Colleen's Conclusions

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas My rating: 0 of 5 stars I just can't read this anymore. I liked book number two.. I liked the plot of this one. But I had to make myself stop reading this. Maybe Throne of Glass will be better for me. View all my reviews

Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt My rating: 5 of 5 stars I received Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt from Netgalley (and the publishers) in exchange for an honest review. Bookish Boyfriends was pretty much all I had expected it to be and more. At one point between 20-40 percent of the book it had gotten really cliche and my reading time with it was very slow paced. I had almost put it down because the romance between Merrilee and Monroe bugged me. But then it got SO much better. I like how she decided she didn't want anything like Juliet in the end and she took her time to grow as a character in the book. All of the other characters in the books were very likeable. Fielding was one of my favorites as well as Toby. I liked that Pride and Prejudice was in the book even though I have never read them. I'm not really much for classics, but this book almost makes me want to pick a few up. ALMOST. I don't know if I actually ever will s...

Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones My rating: 2 of 5 stars I was actually pretty excited when I got Silentsong from Netgalley. I really liked Wintersong! But this...I'm not even sure about this. I love the cover of this book! It is simply stunning. But the plot just lost me. And PDF formats get in the way for me sometimes. I tried to ignore that, but the spacing issues kind of made it hard for me to get back into it at some points. I think I might need to check this out from the library as an actual book to try it again in the future. It's not a terrible book, it just sadly fell short for me. It's a two out of five read for me until I get an actual book to try again soon sometime in the future. Again, I really did want to like this book. Thank you publishers for giving me the chance to read it. View all my reviews

Geekerella by Ashley Poston My rating: 5 of 5 stars I actually rather enjoyed Geekerella by Ashley Poston. I thought I wouldn't because it had a con in it and the last con book I read wasn't as enjoyable. I liked how this one was more about the fandom and it had bits and pieces of every fandom mentioned, or at least the popular ones. The feels in this book were just that pretty much, the feels. I started this book on a Sunday morning and realized I had read 100 pages before I had to go out and do errands. That's usually the sign of a good book. I loved the Cinderella take of the plot. This book was like a cross between Another Cinderella Story with Selena Gomez (SUPER CUTE MOVIE!!!) and Cinder and Ella. I know authors don't like to be compared to other works, but it's the truth here and a very good compliment. I can't stop thinking about the book and I lent it out to a relative and I miss it even though I have the book on my e...

Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella My rating: 3 of 5 stars I received Surprise Me as an EARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. First of all, I normally LOVE Sophie Kinsella books aside from one other one. I was excited when she announced that she was having another book come out this year and fell in love with that cover. I mean, look at that cover. That looks like nothing could go wrong, right? The colors are just so pretty and it's cute. The description drew me in also. But...the first few chapters almost ruined the whole book for me. (Spoiler alert) I just could not understand why Sylvie all of a sudden was like... oh.... I have to be married to my husband for 68 more years? REALLY? Oh my gosh! Whatever British term fits oh my gosh would be good here too. Bullocks? Bloody hell? (Pardon my french there. I really wanted an excuse to sound like Ron Weasley.) Anyway, she kept going round and around and by chapter five I almost gave up. ...

Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West My rating: 5 of 5 stars Love, Life, and the List was the first book I read for 2018 and I am glad it was a five star read sbecause I ended 2017 in a book slump and started last year in one as well. It's great to be off to a great start already! First of all, Kasie West is AMAZING. She's the queen of contemporary young adult romance and her books are good for getting out of book slumps. I was excited when I got this book. This book was just amazing. I liked how the main character Abby took her time to actually grow in life to make her art better. And her and Cooper were so cute. I didn't think this book was boring at all despite what some of the other reviews said. It just depends on what type of thing you like. I like how the romance wasn't instant either. Kasie West just does an excellent job developing the plots as everything goes along and that should be how they are. I can't wait to read ...