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Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I am shocked. The ending. Perfect. No words to describe the bliss I am in right now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction and Alcohol
Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
100x better than the last book!!! I was genuinely surprised at this because I thought it was going to be another bland, boring book. No, it’s not.
I loved that Mary was human! It made her so intriguing and her emotions with Rhage were so different. It took like 200 pages for them to officially hook up and that’s the best thing. Tension. There was absolutely no tension in the last book whatsoever.
Anyway. Mary is an amazing character. She has so much more depth than Beth had. Rhage is probably my favorite out of all the brothers but we will see I guess.
I’m excited for the Zsadist storyline because he’s very intriguing. They set up Bella and his story throughout this book and I can’t wait to see it flourish in the next. I. Cant. Wait.
There are the same problems I had last time like the writing style and the amount of misogyny. I had to tell myself it was just a guilty pleasure series and to just enjoy it. I’m trying.
I loved that Mary was human! It made her so intriguing and her emotions with Rhage were so different. It took like 200 pages for them to officially hook up and that’s the best thing. Tension. There was absolutely no tension in the last book whatsoever.
Anyway. Mary is an amazing character. She has so much more depth than Beth had. Rhage is probably my favorite out of all the brothers but we will see I guess.
I’m excited for the Zsadist storyline because he’s very intriguing. They set up Bella and his story throughout this book and I can’t wait to see it flourish in the next. I. Cant. Wait.
There are the same problems I had last time like the writing style and the amount of misogyny. I had to tell myself it was just a guilty pleasure series and to just enjoy it. I’m trying.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
adventurous
dark
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Ok so I was basically forced to read this book and I have a lot of thoughts.
First of all, I would like to start of saying I am a feminist. The last thing I enjoy is a man being annoying and very misogynistic. That was my main problem with the book, the lack of boundaries the men had. I mean, in one chapter they all grabbed the main character like 10 times. Have they never heard of keeping their hands to themselves?? It isn’t hard. I get that the book is smut and it’s woman’s fantasies (yadayada i don’t care) I’m not a huge smut reader whatsoever so the constant sex scenes was annoying but whatever, if it’s your cup of tea sure go ahead. I could work around the sex part and enjoy the actual story of the lessening society, sure.
Well, the world building is trash. So, if I wasn’t going to pay attention to the sex part I was paying attention to the plot and the world. It had no substance. I mean, I feel like the author just made up words to describe things and the Encyclopedia in the beginning made me feel like I was about to read a good world building story. Nah. The lessening society is a terrible enemy but I lowkey agree with their actions (just a bit hah sorry) I don’t understand the whole beef with the Scribe Virgin and the Omega like can’t you just fight or something? Why carry on a needless battle for hundreds of years.
Second of all, we are literally introduced to the main character when she is being sexually assaulted. I mean, come on!! Why do women need to be sexually assaulted to further a plot? They don’t! It’s stupid and it makes me hate the author just a little bit more. Also -1 star for all the pop culture references. Jesus, if there’s one thing I hate in a book it’s a pop culture reference just thrown in there for the fun of it. It ruins the fantasy for me especially when they talk about Wrath banging it out to Jay-Z. Who needs to know that? Because I honestly don’t care.
Now that I hated on the book let me go over some things I enjoyed. The dialogue between the side characters. An author who can make side characters loveable is doing a good job. I want more of the side characters and I feel like they all had individual personalities. I enjoyed their banter with each other, like, a lot. It was funny at times, so funny I even laughed out loud. I also enjoy the Scribe Virgin. It’s nice to know there is someone (a woman) that puts these Alpha males in their place.
Anyway, I will be reading the next book but only because I’m interested in seeing if the series gets ANY better (hoping)
2023 return: changing my rating because this is one of my favorite series. You can make fun of me for this review, it’s ok. I was innocent back then lol
First of all, I would like to start of saying I am a feminist. The last thing I enjoy is a man being annoying and very misogynistic. That was my main problem with the book, the lack of boundaries the men had. I mean, in one chapter they all grabbed the main character like 10 times. Have they never heard of keeping their hands to themselves?? It isn’t hard. I get that the book is smut and it’s woman’s fantasies (yadayada i don’t care) I’m not a huge smut reader whatsoever so the constant sex scenes was annoying but whatever, if it’s your cup of tea sure go ahead. I could work around the sex part and enjoy the actual story of the lessening society, sure.
Well, the world building is trash. So, if I wasn’t going to pay attention to the sex part I was paying attention to the plot and the world. It had no substance. I mean, I feel like the author just made up words to describe things and the Encyclopedia in the beginning made me feel like I was about to read a good world building story. Nah. The lessening society is a terrible enemy but I lowkey agree with their actions (just a bit hah sorry) I don’t understand the whole beef with the Scribe Virgin and the Omega like can’t you just fight or something? Why carry on a needless battle for hundreds of years.
Second of all, we are literally introduced to the main character when she is being sexually assaulted. I mean, come on!! Why do women need to be sexually assaulted to further a plot? They don’t! It’s stupid and it makes me hate the author just a little bit more. Also -1 star for all the pop culture references. Jesus, if there’s one thing I hate in a book it’s a pop culture reference just thrown in there for the fun of it. It ruins the fantasy for me especially when they talk about Wrath banging it out to Jay-Z. Who needs to know that? Because I honestly don’t care.
Now that I hated on the book let me go over some things I enjoyed. The dialogue between the side characters. An author who can make side characters loveable is doing a good job. I want more of the side characters and I feel like they all had individual personalities. I enjoyed their banter with each other, like, a lot. It was funny at times, so funny I even laughed out loud. I also enjoy the Scribe Virgin. It’s nice to know there is someone (a woman) that puts these Alpha males in their place.
Anyway, I will be reading the next book but only because I’m interested in seeing if the series gets ANY better (hoping)
2023 return: changing my rating because this is one of my favorite series. You can make fun of me for this review, it’s ok. I was innocent back then lol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I feel like this book is what the Midnight Library tried so hard to do.
A philosophical book about how we have many facets and lives. It was enjoyable, so enjoyable I finished it in a day. There are many problems I have though
First off, the writing style. I’m not usually one to dog on a writing style (because I mean I’m not a published author so what say do I really have?) But specifically this writing style gets very annoying after a while. It’s kinda like this.
He runs.
He hides.
He cries.
I mean, I enjoy different sentences lengths but there were too many short sentence that took up a majority of the book.
My second problem is the cube. I mean, we barely know anything about it. What about the Jason who built the cube’s world? I feel like we get no explanation except for Amanda, which we learn basically nothing about. I mean, what happens to the cube after this? Will the cube be around forever? If Jason2 dies does that mean his reality dies with him? How is the cube still around? I feel like personally I just have a ton of unanswered questions about how the world works.
My third problem is Amanda. I really enjoyed her character, I mean what we got from it. We don’t really get any explanation to who she is except she was Jason2’s therapist. I mean from the story they seemed like lovers or something along those lines. Half way through she just ups and leaves???? I mean HELLO?? What happened to her? Is she ok? Is she happy? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS??
My fourth problem is the ending. I enjoyed it but I felt like something was missing. I feel like the story is unfinished (and maybe that’s for a reason) but I feel like this story could have REALLY benefited from an epilogue. What happens to them after they open a new door? Are they happy? The author put me through a whirlwind of emotions just to give me NOTHING 👏👏👏👏
There’s tons of things I like about the story though. I really enjoy Jason’s character and how much he strives for his family’s happiness, even willing to sacrifice himself. I enjoyed Amanda, I enjoyed Dani and Charlie.
I really liked the multiple Jason’s trying to kill him and especially the ending where they all look at him go into the cube. I thought the plot was really interesting I just wish it had a bit more in terms of good ending and explanation.
Otherwise it’s really good!
A philosophical book about how we have many facets and lives. It was enjoyable, so enjoyable I finished it in a day. There are many problems I have though
First off, the writing style. I’m not usually one to dog on a writing style (because I mean I’m not a published author so what say do I really have?) But specifically this writing style gets very annoying after a while. It’s kinda like this.
He runs.
He hides.
He cries.
I mean, I enjoy different sentences lengths but there were too many short sentence that took up a majority of the book.
My second problem is the cube. I mean, we barely know anything about it. What about the Jason who built the cube’s world? I feel like we get no explanation except for Amanda, which we learn basically nothing about. I mean, what happens to the cube after this? Will the cube be around forever? If Jason2 dies does that mean his reality dies with him? How is the cube still around? I feel like personally I just have a ton of unanswered questions about how the world works.
My third problem is Amanda. I really enjoyed her character, I mean what we got from it. We don’t really get any explanation to who she is except she was Jason2’s therapist. I mean from the story they seemed like lovers or something along those lines. Half way through she just ups and leaves???? I mean HELLO?? What happened to her? Is she ok? Is she happy? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS??
My fourth problem is the ending. I enjoyed it but I felt like something was missing. I feel like the story is unfinished (and maybe that’s for a reason) but I feel like this story could have REALLY benefited from an epilogue. What happens to them after they open a new door? Are they happy? The author put me through a whirlwind of emotions just to give me NOTHING 👏👏👏👏
There’s tons of things I like about the story though. I really enjoy Jason’s character and how much he strives for his family’s happiness, even willing to sacrifice himself. I enjoyed Amanda, I enjoyed Dani and Charlie.
I really liked the multiple Jason’s trying to kill him and especially the ending where they all look at him go into the cube. I thought the plot was really interesting I just wish it had a bit more in terms of good ending and explanation.
Otherwise it’s really good!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Her Evil Twin by Mimi McCoy
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Ok I know this is a little kids book but it use to be my favorite. Re reading it now it’s still so good. I love the idea and the writing really isn’t bad at all. I read this book in elementary like 16 times one month and it’s still amazing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This one blew me out of the fucking water, dude. From the first page and Marcella’s death to the very end! I fell in love with Victor, which I didn’t like him before. I felt sorry for Eli which I honestly didn’t expect to. I enjoyed June A LOT but I feel her character didn’t have enough background! I need more. I need more. I need more. I love Sydney and Mitch. I love that Sydney and Victor have a specific special relationship. This book really brought the thunder. I was hoping the whole time for an enemies to lovers thing with Victor and Eli but of course, no. They were so in love with each other and they just had bitter ex energy the whole time. I love the way they thought about each other, even if it was in a very fucked up way.
Eagerly waiting for the next book.
Eagerly waiting for the next book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Stalking, and Toxic friendship
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I’m crying! I picked up this book in the library because I realized the book I was actually there for was checked out. I’m so glad I picked it up.
This book is a great story about generations, grief, loved ones, mental health. Everything is just perfect. The way the author describes is like flowing water. It goes together perfectly.
I love the culture, the way she describes food, the town, the family. It makes me wish I had such traditions.
I loved Leigh and I understood her grief. It was like I was right there with her the whole time. I loved the romance between her and Axel. It was written so well that it was just pure love. I’m not a huge romance fan but something about this had me sobbing.
I love this book so dang much 5/5
This book is a great story about generations, grief, loved ones, mental health. Everything is just perfect. The way the author describes is like flowing water. It goes together perfectly.
I love the culture, the way she describes food, the town, the family. It makes me wish I had such traditions.
I loved Leigh and I understood her grief. It was like I was right there with her the whole time. I loved the romance between her and Axel. It was written so well that it was just pure love. I’m not a huge romance fan but something about this had me sobbing.
I love this book so dang much 5/5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
It was cute! I enjoyed the story because it was quick. I didn’t absolutely love Nora or her lives, but it was definitely interesting. Sometimes the talk of philosophy was too much but I understand that’s what the book was. I also hate when authors throw in random music artists or slang from our current generation to be “hip” or something. It’s unbelievably annoying so -1 star for that! Anyway, cute, forgettable but definitely a good message.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Again this man is going to have to go into my book of ‘Fictional characters with white hair that I want to fuck’
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Dune by Frank Herbert
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I finished, but it took me forever. I REALLY liked how in depth the political system, ecology and economic system blended together to make the perfect world. A masterpiece of world building, truly amazing. I wasn’t a huge fan of Paul as a character, I felt like he didn’t have much personality. Maybe because of the writing style you didn’t really get that personal detail. But I felt like he was a complex/deep character just not very likeable. I love the Bene Gessirit, I think the organization is very interesting specifically the Missionaria Protectiva. The mix of spirituality and politics just makes my little heart happy. ALSO?? The quotes in this book are very well written, and has some of my favorite quotes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Murder, and War
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent