Rating: 4/5 Naima is a young woman coping with the tragic loss of her father, a fallen Marine. Interspersed throughout the book we get glimpses of their relationship through visual voicemails left from her dad, who obviously cared about her a lot. She was angry with him before he died, for leaving her again, and … Continue reading Six Goodbyes We Never Said ~ Candace Ganger
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Kingdom of Ash ~ Sarah J. Maas
Rating: 5/5 FINALLY I got to read this book and I was not disappointed by the final culmination of the past seven books I had read to get to the end of this series. Aelin starts the book locked in an iron coffin, the same way she finished the last book. With being locked up … Continue reading Kingdom of Ash ~ Sarah J. Maas
Speak No Evil ~ Iweala Uzodinma
Rating: 5/5 I fell in love with this book hard and fast. Iweala is a master of stream of consciousness writing. I loved how attached I found myself to Niru. A young man, son of Nigerian immigrants, grew up in DC, and found himself headed to Harvard with a secret. He is gay, and to … Continue reading Speak No Evil ~ Iweala Uzodinma
The Last Life ~ Claire Messud
Rating: 3/5 I was vastly underwhelmed by this coming of age story about a 15 year old girl living in France. She tells the story as though it were a memory that spans about a year of her life. I found her writing to be rather bland, although quick moving like a current of her … Continue reading The Last Life ~ Claire Messud
Lumberjanes Vol. 4 Out of Time ~ Noelle Stevenson
Rating: 4/5 Volume 4 begins with a blizzard, during which Jen is separated from the rest of the girls. Jen finally gets some play time in this installment, and her character arc is so good! She's really been questioning her role as a camp counselor, and to finally have some questions answered for her is … Continue reading Lumberjanes Vol. 4 Out of Time ~ Noelle Stevenson
The Raven King ~ Maggie Stiefvater
Rating: 4/5 The final culmination of The Raven Cycle series wraps up everything that's been opened so far in the story of Blue Sargent and her Raven Boys. I found this to be one of the most satisfactory endings I've read in a long time. Ultimately, the character development in this series, from start to … Continue reading The Raven King ~ Maggie Stiefvater
Wifey ~ Judy Blume
Rating: 3/5 Everybody my age was reading Judy Blume as a kid. Honestly, I thought it was just part of growing up and had no idea that Blume wrote books for adults as well. This book is extremely adult themed, about a woman who is dissatisfied with her relationship with her husband, and so goes … Continue reading Wifey ~ Judy Blume
