I am really never disappointed with Riordan's stories and this was no different. It pretty much picked up where the last book left off, with enough time passing for Magnus to get more comfortable in his new role. I also like how awkward Magnus is and how very self aware of it he is. I know that neither Percy or Carter were one would call smooth but they did have somewhat of a level of confidence to them that Magnus is still working on. And Apollo, well he is learning to be humble which is not necessarily a bad thing.

One thing I am really enjoying about this series is the level of inclusion it has for different religons and identies. While Alex isn't what I would call my favorite character, I appreciated the inclusion of them because it just shows that YA as a whole is changing and Riordan is able to go with the flow on that and work it seamlessly in to where it doesn't read hokey (at least to me). And seeing Norse gods with different personalities than traditionally assigned to them was hilarious. Thor alone is worth the read although Heimdall was interesting as well.

Overall worth the read especially if you are really into Norse mythology and I am looking forward to the third one once I finish few others that are on my pile.

It ended on somewhat of a cliffhanger but nothing too terrible.

I really was totally on the fence about starting this series due to how much it was hyped up, but I am really glad I gave it a chance. This series got better with each novel, and this one was my favorite by far. Maybe because I have a soft spot for really tall heroes but whatever the reason this one just really sealed the deal for me and I thought it was a wonderful way to end the series.

I admit that the revelations that were revealed here were not exactly what I was expecting so I was surprised by all of those. One of the strongest themes in these books was the idea of family and what that means. It is also not even only the family that you are born into but the family that you make along the way and how strong those bonds can be. There were a few scenes here that made me tear up as it showed the ways our families, specifically our parents, can harm or heal us and that there can be others there to pick up the pieces.

I also enjoyed Gabe and Eve's relationship and how it progressed. I don't feel it was too fast or too slow and their love scenes were extremely hot! Like, fan-worthy, tall cold glass of water hot. But it didn't drive the story which I really liked since, as much as I enjoyed the other two volumes, I feel that it was the sex that drove most of the story. To be fair those, in the first one it had been an established relationship that broke up because of a meddling father, and the second one they were friends and there was a bit of a taboo about their relationship. So, in a sense this is the only one where the hero and heroine had to get to know each other outside of the box they had assigned each other to earlier in life.

I heartily recommend all three books and I may end up buying these for myself at some point since they were all library loans since I am 'bookin' on a budget', and if I do this will, hands down, be the one that will be the most read. All the thumbs up for this one!!

This was a fairly decent little book. I have it four stars because I feel it was better than three but it wasn't five star worthy for me. I agree with other reviews that said the format of the letters didn't change from person to person and that would have been nice since there were a few letters Laurel would make a reference to the specific reipient but I had forgotten who it was addressed to so many pages in. Also, there didn't seem to be a pattern to whom she wrote it apart from they were celebrities who died young. Kurt Cobain was an easy connection to May as was Amelia Earheart because flying. But the others seemed to be ones her new friends found interesting and she just seemed to latch onto that. I also don't think these were "love" letters. These were more like conversational ones or even pen-pal style.

I disagree with the idea that Laurel wasn't mourning May throughout the book. I feel she was because everything cycled back to May, including who she picked for the writing assignment. Ialso feel she was coming to terms with her anger over May for leaving her and not protecting her like she felt a big sister should do. Despite the title and premise this was a pretty heavy book, and while I wouldn't call it my favorite this year or say I will re-read it, it also served as an emotional release that I needed and helped to get that out.

This book took me a bit to get through because it did drag in some parts and there were many references to something that could have happened to Laurel. And while it is relatively easy to guess what it was I feel the build up took too long and a lot of things that were left unresolved could have had more of one. If you go into this with regular expectations rather than high ones you will likely enjoy it but if you have high or unrealsitic ones you will end up disappointed.

I heard about this book a few months ago and was ecstatic to see it arrive at my local library. The art work was gorgeous and I love the story itself, but I also feel that there was a lot of underdevelopment in the story. There were many opportunities to flesh out on the relationship between Elle and Mari that were missed out on which would have served to show how it was possible that they would meet so many years later and instantly fall back in love. three are some that can argue that they never fell out of love but I think Elle was the only one who was realistic in what it would take for them to be together and what it would take after all these years and each had made their own family.

Don't get me wrong I loved the story. It was sweet and it was pure and it gave me all the feels I just wanted more from it, which may be more on me as a selfish reader. I also would have liked to see the full story rather than have a footnote with a recommendations or not to check out other volumes in the series. Overall, would recommend but I wish there had been more to it because I really wanted more of the story and to see how everyone, including their spouses and children were able to adjust to this change that lead to these women being able to live out the rest of their lives happy and with each other.

Despite the reading time for this being just under three months I really did enjoy this book. I just kept getting distracted with gaming and other books something that I am working on being better at. I started this series a bit in the middle with the Christmas one, Rosolio Red, first and fell in love with the characters there. After that I knew I had to read the first in the series to see where it all started.

I admired Franki for uprooting her whole life and moving to a new city. Sorry that's scary no matter how old you are, even if your best friend is promising you a job and a place to live since you're leaving behind everything that you know. While her reasons for doing it may not have been the best it was still brave. I simply adore Glenda; she cracked me up in the short story so her in a larger dose was just delightful. Now the mystery took a bit to get into not because it was uninteresting but because there were so many lures thrown out with plenty of red herrings. Ultimately though I think that the person who did it was the most believable out of everyone involved and I hope that isn't too much of a spoiler. I am also looking to others in this series as I really do enjoy this author's voice and the world she creates since I have also read one of her submissions to the Danger Cove series. A great start to a delightful cozy series that is full of unforgettable characters.

This was the first book I read from this author when it was on sale, and I enjoyed it for the most part. The sexual innuendos got a bit much after awhile and I felt that could have been dialed back on a bit. The banter would have still been sexy, funny, and witty if there had been a little less of it. I feel the romance developed at a good pace and it grew from the mutual attraction to love in a believable fashion. I think the older woman/younger man aspect that was advertised in the synopsis wasn't a big deal and neither was Parker being Knox's former baby-sitter. Also it seemed that, even though the synopsis indicated it was a relationship of convenience and mutual benefits, it was pretty one-sided until Knox's job was on the line as well. Still the lesson to take from that is one I knew already which is to take those with a grain of salt.

I would read more from this author because I enjoyed the secondary characters as much as I did Parker and Knox and look forward to hearing their stories as well since it is likely I will pick up the more from this author since it was a sweet and cute story, even if I felt that the constant barrage of sexual innuendos got a bit much after some time.