Ya know, I was really excited about this book. The premise sounded really frikking awesome (says this librarian) and I was excited about MERCENARY LIBYa know, I was really excited about this book. The premise sounded really frikking awesome (says this librarian) and I was excited about MERCENARY LIBRARIANS. But yeah, that isn't exactly this book. They were more book printers? And I don't know if mercenary is the right word. But long story short: 2 military experiment groups come together for a job, enter crosses and double crosses, and blast from the pasts, and blasts, and bullets, and sex, and wait, sex? Shit. This book would have been much better without the angsty love interest; with out the 'will they, won't they' that abounded to the point characters in the book were telling them to just fuck and get it over with. sigh.
This was a disappointment that I am sad I was excited about. I wanted less sex, and more MERCENARY LIBRARIANS. ...more
Wicked Saints was one of my favorite 2019 books, and my hope was Ruthless Saints would follow that path...but it did not. I can pinpoint the exact poiWicked Saints was one of my favorite 2019 books, and my hope was Ruthless Saints would follow that path...but it did not. I can pinpoint the exact point where I was over the Nadya (page 353) and wanted it all to end. Page 450 was when my rating dropped to a 2, and the ending BARELY kept it from a 1. Somehow Nadya has devolved into a whiny, annoying character; I am at a point where I cannot stand her. IMO she was a fairly strong character, I enjoyed her development, and I understand that she went through some stuff in book one, but come on! What happened to her?!
I also got the impression the author was trying to turn Nadya into an amalgamation of Feyre/CelaenaAelin/Alina and it was a complete failure. Personality traits that made me detest Feyre and Aelin showed up here and UGH. The interactions Nadya had with Malachiasz became cringey. She was either threatening him, pulling a knife on him, hitting him, or wanting to jump his bones. Then the whishy washy: I hate him, I love him! I need to kill him, I need to save him. PICK ONE! Jesus, at this point I want to kill him and he is the ONLY redeeming part of Ruthless Gods at this point!
And let's talk about Nadya's power...supposedly she has oodles of power that she doesn't know about and her power can destroy the world. But no one can say what or how. When we can FINALLY see her tap into that power, oops Fade to Black. WHAT?! No, no no don't do that, let us see her power. How the hell did they get out of that situation and no one mentions it? I hate you chapter 33.
Ruthless Gods needed tighter editing, it needed to loose 50-100 pages and a lot of the repetitious scenes. And can we talk about "fuck." This is new in the book and it was so out of place that I hated it and made me hate the book even more. And why is a divine cleric saying it?!
Oh, one last irritation-the passage of time. Sooo based on comments Serefin made, this book takes place over a year or longer? O.o We spend months traveling to a forest, to then spend weeks in the forest. And these passages of time are mentioned in one sentence. Suddenly days have passed. Wait, what? Looking at the map doesn't make sense at all.
I just can't. I am so over this crap. I honestly don't know if I want to read book three anymore. I probably will just to know how it all ends and to see if it redeems itself. But man. I have never been so pissed at being let down than I have been with this one.
One of the things I love(d) about this series was the lack of love triangle. For starters love triangles are annoying and irritating and overdone. I lOne of the things I love(d) about this series was the lack of love triangle. For starters love triangles are annoying and irritating and overdone. I loved that Audrey Rose and Thomas loved each other purely. But this garbage shattered all of that and ugh.
Audrey Rose lost her damn mind in this book. Okay, listening to the author's note about undercover folks getting too involved in their role made sense, but damn it Audrey Rose TALK TO THOMAS.
Anyway, I'm not going to keep going on because there are other more eloquently written reasons to be mad at this book. ...more
60 pages in and already wondering why this book was published-FIFTEEN YEARS after her world comes crashing down. Honestly, it feels like she is trying60 pages in and already wondering why this book was published-FIFTEEN YEARS after her world comes crashing down. Honestly, it feels like she is trying to cash in on her father's reputation and the popularity of Mindhunter.
I am also not enjoying the detailed account of her life. I get it-it is painting the picture of Rader as a father, as a husband, and to show how he was able to hide from and fool his family. BUT, there is still a lot of exposition that would have benefited from heavier editing. Example: What does her cousin's death have to do with her father, the serial killer? I think this book was purposefully mis-marketed.
68-wtf is this a camping/hiking book? Pages 55-96... 41 pages?! And now straight to God talk. So a religious hiking book that features a serial killer's daughter!
106-crap-more hiking and camping. 123-yup, more hiking and camping. Maybe I should do a drinking game for each time hiking and camping is mentioned. Except not alcohol because I like my liver.
Wait. The 1st time she ever heard of BTK was 2004? And she talked to her mom about it, who recalled mentioning it to Rader-who was all 'no worries you are safe.' Well, I guess he would know!
138- how in the hell does she remember her dad not being home on a specific date when she was 7 years old? Just because of a storm and sleeping in her mom's bed?
192- "In fact, we would have qualified for victim support services in the state of Kansas, but we weren't aware of this until 2017." Wow. Someone sounds bitter. Does she even care people are dead because of her serial killer father? This reads as a woe is me, I lost, I lost, I lost. Yes she did, but at least her family was MURDERED! "There wasn't going to be much of anything left once Dad was done with us." WHAT?!
And now a bunch of letters between Kerri and Dad. At this point I don't even think serial killer groupies would be interested in this book. And confession: I skipped 98% of the letters.
I just can't anymore. "Unlike the rest of the world, I was able to tie many of my dad's details [to the murders] to my own life." She also says she's lost some memories of the devestation he caused in her life. Clearly she didn't lose enough memories-I mean hiking details, the clothing she wore.
And now we dip back to 1974 after the plea deal? What is happening? Was there even an editor? I swear to the book gods, if she mentions her broken arm and that Oldsmobile one more time...
This woman actually thinks her family should have been consulted before full evidence was given? Oh wait, right above she wrote that her father gave a "one-sided, narcissistic view" of the crimes, almost complaining he minimized the torture of his victims. Yet she has the audacity to complain the prosecutors didn't check with his family? no. no no!
lol "My father selfishly rambled for 20 minutes." Ohhhhhh like this book!
SO the whole time she defends him and has all these memories (some tainted, but remember-she lost those memories anyway) but it wasn't until he calls his family "social contacts" that he is no longer her loving father. Now he can rot in hell.
"You wouldn't have known you were standing next to the daughter of a serial killer." Yeah well, she didn't know she slept in the same house as a serial killer. Who gives a rat's ass.
And the thing that really bothers me about this book, no the thing that disgusts me about this book- "I cut off all communication with him and tried to distance myself from the news." Then why in the hell am I 256 pages into a 336 page book of garbage? Seriously! Why was this book published? If 100% of the proceeds were being donated to some sort of victim support, or recovery or something I would feel differently, but this just the narcissistic rambling of the daughter of a serial killer. She is truly trying to make money off of him-going so far as to ask her mother for letters that he sent. She wants people to know who she is, look at her damn goodreads bio. I have read Sue Klebold's memoir and did not have this reaction; but this book....wow.
23 pages in and I was already irritated. I fully realized that my issue was more than likely intentional to mimic the speech patterns of a high school23 pages in and I was already irritated. I fully realized that my issue was more than likely intentional to mimic the speech patterns of a high schooler, but damn it was annoying. What? The super short sentences, lack of semi-colons, lack of commas, etc. It made the story very choppy and disjointed, and my brain instantly falls out of the story.
Page 26 hit really hard. "So all I can do is be present and in the racist moment. You guys are so racist. I'm so used to them being racist that I can't even bother arguing with them anymore."
Frank's Korean parents are racist-full stop. Which is difficult since Frank's best friend Q is black (and hands down my most absolute favorite character in the book) and his sister is married to a black man-which also caused her parents to all but disown her. Yes, they are that racist. And now Frank is dating a white girl, which is not okay with the parents, so he devises a fake dating plan with another Korean girl who can't openly date her Chinese boyfriend because of her racist parents.
Anyway, lots of stuff happens and from here are a few spoilers because this is where I rant. (view spoiler)[ Frank and Joy end up together, which made me incredibly happy. But, Joy..oh Joy how you disappointed me. Their parents decided the two should no longer see each other because they had a falling out. Sneaky sneaky times. But Joy decided she didn't want to sneak around-basically Frank wasn't worth it because college was coming up. What the hell?! I was so sad and disappointed and pissed...but I also understand it. Joy didn't want to deal with her parents' issues. But I still hated it. (hide spoiler)]
As for the ending, it wasn't bad, not great, but meh. For as excited as I was for this book, I did feel let down, which sucks. But, I am looking forward to more from David Yoon. And I'm gonna hold out for a book featuring Q :D
And lastly, I want this to be a Netflix movie so bad!...more
Cutesy romance + library setting = I should have been in love with this book. Instead, I hated it. For starters, the back description tells us "..is aCutesy romance + library setting = I should have been in love with this book. Instead, I hated it. For starters, the back description tells us "..is a contemporary romance-with just a hint of Cyrano de Bergerac-that reminds us to never judge a book by its cover." Well, thanks for making the book COMPLETELY PREDICTABLE now and kind of a waste of time to read. Yet I continued to slog through it. And do not get me started on the fact that this librarian (view spoiler)[ used library property to advocate and push an election vote on a bond that would help her library. YOU CANNOT DO THAT! OMFG. I was so pissed off and angry and feel her termination was completely justified. Also, I'm just gonna be the librarian who says it---they were NOT meeting the needs of their community and the community had every right to demand the library get with the program and be accessible to everyone! (hide spoiler)]
Greta is self-centered and narcissistic and I could not connect to her at all. Ugh. Just.
2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge: Book that involves a bookstore or library...more
This woman, Jane Morgan reinvents herself from a trashy, slutty teenager to a put-together, respectable woman. She has shed her yWhat the actual fuck?
This woman, Jane Morgan reinvents herself from a trashy, slutty teenager to a put-together, respectable woman. She has shed her youthful ways, and hookups, and desire for bad boys with tattoos...until Chase walks into her office looking like a criminal with tattoos that make her legs weak.
He is good enough to fuck, but she can't be seen with him. He is good enough to fuck, but she won't have fucking lunch with him, or just talk to him.
Chase finds out her "truth" and she loses her shit. Like will not see him or speak to him. But then she comes around when she wants to get laid again. So long story short, she finds out he knew her as a teen and he didn't tell her. She loses her shit again.
So let me get this straight, it is okay for her to hide her past, reinvent herself, not tell someone all her little secrets. But god forbid a guy essentially does that to her! She assumed because he looked rough he couldn't possibly own a business. So she is a stereotyping, stuck up bitch on top of being a user. Great.....
I wanted to like this book so much. But it was not meant to be :( The premise sounded intriguing, but it had several issues that I had trouble lookingI wanted to like this book so much. But it was not meant to be :( The premise sounded intriguing, but it had several issues that I had trouble looking beyond. 1: I was beginning to feel less and less like it was paranormal and more that it was depression/psychological forces at play (no I am not trying to make light of anything, i genuinely thought this was a book where that was going to a be shocker). 2: The plot took so long to develop I felt it was all rushed in the last half of a chapter. 3: Love. She is 'in love' with this guy after 1 date and 1 kiss? I mean really?! No. I was lost at that point and the only reason I finished reading is to say I finished it. 4: The entire boyfriend/exboyfriend thing. Just....no. 5: LOVE. I'm sorry I cannot get over this. Dude gets pissed Quinn is not more in love with him AFTER ONE DATE AND ONE PASSIONATE KISS. 6. I just can't. ...more
First, I genuinely like Evie. At first she was a annoying, but she grew and accepted her powers and wants to be good, but is willing to fight. I like First, I genuinely like Evie. At first she was a annoying, but she grew and accepted her powers and wants to be good, but is willing to fight. I like this. What I don't like is the stupid damn love triangle.
She took too damn long to get with the program that should have happened in book two, but oh well. Sigh. Needing the next book now....more
yeah my main complaint about this book? Spoilers below:
Molly and Patrick were broken up. She has sex with his brother Gabe. Molly and Patrick get backyeah my main complaint about this book? Spoilers below:
Molly and Patrick were broken up. She has sex with his brother Gabe. Molly and Patrick get back together. A year later Patrick finds out and is pissed. She gets called a slut, a whore, etc. The whole town turns against her.
Now, unless I am mistaken, it takes two people to have sex right?
So, what the hells?! Not only that, but in the immortal words of Ross WE WERE ON A BREAK! They were not even together.
And when Patrick and Molly spend the summer kissing while they each have boyfriend/girlfriend who is harangued by people? Molly! Double what the hell! Again, it takes two people!
No. This is just trash. And I am appalled Balzer + Bray published this. This perpetuates the issue we have going on where women are blamed for everything. Thankfully Gabe tries to take partial blame for the initial incident, he tells everyone it took both of them, but no one wants to blame him, just Molly. Nope.
I don't know why I am so pissed off but I am. ...more
Ugh. SO disappointed with this book. And I'm surprised because I love Richelle Mead. But this one did NOTHING for me. I didn't like the cold, racist wUgh. SO disappointed with this book. And I'm surprised because I love Richelle Mead. But this one did NOTHING for me. I didn't like the cold, racist world. I didn't like the characters. The blend of religion and science seemed a little off. Actually the use of gods in this book just seemed off...
I like the idea of the Praetorians (I don't remember how to spell it) and wish it would have been more of Mae's badassery, but alas. Maybe a book about her friends who don't have sticks up their asses would be cool.
Ugh. Why do I keep torturing myself with these godawful books? Laurell K Hamilton is in SERIOUS need of an editor or an editor who is strong enough toUgh. Why do I keep torturing myself with these godawful books? Laurell K Hamilton is in SERIOUS need of an editor or an editor who is strong enough to truly edit these horrible books. Seriously, at least 1/3 of the book could have been edited down. Every 5 pages the same crap is being said again. And on top of that, I am beginning to think Hamilton hates women. I know she's a woman, but damn it's the same misogynistic crap book after book. All the male cops hate Anita because she has multiple sex partners. WHY DO WE HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK AFTER BOOK?! If cops are seriously this concerned about sex, I'm a little scared....
As far as the story itself, I was really excited because it was Micah. But alas, I was disappointed. A book that was supposed to focus on Micah instead focused on Anita fighting off mean cops. :(...more
You know my thoughts and views if you read my last LKH review. But this one pissed me off even more. We actually had a real plot that wasn't all Sigh.
You know my thoughts and views if you read my last LKH review. But this one pissed me off even more. We actually had a real plot that wasn't all metaphysical tied. There was a real STORY. A group of vamps want to be free from a master, and they take it to the extreme. But of course, sex (of the intercourse and gender pissing contest) gets in the way. And to be honest, I really liked the idea of vamps wanting freedom and what vampire freedom truly mean. But then the plot was wrapped up in less than 10 pages. I swear its like all of her books have a deus ex machina.
Will I stop reading? I don't know...Micah is the next 'male friend' to have a starring role...and I love me some Micah. (And Damian and Domino. I liked Haven too...Personally I wish Nathaniel would just disappear.)...more
Once again, Elizabeth Scott writes a fantastic novel. Seriously, I love her writing soooo much! While I liked this book, it also pissed me off to the Once again, Elizabeth Scott writes a fantastic novel. Seriously, I love her writing soooo much! While I liked this book, it also pissed me off to the Nth degree!
Meggie is the only survivor of a small plane crash and as a result people keep referring to her as a "miracle." Or they start treating her a little bit differently. Which, okay, that is bound to happen. But what got me is her parents. (view spoiler)[They REFUSED to see she was not "fine." Let's just be honest, we all know that "Fine" really means NOT OKAY. The girl is suffering some massive PTSD and survivor guilt and her parents refuse to see it. And maybe this is realistic, that a parent wouldn't want to see that their "miracle" is anything but okay. (hide spoiler)]
Aside from that, excellent book! And on to the next!...more
I am so tired of the word "metaphysical" in these books. And all of the sex. Seriously-it has gotten old. I am so ready for the old Anita!I am so tired of the word "metaphysical" in these books. And all of the sex. Seriously-it has gotten old. I am so ready for the old Anita!...more
I wanted to like this book so much more than I did. It could have been so much better, and that's the part that sucks the most. The author had some amI wanted to like this book so much more than I did. It could have been so much better, and that's the part that sucks the most. The author had some amazing elements and visuals in Under, but she left it all hanging. It wasn't until the last third of the book (when the big bad showed up) that I really became interested in the book.
So, that's my review for it. Wendy Darling has an excellent review of the book up. Check it out, it is pretty much everything I could say about the book-she just makes it sound better! lol http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/......more
I want to preface this by saying that I am NOT a crier. And it is usually weird things that do it: the president giving his speech in Independence DayI want to preface this by saying that I am NOT a crier. And it is usually weird things that do it: the president giving his speech in Independence Day gets me every time. The last two books that made me cry were Feedby Mira Grant and that particular Vampire Academy book-if you've read the series, you know the one I'm talking about!
Forbidden made me cry. And the worst part is that I am at work. I need to get it all out, but I can't yet. I shed a tear in front of Lindsay and had to reign the rest of it back in.
This is one of the few books where the emotions are just so unbelievable raw. Yes, the subject is taboo, yes, consensual incest is icky and creepy, but holy mother of cheese, Tabitha Suzuma made it beautiful. Okay, that is pretty much all I can say about it right now. Maybe later I'll add a few more thoughts, but for now I can't....more
**spoiler alert** This was a pretty good book. I was not pleased with the ending though.
Louisa is sent off to an asylum. She doesn't know why, and do**spoiler alert** This was a pretty good book. I was not pleased with the ending though.
Louisa is sent off to an asylum. She doesn't know why, and doesn't understand why they keep calling her Lucy. By the end of it, the mystery is solved, and I must say the twist threw me for a loop-I was not expecting it.
Also, what I was not expecting was the undertones of womens' rights. Louisa doesn't want to be a "lady," she wants to be a doctor. She doesn't want to get married, she wants to love someone that society would not approve of-another woman.
All in all, it was written pretty well, but the (I hesitate to call it lesbian tendencies because it was more about love than anything) love dynamic came on quite suddenly right at the end, especially the last 4 pages. ...more
I did not like this one. It annoyed me greatly. But at least it redeemed itself toward the end. Like Heather, I don't see where a third book will go-iI did not like this one. It annoyed me greatly. But at least it redeemed itself toward the end. Like Heather, I don't see where a third book will go-it did have a definite finale. ...more
**spoiler alert** Okay, so I did like this book. I think I may liked it more if I would have been able to read it in a shorter amount of time. As it s**spoiler alert** Okay, so I did like this book. I think I may liked it more if I would have been able to read it in a shorter amount of time. As it stands, it took me about 2 weeks or so.
For a dystopian novel, I thought it was excellent. It set up the world perfectly, and was very consistent. My biggest problem with the book is that it has two elements that I am seriously not happy with in books as of late. The first being that the girl is paired with one guy, but suddenly a new guy comes into the picture and she is all about the new guy forgetting that she has this other one. It just really has been grinding at me lately. The second thing that irritated me is that it appears there will be a sequel. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy sequels and series, but it's getting a little old. If there is just a sequel and not a whole series of this novel I will be okay. And again, if Cassia hadn't changed her mind, then there wouldn't be a need for a sequel. But I suppose that's the whole point of this dystopian world: everyone is matched, they have no choice. So what happens if someone breaks away from the system......more
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