Sam Walker-Schaefer

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! It took me while to get into, but once I did, I was Hooked and didn't want it to end (hence why it's taken me over a month to read, that and school lmao)!!!!!!!!! I have too many feelings that are inexorable to articulate, but this series and the way it was written feels So so familiar and comfortable to me!!!!!!!!!!

This was FANTASTIC!!! I didn't think I would like it more than the other Lydia Kang book I've read, Toxic, but it surpassed all my expectations!!!!!! I LOVED Tillie as a character and grew so very attached to her!!!!!!! This was absolutely Delightful!!!!! And That ending was definitely a shock!!!!!!!

This was WONDERFULLY informative with a Lot of humor!!!!! I Greatly enjoyed this and learned quite a bit from it!!! Would definitely recommend giving it a read at least Once, as it has so much good information on nature's real vampires!!!

Ok so it feels like I've been reading this forever but it was SO worth it!!!!!! This was one HELL of a wild ride, and I grew so SO attached to these characters!!!!!! This is DEFINITELY one of King's BEST Books in my opinion!!!!!!

Oh my GOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH THAT WAS SO MUCH!!!!!!! And now I have to wait until 2023 for the next one :,))))))) Oh well, Absolutely worth it!!!!!! I can't wait to see where it's going to go from here!!!!!!!

This makes my brain hurt and gives me more emotions than I signed up for!!!!!!

This is SUCH an interesting autobiography!!!!!! Normally, I don't like autobiographies, or even biographies, but Marjane Satrapi wrote this SO exceptionally well!!!!!! Not to mention, she is just a Fascinating person in general!!!!!!

Ok I LOVED THIS!!!!!! It was Such an interesting take on Raven's past, and I really liked the art style too!!!!! Also, that ENDING!!!!!! I gotta get the next book so I can find out what's gonna happen!!!!!!

Who Boy that was Bad. I mean like Seriously bad. There's a Lot to unpack here honestly, from the way it sexualized the 16 year old main character, to the way it slut shammed a character in the Next Chapter, to the Blatant Terf ideology (you know, all or at least most men are evil monsters, the only women who are powerful are the ones who can have periods, ect), to the weird almost fetishizing way periods were talked about, it was Bad. This definitely shouldn't be marked as YA either, considering how graphic the sex scenes are. I skipped a Lot of this book because it was That bad. Even skipping, I could keep up with the whole plot, the writing was also that slow. Also, changing writing styles in the middle of the book and then going back yo your original style of writing only works if you're a good writer. Which was Decidedly not the case here. This is only a “feminist” retelling if your feminism is only about abled cis-women, and if it is, that's not real feminism. I'm black listing this author for sure, as I don't want to even try to read anymore of her books.

That was SUCH a Beautiful story of friendship and girl power in hard times!!!!!! I really, REALLY loved the characters, Especially Rome!!!!! They were all definitely teenagers, but not 2-dimensional!!!!! This was a Wonderfully written story, with one Hell of a twist!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!! That was a FANTASTIC fantasy!!!!!!! It was really well written, and had a Lot of FANTASTIC themes in it!!!!! I could probably very easily over-analyze several things in this, if I'm being honest!!!!!!!! It was REALLY well paced too!!!!!! I enjoyed the speed of it, without it feeling like it was going too fast!!!!! And the World building!!!!!!! I would LOVE to read more from this world!!!!!!!! HIGHLY recommend if you like High fantasy and stories about finding honor!!!!!!!!!

This was a pretty good suspense story!!! I thought the two different writing styles coming together was really interesting, and the plot was Really good!!! The only thing I didn't like were the characters themselves. They felt too two dimensional. I knew a Lot of people like that in my high school, people who just hadn't developed personalities yet, other than what they saw on high school dramas on tv, so I found the characters to be a bit boring. Other than that, it was pretty good!!!

Honestly, this is more of a 4 to 4 1/2 stars for me, but I'm being lenient about it XD So I really REALLY liked the twist in this, and the plot itself was really good!!! What I didn't like was the change in writing styles. It just did not work. Also, the subplot of the siblings? Annoying. If I had wanted to read about two siblings with one who has cancer, and their relationship, I would've picked up a different book. It wasn't talked about in the synopsis that they would be there, and it was a surprise. A bad surprise. The retelling itself was really good!!! And that's all it should've been. I hope no new Twisted Tales come out written like this one. I like Liz's old style MUCH better, and it fits the genre better. This time, the writing seemed a bit childish to me. Besides the writing style and the parts about the siblings (which got So annoying I ended up skipping those chapters), I did still really enjoy it!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was SO FUCKING GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! The character development was PERFECTION!!!!!!!! You know a writer is GREAT when you start the book hating the main character, and end the book wanting them to have the World!!!!!!!! The writing itself was ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL!!!!!!!!! The comedic timing was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!! All in all I absolutely ADORED THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! T. J. Klune is an Absolute MASTER WRITER!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so I technically finished this last night but I was too tired to do anything here so I went to bed XD But!!! That was FANTASTIC!!!!!!!! That was SUCH a beautiful retelling!!! It puts Circe in a Much more understandable light!!! If anything, this feels far more real than the original story!!! I really REALLY loved this version!!!!!!

Wow, this.....this was a Huge disappointment, I'm not gonna lie. I've read 1 other of this author's books, This Is Where It Ends, and that was Fantastic!!! I had loved her writing in that one a Lot!!! But this? The writing was boring. Corey, the main character, was so 2 dimensional. I couldn't bring myself to care for her at all. She was a horrible friend who essentially abandoned her best friend when she needed her most. The ending completely sucked. Also, it felt like the author was going more for shock value than actually getting you to care for her characters at all. It gets an extra star purely for diversity, but even then it wasn't much. All in all, this book was depressing and not even Remotely interesting. It basically a story about how a young girl who needed help was abandoned by her best friend and then killed by her town.

My brain is now complete goo and I need to go live in the woods and eat moss

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OH MY GOD??????????? I JUST WENT THROUGH EVERY HUMAN EMOTION AND THENSOME WHILE READING THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok first off the WRITING is SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!! Second off the Symbolism??? :chefs_kiss: PEFECTION!!!!!!!!!!! God and that ENDING HAS RUINED ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really REALLY wish there was a sequel now like PLEASE I NEED MORE OF THIS UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!! I can't even Begin to process all of my emotions after that!!!!!! HIGHLY recommend if you like well written high fantasy!!!!!!!!!! I need to lay down on the floor for a bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT WAS SO FUCKING CUTE I'M!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok ok I'm having a LOT of feelings about this, but for starters, the Banter was PERFECT!!!!!!!!! They worked SO WELL together!!!!! And I will admit, one of my All Time FAV troupes is Enemies to Lovers, and this does it SO WELL!!!!!!!!!! And that PLOT TWIST GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was Screaming SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! Overall, this is SUCH a cute and well written book!!!!!!!!!! I Absolutely ADORED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH That was SO GOOD!!!!!!! I really, REALLY liked the motive behind the killings this time, as well as the whole theme of the midnight carnival!!!!!! I've always wanted to go to something like that tbh!!!!!!!!!! I will admit, this Is my least favorite of the series so far, because of the deceit aspect between Audrey Rose and Thomas. I've never been a fan of that troupe, and with the love triangle aspects thrown in, it got slightly tiresome. That being said, I still GREATLY enjoyed it!!!!!! I definitely did not expect who the murderer was this time, either!!!!!!!

OH MY GOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!! THAT WAS SO GOOOOOOD!!!!!!!! That was Every bit just as good as the first one!!!!!! I had No Inkling of who the killer was this time, I was SO SHOCKED AND HURT!!!!!!!! I also REALLY loved the character development of our 2 mcs, and how the relationship changed and was challenged throughout the book!!!!!! Definitely will be starting the third book ASAP!!!!!!

This was a very fun story!!! I found the writing to be a little slow and tedious, but the story itself is good!!! I will say, though, that I do like the movie a little better

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT WAS SO GOOD but Also I'M SO UPSET!!!!!!! This is Definitely one of those Roller Coaster Books!!!!! I have SO MANY feelings and I want to tear something apart with my teeth!!!!!!!!! Anyways, trying to be a human being again, that was SUCH a well written fantasy!!!!!! I HIGHLY recommend if you want your feelings hurt!!!!!!!

Reading this felt like someone methodically cutting me away from my body (affectionate)!!!!!! This made me feel emotions that I STILL can't process, and I technically finished this last night!!!!!! HIGHLY recommend!!!!!!