ghoul_library's Reviews (391)

Oh wow...wowwww. This was absolutely gorgeous all the way through. I genuinely didn't want to put it down from the moment i started it! It's so beautiful and so so well paced, i'm obsessed. So much happens there's genuinely enough content for 2 books here! All of the lore was really cool and just everything was so well thought out and written beautifully! I do wish it was paced a bit better as it kinda was slow to get going and patchy in places but I can’t not give it 5* just for how beautiful the prose is! 

I honestly cannot wait till the 2nd book comes out, I really wanna know what happens next. I loved all the twists and turns and honestly the love triangle was ahhhh! This was just so cool and if its on your tbr rn READ IT!!

Honestly I'm not sure what I was expecting from this but it was sold to me as 1920's gangster romeo and juliet and it did notttt disappoint!! it hit every mark!

I actually wasn't expecting the fantasy elements in this at all, I for some reason went into it thinking it would be purely realism but I was even more excited by this once I was aware of the mild fantasy plot!! A monster stalking the city??? A disease??? Along with all the romeo and juliet shenanigans w/ the two gangs?? It was soooo good!!

I really loved all of the side characters and the mc's, I had a great time! The writing was great, the setting was super cool and I'm a sucker for historical based stories so this was so good. I really loved this take on R&J so much honestly, it was so unique and cool omg. 

The ending...I need the book 2 paperback to release already so I can read it ahhhh!

This this this!! I’m obsessed with Stephanie Garbers, writing, her ideas, just everything! Never disappoints! 

This was soooooo incredible I’m so obsessed! I didn’t actually know this tied into the Caraval world till I started reading but it just made it even better for me! I loveeeed the world building, the fates, honestly there’s nothing for me to fault! 

Evangeline was a great mc, I loveeee Jacks and I just can’t wait for book 2 to come out…I need it to hurry up with how this ended !! Ahhh 5*!!!

These seriously go crazy fast, as I said before they’re not exactly peak fiction but they’re super quick and good fun!! 3* again! Waiting for the audiobook of book 5 now!

These are crazy quick to read, I've been listening to them on Audible whilst I play videogames and they really ARE entertaining! There's some flaws, some weird pacing but honestly if you want a quick fun series to read this is a good one to chose!

Okay so honestly book 1 is essentially just a set up for the series! I liked this one a lot more than the first because you find out WHO the recurring character is! Honestly I really like this take a lot, you don’t usually get to follow the murderer essentially on the run, it was refreshing!!

This has big one of us is lying and pretty little liars vibes, it’s fun! Glad I got recommended this bc it was really entertaining! Obviously not some grand mystery masterpiece but it was an entertaining 8hrs of my life!

This has such spooky vibes and I love it. We really got witches, black magic, a moody boy and a murder mystery all in one?? It was so good!! I read it in one day and now I desperately need the sequel! 

Honestly I was hooked from chapter 1 and just didn’t put it down! 4*! Book 2 paperback hurry up and release!! 

Honestly more like a 3.5,,,it was good…but it didn’t quite hit. I feel like a lot of this book was filler, a lot of the last book was filler and if they just combined them and made the series a duology it could be incredible! Book 1 was such a high, if you wanna try this series honestly read book 1 and leave it at that, it does work well as a standalone! 

This book was frankly just far too long 600 pages could have easily been cut in half and nothing would have been lost I can’t lie. A shame because I liked the characters and the world building a lot, just the plot fell flat. Least the ending was okay and I can say I read it! Need someone to love me like Reid loves Lou tbh

In the absolute most loving way...Jay Kristoff...i hate you !! 

i'm so mad at myself for not finding time sooner to read this book! it. was. so. good!

Genuinely think im obsessed with the writing style in this series, it was a bit hard to get used to at first in book 1 but now, i just love learning alllll the additional details and worldbuilding the world has to offer! it's so deeply thought out it baffles me. Anyway 5*, this book hurt my fucking soul and Mia is my precious baby angel and im so aghhhhhh!!