westernskynaida's Reviews (147)

This wasn’t…bad. Though maybe this just wasn’t what I was in the mood for. But I’m glad it was short

I also called the main twist about halfway through…so there’s that 

I was hesitant to start this book because I barely made it through the first 20 minutes of the movie

But this really didn’t disappoint. The tension was so good. They mystery it the creatures and just having that worry that something could happen at any time

I might even try the movie again 

This is difficult book to put into words my thoughts. In a way, this reminded me of Our Wives Under the Sea. But this also had some real isolation horror as well

While the “scares” weren’t a lot, I feel the journey to those scares made this so much better. The description of the bay and the area this took place, I could almost feel what Jack was feeling as he was experiencing them

I’ve never been so far north that the sun doesn’t rise, but the idea of those areas always fascinate me. So reading the (while fiction) experiences of someone who is also seeing that for the first time, was really cool

If you’re wanting an arctic horror, with some beautiful imagery, definitely recommend this book. I may even check out Thin Air

This was a relatively quick read. Each of the numbered chapters was more like 2 chapters with the change of POV

I really enjoyed Adahy’s POV, the imagery in those sections was so fun to have in my brain. The folktales that were in between the chapters helped to lay the ground work for some of the events happening

I’ll admit the first half of the book was a bit of a slog and at about the 60% mark I was thinking it was over - then I realized I was only halfway through and then things fast. I definitely gasped at a few parts as I wasn’t expecting that twist to happen

I look forward to reading the rest of this series of books

I really enjoyed this, up until the last big twist of the book. It was a fun mystery to see who did it, who might have been involved and how we got from 11 years ago to present

I feel like the big twist was a bit out of left field…I don’t want to say too much because spoilers, but it literally could have been anyone else and I feel it wouldn’t have made me this upset…

Maybe that was the point? I’m not sure…besides that, I’d recommend it but man that ending hurt. And not in the pulling heartstrings way, more in the “really…” kind of way

As an afterword, I agree with someone else's review: that twist really didn’t help the plot and was a hot tangled mess

This is the second Mark of the Least book that I’ve read. This one is a very fun retelling of Cinderella

I really enjoyed the jump between Cindy’s POV and Nik’s POV. There were some somewhat slow parts but I feel like once the action picked up it just didn’t really stop - which was nice. The characters were fun, and I was cheering for them as the story went on

On a personal side, I really need to read a book that doesn’t have a narcissistic Mother Gothel type character…this and the last book I’ve finished had a Mother Gothel and I think I need a different archetype of a villain… 

Another book that took me a while to read, only this time because I don’t do “spicy” very well and I desperately needed to spread this out (even if spreading this out was reading it in two sittings because I didn’t want to stop)

Just like Neon Gods, this really starts off quick and just picks up as the story goes on. Eros was so adorable when he was flustered and it was great to see how his and Psyche’s relationship evolved throughout the book

It really took me until the end to realize who Aphrodite reminded me of and I damn near threw my book because of how I should have realized it sooner -  not mad about how she was written, because Mother knows best. God that line makes me shiver even now

If you liked Neon Gods, definitely pick up this next book

I read this book with a friend of mine and went into this hopeful since I’ve read The Watchers previously (and enjoyed it)

This book…its hard to explain. But to me, this felt like a mix of the book/movie The Ring and (while this book came out before) the ichio game The Man from the Window

It’s a quick read, but it’s not a super quick pace. And the payoff may not be fully worth it to some readers, but I’d recommend trying it out if you want another book after reading The Watchers

I really enjoyed this one. The beginning was a bit slow but still enjoyable. When the action picked up, it definitely picked up

The only real complaint I had was that there was quite a bit of…intense sexual interactions in some points of the book. Which normally wouldn’t be an issue, but I really just wanted to get back to the ghost stuff

If you like St James, would definitely recommend as an earlier book

Okay, so I started this in my “struggle to read” period, but then my brain kicked into the “I need to finish these” periods, and do I read the final half of this in one sitting

The humor was great and honestly, with when this came it, this is definitely a book that post pandemic needed. I love Kaiju and this definitely delivered.

I’m excited to read more from this author in the future