kewlkat70's Reviews (250)

Midnight of Ashes

Tessa Hale

DID NOT FINISH: 43%

Boring.  Bonds dont make sense.  
Full of trauma llamas 
dark fast-paced

FMC turned me off in the beginning of the book. 
I may return to this book and try again one day as I have read she gets better 

Edit:  ok I eventually returned to the book and finished and yes it got better or maybe I was in a different place this time around.  

In any case I was able to finish and it was ... Fine.  Good enough to want to continue to the next book although it's very formulaic and still frustrating that FMC continues to hold on to her deep dark secret.  She has a very Alex Stern attitude (i.e. Ninth House) so all this inability to trust carrying a deep secret that will make the hot guy(s) scared of run away.  When as the reader you know it's not gonna happen so there is no reason to spend any more time on this than necessary.  

The next book will be an improvement IF Maven grows a pair and lets the rest of her crew in on her big secret.  Otherwise it will get tiresome. 

Split or Swallow

Lindsay Straube

DID NOT FINISH: 70%

The spice was good. But the FMC got on my nerves with her stubbornness and indecision. I got up to the part where
she was going to crest the humans
and it just got so stupid and insane I noped out of there.  
Read a spoiler on how the rest of the book went and. Glad I didn't finish

Knight Ascending

B.M. Clemton

DID NOT FINISH: 82%

Too YA for me.  Very predictable and boring.   Mary Sue main character.  

Eternal Reign

Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

DID NOT FINISH: 78%

Love the author's but the vampire stuff is just not appealing to me.  Also I don't like dystopian novels this felt like hunger games with vampires 

Fortune Academy: Year Two

J.R. Thorn

DID NOT FINISH: 31%

Lack of character development - characters were flat and unremarkable 

Boring plot development 
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Gold

Raven Kennedy

DID NOT FINISH: 38%

I had ENOUGH of the main characters whinging.  And her stupid ribbons.   
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No