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The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (Light Novel) Vol. 1 by Nanako Tsujimura My rating: 3 of 5 stars These were entertaining stories, very light on the mystery elements. I think if you knew nothing about gemology, this would be a lot more of an interesting read than it was to me. I did enjoy the read and am looking forward to more with these two characters, but I think I might've set my expectations too high with this series. View all my reviews

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas My rating: 4 of 5 stars More like a 3.5 For me, this installment really dragged. It took a very long time for me to get into the story and with it also being a very long book, the whole experience was just very slow. The second half of the book is definitely where things start to pick up and truthfully I'm a little surprised at how I'm feeling about this story. I thought for sure this would've been a solid 4 for me, but it's just not there. I will continue with the series as I have interest in seeing what happens next, but this installment was just a little better than ok for me. View all my reviews

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia My rating: 3 of 5 stars Restarting this series so that I can hopefully finish it. I decided to try it via audiobook this time and I didn't really enjoy the narration. The extra atmospheric sounds didn't add to the story at all for me and it really took away from the presentation. It was still an enjoyable story and surprisingly I did remember quite a bit from my previous readthrough. I had to take off a star though because the presentation of the audiobook was not as enjoyable for me. I don't think I'll be listening to the audiobook for the rest of the series, but I'm glad that I was able to experience the story in a different way. View all my reviews