I read a lot of books that I don’t end up reviewing for whatever reason. Some because I wasn’t impressed. Some because I didn’t have the time. Some I just wasn’t feeling it on whatever particular day I finished. Reviewing the Unreviewed is my monthly post where I share my few thoughts on all the books I didn’t formally review.
The Smallest Part by Amy Harmon. February 16-17. 4 Stars.
Love. Love. Love. Amy Harmon writes beautiful books.
My Lady’s Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran & Larissa Zageris. Read February 17-18. 3 Stars.
love this concept! I read through the book several times choosing different scenarios and feel like I only scratched the surface on the possibilities. Full review to come.
Then She was Gone by Lisa Jewell. Read February 18-19. 4 Stars.
Lisa Jewell does it again. I was so consumed by this story that I finished it in under 24 hours. Full review to come.
Honeysuckle Dreams (Blue Ridge Romance #2) by Denise Hunter. Read February 19-21. 3.5 Stars.
I enjoyed this, though the added drama at the end did bring it down a bit for me. I liked the characters for the most part and the Marriage-of-Convenience theme. I look forward to continuing the series. Full review to come.
Runaway Groom (I Do, I Don’t #2) by Lauren Layne. Read February 21-23. 4 Stars.
Such a fun book. I really liked both Ellie and Gage. I enjoyed the “The Bachelor” type setting, too, though I thought it could have been played up a bit more. I’m really looking forward to the next one.
What You Want to See (Roxane Weary #2) by Kristen Lepionka. Read February 24-25. 4 Stars.
I really enjoyed this book. It was well-paced and well-written, with a really interesting mystery. I also love that this book is set in Columbus, OH and I recognized a lot of the areas mentioned. I definitely recommend this series to Mystery fans and am looking forward to reading more from Lepionka in the future. Full review to come.
********Re-Reads********
After finishing Iron Gold I fell into a book slump and decided to re-read the original trilogy, which I failed to do prior to reading Iron Gold. I still loved them all the second time around (third time for Red Rising). I had forgotten how completely epic Morning Star really is.
Catching Jordan (Hundred Oaks #1) by Miranda Kenneally. This was recently free on Kindle. I pretty much have all the same issues with this book as I did the first time I read it. However, I think I may have enjoyed it slightly more this time around. It’s a pretty quick read.
********Back on the TBR********
Books from the library that I never started before they expired: Fragments of the Lost by Megan Miranda, A Map of the Dark by Karen Ellis, and The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.
Books from the library that I started and couldn’t get into: Fake Wife by Stacey Lynn, Moonlight Sins by Jennifer Armentrout, Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson. I usually love a good fake relationship story, but I read several chapters of Fake Wife and just couldn’t get into it. I think I want to try it again someday, though. I read about a chapter and a half of Moonlight Sins and again, just couldn’t get into it. I used to love everything by JLA, but all but one of her last several books have been ones I didn’t like or didn’t finish. I’m not sure if I’ll ever give this one a chance again. Truly Devious seems promising, but I was in a mood when I started it and then I realized it was the first book in a series and not a standalone, so I think I’ll wait until more books are published before I read it.
I’m so happy you liked the new Amy Harmon!! I have a copy of The Cruel Prince from the library right now. I’m not really in the mood for it, so I don’t know if I’ll get to it. I keep hearing how good it is…
I did really like the new Amy Harmon. I even bought it! I’ve heard lots of conflicting reviews on The Cruel Prince. But I have really liked some of the other books I read by that author, so I do definitely want to give it a try someday.
I’m excited for the Lisa Jewell. I’m slow reading Truly Devious and really loving it (I just need to get some review books behind me) so I hope I end up happy with it. I’m interested in the Amy Harmon book as well.
The Lisa Jewell book was really good! I really need to go through her backlist. I definitely recommend the Amy Harmon book, too. I’m glad you’re enjoying Truly Devious. I will get to it again someday!
I’m so happy you enjoyed Amy Harmon and Lauren Layne’s books. I loved those two!
They were both so good!
I used to make myself finish every book I started, but now my philosophy is that life is too short and there are too many books to do that! I also take out way more books from the library than I actually read.
I used to be the same. I couldn’t DNF a book or even a series once I started I had to read the whole thing. I’m much better about it now. I pretty much just use my e-book library and it always seems like I’m hold for everything forever and then they all come in at the same time when I no longer have the time for them or are in the mood for them.
I don’t think I’ve read Amy Harmon before. Must look out for her!
You totally should! This one was really good, but Making Faces is my ultimate favorite of hers.
I really need to read Amy Harmons book!
I think you would like them! Especially this one.
I keep seeing a ton of other ones that sound fantastic as well!
So happy you’ve read and enjoyed WYWTS, would you say it’s better than the first?
I did like this one better than the first (and I really enjoyed the first).
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I need to read The Cruel Prince. I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks! I hope you enjoy it, as well!
Thanks!
Wow! We do share many books 😉 You read all these? I will go read your review of The Smallest Part now as I love Amy!
Sounds like you have good taste! 🙂 Unfortunately I didn’t write a proper review for The Smallest Part, just what was above.
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