What I liked: Very cool setting! It starts in London and moves to Hungary. Plus we see a few other places along the way (Austria). It was really interesting how magic was intertwined with the class system. The rich get magic, the poor do not. […]
Tag: Europe
Harry Potter Sites, Top of the World, & End of the World
I know what you’re wondering… where the bloody hell has Ashley been??? I probably should have said something about my departure, but I didn’t. So there you go. Over the last ~9 days I’ve been parading around Europe and the UK with my fam! First […]
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
I’m so torn on Daughters of Smoke & Bone. I didn’t hate it, but I never loved it the way everyone else seems to. What I Liked I loved the setting of Prague. There was something so great about finally reading a book that doesn’t […]
Just One Day by Gayle Forman (A Letter to Allyson)
Dear Allyson, You and I got off on the wrong foot. I didn’t like how you were complaining about your parents’ graduation gift to you: a trip through Europe. You kept complaining about the trip, and the touristy things you were doing.. and it made […]
Finding It by Cora Carmack
The first thing you should know about Finding It is that it’s nothing like Losing It or Faking It. I thought Losing It and Faking It were great for a few reasons: the characters felt real, the scenes were hilariously awkward, and the relationships with […]
Epilogue by CJ Roberts
I wanted Epilogue to be amazing. It was the book I turned to in my hour of darkness, when my “bad book” tally was up to 3 books in a row. I needed something great—a “guaranteed to be amazing” book. I chose Epilogue (no pressure). […]
Inferno by Dan Brown
It took me about a million years to read Inferno because most of it was just so darn boring. For the first half of the book, the problem is that Robert and Sienna (his female companion for most of the book) are running away from […]