I’ve already posted a review of Grave Mercy, but I felt the need to follow up with a review of His Fair Assassin sequels. The second book, Dark Triumph, was released last year. Mortal Heart, the third, was released last month. Naturally, as soon as I finished Grave Mercy, I seized these (well, downloaded themContinue reading “His Fair Assassin: Dark Triumph and Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers”
Author Archives: Lauren
The Catalain Book of Secrets by Jess Lourey
I’m not sure how to come up with words to do this book justice—magical? Intriguing? Eccentric? It was a fantastic read, full of rich detail and beautiful metaphor. In fact, the only reason I bumped a star off of this book was because it had too many metaphors and too much flowery writing for myContinue reading “The Catalain Book of Secrets by Jess Lourey”
Uncle Janice by Matt Burgess
I had a love-dislike relationship with this novel. I picked it up because I work in law enforcement and was excited to see a novel from a female detective’s point of view—and an NYPD uncle, nonetheless. Many of the characters were richly painted, but many fell flat. Janice, for one, felt detached to me. IContinue reading “Uncle Janice by Matt Burgess”
Top Ten Tuesday: 12/9
Top Ten New-To-Us Authors We Read In 2014 1. Brandy Colbert – I read Pointe back in May and fell completely in love with Brandy’s writing style. Pointe itself is a really good, albeit creepy, story and she just made it that much more amazing and creepy. I really hope she writes more, I willContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: 12/9”
Top Ten Tuesday: 12/2
Top Ten Books We’re Looking Forward To In 2015 1. Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder – So incredibly excited for this—it’s made multiple lists of ours! I’m definitely planning on setting aside a weekend to finish this—I know I won’t be able to put it down. 2. Untitled (Throne of Glass #4) by SarahContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: 12/2”
Lauren’s Uppercase Review
I am no stranger to subscription boxes—Nailette, PopSugar, ipsy, Birchbox, Petit Vour…you name it, I’ve probably signed up for it. Why it never dawned on me to search for a book themed subscription box, I’ll never know—but Kiesha told me about Uppercase Box and I knew I had to try it! Uppercase is a YA subscriptionContinue reading “Lauren’s Uppercase Review”
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
I’ve been waiting for months for a book to grab hold of me and not let go—this one was it. It completely swept me up and into its world of politics, history, fantasy, assassination, treason, romance, and mystery. Ismae is handmaiden to Death. She is an assassin, sent to kill those with the marque ofContinue reading “Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers”
Thirty Day Book Challenge: Day 30
Day 30 (aka the last day!): Your favorite book of all time Asking me to choose a favorite book is like asking me to choose with arm or leg I’d rather lop off, or if I’d rather give up macaroni and cheese or Nutella for the rest of my life. You simply can’t make theseContinue reading “Thirty Day Book Challenge: Day 30”
Thirty Day Book Challenge: Day 29
Day 29: A book everyone hated but you liked I’m judging “everyone hated” by the average rating on Goodreads, and the lowest rated book that received my highest rating was All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner…I was horrified. I loved this book so, so much. Kiesha and I both reviewed it, actually, as our firstContinue reading “Thirty Day Book Challenge: Day 29”
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