Throne of Glass ~ Sarah J. Maas
GroupRead on Goodreads
The Sun Is Also A Star ~ Nicola Yoon
Becoming (Audiobook) ~ Michelle Obama
Illuminae (Audiobook) ~ Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
The Descendant of The Crane ~ Joan He
Received an arc from Net Galley for an honest review.
Expected Release: April 2nd 2019
Ten Thousand Skies Above You ~ Claudia Gray
A Thousand Pieces Of You ~ Claudia Gray
Started: January 23rd 2019
Finished: February 2nd 2019
Rated: 4.5
Likes: Interweaving Dimensions, Love Triangle, Characters
Dislikes: Shallow character (Theo)
Notes: I'm so excited to read the next book in this series. I'm invested in the characters now and I must know what happens next!
Ink ~ Alice Broadway
Started: February 3rd 2019
Finished: February 9th 2019
Rated: 3.5
Likes: Concept for the plot, Plot twist
Dislikes: Predictability (only for one specific part), Some of the character choices
Notes: So it's contradictory for me to say that I liked the plot twist but disliked the predictability because typically these two things don't go together. I disliked the build up, that lasted over half the book, for this particular moment, yet after the predictable thing happened, there was twist to it which I did enjoy.
February Reading Summary
~ This month wasn't great when it came to reading. I just started my second semester of my first year in college. I dropped a class because I was too ambitious and even then, with more time on my hands, I still didn't choose to read. This month also just felt short (probably because it was). It was so much easier to read when I was at home with my mom and my dog on winter break. Even the weekend home at the beginning of February was helpful because it was the reason why I finished A Thousand Pieces of You and why I started Ink. It's just been a not so good month, but I did make an addition to my Wrap-Up posts which will be a little blurb at the end, summarizing my overall month. It sucks that I had to start it on a bad note, but at least I started it. ~
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️½
I have been looking forward to reading this book for some time now and while I'm not incredibly disappointed by it, I thought it was going to be better.
In Saintstone nothing about you is secret, or at least thats what society is taught to believe. From the second you're born every achievement, significant moment, job prospect, and failure are immortalized on your skin. Honorable marks let people know that you are trustworthy and that you should be remembered. Shameful marks announce that you are a traitor and should not be remembered once you die. After Leora's father dies she finds comfort in the fact that his skin tells a wonderful story. Until she witnesses a public marking, which hasn't happened for many centuries and a crow is marked on a man. The crow signifies to those who decide your fate after you die that you under no circumstances should be remembered. This incident brings memories flooding back to Leora who remembers a brief moment in her childhood where her father was marked with the same exact crow. But she never saw it again after that incident. And it wasn't there when she visited his skin book in the museum before it was to be judged. Leora knows it must be a mistake but before she can do anything about it, the horrifying secret gets out, jeopardizing her fathers legacy and the rest of Leora's life.
It's really hard for me to say what I liked and disliked without writing a spoiler filled review (which I don't like doing) but I will still continue to try to convey my thoughts.
Everything about this book could've been incredible. The plot concept is amazing and I've never seen anything like it before and it was written decently well, but there were some things I didn't like about it too. For one, I didn't like the incredible build up to an extremely predictable moment. I knew from the beginning of the story what was going to happen with that story arc. However, there was a plot twist that did make this predictable thing more enjoyable for me, but the build up was unnecessary. Another thing that I didn't particularly like were some of the choices made my the main character. I feel like she handled multiple situations wrong and it made her seem shallow, even thought I don't think her character was meant to be written in such a way.
The ending of this book intrigued me and I will definitely read the next book in the series (it might be a duology but I think it's a series, if someone knows let me know) to see what happens.
