An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir – This book capitalizes on
negative emotions like constant fear and pain. Think The Hunger Games with a
little more class, except the heroine is a frightened little girl who never
heard of “Girl Power”. I felt no connection to the characters, and the
world building while complicated didn’t necessarily make sense. If you’re into
violent stuff, better read Red Rising instead. Violence, when written by a guy,
hurts less. Further more, the present tense grated on my nerves, too many
questions are left unanswered and the books stops in the middle of the action.
I checked my copy and there’s no mention of it being part of a series so that
was quite a disappointment. 2/5 stars
A Thousand Nights by E. K. Johnston – I got fooled by the cover
again. The narrator’s voice didn’t work for me, the story dragged, and the
flashbacks and dreams were distracting. But at least it was short. 2/5 stars
Winter by Merissa Meyer – I was prepared to complain about
the book being too big when I first opened it, but as there are 4 couples and
the main war plot to be solved, it didn’t seem too big in the end. While I
still found the combat scenes utterly boring, everything else was wrapped
nicely and we got a well-deserved HEA. 4/5 stars
Soundless by Richelle Mead – Rather slow with a lot of telling
and it failed to engage my interest, which I found surprising as none of the other
of Mead’s books had that effect on me before. And what’s with this YA trend to
portray all adults as idiots? 3/5 start
The Clockwork Dagger by Beth Cato – I don’t feel compelled
to continue with this series. The romance is mushy, and I didn’t particularly
like the heroine and her obsession with the Lady. Whatever god asks for your
blood in exchange of favors doesn’t deserve praying to. 3/5 start
Valor’s Choice by Tanya Huff – I’m not much into military
sci fi, but I quite enjoyed this one. I especially liked to find intelligent characters in it. And the aliens’ hair rocked, hehe! 4/5 stars
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