due to my struggling through the book on my own.

Overall the first three books in the five book series were 5/5 stars, but the last two were not my thing at all and I DNF. I just couldn’t bring myself to. 3 stars overall because while the first three books were 5/5, the fourth was 2/5 and the fifth was 1/5

Heartbreaking and deeply enamoring, this book is one of the best of the year for me. The only reason I docked a star is because of the ick I got about the 18 year old heavily featured in the story and how they kept describing him as so young and so childlike, but still doing… many many things with him. Overall this is a very dark story with a hopeful ending and I very much enjoyed every moment of it.

3.5 stars rounded up.

✨Feminism✨ at its finest. There is great growth within the main character and a very satisfying ending. The only reason it is not 4 or 5 stars is that at times the story was slow, and quite a few times predictable with all the hints thrown in (that the main character took forever to pick up on of course).

That being said, I’d excuse it because it’s YA, but it doesn’t feel very YA. There is tremendous violence and bloody scenes that are decently graphic and lots more cussing than a YA typically is allowed to have.

Overall, good book. But not perfect. I’ll read the second one closer to the release of the third book.

I had no idea poor Kyle has struggled so much. He seems to have a good friend in Jack and a great origin story to a kick ass rock band. Overall, this was a really cool behind the scenes look to their entire career and overall I am very very happy with their presentation and story.