Lately I've been trying to devote full review posts, which take more time and energy, to books I really like. So for this quick reviews post, I've got a bunch of books I did not like and rated lower than 3 stars. We can't like every book, right? For the most part, despite having quite a few issues with some of these, they're "not for me" books, not necessarily bad books. But one was quite...
Daevabad, the hidden city of djinn, is in chaos after the events of the last book, but the djinn haven't given up yet against the new threat. Nahri and Ali try to make their way to safety and figure out how to save their city while Dara struggles to balance his loyalty to his Banu Nahida and his loyalty to the...
This time for my quick reviews I have the Folk of the Air series by Holly Black! (Minus The Lost Sisters, which will be in a separate post since it's a short story.) If you haven't heard of it, it's a YA series about a human raised in the fae realm. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I wasn't a big fan. I was probably being a bit nice with my 3.5 star ratings, now that I think back on it,...
![Book Review: Ignite Me (Shatter Me Book 3) by Tahereh Mafi [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Ignite-Me-Shatter-Me-Book-3-by-Tahereh-Mafi-255x255.jpg)
When Juliette wakes up in the last place she ever expected to be and receives terrible news, she finally decides that she's not the timid person she used to be and is ready to fight. Warner has the resources, Juliette has the strength, her friends have their own strengths and powers, and they all have the same goal: kill the Supreme Commander and take down The...
Hades and Persephone have both been crushing on each other from afar for a while, never able to say more than a few words because of Demeter's interference. But when Zeus finds out, he decides to play wingman and help push the two...
![Book Review: Unravel Me (Shatter Me Book 2) by Tahereh Mafi [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Unravel-Me-Shatter-Me-Book-2-by-Tahereh-Mafi-255x255.jpg)
Now part of a group of rebels, many of whom have special abilities like her, Juliette starts trying to hone her powers as the group prepares for war. Juliette thought she'd be happy at Omega Point, but she's not so sure she fits in, and her relationship troubles, as well as an unplanned hostage situation, complicate...
![Book Review: Shatter Me (Shatter Me Book 1) by Tahereh Mafi [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Shatter-Me-Shatter-Me-Book-1-by-Tahereh-Mafi-255x255.jpg)
At 14, Juliette was taken from her parents and eventually left to rot in an asylum because her touch has the power to kill people. Years later, she's given the chance at a better life, in exchange for becoming a weapon of torture, and she'll have to decide if she's willing to pay that price or if she'd rather take her chances on the run with the only boy who's ever shown her...
![Book Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Time-Travelers-Wife-by-Audrey-Niffenegger-255x255.jpg)
🌟One of my faves!🌟
Henry has a genetic condition that causes him to time travel against his will. It's not an easy life, but then he meets Clare, who already knows him from the many times his older self visited her in the past as she was growing up. This is their love...
In Snowed in with Santa, a single mom takes a temporary job working at a resort over the holidays only to find herself falling for a hunky Santa. In All I Want for Christmas is a Faerie Assassin, a woman accidentally summons a faerie assassin to be her fake boyfriend over the holidays. In Krampus Hates Christmas, Krampus is sent to live among humans and learns that Christmas can be nice with the...
![Book Review: A Vampire for Christmas by Various Authors [Anthology] [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-A-Vampire-for-Christmas-by-Various-Authors-255x255.jpg)
This anthology includes four romance stories about vampires finding love or their happily-ever-after at Christmas Time. A vampire and his former lover meet again after a year apart. A vampire falls for an up-and-coming celebrity. A vampire and his guardian angel attempt to save his soul. Last but not least, a vampire cop falls for a kind diner...
