A book the writer knew a lot about

Immortal Roots by Velvet Davis is a fascinating book because the first half of the book is so slow, and the characters were so flat I almost gave up reading it, but I persevered and guess what? I am glad I did because the characters slowly started developing dimension to them, and they were not just paper dolls playing dress-up. Dassius was my favorite character because he changed the most during the book, and it must have killed him to not be in charge during their entire mission, but that is why I loved him because at least he tried.

As for the title of this post, you might be wondering what I meant by that, but it is quite simple. It is incredible worldbuilding; however, it leaves out a lot of details of how the world came to be. Why are the councils opposed to each other and can never agree to anything? Why do people go into a particular role and stay in that role? How do they get chosen for that role? How did the world get like that? Is the planet supposed to be Earth after some massive catastrophe that hit? Why did they create a program where they have humans that are trained to know every possible scenario? Why are there mystics in this world, and how did they come to be? The divine elemental beings were they human before, or were they always like that? How did they happen to be like that? These are but a few questions I thought of when I read this book, but I am sure when you read this, you will come up with your own. The best part is that the characters are just as clueless as to the readers, yet the readers get the sense that the writer knows every little answer to the questions being posed but forgot that readers are not privy to the writer's mind.

I will love to read the second book if one does come out because the ending did get me curious. Also, I am hoping maybe more things will be explained.

4 out of 5 stars.

Magic and Betrayal

Under My Skin by Shawntelle Madison is an interesting read as it leads right into characterization and does not let go. I would love to say it had me from the first page, but I could only read it online as a book for Apple on my Mac, and I tend to get so distracted when reading things on a computer no matter how good the book is. But the first page was riveting, and it makes the reader want to know every little thing about what is going on.

4 out of 5 stars.

Easy Read

Womby's School for Wayward Witches Series Book 1-5 by Sarina Dorie is one of those books that I cannot quite figure out. First off, I would like to thank the author for emailing me copies of the books when I did not realize that you could read the book in any order, and it will not make a difference. Also, I would like to thank NetGalley for letting me review this book set.
Indeed, you do not need to read these books in any order because it is so redundant that you can figure things out within the first five pages of whatever book you are reading.

I tried, I really did, but I had so many issues with the book that I had to DNF halfway through the second book because the characters felt so unrealistic like I know nobody who acts like any of the characters.

Here's the thing, it is okay to not be perfect all the time, and yet Clarissa cannot seem to fathom this concept. As soon as she does anything, somebody, whether it is an adult, a friend, or herself, from doing anything, and it got annoying fast.

I wanted to read the book for the magic and this potential boarding school for wayward witches that I still have not gotten to. If you wish to read a numb, mindless read, then this is the book series for you.

1.5 out of 5 stars.

This Book Broke Me

The Living God by Kaytalin Platt killed me. I finished this book a couple of months ago, and it took me this long to figure out how to write a coherent review.
Just ugh, why did you have to do that to my feels? Like Saran and Keiler slew me with their characterization and their relationship. It makes me wonder how much was real and how much was fake? I won't say what I mean about that because you should read it to find out because it was a twist I didn't see coming even though I saw every other twist coming.
The reason why this book is still killing me is that everything the characters did, they did it out of love, and the end results are just devastating.
Yup, nope, still cannot come up with a coherent review for this book.
5 out of 5 stars.

INCREDIBLE BOOK

The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is phenomenal. I need the second book because if that twist is true then the reunion is going to be interesting because that person has been presumed dead for the past 18 to 20 years. Oh, how to talk about this book without much spoilers. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this book because it is like the book to read if you are in a slump. I cannot stop singing praises about this book it needs to be on any mystery/thriller fanatics shelf.
Kira, Cady, Jude, Mac (sweet, sweet Mac and his K9... his cadaver dog), Gabriel, Free, Cady's father, all of the characters work so well together and I cried when Silver died. This is not a spoiler, it becomes obvious the dog will die at some point because she is like 13 years old. it is just how the dog died... nope, when the dog died that had me doing ugly silently crying unless I want my family to wonder why I'm blubbering over a fictional dog, but Silver is not just a fictional dog.
Ugh, it is too fantastic to put into words. It felt so real like everything that was happening to Kira was happening to you as well. The setting is spectacular and have you seen that cover? It is one of those books that I cannot wait for the rest of the books to come out (if there are any more?) and have no regrets reading this book.

I learned a lot about search and rescue and dogs roles in them. Also, the twists in this book are killer like finding out who Jude's father is and who rescued Kira from a hunter's trap has me on the edge of my seat.
As Oliver Twist would say "Please, sir, I want some more" (Charles Dickens 30).

5 out of 5 stars.










Works Cited

Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist, 1838. London, CRW Publishing Limited, 2003, 30. Accessed on Google Books on June 2, 2019. https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZjR8AzhkmYwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=oliver+twist&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjrnMya1cviAhVTnp4KHVt-BjAQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=oliver%20twist&f=false

Kingdom Cold by Brittni Chenelle

Kingdom Cold by Brittni Chenelle has incredible representation of characters, settings, and an gorgeous cover. I read it just for the cover and the description sounded intriguing. However, I had to DNF it because the characters were all so whiny and annoying. It was getting hard to tell who each character was anymore. Plus, there was some instalove going on which ruined the book for me.

I think the best part of the book is when Charlotte shot the arrow at the prince and he thought it was an ambush. I laughed so hard at that when I discovered it was just her no one else...

2 out of 5 stars.

End of the World= No Hope

Spoilers in this review read at your own discretion.
The Thirteenth Guardian by KM Lewis is beyond depressing. It is an excellent book even though the beginning was slow, it was just way too sad for me. First off, the character that we get told about in the description is rarely in there it is mostly the other four. Secondly, it is so nonchalant about all the deaths like oh over a million people died in about twenty minutes due to a tidal wave, let's go on to other people dying. Who cares about all the people dying when you can be told about more people dying. Oh, and let's not forget that almost all the marine life is most likely dead, but hey they can go fishing for fish. Umm, the red dust poisoned most of the waters, and the waters that were not poisoned are forming new landmasses unless I missed something. Thirdly, it wasn't as religious or biblical as I thought it would be and what was biblical was explained through science. Also, most of the description of the summary of the book did not happen until 98% of the book was done.

Spoilers:

All of North America is either drowned by water or covered in lava, and yet the two things they need are in North America. Does anybody else not see the issues with that?

2.5 out of 5 stars.