2086 ratings (3.81 avg)
1964 reviews
more photos (19)

#90 best reviewers

Robin (Bridge Four)

https://www.goodreads.com/robinbridgefour

Robin’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (466)
currently-reading‎ (3)
read‎ (2095)
4-5-stars‎ (1066)
chick-i-want-to-hang-out-with‎ (706)
book-boyfriend-material‎ (624)
fantastic-fantasy‎ (611)
uf-pnr‎ (553)
sexy‎ (495)
super-sidekicks‎ (490)
awesome-audio‎ (488)
chocolate-pms-day-reads‎ (440)

ya‎ (428)
kick-ass-heroines‎ (403)
buddy-read‎ (389)
books-of-my-heart‎ (382)
witches-warlocks-and-magic‎ (321)
cotton-candy‎ (303)
cool-creatures‎ (297)
beautifully-broken-bastards‎ (265)
adorable-alphas‎ (220)
sci-fi‎ (215)
fae-ness‎ (132)
2023-reads‎ (127)

historical-happiness‎ (122)
2025-reads‎ (120)
o-captain-my-captain‎ (118)
2024-reads‎ (114)
bro-mantic‎ (109)
no-kissy-kissy‎ (102)
2022-reads‎ (100)
ghosts‎ (98)
shorts‎ (98)
beware-the-bermuda-love-triangle‎ (92)
who-dun-it‎ (82)
re-read‎ (80)

romantasy‎ (74)
quit-crying-robin‎ (67)
brutal‎ (41)
small-town‎ (36)
want-to-throw-across-the-room‎ (30)
space-opera‎ (26)
re-telling‎ (21)
its-complicated‎ (20)
2026-reads‎ (19)
fade-to-black‎ (19)
library-love-2020‎ (18)
competition-elimination‎ (17)

Stats | More…

Robin is Currently Reading

Robin (Bridge Four) is currently reading

The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating - and Other War Crimes (Guides to Villainy and Love, #1)

by Tiffany Hunt (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Feb 21, 2026 11:10AM

Robin (Bridge Four) rated a book it was amazing

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)

by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2025-reads, 4-5-stars, beautifully-broken-bastards, book-boyfriend-material, chick-i-want-to-hang-out-with, cool-creatures, fantastic-fantasy, super-sidekicks, trusted-author, witches-warlocks-and-magic, who-dun-it, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in August 2025

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Robin (Bridge Four) said: " Re-read/First time listen because I received the audio galley too!!!

Thank you to Ilona Andrews and Netgalley for the ARC. This does not affect my opinions or content of the review.

4.5 Welcome to a New Genre Stars

Imagine one day you wake up and are i Re-read/First time listen because I received the audio galley too!!!

Thank you to Ilona Andrews and Netgalley for the ARC. This does not affect my opinions or content of the review.

4.5 Welcome to a New Genre Stars

Imagine one day you wake up and are in one of your favorite, if not more brutal, books. You have been part of a fandom for this series for years, waiting for the final book to come out, speculating on theories and dissecting timelines and character motivations etc. If this was Game of Thrones, you know about the Red Wedding, how much of a bastard Joffery is, who is going to betray who. If you got dropped into that world, what would you do? Could you save some of the characters that you loved. Could you hope to get them some of the justice they might deserve?

Maggie has to ask herself all of these questions and more when she wakes up in a ditch, with no clothes, in a world that she knows like to back of her hand because she has read and reread stories of this world for years.

Because this isn’t coming out for awhile I’m not going to give anything away. But I want to say congratulations to Ilona Andrews in their new endeavor into a new genre for them. You were right, this isn’t like anything you have written before, but I still found so many of the things I normally love in your other books.

1 -Strong main character. Maggie isn’t a fighter or someone who kicks butt in normal ways. But she is smart, quick with a plan and resolute once she has decided on a course of action. She is also pretty funny sometimes.

2 - Cool worldbuilding elements. In Urban Fantasy they have created multiple worlds with elements in things we already know from this one. So just think what can happen when they get to do it from scratch and use elements like Knights, Mages, Dukedoms, Hired Thugs, Ladies Maids, Holy Orders, Towers, Castles…etc. They really brought in a lot of great worldbuilding elements.

3 - Amazing side characters. Like most IA books I’ve read the side characters really shine and the found family that Maggie is surrounding herself with has a lot of potential. I absolutely fell in love with Maggie’s new Lady’s maid Clover. Her backstory makes you just want to hug her and get the vengeance she deserves. As always all the side characters feel three dimensional and real.

4 - Interesting Love Interests While there really wasn’t a shortage of possibilities for potential love interests for Maggie, I definitely have my favorite. And like most of the romantic leads he isn’t some Gary Stew but complicated, a little morally gray and slightly devious. It will be interesting to see how it all works out. But so far the journey has been memorable.

5 - Cute Animal Companion I do love the unusual pets IA comes up with to be companions and Maggie has one to add to the pet gallery.

There are some new things that IA is trying out. While this story did complete a defined plot arc, there is more to come and a bit of a cliff hanger. There was one really big plot twist that had me reeling and I had to stop and go back to the first few chapters to check a few things before moving on. There were some smaller twists ones that didn’t hit quite that hard but were different than in other books in their UF series and left definite impressions.

Overall, I had a great time with Maggie The Undying as she tries to right some of the wrongs in her favorite Dark Fantasy. I can’t wait to see how the audiobook captures this story when it comes out, or the things that I pick up on the second read through. ...more "

Feb 21, 2026 11:09AM · see review

Robin (Bridge Four) is currently reading

Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8)

by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jan 11, 2026 08:39AM

Robin’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for A Judgement of Powers (Inheritance of Magic #3)

A Judgement of Powers (Inheritance of Magic #3) by Benedict Jacka

16 highlights

“And you actually thought that would work?” “I was twenty years old, and like all twenty-year-olds, I was a bloody idiot.” “Hey.” “Yes, I know you’re twenty-one, and no, that doesn’t make much difference. Trust me, when you’re my age, ...more

See Robin (Bridge Four)’s 102 books with notes and highlights…

Robin’s Quotes

“Those who had nothing substantial to brag about bragged the loudest.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

tags: arrogance, behavior, character-insight, ego, emptiness, human-nature, insecurity, pride, realism, social-commentary

34 likes

“How wonderful, truly, to have a friend whose silence you adored.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

tags: admiration, comfort, companionship, connection, emotional-warmth, friendship, intimacy, silence, simplicity, trust

67 likes

“You’ve got that look about you.” “What look?” “Well, not to be rude, but you’re all fucked up, aren’t you?”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

14 likes

“Why does she always push her mum away? There’s something about that relationship, something about being a child, and the need of a child to be an individual, to be something more than the things she’s been taught and the way she’s been raised. The need to somehow teach a lesson to the person who has taught her so many lessons? Joyce’s love for her is unconditional, Joanna knows that, but, really, unconditional love has a huge flaw. If you love me no matter what, who I actually am doesn’t matter. If someone loves your essence, your very being, what can you do to make them love you more or love you less? Nothing: there is no space. So the only option left to you is to continually prod at that unconditional love, to test it and stretch it, to mock it even. And it’s not just that. There is a further problem with unconditional love, isn’t there? Because what if you don’t love yourself? What if, like Joanna, you obsess over your flaws and weaknesses, you constantly update the balance sheet of your own personality and find it wanting? Well, then the unconditional love of a parent is a sign that they simply don’t know you. If they truly knew you, their love would be peppered with caveats. “I love you, but…”
― Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune

5 likes

“She’s obviously a terrible person and completely unhinged. And I one hundred percent do not find her in any way adorable. Absolutely not.”
― Brynne Weaver, Tourist Season

7 likes

More of Robin’s quotes…