Book Review: Daughter of Smoke And Bone

It is scary to be writing a 3-star review for a book so loved. It is even scarier to think that there is something wrong with me for not enjoying a book adored by many.  As a reader, I am so easy to please and I am generous with my 4 and 5 stars.  Giving Daughter of Smoke and Bone a 3.5 star rating felt like I am perhaps losing myself. You see, angel stories have already burned me in the past but it didn’t stop me to continue searching for the one that would erase all the bad memories. …

Book Review: Allegiant

How To Turn A Writing Success Into a Failure In a Subtle Way? Write an awesome and original story- Like a dystopian world where people are divided into factions according to their virtues. Ensure that the characters are badass but selfless and compassionate. This is a very good recipe to make potential fans rally behind your characters. It would also be good if the story put a solid emphasis on female strength. Complicate the story of each Main character by involving them in a to-die for and non-instalovey romance. You can even whip out a love triangle but a lot…

Book Review: Cover Story Girl

Having read a total 4 novellas for the past weeks, I must admit that I went into this with so much care. I hate being disappointed with abrupt endings and unwrapped loose ends so yes…you can say that I already had a pre-conceived bias when I dove into Cover Story Girl. It didn’t help that the premise is already overused. But guess what, I ENJOYED THIS ONE. In fact, I LOVED it. A rarity of course because nowadays, it’s so hard to gain gratification from something that has already oversaturated the market of contemporary romance. Cover Story Girl is a…

Book Review: Icon of the Indecisive

Dear Miss Mina, Do you realize the kind of dilemma you’ve caused me? You practically shoved me into a corner where I attempted to destroy my brain with thoughts of, 2 or 4, 3 or 4, 3 or 4? I really really wanted to give this book a 4 but I just can’t. You see, I still have a lot of unmet demands which I kindly enumerated below to refresh your memory. Hannah should be able to see the dwelling of Bathala and his family in the next book. Ford River College is a nice setting but visiting other Filipino…