Nani

This did not start off well, and it's all Clara's fault and her childish obsession with Tucker. She just won't stop going on about him, consequences be damned, even so much as distracting her from the glaringly obvious subject of her new vision. It was just so unbearable to read, until finally (although sadly) she realises who the true object of her vision is, and we can finally move on from Tucker. This is not to say I don't like Tucker as a character, I think he's great. It's just Clara's compulsive selfishness when it comes to him, it makes her so unlikable.

When she finally gives herself the chance to think about anything else, we get an insight into all the other characters and an actually decent story. I just can't rate this higher than a 3, due to how this started off. Genuinely intrigued for the next book, as it looks like Tucker will be out, at least for the first few chapters, so I'm curious to see how that goes.

Had to keep reminding myself Clara was a teenager to account for how selfish she acted throughout most of this book. Otherwise it makes no sense how easily she's willing to forget this fated, almost undeniable connection with one of the MMCs, simply to live out her summer romance with another. At this point, I'm not fussed on who she's choosing, they're both great, it's just a little baffling how easy it is for her to make that decision when she knows how much there is riding on it.

However, the story was intriguing enough and the ending definitely left me wanting to know how it would continue.

Why is this girl always crying?

Erm... Plot where? The dilemma in this is so forced. This is sold as a revenge story because of some things that happened in the first book, but it just makes no sense. Halfway through the book, the MMC seemingly forgets his whole revenge plot, because surprise surprise the FMC and MMC have actually loved each other all along, so this whole thing could have just been sorted out by them leaving their pride aside living their HEA.

Not expecting a literary masterpiece, but it was just a shame as the novella set this up quite well, and it ended up falling flat.

Not sure about her sucking him off next to her dead dad's body... but whatever floats your boat, I guess

This was soo good! Somehow I feel like I managed to understand this book, but don't ask me to try and explain the plot as I wouldn't be able to find the words. Does that make sense?

This was one of those stories that sort of creates that pit in the bottom of your stomach, when you think about how small you actually are in the context of this infinite universe.

I'm not too sure how to describe this book, it definitely wasn't what I was expecting, although I'm not too sure what I was expecting either.

I'd seen the comparisons of Love Island meets Lord of the Flies, but if I'm honest, I think it sells this book short. It's so much more than that. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

Being a WWII book, I assumed it would be devastating. I was right! Having it told from death's perspective was something I wasn't expecting, yet I think it made me appreciate the story that much more.

Oh I loved this! It's a story that didn't need a super dramatic plot twist or some major problem to occur towards the end, it just simply had me hooked from the beginning and throughout the whole story. Poppy and Alex were both so likeable. Yh I'm starting to understand the hype with Emily Henry.

I don't know what it is about Lynn Painter, but anything she writes I absolutely love!

I feel sick. Wtf did I just read? I'm still reeling from that last sentence.

Soo much yearning, this series is unlike any other when it comes to a slow burn, and it's delicious to read! I just know the payoff will be so much more gratifying than all these insta love stories.

100% would've been a 5 star if it weren't for that abrupt ending. I understand the need for a cliffhanger, but I just needed a little more.

Side note: loved the introduction of Akbar, bought some much needed comedic relief, and also watching Alizeh realise what she feels for Cyrus... was just soo great to read! I love this series, can't wait for the next book.

I stand by my initial review with this series, it was just boring. I found myself tuning out for most of this book, and even when there were scenes with action/plot going on, I didn't really care. It's not the worst thing I've read, just wasn't really for me.

I was bored for a lot of this book. It wasn't necessarily bad, it was just... meh. It did get better towards the end, which is why I'm giving it 3 stars, but all in all the FMC is not that likeable yet. Maybe her story will get better as the books go on, but that love triangle just felt really forced, and way too flip floppy. One second she couldn't stop thinking about one of the guys, and then the next page she was obsessing over the other. It was a bit much.

I was pleasantly surprised with this whole series. Favourite book was definitely the second one, but this was a good conclusion to the story. The memory loss dragged on maybe a tad too long for my liking, but all in all I really like Kestrel's character, which is saying something. I usually prefer the MMCs, but she was well written (especially for a YA story).

Surprised with how much I'm really starting to enjoy this series. The tension is written so well, and the politics in this book were soo good. Granted, the romance took a back seat, but even that love/hate was written well.

Looking forward to the conclusion of this series.

I'm realising I have a soft spot for stories set in an Arabian style world, it just seems so magical.

Did have a slight issue though with how quick the FMC seemed to give up on her revenge (had multiple chances to carry out her vengeance, and kept finding weak excuses not to go through with it). I know that it was all done with the ultimate goal of developing the story between the MCs, but it shouldn't have been made such a big deal about it, if it was going to be forgotten about so easily

KENJI, the man that you are!! He's really what got me through this series. Obviously have a lot of love for Juliette and Warner, but Kenji is definitely what got me through, especially in the latter books

The audiobook definitely elevated this for me. Never thought I'd relate so much to the ramblings of a 50 something year old Dominicana, but I did.

Devastated! I somehow knew how this book would end, but continued to read wanting to be proved wrong; I was not. The frustrating thing is that the lack of communication and clarity as a young person is completely feasible, even though I was screaming half the time at the MCs so they could just be honest with each other. Of course, life doesn't go the way you want it to, but for some reason this one really got to me. Am I ready for the next book in Finny's POV? NO. Will I pick it up and read right now? Yes, I will.

Slightly better than the previous book, but only slightly. If only because it managed to sum up all the storylines, albeit quite rushed and coincidentally easy to resolve in the end. This series simply wasn't for me.

Didn't think I could come across a worse FMC than America, then along came Eadlyn. What is about this series that I'm not seeing? It's popular, yet I can't stand the main characters.

America has got the be the most infuriating FMC I've read yet!

America does not deserve to end up with Maxon, there I said it! I don't think I've ever not wanted a FMC to end up with MMC as much as I do with these books. Maxon deserves better!

Ehh, don't get me wrong, this was a good book... but there was just something during the whole story that just didn't click for me.

Could have been that the story was mostly told through Theo's persepctive, and I didn't enjoy that, BUT it was easy to read and the plot was intriguing. Just kind of lost it's way in the middle trying to spin off into a lot of little side plots, that in the end meant nothing.