Sunday Post 19th November 2017

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted at Caffeinated Book Reviewer, it's a chance to post a recap on the past week, show the books we have received and share what we plan for the coming week. Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality and the aim is to show our newest books and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops or downloaded on to their e-reader.

Last Week on the Blog:

• Monday Highlights #32
• Vera Made Me Read It: Devoted by Jennifer Mathieu

Books We Got This Week:

Renegades by Marissa Meyer: I've been excited for this for so so long! I love Meyer's writing and superhero/villain stories are always something I'm interested in!

Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman: I loved Vengeance Road. This is a companion novel following different characters and sounds just as good as the first book!

The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed: This is a sensitive topic for me but I've been wanting to read it anyway so finally caved and ordered it! This looks like it will be a very powerful read.

Timekeeper by Tara Sim: I've had my eye on this since it was released. The paperback was released last month so I decided to get it (Black Friday sale). 

No Good Deed by Kara Connolly: I first heard about this at the beginning of the year and pre-ordered it immediately because female Robin Hood!! 

Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend: I don't often read Middle Grade but the hype for this has been intense. Plus it's so beautiful under the cover. So beautiful.

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan: This was on my list as a release I was excited for and I somehow forgot to pre-order it? Thankfully Black Friday struck again and I bought it!

Reading Update:

Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden: 4.5 stars, There are some books I just cant rationally comment on and this is one of them. I loved Liza and Annie and there were parts of the book that broke my heart but the ending put it back together mostly. It also made me hugely grateful for my family. 
The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember: 3 stars, There were a lot of things I loved about this book, the concept, Loki themselves. The romance fell a little short for me if only because we don't really get to know Ragna. But I loved the mother-daughter relationship of the book and I loved that Erie always did things for the right reasons. 
As I Descended by Robin Talley: 4 stars, This was so creepy and intense and I kinda loved it. It had flaws but they weren't enough to take me out of the story and I was gripped from first to last page.
Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley: 3 stars, This definitely felt weaker than As I Descended. I wasn't as attached to the characters and the plot didn't grab me as much. I definitely want to read more from Robin Talley in the future though!

The Mountain by Luca D'Andrea: 5 stars, Will have a full review up for this on the release date (30th) but in short I loved it. It was super creepy and atmospheric and I genuinely felt like I was inside the main characters head.
Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman: 3 stars, This was interesting but perhaps not for me? I've passed it on to Ann because she was excited for it and hopefully she will love it. It had elements I really liked but then I just didn't really feel the setting as much as I wanted to.
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard: 4 stars, Not the best world building but a very fun story. I loved Safi and Iseult. Not so much Merik who mostly just got on my nerves.
Windwitch by Susan Dennard: 2 stars, I just want Iseult/Aeduan scenes forever. I will definitely continue the series but this was a much weaker book than the first. 

Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge: 2.5 stars, I don't know. I loved Cruel Beauty and Crimson Bound but the world building in this just didn't work for me and I never grew to like any of the characters. I rarely like Romeo and I think I disliked this Romeo even more than the original. And Juliet was so over-dramatic all the time. Whilst Paris and Ranaj were just straight up boring. 

The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead: 3.5 stars, I see absolutely no reason why this needed to be fantasy. It was basically upper-class English girl heads to America for a new life and ends up as a pioneer. There were very few differences with real history aside from place name changes. I did enjoy the characters and the romance but I don't think I'll continue the series. I'm not as interested in the other characters and this had a complete ending.