honeybees_library's Reviews (721)

I rated Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead 4 stars. The book held my attention, but the story did feel kinda long winded at times. It did have an overall interesting/unique plot and story concept. This book did give off a younger feel to me (nothing wrong with young adult books), but just mentioning as I don’t think that was the author’s intention. I personally wasn’t a huge fan of the open ended ending that’s left up to the reader’s imagination; I wanted a more concrete ending of what happened to Ruth and Everett, and if they were able to finally escape and be free of Bottom Springs together.

I rated The Christmas Fix by Lucy Score 3.5 stars. I thought the book was an okay enemies to lovers romance. It held my attention, but I wasn’t super excited to keep coming back to the story to see what would happen next, if that makes sense. I wasn’t a huge fan of Cat and Noah’s first hookup, as it just seemed so out of left field and unrealistic to hate each other on one page and want to jump each other’s bones on the next. I know that’s the point of the enemies to lovers trope, but I thought there should have been a bit more build up to it personally. I did think their relationship at the end made sense though. I would recommend to others if they want a Christmas romance, or really enjoy the enemies to lovers and/or happily ever after tropes, but this isn’t some amazing romance book in my opinion.

I rated 11/22/63 by Stephen King 4 stars. I read this as a Buddy Read with Scott and some other TikTok users. This was my second Stephen King book ever. I was first really intimidated by the size of the book, but reading 1 chapter a day made it manageable. I did enjoy it more than I thought I would and it was definitely a unique plot. It could have been a little shorter and I was expecting the ending to be better. But overall, it was a fun read.

I rated The Shadows by Alex North 4 stars. I read this book as a Buddy Read with my BookTok friend, Brie. The book kept me on my toes, constantly trying to guess who was truly responsible for various murders, what really happened when Paul was a kid, and what twists would come next. There was one big twist I did not see coming at all and essentially had my jaw on the floor as it was so out of left field to me. I did think the ending was a little anti-climactic, as I was expecting one more big twist that just didn’t happen, which left me a little disappointed. I enjoyed the whole lucid dreaming plot and thought that was definitely interesting and unique. Reading this as a buddy read was fun and I could also seeing it being a fun bookclub read as well. I would recommend to those who like thrillers.

I rated The Only One Left by Riley Sager 5 stars. This book held my attention and I wanted to keep reading to find out what really happened to Lenora’s family back in 1929 and also to her recent caregiver that went missing prior to Kit taking over. I loved all the twists and was only able to predict one of them (& even so, it was just more of a guess/feeling). This was a fun and entertaining read. I would definitely recommend to others who enjoy thrillers or books with plot twists you may not see coming.