Zoey

almost unreadable. i wish i had dnf'd it.

Kimberly Lemming is very funny

if there's a fourth CC book i'm not reading it

A Cinderella retelling where I found Prince Charming to be less than charming until the very end of the book. Still fun, still Bridgerton-y, and that ending with Lady Whistledown? I'm intrigued. I had fun!

A romance novel about two of the least likeable people ever written

I read most of this in the hospital while I had nothing else to do, and it was...fine. The ending was odd. Not sure if I'll read the rest of the series.

what can i say - soft spot for mothman

Boring and dear god, does Hannah Grace need an American copyeditor. No one says “good shout” in California.

Entertaining to some extent and I liked Russ somewhat. I'll probably read Icebreaker from my library even though Stassie is a stupid name. (What is with these FMC names? Aurora and Stassie? frfr?) Anyway. It was fine! I guess! Below average!

I've decided that I'm going to finish all the IPB books this year because every single one I read I'm like “okay that's plenty of the blue alien smut for me”...but then something happens in the plot that makes me want to know what's going to happen next! Ruby Dixon, you fiend!

This one I genuinely really enjoyed, which is more than I can say for several of the other books in this series. I'd say I liked this just as much as the first one! Pashov is sweet and Stacy is relatable. I like where this is going, especially with the new village and everything around it that is pushing the plot forward.

I don't really have a super strong rating for this - it was certainly unnecessary and you can definitely skip it without missing anything in the IPB-verse. If you care about getting to know Maylak a little better it could be fun, but I...don't. lol. So.

There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, every one of them sufficient.

A quiet, reflective novel with a melancholic air but also featuring a narrator who obviously holds a deep appreciation and love for life & for existence. My mom would love this.

My expectations for this book were tempered by everyone saying that it was mid and boring, but I had a blast reading it.

This was interesting! I did enjoy seeing Rukh & Harlow's perspective of the earthquake.

I annotated my hardcover copy this reread.

I am the rock against which the surf crashes.

The craziness is receding but no clarity is taking its place. I look for resolution and find none.

I have got to stop trying to like this author's books because they're simply not for me.

I really, really dislike Maddie (she was horrible in the last book) so being inside her head for an entire book was not pleasant. Every time I finish one of these books I think “okay, last one, I can't do this again”...but something always happens to move the overall plot along in a way that makes me want to know what happens next. I will indeed be reading the next one (lmao).

Corny ass ending 

Maddie sucks

I am totally flabbergasted. I think I ended up hating this?? For a book that made me cry twice in the first half, the second half went so downhill so quickly it gave me whiplash. I HATE Jack. Like I REALLY hate him. He's SO insanely controlling. And that is kind of acknowledged, but also completely brushed aside somehow, even though it's a central part of his character???????

I don't know. It's midnight. I saw a lot of myself in Elsie at first, and I can usually vibe with Ali's writing, but oh my GOD the last ~40% of this made me so angry I can't see straight.

And what a shit ending. NOTHING FELT RESOLVED! AND IT WAS DEFINITELY SUPPOSED TO FEEL RESOLVED!

boring, too smutty

i might pick this back up in the future but right now i'm going through the worst friendship breakup of my entire life and this book is about very close female friendships in large part so i will not be reading it right now lol i'm too bitter

boring

annabel monaghan is simply not for me, i think

The magic system was somehow overly complex but also not fleshed out enough, the world building was bad and didn't make sense, and the characters were flat