Critique | The Sea Witch by S.J. Valfroy

2.75 Teacups

**I received a copy of the book from the author via YA Buddy Readers’ Corner on Goodreads in exchange for an honest review**

The first things about this book that drew me in were the cover, the title, and the synopsis. The Little Mermaid happens to be both one of my favorite Disney movies and fairy tales in general, so this book was right up my alley. I really wanted to know what could possibly have made “the sea witch” evil. Ironically, I’m wearing my Littler Mermaid shirt as I write this. It’s fate!

Critique | Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Source: Goodreads

2.5 Teacups
Dates Read: August 22nd, 2015 – August 23rd, 2015

I really wanted to like this book, and despite only having a 3 star average rating, I was willing to give it a benefit of the doubt. Then I started reading. At first, I really did not like Nyx. Or her family. It was extremely frustrating to read and I hated the whole, “Why don’t they love me, I hate them” thing…MAKE UP YOUR MIND.

The transition from hating Ignifex to loving him was weird/non-existent. One minute she hates him, the next she’s suddenly in love with him and he with her. It made me feel like she loved him just because he told her the same. However, I loved Ignifex. I thought he was mysterious and charming, despite the fact that he’s supposed to be this evil, deceitful, demon. Unsurprisingly, he wasn’t so much. He was actually fairly kind to her despite his namesake.

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

If he was a faerie, I should already be running.

Dates Read: August 4th, 2015 – August 7th, 2015

4.5 Teacups

Source: SJMASS Livejournal

Synopsis: Feyre is a 19-year-old girl who lives with her father and two sisters. One day, while she was out hunting, she sees and kills a wolf, who, unknown to her, is a faerie. (It could’ve gone either way.) The following night, a faerie appears at their home and says that she either comes to live with him forever, or she has to die. She chooses to live with him. At first, she’s distrustful, but eventually becomes comfortable with her “captor,” Tamlin, and his court (his friend and emissary Lucien, his servants, etc.), eventually falling in love with him. Then, the truth about his predicament comes into the light, and Feyre is fighting for the one she loves in a place she’d never imagine that she’d be.