nicolealycia's Reviews (959)

The House at Riverton

Kate Morton

4.0

emotional informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
468 pages
Fiction

Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.25

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Malibu Rising is a uniquely told story about the Riva family throughout the years. The main portion of the story is told over the course of 24 hours with flashback interspersed throughout the book.

This book has a little bit of everything in it. It’s a love story and a story of heartbreak. It’s the story of a family who will do anything for each other and a family torn apart. Growing up and being free, finding yourself and being there for others.

I don’t know what it is about Reid’s storytelling but something about her writing just draws me in. She really knows how to craft a story and make her larger than life characters seem so normal. Highly recommend her books!

I Must Betray You

Ruta Sepetys

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

Survive the Night

Riley Sager

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Survive the Night by Riley Sager
322 pages
Thriller

All of Us Villains

C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

4.25/5 stars
Seven teens fight in a tournament to the death to see which family will have control of the high magic of Ilvernath for the next 20 years. But there’s something different about this year’s tournament and it’s champions…. Is it enough to finally end the curse that sends six teens to die every 20 years?

I had pretty high hopes for this one and it definitely didn’t disappoint! It’s a Huger Games meets … I don’t want to say Harry Potter but probably Harry Potter. I really enjoyed the lead up to the tournament but I do wish we got to hear from all seven characters, not just four of them.
The tournament itself was pretty intense, what we got to read about it. I m looking forward to reading more about it and what happens in the next book!
I wasn’t a fan of some of the characters at the start but they grew on me. And the reverse happened too, I liked some characters less as the story went on.
This was definitely a good one and I’m looking forward to the next book coming out!

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Sue Lynn Tan

4.0

adventurous hopeful informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I have a lot of feeling about this one ….
I loved learning about Chinese myths and traditions. It’s something I wasn’t familiar with and I always love learning about new things.
I loved the writing style of this book. The author beautifully described so much of this culture and the myths. And the author didn’t go on and on which can sometimes happen.
I enjoyed the characters and their development.
There was so much adventure in the book as well and this is where I feel like things got a little too much. There was easily two books in this one and I felt like after a while I was just waiting for it to end because all these different things kept happening. I heard this was supposed to be a series and the more I read of the book I didn’t know where a second book was going to even be possible. I felt like everything that could happen, did.
I see how a second book will tie in after the way this one ended … but even then, it was tied up so nicely I just don’t see the point of a second book. This might just be me but we shall see what happens.