It’s Top Ten Tuesday time again friends! This week its a love/valentines freebie so I figure it was the perfect time to list some romance books I want to read this year.
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
Happy Place by Emily Henry
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
Yesterday was my birthday! I’m taking a break from any bookish posts today as I am still recovering haha hope you all had a good weekend 🙂
*ALL MY UPDATES ARE GOING TO BE SPOILERY*
I just finished my first reread of The Final Empire! There are soooo many little details in this book that I have forgotten over the years so I am really glad I decided to reread this series as a whole. I don’t really remember my reaction after finishing The Final Empire the first time so I don’t know if I like the book any more or less. Right now I feel like I really enjoyed this book I didn’t absolutely love it as much as I thought I did, which is probably just the nostalgia. It was just very dense with a lot of strategizing and hiding around until the very end which felt kind of rushed and chaotic. I loved relearning everything about Allomancy and the mistborn as well as Feruchemy. I just wish that Kelsier didn’t have to martyr himself in order for the Skaa to rise up. I know that he has struggled since Mare died and came to terms with the fact that maybe she didn’t betray him but I wish we still had the opportunity to get to know him more.
These are five of my favourite quotes from the last five books that I have read!!
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
“Sometimes the things that make one person sad are the same things that can make another person happy.”
Sour Candy by Kaelan Patrick Burke
“Sour candy trumps chocolate.”
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
“But you can’t kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you’ve never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.”
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
“When a man makes a promise, he makes it on his honor. When a witch makes a promise, they feel it in their bones.”
My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham
“Whatever the future might bring, whatever darkness might be lurking around the corner, she’d always have this.”
*CONTAINS SPOILERS*
After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in Nana’s crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours. The family arrives, each of them harboring secrets. Then at the stroke of midnight, as a storm rages, Nana is found dead. And an hour later, the next family member follows…
I had no idea what to expect throughout the course of this book and I was honestly surprised at every turn. Daisy seemed like a bit of a ambivalent character, she didn’t really stand out in any way throughout the book and no one ever suspected her of being the one to commit the murders. I was definitely intrigued by her past and finding out about the dynamics within the Darker family.
I didn’t really find any of the other characters within the book particularly likeable which I think was the intention. The way that they all treated each other throughout the course of the night in retrospect makes sense when the big final twist happens. Nana definitely is my favourite out of all of them, though her favoritism towards Daisy when they were children is a little questionable.
I really enjoyed the atmosphere and the setting of the cottage. The isolation and the storm really ramps up the creepy tone of the plot and makes for a great backdrop as we try and figure out who is picking everyone off one by one. Even though the start was a little slower paced for me the build up of anticipation and intrigue kept me engaged.
When we eventually are told who the murderer is and why the Darker family was killed I struggled to accept that Daisy was already dead. I just thought there were so many scenes where she interacted with her family members but upon reflection and don’t think they ever responded back to her. I almost immediately wanted to restart the book and delve into every scene and see whether or not it made sense. I think that supernatural twist was unexpected and shocking and I think was ultimately necessary otherwise there wasn’t many options that would of been as shocking.
⭐️4/5 stars oh poor Daisy!
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