Category: Book review

First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties do have downsides—namely, when photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids and threaten American/British relations. The plan for damage control: staging a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince.

The reason why I bought and read this book is because I watched the movie adaptions of this book and I liked the movie. And this book is very hyped up on the internet and I wanted to see if this book was worth the hype. And I gotta admit that this book doesn’t deserve the hype it but of course I’m gonna explain everything in this review so if you are interested then keep reading the review.

This book has a sweet and uplifting story in it, which I really enjoyed reading because when I read this book this year I was in a reading slump and this book helped to get out of it.

As I have seen above the story in this book is pretty good but it does have some moments which I found to be boring or uninteresting. Which means that I cant give this book a perfect rating. And I know that my opinion about this book might be very unpopular.

The first 40% of this book was really interesting for me personally but the deeper I got in this book the more and more I began to be very bored because for me personally the deeper I got into this book the more the story in this book started rolling down the hill faster and faster.

The romance part of this book is not that great in my opinion because it is the haters-to-lovers romance which I personally don’t like the most of all the romance sub topics because I find it to be very unrealistic and cheesy. And this book wasn’t as cheesy and cringe as I expected it to be but still there are quiet a few cheesy moments which got me rolling my eyes at. 

However I really enjoyed the political aspect of this book because I’m a political drama junky and “House of cards” is my all time favorite series. So because of the political aspect of this book, I gave this book some extra points for because the political aspect in this book was really good and enjoyable.

This book talks about self-discovery because Alex is confused about his sexuality and if he is straight, bi or gay. And I really like this aspect of this story because I really like the self-discovery aspect in books.

The writing style in this book complements the storyline of this book very well. Because the writing style is very simple and easy to read which really works well with he simple storyline of this book. 

The writing style is simple and easy yes, but it isn’t too simple like in some other YA books I’ve read in my time. The best way to describe the writing style in this book is that its like on the everyday conversion level. 

The characters in this book are very good, they are very relatable and likable. Both of the main characters are in their early 20s if I remember correctly. Both Henry and Alex are very good main characters because they feel like real human beings and thats what makes me like time a lot.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

The tale of the sea king’s daughter, Ariel, is a beloved one of losing— and then finding— one’s own voice. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the mermaid wants more than her world can offer, and her father demands that she live within the confines of his domain. Her rebelliousness costs the little mermaid her voice and nearly her soul. But the power of good prevails, and Ariel emerges proud and unchanged.

This book is the third in the “Disney Villains” book series. I need to admit here that the deeper I get into this series, the more I find myself enjoying the books in this series and the series as a whole in general. But without making the intro longer than it needs to be lets get into the review.

As you can guess from the cover of the book or the summary of the book, this book is about Ursula from the story of The Little Mermaid. To be very honest here, I was never a fan of that story as a kid because I found it to be very boring and uninteresting. But after I read this book, I fully stand by saying that The Little Mermaid story should have been told from Ursula’s perspective. Because I found her perspective to be very interesting, and for me personally, Ursula’s perspective gave the story more depth and made the whole story so much more interesting. 

The plot in this book is very complex, but at the same time very interesting and at times very sad and tragic. As I’ve said above, Ursula’s perspective adds more depth and complexity to The Little Mermaid story, which really made the whole story more enjoyable and interesting for me personally. 

But for the most part, the plot in this book is very easy-going and simple. But at the same time, it gives us a lot of complexity and a fun aspect. 

The characters in this book have a lot of depth to them, which I personally thought was missing from The Little Mermaid Disney story, which was one of the main reasons why I disliked the story as a kid. 

Some of the characters from book 2 in this series have pretty big parts in this book as well. And this book is more or less what happened right after the events from book 2 in this series, named “The Beast Within”.

The characters we got in this book, which were also from book 2, had a huge character development from book 2, which really made them so much more complex and good characters than they were in book 2. 

As of Ursula and Ariel in this book, Ursula is a very badass and fucked up character because of all the things she does in this book. Which, in a way, gives her more layers than what she got in the Disney movies. In a way all of the fucked up things Ursula does in this book makes her feel more human because of how complex character she is in this book. 

When it comes to Ariel, we don’t get to spend much time with her. Because this book focuses on Ursula and her journey and story. Which made this book so much better for me, because I always found Ariel to be a very annoying character even as a kid watching The Little Mermaid animated movie. 

The writing style in this book is very YA typical, which of course means a simple and easy writing style, which makes this book a quick read. But even thou the writing style is simple and easy, it plays well with the easy-going plot of this book, making the plot and writing style in this book play together very well. 

I Give This Book 4 / 5

A cursed prince sits alone in a secluded castle. Few have seen him, but those who claim they have say his hair is wild and nails are sharp–like a beast’s! But how did this prince, once jovial and beloved by the people, come to be a reclusive and bitter monster? And is it possible that he can ever find true love and break the curse that has been placed upon him?

This book is the second book in the Disney Villains book series by Serena Valentino. I gotta admit here that the deeper I get into this series the more I love the books in this series and the whole series in general. But of course I will explain everything in this review, so without making the intro longer than it needs to be lets get into the review.

First of all I need to mention here that this book diverges a little bit from the original beauty and the beast story. But it still was very good and interesting. The reason why this book diverges from the original story is because this book is told from Beast’s perceptive. 

This book is written form the Beast’s perceptive and we see the story unfold from his perspective which makes us see different aspects of the story than we do in the original version of the story. Which I personally loved a lot, because having this story told once again but from Beast’s perceptive really adds more depth to the original story and it makes the story more fun in my opinion at least. 

This book starts with telling us how the Prince changed into the beast and why he changed into the beast. Which in my opinion adds more backstory and information to the tale. I personally found it to be very interesting and enjoyable to actually get the backstory of why and how the prince Prince changed into the beast. Because ever since I could remember I always to know what got the prince to be changed into the beast. And this book tells us exactly what happened to make the prince change into the beast and what were the requirements for the beast to change back to his normal self.

The characters in this book are very good and well written. Because the characters in this book are very relatable and likable at the same time the characters in this book feel like real human beings in a way because of how much depth and personalities they have. 

The characters in this book doesn’t have anything new to them which they didn’t have in the original story of Beauty and The Beast. But at times those characters feel somehow different but thats because we get to see those characters from Beast’s perspective rather than Belle’s perspective.

The writing style in this book is very YA typical, because it is very simple and easy to read. Even thou the writing style is easy and simple it complements with the storyline in this book very well. The writing style really nicely captures the storyline in this book which really made me give this book some extra points for doing. 

I personally found the writing style in this book to be very hypnotizing because of how the writing style truly grabbed my attention and didn’t let it go until the very end. 

But there is one thing which annoyed me with the writing style in this book. And that thing which annoyed me in the writing style of this book is the fact that at times the writing style tried way too hard to sound very poetic and musical. Which at times really made me cringe and make me annoyed. 

Because of the easy writing style this book is a very quick read, it could very easily be read in one sitting because of how interesting it is and how it grabs your attention right from the start and doesn’t let it go until the very end of this book. 

In my opinion the story feels pretty rushed at times, because there are certain paragraphs in this book which move very fast. Which in a way made me disappointed because I wanted this book to be longer and go more in depth into the Beast’s perceptive which it didn’t.  And this for me personally is the only downside of this book. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5

For anyone who’s seen Walt Disney’s Snow White, you’ll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it’s not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter’s heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. (And even if this sort of thing is a common urge, we don’t know many people who have acted upon it.) Now, for the first time, we’ll examine the life of the Wicked Queen and find out just what it is that makes her so nasty. Here’s a hint: the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror is not just some random spooky visage—and he just might have something to do with the Queen’s wicked ways!

I gotta say that I’ve heard a lot of good about this series, and at the same time, I was very interested in reading this series ever since I found out that it was a thing. And now I finally did read it. So if you are interested in hearing my thoughts about this book, then continue reading this review.

First of all, the plot in this book was interesting and enjoyable. I had very high expectations for this book (and this series as a whole), and I gotta admit here that this book didn’t live up to all of my expectations I had for it. 

The plot was interesting, as I’ve said above, but I felt like there was something missing in here. Because we only see a very little of the Wicked Queen’s backstory and her transformation from being the good stepmother to being the Wicked Queen. Which in a way disappointed me in a way. I wanted to see more of her transformation into the Wicked Queen. 

But overall I really liked the plot because I found it to be very engaging and fun to read, even thou it had some downhill moments throughout this book. The plot itself is very depressing, and said that really made me very depressed at times because of all the sad things that happen in this book, which really made me give this book extra points for. Because when the transformation for Wicked Queen arrives, she is completely justified for turning into the bad guy because of all the depressing things she faces in this book.

The characters here felt shallow and very one-dimensional if you compare them to the characters we got in the snow white movies (not including the Rachel Zegler snow white movie because that movie was a dumpster fire of everything snow white stands for). 

The characters we got in this book didn’t feel like the same characters we got in the snow white movies, which in a way disappointed me. But I really liked the Wicked Queen in this book because the author was able to really make Wicked Queen really likable and not only the “bad bitch” which we got in the snow white movies. Which really made me like this book more.

The writing style is very easy and simple. In a way, it felt way too simple and easy for my liking. Goodreads says that this book is a Young Adult book, but the writing style in this book aims more towards middle school readers rather than young adult readers. 

But the writing style really played well with the plot in this book, because both of them are very simple and easygoing. Which really made me give this book some extra points for doing. 

However, this book tends to change perspectives mid-chapter, which really annoyed me a lot. I found it to be very confusing and annoying. Which really made me not like this book as much as I wanted to. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5