Grim Lovlies [ Spoiler Free ] Review

Title: Grim Lovelies
Author: Megan Shepherd
Series: Grim Lovlies #1
My rating: 4/5 stars
Date Read:  5/18/19

Grim Lovlies is a book I heard little about before going into it. I have heard of this book hear and there but not much about it. The main thing that intrigued me was the cover and that this book takes place in Paris. If you did not know, Paris is the number one place on my travel bucket list of places I have never been before.

This book follows a girl name Anouk who is a Beastie meaning that she originally was an animal but was turned human. The witch who turns her into a human is murdered and this means that Anouk and the other Beasties that the witch has turned now only has 3 days before they turn back into their original form. After becoming human, non on the beasties want to become animals again so they go on this quest to try to find a way to stay human.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I think it helped that I had little expectations going into this book mainly because I did not hear many people's opinions before going into the book.

The beginning was confusing and the writing style in the beginning did not click with me that well, but as the story went on, I started to understand what was happening and the writing must of improved because it stopped bothering me after awhile. I think it just took me some time to understand the world and the concept of what a beastie was.

I did not like the main character Anouk that much. She irritated me quite a bit during the book and I did not agree with all her decisions. I also did not like Beau, another beastie that much as well. My favorite character in this book is by far Cricket. I just love her so much! There are also a lot of different creatures in this book such as goblins and witches so if that is something that appeals to you defiantly give this book a shot!

Overall I really did enjoy this book and do want to continue on with the duology!

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More Popular Books I Have Not Read

Hello everyone! Today I will be sharing with you more popular books that I have not read. There are so many popular books out their that I still have to read and there are so many that I want to read but just have not gotten the opportunity to get to yet. If you see any of your favorites let me know and maybe I will bump it up on my TBR list. I am also avoiding very new releases and sequels as that would add even more books to this list. These are not all the popular books I have not read so there will be another part coming in the future!


The first book I am going to mention is The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevado. This book has been talked about quite a bit and it sounds very interesting. I know it also won some sort of award that that intrigues me even more. I really have no idea what this book is about but I do know that their is some sort of slam poetry element. I also believe that this book is told in verse. Do not quote me since I am not sure if that is true. I do hope to read this book soon but I say that about every book.




The next book is Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. This book is a Nigerian inspired fantasy novel that takes place in a world where magic is outlawed. I believe it is inspired by Avatar as well. The main character, I think, is trying to to restore magic. As you can tell, I am really bad at giving a synopsis of books I have not read yet. I am excited to read this but have no idea when I will get to it.




Another popular book I have not read is Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. I have really been wanting to read this book ever since the movie came out. No, I still have not watched the movie because I like to read the book before watching the movie. I am that person. This book is about a women name Rachel who is dating a guy name Nick and Nick happens to be part of one of the richest families in Singapore and she learns this when they visit his family there. I heard such good things about it and hope to get to it soon so I can finally watch the movie.



Scythe is a book that has been getting quite a lot of hype recently. This is a dystopian following that takes place in a world where people no longer die so they have people called Scythes who kill people to control the population. The main characters are Scythe apprentices training to be Scythes I think and they do not want to be there. The concept sounds so cool and I heard nothing but good things about it and I do hope to read it soon (she says about every book)





The final popular book on this list but not the last one is going to be Circe by Madeline Miller. I heard so many people talk about Circe and they all seem to really enjoy this book. This book is about Circe who is part of Greek Mythology. That is all I really know about the book. It also has a stunning cover which is one of things that made me intrigued to read the book other than the hype. I do not know much about it but I do want to pick it up in the future because I do want to know why people love this book so much.



Those are some more popular books I have not read. What is a popular book you have not read yet? Thank you so much for reading and I hope to see you in my next post!

Every Heart a Doorway [ Spoiler Free ] Review

Title: Every Heart a Doorway
Author: Seanan McGuire
Series: Wayward Children #1
My rating: 3.5/5 stars
Date Read: 5/13/19

Every Heart a Doorway is a book I never planned on picking up mainly because I had little interest in it but I continued to hear such good things about the book and since it is so short I finally caved and read it and am so glad I did because I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.

This is more of a short story then a book mainly because it is under 200 pages. This book takes place in a world where some children open up doors and get transported into another world. After awhile, sometimes they leave or get kicked out and can not find their way back. When they return to the world that we know of today, some want to go back to what they call home, the world they traveled to. Those students get sent to the Wayward Children's boarding school. There is also a murder mystery element in it as well.

The beginning of this book was quite confusing to me and it took be a little to get into the story, but about 1/3 or 1/4 of the way through, the story started to pick up and I found myself more interested in what was going on.

My biggest complaint about the book is that it was to short. I felt like the story needed another 100-150 pages for it to be an amazing read. I felt like the world building and character development was not that well done as it could of been because the size of the book. I also wanted the mystery to be better developed and a lot of things seemed a bit rushed.

I did love the concept of the book though and I really enjoyed the story and the writing. I liked the characters however I wanted to know them better and I am planning on reading the other books in the series in the future. Overall I do recommend ii, but keep in mind that because it is a short read, some plot points, the character development, and world building, may seem rushed.

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Everless [ Spoiler Free ] Review

Title:Everless
Author: Sara Holland
Series: Everless #1
My rating: 4.5/5 stars
Date Read: 5/1/19

Everless is a book I hard floating around social media here and there and the cover really caught my eye. I have not heard much about this book and did not know much about the story before going into the book other than that people's time is currency. This means the rich live long lives while the less fortunate live shorter lives. That was all I knew about going into the book and that is all I think you also should know going into the book.

I feel like Everless is a book that the less you know the more you will enjoy the book because there are a lot more surprises and twists.

When I first started reading this book, I was sucked into into the book within the first few chapters of the book. After I was hooked, I struggled to put the book down. I needed to know what was going to happen next.

I really liked all the characters in the book that I was supposed to like. I enjoyed reading about the main character and she is surprisingly one of my favorite characters. Usually the main character is one of my least favorites. I will say that the main character made some decisions I did not agree with but don't all main characters do. My favorite character in this book has to be Liam. I loved learning more about his story.

I loved the world of Everless and it was very easy to follow.

Overall I do recommend this book and think more people should read it. Definitely one of the most surprising in a good way reads I have read this year.

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From Twinkle With Love [ Spoiler Free ] Review

Title: From Twinkle, with Love
Author: Sandhya Menon
My rating: 3.5/5 stars
Date Read: 4/36/19



From Twinkle with Love is a book I heard a lot of mixed reviews about and I am in the middle. I liked some parts of it and there are some parts that really frustrated me.

This book is told in letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmakers and I absolutely love that about it. I felt like it added a lot to the story. The main character is an aspiring filmaker and seeing her look up to her role models throughout the story definitely helped boost my enjoyment of the book.

Twinkle has a long time crush on this guy name Neil. When Neil's twin brother, Sahil, asks her to direct a film for the Midsummer festival, Twinkle accepts because she will finally get a great opportunity to direct a film and she could also possibly get closer to Neil. But then, she finds herself falling for Sahil.

The main character is 16 however, the book reads more like she is 13 or 14 years old. It did not bother me to much though since I am currently 17 and know some people around my age who also act younger than they are actually are so it is not something that is unrealistic, it is just her personality. I do know that some people would be bothered by it though.

The main character is not perfect and makes mistakes throughout the book. She is flawed. Same as her friends but if you are looking for a book with not perfect characters that learn from their mistakes this one may be for you.

Also the main character is Indian American so if you are looking for a book with an Indian American lead, this one is perfect. There are also quite a few diverse side characters as well.


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Two Can Keep a Secret [SPOILER FREE] Review

Title: Two Can Keep a Secret
Author: Karen M. McManus
My rating: 4/5 stars
Date Read: 3/30/19

Two Can Keep a Secret is NOT a sequel to One of Us is lying. They are two completely different books.

TW: Missing Person, Murder, Substance abuse

I have been wanting to pick up Two Can Keep a Secret ever since I heard that it was coming out. I really enjoyed One of Us is Lying (although I did not like the ending) and had a feeling I would like this one more. Small town with a lot of secrets, sounds cliche but I love that trope. I did enjoy her debut a bit more even though it does have a lower rating since I did have a problem with the ending of that particular book, but I still enjoyed this book a lot and will be picking up her next work.

This book takes place in a small town called Echo-Ridge and Ellery and her twin brother Ezra move there to live with their Nana. The town has a lot of secrets. Her aunt went missing at the age of seventeen and a homecoming queen was murdered. Now during Homecoming season, someone is threatening the homecoming court.

I did not predict the ending first off so hooray for me because lately I have been able to predict the endings of a lot of books I read and I love it when books take a different turn that makes sense that I did not see coming.

The beginning was slow and it started out boring but as the story continued I became more invested in the story and what is going on and really glad I decided to push through the fist 50 pages because the book improved so much.

The main character is very interested in true crime which is something I love as well. I do binge watch all the Buzzfeed Unsolved episodes because they are so good.

Overall I do recommend this book if you are able to handle the triggers.

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Avengers Book Tag

Hello everyone! Today's post is one that I am so excited to write mainly because Avenger's Endgame recently came out and it was amazing! No spoilers here. All I am going to say was that I watched it Saturday the 27th, did not get spoiled for it at all and loved it!

If you could not tell, I mean you probably already know because the title of the post, but I am doing the Avenger's Book tag! This tag was created by Kristen from the YouTube Channel Super Space Chick who also happens to be one of my favorite booktubers. I highly recommend you check out her channel.

1) Iron Man / Tony Stark -  A book that made you laugh out loud
I am a pretty emotionless reader. I never cry while reading and I never really laugh out loud but I found myself smiling ear to ear while reading the book Geekerella by Ashley Poston. I am not sure if I laughed at all but I do know I smiled a lot while reading this book. Geekerella is a modern day Cinderella retelling with fandoms. It is perfect read for fangirls and boys. I do highly recommend this book especially if you are looking for a book that will make you smile.



2) Captain America / Steve Rogers - A book that sends a positive message
A book with a positive message is George by Alex Gino. This book is a middle grade following a trans main character. It is a book that teaches little kids to be more accepting of the trans and LGBTQ+ community in general. I feel like one of the messages of this book is accepting people's differences and that we should no treat someone differently just because of what they identify with and that is such a positive message in my opinion.


3) Black Widow / Natasha Romanov - A book with a kick butt female protagonist
There are so many kick butt female characters in books these days so I thought I would share one that I find underrated. For this question I am choosing Alosa from the book Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller. This is a pirate book following the daughter of the pirate king. She is sent on a mission to another part of a treasure map from another pirate lord, the map when completed leads to the big treasure. Also gets herself purposely kidnapped to try to get the map. There is also a slow burn hate to love romance in this book that I absolutely loved and quite honestly I do not care or like most romances I read in books these days.


4) Hawkeye / Clint Barton - An underrated book you wish more people would pay attention to
For this one I am going with a book that I read quite recently (at least when I am writing this) and that is Everless by Sara Holland. I do not hear many people talk about this book and I absolutely loved it! This book takes place in a world when time is currency. That is all I think you should know going into this book as I do think the less you know about the book going into it the more likely you are to enjoy it. This is also a duology and both books are out! I still need to read the sequel and I do hope to get to it soon!



5) Hulk / Bruce Banner - A book that made you incredibly angry
A book that made me angry would have to be Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I wanted to love this book so badly. I thought I was going to love this book. It is incredibly hyped and it ended up being one of my most disappointing reads of all time. I was so bored while reading the book and felt like nothing happened when reading. I found myself not caring for the characters. Even though I was so frustrated while reading this book I continued on hoping it would get better. I have tried the audiobook for a reread in hopes I would enjoy the book more (even though I am not an audiobook fan) and DNFed it. I just cannot push though the book.


6) Thor - A book with a character who's strength you admired
For this question I will be going with Starr Carter from the Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. I will admit that I did not love he Hate U Give as much as everyone else. The writing style did not click with me that well and did effect my enjoyment of the book a little negatively. But one thing I loved about the book was the main character. She is such a strong person and he situation she is in is something that no one should be in. The way she stands up for her beliefs and grows as a character is amazing and I do think she is one of the strongest YA characters that I have read about in a long time.


7) BONUS: Loki - A book with a twist or surprise that tricked you 
Because I am such an avid reader, I have become quite good at predicting endings of books but an ending that I did not predict was the one in the book Two can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus. This book is a YA mystery that takes place in a small town. Yep a small town mystery. I will say the less you know about going into the book, the more you will probably enjoy it because it is a mystery and it is more fun piecing together the puzzle yourself and seeing everything unfold before you. But I will say that I was surprised by the ending and did not see it coming at all.


And that is the Avengers Book Tag! I had so much fun writing this! I am not tagging anyone to do this tag but still feel free to do it if you want to! Thank you so much for reading and I hope to see you in my next post!