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I rated Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 5 stars. Going into this book, I was expecting to be disappointed and not really like it as it’s been a book that’s had so much hype online. I’m not a huge fantasy reader in general, but found this one easy to follow and it held my attention throughout the story. It also ended with a cliffhanger where you would want to read the second book to have further explanation. I would recommend this to those who actively enjoy fantasy or those who want to give the fantasy genre a shot. Even though I did enjoy this book, would recommend it to others, & I myself rated it 5 stars, I still found myself saying “That’s the book that got all that hype? Why?” I do feel like this book was overhyped. I’ve seen some people make it seem like reading this was some life-changing experience when to me it just wasn’t.

I rated Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune 5 stars. This book definitely had an interesting take on life, love, grief, death, and loss. I felt like I was really at Charon’s Crossing with the characters as I was reading. I loved seeing the growth of Wallace’s character throughout the story and seeing his relationships with Hugo, Mei, and Nelson progress throughout the story and his time at Charon’s Crossing. This book felt like a warm hug and I would definitely recommend it to others.

It’s always difficult to rate memoirs or autobiographies as they’re about someone’s life, but for the sake of rating/a review, I rated this 4 stars. I originally read this years ago and recently reread it. It was interesting to read about Susanna’s stay in a mental hospital and some of the other patients she would come into contact with. This was the first book I actually ever annotated which I enjoyed doing while reading. There were some parts that were less interesting than others, but overall I enjoyed reading this and would recommend it to others.

Couldn’t decide if I wanted to rate this 4 stars, or 5 stars, so 4.5 stars it is.

It’s safe to say this book definitely kept my attention as I finished it in a day. It was a gripping story where I just had to keep reading to find out what would happen next and to see how Sloan planned to get out of certain situations with Asa. There were a few times I did not see certain things coming and I even said to myself, “okay, Asa’s been caught but there’s still so many pages left so what the heck is he going to do next and how is he going to do it?!”

Asa was clearly abusive, obsessive, narcissistic, delusional, etc. he was a great villain in the sense that as you’re reading you do hate his character and his actions toward others. I think the possible suffering from mental illness storyline because his dad did was an interesting concept, but at the same time, there were times I was reading where I kinda felt like those with mental illness were being villainized simply because they had a mental illness and it was giving off the impression mental illness was the sole reason they were evil; rather than them just being terrible people.

I did like reading about Asa’s childhood as it did give some backstory into why he grew up to be who he was. I also liked that Sloan decided to go to his funeral and the words she stated to give herself, Luke, and her future baby closure in everything they’ve had to endure with Asa.

I did like the multiple points of view to see what each person was truly thinking and the reasons why they did certain actions, as each character would have their own perspectives as to why another character may act a certain way, even if it’s not really the case.

This wasn’t amazing, but wasn’t terrible. Some parts were more interesting than others, but there were definitely parts where I was just bored and it seemed like nothing was really going on in the plot for extended periods of time. I could see some people thinking some of the scenes in the book were scary, but I was just expecting more. I wasn’t a fan of the characters Mrs. Montague or Arthur who joined the story towards the end of the book, they just came across pretentious and annoying to me.

This just wasn’t good. It’s sad because I actually really enjoyed Go Ask Alice, but this just didn’t come close to that. The whole occult storyline was just ridiculous. 

I was pleasantly surprised with this book and liked it a whole lot more than I originally thought I would. Honestly, I can’t really think of any complaints. It was cute and would be a perfect young adult summer read. Reading about the assassin game as well as the growing relationship between Meredith and Wit made this a fun read. The book also had some depth as it showed Meredith dealing with the loss of her sister throughout the book. Taylor Swift fans will also be pleased as there’s several Taylor Swift references throughout the story.

I give this book 4 stars. Overall, the book kept my attention and I finished it in two days. However, I do have some complaints. I had a love-hate relationship with the chapters from Miles’s POV from 6 years ago. I loved them as they were short and they also gave us some backstory into who he was/what trauma he dealt with in the past to make him who he is today. However, I hated the way they were actually written. These chapters were written in a way that tried to sound and look like poetry and gave off a “trying too hard” impression or something, but the writing also just sounded very juvenile and repetitive in parts. I understood Tate’s conflicted feelings and how she felt she couldn’t seem to stop herself from falling for Miles even though he didn’t treat her the greatest (a lot of us have been there when we were younger), however, the way he treated her and the was she just took it from him did annoy me. The same routine of them not talking/communicating at all, then having sex, then he does something to hurt her, then repeat over and over was starting to get old towards the end. I will say this is one of the few books that has made me tear up though. It also made me happy to see Miles at the end finally starting to heal from his trauma and treat Tate the way she deserves to be treated.

This book wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t great either. It was an easy read. It was disappointing and underwhelming. I felt the synopsis was somewhat misleading where it made it seem like this was going to be some exciting murder mystery. Madison didn’t go missing until the last 40 pages of the book and due to the synopsis, I was expecting this to happen way earlier in the book. If you’re going into this expecting a murder mystery or thriller, it’s really not, and there’s no shocking plot twist. The majority of the book was about two teens falling in love and being upset with people from their past. A lot of the book felt like it was building up to something, but then just ended up being very underwhelming that left me with a feeling of emptiness.