As my second entry for this week's Mark This Book Monday I'm gonna have a mini reviews entry.
Witch Rising by Amber Argyle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Witch Rising is a prequel novella, and you can read it on its own. It's gonna be a fast read, full of action that starts on page one and doesn't really stop till the last page.
Lilette starts the story as a young girls running away with her parents and it seems that she can't really escape one threat or another, even less the one she feels within herself.
It's a short novella but it feels even shorter cause you just fly through it! I can't wait to read Witch Fall now, to see how Lilette's story continues!
3.5 stars
Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Quite to my own surprise I actually loved this novella. I'm not a big fan of contemporary romances and even less those based on insta-love, but this one was told in such a way and the characters were written in such a way that I couldn't help but love them and enjoy the story immensely.
Daniel was hiding in a janitor room when a girl came to hide in it and they feel a connection and pretend to be in love with each other to see how it feels. Then his own Cinderella disappears to never be seen again. One year later, Daniel meets Six and their connection is instantaneous.
I loved reading the interactions between Daniel & Six. Both are hilarious and Daniel's family made laugh out loud while reading. There's witty dialogue, there's quite an unexpected emotional twist right there but there's a resolution based on dialogue and trust, and that's a very good example I think.
Now after reading this one, I feel like I must read Hopeless & Losing Hope! 4 stars to this novella that can be read as a stand alone.
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Witch Rising by Amber ArgyleMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Witch Rising is a prequel novella, and you can read it on its own. It's gonna be a fast read, full of action that starts on page one and doesn't really stop till the last page.
Lilette starts the story as a young girls running away with her parents and it seems that she can't really escape one threat or another, even less the one she feels within herself.
It's a short novella but it feels even shorter cause you just fly through it! I can't wait to read Witch Fall now, to see how Lilette's story continues!
3.5 stars
Finding Cinderella by Colleen HooverMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Quite to my own surprise I actually loved this novella. I'm not a big fan of contemporary romances and even less those based on insta-love, but this one was told in such a way and the characters were written in such a way that I couldn't help but love them and enjoy the story immensely.
Daniel was hiding in a janitor room when a girl came to hide in it and they feel a connection and pretend to be in love with each other to see how it feels. Then his own Cinderella disappears to never be seen again. One year later, Daniel meets Six and their connection is instantaneous.
I loved reading the interactions between Daniel & Six. Both are hilarious and Daniel's family made laugh out loud while reading. There's witty dialogue, there's quite an unexpected emotional twist right there but there's a resolution based on dialogue and trust, and that's a very good example I think.
Now after reading this one, I feel like I must read Hopeless & Losing Hope! 4 stars to this novella that can be read as a stand alone.
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If I am to read prequel novellas, which I rarely do, then I prefer them to be action packed, just like Witch Rising. As for Colleen Hoover, I don't really read NA, no matter how good it sounds.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
I'm actually on a novella- reading mood, have been since I did November is for Novellas challenge... it's great to have something shorter to sort of clean your reading palate between review books!
DeleteYay I loved Hopeless and I really want o read Finding Cinderella! I hear it's a great novella and even though I very rarely read novellas I'll be making an exception for this one! And I'm glad you liked Witch Rising I've been meaning to give that series a try - initially because of the cover for book 1 haha.
ReplyDeleteThanks Giselle! I love when novellas can give you a peek at series and see if you like the story and writing! For both of these novellas the answer was a yes!
DeleteGreat reviews. <3 Glad you enjoyed them :) I have yet to read the books by Amber, but I own a lot of them. Hoping to read soon :D
ReplyDeleteThank you sweetie! I still need to read all the other Witch Song books too, hopefully I'll catch up soon!
DeleteAgreed, Aman! I'm so glad I gave this novella a chance! I actually I'm very keen on reading about Holder & Sky after seeing them interact in the novella! Will be getting Hopeless soon!
ReplyDeleteI want to read Finding Cinderella, but I heard that you enjoy it more when you already read Hopeless... and I haven't read Hopeless, so I hope I can read both soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you liked it!
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Thanks Lis! Finding Cinderella was quite fun!
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