Shelby Ence

Fun Book, Not as Pirate-y As I Hoped

Revisado: 07-19-23

I bought this because I met the author at a book signing and she was so sweet and the book seemed interesting. I enjoyed this book and thought the setting and the romance were fun. My one gripe with the book is that there are SO MANY last minute revelations in the last 45 minutes of this book it's ridiculous. There are at least four Big Reveals, and three of them happen in the last ten or so pages of the book.
It was a fun adventure, and I do appreciate that it appears to be a stand alone. We need more stand alone books. I can't commit to a whole series all the time. This was perfect for getting me back into reading.

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Perfectly Sweet

Revisado: 12-09-22

It was sweet, it was cute, it was Christmas-y, it was a great, quick holiday read. I'm a sucker for a good "Trapped in an Airport During Christmas" trope and this one had everything you'd want. There's interpersonal family drama, there's running around an airport at midnight, there's a grumpy Santa. It's thoroughly enjoyable and well acted by the narrators.

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Good, kinda long, the ending was a little cynical

Revisado: 02-03-22

*SPOILER AHEAD*


If that one character death hadn't happened, I would have liked this more. I felt like that character's story was so interesting and I wanted more from them.

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A True Fairytale

Revisado: 08-30-20

I listened to it all in one go. It was a captivating read. I can't believe I waited so long to read this one! It's been on my list forever and I am not sorry I read it. This is definitely one of my new favorites.

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Eh. Ultimately disappointing.

Revisado: 08-30-20

I think, in the end, that world building I was hoping for in this was too much. We had a pretty solid beginning, with a setting that was perfect for a vampire story... and now all of a sudden it's like the author was like, "Okay now that your belief is suspended, HERE'S ALL THIS OTHER LORE TAKE IT ALL."
And I didn't like that.

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This One Was Right Up My Ally

Revisado: 08-30-20

A very enjoyable romp through space, with an enemies to lovers romance, a ragtag group of misfits becoming a family, political conspiracy, and some serious Firefly vibes.
I really, really liked this one.

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It was fine

Revisado: 08-30-20

This book had some good ideas, but the execution wasn't the best. Still an enjoyable read for me and I'm looking forward to the sequel (even if I was a little put out about the cliffhanger. I thought this was a standalone okay?)

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Kind of Disappointing

Revisado: 08-30-20

I'm giving this three stars, even though that feels kind of generous just because this book had so many solid, interesting ideas. The problem is, none of them really reached their full potential.
The first like, third of this book is solid. It sucked me in, and I was invested. But after that, it kind of fell apart on me. Which is so sad, because dark fairy tales are my JAM and I really wanted to like this book.
I liked the twist of who Alice is, but the way the author handled everything after that was just kind of... boring? I feel so bad saying that because, like I said, this book has such an amazing concept and some really great ideas. But I doubt I'll be continuing with the series. I was left with no great desire to find out what happens next.

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Might Be The Best One

Revisado: 08-30-20

I was pleasantly surprised by this book, I really wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. But I loved the new characters, I appreciated the development with old characters which, quite frankly, made them much more likable than they were. Now I actually care about them.
Yrene Towers is a great addition to the main cast and, honestly, is the only reason I went and bought the prequel novellas. I love her. She's great.
The plot was interesting, and held my attention, and this book could almost have been a really interesting stand alone (which, I understand, was Maas's original intention) save for one incredibly important reveal.
All in all, I honestly think this might be the best book of the series?! Which I did not expect at all, but I'm totally fine with.

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Couldn't Finish It

Revisado: 08-30-20

Okay so I /really/ wanted to like this book but I've tried and I just can't get into it. Usually if I don't finish a book I give it one star if I rate it at all just because if I can't finish a book it means I really, really do not like it and can't get into it. But this idea had so much potential! I liked the concept, and when I first tried to read it, I enjoyed the characters, I just found the writing detached and dry (which was probably a send up of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writing style, but I could still connect with Conan Doyle's writing. I tried with this, but I couldn't.)
This time, though, I just found the main character to be annoying, and the fanfiction element really stood out more to me than it did during my first read. And not in a good way.
I love the idea of Holmes meeting his intellectual match, especially in a young girl, but this is just not what I wanted. I can understand why people would like this book, but it really wasn't for me.
I might give it another try in the future, but I'm not sure I'll ever have the patience to finish.

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