Yea so I have a personal rule of 50 pgs. 50 pages to give me a reason to keep reading (we all got a TBR pile and no time to waste)...I gave it to of 110 and I just cant--DNF. I am so lost with the characters and world that it's full on destroying/distracting the plot. Can't say most of the names, I can't keep them straight, I can't figure out if they're on our Earth or on a different planet in our galaxy or a totally different galaxy, I can't quite get who is supposed to be good and/or bad...There's different races/species/groupings of people but I can't figure out how they are different from each other! this is definitely not the book for me and I never got far enough into the book to even evaluate any of the accusations of racism...I'm not totally sure what Roth was going for with his book. Disappointed as I really enjoyed the Divergent series.

I'm not a big fan of murder mysteries but I liked this one! Lots of Pretty Little Liars vibes! I figured out the killer about 3/4 of the way through. The conclusion really blew me away though--beautifully written and LGBTQ+ rep!

this was actually a REALLY cute and light fantasy. only complaints we're that the two female POVs kind of blended together and that there were some long stretches where nothing really happens. I'll def pick up the rest of the books

Oh this was so cute! I got a bit of Narnia vibes at the start. I love how much the mc loves her brother and as always, I'm a ducker for books with prophecies

*exhale* okay so I did finish his book and I will definitely continue with the series (really just because I was gifted the whole series) but there were some problems that really bugged me. I've just seen this kind of book and story written before and done much better

I hate-hate-HATE when authors jump large periods of time and don't tell you what happens during it. I fell like I had to fill in a lot of empty time with my imagination. I also find it really frustrating when books don't explain the transition of emotions. how I read the book was that EO dies and a few days later Darren just goes on and just passingly mentions her.

Yea Claudia Gray is just not my author. I don't like how she writes romances and simply because of the plot I compared it to the Illuminae Files which is a million times better to me. DNF a little after 50% in. I'm glad some others enjoyed it and I'll pass along my copy to someone who will hopefully enjoy it.

*confused face* ...so...what was the point of this? It's like Twilight with PhDs where nothing happens...what am I missing?

3.75

Interesting...this is the definition of historical fiction. There's no fantasy element what so ever (which was actually quite refreshing for me today). I liked that the mc grew with her experiences and understood how things were escalading and adapted accordingly. It felt like such a long book with everything that covered but it's actually quite small! MC romance was sweet.

I mean...is anyone really surprised that I finished this book in less than 12 hours on a work day?

Imagine living in a world where society imposes restrictions on women to trap them, accused them of lying about assaults and where ppl don't teach children about contraception...wouldn't that be crazy...? (Read with HEAVY sarcasm)

Loved it! I am really hoping we get Sage Incorporated in the next book! She has to find her beau!

3.5 out of 5

So the first like...half was kind of uncomfortable for me. The concept of choosing women to add to your stack of 70+ wives just... *cringe and shiver* Also not a fan of insta-love which is basically 99% of the relationship the mc has. What really peaked my interest was the magic and I definitely want to see more of that. I was surprised by the lineage reveal (and I'm a sucker for those) so I think I'll try book two.