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Lately have the worst time getting any approved? Anyone else feeling that way?
Thank you to NetGalley and Independent Book Publishers for this audiobook.
Wen is our star in this, she's a demon owned girl in an post-apocalyptic world. Demons and angels kind of run the show now. Indentured with her best friend Sarah, she is stuck stealing angel-essence and creating a drug for demons. Stay with me...
She lands herself in trouble for selling this stuff and is shipped off to the Celestial Academy as a punishment of sorts. Her mentors are two arch-angels and she has a smidge of a love/hate with Godrick, who straps an invisible leash around her neck, tosses her around when sick of her lip and toys with her emotions...so obviously she swoons for him.
We meet other "cadets" or "trainees" and they are a fun diverse group with lots of sass.
The storyline centers around the trials Wen will endure to get through the academy and we have some mystery, like IS Wen human? Why can she do the things she does?
My only complaint is this thing is long, and often got confusing. I sometimes had to rewind and try to keep track of what happened to whom.
I think if read in book form I would follow it better.
It ends with a cliffhanger and I get the feeling it will be just the beginning of some cool world building.
My Bookstagram is i_bee_reading!
I listened to this audiobook ARC while mowing and cleaning yesterday, and it was just FUN. 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Getting there!
LOVE that author- I'll be adding to TBRTasha wrote: "Finished
⭐⭐⭐I enjoyed it and thought it was a page-turner but overall, not my favorite kind of thriller. I like more psychological, character driven thril..."
Have you ever sat down and thought:
What would The Great Gatsby/ Twilight hybrid be like?
Well I never had, but was pleasantly surprised when chosen to listen this NetGalley ARC for my opinion.
Gone are the traditional character traits from this storyline. This is just dandy in my opinion since Daisy Buchanan (Finnegan in this iteration) might be the most loathsome literary character to date. Jay Gatsby is less of a pining push over also, no insult to the great F. Scott Fitzgerald. The rest of gang is all there too, Tom is still an abusive ass, Myrtle still drools over Tom and Cousin Nick is here, but with a twist. He is no longer the narrator, we see this story from Daisy's point of view. Additionally, NYC and it's outskirts are traded for the lush North Carolina countryside and it fits well.
The premise of an elusive rich socialite is retained, and Jay's opulent parties are still in the mix. Parties now contain offers to an exclusive group, a sort of "life insurance" that bestows its clientele the enjoyment of paranormal powers. This new gang of vamps are mindful of their blood intake and lay low on the radar of normal society.
Antagonists arise when meet the "old school" vampires. These guys are traditional in their vampire behaviors (ya know, in the realm of disbelief that there are new age and older traditional vampire gangs)
This was a really fun one to listen to, although if it wasn't for the Great Gatsby schtick, I'm not sure I would have love it as much. It's really intelligent to take characters we know of and plop them into another storyline like this. It's clearly slated to be a series and I could see where the growth of these characters would good.
Great reviews! I added to 2 to my TBR.Shruti morethanmylupus wrote: "review round up! :)
Baby X
3/5
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Unfortu..."
You are my hero and my inspiration!! I'm still at like 50-60%. Sometimes I dont get approvals for some time, and then BAM they all come and I'm trying to get them all in ha!Kristie wrote: "I had a busy NG month! Overall, a good month. My end of month stats:
Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 12
Netgalley Ratio: 95%
End of Month:
Read: 7
Added: 6
Books on Shelf: 11
Ratio: 95%
Rev..."
Hello, my name is Bonnie Smith and I've been using NetGalley for about 5 months- it's pulled me out of a VERY long slump. While in college I lost my love of reading and after finally completing my last degree I have fallen back in lust with squirreling away with a book and tea.I read everything but tend to gravitate towards thrillers, fantasy and rom-coms. Looking forward to chatting with those reading similar books!
