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2-2.5 Stars for me.
Tabitha is stuck in an abusive relationship but when she meets Ezra, there's an instant connection. There's only one problem, Ezra is married. Tabitha soon has to figure out if she's ready to become 'the other woman.'
Overall, this book wasn't too bad, specifically for one that is self-published. You never really know what to expect but this book definitely had a lot of feeling and emotion, as well as brushing upon tough and important topics like domestic violence and depression. I liked that there were some POV's from Luke, Tabitha's abusive boyfriend, and Lia, Ezra's wife. I would have actually liked more more Luke's POV and how he felt about his actions towards Tabitha. Lia's POVs were really heartbreaking most of the time, especially when she began to figure out the truth.
One of the main problems I had with this book was a personal one and it was just that I didn't like Ezra. He was just a bit of a slimeball to me. This man was older and married and he was perving on a young 21-year-old who obviously had a lot of issues with her family and her home life. I definitely felt like he took advantage of Tabitha a lot and he tried to play innocent with the whole repetition of the phrase 'friendship' but then kept calling Tabitha 'beautiful' and 'babe' which obviously messed with her head. He had none of my sympathy, that's for sure!
I would have loved a bit more time between Tabitha and her dad and how her relationship with him developed and how she began to accept his health prognosis. I also don't think there was a real need for a rundown of all the men Tabitha dated and why it didn't work out near the end as well. Overall, this was a solid effort for a self-publication and I really applaud Jade for not only creating a good story but being brave and getting it out there too.
Tabitha is stuck in an abusive relationship but when she meets Ezra, there's an instant connection. There's only one problem, Ezra is married. Tabitha soon has to figure out if she's ready to become 'the other woman.'
Overall, this book wasn't too bad, specifically for one that is self-published. You never really know what to expect but this book definitely had a lot of feeling and emotion, as well as brushing upon tough and important topics like domestic violence and depression. I liked that there were some POV's from Luke, Tabitha's abusive boyfriend, and Lia, Ezra's wife. I would have actually liked more more Luke's POV and how he felt about his actions towards Tabitha. Lia's POVs were really heartbreaking most of the time, especially when she began to figure out the truth.
One of the main problems I had with this book was a personal one and it was just that I didn't like Ezra. He was just a bit of a slimeball to me. This man was older and married and he was perving on a young 21-year-old who obviously had a lot of issues with her family and her home life. I definitely felt like he took advantage of Tabitha a lot and he tried to play innocent with the whole repetition of the phrase 'friendship' but then kept calling Tabitha 'beautiful' and 'babe' which obviously messed with her head. He had none of my sympathy, that's for sure!
I would have loved a bit more time between Tabitha and her dad and how her relationship with him developed and how she began to accept his health prognosis. I also don't think there was a real need for a rundown of all the men Tabitha dated and why it didn't work out near the end as well. Overall, this was a solid effort for a self-publication and I really applaud Jade for not only creating a good story but being brave and getting it out there too.
Absolutely beautiful. Full review to come.
Between Shades of Grey tells the story of Lina, who is 15 years old, and her family who are all taken by the NKVD from their home in Lithuanian and packed onto a train in the middle of night for crimes unknown. Suddenly, Lina, whose only problem was getting into art school, suddenly has to face unimaginable cruelty, starvation and forced labour.
This book was so hard to read at times but in the style I came to know in Salt to the Sea, it was fast-paced and I got totally sucked in. It's so hard to comprehend that this happened to people, and that they were stuck in these situations for over 10 years!! And that these Baltic regions only actually got their independence in 1991, which is only 25 years this year and not really that long.
I didn't give this 5 stars because I just wasn't as sold on the 'romance' in this book. I thought the story would have made the same kind of impact if Lina didn't focus on Andruis in the second part of the story.
Overall, an amazing story about something that happened that I don't know much about. I feel like WW2 stories based in Eastern Europe are often forgotten in favour of stories set in Germany, France and England, yet some of the worst atrocities seemed to happen to the people of Eastern Europe. I really want to read more ww2 fiction set in these regions thanks to these fabulous stories by Ruta Sepetys.
Between Shades of Grey tells the story of Lina, who is 15 years old, and her family who are all taken by the NKVD from their home in Lithuanian and packed onto a train in the middle of night for crimes unknown. Suddenly, Lina, whose only problem was getting into art school, suddenly has to face unimaginable cruelty, starvation and forced labour.
This book was so hard to read at times but in the style I came to know in Salt to the Sea, it was fast-paced and I got totally sucked in. It's so hard to comprehend that this happened to people, and that they were stuck in these situations for over 10 years!! And that these Baltic regions only actually got their independence in 1991, which is only 25 years this year and not really that long.
I didn't give this 5 stars because I just wasn't as sold on the 'romance' in this book. I thought the story would have made the same kind of impact if Lina didn't focus on Andruis in the second part of the story.
Overall, an amazing story about something that happened that I don't know much about. I feel like WW2 stories based in Eastern Europe are often forgotten in favour of stories set in Germany, France and England, yet some of the worst atrocities seemed to happen to the people of Eastern Europe. I really want to read more ww2 fiction set in these regions thanks to these fabulous stories by Ruta Sepetys.
I received a free digital copy from the author/publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest feedback.
Children of Time tells the story of an epic space adventure that turns into a journey that takes thousands and thousands of years. A terraformed planet's neuro-virus unexpectedly creates a super-smart spider species that evolve over generations to becomes scientists, alchemists and space explorers. Up in the sky, a ship full of hundreds of thousands of humans is travelling from a destroyed Earth looking for a new home for the human species. When the Gilgamesh finds this earth-like planet, they are stopped by a human-like satellite guarding the planet. And the journey starts from there.
I'm not sure how to describe this book except it's something I've never read anything like before. I thought I was getting a deep space adventure, I ended up getting a history of giant, genius spiders that at first creeped me out, but then I ended up loving. I actually liked the spider bits more than the chapters on the Gilgamesh. Particularly with the adventures on the ship, I kind of felt like things were going around in circles and story just kept repeating itself. The timeline was pretty hard to follow and i never knew if Key Crew had been in suspension for a few years, a hundred years or a thousand years. With the spider, because of how they talked about Understandings, it was easier to know how much time had passed. I became fascinated with them and how they worked.
Considering how slowly paced the book was, the ending did feel almost rushed, particularly with the whole solution thing. I felt like that happened and then it was over. And a small epilogue that we didn't really need. I don't think I'd read this book again though from other reviews from people who really love science fiction, they thought it was fantastic. I don't think I have the SF mind for this kind of really in-depth science fiction novel. But I'm looking forward to reading more books in this genre and developing my sense and love for them.
Children of Time tells the story of an epic space adventure that turns into a journey that takes thousands and thousands of years. A terraformed planet's neuro-virus unexpectedly creates a super-smart spider species that evolve over generations to becomes scientists, alchemists and space explorers. Up in the sky, a ship full of hundreds of thousands of humans is travelling from a destroyed Earth looking for a new home for the human species. When the Gilgamesh finds this earth-like planet, they are stopped by a human-like satellite guarding the planet. And the journey starts from there.
I'm not sure how to describe this book except it's something I've never read anything like before. I thought I was getting a deep space adventure, I ended up getting a history of giant, genius spiders that at first creeped me out, but then I ended up loving. I actually liked the spider bits more than the chapters on the Gilgamesh. Particularly with the adventures on the ship, I kind of felt like things were going around in circles and story just kept repeating itself. The timeline was pretty hard to follow and i never knew if Key Crew had been in suspension for a few years, a hundred years or a thousand years. With the spider, because of how they talked about Understandings, it was easier to know how much time had passed. I became fascinated with them and how they worked.
Considering how slowly paced the book was, the ending did feel almost rushed, particularly with the whole solution thing. I felt like that happened and then it was over. And a small epilogue that we didn't really need. I don't think I'd read this book again though from other reviews from people who really love science fiction, they thought it was fantastic. I don't think I have the SF mind for this kind of really in-depth science fiction novel. But I'm looking forward to reading more books in this genre and developing my sense and love for them.
I didn't enjoy this one as much. Probably because Simon and Isabelle are driving me crazy (can't you two just get married already and have beautiful Jewish Shadowhunter children?) but I'm not as interested in hearing more about crazy Valentine and his crazy Circle. I don't think Robert's story really told me a whole lot that was substantial, except the part with Michael and how he behaved towards him.
Siege and Storm follows on from Shadow and Bone with Alina continuing to learn the magnitude of her power, and running away from Ravka, and the Darkling, with her childhood friend Mal. When things go wrong, Alina finds herself on a ship with a famous pirate who turns out to be more than his first impression.
For the most part, I really loved this book. Learning about how the ending of Shadow and Bone treated others, and the Darkling's new powers were exciting and I really loved the addition of Sturmhond and Nikolai (NIKOLAI <3). There were several great characters introduced that I really couldn't get enough of but I can definitely see why some people complain about how so much well, didn't happen in Siege and Storm. Once Alina gets back to Os Halta, it seems like things slowed down a lot. I feel like the majority of what happened when Alina was back in the palace could have been wrapped up a lot quicker.
And omg Mal needs to go away because I really don't like him but I know that's not the case because in these situations, the character normally ends up with the first guy and I hate that. I didn't realise another male character could beat Gale in being so damnright judgey and annoying. But at least Gale had a bit of class. The country is about to be thrown into chaos and darkness, yet Mal would have walked away without looking back if Alina had said "let's go." HOW can you love someone like that? Someone willing to let everyone else, villagers, soldiers, nobility, die so you can be with the girl you claim to love yet you don't accept every part of her. Mal never accepted that Alina was Grisha, not really, and I feel like he punishes her for it again and again. And of course, the answer to Alina trying to solve the war and not paying every bit of attention is to go off and get drunk and punch people. Yeah, real smart Mal. Go away and make room for Nikolai cause unlike you he has a bit of class and decency. I'm not actually sure if anyone really likes Mal? Because I haven't seen anyone and I find that a bit of a tell-tale sign of how awful his character is. I'm sick of male love interests punishing a woman for her powers and ,manipulating her into dropping everything to be with them. Go have your penis envy somewhere else and let the women save the world, okay? RANT OVER.
Overall, the ending was pretty good. It was brutal, fast-paced but again, Mal basically could have saved everyone by letting Alina get rid of the Darkling and he didn't. I know he had his reasons, like not wanting her to die, but still. The entire country is at stake here!
For the most part, I really loved this book. Learning about how the ending of Shadow and Bone treated others, and the Darkling's new powers were exciting and I really loved the addition of Sturmhond and Nikolai (NIKOLAI <3). There were several great characters introduced that I really couldn't get enough of but I can definitely see why some people complain about how so much well, didn't happen in Siege and Storm. Once Alina gets back to Os Halta, it seems like things slowed down a lot. I feel like the majority of what happened when Alina was back in the palace could have been wrapped up a lot quicker.
And omg Mal needs to go away because I really don't like him but I know that's not the case because in these situations, the character normally ends up with the first guy and I hate that. I didn't realise another male character could beat Gale in being so damnright judgey and annoying. But at least Gale had a bit of class. The country is about to be thrown into chaos and darkness, yet Mal would have walked away without looking back if Alina had said "let's go." HOW can you love someone like that? Someone willing to let everyone else, villagers, soldiers, nobility, die so you can be with the girl you claim to love yet you don't accept every part of her. Mal never accepted that Alina was Grisha, not really, and I feel like he punishes her for it again and again. And of course, the answer to Alina trying to solve the war and not paying every bit of attention is to go off and get drunk and punch people. Yeah, real smart Mal. Go away and make room for Nikolai cause unlike you he has a bit of class and decency. I'm not actually sure if anyone really likes Mal? Because I haven't seen anyone and I find that a bit of a tell-tale sign of how awful his character is. I'm sick of male love interests punishing a woman for her powers and ,manipulating her into dropping everything to be with them. Go have your penis envy somewhere else and let the women save the world, okay? RANT OVER.
Overall, the ending was pretty good. It was brutal, fast-paced but again, Mal basically could have saved everyone by letting Alina get rid of the Darkling and he didn't. I know he had his reasons, like not wanting her to die, but still. The entire country is at stake here!
Ugh, The Clave makes me so mad!!Seeing how they're so content to see a family suffer and punish people over something they can't help is infuriating. I obviously know everything is going to kick off in Lady Midnight but there's a part of me that feels it's going to be too late and there will be no going back for Mark. It's amazing how the brief glimpses I have had of this family, and Emma, can make me feel so protective of them and love their bond already. I'm really looking forward to reading Lady Midnight and find out more about them. And yay for Lord Montgomery and Izzie, finally no angst. And don't worry George baby, you'll do better next time (please please please don't reject the marks!)
I kind of felt like whoever wrote the first half of this novella was on drugs or something cause I felt like I didn't know what was going on! I'm interested to see the relationship between Julian and Emma in Lady Midnight as I felt like there were some elusions to a romance which obviously can't happen as they're parabatai so it will be interesting to see that potentially play out.
Margaret Lea has been carrying around a hidden grief for her entire life. When one day she receives a letter from famous author Vida Winters, Margaret Lea can't understand why Winters would choose her to tell her life story to. As Margeret falls under the spell of the truth of Vida Winters and who she was before, she discovers that she can understand, and connect with the author more than she ever though possible.
This one didn't let me down. It took me a few days to get into but once I did, I flew through the story. The whole novel is drenched in mystery and darkness. There's a very sombre air throughout the words, in both the tale being told and Margaret Lea's own life and the things she has yet to face with her own mother and father and the sister she never knew. There was a point, in the big reveal, where I did wonder how it was possible, How was it so convenient that Vida would look enough like Adeline and Emmeline to be thought of as the twin? I just wonder how she could look identical enough, as she was only a half-sister. And I'm presuming the twins were definitely the result of incest between two already-mad people
Overall, I enjoyed this one and I'm going to pick up Setterfield's other books. Dark, dreary but un-putdownable.
This one didn't let me down. It took me a few days to get into but once I did, I flew through the story. The whole novel is drenched in mystery and darkness. There's a very sombre air throughout the words, in both the tale being told and Margaret Lea's own life and the things she has yet to face with her own mother and father and the
Overall, I enjoyed this one and I'm going to pick up Setterfield's other books. Dark, dreary but un-putdownable.