The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh My rating: 3 of 5 stars “She was a dangerous, dangerous girl. A plague. A Mountain of Adamant who tore the iron from ships, sinking them to their watery graves without a second thought. With a mere smile and a wrinkle of her nose.” I must warn you that these last weeks I've had the...
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo My rating: 3 of 5 stars “I missed you every hour. And you know what the worst part was? It caught me completely by surprise. I'd catch myself just walking around to find you, not for any reason, just out of habit, because I'd seen something that I wanted to tell you about or because I wanted...
The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones My rating: 4 of 5 stars “But were they truly victims? If they made a deal, knowing fully what they were trading for a wish--but then again, could a person ever truly know the consequences of giving away their heart?” This was a bit of an out-of-the-reading-slump book for me, I had read a painfully bad...
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen My rating: 1 of 5 stars How could a woman who looked so old still place so much importance on being attractive? (...) she saw now that there was something far worse than being ugly: being ugly and thinking you were beautiful. Honestly, at times I wondered if I was reading the same book as...
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern My rating: 5 of 5 stars “You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift.” I love this book...
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Daddy once told me there's a rage passed down to every black man from his ancestors, born the moment they couldn't stop the slave masters from hurting their families. Daddy also said there's nothing more dangerous than when that rage is activated.” All my life I've lived in a relatively...
