Unofficial Book Club: February Edition

Happy March, friends! I’ll cut to the chase and admit that I have *yet* to finish The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3). I know, I know! I said I would finally finish it up in last month’s Unofficial Book Club but, I decided to read two other books in its place instead and promise (fingers crossed) to finish it this month. Pinky promise!

Let’s get started on last month’s reads…

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2)

I started this series in January and as of right now have wrapped up two of the seven books by Sarah J. Mass.

In a few words, Crown of Midnight was completely forgettable. It’s so forgettable that I just had to look up a summary of the book (or maybe I’m reading too many series and mixing them all up into one?) to remember what took place. I’ll admit, the book did have a surprising ending, but I’m having a hard time understanding how Sarah J. Mass kept this series going for another 5 books. I’ve got the third book on hold on Libby, so we’ll see if it makes the list! As I was last month, I’m still loosely committed to the series.

Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3)

The LONG-awaited Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros finally made its way into all of our lives and brought nothing but disappointment. What a LOSS. Gah. I hate, so much, that I felt this way about this book. However, I will be reading the fourth book whenever it comes out because I’m in too deep in this dragon-filled land.

I was expecting so much out of this book after how hard the first and second books were to put down and instead, it was a drag. So many characters, so much history, so much use of first names and then last names and I think one of the provinces has the same name as one of the characters? I’m still not sure.

So sorry, Rebecca Yarros. The hype was high, but the result was low.

I Hope This Finds You Well

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue was a random find on Kindle Unlimited last month focused on the hours of life spent in cubicles with humans who, at times, we see more than our own families. Chaos ensues when the main character, Jolene, accidentally gains access to her coworkers’ private emails and DMs and uses the information to save her job while she undergoes sensitivity training with HR’s “suspiciously friendly guy,” Cliff.

Overall, I related a lot to the woes of cubicle life and enjoyed the story but felt that the author took way too long to reveal the truth about Jolene’s past and how it related to her present state. She hinted at it with quick flashbacks every couple of chapters but she could have saved the reader a lot of time had she revealed Jolene’s history earlier on.

How to End a Love Story

I absolutely LOVED How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang. This was a Reese’s Book Club pick that I ran across on Instagram and decided to give a try. I’m so glad I did! The premise of the story focuses on two writers with a complicated history (via high school) who end up working on the same TV show. It was funny, encouraging, and offered honest conversations on topics like anxiety, suicide (the underlying third character in the book), and being a third culture kid.

I recommended this book to all my girlfriends and now to you!

What’s next on the list?

It was quite the romance-filled month in my book world, so I’m excited to share that my current March reads, West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge and The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman are far from the topic (at least so far). We’ll see what else makes its way to my Kindle this month!

Until next Friday, happy reading friends!