nicolealycia's Reviews (959)

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Percy Jackson is getting ready to start the next big adventure in his life… applying for college. But he’s going to need some recommendation letters from the gods in order to get into New Rome University. And the only way to get those letters? Go on quests for the gods.
This was another fun adventure with Percy, Annabeth, and Grover! Not your typical quest adventure where they’re running all over the country but it was still fun and goofy, just what you would expect from one of these stories!
Looking forward to see what the next quest will be!
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

4.5/5
dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I always love a good mystery and I’ll definitely say this is a good one.
16 years ago, Emma, Juliette, and Daphne’s parents were murdered and their murderer was never found. Back in her childhood home, Emma begins looking into their deaths again in an attempt to find out what really happened all those years ago.
The whole book you’re trying yo figure out which sister really murdered their parents and how it’s all going to tie together to make it an actual mystery because it all seems kinda obvious (at least to me) from the beginning. There are tons of twists and turns along the way that you won’t see coming and I really enjoyed that!
Overall a solid mystery, definitely a book I would recommend!
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Invitation by Lucy Foley
422 pages
Historical Fiction
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

In Every Generation by Kendare Blake
400 pages
YA Fantasy
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Woods are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins
YA
221 pages
emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Stella is the star of her cross country team. After an incident at the end of last season cost her an early acceptance to Georgetown she’s even more determined to crush the competition this year.

Ellie is Stella’s younger sister. After getting tangled up with the wrong boy over the summer, she’s worried her secret will come out and ruin them both.

Mila is the new girl in town, possibly an even better runner than Stella. Her arrival knocks the whole cross country team off its axis…

A solid fast paced story. It took a bit to get into the intrigue of the book but I don’t think it was actually meant to be the main focus in the end.
Honestly, there’s nothing special about this one necessarily. It’s a decent story with good character development on the part of Stella, some character undevelopment on the part of Ellie before she goes through a change again… the mystery was predictable until it wasn’t, which I was impressed by. It’s what got it rounded up to 4 stars instead of down to 3.

Solid 3.5/5 star read
adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Rule of Wolves (King of Scars book 2) by Leigh Bardugo
588 pages
YA Fantasy