Bibliophile Bindings

I am giving this book 5/5 stars! Honestly, this book wasn't what I was expecting. I was expecting it to take place in a different world, like The Cruel Prince, or for it to be something like Serpent & Dove where it took place on Earth, but it felt like a different world. This book didn't. This book felt like it took place here and now, and I loved it.  The plot, the story, this whole book is so creative. I am all here for it! There is nothing I loved more than uncovering the mysteries with the boys and Blue. I was NOT expecting any of the magical elements to appear, and I was not expecting any of the twists that came. I didn't even see the ending coming! I was just too captivated by the book to see what was in front of me or not. I am in love with all of the characters. Blue has some character growth, but I don't think she has as much growth as Ronan and Adam had. I think that Gansey and Noah had similar amounts of growth, and that they would be placed betwe...

I am giving this book 4.5/5 stars! In this book, we meet multiple new people, more answers are given, and more questions are left unanswered. I think this is the book where things really start to go down and get interesting. It's a turning point, not just for the characters, but for the story as a whole. Even the feel of the book is different. As I was reading, I felt like Chaol and Dorian's point of view was providing a slice of the past books, Manon's point of view was providing a slice of the future and where the series is heading, and Celaena's point of view was providing the transition from past to future. I really like Manon, more than I had anticipated. She brings something good to the table and the story and I can't wait to see how she continues to develop as a character. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she plays a bigger role in Celaena's story later on! I teared up a few times because OOOHHH MYYYY GOODNESS I am speechless with how the s...

I am giving this book 4.5/5 stars! Character development was great, for Celaena, Chaol, Dorian, Nehemia, and even some of the side characters that are mentioned in this book, such as Archer. I was especially happy with the character development from Archer and Chaol. Archer is a complex character and I hope to learn more about how deeply he networked, how invested he was, what will happen now with what he stood for and was a part of, and more. Chaol, my god, my dear boy, have mercy on him PLEASE. I still don't see why everyone hates him so much.  We learn so much more about their world and how there are so many more mysteries to unravel. I can't wait for all of my questions to be answered. This world is crazy, and I honestly didn't see it taking the path that it did. In the first book, I didn't think that the whole Fae concept really fit in, but now I think that it has melded together more and I can see it fitting perfectly.  - SPOILERS IN NEXT PARAGRAPH - I ...

I am giving this book 4/5 stars! I can tell that I enjoyed this book more than I would have thanks to having read The Assassin's Blade . It mentions too many things from her past that are supported by The Assassin's Blade , which was fantastic!  I don't like Kaltain much, which is why I hope that we learn more about her later on. I want to know more about her motives, her background, and just her story. I feel there is so much to her that is yet to be revealed. I like where this story seems to be going, and how The new people that she meets and forms relationships with are some of my favorites! I'm happy that she has formed connections with others in this book. I think she was lacking a lot of that in The Assassin's Blade . I especially liked how Maas formatted her multiple point of views, and that she did multiple point of views in general. I think it's creative. I'm super excited to continue reading this series! This review is also on Goodreads ...

I am giving this book 4/5 stars! This collection of novellas is honestly just a full fledged book. I don't think it can be called a collection of novellas because the events flow from one to the other, making references to the last. It is very much basically a book with small time jumps and a little bit of backstory on the novella(s) before it.  It was a little repetitive in the first two novellas, and I'm glad it got better as time went on. It was starting to annoy me. The writing style flows and it has to be one of my favorites. I like that it isn't too descriptive and lengthy, and I like how light it feels. It is very refreshing. Considering this is my first series that has gone longer than three or four books, I hope the writing style will help me stay interested.  Celaena is such an enjoyable character! I love her arrogant personality, and I also love how she loves to read and reads often. It made her relatable when she is a not-so relatable character for me. T...

I am giving this book 4/5 stars! I spent a few months reading this book because I had to put it down because of school. I don't think that me picking it up and putting it down for a while effected my feelings towards the book overall though. The beginning was a little boring. It started off as a "meh" book, but (at the very least) the last 100 pages were very enjoyable! AND THAT ENDING! I love how the story ended and cannot wait for the next book. I just hope the next one doesn't start off boring too.  I think this story really adds to the Grishaverse world. The author did a great job developing the magic system, the entire world, and the characters. The magic system gets built on, and I'm wondering how this will impact the future of Ravka and its neighboring countries. I hope that we get to see the implications it creates in the next book. I saw a good amount of growth in Zoya, Nina, and Nikolai, and it made for an interesting story. We learn more about Zoy...

Rating: 4/5 stars Kiera Cass is most definitely one of my favorite authors, and she did not disappoint with this book! One of the things I liked was that Hollis is relatable. She likes books like the majority, if not all, of us here do, and her embracing (or at least wanting to embrace) her playful and unladylike side is something that I could relate to. Hollis being wealthy and expected to behave like a proper lady, but then having fun and expressing herself even if it isn't in a proper way was one of my absolute favorite things about her. Hollis is my favorite character and I could not be more pleased with her personality. I think she developed quite a bit as a character throughout the book, and it helped me form a stronger connection with her. I am all here for how there was a good amount of time where it was just Hollis and King Jameson before the other love interest was introduced. It allowed me to get a sense of her relationship with the king, and then see how ...

Rating: 4.5/5 stars As a standalone, this met my expectations. I was going in with the expectation that it would be an okay read since I've heard only a few people talk about it, all having great things to say about it. It had actually exceeded my expectations and I'm so glad that I have read it! I think Margaret Rogerson might be a new favorite to add to my list :) I really enjoyed the romance. It was very well done and I honestly found it to be realistic in the emotion department. It is how most people her age would approach it. The book was unpredictable for me. I was only able to predict one thing and that was after I had been given enough information and so it didn't spoil the book for me in any way.  All of the characters are enjoyable. I like each and every one of them, which doesn't happen often for me. They were each unique, yet the fair folk stuck within the boundaries that they had been given and I think that was really cool to see. That character...

- I am on the author's street team and so I received an ARC copy of the book in kindle format. Although this is the case, it has no influence over my review and rating. - I am giving this book 4/5 stars!  We have reached the end of this amazing series and I couldn't be more sad about it. I really love Brynna's story and character, and hate to see it come to an end. This final installment will not disappoint and I am VERY pleased with how it has ended. It is the perfect ending to a great series. This book has the same feel as the first book did. It has lots of action and political intrigue that keeps it interesting, and it doesn't have a lot of romance. I didn't like the climax as much as I wanted to, but it is exactly how it should have ended in order to stay true to Brynna and her morals. Although Brynna goes through character development and learns valuable lessons that change her, there are certain character traits and morals that never change and I fin...

I received an ARC through a giveaway on Goodreads. Thank you for the book! Although this is the case, it has no influence over my review and rating. I am giving this book 3.5/5 stars. This book is a great story about Marianna 'Nannerl' Mozart and her relationship with her younger brother, Wolfgang 'Wolferl' Mozart. Before reading this, I hadn't read a book where the sibling relationship is the main focus of the story, and I was not disappointed. This book opened me up to trying out more books with sibling relationships. I have my own younger brother, and we are separated by three years rather than five years, like Nannerl and Wolferl are. Although I have never felt the way Nannerl does about Wolferl with my brother, I can understand why and how she has come to feel the way she does throughout the entire book. While I think the way she feels towards her brother is realistic for a sibling, I think that the extent it went and how long it lasted might not be as r...

I really like how the characters are not perfect. They are all so flawed! I've never read a book with so many characters that have what people would consider to be physically flawed. I also enjoyed Cath's main romance, which was also flawed. When I first looked into this book, I was under the impression that this wasn't LGBTQ+, but because of all of the romance in the fanfic, it felt like the book was mainly LGBTQ+ and about Simon and Baz fanfic, with an undertone of straight romance for the main character and her life away from the fanfic. I was hoping for more from Cath and her life outside of the fanfic. So if you aren't into that stuff, know that if you read this book you may be skipping what feels like a good portion of the book to get to the parts you're more interested in. I think I would have enjoyed the book more if I had read Gemma T. Leslie's books and if I read and enjoyed Carry On by Rainbow Rowell since it was so focused on it. I expected...

*Actual rating: 4.5/5 stars!* I think I enjoyed this book more than I did the last one. It has more going on and we get to see and hear about the characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy more than we did in the first book.  I think the events in this book were more interesting than the events in the last book, but the repetition did get tiring. While that is the case, Bardugo did have the time that I realized it was just kind of repeating itself be the last time.  We see character development all around. Kaz, Inej, Jesper, Wylan, Matthias, and Nina all go through some kind of character development and it was done soooo well. Especially for Kaz, Jesper, Wylan and Matthias. It was so great to be able to see them go through it. This book made me cry, which is why I believe this book (and the series in general) is so great. I was able to get attached enough to allow it to make me feel the emotions the author wanted me to feel. I only cried during two back-to-back s...

I am giving this book 4.5 stars! Let's start with Kaz frickin' BREKKER! I absolutely love how smart and strategic he is. How street smart he is blows my not so street smart mind haha. I LOVE IT! I need more. I also can't believe Kaz and his band of misfits are all around my age, and are looking to make so much money. The things they can do makes me wish I could do all of that while I'm still young. We get a hate to love romance and a friend to love romance, which I find to be really cool! When the book is written in one perspective, you might not notice the romance for other characters. Bardugo wrote in multiple perspectives. We get to read the romance in the two people it involves, and the characters that get to watch it unfold. So watching the romance play out for multiple people added a special spark to it for me.  Inej and Kaz. I love them. They broke my heart. I love how their romance isn't central for them. It's an extra little something on the s...