Hello guys!
Things continue to be a bit hectic here now and then with still more things to sort around the new apartment, trying to have some sort of social life, work and added to that a course I'm taking at work... But no matter how busy I am, I always find time to read, because reading is my refuge... what I don't always find time for is blogging and writing reviews, but I have decided to do the best I can and not let blogging stress me (much!).
Today is Tuesday and as such is release day for a lot of awesome books because this October has been terrible on my TBR pile and my wallet both! But I want to celebrate specially the release of Gabriel by Nikki Kelly and share my ARC Review for it!
Gabriel by Nikki Kelly
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Gabriel was a perfect game changer of a sequel and it does all things that a good sequel ought to do: add a new layer to both our character, see how their relationships change and are challenged and peel away new layers in the world building and the plot, leaving us with a bit of whiplash after some reveals that do turn our world upside down!
I will try by best to keep things as spoiler free for book one as possible but to be safe just run along and read Lailah right now! Done? Well, Gabriel picks up right where Lailah left us and that was a doozy! So much has changed for Lailah and Gabriel and Jonah! All three of them have quite a bit of character development to go through because things have changed so very drastically!
I really like Lailah's growth and how she found the strenght in herself to finally acccept who she is, but the road there was NOT easy at all, and at times I was feeling a bit likely to shake her for being so stubborn and taking so many riks!
Gabriel and Jonah both pissed me equally on the first half of the book or so! So protective, to treating Lailah like a fragile being and keeping secrets for "her own good"... I really felt like slapping them both! And even if I didn't agree with Lailah taking the riks she did, I understand that she was not happy to be told that she was superpowerful but it'd be better is she stayed home like a good girl!
I did warn you about plot twist and unexpected revelations and I should also warn you about a massively evil cliffhanger (I had been warned, and it helped, but not that much!!) and also... *whispers*thelovetrianglegetsresolved*whispers* but I won't say ANY more since you really need to read it to see how it all makes sense!
Now I'm dying to get my hands on book three!! DAMNED AWFUL CLIFFHANGER!! *shakes fist at Nikki*
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Things continue to be a bit hectic here now and then with still more things to sort around the new apartment, trying to have some sort of social life, work and added to that a course I'm taking at work... But no matter how busy I am, I always find time to read, because reading is my refuge... what I don't always find time for is blogging and writing reviews, but I have decided to do the best I can and not let blogging stress me (much!).
Today is Tuesday and as such is release day for a lot of awesome books because this October has been terrible on my TBR pile and my wallet both! But I want to celebrate specially the release of Gabriel by Nikki Kelly and share my ARC Review for it!
Gabriel by Nikki KellyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Gabriel was a perfect game changer of a sequel and it does all things that a good sequel ought to do: add a new layer to both our character, see how their relationships change and are challenged and peel away new layers in the world building and the plot, leaving us with a bit of whiplash after some reveals that do turn our world upside down!
I will try by best to keep things as spoiler free for book one as possible but to be safe just run along and read Lailah right now! Done? Well, Gabriel picks up right where Lailah left us and that was a doozy! So much has changed for Lailah and Gabriel and Jonah! All three of them have quite a bit of character development to go through because things have changed so very drastically!
I really like Lailah's growth and how she found the strenght in herself to finally acccept who she is, but the road there was NOT easy at all, and at times I was feeling a bit likely to shake her for being so stubborn and taking so many riks!
Gabriel and Jonah both pissed me equally on the first half of the book or so! So protective, to treating Lailah like a fragile being and keeping secrets for "her own good"... I really felt like slapping them both! And even if I didn't agree with Lailah taking the riks she did, I understand that she was not happy to be told that she was superpowerful but it'd be better is she stayed home like a good girl!
I did warn you about plot twist and unexpected revelations and I should also warn you about a massively evil cliffhanger (I had been warned, and it helped, but not that much!!) and also... *whispers*thelovetrianglegetsresolved*whispers* but I won't say ANY more since you really need to read it to see how it all makes sense!
Now I'm dying to get my hands on book three!! DAMNED AWFUL CLIFFHANGER!! *shakes fist at Nikki*
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Gorgeous review Pili. <3 I'm glad you liked this book a lot :D It just, well, I shall never ever read these books. Sigh. Not my kind of main girl, and especially not my kind of romance at all. Still get angry just thinking about it all, lol :D But I'm so happy that you are enjoying these books a lot :D Hope you are doing okay sweetest girl. <3 I'm sorry things are so busy lately o.O
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't like the triangle, I'm sure of that sweetie! *hugs*
DeleteThank you! Things are busy but mostly good, so I'm just going with the flow really!
"to treating Lailah like a fragile being and keeping secrets for "her own good""
ReplyDeleteAH! I hate when characters do that Pili! My hand is definitely itching to slap them both as yours was:) I'm glad you still enjoyed this one overall despite Lailah not doing as she was told and the boys being overly protective, and I couldn't be happier that the love triangle finally gets resolved and isn't going to drag out through the third book:) Fantastic review my friend!
Yep, I was very glad when the triangle was resolved in this book!! =D And yeah, agreements behind her back and keeping secrets ALWAYS make me angry!
DeleteThank you Jenny!
I've read Lailah, it was a pretty okay story but lots of bloggers seem to like Gabriel more. Hm...I should give this book another chance. Thank you for the lovely review, it was very helpful. Tho...I'm scared of the cliffhanger now. HAHA
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Sorry for scaring you Chyna! But I want to be warned about cliffhangers about books, that's why I always include those warnings in my reviews!
DeleteAll I needed to see was "Gabriel and Jonah both pissed me equally on the first half of the book" to solidify my opinion that I will hate this book and should never come near it. :D Book one was a "zero-star" novel for me... never looking back. O_O Glad you loved this one and hopefully you enjoy the rest of the series!
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Thank you Alyssa! And yeah, given your opinion on Lailah, there's no point for you to read this one!
DeleteCurse those cliffhangers!! They are the bane of my existence, I swear! In other news, yay for love triangles getting resolved because those shouldn't exist either. (in my opinion hehe :P) I'm glad you enjoyed the sequel Pili, and hope you can stand waiting for the next book!
ReplyDeleteThey really are!! I think I can survive yet another cliffhanger because dammit too many series too many cliffies!!
DeleteThank you Aila!