Book review: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a cute one. I liked the rawness of emotions from the start, the way everything unfolds slowly and so realistically.
This is a read if you have been in an emotionally abusive relationship and don’t know how to put it words for other to make sense of what happened to you. And for you to realise how such small-small stuff can break you apart.
The highs and lows and the shear ‘meaninglessness’ of life is captured really well in this book. Looking forward to read more from Linda Holmes.

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Book review: Spectacular by Stephanie Garber

Spectacular by Stephanie Garber
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was short and fine. Not something to relate to much, since tells isn’t the one who is relatable for me. A halfway through the book it finally caught my attention and then it was just a game of half and hour for the novella. Just read it to complete my series of caraval.

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Book review: Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Not something I was hoping to get. No long lasting impact in the story. Just a lot of fluff and gore. I guess I am not the demographic target for this book.

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Book review: Legendary by Stephanie Garber

Legendary by Stephanie Garber
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I liked Julian better. The only person I have been looking forward to reading more about was Jacks and he has such less mentions, or maybe not enough for me to be involved. Tella and I couldn’t relate. She’s just too spoilt for me to root for.
And Dante? Seriously.

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Book review: Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Caraval by Stephanie Garber
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I started this after reading the once upon a broken heart series. I was scared that this might not be as good as the OUABH but it was good. The writing style and details and the way the author describes things and feelings. Colours and smells. It’s always right amount of detail. I loved the story of Crimson girl.

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Book review: The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren

The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The book was relatable in the context of how hopeless life sometimes feels on the romantic front when you have too many responsibilities and too little time. More on the front that dating truly is more exhausting than anything else.
The vibe on the intimacy front was a bit flat. The brooding man was nice but somehow things weren’t that gripping. Data and science were nice learning experiences, and they were different stuff for me.
Other than that I guess 3.5 stars from me. Also,
TELL ME THEIR SCORE!!!

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Book review: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book was well written. The twisted poetries were a thing that kept me ensnared. The names. Elspeth and Ravyn. Ah… I like new and different names. Beautifully written. A good combination of Horror, Fantasy, Magic and Romance.
Some villain inside the head who is was suspecting will become a hero. Let’s see how it pans out in the next book. Loving the pace and characters. Favourite so far being Elspeth and Elm. Hated most of course Ione and Hauth.

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Book review: Funny Story by Emily Henry

Funny Story by Emily Henry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book has torn me apart. The way Emily portrays the raw emotions hooks inside and pulls you from your intestines.
First of the first, my heart fell out of my stomach when I read the name of Protagonist Daphne Vincent. It was my pen name for some time and just felt too cruel to read it kinda tauntingly in a romance book.
The emotions that Daphne is feeling at 84% of the book. The eternal wait, being chosen the last, being a backup, all of those intricacies are told in such a thoughtful and deep manner that I had no choice but to put the book down weeping and write the heaviness I feel about. It’s heartbreaking and I hate Peter and Sadie and her Dad. I feel so deeply for her, this Daphne. She deserves to be happy. She deserves not to wait for people to show up and for some reliable people to just be in her life to stop her from questioning her worth.
The Guy is the best book boyfriend ever.
With Emily's writing I am not usually looking for the heat or smut but the way she makes the sentences so wholesome, the analogies that she draws from the depths of mundane life examples. I love what she writes, Just like Emma here says, "I can happily read her grocery list as well"

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Book review: Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was an okayish book. The drama of the first book was good enough but it stretched too long in this one too. I wanted some closure for the Villain and his assistant but alas there's one more book and I can't read this more or wait for it to give me closure. The drama should have been shorter and made more sense. Uff. Giving up. Too many gapsing, flinching and loud emotions in the series what was interesting in the first book was eventually irritating in the second one. I don't know I wanted more. More of them, more essence and the stupid POV's of the side characters? No, thank you!

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Book review: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

17%
This is cute. Clumsy girl and broody a villain. Oh yes!. Happy me!
30%
The villain is afraid of the dark? And has throw pillows? Awwwww
100%
The writing - refreshing and so powerful.
The intricate scenes were done so beautifully almost each page of it was powered with some buzz, drama and story moving and moving. The suspense and comedy and subtle signs of romance were so well woven. I am amazed I hadn't seen this on Instagram booktok as much as it should have been. The clumsy girl, brooding guy, TAKE MY MONEY!! The character development was amazing, the ultimate suspense unravelling of the traitor was WOAH!

Onto the next book. This book is 5 stars because it was un-put-down-able! I rather missed work and read this.

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Book review: See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I liked the writing. The concept of time loop. But it got a bit repetitive after a while? Ofcourse they were stuck in time, it was supposed to.
For a change I liked the portrayal of a curvy girl in the books. The protagonist not being petite, and slim was like breath of fresh air and I felt a sense of camaraderie with her in her body image issues.

Other than that, I felt a certain kind of disconnect with the characters as I couldn't immerse myself completely in the book. For me it's a huge part of the rating system, being un-put-down-able.
But this one was. I kept doing other stuff in between, and willingly.
So 3.5 stars? It was good. But I guess not something I'll remember for a long time and not something I'll read again.

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