libraryofthecrypt's reviews
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I went into this expecting it to just be okay- honestly hoping that it would be with how hard it is to collect. And I only got 50 pages in before I decided I needed to own this series. 10/10 volume will be binge reading the other 14.

Currently on KU btw.

I’m cutting it short of a five star purely because it took me a minute to get into this at the beginning. 

I know I’ve read some Percy Jackson books in my youth but I honestly barely remember doing it and I have no idea if I read them in order or just picked up one when I saw it on the shelves in the library. So, to be honest there’s not really nostalgia for the series beyond the movies. That being said I really enjoyed this first book and wouldn’t mind bingeing the rest of the series. I actually just checked out the audiobook for The Sea of Monsters on Libby to do this.

I went the audiobook route as I just didn’t feel like reading physically at the time and I would recommend it. Jesse Bernstein does a great job.

This book has been on my tbr for years. And I have to say it was a little bit of a letdown. I love the premise and I do plan to continue with the series and see the movie when it releases. But, I was just expecting more. 

It felt like we were building up to a major event and what we got in the end was just okay. I would recommend this book but it’s not one that I see myself buying a physical copy of unless the rest of the series I end up really enjoying.

That being said a certain moment didn’t need to be in this book. Like it didn’t add anything to the plot and it just left me rolling my eyes.

Just wasn’t grabbing my attention.

I was forcing myself to continue reading this and I just don’t think I would rate this higher than 2.5 if I were to finish this.

I went in pretty blind with this book and still declared it a five-star prediction last year. I was looking forward to getting to this last year but I didn’t predict just how many people would put a hold on this book. I would have loved to have read this in December but I was not going to put this off until the end of the year. I understand the comparison to Red, White & Royal Blue and I even agree with it. 

This is a fun fantasy romance with a pretty big political element to it. I understand the comparison to Red, White & Royal Blue and I even agree with it. The critique of capitalism and the talk of different ways of grieving were fantastic. And this was a great example of the trope opposites attract. 

I loved the main characters and Kris and Iris got me as well. I’m a little bummed with how this ended but I also respect it. I’m looking forward to the next book although I won’t make it a five-star prediction. I do not care for sex scenes but I wasn’t bothered by the few scenes in this. And I do believe that I will be re-reading this in December. 

This is another book I thought was going to be a five-star prediction in 2024 that flopped for me. I adore world-building but the world-building in this? This was so convoluted. Most of the world-building was about wool and I kept hoping to hear more about the world that wasn’t about that. The romance left me feeling meh but that’s probably because I prefer my romances to be less about the sexual aspect and more about actually falling in love with the person which there was barely any of. I didn’t believe that Matti and Luca were in love or that they should’ve been together. The characters had their skeletons but they didn’t have their organs. They needed to be worked on more than they were. The entire book did honestly. 

The mystery surrounding Luca was a giant let down as well. There was quite a few quote-able moments the one currently in my mind is about turning a scene in the last chapter into epic poems but I’m going to be honest in saying said quote felt wasted in this book. 
 
I thought about dnf’ing this multiple times but I decided to power through it to mark off a r/fantasy bingo square. Hopefully, A Marvellous Light is better since I’ve seen that this was Freya’s first book and that it just got published later on.

I’m not ready for this series to end.

The mc reminded me of Sid the Sloth…. And I just really don’t care for the bully and servant thing.