Tryn's Updates en-US Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:43:10 -0700 60 Tryn's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Rating840366692 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:43:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Tryn Iti liked a review]]> /
Tryn liked Mike Donohue's review of Unbearable (Russet Falls, #1):
Unbearable by W.H. Vega
"It was tough to claw myself away from this one. The only I time I pawsed reading it was when the tension became too much to bear. I thought for sure I knew everything there was to know about werebear romantic fiction, that I had been bear, and done that. I was so glad to be wrong! 5 freshly caught river salmon out of 5."
]]> ReadStatus8897817804 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:45:35 -0800 <![CDATA[Tryn wants to read 'The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself']]> /review/show/7199189332 The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer Tryn wants to read The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer
]]> ReadStatus8897812154 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:44:18 -0800 <![CDATA[Tryn wants to read 'Don't Believe Everything You Think']]> /review/show/7199185207 Don't Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen Tryn wants to read Don't Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen
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]]> ReadStatus8897753902 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:32:29 -0800 <![CDATA[Tryn wants to read 'Weather Girl']]> /review/show/7199145637 Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon Tryn wants to read Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
]]> ReadStatus8897751610 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:31:59 -0800 <![CDATA[Tryn wants to read 'Ellipses']]> /review/show/7199143984 Ellipses by Vanessa Lawrence Tryn wants to read Ellipses by Vanessa Lawrence
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]]> Review7172028188 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:07:04 -0800 <![CDATA[Tryn added 'The Ward Witch']]> /review/show/7172028188 The Ward Witch by Sarah Painter Tryn gave 3 stars to The Ward Witch (Unholy Island #1) by Sarah Painter
There are some interesting mysteries yet to unravel after completing this first novel of the Unholy Island series. And they are intriguing enough to *almost* entice me to continue reading the series.
However, I probably won't because I found the nonsensical, forced, rushed romance that was a big focal point of this story to be annoying and unnecessary.
If the author had the patience and the story telling chops to make the love interests slowly fall for each other over the course of the series, it could be along the lines of spectacular. As it is, regrettably, it's wholly (or should I say unholy) unspectacular and instead grating and juvenile, as are so many romances in contemporary novels these days.
I didn't believe it. And if you can't sell the reader on the relationship being anything more than precursory attraction (especially in a stort that seems to take place inside of a week) while trying to proclaim repeatedly that it supposedly deeper than that, then you shouldn't include the romance. It ruined the book for me.
Stick to the intriguing supernatural mysteries and avoid using the word 'crush' five times in as many paragraphs, and then maybe you've got a series worth reading.
I feel my pickiness isn't going to be shared by many other readers, so if that doesn't seem offputting to you, then please take no offense! I don't judge others for what they find entertaining or enjoyable. Instead, I share my honest experience, which may be helpful to those with standards similar to mine. ]]> UserChallenge59682282 Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:27:54 -0800 <![CDATA[ Tryn has challenged herself to read 15 books in 2025. ]]> /user/show/64151614-tryn 11627
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