Lori

This book reinforces how good the author is at making characters come to life with internal monologues, dialogue, and pop culture. Go Jade Go! If there’s a team, I want to be on hers.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first book but the farther I got in the series the fonder I look back on the first book. This span of history and experience makes the growth of the community and main character more impactful. It's worth reading each book just because of this.

Its hard to say what makes this book so good. It could be the connection you build to the characters or maybe because it fills all cravings for slasher culture that you can have. Each book gets progressively better, and this last book is just that last touch of perfection rounding out the story.

It’s hard to find a good mystery series and I wanted to like this more then I did. There are good parts to the book but there is too much disappointment for me to really like it.

The author doesn’t seem to know how collector books work. Library books are used so much that the books will be well worn and have tag/stickers on them for cataloguing. This alone makes the driving force for the murder useless. It’s really not hard to guess who the murder was which makes all the main characters guessing near the end annoying.

The characters aren’t bad but the main character is a terrible friend. She immediately suspects her friend and her friend’s new boyfriend. She also doesn’t seem to care what is going on with anyone but her self. The love interest did something horrible to the MC in high school but the MC still can’t help but be week around them. Meeting again the love interest doesn’t even remember the MC and there is no apology.

I don’t think I can continue with this series. It had good parts and most of the characters are likable. Loved the cat. Its not a bad book but just not for me.

This was a fun book to read. I found it light and easy to get through although the ending felt too fast. There are a lot of small parts that I enjoyed that I kept thinking about after. This is more British humor and can be dry at times.

The books pacing and additional details are the only things that slightly bothered me. For pacing the beginning is slow but once you get to the last third of the book there just wasn’t enough time to enjoy the story. For the additional details there are good additions to the main characters back stories or side stories but it can be too much. There are characters we are introduced to that have no weight on the story and aren’t funny/witty additives.

I liked the book and decided to watch the show afterwards. The first season was great although there was of course some changes to the story. I would recommend this book to others.

I had read a short story by this author and liked their writing enough that I had wanted to pick up another of their books. This was not a bad place to start.

The story itself is captivating and gets though the suffocating helplessness that many feel when the authorities just don’t care. The main characters are interesting, and I liked the feeling of community though out the book although I would have liked to spend more time with some of them.

I feel like the book missed out on really pulling depth out of the characters. We get a lot of the main character telling us she likes to run, but it backs out of any further developments. This cuts some of the emotional connection the readers could have had to the characters. This could have been an excellent book if we got to know more about the main characters and their lives/motivations. The book does at times add too much detail. We get a lot of descriptions about what people are physically doing that aren’t needed.

Despite what the book missed the story is good and the main character was a driving force that kept me engaged. When I have time, I would like to read another book by this author.

I hated this book.

The story is mostly told as a recapping of events by unreliable narrators. This removed all emotional connections with the main characters. Being told what these characters have done does not provide enough insight to be able to empathize with them. That and the fact that they all are callous people who make intentionally stupid decisions to hurt others.

This was so hard to get though. Love was not a great enough power to make anything these characters did forgivable.

This would be a good book for kids as it’s simple to read and the morals of the story are brought up or thought about by the main character after each event. For an adult, the writing is not that great but for a kid or young adult its themes are shown and then told for reinforcement.

I don’t have much to say, it’s a good and simple story that’s effective at getting across its ideas.

I had seen the film before reading this book so I went in with some high expectations and ended up finding the book incredibly boring.

This book just misses the mark on its horror elements. The film does better at creating an atmosphere of unease which could be because the book spends a lot of its time on the mundane parts of moving into and decorating an apartment then the film. We spend a lot of time with Rosemary but not with her pregnancy. Even the cult is mainly background noise.

It has all the elements to make a suspenseful supernatural cultish horror novel and while there are some good scenes it doesn’t follow through with them. Most of the book is light in its suspense and even in the last part of the book when tension is ramped up it didn’t have the impact it should have. That is the biggest detractor of this book it doesn’t hit hard on horror.

This is not a bad book and overall it is a good story it just doesn’t have that weight truly to horrify you.

This book reinforces how good the author is at making characters come to life with internal monologues, dialogue, and pop culture. Go Jade Go! If there’s a team, I want to be on hers.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first book but the farther I got in the series the fonder I look back on the first book. This span of history and experience makes the growth of the community and main character more impactful. It's worth reading each book just because of this.

Its hard to say what makes this book so good. It could be the connection you build to the characters or maybe because it fills all cravings for slasher culture that you can have. Each book gets progressively better, and this last book is just that last touch of perfection rounding out the story.

This book started of so well. Independent, resourceful, and confident businesswomen are great to see in romance books. What I don’t care to see is love triangles. Simply because it’s hard to get right and this book does not get it right.

It's noticeably clear which person the main character should pick. How many times should you get a gut feeling that the person is off or lying for you to trust it? This stupidity on the MC's behalf puts us through two terrible night scenes with the wrong guy. Her best friend was right never giving bad nights a second chance. It was nice in a way to see this happen as it reinforces standing up for yourself and getting what you need. Something you don’t always see in romance books.

The wrong guy is too clearly the wrong person for our main character and her continuous doubting of her instincts is a little annoying. The right guy is so clearly right that I felt a little bad for him being strung along while she took her sweet time to realize the wrong guy is just awful. She gets so much advice on how to choose the right person and even says the right guy fits most of the advice but still wants to wait on the wrong guy. It’s awful that she only picks between them after having another bad night with the wrong guy. This led to bumbling the relationship with the right guy during and after the big confrontation.

What the book did right was the making the main character a strong businesswoman, setting up good familial bonds, and real friendship ribbing. The writing of the book is good, but the romance story is not.

Oh, that child is so evil! I will say this book is a little slow and is mostly internal dialog which can be hard to get though. Although I like the slow escalation of events and reveals that story presents.

Throughout the book, I did question why the mother wouldn’t use her phone to record the daughter or even have more security cameras in the house. All this aside I enjoyed being creeped out by a child because my goodness is she just evil. The back and forth of narration from chapter to chapter is well done. The daughter’s point of view is gradually expanded to encompass her true thoughts and motivations while the mother's view develops her past trauma and disconnection to the thing that she must call daughter.

I thought this would be a little more messed up than it was. Most of the horror comes from the thoughts of the characters and then actions until you get closer to the end. It is had to get through the beginning as it's just a bit too slow and a bit frustrating. With the mother not communicating more with the father and the father not listening or just ignoring all issues you get tired of this quickly.

I did like the story and the ending was good but since this was a modern story it’s hard not to ask why the mother or even the schools didn’t get any video evidence of this child’s behaviour. I found out there is another book after this, and I am looking forward to reading it.

I picked this book up because I like the writing of the author but not quite the storytelling. I was hoping this book would be an improvement to the last story and there was some improvement. This book does better with introducing the characters and the fictional country the story takes place in. The pronouns are introduced and quickly explained more naturally than in the first book.

The story is just a little slow and not much happens. If I were to describe the story to someone else, I know I wouldn’t have much to say. The whole story is a bit tepid as there is not much pulling you in. The writing is good, but story could have used more work. It almost felt incomplete.

I can’t tell if I am going to try other books by this author since I have heard such good things about them.

I have no plans to start running so I might not be the best person to write a review on this book. I picked this up since I need a book about a run club for a reading challenge and this book looked interesting.

I listened to the audiobook that was narrated by the author and must say this man had me ready to run out the door. From what I understand this book has a good basic running guide. I liked that the author slowly guides us in what you need for running, how to run, and what to expect

interspersed with motivation and life lesson stories. It made for an easy introduction to running that didn’t feel overwhelming. You aren’t laden down with technical jargon and I was almost looking forward to getting out there despite not wanting to run.

The authors honesty with lessons learned really gives this book heart that I haven’t always felt with other guides. His motivational speaking is something I will take into other activities I am learning and working on.

This is worth a read even if you are not into running.

I have been looking for a cozy and magical series to read and I think I have found one to settle in. This is the first in a series as it sets up the main character to start building her magical knowledge and sadly introduces a love triangle. I am not the biggest fan of love triangles and I was not looking for romance in this series but we will see what happens.

The rest of the book was great. The cast of characters was interesting and diverse. The main mystery was good as it didn’t over explain the investigation or make huge jumps in conclusions. The magical baking and general magic is not at the forefront of this book and I hope there is more to come in the next books. I did enjoy the main character building up her new business and settling into life.

I am looking forward to the next book. Worth a look at for any one into cozy magical mysteries.

I watched the movie before reading this and it was a great companion to the book. Finally having read the book I must say it was worth the read. Even though I knew what would happen in the book, because of the film, the writing and stirring storytelling had me in tears by the end.

I will say that this book is written for adolescent kids. The wording and gentle way it brings up major topics is fit for a school room. I found that I liked the movie a little more as some of the descriptions were a little odd, more child like. With this in mind I did enjoy the story, and it was worth reading at least once.

I was disappointed with this book. I have already read the first two books in the series. This one felt different and slower. The romance between the characters had me trying to talk to the main character and tell her to move on. I just didn’t like the two of them together.

The main character spends too much energy thinking about her ex. The betrayal and reason for the divorce in the first place can’t be overcome in my view. I was hoping this book would end up with them getting over what happened, becoming better people and realizing they should move on with someone else. I am disappointed that they stayed together.

The quality of this book was lesser compared to the others in the series. It’s sad, as I had liked the other ones so much that I ordered them and even got this one on pre-order. The pacing is sluggish since you spend such a large amount of time listening to the character's inner turmoil. I also hated the number of times the MC described how hot the guy was. This is somewhat common throughout the other books as well, but in this one, it's just over the top. I get it; he’s attractive. Please stop!

The witchy vibe in this book are great and have built up nicely since the last book. It felt quite natural when brought up. Also I loved that the MC learned to stand up for herself and her business. Although I do wish we saw more of her standing up in business negotiations. We only get the one good scene.

There is a lot I like in this book, but the romance holds it back and given that it’s a romance book, that’s not great. It's not a completely bad romance, but it's also not as good as what I know this author can do.

I will say that I did see the show before reading this book. The show on its own is great. I had also heard bits and parts from my partner who had read this series before me and they highly talked up the books.

This book takes you right into the thick of the story and builds from there. The story picks up immediately and sets a fast pace followed throughout the book. I did find that it was sometimes too fast and there are some characters that I wanted to see more of. On the other hand, the quick pace was nice as we didn’t spend too much time on one scene or on the character backstories allowing the main story to flow. I do hope we learn more about the characters in the next book as they are very interesting.

The characters are written in a captivating way. Miller is my favourite. He has great lines throughout the book and is just a scene-stealer. The world-building can be a bit much at first but you get into it. Each of the factions/Societies (Earth/Mars/Belters) is unique. Reading the Belter speech can be a little odd but if you listen to the audiobook or have watched the show it's easier to get into the rhythm of it.

There is a good mix of action and politics. You don’t feel cheated on the fight scenes as you do with some books. They are descriptive, fast-paced, and well-thought-out. With the political side, once you have a grasp of the societies it becomes easier to pick up the build of what will

become a massive political battle. There are a lot of questions the book opens up but doesn’t finish but this only makes me want to get to the next book.

I can’t wait until my hold comes up for the next book.

I watched the film many times before reading this book and I wish I had read this earlier. I found the book to be better story wise compared to the film although the films visuals fit the story so well.

The book is not quite magical despite having magic in it. It felt more cozy and whimsical. The author made multiple storylines, each interesting on their own, and brilliantly combined them near the end. I often found myself smiling at how cute or funny the story is. I loved the main character. She went from someone passive to someone more commanding. She does make some mistakes along the way to becoming a stronger person but it’s nice to see a female character be more assertive.

This would be a great book for any kid to read. I enjoyed this so much.