This was so many things. So many brilliant, perfect things. It was atmospheric, haunting, eerie, heartbreaking, heartwarming, suspenseful, and beautiful. It touches on mother daughter relationships and how difficult they can be, it touches on grief and fears, and it touches on a mother's love to drastic measures. I do think there were some unnecessary POVs but I loved how we went from present day to the beginning and to the middle of the curse. The ending...listen I sobbed okay. 4.5 easy.

This was charming, fun, sweet, and surprisingly scary for a middle grade. I actually found myself questioning at times if this was even for that age group. I think it does a great job at sprinkling the humor in with the plot itself. Also, wonderful representation! We love body positivity!

I think Hannah's storytelling has come leaps and bounds from FTW (which I did enjoy) and I loved that about this story. I think she's gotten a lot better at writing characters and I thought Lore was witty and fun. I also liked the plotline, I think it's the most unique story she's told so far. The magic system she created was far better and Mortem, the power to raise the dead, sounded interesting.

I definitely enjoyed this sequel! I loved that it was part paranormal/murder mystery/and romantasy, I think Adalyn Grace does a good job of bringing a bunch of elements together. I liked how she brought in Fate and turned it into a "human" for lack of a better description, like she did with Death. However, Fate was the cockiest asshole and was not a fan of him. Death is still the best. Blythe? I still love her even though I was, momentarily, giving her the stink eye.

This was just okay. I don't have anything against YA but the writing in this definitely missed the mark for me. I wanted something dark and gritty and from the synopsis, I thought I was getting that buuuut it was wrong. I liked the world, realms, magic system, and characters well enough but I felt like Taesia got a lot of her storyline in and the others just felt like they were just there. That's pretty weird when we're supposed to be following 4 main characters. I will continue the series but this was pretty meh for me.

I have been wanting to read this for so long, I've been dying for a good f/f romance and I thought this would deliver but sadly, I was mistaken. First, I want to say this did have some sweet moments. However, this was so incredibly boring and dull. I can't oversell how much I wanted to DNF this book. Over 150 pages in and nothing was happening. Emma and Jo (and tbh the rest of the characters) were wooden and one dimensional and I never felt the chemistry.

This was fine. It had it's sweet moments and I definitely felt the love between Lo and Weston. I liked the marriage of convenience aspect and I appreciate the chronic illness rep. This had a lot going for it. My issue is that it felt like there wasn't a whole lot going on and the story got a bit stale. It finally picked back up and had the most abrupt ending. Not really for me.

This middle grade was magical and utterly perfect in every single way. As soon as I started it, I was longing for a crisp October day, a thunderstorm, some red and orange leaves, and a cup of something warm. It just has the cozy autumn ambiance that's enchanting this time of year. I loved Ravenfall and the little town. So much magic and magical beings and adventure. This ended too soon but I'm so happy it's a series.

I loved book one and I'm surprised this one was such a letdown. Literally nothing happens. The plot is full of despair and the writing is dull and monotonous. It's a complete 180 from the first. There wasn't humor or action or anything to put a positive spin on. The romance was dreadfully boring. I would have DNF this if I wasn't hellbent on finishing the series.