Started listening to King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard

 

Hello Bookies,

I got the audiobook of this book in MP3 player form. It's something that is convenient to me because I don't have to kill my phone or fight with my computer while playing video games and someone interrupts me. The only downside is that if I pause it long enough the device shuts off. Anyway we finished the second book with Mare getting captured. But is it really being captured if she willingly gave herself up? Either way the book so far is her being prisoner and how they are treating her. That is as far as I got. I'm only on chapter three or four and not much is going on. I feel like this book is just going to be a filler before the last book. Tone down the action to save it for the grand finale. I do enjoy this series so far, but to be honest, I wouldn't keep it on my bookshelf. I get the appeal of it but I might be too mature for this series. Mature as in too old. I'm not the target audience and I'm okay with that. Either way I'm still curious about how this book is going to play out. I'm wondering how Mare is going to get out of her captivity and get back to those she cares deeply about. Wish me luck on this one.

So until next time....

-Lys

Finished reading Stay with Me

 

Hello Bookies,

I would be lying if I said that this book didn't cause me some restless nights because it did. The mess that Calla's mom had put her in left me wondering what she was going to do about it. Also Calla did a lot of growing thanks to Jax. She had a lot to learn to overcome her insecurities and to learn that her scars never made her ugly. The looks she was getting from people were mostly pity and not disgust like she thought. Yeah there were some real pieces of work that found her scars a shame and ugly, but those people aren't deserving to be a part of Calla's life. I think I liked this book because of Calla's character development. This book felt like it was so much deeper than a romance. We have have a girl who had a rough childhood after a fire broke out in her home because she lost some people very close to her. Meaning her dad left and pretty much wrote her off while her mom went into the world of drugs. Even though Calla wanted to get away from her crappy life, she realized that she also neglected those that really did care for her. Later in the book, after almost dying, Calla learns that her mom's mess wasn't even supposed to be Calla's mess. It was taken care of and now she was safe to do whatever she wanted. Like go back to school and fall madly in love with Jax. Anyways, I like how this book had so much more meaning to it than the typical romance. The book is about a girl who felt like she didn't deserve everything in the world because of her background and scars. Then she grows up and realizes that she does. This book gets four out of five stars from me.

So until next time....

-Lys

Reading Stay with Me by Jennifer L. Armentrout (J. Lynn)

 

Hey there Bookies,

I'm trying a different Jennifer Armentrout book. Well, I've been listening to this book more than reading it. It is something to do while playing mindless games. But I've learned something about myself going between the two different books by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I don't like overly descriptive books. I like books that pretty much get to the point. I was thinking that was why I couldn't get into Don't Look Back. It was too descriptive on the whole situation. Stay with Me is more to the point. It is interesting that two different books from the same author have completely different writing styles. Anyways the book I'm listening to now is about our main girl named Calla who had her life in order and planned out until she finds out that her mother had completely cleaned her out. Putting all of her plans completely off track. Forced to go back to her hometown to find her mother, Calla learned that finding her mother isn't going to be easy. Turns out her mother has been hanging out with the wrong crowd and ran off. No where to be found. Now Calla is forced to figure out what to do to to get her life back in order. Meaning she is stuck in her hometown until she got at least some of the money she needed in order to at least finish school. I'm curious on how Calla is going to work out her finances while also trying to figure out how to clean up the mess her mother had created. 

So until next time.....

-Lys

Attempted to read Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

Hey there Bookies,

I have to be honest here. I've been trying so hard to read this book for so long, it is to the point that I should just stop trying. I've checked this book out so many times and kept it as long as I could every single time. The only problem is, I can't get past the first chapter. Yes, this book starts off with the mystery of the main character not remembering anything. We don't know who she is or where she came from. We just know that she was found walking bare food along the road covered in blood and wounds like she was in an accident or was kidnapped or something. But I still can't get past the first chapter. I feel like it just drags on and on about the situation. Being too descriptive on the situation. Maybe I'm being too critical about it but either way, I don't feel right fully reviewing this book if I can't even get past the first few pages. Jennifer L. Armentrout is even one of my favorite recent authors. Maybe the writing style of this book is just not for me. 

So until next time....

-Lys