Book Review: House of Ivy and Sorrow

I think I should take a break from reading ARCs. I swear that this is the nth ARC I’ve given a less than 3 star rating this year.  And it makes me feel guilty because most of the ARCs that I’ve reviewed are debut novels. It’s like I am the Grinch, hellbent on crushing the dreams of new authors. >,< Though the House of Ivy & Sorrow was a pretty decent read, the calculator side of my personality wouldn’t just give in. There are so many reasons for me to enjoy this book but things were just off.  I was…

Book Review: Generation V

I highly regretted the fact that it took me so long to pick up Generation V.   I didn’t expect it to be this awesome and that’s already saying a lot because I went into this book with very high expectations. Thank goodness, it delivered with flying colors.  Generation V was certainly a refreshing read as it deviated from the rules of writing vampire stories.  I mean, let’s face it. If you are searching for a vampire book in online stores or in your local book stores, what are the chances of coming across a vampire story wherein the male vampire…

Book Review: City of Stairs

I have to be honest here.  When I signed up for an account on Blogging for Books, my intent was to look for an ARC of a book that I really wanted.  I made a request on EW but sadly, got rejected.  Driven by a sick obsession, I sought Blogging for Books in the hopes that I might find what I’m looking for there. Obviously, my search failed and I end up with City Of Stairs.  Yeah, I know, I could have just walk away without adding another ARC to my staggering TBR pile but I need to try the…

Book Review: Broken

Please remind me again why I allowed myself to be tortured by this book.  Right. Because I was STUPID.  I actually didn’t know that this book existed until after I got a notification from Netgalley that Strange Chemistry has approved my request for Tainted.  As I was searching GR to download Tainted’s book cover for my Stacking the Shelves post, it came to my attention that Tainted is already the second book of the Broken series. Because Stupid me believes that ARCs are not free and they’re meant to be reviewed and it was my fault for not checking things…