Sylvs (NOVELty Reads)’s Comments (group member since May 08, 2019)

Sylvs (NOVELty Reads)’s comments from the Between The Pages group.

Eileen wrote: "Lobizona? Vicious? or Finale? LOL!"

Ahahahah

Eileen wrote: "I 100% agree with your statements! Okay, I'm finishing up Lobizona and may go ahead and finish Finale, or I will finish up Vengeful since I just read Villains a couple of days ago! But I'll add Fin..."

Awesome! I'll be adding it highly on my TBR :)

Okay I finished Legendary and will be starting Finale soon! I didn't mind Legendary, there were some things I liked and disliked but overall, it was a pretty decent book. My favourite character had to be Jacks. He was amazing to read about and I loved every interaction with him. In regards to (view spoiler)[Dante and Tella (hide spoiler)] I kind of was expecting more chemistry between them if I'm being honest. I also expected more page time for Julian and Scarlett or at least for them to be more central to the plot than they were so that slightly disappointed me too. I did like how Tella's characterisation developed and we finally understood her reasoning behind a lot of her actions.

Eileen wrote: "Well, and the big question is who is Legend REALLY?"

Exactly! Honestly I feel like we'll only find out in book three

I absolutely loved this book! I breezed through this quite quickly. My favourite part had to be at the start (view spoiler)[maybe around 110 pages in when Wes is revealed to be Prince Corrick! I absolutely love when hidden/secret identities are revealed and it gave so many layers to Corrick and his actions later on. I loved it! (hide spoiler)] Another thing I really enjoyed was the morally grey political world. It showed the complexities of politics and I really enjoyed that angle the book taken.

Eileen wrote: "I don't know anything about Once Upon a Broken Heart, so I kind of like Jacks, lol! I do think that Dante and Tella are supposed to end up together, but I'm hoping that if/when it happens, we'll al..."

Exactly! I mean there are some things that I'm like Why?? about specifically in relation to a lot of Tella's and Jacks's actions. Some of the things Jacks has done particularly with (view spoiler)[kissing Tella and as a result, marking her with a slow death (hide spoiler)] makes me really want to understand what his reasoning is. There has to be some ulterior motive to doing that. I think the bigger picture, much like in Caraval, will be revealed at the end.

Okay so I just started Legendary and I kind of got a bit lost in it, read quite a bit and am now on page 170 😅. So far, we've met Jacks, Scarlett discovered a huge secret and Caraval has just started.

I absolutely love Jacks even though he's very much morally grey and if I didn't know about Once Upon a Broken Heart, I would've definitely believed him and Tella would end up as a couple.

I am really enjoying this book though. More so than Caraval actually and I think it has so much more world-building than book one with talk of the Fates, Legend's becoming and the fated objects not to mention what really happened to Paloma Dragna. I'm so excited to read on to find out more!

I also think you're right with Tella and how we really get to see her as a deeper character than was shown in Caraval. I think Stephanie Garber was right in using her perspective to narrate book two. I can see why she has done all those things before and I can understand her intentions better. I really want to see what happens with her and Dante though, I think they would end up together.

Eileen wrote: "My library just got the audio for Defend the Dawn and I'm first in line after it is released!!!!"

AHHH YAY!! I am so excited to read it too but I don't think my library added it to their system yet

Eileen wrote: "No hurries! I just started the Codex Alera series, which is freaking long (6 books, from 500+ to 700+ pages), so it'll be awhile, ha ha!"

Ahaha no worries and thank you for understanding ☺️

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Eileen wrote: "Just wondering where you are in the second book. :) I just finished Self-Made Boys by McLemore and it is SOOOOOOOO good. I liked it even more than the original, which I reread last summer. This mak..."

Ooooh! That one's on my TBR and I managed to get an ARC! I hope to read it soon. I'm trying to finish Belladonna now but I'm hoping Legendary will be my next read sorry for taking forever 😅

Eileen wrote: "Sounds like a plan! I'm currently reading three other books besides Legendary, so plenty to read, ha ha!"

Ahahaha too true!

Eileen wrote: "Finally starting this book back up (I'm at the 50% mark) but will still go slowly through it since I want to finish the Backman Beartown trilogy. The first book was fantastic, but I haven't heard a..."

Oooh yay! I'm finishing an ARC at the moment but if all goes well I should be done tonight so that I can start Legendary.

Those are similar to my thoughts as well. I wanted more about Legend apart from bitter magician and I couldn't help but feel annoyed about Tella too. I'll be interested to read her character arc further.

Just finished Caraval! A lot of my opinions have changed:

-I saw a lot of the plot twists coming so nothing really surprised me but I did love the writing style and the world building.
-I thought it was very descriptive.
-I liked Scarlett and Julian but my opinion of Tella never really changed since the start of the book.
-Also, Legend seemed very stereotypical as a villain... I felt like his personality didn't shine through in this book but I've heard he's a massive focus in book two so I'm excited to read on and find more about him.

Book # on list: 18
Book Name: Caraval
Pages: 402
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Extras: Buddy Read

Eileen wrote: "By the way, Sylvs, have you read The Tales of Verania? If you're a fan of his Extraordinaries series, Tales of Verania is fantastic, especially the audiobook. Be warned that it's meant for an adult..."

Ooooh you sold me from just the mention of the Extraordinaries 😂

Eileen wrote: "Hee hee, I hope you enjoy it!"

Thanks. Hopefully I will :)

Eileen wrote: "The entire book Anxious People is driven by dialog and he is so good at writing great dialog. When I think of a writer who is able to describe the human condition so well, he is one of the first to..."

Oooh you're really selling this book to me. Now I want to read it XD

Eileen wrote: "Hee hee, if you're a fan of Backman, it is arguably one of his best. So far I haven't found any lemons yet, but I'm getting ready to read the Beartown trilogy and I've been told that the second two..."

Oooh that's really cool I'll definitely have a look at their books!