teghans_tomes's Reviews (84)

I like to step outside of my reading comfort zone in case I find a book that I really enjoy that I would not have otherwise even picked up. Thank You for Listening was not a book I found myself really enjoying. There were points that I enjoyed it and I thought the story was going in a good direction, but overall it was losing me the entire time. It was really easy to put down and hard to pick it back up. I felt as though there were almost too many cliches that the point of the book existing was just to slowly crawl from trope to trope, and not to actually tell a story. 

This is a fantastic sequel. Most trilogies lose steam during the second book, but that is anything but the case for Emily Wilde! With a brand new adventure and lots of giggling and kicking your feet moments, this book had me hooked. It was so hard to put down because there was never a dull moment to end on. I am so incredibly excited to pick up the third book as the main storyline comes to a close, but not without, I suspect, lots of adventure with a scholarly focus! 

What a fantastic conclusion to Thieves Gambit. I finished this book a month ago and have not been able to stop thinking about it. Truly an incredible read, and I hope this is not where Ross's story ends! Her character development felt so natural and realistic, and there is nothing better than finding love while stealing from a casino in order to save your life! 

I breezed through this book within 24 hours. Not only was it short and gut-wrenching, but it left me staring at the ceiling contemplating life and death in a way few books have. Graveyard Shift is a masterpiece of a novella, and it left me craving more. I would absolutely recommend this for someone looking to get into the Dark Academia genre! 

This book had me absolutely gripped, I read it in three sittings! Heather Fawcett's mode of storytelling through the recounts of our main character Emily in her field journal is a unique and gripping twist on first-person narration. Fawcett makes you feel as though you are a page socking up the inky stories Emily is writing of her day in the field learning new tidbits and encountering Fae. The characters are loveable, the magic system is a fresh take on traditional Fae and their roles in folklore, and there are so many moments you will catch yourself giggling and kicking your feet, this is by far a no-brainer read. I would recommend this book to everyone who loves a good laugh with their academic adventure through a cold, uncharted landscape, with a love interest who might be more than he appears and a main character too smart for her own good.

A truly significant masterpiece. Tracy Deonn has truly crafted one of the best-written books or all time and if there is no one singing praise for this book, then something is very wrong because I will continue to sing about Legendborn even after I'm dead. This book is one now one of my all-time favorites. I went into Legendborn with high hopes and my expectations were apparently minuscule compared to what this book was bringing to the table. During most books, there will be a moment where you want to throw the book against the wall or jump up in joy, and Legendborn had me jumping so high and crying so deep I will never get a better physical or emotional workout again! 

This book was surely suspenseful because you will be waiting forever to get to the actual murder part of this murder book. This was actually a book about a bunch of rude rich people showing off and making all of their not-rich friends incredibly uncomfortable at a wedding between two of those rude rich people. If this book was marketed to you as a thriller, like it was for me, I am so sorry but we were lied to. This book could have been so much better, but instead, it focused too much on the people and not enough on the stabbing, this was not supposed to be a slow-burn type of kill!

Belladonna had me hooked from the first few chapters! Though it did take me a second to get oriented into the world, I had a great time settling in! The use of death as a character is brilliant and the banter between him and our MC is amazing and very poetic at times. I am not someone who gets hooked on romance but I was absolutely intrigued by where it was going and am excited for the sub-plot in the rest of the series! I also adore the mystery element and the use of ghosts as clues to solve murder, I am very much looking forward to picking up the sequel and seeing how Signa solves the next case!

It may have taken me a while to finish, but this book was an amazing read! It was full of twists and turns! Barnes was able to add to the original story without becoming to repetitive, or straying too far away from the original plot, which I think is something that is often hard to find in a series. If you liked the first book, you will enjoy the series! I am truly sad that the adventure is over, but I am excited to read the prequals and uncover how it all started! 

Practical Magic, was good. It seemed more lit-fic then magical to me, so I was slightly disappointed by that. We follow around Sally and her two daughters for most of the book and she is so against magic, that it is really only mentioned or performed in the book by someone else, which is the reason for my disappointment in the lack of magic. I will definitely be picking up the second book, as I absolutely need to know where the characters are going and how their lives will change. I am also excited at the promise of more magic! I really enjoyed Sally's story arc and how Alice Hoffman wrote each character, and now that magic seems more "practical" in this world, I am excited to see where Hoffman takes the Owens girls next! I would definitely recommend this book to everyone!