Read: January 2016 Bookmarks: 5 You remember how Throne of Glass was not the ass kicking assassin we were expecting? There was no blood shed and we spent most of the time reading about dancing, admiring pretty dresses and wanting to bash our heads in as Celaena struggles with which guy to choose? Erase that … More Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2); Sarah J. Maas
Read: March 2015 Bookmarks: 1 Before I dive into this review, I feel that there are a few things that should be mentioned beforehand. 1) I am re-reading this entire series over again in a marathon so that way I can finally read the last book. 2) In my first read of this series, I … More City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments #2); Cassandra Clare
Welcome to the second instalment of The Mara Dyer Trilogy, where things are even more confusing than the first book, but unlike the first book…not in a good way. The Evolution of Mara Dyer is a 527 page book half full of awesomeness and the other half full of what the fuckery. It isn’t even … More The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2); Michelle Hodkin
Read: December 2014 Bookmarks: 4.5 She has done it again! Hats off to Jennifer Donnelly for this excellent follow up to The Tea Rose! The Winter Rose follows the story of Sid Malone, one of London’s notorious gangsters and India Jones, one of the first female doctors who only wants to help the poor. If … More The Winter Rose (The Tea Rose #2); Jennifer Donnelly
Read: July 2014 Bookmarks: 3.5 Think back to every series you ever read and then think about the second book in all of those series. How many of those second installments were good? How many simply bored you? How many did you go into that book thinking, ‘okay, this is just here to bridge the … More Siege and Storm (The Grisha #2); Leigh Bardugo
Read: May 2014 Bookmarks: 2 I feel like this is Deja vu. Is it possible that the second book in the series is worse than the first book? Or in the case of Insurgent, more boring? Really, what was the point of this book? I only remember little fragments, probably the most important bits. We … More Insurgent (Divergent, #2); Veronica Roth
Read: March 2014 Bookmarks: 4 Fractured picks up right where Slated left off, literally. It is a clean transition between the first book and the second, no info dumping of what we learned in book one. My, my what a nice refreshing change of pace! To me, I found Fractured to be much more enjoyable. … More Fractured (Slated #2); Teri Terry
Read: March 2014 Bookmarks: 4.5 This was another quick read, granted for this one I did skim. Flashbacks…flashbacks galore! However, they do give you a real nice look into Day, explaining why he is the way he is. We are given a look into the history of America as well, and damn! America is split … More Prodigy (Legend #2); Marie Lu
Read: March 2014 Bookmarks: -1 Is it possible that the second book was even worse than the first? Yes, yes it is. Let us begin with that 6 page prologue. It would have been much better suited in the first book, than the second. It was interesting, up until it rendered the first book pointless. … More Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2); Richelle Mead
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