February has come and gone sooo quickly. I've spent most of it chilling, thinking "It's cool, my deadlines aren't until March," and suddenly March is a weekend away. I guess I better get my head down. Before that though, since I tried out a pretty in-depth TBR for February, I'm going to try a little roundup, summarise my thoughts and linking you all to the reviews if you missed them. Anyway, here's how my February has gone:
Slated
Rating: ★★
It kinda pained me to give a book such a low rating. I get super passionate when I love a book, and super passionate when I really don't, but when it comes to writing the latter kind of passion in a review, I'm constantly thinking about the author whose work I'm being critical of. I've got to be honest though, that's what reviews are for, and I've tried to balance my negatives with the positives. Find it here.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Rating: ★★★
Not my favourite John Green book, but it was good. After having it sit on my bookshelf for months, it was a little bit disappointing. I mean, all I was really expecting was good old John Green, but I guess meaning to read something for so long just builds expectations from nothing. You can find my review here.
The Heir
Rating: ★★★★
I got pretty dresses. I got royalty. I got romance. I had my issues but I got what I wanted. Plus, I read it in 48 hours max. It must have been good. I'm aware that my review might not quite match up to my rating. But I did love it. I just chose to put a lot of focus of the problems I did have. You can read it here.
We All Looked Up
Rating: ★★★
I loved the concept, and the apocalyptic feel. The friendships were slow to get going which, at first, I was disappointed by, but now that I've finished the book, I realise that it made it realistic. People don't normally just instantly become friends, and that stood in this book. You can read my full review here.
All I Know Now
It's this month's LUCKY BOOK!! All that means is that it wasn't on my TBR but I finished all the books that were. It's probably going to carry over and I'm enjoying it so far. Being only a few years younger than Carrie, I'm reading it having finished school, but so much of it is still so relevant.
Title: The Heir
Author: Kiera Cass
Edition: Harper Collins UK, 2015
Rating: ★★★★
Synopsis
Kiera Cass's Number 1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has enchanted readers from the very first page. In this fourth romantic novel, follow Illea's royal family into a whole new Selection - and find out what happens after happily ever after. Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has enchanted readers from the very first page. In this fourth romantic novel, follow Illea's royal family into a whole new Selection-and find out what happens after happily ever after. Eighteen years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story...but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought. A new generation of swoonworthy characters and captivating romance awaits in the fourth book of the Selection series!
(Taken from Waterstones.com)
Review
Considering I've read the rest of the series, it's a little bit backwards for my first review of it to be The Heir. It's pretty simple though; I read the first three last summer, before this blog was a thing, and although I'd love to review them all together, I'll need to re-read them in order to give a proper review. So, until then, here's my review of The Heir.
I'm going to start with my biggest question: why is The Heir a part of The Selection series? This question makes me think so many things at once I don't know where to start. Plus, I have a lot of feelings about this series in general.
January has seen my Goodreads challenge off to a great start. I've read all four of my January TBR books plus an extra one which means I'm already 10% done and currently two books ahead of schedule, yay!
But...there's no rest for me...I gotta keep it up. So, say hello to my February TBR 2016.
Slated by Teri Terry.
This one has been recommended (and conveniently left on the side for me to pick up) by my lovely housemate Amy.
Looking at the cover, I'm expecting some dark dystopia.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
I have had this on my shelf for ages. And I'm pretty sure it's the only John Green book I haven't read yet. By the end of February, that will no longer be true.
Having read, and loved, all three of David Levithan's collaborations with Rachel Cohn, I have pretty high expectations. Please don't let me down!
The Heir by Kiera Cass
I sped through the three previous Selection series books in about the same number of days, practically stealing my friend's Kindle to do so. I got The Heir for my birthday and am so excited to read it this month. *grins*
I want lots more pretty dresses, royalty and romance, please-and-thank-you.
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
What I love reading more than anything is a good romance, but a close second is unexpected friendships. And I have a feeling (I'm really hoping) that We All Looked Up has got a bit of that going on.
It sounds contemporary YA with a tiny bit of apocalypse thrown in.
