Rachel Reads & Reviews

Grishaverse: Crooked Kingdom Review

The Crows had been left in dire straits but just a few weeks later, new plans are in place and Kaz is sure that not only will be able to get the original windfall that Van Eck had promised them, but retrieve Inej from his Van Eck’s hiding place, save Grisha refugees and get Kuwei…

rachelbeerwoman

December 11, 2022

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#crookedkingdom, #fantasy, #grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

Grishaverse: Six of Crows Review

I know Six of Crows is highly-regarded and I’m pleased to see that it lived up to its hype. After all the premise is centered around a Oceans 8-esque heist that seems impossible to accomplish but will yield so many rewards if they succeed. And certain death if they fail. The goal is to retrieve…

rachelbeerwoman

December 10, 2022

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#fantasy, #grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #sixofcrows, #YA

Top 5 Little House books

Flashback time! My mom may have bought me the entire Little House series before I was born (I think? It’s just been in my room for a very loooong time) but this summer I finally read them. Read read them, not skimmed. So now I’m sharing the top 5. 1. Little House on the Prarie:…

rachelbeerwoman

December 9, 2022

Top 5

#farmerboy, #laurawilder, #littlehouseontheprarie, #lowergrade, #onthebanksofplumcreek, #rachelreads&reviews, #thelittlehousecollection, #thelongwinter, #thesehappygoldenyears

Grishaverse: Ruin and Rising Review

Ah the final book in the Grisha trilogy. This one I cannot keep my thoughts on the ending spoiler free but that will be under the cut. What I will say is that the book starts off strong. Since the climax of Seige and Storm, Alina has been weak and her power faltering. A position…

rachelbeerwoman

December 8, 2022

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#fantasy, #grishatrilogy, #grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #ruinandrising, #YA

Grishaverse: Seige and Storm

While the first book had the weighty duty of introducing the world and magic systems Bardugo wanted to tell, it ultimately fell prey to some classic YA cliches that made it somewhat generic. The sophmore book shows grand improvements as it presents its cards straight up. Set a few weeks after Alina and Mal’s frantic…

rachelbeerwoman

December 7, 2022

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#grishatrilogy, #grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #rachelreads&reviews, #seigeandstorm, #YA

Grishaverse: Shadow and Bone

I read this long long ago back when it first came out for one of those school read 5 books over the summer thing. But as it was homework, I sort of skimmed it. However, since it has expanded and grown to a hit tv show, I’d thought I’d actually read it this time around…

rachelbeerwoman

December 6, 2022

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#grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #shadowandbone, #YA

Grishaverse: The Language of Thorns Review

These Midnight Tales by Leigh Bardugo collect stories from Ravka, Kerch, Fjerda and more showcasing her talent of taking that grim undercurrent of the original tales and delivering some universal truths about humanity and their desires for love, happiness and family.

rachelbeerwoman

December 5, 2022

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#anathology, #ayameandthethornwood, #grishaverse, #languageofthorns, #leighbardugo, #littleknife, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #thesoldier'sprince, #thetoocleverfox, #thewitchofduva, #whenwatersangfire, #YA

Ranking The Rajes

Dev brings a new spin to Austen’s famous works with her Rajes series, focusing on a formerly royal family settled in California as the hard-working new generation navigate social class nuances, chasing their dreams amid family pressures and expectations and of course, find love. For as Dev wrote in her author’s note for The Emma…

rachelbeerwoman

December 4, 2022

Rankings

#contemporaryromance, #harpercollins, #incenseandsensibility, #janeausten, #pride, #prideprejudiceandotherflavors, #rachelreads&reviews, #recipeforpersuasion, #retelling, #romance, #sonalidev, #theemmaproject, #therajes

Cursed Review

Cursed starts right where the action left on, the stakes high as Serilda submitted to the Erlking’s proposal, become his wife, pretend her unborn child is his and obey almost all his wishes until Percheta returns. Then he could gift his evil huntress Serilda’s baby and dispose of Serilda herself. It will all be worth…

rachelbeerwoman

December 3, 2022

Reviews

#cursed, #fairytale, #feiwel&friends, #gilded, #macmillan, #marissameyer, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #rumplestilskin, #YA

Ranking the Women Who Dare

1. Wild Rain: Jenkins’ admits this is her first book with a cinnamon roll hero and as someone who has a weakness for that kind of man, this one comes first as Garret’s kind ways soothes the independent (and hurt) spirit of Spring Lee when he comes to her small Wyoming town of Paradise. This…

rachelbeerwoman

December 2, 2022

Rankings

#avonbooks, #beverlyjenkins, #historicalromance, #howtocatcharaven, #rachelreads&reviews, #rebel, #romance, #wildrain, #wildwest, #womenwhodare