Tag: 2.5
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Bloodleaf (Bloodleaf #1) by Crystal Smith – A Quick Read, But Is It Good? (Review)
Overall: 2/5 StarsCharacters: 2/5Setting: 3/5Writing: 2.5/5Plot and Themes: 2/5Awesomeness Factor: 2/5Review in a Nutshell: Bloodleaf is an okay read, but overwhelmingly so. Nothing about it is unique or amazing enough to make it stand out from the YA fantasies it finds itself similar to. “The wolves howl, Aurelia, and there may come a time when I will no longer be able to hold…
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Review: The Supervillain and Me by Danielle Banas
Overall: 2/5 Stars Characters: 2/5 Setting: 2/5 Writing: 2/5 Plot and Themes: 2.5/5 Awesomeness Factor: 2/5 Review In A Nutshell: The Supervillain and Me is cute, but reads more as a younger-YA contemporary rather than a superhero novel. “He saw me in a way I hadn’t realized I wanted to be seen until I met him.…
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Review: Chemistry Lessons by Meredith Goldstein
Overall: 2.3/5 Stars Characters: 2/5 Setting: 3/5 Writing: 3/5 Plot and Themes: 2/5 Awesomeness Factor: 2/5 Review in a Nutshell: Chemistry Lessons had the potential to be a fun summer read, but the issues in it are too glaring for me to look over.
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Review: Lullaby by L. R. W. Lee
/trigger warning for this book: sexual assault, rape/ Overall: 2/5 Stars | 3/5 Stars Characters: 2/5 | 3/5 Setting: 3/5 | 3/5 Writing: 2/5 | 2.5/5 Plot and Themes: 1/5 | 2/5 Awesomeness Factor: 2/5 | 3/5 Review In A Nutshell: Lullaby had a great premise and could have been amazing. Unfortunately, the writing style, pacing,…
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Review: My Oxford Year by Julia Whalen
Overall: 2.5/5 Stars Characters: 2/5 Setting: 4/5 Writing: 2.5/5 Plot and Themes: 3/5 Awesomeness Factor: 2/5 Review in a Nutshell: My Oxford Year was an interesting book, full of smart characters and a very vivid setting, but ultimately fell flat for me. However, I can see why people may enjoy it. “But in our story, there’s no villain, no witch, no fairy godmother,…
Cait Jacobs 