Book Revew: Serpent & Dove

 Hi everyone,

I recently finished Serpent & Dove. I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading into my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my TikTok @brinadancer to see all the books I'm reading this month. I'd love to know what you are reading this month let me know either here in the comments or on my video. 

Hopping on into the review.  I had this one on my TBR for a while since I saw it on TikTok. Plus I love a good witch book. 

Serpent and Dove was overall pretty good. I really like the character of Louise she is such a strong lead. Some of her lines literally made me laugh out loud. I really liked her wit and her backstory. 

I enjoyed the magic system in this book it's pretty interesting since they have white witches and blood witches. The way they conjure their magic is different than other magic systems I read so far. They look for patterns and then their is always a price to each spell they do. 

Moving on to the spice. There definitely is some spice I would give it a 2 on the spice scale. I definitely like the enemies to lovers aspect between Reed and Louise. I would have liked to have more but hope the next book will have more. 

Lastly, I thought this was a little slow at points I wanted things to move a little faster than they did but I like fast-paced novels. 

I would definitally recommend this book. It's definitely a good read and worth the hype from TikTok. Also if you have read this book, let me know your comments below. 

Lastly, if you're looking for other books I have reviews up for Teeth in the Mist, Trials of Apollo, Crush, and many more throughout my blog.

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"2022 New Years Resolution" Book Tag

I haven't done a book tag in so long I thought this would be fun. I found this over on the Golden Books Girl book blog. You can see her answers here. So let's hop on into his tag.

An author you’d like to read that you’ve never read:

These are two authors and books that I really want to get to. I have seen so many things about each of these books. There is a lot of hype about them. I definitely want to see if they are worth it. 

A book you’d like to read:

Okay, I'll try and pick one out of my huge TBR list. Zodiac Academy is one that I recently added its also on Amazon Prime reading. I'd really like to read this one. 

A classic you’d like to read:

So I'm not much on reading "classics." But I think Dune is considered a classic in science fiction. So I would like to read it and really the series. I watch the new movie that came out on HBO and thought it was fascinating. I would really like to know more about this world so maybe eventually I'll pick this up. 

A book you’d like to re-read:

I am not much of a rereader but these two series have been on my reread list. I love the Lux series and really wanted to revisit it. It was what got me into book blogging. And of course Harry Potter. I read all these books back when I was in high school one summer so I definitely think they deserve a reread at this point. 

A book you’ve had for ages and want to read:

This book has been on the TBR for way too long I really need to read it. I know there is a lot of hype about it though so I hope when I do get to it, it is as good as everyone says it is. 

A big book you’d like to read:

Another one that I have had on the shelf for a while is Crescent City I would really like to get to the eventually too. It's also a pretty hefty book at 800 and some pages. 

An author you’ve previously read and would like to read more of:

This is impossible there are so many I have such a long TBR list. This is just one I really fell in love with this author when I read Neon Gods. Which was incredible so I definitely want to read more of her books.

A book you got for Christmas and would like to read:

I got Ready Player Two for Christmas. I loved ready Player One so much both the book and the movie even though they were completely different from each other. They were both amazing. Id' really like to get to it soon. 

A series you want to read from start to finish:

I think this cycle fits this question. I halfway started the first one on this series but haven't finished it yet so I would really like to get this series started and finished probably not this year but we'll see. 

A series you want to finish that you’ve already started:

I have been so scared to finish this series. I am on the third book and I just would hate for it to end. Both the first and the second book were so good. I loved them so maybe I'll eventually get the courage to finish this series. 

Do you set reading goals? If so, how many books do you want to read in 2020?

Yes, I set a loose goal on Goodreads to see if I can make it to 20ish 25 books. I would love to be able to read more and get a higher number of books read but there is just not enough time it seems. I think I set my goal for this year to be exactly 20 books so I'm hoping I can make that. 

What goals do you have for this year in reading? Let me know in the comments below. 

   As always,

                  Love you Lots BDancer<3


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Book Review: Teeth in the Mist

  Hi everyone,

I recently finished Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich . I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading into my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my TikTok @brinadancer to see all the books I'm reading this month. I'd love to know what you are reading this month let me know either here in the comments or on my video. 

Hopping on into the review.  I literally just chose this one on a whim. I was looking through the shelves at the library and was like this looks interesting. So I checked it out just to see what this one was all about. 

This book is written in different points of view with flashbacks to different time periods. Also, this is written in British English which I didn't realize when I picked it up. I'm not one that's too big on different points of view but for this story, I think it works since we have Zoey, Roan, and Hermonie. It really helps to connect the whole plot together and keep things interesting. I did like the story since it was based on witchcraft, everyone knows I love a good witch book. This also reads really similar to A Haunting of Hill House. I really had that creepy vibe and there were definitely points that I didn't want to put it down cause I wanted to know what was going to happen to the characters. There were some things I didn't like though like how long the end really is I feel like that goes with any horror-written book/movie that you can never really get rid of the evil entirely without something bad happening. I let you read it to find out.  

I would recommend this book. It is definitely a good fall October read or just horror read in general since it is so creepy. I also really liked that it had witchcraft in it that is always a plus. I'd love to know if you have any good horror book recommendations. Also if you have read this book let me know your comments below. 

Lastly, if you're looking for other books I have reviews up for Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic and many more throughout my blog.

Thanks for reading,  please don’t forget to like, comment, and follow for more of my posts. 

As always,

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Book Review: The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle

  Hi everyone,

I recently finished The Trials of Apollo: the Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan. I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading into my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my TikTok @brinadancer to see all the books I'm reading this month. I'd love to know what your reading this month let me know either here in the comments or on my video. 

Hopping on into the review.  I started reading the book because I thought it would be a pretty easy read and that I could get it done quickly. But I was wrong on that it took me forever to get through this book. I literally felt like I was on the same book for months. Granted I did start a new job and everything while trying to read this book so maybe that's why it felt so long.

Anyways, I did think that this book was a pretty good story. I do love Apollo and his humor. I think that this started out pretty mysterious and I would definitely say you need to have read at least part of The Heros of Olympus series before reading this. It does have spoilers from that series and there are characters from it was well that make an appearance in the book. 

Things I did like that Nico is in this book and he's with Will love that. I also love Meg's character she is a pretty cool demigod with her ability to call on a nature spirit Peaches is super funny. Things I didn't like I think this was a bit long we had a lot of filler it wasn't till like last 50 pages that it really got super exciting. Again maybe that was because it took me so long to get through it. 

I would recommend this book. Especially if you have invested in reading the other books in the series.  I did like some parts of it but I wish it would have been a little faster. If you have read this book let me know your comments below. 

Lastly, if you're looking for other books I have reviews up for Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic and many more throughout my blog.

Thanks for reading,  please don’t forget to like, comment, and follow for more of my posts. 

As always,

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Book review: Crush

 Hi everyone,

I recently finished Crush by Tracy Wolff. I gave this book 4.5 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading into my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my TikTok @brinadancer to see all the books I'm reading this month. I'd love to know what your reading this month let me know either here in the comments or on my video. 

Hopping on into the review.  I was so excited to start this one. Especially after Crave, I was in love with this series. This one was pretty good I still enjoyed it but I thought it was a little long and I had to take breaks when reading this one. Make sure you've read the book before reading any further. 

This one picks up where Crave left off. Grace is totally stuck in stone and is just now being brought back months later with Hudson. Whooo boy Hudson is swoon-worthy for sure. I really like the way this started out with Grace not remembering what happened. But even by the end of Crush she still doesn't remember what happened between her and Hudson in the time they were trapped together. 

I did like that we get to see what Ludaires tournament is like though which is pretty awesome. We also get to see that Grace is learning to use her powers as a gargoyle. I almost wish it would have been so long though like this one dragged a little through many parts. I also like that there were several different "quests" Grace, Jaxon, and the whole group goes on that was very interesting. Again I think it could have been a little shorter though since this was a hefty book at over 600 pages. 

Now the icing on the cake was definitely the last 100 pages or so. OMG, it was crazy what went down between grace and Jaxon and Hudsens dad and Grace and Hudson. Since Grace decided to compete for a real spot on the Circle Cyrus Jaxons and Hudson's father made it so hard on her and he causes Jaxons and her mating bond to break. But that totally fine cause finally at the end we see that Hudson has a bond with her too. EEKKK totally great. 

I would recommend this book. I really enjoyed it for the most part it was pretty long though I wish it would have been a bit shorter. If you have read this book let me know your comments below. 

Lastly, if you're looking for other books I have reviews up for Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic and many more throughout my blog.

Thanks for reading,  please don’t forget to like, comment, and follow for more of my posts. 

As always,

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Book Review: A Storm of Light and Darkness

     Hi everyone,

I recently finished A Storm of Light and Darkness by Marion Blackwood. I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading into my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my TikTok @brinadancer to see some more bookish things. I also have up a book haul of books I've recently gotten over there as well. Before we get in the review, I received an ARC of this book from the author. So huge thank you to Marion Blackwood for sending me this book.

Hopping on into the review. Before reading this make sure you've read the other books in the series. I'd hate to spoil anything for you, since this the final in the series!  I was so excited to see how Storm was going to do in the war to come.  

I loved that this one jumped right into the war no waiting around. We head straight to ballet within the first few chapters. This was a real nail bitter though at every turn Storm and her gathered army full of friends had such a difficult time. I was so glad when final Queen Nimlithil finally died she was so impossible to get to and kill. Storm tried at least 3 different times and finally, they got her. 

I really liked that all the characters from all the books were back together for this final novel and that magic was brought back by the end. Plus we threw in 3 new totally surprise dragons besides Aldeor for the City of Glass. 

Also, we had a little sneaky love scene between Shade and Storm always a fan of that they are such a good couple. 

Overall I would recommend this book especially if you're a fan of the series you have to read the on the get to the epic conclusion.  Plus this one is really getting us set up for the final book in the series and the war to come with that. This also a fairly easy read so it's good to pick up and read almost all at once. I want to again say thank you to Marion Blackwood for sending me this book. It was great and I can't wait for the next one A Storm of Light and Darkness. 

Lastly, if your looking for other books I have reviews up for the other books in Marion;s series.  A Storm of Silver and Ash , A Storm of Shadows and Pearls , A Storm of Smoke and Flame,  A Storm of Glass and Stars, and A Storm of Mist and Thunder. Plus all these other great reviews for Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic and many more through out my blog.

Thanks for reading,  please don’t forget to like, comment, and follow for more of my posts. 

As always,

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Book Review: Crave

Hi everyone,

I recently finished Crave by Tracy Wolff. I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading into my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my TikTok @brinadancer to see all the books I'm reading this month. I'd love to know what your reading this month let me know either here in the comments or on my video. 

Hopping on into the review.  Where to start with this one. OMG it was amazing. I absolutely loved it.

It's been quite a while since I got a book that I thought was this good to the point that I didn't want to put it down. If you've been reading my reviews for a while you know I am a sucker for a good vampire book. This one did not disappoint. It really reminded me of twilight but with the show Legacies spin. I loved twilight, hate all you want lol. 

Looking at the characters, Grace is just a pretty average kind of girl till much later in the book. I love Macy, she's such a cute character, and the fact that she loves everything hot pink and colorful is just fabulous. And finally on to Jaxon Vega. Holy crapy yes that is what I want in a vampire. He is great and a  total badass that keeps you wanting more. 

The actual storyline super great I loved that the setting is in a castle for a school way up in Alaska. I also like that we keep one point of view till the end when we get Jaxons but these are all clearly labeled switches.  I  loved that we have all magical creatures at this school everything from witches to dragons. I think this really helps to keep it interesting and that all the factions are more like high school cliques and they don't mix... reminds me a little of Mean Girls and the sitting chart. Lastly, the way the "bad guy" is woven in is pretty good too I loved who it turned out to be. 

I totally recommend this book. I literally didn't even finish the first one till I bought the next 2 in the series with the fourth one coming out later this year. I loved it. If you have read this book let me know your comments below. 

Lastly, if you're looking for other books I have reviews up for Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic and many more throughout my blog.

Thanks for reading,  please don’t forget to like, comment, and follow for more of my posts. 

As always,

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Book Review: Ember

   Hi everyone,

I recently finished Ember by Jessical Samuels. I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading into my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my TikTok @brinadancer to see all the books I'm reading this month. I'd love to know what your reading this month let me know either here in the comments or on my video. 

Hopping on into the review.  I actually received this book for review from the author and from Booktasters over on Twitter. So huge thank you to both of them for sending me this book for review.

I didn't really know anything about this book before picking it up and getting started on it. Number One: I loved that it was super short, it made it very easy to get through. So if your looking for a quick book to just plow through in a few days or don't have a lot of time to read this one is perfect. I will say I really liked that it was super fast and there was no downtime between scenes in the book it was almost like it was written more in a screenplay fashion rather than a book per se. Also, the language is a little basic I wish there would have been more variation in the writing style but that's just me. I like a good mix of words when reading a story. 

On to the actual story and not the mechanics. I think this was a super cool concept of Angle witches. It was definitely an interesting make-up like a crossbreed between angles and witches. We could have had way more of the lore on this. I enjoyed the nod to the bad witches  coven being called a "Poison Apple." We also get a lot of the supernatural thrown into the mix I'm not the biggest fan of shifters but I think the idea for more than just werewolves is a pretty good concept. I think I would have rather had a different type of shifter than a spider though a little creepy. 

Over all I would recommend this one since it is so fast and really just want a book for fun. I think this one would be a perfect fit. 

Lastly, if you're looking for other books I have reviews up for Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic and many more throughout my blog.

Thanks for reading,  please don’t forget to like, comment, and follow for more of my posts. 

As always,

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Book Review: The Winner's Curse

    Hi everyone,

I recently finished The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski. I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading into my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my TikTok @brinadancer to see all the books I'm reading this month. I'd love to know what your reading this month let me know either here in the comments or on my video. 

Hopping on into the review.  I picked this one up because had finished watching Bridgerton and I wanted a book that had those kinda vibes but with a little more action. I love Bridgerton but I'm not sure how well that would translate to a book since I'm not the biggest fan of romance books. I did like the way this one started out it was a really good setup. I also love Kestrel and Arin. I almost wish they had a little bit more going on between them. At least in this book Kestrel really struggles internally with trying to make up her mind about Arin. Also, side note I want a game of bite and sting now. It sounded super fun and interesting. 

I will say the first part of this book is great. I was really into it but then in the middle, I got a little bored and wanted things to go a little faster. I like things to move pretty quickly,  now the last 40 pages or so picked back up the pace which I like and it made me want to read the next books to see what happens between Kestrel and Arin. 

Overall I would recommend this book I think it's worth a read especially if you like a period fantasy with light romance with action. 

Lastly, if your looking for other books I have reviews up for Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic and many more throughout my blog.

Thanks for reading,  please don’t forget to like, comment, and follow for more of my posts. 

As always,

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Book Review: A Storm of Blood and Swords

    Hi everyone,

I recently finished A Storm of Blood and Swords by Marion Blackwood. I gave this book 4.8 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading in to my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my TikTok @brinadancer tosee some more bookish things. I also have up a book haul of books I've recently gotten over there as well. Before we get in the the review, I received an ARC of this book from the author. So huge thank you to Marion Blackwood to sending me this book.

Hopping on in to the review. Before reading this make sure you've read the other books in the series. I'd hate to spoil anything for you!  I was super stoked for this one since the last book left me wanting more. So this was definitely a classic Storm story and getting us really set up for the war to come in the next book. That being said I did feel like this one had a few down points but the last 50 or so pages things real heated up. At that point I didn't want to put it down though. I loved the way the plan was executed at the end and Apothecary Harber had come to Pernula. That was awesome! Storm being in charge now makes her even with Shade pretty much. Second thing I really enjoyed was the scene between Shade and Storm. Why did we have to wait till the end of the book thought. I stan for them! I love the tension and was so glad their finally getting together. Like we can have way more of Storm and Shade. Their just so good together. 

One thing I didn't like was that we really had a focus on Storm's powers in the previous novels and then for a good portion of this one Storm had no powers. I love Storms powers so I wanted to see here kick some major ass with them. 

Overall I would recommended this book specially if your fan of Shade and Storm. Plus this one is really getting us set up for the final book in the series and the war to come with that. This also a fairly easy read so it's good to pick up and read almost all at once. I want to again say thank you to Marion Blackwood for sending me this book. It was great and I can't wait for the next one A Storm of Light and Darkness. 

Lastly, if your looking for other books I have reviews up for the other books in Marion;s series.  A Storm of Silver and Ash , A Storm of Shadows and Pearls , A Storm of Smoke and Flame,  A Storm of Glass and Stars, and A Storm of Mist and Thunder. Plus all these other great reviews for Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic and many more through out my blog.

Thanks for reading,  please don’t forget to like, comment, and follow for more of my posts. 

As always,

                Love you Lots BDancer<3

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