A Whole New World

Can you recognise your dearly loved fairy tale in this? I couldn’t. Certainly, the author’s purpose was to twist the story we all know about and give us a different version of it. A darker one. And it was. Darker, that is. I don’t recall gobs of “happy” scenes. When there were some, they were mostly featuring Aladdin and Jasmine cuddling, kissing.

P.S. I Still Love You

I read To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and I absolutely fell in love with it. It was one of those cute and cliche pretend relationship that turns into a real one and it was great. One of the better romance book that I read. So naturally, I was very excited for the sequel, especially after the first book’s ending. I just wanted more of this story. Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed.

Landline

I absolutely adored this book, which isn’t a surprise. I was worried that the overall tone of Rainbow’s fantastic writing would be changed in this book because it’s targeted towards adults and contains some fantasy elements unlike her other books, but I was wrong, and I’m so glad I was. She once again created hilarious, wonderful, realistic characters who I grew very attached to throughout the book.

The Rose Society

I have come to accept that Adelina is nothing more than a villain and it makes the series so much more satisfying to read. I just reread The Young Elites and it was alot easier to read once I accepted that she was and would be the villain in the tale and that her flawed reasoning what fuels her messed up journey. She could’ve been the good one, but she let her own insecurities dictate her decisions and becomes darker as a result.

Scarlet

I’m not even sure where to begin because there’s just so much I love Scarlet. I read reviews saying Scarlet was better than Cinder, but I was skeptical. How do you get better than something I already pretty much consider one of the best? I’, still not sure how exactly that happens, but it did.

Nowhere But Here

I have read and fell in love with Katie McGarry since she came out with her Pushing the Limits series. I knew when i was able to buy this book that I was not going to be disappointed by it and I knew that I wanted to start right away, and I was shocked.

The Beauty and the Beast

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve’s The Beauty and the Beast is the earliest known version of the tale and it is probably very different from what you might expect. The length of the novel, it covers the fortunes of the merchant and his six sons and six daughters. the backstory of the Beast and his kingdom, the histories of a few neighboring kingdoms, and the politics and magic of the Fairies who travel the world doing good deeds. At times it feels convoluted and at other times a little dated. Still, fans of the story will enjoy reading its first appearance.

Gemina

First of all the plot stays true to what Kaufman and Kristoff did in Illuminae in which case I mean it’s full of action and death mostly. However, I felt like the plot could used more suspense and that survival feel that we saw in the first book. I didn’t feel as thrilled as I did during  Illuminae my adrenaline wasn’t pumping as much. Remember all the insane plot twists in Illuminae? Didn’t really see them in Gemina. There were few that I enjoyed but for the most part they were either not great or a little bit predictable.

Norse Mythology

For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved the Greek myths. What began as a school assignment quickly turned into a passion as I began to learn more and more about the classical world. I dabbled a little in other mythologies (mostly Egyptians and Romans), but as far as I was concerned, nothing could match the beauty of the Greek stories.