so-soI struggle with this one. I like time travel books and when done well, they make the story. The main characters are interesting and I especially was drawn to Bandit. However, the story just had to many flaws to forgive, and that sometimes is the problem when a time travel story doesn‘t work. Too many bad assumptions are made making it inevitably a story that just didn‘t work for me.
So I have been seeing this one on my book groups I‘m in on Facebook. Think it would be fun to start on here. Rules are simple if you're tagged post a pic of a book you own with the color. Pick the next color and tag some people. #ispy
panI always pictured Entangled Teen as a 'safe' publisher, well written, strong plots etc. However, this book about a girl who has to work out who close to her will unleash a virus in the future, was poorly written and often read like a debut novel. Some scenes were too ridiculous to not laugh at and I left feeling like the editor just couldn't be bothered straightening this mess out.
pickToday on the blog Haley shares some more reviews of backlisted titles. The titles were all released in January 2020 and received from @netgalley
Check her thoughts, especially her review of Malice by @pintip_dunn, which has been one of her favorite reads of February.
https://stuckinthestacks.com/2020/02/15/bites-from-our-backlist-some-january-202...
#bitesfromourbacklist #backlist #bookreview #pintipdunn #malice #netgalley
pickAlice has started hearing a voice...herself...time-traveling from 10 years in the future. A deadly virus will kill 2/3 of the people on Earth unless Alice prevents it by killing a classmate. Occasionally darkly humourous, there is an underlying layer that is much more hard-hitting--revealing several areas of social commentary. Good concept & great execution. Fast pasted narrative with snappy, smart, & thoughtful writing. A very fun read.
If you are worried about the Coronavirus you might not want to pick up this book. Pintip's last book was Star-Crossed which I never managed to get my hands on, but wanted to (and will someday). Apparently that was supposed to have a sequel, but instead we got a new idea.
She has a decent hand at Sci-fi so give it a check out.
#CoverLove #YA Edition
Out February 4
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