I really enjoyed this book! The romance was so wholesome, the plot was well paced, and the characters were very well written.

Honestly, I would’ve given it a 5/5 stars if it hadn’t been for the twist near the end. To me it felt really jarring and took me out of the story.

The end closed a bit too fast for me, I felt like everything wrapped up a bit to quickly and nicely.

But overall I would definitely recommend this book! I liked Five Feet Apart better, but All This Time is almost as good.

I really enjoyed this book for the most part.

The writing style was captivating and very easy to understand. The style went very well with the way the story was being told.

I really enjoyed Dunlap’s take on Anastasia. Her character arc was very well done and Anastasia was just so fascinatingly written!

The only reason I’m not giving this book a 5/5 is that I felt the romance was a bit abusive. Sasha was constantly lording his knowledge over Anastasia in a rude way and he got angry with her very quickly. He also went from being only friendly with Anastasia to having sex with her. He would withhold important information and then expect Anastasia to always forgive and obey him.

I would’ve also liked to have read more about her sisters, but not having more of them didn’t take away from the story.

All in all, Anastasia’s Secret was a fantastic read that I know I will reread soon. I highly recommend to fans of historical fiction and historical retellings/reimagines.

Lots of love!

I absolutely hate giving a book anything below 4 stars but I really didn’t like this book at all.

No disrespect to the author or anyone who enjoyed this book but, personally, I couldn’t get into it.

The book was a 1st grade collage of ideas that were poorly glued together.

The only reason I finished this book was because I don’t dnf and I wanted to know how the romance turned out.

The romance was the only redeeming part of this book but even that was poorly written and very flat.

I admire Ellerie’s stubbornness and independence but there wasn’t much else to her character. I didn’t understand why Ellerie’s brother was so important to the story because he was such a choppy character.

I was really disappointed by this book because I normally LOVE fairytale retellings, and Rumpelstiltskin ones are always so interesting, but Small Favors just didn’t meet my expectations.

Lots of love!

I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!

Where do I even start? The characters were so well developed, the plot was captivating and perfectly paced, and the writing was just perfect!

I was really worried about this duology after I read Shadow & Bone (which I didn’t enjoy a lot) but Bardugo nailed this!

I loved the diverse cast of characters and normally I hate multiple povs but there wasn’t a single pov that I didn’t like!

This book was hilarious and had me gasping for air on the floor.

I couldn’t put this book down I was so sucked it!

All in all, I highly recommend this book to everyone no matter what!

Lots of love!