Ivy Pages
Rating: 2.31 leaves out of 5-Characters: 1.5/5 -Cover: 5/5-Story: 1.5/5-Writing: 3/5Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Romance-Fantasy: 3/5-Horror: 0.5/5-Paranormal: 2.5/5-Romance: 1.5/5 Type: AudiobookWorth?: NoTW: Child SA, body horror Hated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked Loved FavoritedI am going to list what I liked about the book first since it will be the shortest:1. The beginning of the book. It gave so much promise. It read like a good ass werewolf story. I was eager to sink my teeth into. All puns intended.2. The fact the story had me gag once. It isn't often a book does that to me. Kudos. 3. They guessing game on who the OG werewolf was. I liked that I had to bounce around trying to figure who it was. I kind of got it towards the middle-ish? A bit after but even then I wasn't 100% sure.Things I was meh about. Like it wasn't bad but it wasn't something I would say I liked or cared for. It was so damn weird to mix in with a werewolf story. Like... let me try and tell you the hardships of being a woman while I slap a werewolf in the mix but don't mix it. Let me just have these two things be sitting in the same bowl. Can't make fucking brownies unless you mix everything in the damn bowl, Rachel. That wasn't my biggest issue and honestly I wasn't too annoyed with it.What I didn't like:1. Making excuses for why it is okay for women to cheat. That is all I am saying. Then having Rory be pissed at some guy she thought cheated on her when in fucking reality she was too much of a fucking child to hold a goddamn conversation. And bonus they weren't going out but then did some shit with someone and... hunkydoory? Like bitch you went and cheat and IDFC what midlife crisis you were in.2. Being toxic as a woman is okay. 3. You not judging but judging a woman who actually likes being a mom and wife while saying it is okay for a pregnant woman to not want the baby and think her life is over? Which don't get me wrong, being pregnant is a big deal. There are a lot of scary factors that go into it. I, personally, won't be trying for a baby but at the same time I am not going to be a bitchy judge ass about it?4. Rory being SO AWFUL. Rory is this cool woman who works in the fucking city and she goes into meetings to tell people how fucking wrong they are. Like, ohh good for you for being... what? A bitch? It is one thing to be a boss ass bitch and another to just be a bitch. Idc if you are a city girl... how Rachel worded it made Rory out to be that popular POS in high school that bullied you.5. Rory is supposedly sooo fucking smart yet ssooo stupid at the same time. How she treated Matty and Ian in this whole damn book was just so trashy. 6. What happened to Rory as a child was horrible hands down and her being pissed at her mother so justifiable. Scarlet though? Mmm I disliked her so much as the book went on. 7. Rory knew something was up with her sis. You know how when something happens to a woman, like a fight or some shit with her boyfriend, and people are like... well what did the woman do wrong? Like you victim blaming? That is what Rory did for a good chunk of the book. 8. How Rory bitched that Matty's mom did a shit job in raising her son yet her mom, who did shitty things, has her girls and... what? 9. This isn't horror at all. The horror in here is so minimal and low. It could be a Goosebumps book.. but like the lower scale of it. Or it could be how horrid this book was that could be the horror.Edit: Wanted to not now that at the end of the day I don't hate Rory. She has her trauma. It is Rachel and her double standards and toxic views that really fucked up the book.
Rating: 3.86 leaves out of 5-Characters: 4/5 -Cover: 4/5-Story: 3.5/5-Writing: 5/5Genre: Horror, LGBT, Scifi-Horror: .5/5-LGBT: 5/5-Scifi: 5/5Type: AudiobookWorth?: YeahHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked Really Liked LovedYour Mine is a Terrible Thing is basically the concept of being mentally ill done in a scifi setting. I think it was done well but I wasn't really sucked in. Being along in space or the sea is scary and that is the only thing really horrifying about the book. It isn't a bad book it is a good little read to get you through a project or some activtiy.
Rating: 3.9 leaves out of 5-Characters: 3.5/5 -Cover: 4/5-Story: 4/5-Writing: 5/5Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Paranormal-Mystery: 4/5-Horror: 2.5/5-Thriller: 3/5-Paranormal: 5/5Type: AudiobookWorth?: YeahHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked LovedI will never look at a cactus again. I will never stop in small towns in the desert.What a good freaking book. I loved the mystery and the horror wrapped in this book. I felt bad for Mary and the ending was kind of bittersweet. I would love to see this as a movie.
Rating: 3 leaves out of 5Characters: 3/5 Cover: 4/5Story: 2.5/5Writing: 2.5/5Genre: Retelling/Horror/MysteryType: AudiobookWorth?: EhHated Disliked Liked Loved FavoritedWant to thank Netgalley and publishers for giving me the chance to listen to this book. I was excited to see this was up for request and instantly hit the button. I have had it on my TBR. It started out pretty great but went kind down hill. I don't know why T. thought it would be best to tell us over and over and over again about something we got the first freaking time. The story was good but could have been done so much better. Sometimes the OG should just be left alone.Merged review:Rating: 3 leaves out of 5Characters: 3/5 Cover: 4/5Story: 2.5/5Writing: 2.5/5Genre: Retelling/Horror/MysteryType: AudiobookWorth?: EhHated Disliked Liked Loved FavoritedWant to thank Netgalley and publishers for giving me the chance to listen to this book. I was excited to see this was up for request and instantly hit the button. I have had it on my TBR. It started out pretty great but went kind down hill. I don't know why T. thought it would be best to tell us over and over and over again about something we got the first freaking time. The story was good but could have been done so much better. Sometimes the OG should just be left alone.
Rating: 2.9 leaves out of 5Characters: 3/5 Cover: 5/5Story: 2/5Writing: 2.75/5Horror: 1.5/5Genre: Horror/ParanormalType: EbookWorth?: MehHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked Loved FavoritedWant to thank Netgalley and publishers for giving me the chance to read this book. I won't lie, I was expecting more from this book. In the entirety it gave basic. It gave been there, done that just in a different country. I agree that the characters were cut and dry. Nothing in this story added flavor. Well, let me back up. I did like the beginning a lot, which is why it is a 2 instead of a 1. The only horror was in the beginning. Everything else was just... something you have seen a million times. Not only that Leopoldo writing on women's struggles while making the mother the most basic man-written female just... pisses me off. You took a single mom BLAME ALL ON HERSELF while letting the DEAD BEAT ASS father just... go. Nahh...
Rating: 2.3 leaves out of 5Characters: 2.5/5 Cover: 2.5/5Story: 2/5Writing: 4/5Horror: .5/5Genre: HorrorType: AudiobookWorth?: MehHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked LovedWhat a lackluster story. Honestly don't know what people are raving about. Armfield kept everything as bleak as brown water. The relationship between the two women were the only think worth remembering when it came to the book. Nothing was well explained. You had maybe ONE moment where you went ‘OH'. But when Miri meets up with the sister who knows what is going on do we get to hear it? No... we are literally left in the dark. Also the ending? I don't even know. This was lazy writing at best trying to be like ‘art'. Like Leah, somethings are better at the bottom of the ocean.
Rating: 1.90 leaves out of 5-Characters: 2/5 -Cover: 4/5-Story: .5/5-Writing: 1/5Genre: Mystery, Contemporary, Thriller, Suspense, Horror, Paranormal-Contemporary: 2/5-Mystery: 2/5-Suspense: 1/5-Thriller: 2/5-Horror: 1.5/5-Paranormal: 3/5Type: AudiobookWorth?: EhHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked Really Liked LovedI have no idea what the point of this story. The synopsis on the book sounded REALLY intriguing but besides for maybe the beginning it really got no where. Nothing about 95% of this book has to deal with whatever was written in that synopsis. Also the ending was so... now that I am typing this out this doesn't even deserve 2 stars.
Rating: 3.75 leaves out of 5Characters: 4/5 Cover: 3/5Story: 3.5/5Writing: 4.5/5Genre: Horror/Mystery/ParanormalType: AudiobookWorth?: YesHated Disliked It Was Okay Liked Loved FavoritedWant to thank Netgalley and publishers for giving me the chance to listen to this book. What a book. If you want a fast pace book with a twist then this is the book for you. There were some things I questioned about, like the house, Vera's friend, and her father. I felt like those were trails that just ended up no where. The story itself was really good but I would have liked it to be a bit longer and to have something more in depth. The concept was nice and I did enjoy it as a whole. I just thing there were some loose ends she didn't really tie up.
Rating: 2.13 leaves out of 5
Characters: 2/5
Cover: 5/5
Story: 0.5/5
Writing: 1/5
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: Yeah
Want to thank Netgalley and publishers for giving me the chance to listen to this book. What a disappoint. The beginning was creepy and sucked you in. If the whole book was just the mother's view I would have rated it higher. I feel bad for even comparing it to The Craft. Actually this book sucked so hard you could say it was like the sequel. Both were utter trash. It started out so strong and fizzled into a shit pile, and that is putting it nicely.
I know I rated it a 2.13 but I am rounding down to a 1. The cover is gorgeous but the story is utter trash and it doesn't deserve even a 2.
**SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT DOWN**
Ivy, which I hate to share a name with, is a self-centered brat. She is a good reason why having a kid sounds horrible. Ivy is a brat who thinks of herself over others. Instead of letting her mother explained she ended up just being a grade A Bitch about EVERYTHING. Even till the end when she shared the same guilt as her mom. I get the whole wanting your mom to feel proud of you and the like but at the end of the day if you can't even admit to her being right to a certain degree you are a child and should be treated as such.
And this is why I don't do YA's because 9/10 the main character is Mary Sue/ Gary Stu.
Rating: 4.63 leaves out of 5-Characters: 4/5 -Cover: 5/5-Story: 4/5-Writing: 5/5Genre: Fantasy, Magical Realism, Urban Fantasy, YA-Fantasy: 5/5-Magical Realism: 5/5-Urban Fantasy: 4/5-YA: 5/5Type: EbookWorth?: YesHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked Really Liked LovedWant to thank Netgalley and publishers for giving me the chance to read this book.For only reading the 1st, 8th, and now 9th book in this series I really do love it. Seanan does a great job at woving dark ribbon into a white cloth. She takes you to these places and somehow you leave a bit of yourself there.This book is a continuation from book 8 and I was so happy that it was. Wouldn't like if it didn't have me feeling a little bit sad but it was nothing compared to how in awe I was while reading. I don't know if it was super quick or I just got lost in it.
Rating: 2.63 leaves out of 5-Characters: 2.5/5 -Cover: 4/5-Story: 2/5-Writing: 2/5Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Paranormal, Feminism-Fantasy: 4/5-Horror: 1/5-Paranormal: 3/5-Feminism: 2.5/5Type: AudiobookWorth?: MehHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked LovedAnother booktok book bites the dust. Honestly, the story could have been better if it were longer and things were fleshed out. It could have made up for how unlikeable the MC was. I would have loved more about the entity (I don't want to spoil) and what it did and would do. I just wanted more and I didn't get that.The horror was only at the beginning, honestly. Perfect scene. I know V took inspo from The Craft but I think it slightly missed the mark.
Rating: 4.4 leaves out of 5Characters: 4/5 Cover: 4.5/5Story: 4.96/5Writing: 4/5Genre: Horror/Thriller/SciFiType: AudiobookWorth?: YesHated Disliked It Was Okay Liked Really Liked Loved FavoritedWhen I tell you I almost DNFed this book. I had have decided to give all books at least 100 pages before I choose to close it. The first bit made no sense as to why it should be there. It kinda got political, which... it didn't need to be. It really didn't add to the story at all. Same with most of the back story we got for Thiago. 95% of what was given wasn't used or needed. We got maybe one or two very non detailed bits from it, which should have been detailed. Some of the Spanish used in the book wasn't translated... so I will just... pretend that I knew. Lol I mean I knew a word or two but that's about it. Other than those minor details, wow... what a freaking good horror book! There are some things I wished were explained better and Gus does lead you thinking it has to deal with Itza when it is really... something else? A demon thing? I know that towards the end his father says something about this thing that jumps from generation to generation... though why him and not his other children? Though, maybe it did and it never said. I am not sure.I had a good time being scared at night in my own home, especially with an Alexa behind me!
Rating: 2.91 leaves out of 5-Characters: 2/5 -Cover: 5/5-Story: 2.5/5-Writing: 3/5Genre: Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Thriller, Fantasy, YA, Contemporary-Horror: 1.5/5-Mystery: 0.5/5-Paranormal: 5/5-Thriller: 1.5/5-Fantasy: 4/5-YA: 5/5-Contemporary: 2/5Type: EbookWorth?: NoHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked LovedI was expecting a bit more? I don't it just made my eyes roll a lot of the time. It is your typical YA novel of teens being dumb because even if you make good grades you are just too stupid to make good decisions. I know how teens can be and I know that YA makes them look dumber than they are. Max? Typical douche bag with no spine but LOW AND BEHOLD you know it wouldn't be a YA without you forgiving EVERY BAD TOXIC THING that someone does and TEE HEE they date. If they had stayed as friends it would have probably been a lot different of a rating. I am so over this bullshit and DIANA... jfc woman. BOYS WILL BE SILLY DUMB BOYS, yeah?
Rating: 3.14 leaves out of 5-Characters: 4/5 -Cover: 3/5-Story: 3.5/5-Writing: 5/5Genre: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy-Fantasy: 3/5-Horror: 1.5/5-Thriller: 2/5Type: EbookWorth?: KindaHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked LovedThis was such an ODD as hell book. Think of Sharknado kind of weird. It isn't bad but it isn't the greatest either. I can say that I was pulled in because I wanted to see where the madness went. It is worth the read at least once!
Rating: 2.5 leaves out of 5
Characters: 3/5
Cover: 1.5/5
Story: 3/5
Writing: 2.5/5
Genre: Horror/Gothic
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: For my taste? No, but for others? Maybe.
TW: Miscarriage
Want to thank Netgalley and publishers for giving me the chance to listen to this book. I want to start off with the same thing I have told a numerous amount of publishers and authors. Have a better chapter system for the audiobook please.
With that out of the way this whole book screamed gothic. If you like Frankenstein and the like you will adore this. I don't care for how it was told but I do see how it did well for the setting of the story. Another thing that got me was I always kept thinking it was in the 1800s or such, but there had been small things to bring me back like cell phones. Lol.
It was cringe to listen to her love a man basically twice her age. Like, love who you want to love but I just couldn't get into her mindset. With that the book was good but it was a dull black instead of a vibrant, if you get what I am saying. Other than that the ending was spooktacular.
Rating: 4.5 leaves out of 5
Characters: 4/5
Cover: 5/5
Story: 4.5/5
Writing: 4.5/5
Genre: Fantasy/Contemporary/Magical Realism
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: Yes!
I will happily admit that the cover is what got me to read this book though the synopsis did intrigue me.
FROM THIS POINT ON IS SPOILERS
Nora is afraid to LIVE. She had wanted to become many things and ended up being alone and depressed and sad. She let fear take over her and all that she dreamed to be has been left behind. When I began to read the book what I feared most was that Nora would be mostly complaining, annoyingly, about EVERYTHING. She does complain but it was... in a way that it went well with the book. As the story progressed I loved how she gets to live the lives she wanted to see where those lives headed and in the end... well the end was beautiful. I don't know what she did after coming back to her original life but I sure hope it was something great!
Rating: 4.6 leaves out of 5Characters: 4.5/5 Cover: 4.5/5Story: 5/5Writing: 5/5Horror: 3.75/5Genre: Horror/Fantasy/ScifiType: AudiobookWorth?: Yes!Hated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked LovedIf you would have told me I would love a Big Foot horror story I would have thought you were crazy but wow this book. The audiobook felt kind of like a podcast. Then there is Kate who I started out hating and ended up loving. The whole book was a ride! I kind of wish there was a book two but the way it ended was perfect!
Rating: 4.3 leaves out of 5
Characters: 4/5
Cover: 3/5
Story: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Genre: Historical Fiction/Fantasy/Romance
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: Yes!
I was desperately looking for an audiobook for my road trip because I have bad anxiety and audiobooks help a great deal. So when Tiktok kept showing me this book I decided to give it a go and boy did it not disappoint.
For a 6 1/2 hour drive there and back I listened to it with my husband, who by the way doesn't like these types of books, and we both were in love. The scenery from the book went so well with what we were seeing. Addie, Luc, even Henry, but also Remy were fantastic characters. Addie's determination was so witty and inspiring. She was a woman who wanted to live life and not have to settle for some man. I get that. Luc is the dark and mysterious god who is also cruel and a jerk... a lot. Though I couldn't help but fall for him a bit. Then you have sad sad Henry. He just made me depressed but sometimes he had me cheering for him. A lot of people said he was boring but HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. He literally made a deal with Luc because he never felt good enough. so to say that he was boring... was the actual point of him.
The only problem I had with the book was the ending. The open ending when she could have written another book or a few more chapters to let us know where she went after Luc was done with her or if he ever was. To me it was lazy.
I would recommend the book to people who look on the outside of the box as well as inside and in between.
Rating: 4 leaves out of 5
Characters: 4/5
Cover: 4/5
Story: 4/5
Writing: 4/5
Genre: Horror/Short Story
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: Yes!
For such a such a short story I really enjoyed it. Nick captured the atmosphere while driving it home. The evil in this is done well. I believe how he wrote the teacher is something all of us, most of us, could relate too. I think that was my favorite part about this read. It is well worth the read. Very short. As an audio it is only a 56 minute read!
Rating: 3 leaves out of 5
Characters: 2/5
Cover: 3/5
Story: 2.5/5
Writing: 4.5/5
Genre: Horror/Occult
Type: Audio
Worth?: Sure
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The writing was fine, it was the story and the characters that were utter crap. Instead of going really into depth about the witches they just... dealt the overplayed cliché card and it was stupid. It was very much YA and the prophet was all kinds of triggering. The prophet ruined 50% of the book. It was utterly disgusting. Instead of dealing with the pedo murderous prophet she just let them be. Those damn witches had every freaking right to be pissed and Immi was just like NAH their anger isn't justified. Like all those poor girls' suffering was just nothing to care about and I get that things needed to change, which is fine, but the ending was utter trash.
Rating: 3.64 leaves out of 5-Characters: 3.75/5 -Cover: 3.75/5-Story: 3.5/5-Writing: 5/5Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Paranormal, Scifi, Mystery, Supernatural, Thriller-Horror: 2.5/5-Fantasy: 2.5/5-Paranormal: 3/5-Scifi: 4/5-Mystery: 4/5-Supernatural: 4/5-Thriller: 4/5Type: EbookWorth?: YesHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked LovedI haven't watched the movie in YEARS but I remember really loving it. When I heard it was a book I had really wanted to read it but nothing made me move to do so until I heard the will probably be a remake! So glad I did though.I forgot about a couple parts and it hit me like it did the first time. Honestly it wasn't full on scary, but if you imagined yourself in that scenario it is chilling.
Rating: 3.9 leaves out of 5Characters: 4/5 Cover (+art): 4.5/5Story: 5/5Writing: 5/5Horror: 1.5/5Genre: Fantasy/Horror/ShonenType: MangaWorth?: YesHated Disliked It Was Okay Liked LovedI wasn't going to ever pick this up but someone in my book club did and I just decided to give it a go. Glad I did! I loved it and it was so damn sad. DX. Can't wait to read more though!I know it has a tag for horror but unless you creep easily by monsters... then I wouldn't really call it that.
Rating: 4.3 leaves out of 5
Characters: 5/5
Cover: 3/5
Story: 4.5/5
Writing: 4.5/5
Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Fiction
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: Yes!
If you like the edge of your seat kind stories I believe this one may be for you. The thrill of who died and who done it had me continuing the story eagerly. I really did like the characters this author decided to bring forth to the forefront. Miranda, Katie, Emma, Doug, and Heather.
Miranda: A snot nose rich evil brat. That is the best that I could describe her.
Katie: Girl in Miranda's shadow. I was listening to the audio so at first, I wasn't sure what kind of person Katie was. I thought she was badass single lady who needed no man... I was kinda wrong about that. Lol.
Emma: An annoying wanna-be. Dear lord, I just wanted to punt her back into her mother's womb.
Doug: I want that man. That is all. All kinds of manly, mysterious, and troubled past.
Heather: She is an ANGEL. She had a sad past but she wooo I want her too. Doug, her, and I.
There are more in the group that doesn't get their own voice. Mark, Julien, Nick, Bo, Samira, and Giles. To be honest it was a lot of people to keep track of. It took me more almost halfway into the book to figure out who was who.
Mark: Emma's boyfriend. Man has his own problems and not in a good way.
Julien: Rich narcissistic prick. He is literally the dumb male version of Miranda. Also Miranda's husband.
Nick: I didn't think he was really problematic. He is gay and dating Bo, who is also unproblematic. Those two were really kind of fresh air in this whole thing.
Samira: Once a wild child, she is now settled with Giles and they have a kid together.
Giles: We know so little of this guy. 1. He is Samira's husband and baby daddy. 2. His past job. (All I can say since it will be a spoiler.) That is literally it.
The only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars is because of all the characters. I love Nick and Bo, but they really didn't have a place in the story except for... maybe a couple of things? They were there for a bit of back story, but honestly too many characters crowd a story.
To be honest, I wish there was more going on with Doug and Heather... they seem pretty cute together.
Rating: 3.88 leaves out of 5-Characters: 3/5 -Cover: 4/5-Story: 4/5-Writing: 5/5Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal-Horror: 2/5-Thriller: 4/5-Mystery: 5/5-Paranormal: 4/5Type: AudiobookWorth?: YesHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked LovedKept hearing this book was good and it really didn't disappoint me all that much. I did have a problem with Garret. He annoyed me 90% of the time. The horror part for me wasn't high. There were times I was a bit spooked but other than that I liked being on my toes though out. I really was going back and forth on some of the characters and their part in the story.
Rating: 3.41 leaves out of 5-Characters: 3.5/5 -Cover: 3.75/5-Story: 3/5-Writing: 5/5Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Gothic, HisFic-Fantasy: 4/5-Horror: 1/5-Gothic: 4/5-HisFic: 3/5Type: AudiobookWorth?: YesHated Disliked Meh It Was Okay Liked Really Liked LovedWant to thank Netgalley and publishers for giving me the chance to read this book.This books, in my opinion, was better than the first. The first one was based on The Fall of the House of Usher and the story isn't my fav to begin with and has been done SO MANY TIMES but this one was nice. I hadn't heard about the lores and myths before so I was more attentive. That being said thought the story was fine it wasn't great and Alex is just... a pain 60% of the time.