Hailey

Really fun and interesting introduction to a number of fascinating topics, many of which I'd never heard of.

Beautiful writing for a very weird book.

The only redeeming thing about this book is that it is a page-turner.

Better than the first, but it did take a smidge to get going. Here's hoping #3 starts as strong as this one finished!

GREAT ENDING–just wish the rest of the book had matched that energy.

I really did enjoy this. I did find some of the perspective switching to be confusing and I'm not sure I was completely on board with all the family dynamics, but I devoured this book.

This was so much better and more fun than I was expecting. I'm so relieved.

Great read, but I wish we got a bit more consideration for certain ethical issues that were relevant to this crisis.

I really enjoyed this one, to my surprise. The pacing was excellent and I enjoyed the characters. I do wish it had been just a hint more science-y to make the plot a bit more compelling.

Massive disappointment for me. This is not my year lmao.

I loved the art depictions in this, but it was a little boring.

Nah, cause what happened in this book and why didn't I completely hate it. The bar only gets lower for me, I am scared to say.

I've been waffling on my rating for this one, but at the end of the day, I just didn't enjoy the book so I can't give it more than 2 stars.

I really appreciated the representation this book had and I did learn a lot about a condition I previously didn't know much about.

With that said, I couldn't look past the narrative issues this book had and I didn't find the plot very compelling. Mia was a really unlikable character and narrator. The amount of times a chapter ended with a sentence akin to “We had no idea how much worse things could get” was far too much. It really started to annoy me in the second half of the book since it felt really repetitive. I also felt that this book suffered from tell-not-show too much for my personal taste.

Really fascinating concept, I just wish the execution was better. I wish the ending had been much more fleshed out and that it felt more active, rather than something the main character stumbled into.

Obsessed with it. The ending was not my favorite, but, frankly, I can look past it.

WITH THAT SAID - I agree with the trigger warnings and other reviews recommending avoiding this if you're currently pregnant or looking to become pregnant.

Not for me, but that's okay!

As an aside, I'm convinced the author is an only child because of the way Matthew and Tessa referred to each other as “bro” and “sis”.

I have really mixed feelings about this book. I liked the contents of it, but the writing style really didn't gel with me and I wish it did. A bit disappointed overall.

This was not a win for me. I couldn't stand Sally and didn't really grasp much chemistry/connection from the romance itself, which is a bit concerning given the book's title and genre.

The pacing of this book was fine and it wasn't totally grating, but for how often I've seen this book cover over the past year, I was definitely expecting more.

I am obsessed with this book and might even pre-order the sequel just to get my hands on it ASAP.

This is definitely the best fantasy book I've read this year and is probably one of the three best books I've read this year.

It's so fascinating that I've only recently discovered this genre of ~cozy fantasy~ but I absolutely LOVE it.

The pacing of this was just way too slow to me and I couldn't connect with any of the characters.

This was literally so much better than the first one, thank goodness.

This was BRILLIANT. Oh my gosh, this made me feel so warm and fuzzy inside. Who knew I'd be a cozy fantasy girlie???

I started reading this on Kindle Unlimited because I saw a single fan art for it and was intrigued (and more importantly, needed something to read on the train).

I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I pretty much couldn't put it down! The ending was lackluster to me, but aside from that, really solid book, and I'm grateful I randomly stumbled across that fan art.

This book ended up surprising me! I felt the beginning was pretty slow, but the final third made up for a lot of it. I'm excited for the sequel.

I thought I would like this more than I did. There were two stories that I did really enjoy, though.