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Waiting for Darkness by Tony Reyes

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

โ€œ๐’ฒ๐‘’๐“๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’ฉ๐’พ๐‘”๐’ฝ๐“‰.โ€

Wow, this definitely wasnโ€™t a typical vampire story, it was so much more unique and creative.

I loved Cruz the main character and his character development throughout the story, the fantastic storyline which was so gripping I literally couldnโ€™t put the book down. The writing style was beautifully executed and bright. I felt like I was inside the story the whole time, I didnโ€™t felt time passing I was so intrigued and captured the entire novel.

If you want to have a spectacular time then donโ€™t hesitate to pick up ๐–๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. Like seriously, what are you waiting for?!

Iโ€™m super excited and intrigued to pick up ๐‘๐ž๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง the sequel to this twisty and wonderful novel.
Non Serviam by Sfarda L. Gรผl

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.
I felt on page one that the writer style unfortunately wasnโ€™t for me. I wanted to like it, truly but it was impossible to understand the story behind the flowery style.
One Little Nightmare by Dawn Darling

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challenging dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

๐ƒ๐๐… ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“%

What did I just read?! And unfortunately Iโ€™m not asking in a good wayโ€ฆ 
This book was utterly confusing, slow paced and honestly just felt pointless and Iโ€™m so sad to say that because it had potentials! Just look at the cover or read the synopsis.

โ€œ๐€ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ. ๐€ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž. ๐€ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ. 
๐€ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐žโ€œ

โฌ†๏ธ This is what drew me in from the blurb and thatโ€™s why Iโ€™m so disappointed that it didnโ€™t delivered my expectations to the story.

Also there was a tons of other aspects of the story that completely drew me out of the story and didnโ€™t resonated well with me or my beliefs.


City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

โ™ก โ€๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐’น๐“Ž๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡.โ€ โ™ก

Ahh this was my favorite of the series so far and my highest rated as well! 

I absolutely loved the storyline of ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ, it was so gripping and action packed I wasnโ€™t bored for even a second. There was so many emotional scenes and beautiful quotes. I loved the characters, my favorites are Jace, Sebastian and Isabelle. 

Iโ€™m looking forward reading more books by the author and see how the story will play out!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What a curious little story this was! 

Listening to this wonderful book in the part of Audreyโ€™s listen-along was the most amazing and unique experience ever!

I liked how everything felt so normal after a while, even growing taller or shorter or a baby turning into a pig. There was so many deep meanings behind every scene, incredible characters and fun conversations. The ending of the book was so good as well!

After I finished this book my favorite characters were probably Alice and the Cheshire Cat!
A sรกrga tรถrtรฉnete II. by Col O. Broox

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

โ€œโ„ฌ๐“Š๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘’๐’ถ๐’น ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’น๐’ถ๐“‡๐“€๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”, ๐’ถ ๐“๐“Š๐’ธ๐“€๐“Ž ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐“‹๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“Š๐“‡๐‘’๐’น ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐“€๐“Ž ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“ˆ๐“‚๐’พ๐“๐‘’๐’น ๐’น๐‘œ๐“Œ๐“ƒ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐“‚๐‘’.โ€  

โ€œ๐’ด๐‘œ๐“Š ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐’ป๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“Ž๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’.โ€

I cried while reading the last few pages, I even read the acknowledgment of the novel which is telling a lot! Iโ€™m still crying in happiness because this book means everything to me, Iโ€™m in tears because I just wish I could read it for the first time again. Ahh towards the end it was so nerve wracking, I was nervous because there was a huge twist in the game.

Iโ€™m so incredibly obsessed with this book and with the first one, that is honestly insane. I think about it, about the story and of the characters all the time. I feel like my life is full with ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ  ๐˜๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ in it. The two main characters Emma and Hunter are the absolute best, I love them and their relationship and chemistry so much I truly believe that theyโ€™re soulmates.

Iโ€™m amazed how talented and brilliant of a writer Col O. Broox is, sheโ€™s so bright!

You can learn so much from this novel, there was so many deep and emotional moments so many beautiful quotable stories and of course incredible plot twists and a bit of spice as well.

I honestly would love to watch a TV series for these two novels, it would be incredible. 

Ahh and even the last sentence of the book was just so good and surprising. I loved it and I think itโ€™s needless to say that both the book and the author is a new all time favorite of mine already.

If youโ€™re Hungarian Iโ€™m beginning you to read ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ  ๐˜๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ˆ. & ๐ˆ๐ˆ. right now! I can assure you that youโ€™ll find new favorites in them.

I want to thank the author for writing and deciding to share your spectacular masterpiece with the world. I couldnโ€™t be more grateful and happier for reading this story and getting to know these wonderful characters. Thank you!
Silver Spurs and a Twelve Pound Heart by Helen Newman Wood

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slow-paced

1.0

I love horses and riding horses so I thought this will be a fun read especially based on the synopsis. Well I was wrongโ€ฆ
Iโ€™ve read 60% percent before deciding that I cannot finish this book. It was so incredibly slow and I was very bored and disappointed that Iโ€™m not having the fun time that I expected by this novel.
A sรกrga tรถrtรฉnete I. by Col O. Broox

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relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book captivated me like no other in a long time or to be honest ever! I felt like home in the pages of this novel, felt like I known these characters my entire life. Like this book is a part of me. 

From the very first moment that Iโ€™ve seen this book on Instagram I immediately knew that I need to read it, the beautiful cover, the sprayed edges and the synopsis charmed me and I felt like Iโ€™ve gotten under a spell. A spell that Iโ€™m still under. 

I definitely found a new favorite author in Col O. Broox and honestly my best decision last month was to start reading in Hungarian again after years. I felt Godโ€™s presence like He was leading me to read in my mother tongue because I will find new all time favorite reads and authors this way and a new world will open up to me. 

This book will live inside me forever and Iโ€™m super excited to read The Story of Yellow II. next! 

I love how deep of a background story Iโ€™ve got for the two main characters Hunter and Emma. Both of them were so intriguing and relatable they felt so real!

I felt like this book was written for me, with everything I Iove in a book and more with enchanting illustrations including all my favorite tropes.

reality show 
tropical island 
competition 
love
deep emotions 
slow burn 
cliffhanger 

I truly couldnโ€™t put this magical book down. It was pure torture to go to sleep and stop reading this fantastic masterpiece! No book can compare to this masterpiece or author to Col O. Brooxโ€™s works and true this was only my first novel by them Iโ€™ve become addicted for more!

Ahhh this huge cliffhanger at the end!!!
Wild Treasures by Hannah Stitfall

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informative lighthearted relaxing

4.0

What a lovely adventure this was! 
Written beautifully Hannah Stitfall takes us on an unforgettable journey through each month and what she experienced and seen as a wildlife photographer. I decided to listen the audiobook since the author narrated it and it was truly an incredible story.

If you love nature and animals I can guarantee youโ€™ll absolutely love this book!
Midnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

โ€œ๐’œ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’๐“‡, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ.โ€ โ„‹๐‘’ ๐‘’๐“Ž๐‘’๐’น ๐“‚๐‘’. โ€œ๐’Ÿ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐‘’๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ˆ ๐“†๐“Š๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“‰๐“Ž ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ ๐‘”๐’พ๐“‡๐“.โ€

The ending?! I was literally asking myself: this is how it ends?

I really enjoyed this book, it was mysterious gripping and an exciting story with dark but also lovable main characters. The writing was incredible!

I would highly recommend this book if you want a gripping and fascinating dark read!