Carla ✨
3.75⭐
promised myself I'd be writing reviews for all the books i read in 2025 so here i go
this book was... weird? but i thought it'd be weird in a way i'd like, kinda dark, kinda gross with the blight and all, but i actually ended up feeling weird like it was some sort of “gran hermano” show with a group that felt like a mix of the cullens and the inner circle... so it was definitely weird, right?
don't get me wrong, i was invested in all the drama
i spent most of the book being like, welp who should i ship her with? i was getting mixed vibes from all characters, and i mean ALL of them
hasta luego maricarmen, uf que mal trago de verdad, las ultimas dos horas de libro? se me han hecho INFINITAS
okay, lets do this in english and do it quickly because i want to move on
jules? i love you, you are doing great baby, just keep doin whatever you're doin
I won't spare words for the rest of the team because... i've had enough reading about them honestly (except for sparrow, i love you too baby)
this book could have been so goo, SO GOOD, and instead just by reading chapter one i knew it would take all of my concentration to understand what the hell was going on
descriptions and honestly just the situational awareness of every chapter was all over the place, i had trouble knowing who was speaking, who was doing what and uh big bad scary demons but then their descriptions kinda didn't match? (my mind kept picturing the demons from the city of bones movie, not good)
anyways, i think this is what happens when you go all in with your expectations high, and then nothing good can come out of this
i might give the next books a chance if i see people liking them, but it's still all in the air
3.75⭐
Meghan, I love you, but I hated how you made me hate the MC at the start of the book, just to have her be a normal functioning human halfway through.
I know I am not the biggest Christmas movie lover but this book felt like the perfect script for one. Recently Meghan's books have felt this way, and don't get me wrong, I'd LOVE to watch this on the big screen someday but I find I don't enjoy this kind of writing as much.
That being said Cole was a real nice surprise, he went from grump to real cute boy next door (pun most definitely intended) and I am so glad Storee dropped the city prissy attitude she had at the start of the book. I don't think I would have kept reading if that didn't happen
2.75 ⭐️
I have to say the idea behind the book is what drew me in but unfortunately the execution wasn't what I had expected.
I was hoping for a well developed magic system, an empress that actually had cards in the game, and a tower that would be more magically involved than i would have imagined for a building. But instead the magic system fell short and both the empress and the tower were just symbols in a traveling multiverse kind of story.
The MMC wasn't bad perse but the childish people that surrounded her made the story feel cheap and immature. The fantasy world building wasn't bad at all but the characters motivations in that same setting felt lacking. There could have been much more of a backstory and development of the animosity. It felt like no character knew what their role exactly was, they just existed and their motivations just showed that.
Thank you to the author and Net Galley for the opportunity to review this book!
Oof, miss Evie Marceau, once again you left me hanging for the next book 🫣
This book follows the tragic ending on book two, and although i expected a bit more drama around what had happened, Sabine's side of the story was what kept me hooked. The novelty of this kingdom sitting behind the border of which we had not seen anything until this book, was what had me hanging out for more.
The gods were something I was really excited about but after being told in the first books how cruel they could be, they ended up falling a bit flat for my taste, if that makes any sense? I was really hoping for that cruelty but the times it was shown it ended up feeling more like a kid's capricious tantrum? But I'm not quite worried about why that is. I bet we'll understand why in upcoming books 😌
I am also really curious as to what's in store for Basten. I feel like he has so much more to offer but we haven't been shown any of this cards. Hopefully that's about to happen 🤞🏼
So far, I can't help but compare how reading this book felt to how reading FBAA 2 felt.
Was i engaged enough with the story that i kept reading? Yes.
Was that ending the plot twist I'd been waiting for? For sure.
Do i feel like i can only remember the ending? Also, yes 🥲
I feel like longer series sometimes have these slower points that are inevitable but can feel like they drag the story a bit in a way. But I hope this means that what we're about to get in book 4 will be worth the wait 😌
Thank you so much to Evie for trusting me with an ARC of this book, I'm really grateful and I can't wait for the next one 🤩
3.5 ⭐
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This book has everything I liked just in its blurb: a photographer, a model, and a long lost love that had to be rekindled. And even though I really enjoyed myself reading the book, I wanted the end to be a just a bit more exciting. It kind of fell short at the end and the miscommunication with these two almost got the best of me.
I was not expecting the topics this book discussed and felt like they were kind of superficial to the story.
Overall this book had me reading nonstop till I finished it so I guess that's a good thing!
4.75⭐
this was the best way to conclude the agitators series, and ugh did i love it 😭
in a way i always thought Halsey's book was gonna be it for me, but give me Posey now anytime, i'll be choosing him, HE'S MY BABY
it makes me so sad that this chapter is over (and i honestly feel like curling up into a ball and crying myself to sleep) but at the same time i can't wait to see more of Posey and the team in OC's book 🥺
Posey is just THE SWEETEST (and the freakiest 👀) and the fact that Wylie compliments that so fucking well? GIVE ME THIS DYNAMIC EVERYDAY, THANK YOU
the way i love a woman with a strong character who knows what they want, THAT is Wylie for you *chef's kiss*
anyway, i am feeling the book blues right now because i need more Meghan romance, so that's my cue to start her baseball series 😌
thank you so much to Meghan and her team at Good Girls PR for giving me the chance to read this book before it came out, i really appreciate it 🥹🫶🏻
i started this book two weeks ago but in reality i it could have been finished in a day 🥲 sometimes a girl is just tired you know? but lets talk about the book 😌
what can i say? this love story was certainly a really cute one, falling for the roommate you only see once a month? and the feeling is mutual? heck yes
let's talk characters because aside from our mcs there was a lot more people included in this story 👀
i didn't know how the 8 roommates situation was gonna be handled throughout the story but i ended up falling so in love with each roommate that i wish we get some books about them too 🥺❤️
but Henry and Lucy's story? that really dragged me through all the stages in grief...
denial? yup
anger? yes
bargaining? also yes
depression? i had to take some time off to be able to finish the book so... maybe, yes?
acceptance? yeah, that was me today accepting i needed to finish it once and for all 🫡
even though that may sound way harsher than i intended to the reality is i started loving this book, SO MUCH, it made me giggle, made my heart warm up 🥺❤️ but then... the drama started 😭
but Carla it wouldn't be romance without a little drama? yeah you're right, but remember that anger i told you about? Lucy was way too much for me at times, so much so that it made me want to strangle her 😂😅 there were some behaviors she showed towards the end of the book that really didn't fit with what i saw of her at the start of the book and it left me wondering what the hell happened 🥲
Henry's arc was quite as I expected, despite him being aloof at times and not saying things as carefully as one would say them, he had a heart of gold, and in the end he was what i liked most out of this pair 🫶🏻 he was driven and his goals were clear relationship wise and work wise, so big round of applause to him 👏🏻
so if you are looking for a real cute romance that's character driven, this might be your book, and you'll hopefully love it just as much as i did! ☺️💕
thank you to netgalley for the arc and to harper collins for sending me a finished copy of the book, this never happened to me and I am really grateful 🥺💞
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this book THIS MOTHER EFFIN BOOK
i loved it, i just, loved it
the banter? check
the story? check
the angst? check
the dirty talk? C H E C K
THE TENSION??? double fucking check
don't get me started on the flags, it had red flags but also just SO many green flags, i don't know
i just loved them, i loved it, IT EVEN MADE ME CRY
ME
CRY
i never cry AND I DID
and now i need another book just like this... so i am probably gonna start ria's book
okay, that's it, bye
Merged review:
this book THIS MOTHER EFFIN BOOK
i loved it, i just, loved it
the banter? check
the story? check
the angst? check
the dirty talk? C H E C K
THE TENSION??? double fucking check
don't get me started on the flags, it had red flags but also just SO many green flags, i don't know
i just loved them, i loved it, IT EVEN MADE ME CRY
ME
CRY
i never cry AND I DID
and now i need another book just like this... so i am probably gonna start ria's book
okay, that's it, bye
Okay, I am sure if I were to discuss this book with someone, loads of stuff I decided to just laugh at or ignore would come up as a bit cringey (is that even a word?😅). BUT, and hear me out, BUT. The way I enjoyed reading this book? Ugh, you can't even begin to imagine.
I screamed out loud, I laughed, I gasped. Oof, I did really enjoy reading this book.
But what's worse, is that fucking ENDING!!
Evie, what the hell? 🥲 I don't even know how many books this series is going to be but I'll be reading each and everyone of them, thank you very much.
I'm here for the growth of Sabine and to see her become the badass that I know she is. And also? For many more pages of Wolf worshipping her as a goddess. I SAID WHAT I SAID.
Aside from that, it is true I wished the fantasy aspect of the book got more development. More than development I wish we got more POVs from other characters, specially since there's a conflict that involves multiple teams, and it would have been so cool to know their perspectives.
But overall? It was an AMAZING book.
I'd like to thank Evie for gifting me an ARC and letting me enjoy her book ahead of release 🥹🫶🏻
This book got me out of a slump and put me back into a new one 😭
What I love most about reading books is going into them, zero expectations, just hoping to get into a cool new world, where the author has given everything to make it their own. And this is just what happened.
The world building has so much to offer still but this first book was an awesome introduction to everything.
Sabine? Love her, she is everything I was hoping for in a FMC and I can't wait to see what she'll do in the next book. The only thing I wish would have been different is how quickly she falls for people, but lets blame that on being kept from human contact all those years.
As for Wolf? Gods I love him. Give me a tortured MMC who's loyal to the wrong person because they never had anyone and I WILL EAT THAT SHIT UP.
I need the next book ASAP. That ending will be the death of me.
Are you looking for a book that will be full on cozy cottage-core magic vibes? Well, this is your book. Rachel Griffin never disappoints.
Sometimes it's hard to explain what you liked about a book and what are the things you didn't enjoy as much. For me, Bring Me Your Midnight was a love letter to the sea, foraging and crafts. Nature, in general, but more specifically how to be gentle with it while also taking what we need from it.
Rachel's writing on this book was so evocative of stepping barefoot onto a grassy field at dusk. That's the only way i'd be able to describe this book. And the romance felt like spending a cold winter day at the beach and then going home to a blanket and a hot beverage.
I loved every single part of the way this book was written, from the wording to the referencing to past events as little clues being left behind. But when words weren't enough that's when i realised "not everything that shines is gold".
Even though the chemistry between Wolfe and Tana felt instant, it also felt rushed, as if with just one look both of them already knew they'd be it for each-other. Unfortunately, insta-love is not my trope. And another moment where everything felt so rushed, was in the "third-act breakup" if i am allowed of calling it that. It happened so fast I had to reread twice to understand what was going on (because sometimes as a Spaniard, English can be difficult, okay?).
Overall this was a beautiful book and the nostalgia it gave me and the feels and vibes of it all, it was definitely worth it. So if you need a book to feel those cozy witchy vibes? Rachel's books are what you're looking for.
This book was hella raw and emotional, not gonna lie.
I've been debating for a while, whether or not to give it 5⭐️, because there was just one thing that made me want to go mad, but I decided it wasn't of enough importance overall.
It's my first time reading Talia Hibbert and I loved how she writes. Specially how she wrote Rahul. WHAT A BOOK BOYFRIEND Y'ALL. I need more writers writing men like that.
That boy lived and breathed for one person, and one person only. And honestly? Who wouldn't wish they were Jas, I definitely did.
The only perk I could find was that I couldn't stand people ignoring the fact that Jas had problems.
It's a pet-peeve of mine I've realised. I like to call people on their bullshit, and I hater, HATED, how all her friends were like, okay, dangerous territory, better not talk about that.
NO. MAKE HER TALK ABOUT IT, GODDAMNIT. Homegirl was drowning in all her unspoken thoughts, and all of them saw it, AND NONE OF THEM DID NOTHING. UGH.
That's it. That was the thing driving me mad. But then I remember Rahul and I just can't, I cannot give the book 5⭐️. So there you have it.
I'm not even sorry. I am giving it 5 ⭐️ .
I don't care I sometimes got lost or confused by the politics.
I don't care the third person writing made me lose my goddamned mind half of the time.
I don't care. I really. do. not. care.
It's all worth the 5 stars. You know why?
Because Alex and Henry's story was one of the most beautiful I've ever read.
Because Alex discovering his sexuality was as funny to read as it made me feel stressed and confused right along with him.
Because the way Alex describes feeling everything that happens was as confusing as it was relatable.
And because those emails. THOSE EMAILS. GOD.
I won't be able to forget those emails.
And lastly, I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry if you didn't enjoy this book the way I did.
Because, honestly? This has to be one of the most beautiful experiences I had while reading a book.
And I hope it's one I get to relieve in the future in other books.
I'm giving this 5 stars and no one can stop me.
This book was the vacation to Greece I've yet to book for myself. I've been binging Mamma Mia and Un Cuento Perfecto, both of them (OBVIOUSLY) happening in Greece and I had to start this book afterwards.
I loved Tessa and Myles. Both of them. I saw myself in Tessa way too much and the Myles was just perfect. Like, where can I find myself a Myles in real life?
The way their story developed and the third act breakup? Shall I say this was Meghan's best third act break up from all her books (that I've read)? If not the best, my favourite at the very least.
Family is always one of those complicated topics. We've been taught that family comes before everything but what about when family is costing you your happiness? This book I feel tackled that in such a beautiful way, I feel this is where my need to give it 5 stars comes from.
The tone of this book was quite different from all the other Meghan books I've read but still keeping the funny, laugh out loud moments.
When I tell you she is one of my favourite authors, I'm not joking.
Anyways, anyone wanna come to Greece with me? Looking for a friend :')
I think I enjoyed Hayes Farrow way too much. Like how can you not? That man is practically a lovesick puppy, turned ravenous beast in bed.
I don't think I need to add anything else to this. The banter at the start was gooood, and I wish it had lasted for a bit longer. But overall another great book by Meghan that got me out of the slump.