So when ModernLove recommends a new young adult novel, you better believe it’s going on the list. When she raved about this one, I immediately added it to my library holds list. I was super excited, and then I received it. The blurb on the cover was, “A Holden Caufield for a new generation”. There is no worse book boner-killer out there (sorry for the crudeness, but seriously…). Catcher in the Rye is on my serious SERIOUS hate list. As in if you like it, […]
“Girls were meant to paint screens, sob out ballads, and play the pianoforte, not see through the masks of polite society…”
The Dark Days Club combines regency era manners with supernatural action. Lady Helen starts the book preparing to be presented to the Queen, start her season, and marry well. She never suspects that soon she will be training to fight demons and save innocent souls. Soon, she is bending the rules of the time and risking the ruin of her reputation. It’s pretty good (Even though it is very exposition-heavy), and I’m interested in seeing where the series goes next. You can read my review […]
A safe space for spoilers
Just throwing this out there right off the bat… this review is gonna have spoilers in it. They will be unavoidable, and the entire review is going to assume that you have also read this book, because I need a safe space to discuss the ending and what that means retroactively about the series and for my feelings in general. If you’re looking for a general sense of how much I recommend this book, I point you toward my four star rating and encourage you […]
A Strong Finish
How do you solve a problem like having to write a review about the last book in a great YA series? It feels impossible. Thank god I wasn’t doing Cannonball Read when the 7th Harry Potter book came out. My review would have just been a string of “I don’t knows” and “oh my gods” and “I can’t evens.” I don’t want to summarize the book because spoilers, so maybe I’ll just talk around the plot. Stiefvater took on the Herculean task of wrapping up […]