Book Review: Defy the Stars

I wish I could defy my feelings after reading Defy The Stars… wish I could fool myself that the actual story is as awesome as the premise. Unfortunately, I’ve spent countless of days just staring at the screen of my Kobo, never really absorbing what the words meant. I guess this is a case of “it’s not the book, it’s me” problem. The whole time that I was reading Defy the Stars, I was just bored. I was expecting a humorous and full of bloopers storytelling (particularly that our male protag is a mech/robot who’s becoming more and more sentient)…

Book Review: Dead Beautiful

Okay, you may want to scoff at me if I tell you that I only picked up Dead Beautiful from NG because it was free and I’ve seen it on almost every bloggers’ STS posts. Hahahaha. And I don’t even know what it’s all about since the synopsis is really vague. So you can say that I went into it blindly and without any expectations. And after reading it, I have to CONGRATULATE myself big time because I’ve just read my first zombie book. Bwahahahaha. So what can I say about my experience with Dead Beautiful? Well, I can’t deny…

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. …