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The last book really killed me, everything was coming to an end and it was not looking up for these characters. To watch each of their individual struggles and inner battles really had me feeling for them!!
The major loss that the MC felt was just absolutely heart breaking. The ending was such a bittersweet thing for me, because it felt so sad yet like things were finally peaceful.
I loved this series so so much!
I really enjoyed the first book of the Soulkind series. The magic system was very interesting to follow and learn about, and I enjoy the main character quite a bit.
Wow, this book took me absolutely forever to read but it was really worth it!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Tolkien is a master at his story telling, and I really enjoyed how it was written as if the story was being actually told to you by him. I loved the characters, and really loved watching Bilbo grow as a character and into his more Tookish side!
Although I would have liked a little more lore in this book. Maybe that was deliberate, and there will be more world lore in the Lotr series. Another thing that I was slightly disappointed in was how fast the ending was. The battle sequence was very vague to me, and felt like a second hand account rather than if it was told through Bilbo's point of view. It honestly took a while for the fact Thorin had died to settle in. I had to reread the paragraph over and over to really let it hit me.
That being said I still think that Tolkien did a wonderful job at making a character's actions come back around in the end.
Really loved this book, and I can't wait to continue!
This book is honestly such a gift. It teaches some of the best lessons in such a simple and easy way.
I kept thinking when I read this book, wow was it this easy to learn these things? Mackesy does such an amazing job breaking it down, and giving it a child like wonder as well. I wish I had this book back when I was younger!
This book was such a great finale.
I have such a love for this series now it's unbelievable. The epilogue was just crazy, I would have NEVER guessed that Magpie was Eevie, although at first it seemed a little sloppy to put it at the end like that, I ended up kind of enjoying that very open ended "not everyone is happy" sort of thing. I would absolutely adore to see a side series about Eevie and Max, I think it would be interesting to see the aftermath of Nova and Adrian's society.
Supernova took me on an emotional ride, but now that it's over I really want to start all over again just to go through it all one more time.
I thought this was a wonderful concluding book to Percy's story. In ended in a way that closed his story but left enough string to open up more. This book did not end how I thought it was going to end, and that surprised me but I am nowhere mad at how Riordan chose to do so. I actually loved the ending, and thought it was unique.
I enjoyed seeing much more of Nico in this book than the last one, and seeing Percy grow into a more mature person. At first I was slightly skeptical because it seemed that he just kept making the wrong decisions in the last couple books but I thought he really stepped up in this last one to become the hero that his world needed. I also was very happy that he and Annabeth finally worked it out, and got together. Percy's tendency to just let girls confess their feelings and then leave then hanging was getting under my skin, and although I knew he had a lot of his plate it seemed like he had at least one chance to say Yes or No. But towards the second half of the book I could see he was finally working his own feelings out, and I was happy he did so.
I did not see Rachel's ending coming, but I am interested to see where the author takes this.
Gorgeous, face paced scifi! I enjoyed every minute of this book, and cannot wait for the second one.
This book was very enjoyable. I loved this sci-fi take on Cinderella!
Personally, all of the “twists” that came in this book were easy for me to guess and it took me a little while to actually get into the book. But, overall this book is definitely one that I want to add to my collection.
Cinder's character was likable, and very different from the standard Cinderella character. I was thoroughly sold one her and Kai's character by themselves, but I'm curious to see where their relationship goes because I wasn't sold on them as love interests just yet.
I have to say, despite not really seeing much of Peony's character I was devastated with her death. I was hoping there was a chance that she would end up living!
Archenemies was, in my opinion, the perfect second book to the Renegades series and it sets up perfectly for the last book.
The first half of this book for me was very slow, it felt like quite a lot of day to day sort of stuff and not a lot of action. Although, the second half of the book really took me away and I could not stop reading! Around the time Adrian came back as the Sentinel, and caught Frostbite's team torturing Hawthorn things started to pick up, on top of that we finally see some feelings confirmation between Adrian and Nova. I just absolutely adored the scene when they go into the mural room together and she falls asleep for the first time in years because she feels so safe, and then when he tells her that he likes her at the dance I was sure that Nova was going to evade the question but in the end she didn't.
I have to say that the ending of the book really put me through the wringer. I had so many mixed emotions that I don't know how I'm going to survive the week without continuing on with this series.
Although loosing your powers would be awful, I was kind of revealed that Frostbite and her team (for the most part) got their powers taken away. But when that pike went through Max I almost screamed. I kept telling myself that there is no way that anyone could kill Max off, and I am just hoping so badly that he lives. Maybe this experience, like Nova was talking about earlier on in the book, will show that they need more non-prodigy people in the work force in society is to function correctly!The whole catacombs scene really had me going. I didn't think Adrian would have shown his identity to Ruby, Oscar, and Danna, but he did and I was so happy that he did. The fact that they gave the Sentinel credit for Ace's capture but kept his identity secret made my heart leap. Although I should have seen this coming, I was infuriated when Ace was so ready, if Adrian wasn't so dense, to sell Nova out. I had a little hope that maybe he had a good spot for her, but I guess he really is just a villain. I'm not sure what Nova is going to do now that she told Adrian she'd help him kill Nightmare, she has dug herself an even deeper grave.
Personally I really enjoyed this book. Lately, I have be wanting more morally grey characters rather than good guys, and this book sure delivered on that aspect.
I also loved the romance between the main characters. The fact that for almost all of the book they weren't actually romantic (traditionally) was a bit refreshing to watch play out, because they became ‘best friends' and then told each other they were in love.
I did not see that ending twist coming and for that I applaud it, but I found it almost underwhelming and also leaving me wondering if ANYONE could have guessed it because there were not hints at all.
Although there were a couple things I thought were lacking in the book, maybe it was the writing, but I'm not 100% what was missing from this book. That is why I would give it 4 stars, but this book was a great standalone overall!
Amazing world building and lore, but the characters were not as fleshed out as they could be and the plot was very convoluted (there was just too much going on to quickly).
This book was such a gorgeous book. The building of the world was so intriguing from the very first page, and I felt that this world was very well fleshed out.
I loved this book! It was definitely a change of pace from what I have been reading.
I adored that all of the characters were in such a grey area morally. From Adrian being the Sentinel, to Nova slowly realizing that there may be more than one angle to the stories she's heard. Adrian's dilemma of wanting to become a true hero with his new powers and the alter ego of The Sentinel, but then hurting not only Danna but the council reputation was really interesting to watch. The whole time I was hoping that maybe Nova would start to decide what she wanted for herself rather than let one side or the other decide for her, and although I didn't get that per-say, I enjoyed watching her start to uncover truths that she never knew of. For example when Dread Warden hinted at the possibility of Ace being alive, and then in the end it seems that he really wasn't dead made my jaw drop! I was expecting more from the Council, and yet they decided to lie to everyone and say that Ace was gone for good. That was not the only time the Council proved to not be the best of people, when Hugh basically said that "We're making a antidote to take any none renegade prodigy powers away" I was furious with him!
I think Meyer did a great job with her characters, and big reveals. At first things did move a little slowly, but I ended up getting past that and just zooming through this book. I can not wait to read the second book!
Percy: Protecting his friends and loving life (kind of)
Me: Ok, off to a good start.
Percy: Is a jerk
Me: deep inhale Ok, it's fine. Remember he's only 13.
Percy: Once again lowers my opinion of him
Me: Puts down the book I just- I can't with him right now.
Percy: Is once again the Percy I love
Me: Fine, I forgive you (not really but I still love you).
I did not like this book as much as Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief. Although the book itself read very quickly, the plot just seemed to drag on for a longer amount of time than the first book did. I think it functioned more as the book that sets up the rest of the books, and although it did accomplish that it was just not exactly what I was wanting from it.
Percy really got under my skin almost this whole book, and I kept trying to tell myself that he's a thirteen year old boy with the fate of Olympus in his hands, but I still found myself throwing the book quite often. The way he treated Tyson after he found out that they were brothers irked me the whole book. One moment he was saying that Tyson was one of his best friends to treating him like he was a complete nuisances, and he was constantly saying how they're not really brothers. Often throughout the book he was so much more hesitant that the first book. Hermes was giving him the opportunity to go retrieve the fleece and save camp half blood, but he was like "oh I don't know the entire time".
What really saved this book for me was definitely the development of the relationship between Percy & Annabeth, and Tyson & Percy. I enjoyed seeing them all grow closer one on one, and also as a group. Overall I am pumped to read the third book.
Simple, easy read. Very enjoyable, and I loved Percy's attitude towards the Gods. I mean it really did seem like he had a death wish but it was hilarious to read.
This book has been one of my favorite books.
I had listened to this one on audio book, and it was so chilling. I really enjoy the magical realism, but I find books in those genres hard to find and Bone Gap hit all the boxes for me.
Through out the whole book you are constant lead to have this feeling that something is wrong, and that this town is hiding some things. The story revolves around two brothers, Finn and Sean, the main character being Finn. After Roza, a girl who came to live with them after she escaped for her professor who turned out to be a creepy old kidnapper , gets kidnapped everyone in the town seems to avoid her as a topic as much as they can. The town's people say that she just left, but Finn knows what actually happened to her.
The whole book revolves around Finn, and him trying to find Roza. I loved watching him and his brothers relationship grow to become better people towards each other. His brother started out as such a closed off person, and a person who held so much silent resentment. To be honest I really hated his brother, as a character, until much later on in the book. No matter what Finn had said, or did, he was just blaming it all on his condition. But as the book goes on we slowly get to see how much these brothers are hurting over their parents, and then Roza's disappearance. Roza's chapters were probably the hardest chapters for me to get through, but I absolutely loved her as a character. She had gone through so much in her life, from her time in Poland to running to American thinking life would be better only to find out that things were exactly the same here. When "Death" came for her to take her to the gaps she knew she had to get out of there as soon as she could. She was constantly fighting for her freedom, and a place where she was respected throughout this entire book I really enjoyed watching her continue to be strong. I did enjoy the idea of "The Gaps". I thought it was an interesting idea to take the places your eyes can't quite catch and give it some magic. Although I did enjoy this part of the world, I felt it was lacking in how much was known about them in the book. Nothing was really explained about the gaps, and yet somehow Finn knew how to get into them? That part didn't make the most sense to me.
Overall this book was one of my favorites, and I have been really looking forward to re-reading it at some point. Would definitely recommend this book to those who enjoy the genre of magical realism!
I feel like there aren't a whole lot a books in a person's life where they can say. Yes, this was a true masterpiece with no flaws. Well, this book was one of them.
This book was a straight up masterpiece that left me staring at the ceiling for an hour and a half thinking about life.
Backman's writing style, how he connect each character to one another AND the stories the grandmother was telling, was such an amazing thing to read. And the characters were also we'll developed. It was a treat to read.
To be blunt I didn't like any of it besides Cinder & Thorne's chapters.
I hated the romance so much. I want so badly for the next book to be better.
I would give this a 4-4.5. I came into this book knowing that it was a middle grade, and didn't expect what I got.
At first everything was moving extremely fast, but not in a natural sort of way and because of that I thought I wasn't going to enjoy the rest of it. About a third the way through though things began to slow down and there were a ton of layers to the story. I blasted through it after that and really enjoyed it.