Goodreads Look-in!

So, I've been reading a lot, and because of this I can't always review the books I have read. So now, I'll be doing to occasional Goodreads look-in where I will be showing my ratings and a few thoughts of the books I have read.

Here we go:

A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood: 5 Stars. Such a beautiful book, really made me wish to be in the pages and part of the glitz and glamour.

I Invited Her In by Adele Parks: 4 Stars. Definitely a surprising ending, and a good venture out of my usual book genre, just goes to show I need to expand my genre's more often!

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning: 5 Stars. I adored this retelling, it gave some interesting views on everything and was just beautiful.

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas: 5 Stars. I re-read this series and it was just as breathtaking, if not more so than before. This is still my favourite book of the series.

Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas: 5 Stars. This was a re-read and wow I loved it, and that ending. I'm glad I decided to re-read near to the new/last book of the series coming out so it is fresh in my mind.

Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton: 4 Stars. I got into this quite slowly, but it definitely kept me wondering what would happen, and it ended in a perfect place to leave me wanting more.

Ariadnis by Josh Martin: 4 Stars. Definitely an interesting concept, and I loved the way it went through both POVs of the main characters. I can't wait to get the next book.

The Warrior Queen by Emily R. King: 5 Stars. An amazing ending to a great series, I loved seeing different characters and places, and I'm glad it ended the way it did.

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl: 4 Stars. I've always wondered what happened after the first book as I've seen the movies, it was definitely an interesting way to take the series.

The Mystery of the Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah: 4.5 stars. I've always watched Poirot and never read one of Agatha Christie's books, I think I definitely need to now, and definitely need to read more mystery.

Damsel by Elana K. Arnold: 4 Stars. This book really intrigued me trying to figure out what was happening. I absolutely loved this take on princesses, princes and dragons, and the ending blew me away. I would say though it is quite a dark tale!

Arrowood by Mick Finlay: 4.5 Stars. I've recently got into reading mystery, and this one definitely didn't disappoint, I loved the setting, the characters and the story and I can't wait to read the second book. Definitely happy to have picked this up from HQ crime night!

This is just a few of the many books I've read and only reviewed on Goodreads, have you read any? What did you think of them? I'll be posting another Goodreads look-in in a few months!

Review: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Okay, so, this book has been sitting around in my bookshelves for an unknown amount of years. I remember trying to start it, but being put off by a male POV, as I'd only really read books with a female POV at that point in time.

So, I put it down and just kind of forgot about it for a few years.

Then, the film came out and my mind was like 'Hey, I have that book, but why haven't I read it before?'

So, I decided to buck up and read it (after I had watched the film on TV, oops).

Here it is:

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

Even on my second read I still found it hard to get into I must admit. But, with the knowledge of what happens from the film I thought I'd suck it up and just get through it as I did love the plot in the film.

All I can say, is that it helped me a lot to know what was going to happen so I didn't just give up before I got going. And I'm glad I did give it another chance. Obviously, as you can expect, the book had a lot more details than the movie, and that's where it helped me to get more interested.

Overall, I'm still not quite sure where this book series is going, but I liked the book enough to buy the next in the series and find out, so I guess you could say that the ending was definitely interesting enough to get me asking 'what's going to happen?!'.

I would definitely still recommend this book, as I think I just sometimes have difficulties with Male POV's. If you're okay with male POV's then definitely give the book a try, as it is an interesting plot line and the way it was left at the end left me wondering just what was going to happen.

And, I think you should check back to this blog at a later date to find out what I think of the second book in the series: Beautiful Darkness.

TBR: This week's new books

Okay, so, if you follow me on Twitter or on Instagram, you've seen my posts about my book haul this week, and on twitter I've posted about getting accepted for my first Netgalley book requests too.

So, I'd thought I'd do a quick post about these books that are very likely going to be read in the next few weeks and why I'm so excited about them! (The names of the books will link to their Goodreads pages if you wanted to check them out).

First, the two Netgalley requests:

Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

The cover for this book drew me in to request it, and as it's been compared to the maze-runner (which I loved) I thought I'd give it a try. It was my first ever Netgalley request to be accepted, so I'm super excited to get stuck into it!

Fix Me by Lisa M. Cronkhite

So, the author of this book contacted me and asked if I would like to review this book, and when I saw the description it intrigued me. And I thought, hey, I kinda want to know whats going to happen in this book now, so I requested it. It'll be fun I think to review this one.

And now my paperbacks from my book haul this week:

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

So, I loved so many of her other books, and I've seen so many raving reviews about this series too that I decided to buy it and try it myself. Here's hoping I love it as much as her other books!

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

So, if you havent seen my review of the first book: Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children, you should check it out HERE. I loved it, and I loved the second book, so I'm eagerly awaiting the time that I can finally get stuck into the third and final book of the series.

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

So, I've read the first book in this series (this is the second) and the first book has made me wonder just what storylines these authors have for this second book. Also, the covers are just beautiful, this one is an amazing blue colour. So, yaknow, hopefully the book is as beautiful as the cover.

Obviously, I have so many more books to read in my bookshelves, but these are the ones I think I'll be reading first, keep an eye out for the reviews of these in the future!

Have any of you read these books? Comment your thoughts on them if you have.