Melody

Great. Fabulous. Perfect. Yes.

I don't think I'll be continuing on with this series. It's getting a bit too wonky for me.

Loved this!

The characters were too childish and seemed like caricatures. Would not recommend.

The story is fast paced and engaging, but I can't recommend it to anyone because the book is seriously lacking. It just happened to be what I needed to read at the time and that's why I enjoyed it.

I so want to give 4 stars because it felt so real and honest, but parts of it just felt too whiny to me.

What a change of feelings from last year. I feel worse after reading this than I did after the cliffhanger in the first one. 3 stars only because of John since his part in the book was the only part I enjoyed. How sad is that...? PETER WHY.


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I'M REALLY REALLY REALLY HOPING THERE WON'T BE A LOVE TRIANGLE IN THIS. I don't think I can bear to see Lara Jean and Peter go through much more after they've come this far. I'm scared to see what direction this will take... I'm ever so happy that it's only going to be a duology though!!

Wow. Definitely wasn't expecting that.

3.5 stars

Fast paced and engaging, it's a good way to kill an afternoon.

Wow. This book is so dark?? I felt so uncomfortable after I finished reading it, but I do think it's worth the read.

Nyphron Rising is a solid 4 stars in comparison to The Emerald Storm which I'm giving 3 stars. I can't tell if the fourth book is slower or if I just didn't enjoy it as much because I read it over such a extended period. I'm looking forward to finishing the series though!

This one read so easily, it was great. Loved the wit and humor!

This one seemed to be the slowest book out of the series for me, even though so many things happened. I was happy with the ending though, all the ends were tied up nicely. A solid series!

Solid 3.5 stars.

This was just so incredibly boring. What a disappointment.

2 stars to the story, 4 stars to the audio book narration.

I just couldn't get into the story and nothing really happened? Everything seemed long and dragged out and although it did pick up a bit close to the end, I was still bored all the way through. The world is quite interesting though so I'm conflicted over whether or not to continue the series.

I really loved the banter between the two main characters. What a quick fun read, I definitely recommend it!

Wow. Just WOW. I enjoyed this way more than I anticipated. I was hooked from the very start. The audiobook probably played a huge role in that as it made the super technical parts really easy to get through and I didn't find them boring at all. Bray does a phenomenal job with Watney's voice, but I found the voices for the other characters a bit strange. They were bearable though and I got used to them after a while. The last 20 minutes or so of the book had my heart racing and I totally cried at the end. Definitely a thrill ride.

The story was engaging throughout, but I can see why it might not appeal to some people. I really recommend the audiobook version! I ended up reading some parts in print, but much preferred the audio.

Ignoring the age gap, I still struggled with the story. I felt no connection to the characters at all. The writing style bothered me, but I could appreciate the beauty of the words.

3 stars to the story, 5 stars to the audiobook.

The writing was far too poetic for my taste for a novel of this nature. Gory and outright disgusting at times, it was an good revenge tale.

The story overall is a bit lacking, but the dialogue makes up for it. Caymen's sarcasm is A+
Would have given it 4 stars but the ending took me by surprised and the L-word immediately made it lose a star.

This was a boring read which is disappointing because the world is quite interesting, but it's not fleshed out enough and some parts are a bit confusing because of this. Some of the magical elements are unique and that was mostly what kept me reading. I thought about DNF-ing the book many times, but since it was so short I decided to read to the end and I feel like I still haven't gained anything from it. I felt no connections to the characters or their problems and didn't care for the ending.

All in all, I would say maybe read it for the magic system but don't expect much more.

Really glad I opted for the audiobook version as well! The narrator does an excellent job with all the characters!

I feel like I wasted time reading this because I didn't feel anything for the characters at all. The story was pure instalove in the worst way possible and I found myself rolling my eyes at most of the events in this book. The scene with the other characters was a highlight, but even that wasn't enough to redeem this book for me.

Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this story, but I really didn't enjoy it.



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SCREAMING FOREVER. AUGUST 2014. THAT'S NEXT MONTH. OMFG.