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February 7, 2017February 3, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: Empire of Storms

Up to this moment, I am still at a loss as to what happened with Empire of Storms when Heir of Fire finally upped the game followed by Queen of Shadows that sizzled with so much amazing goodness. It was Maas’ momentum to finally steer the ship into the “fantasy” direction and then, Empire of Storms happened. Suddenly, I am at a loss at why Maas took the sudden turn towards erotica when we’re finally getting what Throne of Glass series promised us—a full blown fantasy with badass characters. Empire of Storms was still a satisfactory read but a fantasy…

January 28, 2017July 14, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: Guarding Mr. Fine

So Guarding Mr. Fine was my first HelenKay Dimon book and I can say that it didn’t disappoint but didn’t wow me either. Although it has all the things that I want (the bodyguard setup, the one night stand, some mystery twist… you get the idea) in an Adult Contemporary Romance book, it still fell short especially in the romance department. So what happened was, we’ve got two hot guys (Rick and Seth) who met in a bar one night and ended up having a one night stand without even knowing each other’s names. The next time they met, they…

March 17, 2016July 13, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: The Story Spinner

Objectively speaking, there’s no way that Storyspinner could have earned a four star rating from me. The grounding still needs work, the world building insufficient, some of the characters are underdeveloped and the plot simplistic. But Becky Wallace’s storytelling hit all the right spots for me so I wasn’t able to stop myself from being generous. I didn’t regret giving away my four stars. Storyspinner immediately hooked me from beginning to end. I couldn’t remember a single moment that I got bored or getting annoyed about this or that. 2015 made for a lot of disappointing reads that reading Storyspinner…

December 26, 2015July 2, 2024Snoozly KitsuneLeave a Comment

Book Review: Snow Like Ashes

Remember how we are always cautious when we come across books that are marketed as the next blah? Or a book wherein “X book” meets “Y book”? In my case, I usually stay away from books marketed as such because I hate it when publishers capitalize on the success of other books. And most often than not, these “next” books are a total fail and the only recognition they deserve is that they were able to make it to the literary market. In the case of Snow Like Ashes, instead of being wary, I got curious with the blurb. Marketed…