2 stars might seem harsh because this book wasn’t bad, it was just so forgettable, and the writing felt very basic to me. The amount of times she said2 stars might seem harsh because this book wasn’t bad, it was just so forgettable, and the writing felt very basic to me. The amount of times she said “his eyes were full of stars� or some other cliche line was annoying. It read like boy band fanfiction, but not in a fun way. There’s a “plot twist� in this book that I thought was sooooo obvious. There was no chemistry between these two either, and the main character kind of drove me nuts.
I liked it for the cozy, winter atmosphere and the setting but that’s about it. I don’t think I’ll be reading from this author again after disliking this book and her other book The Reunion....more
This horror book started off so promising!!! I flew through the first 70 pages so quick and I was so invested. It had alUgh, I’m so bummed about this.
This horror book started off so promising!!! I flew through the first 70 pages so quick and I was so invested. It had all the creepy atmosphere, I love the haunted hotel atmosphere, I love that we’re following a single mother who is fleeing from an abusive situation and she’s also pregnant herself with another child on the way. She’s doing whatever she can to protect her little girl, and getting a job at this hotel is all she can do right now.
I loved the set up of this book, it was reminding me of some of my favorite horror books like Lock Every Door and Nestlings. The owner of the hotel starts acting shady, strange occurrences happen, the residents who live at the hotel are acting weird, and she keeps hearing noises in the hotel, like slurping sounds and splashing sounds coming from the tubs. It had great creepy vibes~
But this book got very repetitive in a lot of ways. The way she kept calling her daughter “stinker� all the time was very annoying. And a lot of the conversations in this book felt so repetitive. I thought the first 50% was so intriguing but then the second half of the book got sooooo cheesy. The ideas in this book were cool, but the execution was not well done at all, and I found myself losing interest and skimming a lot in the end. All the potential was there for this book to be great, but it really lost me in the second half, which is such a bummer!!
Thanks to the publisher for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!...more
Closer to a 2.5 Sadly, this was just not the book for me. I'm not the biggest fan of cozy mysteries, and there were so many characters in this book, itCloser to a 2.5 Sadly, this was just not the book for me. I'm not the biggest fan of cozy mysteries, and there were so many characters in this book, it was kind of confusing me at times.
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This is a little out of my comfort zone with the kind of books I typically read, but I had a lot of fun with this one! The audiobook is so good, this This is a little out of my comfort zone with the kind of books I typically read, but I had a lot of fun with this one! The audiobook is so good, this protagonist kept cracking me up!
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This was more sci-fi than romance, which was great! I thought the romance in this book was just okay, but I love reading about time loops and this oneThis was more sci-fi than romance, which was great! I thought the romance in this book was just okay, but I love reading about time loops and this one was really cool and unique. I want to read more form this author soon!
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Wow, this was such a thought provoking read. I love reading books about writers, and I loved following this character and getting in her head. I lovedWow, this was such a thought provoking read. I love reading books about writers, and I loved following this character and getting in her head. I loved the conversation about writing books, and why trigger warnings are necessary, and how do we write about women without writing about their body? There were so many great feminist themes in this book that I really appreciated. The ending lost me a little bit, the tone of the book changes and it didn't really work for me, but this is definitely a new favorite and something I'm still thinking about weeks after finishing it.
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3.5 stars This was good, I just didn't love it as much as I was hoping to. Some of the descriptions were so gory and disgusting though, and I mean that3.5 stars This was good, I just didn't love it as much as I was hoping to. Some of the descriptions were so gory and disgusting though, and I mean that as a compliment haha.
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