Kari

Scarlett is annoying. Everyone else is fine. And now that I know who Vivian married I think I can stop reading this series.

This was fine. Nothing shocking to see here.

Quiet and reflective, but almost too short for me to get really invested.

This was a good refresher before starting the next book, but told from a different perspective. Maybe every series should have this!

A mostly sweet story about coming out and falling in love for the first time. I've always loved the selkie stories and this was perfect for middle grades.

It took me a long time to get in to this and even then it wasn't all that engaging for me.

There were some slow parts, some parts that I didn't think we needed to read, but it was tense and fun at the same time. I really wanted to try all the drinks Morgan made. It made me wish Roberts did the “recipes at the end of the book” type of book!

Strong debut! There were a few things I found odd, but I was really into the story. I couldn't wait to see where everything was going.

I loved this so much! I so enjoyed this little world that Lee Miye created. It was so rich and imaginative. I'm excited for the next book to be translated!

I went all over the place reading this. Honestly didn't know where it was going and didn't expect where it went. Not for the squeamish, but it hit all the creepy buttons for me.

There were many things I enjoyed about this, but I'm not sure I care enough to read the next book. I liked the characters, wasn't surprised with the outcome of the butterfly poison, but I think maybe I wasn't in the mood for magic and medieval times.

I'm powering through despite not loving this series anymore. I do love the characters that have been collected along the way, and Milo might be my favorite, but otherwise the mysteries start out intriguing and then the reveal is just out of left field.

I know I said I liked that we went back in time, but I didn't know we were going to go back to this time! This was so sad!!

Usually I'm not interested in the side stories that are going on, but this time I wished the side story with Amelia and Nick was the central story. I get why it wasn't, but I was fully invested in it. The main story was fine, but all the things that usually irritate me were still there, so there's that.

This was just meh for me. I didn't feel like Cecily or Jeffrey were totally fleshed out and the whole thing was just a little boring to me.

Another point in the “I should read more Viet authors” column. I enjoyed everything about this. The slow burn, the uncertainty of what exactly was happening, the relationships between Jade and her family members. The only thing that kept from being 5 stars was Florence. She never grew on me. The Ghost Bride bonus chapter was probably my favorite part of the book.

I think it annoyed me too much that Mel thought she was so important to everyone that she put off talking to Joe throughout the entire book. I think it was supposed to be funny that everyone else figured her out before she did or even Joe, but I just found it unbelievable and it took away from the mystery.

Rip off plot and two incredibly ridiculous characters and absurd “twists“.

This would be four stars if Ffion wasn't in it.

The murder mystery was good but I just finished another book where the female detective is a mess and goes against orders so I was a little over that trope.

I should have dnf'd this. I hated this. It took me three months to finish. It wasn't what I thought it would be, the ending was crap and I disliked everyone. The story was all over the place and I'm just angry I read this.

I've always loved King's short stories more than his novels and this was no exception. Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream was by far my favorite, but there wasn't a bad tale in all of it.

Nancy is still as entertaining as she was when I was a kid! Obviously dated in places, but still so fun!

It's wild to me that after 58 books only 2 years has passed in the timeline. I guess it's not unbelievable. They usually solve the murder in a couple of days and that works out to be a murder every two weeks, I think? Anyhoo. This was good and a little sad, but I do wish the story would focus more on the supporting characters and less on Eve and Roarke

Best friends forever!