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I can't remember when or why I added this book to my TBR. Nothing of consequences happened until a little over the halfway mark.

Coming from KJ Charles' A Charm of Magpie series, this book was somewhat of a disappointment. The narration of both lead characters were monotonous. Their relationship felt forced, some smoke but no fire. I could not decide if this was a romance or horror.

Feel like a gay Brandon Sanderson.

I'm not feeling the Darlington's chapters so far. Impatiently waiting for the story to pickup.

I started this book because of the acclaim this book has received, plus the fact that it's getting an animated adaptation by Laika.

Apart from my preconceived notions, I went in knowing nothing about the book. So far, it's completely not what I expected. It's weird, and I can't say that I like it, but I'm going to stick it out as it's a short book.

Feel more like a Hallmarks romance than my favourite guilty pleasure rom-com.

Spicy but not enough chemistry for a proper romance.

The setup also makes a certain character's death so much more devastating.

Chapter 17 - Zoe shows why she deserves her own book.

Was that necessary? It felt almost worse than Cersei and her brother. To make things worse, it was a one-two punch as well. It felt like the author was being edgy for edgy sake.

Some of my students love this book, but I found it to be quite boring. Nothing interesting really happened until the tarot card readings, followed by a lot of ominous signs.

The "drama" was very similar to Wickham in Pride and Prejudice. I was hoping for something more unique.

It has been approximately 2.5 years since I read the last book, yet I can only remember very little of it. There were so much high concept and info dumping at the start of this book that I felt completely lost. I had to restart the book three times before I got into it. Still, a Seanan McGuire book is always worth reading.

The bugs weren't mentioned until almost halfway into the book.

This book is full of surprises. I certainly was not expecting philosophical discussion.

Shit suddenly got real.

I found Chapter 1 to be a bore. Perhaps the intention was an action packed hight tension opening, but without the connection with the protagonist established, it just felt like a superhero movie punch up without consequences.

So glad I stuck it out until Chapter 2, where we got to know the narrator more.

That reveal was a little too obvious. I'm expecting there to be multiple layers of curtains.

That was a great but oh so difficult scene. I suspected the outcomes, but it is still sad to see it come to pass.

Not since The Newsroom have I had a chance to follow a story through the eyes of reporters. That inspiring TV show had a team of writers, which made the writing in this book more impressive because it was written by one person, possibly with some help from her editor.

For a story about the zombie apocalypse, the tone is fairly upbeat. The scary part for me is all the predictions and social commentaries in the book are coming true. I hope we don't get zombies next.

The setup of this book is so amazing, especially when you know what's coming in the main series. I can only imagine the heartbreak.

It will be a huge let down if this book failed to wrap all these backstory elements up tidily.

Just started Sunrise On The Reaping.

Maybe I'm biased because I already kinda knew Haymitch, but this book felt much better written than the prequel.

The characters are so easy to connect with and love. It's going to hurt when they die.

When I was young, I hated spring onions in my food (still do). My mom would try to slip it into my fried rice, "because it's good for you".

I have a suspicion that the author is trying to slip romantasy, and maybe a love triangle past me.

The 10th anniversary version is definitely an improvement over the original version. The story flows more smoothly.

Please don't make these two relationships turn into enemies to lovers. Friends I can take, just not lovers. That would have been too much of Stockholm Syndrome.

I started this for Halloween. I wanted a fun read like Dungeon Crawler Carl. While both books have a similar setup, this one is lacking the humour big time.

Edit out the sexual tension and falling for the bad guy tropes and this could have been a best selling YA fantasy book. The action and pacing so far have been good.

Could just be that I'm finally settling into the book but I feel like the later stories were more substantial and better than the earlier ones. My favourite stories so far are the Japanese American internment camp and the alien terrorist.

I started this book because I want to know what will happen in season 2 of Pantheon if the show has not been prematurely cancelled. Nothing so far.

Boat scene. Not sure if I want to continue. I'm a fan of Dexter because I know what to expect. This was completely unexpected.

I started this book based on its reputation. I have seen the movie adaptation starring Matt Damon.

About a third way into the book, I'm not liking the single-white-gay-male trope. Can't imagine it being allowed in our modern very politically correct world.

The fight scene was awesome. Technically, it's possible in X-Men which is probably why I love X-Men.