Always excited for a new Ilona Andrews book. This one has Adaline being stuck in a portal with only a dog and doing her best to escape and get back toAlways excited for a new Ilona Andrews book. This one has Adaline being stuck in a portal with only a dog and doing her best to escape and get back to her kids.
What I enjoyed: * Loved Bear, the scared German Shepard who became more * Elias is the type of person you want in charge of the world. Very impressed with his running of the guild * The story was great and unique, with places to still go if they write a sequel (please write a sequel) * Has links to the Clean Sweep series
What could have been better: * (view spoiler)[ I wanted to see Melissa get what was coming to her. I would have liked to read the interview with Leo and something bad happen besides getting fired from the Guild (hide spoiler)]...more
Riley moves to a small coastal town and ends up fake dating a local. A fun, quick romp. I'd say 3.5 stars.
What I enjoyed: * I liked Riley's and Ava's fRiley moves to a small coastal town and ends up fake dating a local. A fun, quick romp. I'd say 3.5 stars.
What I enjoyed: * I liked Riley's and Ava's friendship more than the relationship. Ava turned out to be a complex, but good character. * The townspeople were interesting (other than their complete disregard to listening to Connor say he is never getting back with Ava).
What could have been better: * I wasn't that vested in Connor and Riley's relationship * Connor definitely overcorrected from being a people pleaser to basically a jerk (view spoiler)[ breaking up with Riley immediately following sex is so wrong (hide spoiler)]...more
If you want a sweet, short slice of fantasy life story, this is the book for you. Wanda and Wumble attend alchemist school.
What I enjoyed: * Wanda andIf you want a sweet, short slice of fantasy life story, this is the book for you. Wanda and Wumble attend alchemist school.
What I enjoyed: * Wanda and Wumble. They are adorable. * Other people are realizing there is something special about them.
What could have been better: * That is the weirdest school. You have to learn to shield before you can do a potion, so lesson one is shielding. But lesson 2 is potion making even though no one has proved they can shield properly yet. ...more
Wanda and Wumble go to something that is basically speed dating for a adventuring party.
What I enjoyed: * Wanda and Wumble are still a great pair * LoveWanda and Wumble go to something that is basically speed dating for a adventuring party.
What I enjoyed: * Wanda and Wumble are still a great pair * Loved the party they hooked up with. Looking forward to seeing them in future books. * (view spoiler)[ I want to know what Yorian did to be considered a traitor (hide spoiler)]
What could be better: * I'm surprised no one has figured out both Wumble and Wanda are super powered, including Wanda. * (view spoiler)[ I'm not quite sure why Wumble took out just 2 of the 3 drill heads of the big bad and left one for the rest of the party (hide spoiler)]...more
Gregor the dwarf goes to the city to attend engineering school, but due to a typo, ends up in baking school.
What I enjoyed: * The premise was great andGregor the dwarf goes to the city to attend engineering school, but due to a typo, ends up in baking school.
What I enjoyed: * The premise was great and I enjoyed Gregor as a MC * The baking class characters got some personality, but the other entries into the competition really didn't
What could have been better: * A baking competition that only has two rounds and they randomly team people up for the second round? * I'm not sure if the whole mirror plot just died out or continued on ...more
Lilah saves the life of Good Witch Willow and is "rewarded" with 5 predictions including that she will die in a week.
What I enjoyed: * Lilah was an amaLilah saves the life of Good Witch Willow and is "rewarded" with 5 predictions including that she will die in a week.
What I enjoyed: * Lilah was an amazing character. She didn't believe at first but eventually was fairly sure it was accurate and decided to work on a bucket list instead wallowing. * Alistair's mother is a hoot and Lilah's parents also came through when finally meeting Alistair * Alistair has trust issues (not surprising being the illegitimate son of the King of England). I really liked his friends and would have loved to seen more of them.
What could have been better: * It was pretty close to insta-love, but I guess with a week's timeline there isn't much you can do about it...more
Skye is checking on a property when she wakes a vampire and is killed and reborn
What I enjoyed: * Loved Henry! * Loved the vampire family
What could haveSkye is checking on a property when she wakes a vampire and is killed and reborn
What I enjoyed: * Loved Henry! * Loved the vampire family
What could have been better: * I don't care what century you are from, consent is important and Lucas ignores Skye's "no" multiple times and when she is completely dependent on him ...more
What I enjoyed: * Good to get an ending, although it makes me wonder how few people are still in town * I liked Alexei, The story is wrapped up in a bow
What I enjoyed: * Good to get an ending, although it makes me wonder how few people are still in town * I liked Alexei, Tanke and the llamas * (view spoiler)[ Herc was finally killed, although I don't know if anyone told Lian (hide spoiler)]
What could have been better: * (view spoiler)[ it seems unfair to force Poppy and Marly to be in charge of the town when they are 19 (hide spoiler)] * I'm very confused about the "normal" people living in the town as they don't seem to react to all the dead bodies
JT, Jin and Priya focus on rescuing the crew left behind.
What I enjoyed: * Good to have an ending * Bob was the best
What could have been better: * AbruptJT, Jin and Priya focus on rescuing the crew left behind.
What I enjoyed: * Good to have an ending * Bob was the best
What could have been better: * Abrupt ending. I was sure we were going to have a 3rd book in the series based on amount of pages left and they hadn't launched the rescue ship yet, but no that just went super quick. * JT was annoying. He was hyper focused on the rescue of their teammates and anything that wasn't about it (even if it could help save millions or billions of people) was wasting their time. * So much science and law and finance, very little action compared to the first book. And only 1 new character I cared about....more
After a server is killed with a "stake" through the heart where a vampire musician was playing, everyone fears there is a vampire hunter in town.
What After a server is killed with a "stake" through the heart where a vampire musician was playing, everyone fears there is a vampire hunter in town.
What I enjoyed: * I really enjoy the setting and the overarching mysteries of where is Baxter and is Olivia a conjurer * Glad to see the love triangle angle killed (view spoiler)[ Nick has been married all this time, not sure how it never came up (hide spoiler)] * We got to know the vampires a bit better and finally opened the mine
What could have been better: * People are dumb (view spoiler)[ There was no hard evidence against Lottie, until she went after Olivia and confessed to everything (hide spoiler)]...more
Molly finds burned out navigator, Joshua hoping he can help her find her missing sister.
What I enjoyed: * Newton the dust bunny. Love the dust bunny paMolly finds burned out navigator, Joshua hoping he can help her find her missing sister.
What I enjoyed: * Newton the dust bunny. Love the dust bunny parties and that he gets a sponsorship * Molly and Joshua make a good couple, although would have liked more of his family * Loved the moms
What could have been better: * I was surprised (view spoiler)[ Reed was capable of robbery and knew people to help him commit it (hide spoiler)] ...more
Love the premise of the ice queen city girl who keeps getting dumped by boyfriends who go to some small town for work and fall in love with a local.
WhLove the premise of the ice queen city girl who keeps getting dumped by boyfriends who go to some small town for work and fall in love with a local.
What I enjoyed: * The premise is great as is Libby's plan (even if it was doomed to fail) * (view spoiler)[ Nora stayed true to herself and stayed in the city, even though it cost her Charlie for a bit (hide spoiler)]
What could have been better: * This is my second book by Henry and both times I found the pacing slow and easy to put the book down
Willow's aunt is killed and leaves her the store, which upsets her family and long time employee Janice.
What I enjoyed: * The friendship with Allie andWillow's aunt is killed and leaves her the store, which upsets her family and long time employee Janice.
What I enjoyed: * The friendship with Allie and Hector * The dog, Qigong * The advice columns at the beginning of the chapters
What could have been better: * It seemed like everyone in the small town was a suspect * No explanation on why Claire let her business get in such dire straits * Totally incompetent and uncaring police, they ignored the growing physical threats against Willow and the shop because she was a suspect * Willow's sister and mom are horrible to her...more
Rose doesn't know what she wants to do and Poppy is dealing with PTSD when a new murder pops up.
What I enjoyed: * Betty is the best. She dropped some hRose doesn't know what she wants to do and Poppy is dealing with PTSD when a new murder pops up.
What I enjoyed: * Betty is the best. She dropped some hard truths on Rose. * Maggs the dog and Fernanda the llama are heroes * Rowan was an interesting addition
What could have been better: * (view spoiler)[ I'm having a hard time believing that none of these retired specialists realized they had a serial killer living in town. And seriously, how often was Geoffrey traveling to have done so many murders and none one wondered? (hide spoiler)] * (view spoiler)[ if Harvey was the type to force women, how did Ozzie not take care of him years ago? (hide spoiler)] * It was annoying that Max keeps focusing on completing the hike instead of settling down and being happy...more
The MC is asked to take in an expat from time and help them adjust.
What I enjoyed: * I really liked Arthur and Margaret * Graham seems like an extremelyThe MC is asked to take in an expat from time and help them adjust.
What I enjoyed: * I really liked Arthur and Margaret * Graham seems like an extremely competent person
What could have been better: * I HATED not knowing the MC's name * This is my own personal prejudice, but I really dislike smoking in books * (view spoiler)[ There was no chemistry between the MC and Graham (hide spoiler)] * The MC acted like a 12-year-old girl with her first crush * The MC kept trying to come off like she knew what was going on and had a plan for all the intrigue that was happening, but she didn't...more
This book is about oldest sister, Mina who doesn't believe in the Flannigan gifts, until she sees a ghost.
What I enjoyed: * Mina has a lovely family, bThis book is about oldest sister, Mina who doesn't believe in the Flannigan gifts, until she sees a ghost.
What I enjoyed: * Mina has a lovely family, but I do wonder what led to the brief marriage breakup * Lots of suspects since the victim was such an awful person
What could have been better: * Who goes to investigate an alarm going off instead of calling the cops? Especially after almost being killed that day. * (view spoiler)[ odd to see con artists turn to murder, especially in Mina's case since she didn't even realize she had seen something she shouldn't have (hide spoiler)]...more
What I enjoyed: * I think my favorite part was learning that Odin wrote the history of the Norse gods and wasn't exactly honeA winter god comes to town
What I enjoyed: * I think my favorite part was learning that Odin wrote the history of the Norse gods and wasn't exactly honest (view spoiler)[ he made himself much more impressive and brought down Skandi because he was pissed she wouldn't sleep with him (hide spoiler)] * Love Evan - he needs more plot * Interesting ending (view spoiler)[ Bonnie ends up with Emma's pixie powers and in reality Scout didn't do anything to stop Skandi, that was all Bob (hide spoiler)]
What could have been better: * I am so over Scout and her family issues. Every other sentence was I know I should but I don't want to. Either do something or drop them, I can't take this anymore. * I'm sick of these books being about characters from other books. At this point the Winchester witches are basically main characters even though they have their own series. And interrupting Poet's honeymoon twice??? ...more
What I enjoyed: * One of the major problems is fixed (view spoiler)[ finding a cure for the mutagen, buI'm not sure if this is the final book or not...
What I enjoyed: * One of the major problems is fixed (view spoiler)[ finding a cure for the mutagen, but there is still the whole universe collapsing problem... (hide spoiler)] * There were consequences (view spoiler)[ RIP Puck (hide spoiler)]
What could have been better: * So much talking about science gobbledygook * I wasn't surprised by (view spoiler)[ Jackin's "betrayal", I figured his escape was planned by Augustus and was sure something bad would happen (hide spoiler)] * I don't see the (view spoiler)[ chemistry between Rake and Jacquin (hide spoiler)]...more
What I enjoyed: * We finally uncover the person behind all the bad things in town and I wasn't surprised aMaddy's rival and ex-fiancee show up in town.
What I enjoyed: * We finally uncover the person behind all the bad things in town and I wasn't surprised at all. * We meet Maddy's dad * Love Carsen, she will be a great addition
What could have been better: * The whole jealousy and not talking things out ...more
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