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This was honestly better than I expected! I didn‘t have high hopes for this one and it did still show its flaws. The main character does come off a bit as selfish, and can be unlikeable at times. I also could have gotten drunk if I took a shot for every time the author used the word “breast” in this book and it got annoying. Overall, this was a good read with a solid slow-burn romance.
#BookReport - A busy reading week - checked several books off this pile and am reading two more of them, plus The Seven Dials Mystery and So Long as You Both Shall Live. I've reorganized the order that I read books (again... it's a hobby haha) to try and balance out books that I own and books from the library.
The tagged book was my June #BookSpin - a 3* read for me. The sequel is coming from the library, but I'm not convinced I'm actually ⬇
so-so#bookspin #marchbookspin @TheAromaofBooks
I enjoyed this book but I didn't really love it. I just didn't much like the main character, Mirage. She's just too.. self-entitled? Too.. the world owes me this and that. I just didn't enjoy her character's personality I guess. The legacies were pretty neat though and Sunder's theory on how people's legacies manifest from who they are themselves was interesting.
3 1/2 stars
Just about done with the tagged book for #BookSpin and then need to finish up The Unspoken Name for #lmpbc which I only have about 100 pages left for that. Been trying to read as much as possible for #stayhome24in48. Got a few ebooks I'm hoping to finish in the next few days as well
Amber & Dusk's #20 got picked for March's #BookSpin
And
Vicious's #7 got picked for the #DoubleSpin
Really looking forward to Vicious, I've heard so many great things about this book but it is Schwab, so I expect no less. I'm a little apprehensive about Amber & Dusk, I don't know why, the synopsis sounds pretty good, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Excited to begin another round of #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin
@TheAromaofBooks
Week 34: An debut novel
Reading: Amber & Dusk by Lyra Selene
#amberanddusk #bookworm #reading
Summer has been such a crazy time for me. Barely any free time. I have a free moment between jobs to get some reading done. #summetime #bookworm #reader #books
Of my littens who here gets Owlcrate? @bullbunny @dlowe86 @GripLitGrl @vkois88 @Avanders and anyone else I forgot lol
pickOwlcrate has been doing overall much of the young-girl-caught-at-court-concept lately. There is always the promise of political conflict and war, but it always falls short, as if the writers are afraid to get their hands fictionally bloody.
But Lyra Selene isn‘t afraid to pay the price that revolution costs, and in this story hope and wonder and magic wars with darkness, despair and pain, almost on a psychological level.
Might be a favorite.
A couple of my favorite snippets of descriptive writing " I could see to the red river where it burned between the foothills. Bloated clouds rolled in overhead, snarling like shadow wolves. The wind whistled, tasting of moisture and foreign lands and the distant brush of midnight." "Liquid landscapes, rippling like pale honey below azure skies. Milk white plains beneath cobalt mountains. Thrones of amber, drenched in blood."
pickFinished. Suffice it to say, solid Pick. Longer spoiler-free review on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2548491094
Don't mind me, just choke sobbing at the hands of this sadistic author. Tell me, how does Satan take his tea? #amberanddusk #currentlyreading
panGot this one in a subscription box that a friend gifted me for Christmas. I liked the story of this YA fantasy, but I found the main character super frustrating and HATED the overly flowery writing style!
Finally starting to read Amber and Dusk from the December Owlcrate box!
#amberanddusk #lyraselene #owlcrate
I love this bookmark from my first litsy swap, and this book is beautifully written. Some favorite lines will be forthcoming.💕
Just getting around to posting my December #OwlCrate box! I love that they did a planner again, like last December! The tote is fantastic too! Also includes a necklace, candle, and ornament. Looking forward to catching up on my OwlCrate books this year! #OwlCrateSociety
bailedDNF at 30%
Got this in my Owlcrate box and I was sooo excited but...
It's like Lyra Selene was sitting with a thesaurus and a metaphor generator. Almost every sentence is overflowing with simile and/or metaphor. It's very hard to read.
Sylvia is obnoxious and entitled and bitter and constantly feels sorry for herself. She can't follow a single instruction from anybody, to the point that her ambition and defiance is no longer endearing.
My final book of 2018 complete! I really enjoyed this - perhaps more than I expected. Dark world building that hinted at ancient French undertones, a strong but not always likable heroine, and a flawed prince 🤴. 😍 Def ready for part two...
Traveling back to NYC via train & making use of a gift from my mother who visited Hawaii a few weeks back!😍🎄 Merry (Belated) Christmas & Happy Holidays, all!
#BookMail Pt10 The last of this weeks bibliomail is December‘s #OwlCrate Very happy with it, it has a gorgeous tote,a Russian style tree ornament inspired by The Crowns Game,an Ink&Wonder designed magnet with a Night Circus quote on it, a brilliant book journal/planner, the most scrumptious smelling candle inspired by the Lunar Chronicles(blackberry&vanilla), chapter sampler from the sequel to Ace Of Shadows, an “Amber” necklace & the tagged book.
Well I wasn‘t going to read any more for 2018 but then I thought how sad that would make me feel sooooo I decided to begin this one. Book number 74 of my year I will do my best to finish it this year lol
My latest #OwlCrate just came... My Goal: to start & finish this one before I travel for Christmas vacation on Friday to see family (because ideally I‘d like to be starting a new book for that 5+ hour train journey).
I just got my #uppercasebox in the mail today! The dustcover is ok but the book is a beautiful orange color!! I absolutely love it!
