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This was an okay read. The writing style felt forced and there was much needed descriptive world building. #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

This is my co-pilot for today's solo roadtrip. I tend to rock out & do some carpool karaoke but thought I'd bring a book along, too. From NJ to Wiiliamsport, PA for a small family reunion and back again. Have a great Saturday folks!

I'm not entirely sure why, but this just didn't live up to expectations for me. It seemed slow paced and just didn't hold me captivated. I remember reading Condie's Matched Trilogy years ago and liking it... so this was disappointing. 2.5/3🌟

The standout is antiheroine Poe, who has never had much to begin with, and lets rage and anger steer her actions after raiders killed the boy she loved. But what she thinks is a straightforward path to vengeance turns into a twisting trail of self-examination and assessing everything she thought was true. She's blunt and emotionally detached, and not in the “brooding but charming“ way other books portray similarly strong, haunted characters.

Read this for my high school book club where I teach. I liked it...it was very different from Condie's Matched trilogy. It takes place in a dystopian future but not much is done in terms of world building, which I kind of missed. Action packed and you don't know who is a traitor and who are the good guys. A quick, fast-paced read. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Living my best early release day life. #LibrariansofLitsy

Poe works on a mining boat for gold. But one night it all goes wrong when raiders attack the boat and kill her boyfriend Call. Poe is out for revenge and promises that she is going to kill the people who took her love from her. When she became a Captain of her own boat she thinks she has it all planned out how to keep her crew safe. But when she is attacked one day will she be able to save her crew and get revenge for Call's death?

1. Lately YA
2. Taylor Jenkins Reid is one of my favs. Love all her books!!!
3. I have two. The Nightingale and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo!
4. Horror!
5. Done!

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Look what I got in the mail yesterday! Isn‘t it pretty?! Excited to read it!

Yay! I won an ARC of The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe from Bookish First! I read Ally Condie‘s Matched series and loved it, so I am really looking forward to this one.