Daughter of Smoke and Bones

After putting this book off for so long, I finally experienced the greatness of DoSaB.

I didn't quite expect to love it quite as much as I do. There are things about this book that bother me but it makes such a great plot line.

I loved reading about the scenes between Akiva and Madrigal in the past, it was so sweet and showed the goodness of people. I wish Akiva honored Madrigal's memory by trying to unite the two races but I also understand his side, those people took the life of the person he loved, one of them.

I am kind of hoping that now that she knows who she is, she kind of becomes Madrigal, but not completely forget Karou. I would like to see her as an embodiment of both Karou and Madrigal.

I'm curious about Karou's aging, will she age like a human or like a Chimera cause she isn't really human, she's just wearing human skin.

I really hate her sister, Chiro. How could she betray her sister like that? I get being jealous but how can you be that jealous of your own sister? And I hate how everyone keeps pushing her to be with Thiago. It's her free will. She would have lost herself if she had been with him.

I love that scene where she and Akiva dance and their stolen kisses. Their whole relationship was cute up until he killed Brimstone. I'm really going to miss Brimstone.

I love Zuzana, she was such a great friend, unlike Chiro. And lover her thing with Mik.
While Karou and Akiva's relationship is complicated theirs is simple and sweet. I love whole puppeteer thing, the art project. It was such a great idea and I keep trying to picture it.

I loved the scenes where Akiva and Karou were getting to know each other and them building a sort of friendship and the undeniable attraction between them. It was cute as perfect.

The ending with the whole back and forth between the past and present made a lot of things clear and it was insightful but I wanted to know what would happen with Karou and Akiva, which in the end turned out broke my heart.

I love the wish thing and love how her memories were stored in the wishbone, something that meant so much to the two of them.

I hope that in the end, things end up all right.

Reviews for rest of the series:
Daughter of Smoke and Bones
Dreams of Gods and Monsters

Days of Blood and Starlight

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour is definitely a great book. It was light and cutesy.

The way the book pans out. In the beginning, we see our protagonist as this scared girl trying to get through each day and try to rebuild her life after a tragedy and we get to see her evolve into this confident young woman.

To me, her trusting herself enough to drive again was the biggest achievement in the story.

I liked Roger. He wasn't like most male protagonists I read about. He wasn't cocky and self-assured. I liked that in some ways he was naive. I mean come on the thing with Hadley? Really? He thought that could work?

I loved reading about their trips through the different states. As a foreign citizen I know close to nothing about every place they went to but damn, sometimes it kind of felt like I was there myself.

Also. Let's talk about the playlists. I am quite ashamed of the fact I knew exactly zero of the songs on it. I mean, I've definitely heard of Elvis but never really listened to any of his music. I like the typical American Top Forty kind of music.

Anyways. Back to the story. I really liked the moments where we saw Amy starting to open up. I was glad that her recovery didn't have everything to do with Roger. I mean yeah, he was kind of a part of it but her learning to trust herself had a lot to do with the trip, not him and the people she met on the trip like Hadley's brother, who I really like.

I really like the ending, it wasn't overly cheesy but just cheesy enough, especially his gift to her. I love that gift, it was so thoughtful. I do wish we knew what happened after but the story was about her gaining trust in herself again not just about them.

I don't know what else to mention but I would like to say, it was a great read and a quick one too.