Cassandra Clare's writing is amazing per usual. The characters grow dramatically in this concluding book for the series. It becomes obvious soon into the book that Clare is setting up for another series and I am happy to see hat it comes out next year. There are still many unanswered questions for me. I do very much appreciate how she weaves together the story lines of her series. She has developed an amazing world and clearly has big plans and ideas for each of her characters. You can tell she has put a lot of time and care into each piece of her plots.

Meh. When within a few pages you admit that you are an "unreliable narrator", your memoir quickly becomes fiction to me. The stories are small snippets with really no cohesiveness, seeming to exist only for Lena Dunham to try and shock you with the life she has led thus far. It fell flat for me. I wasn't impressed, I was more annoyed. Unable to trust the honesty of any of her pieces after her declaration, I simply worked to get my way through the book. She can write, but the content just wasn't attractive for me. I found myself more often bored than entertained.

I was torn between 3 and 4 stars on this book, but then realized that I was only thinking 3 because of some preconceived notions of what I expected to be in the book. Tina Fey is hilarious and definitely keeps the book entertaining. Honestly, my biggest problem was that I felt like I was left wanting more. I could've easily read twice as much material written by her. As it was, I finished the entire book in less than a day. That should say something about how much I enjoyed it I suppose.

A more grown up version of the Judy Blume writing that I knew and loved in my youth. This one was a quick read with characters I could understand and identify with. Her writing is as good as it has always been. I really enjoyed this book and put off reading it for far too long. See the full review at: Erratic Project Junkie

A full review will be coming soon on the blog...but for now...

This book had me hooked really quickly. My gut was totally in knots the entire time, just waiting to see what would happen next. It's a pretty well-paced thriller. It hasn't been my usual type of read for a few years, but this was definitely a good pick for entering back into the genre. I was especially impressed by the seamlessness of the writing considering it is put together by two separate authors working as one.

3.5 stars. Not a bad read. A good story and good characters, but nothing that really caught my attention beyond the ordinary.