en-US Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:15:35 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9302662253 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:15:35 -0700 /review/show/7484287540 Halcyon (sadly in hiatus) wants to read Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
]]> Rating846675408 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:14:03 -0700 / ]]> Review7482419668 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:21:41 -0700 /review/show/7482419668 Halcyon (sadly in hiatus) gave 2 stars to Persuasion (Curse of the Gods, #2) by Jaymin Eve
This I'm pretty sure was a case of 'it's not you, it's me' . I was just.. conked out, words got blurry. ]]> Review4597869571 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:21:09 -0700 /review/show/4597869571 Halcyon (sadly in hiatus) gave 3 stars to Trickery (Curse of the Gods, #1) by Jaymin Eve
bookshelves: fantasy, mythology-and-retellings, paranormal-and-uf
Ridiculous in the best way—funny, chaotic, and completely unserious. Perfect for when you want to laugh without overthinking.
Just pure entertainment with a mythology twist. ]]> Review4597869571 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:18:58 -0700 /review/show/4597869571 Halcyon (sadly in hiatus) gave 3 stars to Trickery (Curse of the Gods, #1) by Jaymin Eve
bookshelves: fantasy, mythology-and-retellings, paranormal-and-uf
Ridiculous in the best way—funny, chaotic, and completely unserious. Perfect for when you want to laugh without overthinking.
Just pure entertainment with a mythology twist. ]]> Review5672949898 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:14:24 -0700 /review/show/5672949898 Halcyon (sadly in hiatus) gave 4 stars to Glitterland (Spires, #1) by Alexis Hall
bookshelves: contemporary, queer
Darian Taylor was a DELIGHT. An absolute riot and a breath of chaotic, glittery air. Honestly, I kinda.. stayed for him. Guilty. ]]> Review7469402805 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 04:37:20 -0700 /review/show/7469402805 Halcyon (sadly in hiatus) gave 3 stars to The Blackened Blade (The Blackened Blade, #1) by Isla Davon
bookshelves: paranormal-and-uf
This review is for the whole series.

Another incomplete series and it's confirmed that I have a tendency to torture myself into starting a series, knowing I would hate the fact that I have to either wait for the book as every second passes in agony or the momentum of that interest withers away and I just forget about the series, none of which is a pleasant experience. But will I learn? Nope. So here we are.

To be honest, this wasn't completely terrible. With an intriguing premise -- a girl who's given a second chance at life, quite literally, as she travels back in time to right her wrongs or in her case, right others' wrongs. That's right, this is a revenge fantasy, where she takes it upon herself to get strong and burn the world that let her die. She was sent to this 'facility', which is some kind of a prison for supernatural creatures and she had to fight beasts, starve and question everything she knew of her life, including her blind devotion to her half sister, who is a petty bitch (oops, no spoilers here).

She comes back, trains herself to be stronger, and makes them regret ever looking at her wrong.

It all sounds great till now, right? It could have been.. even with the writing that needs a severe case of editing, all the development happening outside of the book as we are in constant whiplash, and for some incomprehensible reason, every being hates her existence (especially the women, all of them are written as petty, vindictive and envious, either a slut or a bitch,and I was a bit exhausted reading the same thing all over again throughout the series), it was still fine because the girl was not a pushover, we could see her putting all the efforts to train and be better.

But it all went down the drain when she meets the love interests. Training? Gone. Looking for answers? Nope. Girl, you've literally transported back in time, you have strange marks appearing on your body, your body is healing and getting stronger at an unnatural speed and you wonder about it for a second, and just think, meh. All she says is, I'm no longer the same person, I'll make them pay. And I'm here thinking, girl when?

There's so many unanswered questions, no conclusions or revelations, unrealistically obsessed MMCs and a filler second book that has nothing but sex in it. I might continue with the series because I would like to know where all this is going but I wish it were better. ]]> Review7469413937 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 04:34:28 -0700 /review/show/7469413937 Halcyon (sadly in hiatus) gave 2 stars to A Blackened Bond (The Blackened Blade, #2) by Isla Davon
]]> Review7469402805 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 04:34:03 -0700 /review/show/7469402805 Halcyon (sadly in hiatus) gave 3 stars to The Blackened Blade (The Blackened Blade, #1) by Isla Davon
bookshelves: paranormal-and-uf
This review is for the whole series.

Another incomplete series and it's confirmed that I have a tendency to torture myself into starting a series, knowing I would hate the fact that I have to either wait for the book as every second passes in agony or the momentum of that interest withers away and I just forget about the series, none of which is a pleasant experience. But will I learn? Nope. So here we are.

To be honest, this wasn't completely terrible. With an intriguing premise -- a girl who's given a second chance at life, quite literally, as she travels back in time to right her wrongs or in her case, right others' wrongs. That's right, this is a revenge fantasy, where she takes it upon herself to get strong and burn the world that let her die. She was sent to this 'facility', which is some kind of a prison for supernatural creatures and she had to fight beasts, starve and question everything she knew of her life, including her blind devotion to her half sister, who is a petty bitch (oops, no spoilers here).

She comes back, trains herself to be stronger, and makes them regret ever looking at her wrong.

It all sounds great till now, right? It could have been.. even with the writing that needs a severe case of editing, all the development happening outside of the book as we are in constant whiplash, and for some incomprehensible reason, every being hates her existence (especially the women, all of them are written as petty, vindictive and envious, either a slut or a bitch,and I was a bit exhausted reading the same thing all over again throughout the series), it was still fine because the girl was not a pushover, we could see her putting all the efforts to train and be better.

But it all went down the drain when she meets the love interests. Training? Gone. Looking for answers? Nope. Girl, you've literally transported back in time, you have strange marks appearing on your body, your body is healing and getting stronger at an unnatural speed and you wonder about it for a second, and just think, meh. All she says is, I'm no longer the same person, I'll make them pay. And I'm here thinking, girl when?

There's so many unanswered questions, no conclusions or revelations, unrealistically obsessed MMCs and a filler second book that has nothing but sex in it. I might continue with the series because I would like to know where all this is going but I wish it were better. ]]> Review7469402805 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 04:27:18 -0700 /review/show/7469402805 Halcyon (sadly in hiatus) gave 3 stars to The Blackened Blade (The Blackened Blade, #1) by Isla Davon
bookshelves: paranormal-and-uf
This review is for the whole series.

Another incomplete series and it's confirmed that I have a tendency to torture myself into starting a series, knowing I would hate the fact that I have to either wait for the book as every second passes in agony or the momentum of that interest withers away and I just forget about the series, none of which is a pleasant experience. But will I learn? Nope. So here we are.

To be honest, this wasn't completely terrible. With an intriguing premise -- a girl who's given a second chance at life, quite literally, as she travels back in time to right her wrongs or in her case, right others' wrongs. That's right, this is a revenge fantasy, where she takes it upon herself to get strong and burn the world that let her die. She was sent to this 'facility', which is some kind of a prison for supernatural creatures and she had to fight beasts, starve and question everything she knew of her life, including her blind devotion to her half sister, who is a petty bitch (oops, no spoilers here).

She comes back, trains herself to be stronger, and makes them regret ever looking at her wrong.

It all sounds great till now, right? It could have been.. even with the writing that needs a severe case of editing, all the development happening outside of the book as we are in constant whiplash, and for some incomprehensible reason, every being hates her existence (especially the women, all of them are written as petty, vindictive and envious, either a slut or a bitch,and I was a bit exhausted reading the same thing all over again throughout the series), it was still fine because the girl was not a pushover, we could see her putting all the efforts to train and be better.

But it all went down the drain when she meets the love interests. Training? Gone. Looking for answers? Nope. Girl, you've literally transported back in time, you have strange marks appearing on your body, your body is healing and getting stronger at an unnatural speed and you wonder about it for a second, and just think, meh. All she says is, I'm no longer the same person, I'll make them pay. And I'm here thinking, girl when?

There's so many unanswered questions, no conclusions or revelations, unrealistically obsessed MMCs and a filler second book that has nothing but sex in it. I might continue with the series because I would like to know where all this is going but I wish it were better. ]]>