ARC Review: The Unbreakable Bladesong Druid ~ Annette Marie

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Format I Used: Digital ARC
Pages: 284
My Rating: 5 stars
Publication Date: September 23, 2022

 

 

 

Listen y'all. As per usual, this review will be rambly and have spoilers so

READ

WITH

CAUTION

I had so much anxiety while reading this book. So many things had happened in the last book and there were so many things that COULD be happening in this to tie everything up. Like, I was so incredibly nervous.

There was so much action and so many twists and turns, and my brain loved all of them (despite the fact that I was also super nervous.) I adored the cameos that we get from the other characters in the guild codex world, especially the ones that involve Kit because dude is still effortlessly hilarious.

And like, can we pleeeeaaase talk about character development? Because  Annette Marie knows how to grow her characters. I'm not even talking about Zak and Saber, although they both grow and learn a lot too... no man, I am talking about Rikr. I would love love love to get his story next. I don't know if that's actually ever going to happen, but hot dang, I would be so happy.

I have to say that I was unsure of the whole Saber being pregnant thing. It felt a little too cliche for me, especially since she is the one that seems least likely to want to be a parent considering all the issues she has with people and commitment... although maybe that's why. It's giving her anther reason to see how important it is to learn how to trust others and whatnot (IDK, I'm just not the biggest fan of the surprise pregnancy as a plot point and everyone who knows me knows that. Although it makes it a little better since it happened at the very end of their story.) 

There is also a bonus story you can read!

Love love loved getting to see all the characters together, but I really really wanted to see Zylas get to hold the baby. Like, he was so curious about them, and it literally would have melted my cold cold heart if he could have had a cute little moment with the babies.... you know, besides from literally helping save them.

That's it. That's all I have for now. But as I continue to process I will probably edit it to match.... And you know, when I do my re-read and notice things I didn't before.

And thank you to Annette Marie And Dark Owl Fantasy Inc for allowing me access to an ARC. All opinions expressed are my own.

100 Of The Most Popular YA Books Of The Past 5 Years

 Goodreads has a list of the Most Popular YA Books of the last 5 years, and today we're going to see which ones I've read. If you'd like to see the whole post on Goodreads, you can check it out here, otherwise read on!

BOLD = Books I've Read

Italicized  = Books On My TBR

RED = Books I DNFd

 

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera

Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

A Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson

The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Serpent And Dove by Shelby Mahurin

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Tower Of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

Kingdom Of The Wicked by Kerry Maniscalco

King Of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

A Curse So Dark And Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

Renegades by Marissa Meyer

One Of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

War Storm by Victoria Aveyard

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Fire Keeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Sorcery Of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

We Hunt The Flame by Hafsah Faizal

Dance Of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Chain Of Gold by Cassandra Clare

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Legendary by Stephanie Garber

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

Crave by Tracy Wolff

Queen Of Air And Darkness by Cassandra Clare

Warcross by Marie Lu

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen M. McManus

Fable by Adrienne Young

Thunder Head by Neal Shusterman

American Royals by Katharine McGee

Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

House Of Salt And Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

An Enchantment Of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Furyborn by Claire Legrand

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

The Book Of Dust by Philip Pullman

Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

Ace Of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide 

You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Girls Of Paper And Fire by Natasha Ngan

Reaper At The Gates by Sabaa Tahir

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Sky In The Deep by Adrienne Young

Aristotle And Dante Dive Into The Waters Of The World by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

The Fountains Of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

House Of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

All The Stars And Teeth by Adalyn Grace

Spin The Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

The Upside Of Falling by Alex Light 

Storm And Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

The Red Scrolls Of Magic by Cassandra Clare

Today, Tonight, Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Daughter Of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

Crier's War by Nina Varela

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren 

The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh

Muse Of Nightmares by Laini Taylor

Instructions For Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Everless by Sara Holland

I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver

A Very Large Expanse Of Sea by Tahereh Mafi 

Review: The Lost Elemental ~ Tessa Hale

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Format I Used: Ebook
Pages: 282
My Rating: 3 stars
Publication Date: July 20, 2022

Oh HI!

It's me, Kaitlynne.

I seem to be regressing back to the days when the only thing I wanted to read was RH books.

After some soul searching, I think I've figured out why.

Will I tell you? Absolutely not. I just thought you should know that I know why.

Moving on.

This was okay. It wasn't my favorite RH book that I've ever read, but it was pretty solid. A little predictable, but predictability is not a bad thing. It's comfortable. Atlas is my favorite!

It ended in a bit of a cliffhanger, so now I'm curious to see what's going to happen next, especially since things were starting to get a little crazy.

Did It Make Me Cry? No

Review: A Proposal They Can't Refuse ~ Natalie Cana

 

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Format I Used: Audiobook
Pages:336
Running Time: 8h:29m
My Rating: 3 stars
Publication Date: May 24, 2022

Iiiiiit was fiiiiiine. 

I mean, the idea of the Puerto Rican chef and the Irish American whuskey distiller was *chefs kiss* And it's a friends to enemies to lover book, which was also promising. It would have gotten more stars from me if not for the non communication and the disastrous mega bad blow up. I didn't much care for that. Like, at all.

But that's just my opinion, so definitely check it out for yourself.

Did It Make Me Cry? No.