charliauthor's Reviews (531)

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

"I do not feel nothing" - Zila

I love this so much! It's just so much fun and the audio just makes it that much better. The voice talent has just been so amazing and I cannot get enough!!

Squad 312 are back and not without some surprises on the horizon that threaten to split the group even further. While I love all the crew members, there was something a little samey about Tyler that could have been upped and he did exactly that in this outing. His enemies to lovers journey with another character was just so great and I really loved getting back to the silliness and teen angst that makes true YA so much fun!
I am still obsessed with Kal considering i listened to this and Shane West's voice is just phenomenal, but I loved the changes in his character arc that while werent a super surprise, really added a little oompf to his set up with Auri.

As ever, I love Scarlett and everything she stands for lol I need she, Finn and Zila to be protected at all costs. Speaking of Zila, I was very happy to have her get more chapters this outing but it still wasnt enough for me considering how much the others feature. I'd like to see more of her in book 3 which is currently downloading, right now....
dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
dark funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Im thoroughly invested in this series because the men are so nice and hot but this one went down a bit for me simply because it felt a little forced and i didnt like kidnapping part again that just keeps happening. for people so powerful, their enemies are really able to just snatch the woman at any given moment. i also didnt miss that there was no real explanation as to why the wolf turned out to be uncle paul. it actually makes no sense even when theres a line that says, it made so much sense. not it didnt mate haha
i love shane and conor and the twins are cute but the sexy time does get a bit repetitive. she upped the anti with a bit of DP but overall, the moaning and groaning of their names and 'wet heat' just got a bit perfunctory. still enjoying it tho and am already onto the next one lol
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

When the Moon Hatched

Sarah A. Parker

DID NOT FINISH: 11%

DNFd at 11% and since i know that seems like no time at all, I will elaborate.

I started this one night when i was sleepy and as i tried to get through the tome of a glossary and prologue that left my mind befuddled with more than just sleep, i decided to refresh and give it another go.
In the cold light of day, the terms and opening were no less confusing. Why the spellings of day and eel as dae and eahl. Why is the word slumber used interchangeably for night and sleeping? Why is the sun called aurora? There was just no reason for any of the choices that were made textually.
The world building felt extravagant in a way that felt forced rather than clever and the writing overall was clunky and derivative. I figure myself a fairly intelligent human but when i have to read a sentence three times to figure out what they mean, its a hard pass for me.
She uses 20 words where she could have used 10 and for a book written in first person, the main character is insufferable and rash and annoying in a way that is not ballsy and powerful but an irritant. All of this i established in 11% which equates to around 100 pages.
I knew I couldnt continue on like this.