Monday, June 18, 2018

Book Review: It Ends With Us

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Release Date: August 2nd 2016
Publisher: Atria Books
Pages: 376
My Rating: 5/5 Stars
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I've been a Colleen Hoover fan ever since "Maybe Someday" was released. I bought and read it as soon as it came out because I kept hearing so much about it.

Needless to say, I was SUPER excited when I got my hands on It Ends With Us. This book hit me right in the feels, it was SO SO good!! It's definitely my second FAVORITE book after Maybe Someday. Absolutely amazing and I'm really glad she touched on this issue. Colleen Hoover did such a good job, I was very impressed.

“All humans make mistakes. What determines a person's character aren't the mistakes we make. It's how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.” 

This book follows a girl named Lily. She works hard, graduated college, follows her dream of opening up a flower shop, and meets this amazing guy Ryle on a rooftop. Everything starts out amazing with Ryle, until things aren't so amazing.

I really loved the growth of these characters, especially Lily, the way she realized her own self-worth and really opened her eyes. Honestly I'm not even sure how to put into words just how good this book really was. It's been a few months since I read it and it's still hitting me! I think it's a really important read that a lot of females should read, even if your not a Colleen Hoover fan but ESPECIALLY if you are!

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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Book Review: The Perfect Stranger

The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda 

Release Date: April 11th 2017
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Pages: 337
My Rating: 3/5 Stars
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The Perfect Stranger was actually my very first ever adult thriller. I was expecting a fast-paced mystery, but instead, was disappointed with a very slow, drawn-out plot. The story is about this girl that moves into the country with her roommate, she eventually realizes that her roommate has not been home for a while. 

By a while, I mean it took her about 5 days to realize her roommate was missing. In a way I kind of understand this, because obviously they have their own lives and jobs and everything, but at the same time, if you haven't heard from your roommate for several days, when you both normally keep in touch, you'd think it would have taken her a little less time to finally think "hey, I think something may have happened to my roommate"...

Basically, it took almost half the book just for the main character to realize her roommate was missing. Once we move past the whole missing roommate, we finally start to see things happening. Honestly, I think things could have been a little more exciting and faster-paced. 

I have to admit that the ending really surprised me. The whole book, I thought I had it all figured out, but was very surprised how it actually turned out. It's mostly because of this that I ended up giving it 3 out of 5 stars, considering I almost DNF'D it halfway through. I just couldn't connect to the main character and the first half of the book was slow, but closer to the ending is when I started enjoying it.

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