Reham
son. of. a. bitch.
these words are obviously not enough to describe the rollercoaster of emotions I had to go through whilst reading but dear god. this was so so good, it hurt so good as well. my feelings have been a bit off about shae throughout but by the end i realized that they all have lost something, have sacrificed way more than they should have. its true shae's assumption of hilo being too haughty or always resorting to violence will piss me off but i also understand her as a human who wanted to be her own person. it's true that if she had joined the clan as soon as she came back, Lan could have been alive or better yet, things wouldnt have been so bad. i hate that hilo is so misunderstood, that no one appreciates his love and devotion to the family, to always protect them at what ever cost. but i love them all the same. though hilo is my favorite.
PS. fucking bero wont drop dead would he. like i dont want even ayt madashi to die as much as i want bero to do so
cant wait to see what happens next. but also terrified.
It felt like i'm reading a journal entry of both Connel and Marianne. It was very...strange read. I didnt get the ending, in fact i didnt like it and i felt like i wasted my entire day.
I very much understood marianne's pain when connel says that he is inlove with helen. I felt like sobbing with her, but i also feel like the story implies that whole phrase “right person wrong time” and it feels very frustrating that this is the case with them every single time. Like for once let them be content consistently without one having to up and leave.
this was my first Penelope Douglas book and safe to say, it was shit. The plot was just as horrible as the characters. What was worst that the only reason misha changed his name and became such an asshole was because he wanted to get the watch back. Other than that, he is such a jerk to the fmc and she still chooses to be with him is what pissed me off. He was downright mean, like really really mean. This is not dark romance, this is toxicity.
went into it completely blind and had absolutely zero emotions whilst reading it. it didn't effect my being, i am still the same person i was before i read this. fantasy is a a genre i rarely like, there are very few i have come to love and the funny thing is, the books i absolutely hold dear to my heart are fantasy. i am glad that this book did not have elf ears or tails, but it was just not my cup of tea. i really wanted to like it at the least, if not love, but it was just so mundane and so boring, that i felt like i am falling under a slump.
it could be possible that it was not the best choice to pick this up right after the count of monte cristo
one thing i loved about this book is ophelia, and that was it.
i am sorry am I supposed to feel sympathetic toward an asshole who doesnt understand the necessity of personal life and professional life, or that he doesnt care to realize the mental physical stress his employees are going through, who thinks just because he is rich as fuck so he gets to have the right to be pretentious asshole and a douchebag, just because his family was killed, he doesnt have the ability understand emotions so he tortures others because of it, or that he took care of the female mc's allergy behind her back because i am sorry i think i have grown into the person who can differentiate between toxicity and what's healthy. maybe my 15 year old self would have enjoyed this.
the smut sucked too. no romance, no sex, no chemistry. ugh
i am unable to comprehend people who hold this book to their chest and tear up describing how its their favorite book. the writing style was hectic but it also was boring af
i really really tried to read this fully with complete attention and enthusiasm but i failed. It was not that it was awful or boring, in fact it was a nice read but it just didnt have what it would take to keep my attention.
DNF at 52%
the only reason i suppose this book is my favorite is because i fell head over in love with josh im, even though he seems mediocre but so fucking hot. thats it.
i dont understand why the author found this plot okay, because the idea of forced marriage and forced relationship isnt appealing. i understand that there are many romance books with marriage of convenience etc trop but you actually feel them falling in love. in this, i felt as though the love is being pushed upon by everyone surrounding them.
there was no chemistry, not between the mc and her boyfriend or with boyfriend's boss. the story didn't make sense and the love interest was the most bland man I have ever come across
Coming back to review this book properly, i loved this book and the story. I loved how the issues were presented and how they were taken care of, i loved that if one was straying, the other was understanding. However, cheating is never forgivable. I loved that they understood it was not something that is a “mistake” and that the blame for cheating should be on the one who committed it. I appreciated colleen so much in this book.
I don't know how to review this. It was sad, poetic, tragic, beautiful and heart wrenching all at once. The stories, the way they were written and narrated, the characters, they were all...just what they were intended to be.
Throughout the whole book, I wished I knew what was real and what was fiction. I wondered after reading something sad that did the author himself go through this? Which parts were created, which were taken straight from his life. However, I did not cry despite how sad it was except for one line that triggered my tears. But I feel that I was already in my feels so the line just provoked my tear sockets.
I am glad I came across this and read it.
it's not the same as josh and hazel's guide to not dating, because nothing can beat josh im (duh) but it was fun to read this because this was one of those books for me where i was like huh doesnt seem like my kinda book but then it surprises me and makes me enjoy it. Although i dont like the miscommunication trope, or the lying, but it was really fun to read about their friendship and dynamics.
this was such an interesting read, learning more about korea and korean women, their struggles and how regardless of cultural differences, still suffer the same as other women around the planet.
4.5/5
my first slow burn romance, but also after rethinking, I don't think it deserved the five stars because let's face it, the age gap was not okay. the way oliver played with elio's feelings, gave him mixed signals and decided to finally “give in” only to leave and get married and also have children? idk about you but this is not a love story but an adult exploiting a child.
Initially rated it 4 but then reread it and nope. Just what the hell was this?
It almost felt like leigh bardugo wrote 592 pages to convince the darkling fans that hes evil. And yet, she simultaneously proved that ravka could only be saved by him to the point that it IS him who ends up saving it at the end. I wanted to feel happy reading this because i felt starving for more after the Grisha trilogy but i felt that it was better i didnt?
I love the grishaverse. I admire every character, but i will not ignore the characters' stupidity like alina's and the rest. Sorry for the rant.
This deserves less than 3 stars but half are for darkles and the other half for nikolai
The only reason this book has 4 stars is because of nikolai lantsov. Thats it. Its all for nikolai
2.5/5
Better than The Hating Game, but it still lacks quite a bit elements to it. The mc is a heart patient, but her twin brother is rude to her and says the most hurtful things to her that made my heart ache. There was little to no chemistry between the mc and her love interest. Everything felt too vague.