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Hi ForeverBookers, How are you? I hope you’re well! I’ve just finished “Dark Waters” by Katherine Arden and I enjoyed it. It wasn’t as good as “Small Spaces” or “Dead Voices,” books 1 and 2 in this series, in my opinion but it was still a good read.  4 Stars! “Dark Waters” takes us to an island with our characters, Ollie, Coco and Brian. There’s another child this time as well, Phil as well as Coco’s mom and Ollie’s dad. What I did appreciate in this novel was the presence of the parents. In most middle grade/young adult novels, the parents don’t really play a part but in this one especially, Coco’s mom, who plans the trip to the island and Ollie’s dad who just goes along for the ride do play a vital role. If I’m being honest, the atmosphere in Dark Waters let it down considerably for me. It just didn’t feel as scary or dangerous as the other two books did, and I think that being stuck on a deserted, unknown island is scarier than either of the other two premises. You’ll know ...

  Hey ForeverBookers, I’ve just finished “Unbirthday” by Liz Braswell. I know I said I was going to do a couple of rereads but I wanted to fit a new book in between. I’ve reread “GILD,” and I’ll reread “A Discovery of Witches” next. Anyway, I surprisingly enjoyed “Unbirthday” a lot. At first it was quite boring, but as I got about 100 or so pages in the story started to become more enjoyable with twists. Each “Twisted Tale,” “Unbirthday” is one of the newer ones of those, has a question on the cover. “What if Wonderland was in Peril and Alice was very, very late?” is the question here. 3 stars! “Unbirthday” is set in a fictional English town called Kexford. Alice is an ordinary girl, who went to Wonderland as a child. When she goes back, what’s changed?  I read Unbirthday for a few readathons again. They were: Reading Rivalry - A YA novel - “Unbirthday” is very much a YA novel so fits in here perfectly. The politics aren’t too much and the romance isn’t too ...

Hey ForeverBookers,   I’ve just finished American Royals by Katherine McGee and I LOVED it! If you love scandal and complicated love stories in a contemporary setting, then you will love it as well! Think a royal version of Gossip Girl and you have this book in a nutshell. American Royals follows six characters, all of the new adult age range that come together to create a story of intrigue and romance. There isn’t high action or really a plot outside of the romance which was fine with me as I really enjoy stories just focused on the romance. I appreciated how “American Royals” only focused on the six different characters. There weren’t loads of personalities to get to know, and they all followed the same pattern as they’re all from or have grown up around a certain standing in society. This made the characters easy to follow and understand. It is a character led story, without as I said, much plot.  What there is of a plot of American Royals is taken up with the ascension of ...