Summer Reading Series 2013: Anna Dressed in Blood

Posted May 18, 2013 in Books, Reviews / 3 Comments

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake My rating: 3 of 5 stars I had SUCH high high hopes for this book. I’d patiently waited all semester until I had time to really sit down and read it. I was literally jumping for joy when I found it at my local library on the first try. However… Now, it’s not that it was bad. I devoured it in less than 24 hours (it’s slimmer than I expected) and can’t wait to get my hands on the sequel. But I was expecting so much MORE. MORE horror, MORE fear, MORE complex […]

Summer Reading Series 2013: Everneath

Posted May 18, 2013 in Books, Reviews / 3 Comments

Everneath by Brodi Ashton My rating: 2 of 5 stars This book had such good reviews among the goodreads community that I was disappointed when I finally picked it up. I love the idea of basing it off of the myth of Persephone, and there’s so many directions the book could have gone in. I loved the glimpses into the world of the Everneath, and the idea of the Everliving, but these bits were few and far between compared to the mundane high school events that comprised a majority of the book. It felt disjointed and was hard for the […]