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Book Review: The Eternity Key by Bree Despain

May 28, 2015 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 3 Comments

Short and Sweet Version Slow-burning romance.  Fun, modern retelling of Greek myths.  Epic, cliff-hanger ending.  Twists.  Famous rock star father sold your soul.  All the things you need for the perfect novel to lose yourself in for a while. Jessica Thinks Too Much Version The parental dynamics in The Eternity Key are refreshing.  There are no clueless, barely existent ... Read More »

 Posted on: May 28, 2015 7:54 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 4 Stars, ARC, Book Review, Content Rating, Medium Content, Mythology Challenge 2015, Young Adult
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Book Review: Stray by Elissa Sussman

January 29, 2015 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 4 Comments

After reading the acknowledgements by the author, I could see the Into the Woods inspiration.  Stray follows the sappy fairy tale stereotype and gives it a darker undertone especially about it's control towards women. If you kept Cinderella almost the same but made it slightly darker with forbidden magic you might have something like Stray. This fairy tale was ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 29, 2015 8:51 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eARC, Medium Content, Young Adult
4 Comments

Book Review: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

December 18, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 4 Comments

Northerner Abbey might be my favorite Jane Austen novel.  One of the main reasons is because Catherine is my new favorite heroine.  She's a tom boy and she treats her life like it's a fictional novel.  Catherine is the kind of person that would yell "plot twist!" at an unfortunate event in her life.  I aspire ... Read More »

 Posted on: December 18, 2014 8:11 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 5 Stars, Adult, Book Review, Classics Club, Content None, Content Rating, eBook, eBook Challenge 2014, TBR Pile 2014
4 Comments

Book Review: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

November 6, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 5 Comments

Anna and the French Kiss was a cute teen romance with delightful writing.  There was lots of drama which is very realistic to what teen relationships are really like. So what are teen relationships really like? Hint: they lack communication and have lots of drama.  The couple in this book fights a lot which I found ... Read More »

 Posted on: November 6, 2014 10:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, Medium Content, Paperback, TBR Pile 2014, Young Adult
5 Comments

Book Review: Elusion by Claudia Gabel and Cheryl Klam

June 26, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review 2 Comments

Elusion was a fun adventure but it felt like an introduction to a longer novel instead of the first book in a series.  I liked that it took the time to set up the world and characters, but I don't like it when the first book in a series doesn't resolve anything at all.  I didn't ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 26, 2014 8:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Book Review | Tagged With: 3 Stars, Book Review, Content Rating, eARC, eBook Challenge 2014, Medium Content, Young Adult
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