“it’s the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world. The kind that takes forever and n5 stars ☆ ╰› spoiler free
“it’s the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world. The kind that takes forever and no time at all.”
₊˚⊹ᰔopening thoughts: this was amazing and romantic and everything I hoped for. The story has improved so much from the all-over-the-place mess that began inshatter me.It was just perfect and I loved it so much! I could not put it down and I read it so fast because I just had to know what happened. I’m officially a shatter me fan, yay, time to buy all the books & merch lol!
₊˚⊹ᰔcharacter breakdown:
╰› juliette ferrars: I honestly love her so much and I’m so proud of her! She has had absolutely phenomenal character development throughout the series and watching her fully come into her power in this one was amazing to read. She devoured the whole thing.
╰› aaron warner: my husband… I’m so in love with him...more
❝people seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truth with their eyes all the time.❞
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fine, I admit it. I like warner.
He❝people seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truth with their eyes all the time.❞
.݁₊ ⊹. ݁˖. ݁
fine, I admit it. I like warner.
He’s not making his way onto my list of book boyfriends, mind you. At least not yet. I can’t quite find his traumatized, ocd self with an overdose of daddy issues attractive, per se, but I am… interested. However, I do appreciate him as a person. He’s not quite as evil as I thought he was and he has a well rounded character. I really enjoyed this novella; it was well-written and gave a lot of helpful insight on warner’s character. I’d definitely recommend reading this one in between the first and second books!
❝you make the stars envious, because one day –far from now– you will be up there beside them, outshining every single one.❞
➸ in the stars b꒰ 4.5☆ ꒱
❝you make the stars envious, because one day –far from now– you will be up there beside them, outshining every single one.❞
➸ in the stars by benson boone you took the best of my heart, and left the rest in pieces
there’s an adenamak-sized hole in my chest. I’m not sure if I’ll ever be truly okay again.
my expectations for this book were honestly quite low after the mess (sorry <3) that waspowerless,but I had some hope that it would be better– and of course, I wanted to have my heart broken. But I regret that decision deeply, as this book didn’t just break my heart. It stomped on it and tossed it in a blender.
despite my mournful state after readingpowerful,I still loved it more than I ever thought I would. It was, as Mak would say, a little piece of perfection (yes, he did say that about Adena. No, I'm not crying as I write this). Seriously, this book was so pure and sweet and beautiful. adenamak are simply the most adorable couple. Mak spent his whole life believing he didn’t deserve happiness, or to smile. but Adena comes along, and being with her gives him more joy than he ever thought was possible. I just… I can’t. I cannot.
The quality of writing here has much improved sincepowerless.I didn’t cringe at all, which makes me even more excited for the second book's release in July. I’m both excited and terrified to see where the plot goes and how Mak will play into Paedyn’s story.
If you enjoyedpowerlesseven a little bit, I highly recommend this little novella. Just make sure to have tissues next to you.
₊ ⊹❀ fav quotes:
➸ ❝run to me. always run to me.❞
➸ ❝I had never known happiness before her. But if there is to be an after in which she doesn’t exist, I know I never will again.❞
➸ ❝If darkness is the absence of light, then that is what I am when she’s not around. And I wonder how I’ve stumbled this long without her to guide me.❞
➸ ❝He is my fantasy. This is my reality.❞
➸ ❝you’re the embodiment of everything I am not. And yet, here I am, crawling back to you as though I’ve left a piece of myself behind.❞
❝I have to confess that I think I’m obsessed with this. With you. With us.❞
⤷ everything has changed by taylor swift ft. ed sheeran all I know si4.5 ⭐
❝I have to confess that I think I’m obsessed with this. With you. With us.❞
⤷ everything has changed by taylor swift ft. ed sheeran all I know since yesterday, is everything has changed <3
I have to confess that I think I’m obsessed with this book. With Nick. with emilienick. Will I be attacked by crazy fangirls if I admit that I liked this better than bttm?? It was truly a perfect read.
╰⪼ ya'll I am not feeling a review rn, but this was a ton of fun and I adored the sly, cunning, sassy protagonist. I will definitely be reading the re╰⪼ ya'll I am not feeling a review rn, but this was a ton of fun and I adored the sly, cunning, sassy protagonist. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series! <3...more
❝you should be wary of setting rules with me. you know I live to break them.❞
ಇ ~ I can see you by taylor swift then we kiss, and you know I won’t e❝you should be wary of setting rules with me. you know I live to break them.❞
ಇ ~ I can see you by taylor swift then we kiss, and you know I won’t ever tell
I’m humbled. I thought I would have the same meh feeling about this as I did the author’s other books, and bought it solely for the cover. but boy, was I wrong. this was just about the cutest thing ever.
the reason that axie’s other books were a miss for me was because of the writing style, and unfortunately, that’s usually not something that varies from book to book; an author’s writing is what can make them well-loved or well-hated, because it has a distinct impression or voice. From my previous experiences with axie’s writing, I knew it to be cheesy and a bit stilted, and frankly incapable of writing chemistry or angst. imagine my surprise when the writing style in this book was not only fun, easy-to-read, and flowed remarkably well, but had a sizzling romance (not in regards to spice, obviously, as it’s YA, but in that the chemistry was immaculate).
sori and nathaniel are both, well, extremely hot characters and their moments actually had me silently squealing and cackling. I say this a lot, because I’m a hopeless romantic and almost anything remotely related to romance will make me pass out, but seriously; it was too good! I felt like I was watching a k-drama. the pool scene?? unwell. I loved how nathaniel didn’t force himself onto sori but waited patiently for her and respected her boundaries. They were such simps for each other and I was eating it up.
I also loved the kpop-based plot. The xoxo band members are all cute (youngmin & hyemi spinoff when??) and it was refreshing to have a protagonist who knew what she was doing and how to handle herself while being scrutinized by the media. speaking of awkward and oblivious characters… what do you know, I liked jenny a lot more when she wasn’t suffering from main character syndrome. She was actually really cute. The platonic & familial relationships in this book warmed my heart– sori had such cute relationships with jenny, hyemi, and her mom. we stan!!
–bottom line: this book really is just as cute as its cover <3
❝I would walk the same path every lifetime, if I knew that at the end of it, you were waiting for me.❞
˚₊‧꒰ა ❝I want you to hold me like a grudge, keep me like a promise, haunt me like a ghost.❞ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚
—miss americana and the heartbreak prince <3 they w˚₊‧꒰ა ❝I want you to hold me like a grudge, keep me like a promise, haunt me like a ghost.❞ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚
—miss americana and the heartbreak prince <3 they whisper in the hallways, she's a bad bad girl
—I can see you <3 I can see you, up against the wall with me
—the archer <3 who could ever leave me, darling? who could stay?
I think we all know the famous saying from jane austen'semma;if I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. Does that apply to books? Absolutely. Does that apply to this particular book, in my case anyway? Y E S. I've started and deleted more paragraphs than I can count at this point, because I don't know that to say. I don't know if I should rant about the characters and the romance, I don't know if I should make this a needlessly formal review,which I do sometimes.I don't know if I should focus so much on the aesthetic that it doesn't even matter what I actually say,which I also do sometimes.I don't know if this should be a cute, sad, happy, bittersweet or angry review, because this book made me feelso many freaking emotions.
❝Here comes the rain, and I'm crying again, caught up in the downpour of me loving you.❞
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ golden hour by jvke she's got glitter for ski꒰ 4.5☆ ꒱
❝Here comes the rain, and I'm crying again, caught up in the downpour of me loving you.❞
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ golden hour by jvke she's got glitter for skin, my radiant beam in the night
marissa meyer slays literally every genre, from fantasy to sci-fi to dystopian to now, thecutest contemporary romance duology ever.this was one of my most highly anticipated releases of 2024, and it did not disappoint!
there is a very small number of ya romance from the boy's perspective, but it worked super well for this one. Jude was a wonderfully dorky protagonist, a junior in high school with a penchant for star wars, marvel, star trek, lord of the rings, dungeons and dragons, and so on- and also with a massive crush on the most popular girl in his grade. he's extremely oblivious that the beautiful, talented girl he calls his best friend could be anythingotherthan a friend, but he was such a simp for her when he realized his feelings that it was so worth it.
the romance was so sweet and cute. best friends-to-lovers always has this innocent, adorable quality that I love. marissa meyer writes romances devoid of lust and too much angst andno, I repeat no, third act breakup!ari was an amazing character and I would have loved her perspective, but it might have robbed the book of the slowburn because she was definitely in love with jude from the first page.
one of my favorite things about this book was how it completely rejected the usual tropes; the you belong with me complex, where the girl the guy is pining after is actually a rude snob. this girl was super sweet and kind and even a little dorky, she just simplywasn't right for him.it was really refreshing to read about!
the one complaint I have though, was while the sibling relationships were adorable, marissa meyer committed a grave literary crime in that area. listen, sibling donotcall each other 'sis' or 'bro.' no siblings actually do that (edit: my apologies,mostsiblings don't do that). please stop having characters do it...more
❝you unimaginable, contrary creature. You have made me believe in something at last. It’s as wretched as I imagined.❞
⁀➴ willow by taylor swift꒰ 5☆ ꒱
❝you unimaginable, contrary creature. You have made me believe in something at last. It’s as wretched as I imagined.❞
⁀➴ willow by taylor swift I’m begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that’s my man
I want to crawl inside this book and stay there.
Sorcery of Thornsis just one of those books. The kind that makes you believe in magic and quells your longing for a world better than this one, only to freshen the pain once you remember that it’s not real. But it’s worth it for the feeling you do get from the time spent within the pages. When I say fantasy is my favorite genre, this is what I mean.
This book takes place in the kingdom of Austermeer, in which six great libraries that house grimoires, magical, living books, are located. That’s right, magic books! Right off the bat, I was entranced by the booksy, cozy, enchanting setting. But the books aren’t just fun-loving; sometimes, the books turn into dangerous monsters called maleficts.
The sorcery in this book had just the right touch of whimsy. I loved the idea of demons being the givers of all the sorcerers’ magic. And of course, I loved the magic books. Going to one of the great libraries is now on my bucket list. The worldbuilding was a little vague but it basically felt like Old England culture and the aesthetic was just impeccable.
The writing?? I have way too many quotes in my quote section and so many more I couldn’t include because it was justthatgorgeous. It wasn’t overly flowery but it had a subtle kind of beauty that made everything, from the dialogue to descriptions to action, an absolute joy to read. There wasn’t a single time I felt myself cringing or questioning the wording of a phrase or doing anything other than literally aching from the loveliness. I don’t know how margaret rogerson has so much talent but what I would give for a fraction of it...more
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