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…

Book Review: The School for Good and Evil

This book has just solidified my belief of the saying that “looks can be deceiving.” You know what really makes me hate a book? It’s not the badness nor the prose nor the plotholes. It’s the fact that I went into it with loads of expectation only to be severely disappointed upon arrival at the finish line. And this is what happened to me after reading The School for Good and Evil. Fairy tales are one of my comfort reads. Whenever I’m suffering from a great book hangover, I always crave for something light and entertaining. But I didn’t achieve…