chidimmadesiree's reviews
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KRISTINA FOREST NEVER FAILS TO ENRAPTURE ME WITH HER BOOKS! I thought the concept of this story was so interesting with. Being able to read a love story begin, end, and then begin again was something most books never show us. In romance books we usually only see the start of the love affair. Zyla and Kai were just every part of precious! Throughout their relationship I really felt how much they loved and cared for each other but it almost felt like it wasn’t meant to be with how much went wrong. The miscommunication, codependency, and irresponsibility almost made it seem like their love story was a train wreck. I loved how Kristina Forest depicted the issues we rarely see in YA books like that. She knew how to write teenagers who were so deeply in love but still couldn’t help but to let their deep seated issues with love get in the way of their relationship. Even though I was so down for this story I felt like this book was way too long. This book was 480 pages and it started to drag at parts. I get it we’re being fake through the ups and down of an entire relationship but I still feel there was parts included that just unnecessary. Seeing both Zyla and Kai’s beliefs on love be challenged and changed for the better so they can experience the love story they both deserved from the beginning was just chef’s kiss. Kristina Forest proved to me once again how charming YA can be while also being thought provoking. So good!

I will always be seated for an And Then There Were None retelling. It’s genuinely my favorite thriller trope when people trapped start dying one by one. This book had such a good narrative with the multiple POVs with each character getting increasingly more deranged and paranoid as time went on. My main issue with this book were the chapter lengths. One chapter in this book had 70 pages???? If they could have made the chapters shorter it would have been a lot more engaging. I also wish that some of the characters were more fleshed out and we got motive for each of the characters. This was such an amazing thriller with shocking deaths and an ending I never suspected.

This was absolutely chilling. Such an atmospheric read I loved how dark the tone was especially when we flashbacks to the past. Plot twist galore it had my mind spinning. I loved how the author made you connect with the se characters so when they were in danger you actually cared. I love when fall begins it’s the best time to read thrillers!

MY JAW IS ON THE FLOOR! This book was unbelievably incredible. The last 100 pages was a whirlwind and the buildup to it was even more amazing. The plot twists just never stopped like I’m actually amazed. This story started as a grieving mother seeking revenge to find some sort of peace for her and her late daughter and snowballed into her being part of something way out of her depth. I HAD TO SIT IN SILENCE AFTER READING THIS BOOK WOW!

THIS WAS EVERYTHING! This was such an phenomenal concept, a Carrie retelling but with racial discrimination. I recently watched Imitation of Life so having this book have the tragic mulatto archetype made me understand and empathize with Maddy so much more. Tiffany D. Jackson is just masterful in the way she creates stories that highlight real issues of systemic racism with new and unique characters and stories. The main Black characters of this book were so much multi-dimensional and I loved how differently they navigated being in this racist southern town. Kenny and Maddy were so interesting because even though Maddy passed and was obvious in the way she hid her race, Kenny almost did the same by separating himself from the other Black kids and trying to erase his Blackness to assimilate with his white friends. MY FAVORITE TIFFANY D. JACKSON BOOK WOW!

This book was good but it could’ve been so much better. The premise was amazing I love a thriller with a remote setting where everyone has a motive. The set up with the transcripts of interviews and the audience not knowing what happened to the bride, Kaavi, until the very end was great. The story would’ve benefited so much from flashbacks of the past. The author did a lot of telling and not showing. It had characters explain things in drawn out monologues instead of just showing us what happened. I really enjoyed how she made the main character, Amaya, seem one way only for that perception to flipped on its head that was amazing. I loved how everyone has a motive but I felt that no else’s motive was as strong as Amaya’s though. The plot twists did genuinely shock me and I ended up being so sucked in to these rich people’s lives. With a little bit more oomph this could have been one of my new favorite thrillers.

You pair Jason Reynold’s stunning words with the beautiful intricate illustrations of Jason Griffin of course I’m going to absolutely love Jason Reynold’s short novels always calm me so the metaphor of taking a deep breath in and out throughout the story was very fitting. This is definitely a book that I see myself revisiting when the world seems to be too much for me to handle.

I love a cute romance novella. It always impresses me how invested an author can make me become over a couple in under 200 pages. Ollie and Bennett were just two love sick puppies and I enjoyed ever second of it.

This book was perfectly fine. The couple didn’t enact any strong emotions out of me like the first couple in the series did. Gia and Felix were cute but I was never invested in them getting together or breaking up. I thought Felix was kinda dry as a character on his own, Gia was doing all the heavy lifting with carrying this couple on her back. This book felt like it dragged which is funny because it’s literally the length of a novella. Not bad but not amazing either.

I’m starting to realize that I’m actually a sucker for friends to lovers. I think People we Meet on Vacation made me a changed woman. I absolutely adored Teagan and Silas together. I really can’t help but to love reading about two people who are so deeply love in each other and are the only ones who don’t realize it. Denise Williams did such an amazing job with making me care about each one of her couples with a more than 100 pages.