The story was more or less what it was billed to be: a stereotypical murder mystery in the style of Agatha Christie. I am not a huge Christie fan, but the description made me think it would be more tongue-in-cheek than it turned out to be. Instead, I got the formula: a countess is set up as being ...
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Finally!!! (Warning: major spoiler alerts ahead.) After an entire 6 book series, there's finally what I'd call a TRUE happy ending. I'd almost say it's happy to the point of being cheesy, and I might say that if I hadn't just slogged through six books of some level of disappointment. As it is, I ...
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A fantastic premise, very engagingly written, with a let-down ending. Warcross hooked me almost at once--Marie Lu is definitely skilled at this! Every book I've ever read of hers jumps straight into the action, in such a way that I also care what happens to the characters even though we're barely ...
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I loved this book, and I'm just in awe of the complexity of this series! There are so many details that I just let a lot of them wash over me, but I have the impression that Wheeler must have outlined a TON to keep all the intrigues and courts and etc straight in his head. But again, the ...
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This one took a bit longer for me to get into than others in the series, mostly because it introduces and follows new characters, and I had an initial aversion to Trynne Kiskadden because the name Trynne sounds so much like Tris (from the Divergent series. One of my least favorite heroines ever!) ...
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What an incredibly creative way to tell a story! A frame story pitches the Greek gods, particularly Aphrodite and Ares, against Aphrodite's jealous husband Haephestus, who has caught the two in a tryst. He tells Aphrodite that he intends to put her on trial for her adultery, but is stymied when ...
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