“Don’t stop believing. Ever. Without belief, there is no hope. And without hope, there is nothing. Always believe and then you’ll always have hope.”― Jodi Taylor, The Nothing Girl Grade: 4 The Nothing Girl is a slow burner romance that, for the first 2/3 of the book, felt like a story about nothing. But just when… Continue reading The Nothing Girl by Jodi Taylor
“You don’t get to live your dreams by waiting around for someone to hand them to you.” – Mariana Zapata, Kulti Grade 5.0 Take Bend It Like Beckham, amp up the sexual tension by a million, throw in a dash of sex and you have Kulti, a book about a female professional soccer player who has the… Continue reading Kulti By Mariana Zapata
“And perhaps the humans did create their God. But does that make him less real? Take this arch. They created it. Now it exists.” -Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni Grade: 4.0 Topping out at 512 pages and 25 listening hours this book is brimming with magical realism, history, hope, lost dreams, and love that crosses the globe… Continue reading The Golem And The Jinni By Helene Wecker
“You know, just because my name is Charming doesn’t mean I have some kind of damsel-in-distress complex!” -Elliott James, Daring Grade: 4.5 Daring may not be as good as the first book in the series but it’s still an exceptionally good read. It feels like the author looked around and said, “Oh, so I have to… Continue reading Daring (Pax Arcana Series book 2) By Elliott James
“I stopped believing in ‘happily ever after’ a long time ago, Anna Marie,” I said. “You don’t know what I’m capable of.” – Elliott James, Charming Grade: 5 I picked this book up on sale on Audible because it looked intriguing and I’ve learned that with the 1 year return policy Audible has you might as… Continue reading Charming (Pax Arcana Book 1) By Elliott James
“I love you,” I said, and stabbed him.” – Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorn and Roses Grade: 2.5 I fell in love with the writing style of Maas in her Assassins Blade series so I was psyched to read something different by her. Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite fairy tales and… Continue reading A Court of Thorns and Roses By Sarah J. Maas
“Just when you think you’re having a scene without Simon, he drops in to remind you that everyone else is a supporting character in his catastrophe.” -Rainbow Rowell, Carry On Grade: 5 How do you talk about this book without getting all deep into your love of Rowell and the book that spawned this one, Fangirl?… Continue reading Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
“Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.” -Alan Cumming, Not My Father’s Son Grade: 5.0 As a fan of Cumming I was excited when this book finally hit Audible because I… Continue reading Not My Father’s Son By Alan Cumming
“I’ll tear your heart off your sleeve and bury it deep in my chest. Your savage heart will beat for me. Run if you think you can—I’ll hunt you down.” – Amy A. Bartol, Sea of Stars Grade: 4.0 I said in my last review that reading Under Different Stars was like trying to eat only one potato… Continue reading Sea of Stars (Kricket Book 2) By Amy A. Bartol
“You cannot thrive under the wrong stars, Kricket… the stars here are in opposition to you… can’t you feel it?… Let us take you home.” – Amy A. Bartol, Under Different Stars Grade: 4.0 I find myself in a conundrum on what to say about this book. On the one hand I loved it. The world was… Continue reading Under Different Stars (Kricket Book 1) by Amy A. Bartol
