Julie’s Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children started off great with a lot of mystery and intrigue and action. We almost immediately get introduced into the world of Peculiars by way of Jacob’s Grandfather, and his untimely and strange death. Jacob then decides to go on a quest of his own to figure out […]
Julie’s Review: I was disappointed with Cruel Beauty, especially with the 5 star reviews staring me in the face when I log into Goodreads. I got this through the summer Sync audiobook program, so free is free right? I gave it a listen, and was expecting it to be a really interesting retelling of Beauty […]
Julie’s Review: Finished Ruin & Rising. First 75%=yawn at all the planning. Last 25%: edge of your seat yelling OMG! No! Yes! Great ending. — Julie S. (@juliecookies) August 14, 2014 I don’t even know if I can write this review without spoilers, because OMG! As you can see from my shared tweet, the first […]
Julie’s Review: ** spoiler alert ** This review contains spoilers, I just don’t know how to share my feelings without sharing something about the plot. So you’ve been warned. Rebel Bell was a so-so read for me. I liked it, but not a whole lot, and I also did not dislike it. I struggled with it at […]
Julie’s Review: Siege and Storm was a lot darker and political than Shadow and Bone was. The exciting and new feeling from the first book with the world building and new characters was replaced with a more ‘what’s gonna happen?’ feeling. Now Alina knows what she is, and she is on the run. Unfortunately, on […]
Julie’s Review: Mind Games is the third installment of the Cassie Scot series. If you’ve been following my reviews, you’ll know how much I enjoyed the first two books. I can’t say this third one was the same, though I did like it, it was a little more police procedural than the urban fantasy I […]
Julie’s Review: Splintered is kind of hard for me to review because I both found it unique and exciting, but at times a little overwhelming. Maybe that’s why I only rated it 3.5 stars. I enjoyed the premise and thought the idea to have the modern day retelling be centered around the descendants of Alice […]
Julie’s Review: I met the author Leigh Bardugo at the Houston Teen Book Con in 2013. I got the hardback of Shadow and Bone signed then! Unfortunately, I just didn’t get around to reading it. I know, bad me! So I finally decided to buy the audible version so I would finally get to experience […]
Julie’s Review: I was approached to review the audio book of Wings of Shadow specifically, and I agreed because the blurb sounded interesting, and I do love audio books. I don’t think I’ve heard any other books narrated by Meghan Lewis but I really enjoyed her narration of Wings of Shadow. Her accents were great, and I […]