Showing posts with label penelope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label penelope. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Salt - Danielle Ellison

"I think I found the demon."
"The demon that-"
"Ours. Mine. The one that took my power."

Summary: Penelope is a witch whose parents were murdered by demons. But the demons also stole her magic and she will do anything to get it back.

When I saw this book up for grabs on NetGalley, I was like "hm, I'll request it just for the heck of it because that cover is really pretty." (Purple is my favorite color!) I first thought that Salt was just going to be really cheesy and lame and just another book trying to do witches and demons but I was pleasantly surprised! The demons were a little hokey sometimes but overall I thought the action was great and Penelope was so fun! And how Carter was brought into the story was perfect! I loved Carter and Penelope's bantering so much! If a book has a boy and a girl who just keep bantering and are sarcastic with each other all of the time then I love it! I felt like the amount of background information we received was just the right amount and the story wasn't dragged out or anything! There was also a little twist with Carter that I was really surprised I didn't figure out sooner! Overall Salt was a fun read and I am so excited that Ellison is writing more! I really can't wait for the next one!

Rating: 8/10

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Penelope - Rebecca Harrington

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Summary: This book is about Penelope O'Shaunessy and her first year at Harvard.

Let me begin by saying...THIS BOOK IS TERRIBLE. It's not funny at all and It's very awkward and weird. I made it to chapter 4 and then gave up. Agatha from Goodreads said: "It's just like she's describing what happened to her, without any reflections or self-actualization or something. I just want her to grow and maybe develop more because she didn't feel like a person to me." My favorite comment on Goodreads came from Oriana who said: "This is beyond sloppy writing, this is just not giving a flying f*** about how sloppy your writing is. Did this book even have an editor? I'm embarrassed for Vintage. I'm embarrassed for Rebecca Harrington. I'm embarrassed that I wasted 80 pages of my reading life on this f****** book." I totally agree!

Rating: 0/10