First 2025 reads are…. And reviews!
Drumroll please, just kidding.
I finished Nightbane just a little after midnight but it took me into 2025! So that kicked off my reading 📖 … and when I tell you I flew through skyshade… I mean I could not stop ✋ until I was done.
Once I was done mourning the end of Skyshade, I jumped into the Delirium series. I’m currently on number 2!
Nightbane ⭐️ Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨(4.5)
Short Review: First off, I love that it’s a seamless transition from Lightlark. Without spoiling much, watching Isla grow as the story progresses is 👏🏻 overall. It switches a lot between ‘before’ memories and current times. A few times I had to go back and check to see if it was current or past. That’s why it’s 4.5* instead of 5.
Skyshade ⭐️ Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Short review: ok, this one probably could have been 4.5 too, but I feel like there was a lot of talk of Isla/Grimm/Oro who will she choose & I was over it by the end. But the storyline still had me in a chokehold and there was no way I wasn’t finishing - and the cliffhanger ending 😭 I need the next book, like yesterday.
Delirium ⭐️ Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Short review: I’m really not sure if this should be 3.5 or 4 ⭐️ to be honest. I did not get hooked right away. I almost DNF’d but decided to stick it out a little longer and I am glad I did.
*possible spoiler in the next paragraph*
By the halfway point, I was dying to know what choice Lena would make regarding her upcoming surgery. I am still salty about the ending with Alex and I think the author did him dirty but hoping that there’s a twist coming 🙏🏻
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Have you read any of these? What are your thoughts about them?
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Yearly Reading goal update: 3 / 300.
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