Review: The Girl the Sea Gave Back

The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3 stars⭐

It didn't matter what the stones said.
Nothing was sure until death came.

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Capturing the Devil

Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐4 stars⭐

Promise me to wake each day and find joy wherever you can, no matter how small it may be.

There will always be hard times and trying times and times for sorrow, but we won't let those days destroy the here and now.

Because right now? I'm here. And you're here. And the present is more glorious than the future and all of its unknowns.

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The Hero Within

The Hero Within by Bec McMaster
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐️4 stars⭐️

When did you stop fighting?
When did it become easier to give in, just a little?
When did you become numb, even as a part of you died, over and over again?

He wished he didn't know.

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The Last True Hero

The Last True Hero by Bec McMaster
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3.5 stars⭐

People sometimes find a kind of strength in hard situations that you'd never believe they owned.
Maybe she's never had to be fearless, because you were there beside her? Or maybe she knows that her sister would shift hell and high water to get her back?
Maybe that's her strength, right now, knowing that you're coming for her.

I'm so intrigued by Colton. This was good but I just can't wait for his story.

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Nobody's Hero

Nobody's Hero by Bec McMaster
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐4 stars⭐

She needed someone to argue with. Someone who challenged her to stand at his side, not just step in front of her to protect her. Someone who pushed her to be the woman she knew she could be, not just the type of woman he wanted.

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The Iron Warrior

The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3.5 stars⭐

Puck winked at me. "I'm sure I'll see you again, whether you like it or not."

"Yeah," I deadpanned. "So looking forward to it."

Puck laughed again. "Don't you forget it. Until the next adventure kiddos."

Sticking his hands into his pockets, the Great Prankster sauntered off, whistling until he reached the edge of the trees and vanished into the shadows.

The first part of the series will always be my favorite but I loved this world and I'm glad I got the chance to be back in it. Ash, Puck and Meghan will forever be my babies..

And as Puck said: Until the next adventure kiddos.

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The Iron Traitor

The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐️3.5 stars⭐️

Puck dropped to the monster's snout, right in front of its glowing eyes, grinning cheekily.
"Hey, ugly, lookee here! I'm doing the Macarena on your nose."

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The Lost Prince

The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐️4 stars⭐️

I would not worry about that, mortal.

No one ever leaves the Nevernever completely sane.

I missed this world!
Ash is still a babe. Puck is still adorkable. And grumpy Ethan and awesome Kenzie make it easy to love them.
Can't wait for more.


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Storm and Fury

Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐4.5 stars⭐

"I'm guessing the sky is full of stars?"

"It is, but the only ones that matter are the ones you see."

I'm a huge JLA fan. Her stories always make me feel all fuzzy and happy on the inside. However I wasn't a big fan of her Dark Elements series so I wasn't really sure what to expect from this.

I am very happy to say I enjoyed this. The gargoyles, the action, the special snowflake who, for once, didn't feel sorry for her powers, the angst. I see some things that could get annoying in the following books but we'll get to that if and when it happens.

For now I'll do my happy dance and wait for more.

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The Merciful Crow

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐️4 stars⭐️

"Are you done?" the arbiter demanded.

"Aye cousin, this'll do." Pa whistled the marching order. "We'll be back when you call."

When, not if.

I actually really enjoyed this. Maybe I was in the right mood for it because most of my friends either dnf or didn't really like it and I went in with low expectations. I also get how the writing might be annoying for some but, thankfully, I wasn't bothered by it at all.

One star is gone because of some issues with the characters at times but overall this book was a plesant surprise for me.

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Give the Dark My Love

Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3 stars⭐

A good book will give you answers to questions you didn't know you had.
A great book will give you questions to answers you thought you knew.

Grey was the worst part of this book. Without the ridiculous romance this would have been an awesome read.

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House of Salt and Sorrows

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

⭐5 stars⭐

Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest daydreams.
Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.

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War

War by Laura Thalassa
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3 stars⭐

All creatures can experience pestilence, famine, and death—but war, true war, that is a singularly human experience.



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Bring Me Their Hearts

Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

⭐5 stars⭐

I am no flower to be ravaged at your whim, angry wolf-I am your hunter, bow cocked and ready. I am a Heartless, one of the creatures your people fled from in terror.

If you were smart, you'd star running, too.

"Thank you for having me here today."

Thank you, and I'm sorry.
As sorry as a monster can be.

It's the books I don't expect to like that I end up loving.
This was great! Can't wait for the next one.

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Sorcery of Thorns

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐️3 stars⭐️

Life is like the oil within a lamp.

It can be measured, but the pace at which it burns depends upon how the dial is turned day by day, how bright and fierce the flame. And there is no predicting whether the lamp might be knocked to the ground and shatter, when it could have blazed on a great while longer.

Such is the unpredictability of life.

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Becoming the Dark Prince

Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

⭐️5 stars⭐️



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Spin the Dawn

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐️3.5 stars⭐️

"Don't all journeys change you?"

"It isn't the same. I, too, once journeyed beyond the stars."

"What did you find?"

"That it's just the beginning."

I think the second part of the book is what killed my rating.
Still an enjoyable read.

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Soul of the Sword

Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐️4.5 stars⭐️

Sometimes a whisper is all that is required to calm a storm,
but when words fail, sometimes you need the thunder.

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Shadow of the Fox

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐️4.5 stars⭐️

It is very hard to be human, little fox. Even the humans themselves don't do a great job of it. The mortal world is full of hatred, betrayal, sadness and death.
It is far easier to abandon everything that is human and just be kitsune.

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Aurora Rising

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐️3 stars⭐️

But they have not seen their sun die. Their people burn. Their world end. And they do not know, yet, that there are some breaks that cannot be fixed.

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Rush

Rush by Samantha Towle
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

⭐2.5 stars⭐

If I hear the word "babe" one more time I might scream.
Also, Ares was a moron.
Idk, I feel like half the time I liked it but I was annoyed the other half.

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Escaping from Houdini

Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3.5 stars⭐

The crowd hopes for the impossible to become possible.
It shows them dreams don't belong only in our heads - with hope those fantasies can become real.

Taking hope away is like taking life from someone. We all need to believe we can achieve the impossible.

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Soulbound

Soulbound by Bec McMaster
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐4 stars⭐

I think the worst thing about hateful parents are those small moments of kindness. For they give you a glimpse of hope. They make you crave it, and you can never understand why they withhold it so frequently.

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Hexbound

Hexbound by Bec McMaster
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐4 stars⭐

Do you know what got me through the bad moments when I was a little girl?
The small moments.

That's what gets me through the dark days. Because I know there is another moment of joy somewhere in my future, just waiting to be lived. I'm not afraid of the dark times. I can survive them. I can survive anything. But I need these small moments to get through them.

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Shadowbound

Shadowbound by Bec McMaster
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐️3 stars⭐️

"I have never had an enemy," Cleo mused. "I wonder who will win, the one who sees the future, or the one who clings to the past?"

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Dukes Are Forever

Dukes Are Forever by Bec McMaster
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3.5 stars⭐

No Rogue left behind.

It means something to them. It means something to you. It means something to me.

Stop thinking of it as a weakness, and start thinking of it as a strength.

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Son of the Dawn

Son of the Dawn by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3 stars⭐

People wander through all the worlds they can find, searching for their homes.

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The Risk

The Risk by Elle Kennedy
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

⭐️5 stars⭐️

People are going to hate you because you hurt them, either intentionally or inadvertently. People will hate you because they don't like your personality, or the way you talk, or whatever superficial bullshit some idiot can't get past. There'll be people who just hate you on sight for no good reason—those ones are strange.
But at the end of the day, that's the way it is. Not everyone is going to like you, and you're not going to like everybody.

So much better than the first one!
Brenna was strong, confident and a smartass and I loved her! And Jake (sigh).. Can I keep him? Jake is officially the new addition to my book boyfriend collection. I loved how blunt and unapologetic he was about what he wanted and how he went for it.

And now we wait forEVER for Hunter's book...

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Kill Switch

Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐️4 stars⭐️

The secret of life that everyone knew and everyone forgot was that we weren't alone. We thought we were unique. We thought we were the first.

No one has been through what I've been through.
No one else is feeling this.
No one knows what it's like to be me.
This is the first time anyone has endured what I've endured, right?

They're lies we tell ourselves, because we think we're special. Because it would lessen the entitlement to suffer to know what we're going through is not uncommon.

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Queen of Air and Darkness

Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

⭐5 stars⭐

It requires mortality to make art. The knowledge of death, of things limited.
There is fire inside of us, and as it blazes, it burns us, and the burning causes pain-but without its light, I cannot see to draw.

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The Chase

The Chase by Elle Kennedy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐️3 stars⭐️

"Which one are you?" Brenna asks him.

"What do you mean?"

"What name is on your jersey?"

He grins. "Ah gotcha. Number 61. McCarthy."

She narrows her eyes. "You scored the tying goal in the third."

McCarthy beams. "That was me."

"Sweet wrist shot."

My eyebrows soar. Wow. Is she actually complimenting him?

"What's the matter, your slap shot doesn't have enough power behind it?"

Or not.

I'm not gonna talk about Summer cause I really didn't like her and she was horrible to Hunter. And Fitzy was, well, boring and I didn't believe in the romance for a second BUT this book gave us Brenna who is LOVE and I can't wait for her book.

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Godsgrave

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3 stars⭐

The art of telling a good story lies in knowing when to stop.
Keep talking long enough, you'll find there's no such thing as a happy ending.

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Fall

Fall by Kristen Callihan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐️4 stars⭐️

"And what's all this proclivities nonsense? Since when did beating the meat or rubbing the bean become a deviant activity?"

"Beating the meat." John snickers into his beer.

"Got a better one," Whip counters with a brow waggle. "Wanking the willy?"

"Charming the snake," Sophie offers.

"Polishing the pearl," Jules says.

"Tickling my treat," Brenna adds.

"I"m becoming uncomfortably aroused," Rye grumbles.

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Nevernight

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐4 stars⭐

"Forget the girl who had everything. She died when her father did. Nothing is where you start.
Own nothing. Know nothing. Be nothing."

"Why would I want to do that?"

"Because then you can do anything."

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Last of Her Name

Last of Her Name by Jessica Khoury
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

⭐2.5 stars⭐

Promising concept but (please forgive me) boring. :(

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Vengeful

Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3.5 stars⭐

The truth is, there will always be somebody stronger than you. That's just the way the world works. It doesn't matter what you are. You do what you can.

You fight, and you win, until you don't.

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Vicious

Vicious by V.E. Schwab
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

⭐5 stars⭐


The moments that define lives aren't always obvious. They don't scream LEDGE, and nine times out of ten there's no rope to duck under, no line to cross, no blood pact, no official letter on fancy paper.

Between one sip and the next, he made the biggest mistake of his life, and it was made of nothing more than one line. Three small words.

"I'll go first."

That was brilliant. LOVED IT.

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Warrior of the Wild

Warrior of the Wild by Tricia Levenseller
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

⭐2 stars⭐

You may know what is best for you, but you have no right to say what is best for someone else.

I spent most of the book being annoyed at the main characters. I found them childish and I couldn't connect with them at all. Which is sad because I was looking forward to a Viking story but if the characters don't do it for me then nothing will.

Thank god for mean Iric and the few moments of joy he gave me.

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The Caged Queen

The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

⭐3 stars⭐

"Never reveal yourself. It's the second rule of gods and monsters." She looked up at him. "Do you remember the first?"

"Pay attention."

"Yes! Very good."

"No," said Dax. "I mean: pay attention, I'm about to win the game."

Roa frowned.

"Want to know the third rule of gods and monsters? Just made it up.

Never underestimate a fool."

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King of Scars

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

⭐4.5 stars⭐

Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve.

You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself.

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Slayer

Slayer by Kiersten White
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

⭐2.5 stars⭐

A story. One where monsters were defeated and then the book ends.

But monsters never respected endings in real life. They just kept coming and coming and coming. They never stopped needing to be defeated.

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