Sean

I had really high hopes for this one based on how much I enjoyed The Midnight Library. I'm not sure if it was just that I wasn't in the right mood for this kind of book, but it felt like it really dragged on. The idea of the story was interesting, but I just kept feeling like the story itself wasn't really going anywhere. I didn't hate it, but I definitely didn't enjoy it as much as I did The Midnight Library.

This one was recommended to me by a student. It's definitely a YA Romantasy novel, but it held my interest. There are some unique narration style choices, and the narrator uses a lot of hyperbolic (and other figurative) language. It's the first in a series, and I plan on reading the rest soon.

This is an earlier book by Dan Frey (author of Dreambound). I read it after loving Dreambound as much as I did. It uses the same unique story-telling method, but it's pretty clear that he got better at that narrative style by the time he wrote Dreambound. This one started to drag on about halfway through, and I found myself getting bored reading all of the different text messages and email exchanges only to have the plot barely move forward at all. The story was still interesting though, so I'm not mad I read it.

This is another novella by the same author as the author of the Wayward Children series (Seanan McGuire), but she used the pen name Deborah A. Baker. I didn't enjoy this one nearly as much as I love the Wayward Children books, but it wasn't horrible. I may eventually read the rest in the series, but probably not until I get through my already long list of “to-read” books.

Great book! Read it along with one of my cross country athletes, and I just hope she gains even half as much out of it as I did.