I really can't say I was a fan of this, and I've enjoyed so many of Olivia's books -- Spoiler Alert was one of my favorite contemporary romances I've read the past few years -- but this one was not for me. A lot of the story was so fun, and we've got a balancing of three damaged people but it was tough for me to get on board with the main relationship in any real way. And I know this isn't fair at all, but "Professor Google" which appeared like four dozen times, really wasn't working for me - and why does Professor Google need to be male? It's hard to imagine google ever being as irrelevant, but imagine having a Dr Lykos in a book today, people would be like "what's a lykos". Professor Google made me cringe a little inside every time I saw it, and it …
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Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the …
fun adventure story
3 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed An Unexpected Peril by Deanna Raybourn
I would have liked to see it visit more varying locales, but solid, not my fave Speedwell book
3 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed At First Spite by Olivia Dade
Not the biggest fan of this one, even if I loved a lot of scenes in the book
3 stars
I really can't say I was a fan of this, and I've enjoyed so many of Olivia's books -- Spoiler Alert was one of my favorite contemporary romances I've read the past few years -- but this one was not for me. A lot of the story was so fun, and we've got a balancing of three damaged people but it was tough for me to get on board with the main relationship in any real way. And I know this isn't fair at all, but "Professor Google" which appeared like four dozen times, really wasn't working for me - and why does Professor Google need to be male? It's hard to imagine google ever being as irrelevant, but imagine having a Dr Lykos in a book today, people would be like "what's a lykos". Professor Google made me cringe a little inside every time I saw it, and it came up so many times.
I read the whole book, but I wouldn't recommend it to friends if they asked, or I'd off the caveat that it wasn't for me. I see lots of people who are really enjoying it, so it might just be a Me Problem. Whereas I'll buy extra copies of Spoiler Alert and give them to friends if they let their guard down, I'm such a fan of that one
Jason Molenda reviewed When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein
A steamy, opposites-attract romance with undeniable chemistry between a grumpy retired footballer and his fabulous …
He's very grump, she's very sunshine
4 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers …
fun end to the series
4 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas (Crescent City, #2)
reread before picking up book 3, still real good
4 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent (Crowns of Nyaxia, #2)
Love is a sacrifice at the altar of power.
In the wake of the Kejari, …
fun conclusion to the Oraya / Reihn story line
3 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed Riveted by Meljean Brook
A century after a devastating volcanic eruption forced Iceland’s inhabitants to abandon its shore, the …
the trolls were dope tho
3 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)
Human or vampire, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and …
very engaging vampire hunger game, ripped right through this one
4 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Nampeshiweisit, #1)
The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations—until fifteen-year-old Anequs …
I wasn't the right audience for this one
2 stars
It's a lot more YA than I had guessed, and the story moved very slowly, the characters seemed really flat to me. The weird obfuscation of a couple dozen english words for fantasy-world equivalents that meant exactly the same thing, but only those dozen, so you'd need to guess them from context and remember, was odd. Don't plan on reading the second book when it's released.
A fun middle book in the trilogy?
3 stars
real fun
4 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in …
Feels more like a novella despite being a full size book
3 stars
Jason Molenda reviewed Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #2)
“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is …