Review: Red Queen

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Elusion

Elusion by Claudia Gabel
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

An interesting take on an omnipresent virtual world that may or may not be a sabotaged technology that is harming its users. Entertaining fiction, with some mysterious twists and family drama. I'm just not sure it pulled me in entirely. The virtual world didn't feel inescapably, obsessively real in comparison to the "real" world, for one thing. Ready Player 1 and Eye of Minds both did a much better job making a virtual gaming world come alive in exhilarating and terrifying ways that make the reader feel like an actual, immersed user in the story. For another thing, the romantic interests felt contrived. Maybe I'm just over fictional teenage romance.

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Review: Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Beautiful Chaos

Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Mostly I'm just relieved to see that there is a #4. The way this book ended had me very dissatisfied and would have earned the book no more than 2 stars. I did like how this book made Ethan more the center person of interest instead of just the boyfriend of the person of interest, Lena. Book 3 was a bit anticlimactic, though. It needed something more. More emotional intensity, more at stake, more of a physical journey. Compared to the way things escalated in Book 1 for example, this one just felt a bit stagnant.

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Review: Beautiful Darkness

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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