Review: Godsgrave

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well I didn’t see that coming. I’ve got thoughts though, which I’ll expand upon later.

Okay, so thoughts, here goes, review with spoilers:

I'll say straight off that the strength of this book lays in the narration and the narrator, unreliable as he may be. It's funny because most of the joy I get from other books comes from the characters, and identifying with the characters and what they're experiencing, thereby inserting myself into the story and having it become more of an immersive experience. I don't get that here. I don't identify with anyone (except maybe Mr. Kindly? Ha), but I have so much freaking fun reading about them that I kind of don't care. It's also one of those rare books where I don't really care who lives and who dies....which I suppose is a good thing, because there's like loads of death here. Normally I get so wrapped up in things that I'm crushed if anything happens to a favorite character (I guess the tween in me never died) but I can still entertain myself even when someone croaks (as Tric did in book 1). That's not to say that characterization here is weak, or that it's so strong in other books....it's just different, and that's good, because I think the strength of the Nevernight Chronicles is that they're different.

Anyway, I digress...

Review: Go Hex Yourself

Go Hex Yourself by Jessica Clare
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: The Witch's Heart

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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I Love to Hate It: The Joys of a Hate Read

 

And #1 on the Hate Read list goes to......

I'm not a glutton for punishment, I swear.  I take great pleasure from reading - it's my literal escape (see what I did there?) so it doesn't make much sense that I'd devote time to reading things I don't enjoy.  I'm an adult now, so I'm not obligated to read anything I don't want.  I DNF books on Kindle Unlimited with abandon; if I have the misfortune to purchase a physical book that just isn't doing it for me, I usually don't bother to return, but I will donate.  I am never, ever, EVER going to read the Great Gatsby again.  Ever.

Review: The Unseelie King

The Unseelie King by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Note - I'll be reviewing the entire series here, just because I'm lazy.

I'll start out by saying that I'm not one for dark romance. I believe I've abandoned every single one I've tried within pages (that terrible JT Geissinger one, previously reviewed, immediately comes to mind). I knew this what categorized as a dark romance, but fae books are a special kind of catnip for me (I'll be the first to admit I have a pointy ear fetish - elves, fae, vulcans, whatever), so that drew me in.

After finishing all four books (plowed through the first 3, slogged through the last one) I'm not sure I would lump this in with those toxic-bf mafia crapfests I've had the misfortune to stumble upon in the past. Yes, the MMC is an asshole, yes there's dubcon, but to be perfectly frank there was a lightheartedness to this entire series that I definitely wouldn't put this in a dark romance category. I can't believe I'm saying that a book where the MMC literally chains up the FMC is lighthearted, but yeah, here I am.