Mid year book review

We’re half way through 2020! Let’s discuss our reading year thus far and books we’re excited to read before the year is over by answering the questions to the Mid Year Freak Out Book Tag.

1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2020.
2. Best sequel you’ve read so far in 2020.
3. New release you haven’t read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favorite character.
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?

*1- Fable by Adrienne Young

*2- Circus of the dead by Kimberly Loth

*3- Elysium girls by Kate Pentecost

*4-Blood and Honey by Shelby Mahurin

*5- Catagory five by Ann Davila Cardinal

*6- Michigan vs the boys by Carrie S Allen 

*7- Adrienne Young, Kimberly Loth, Amanda M Lee

*8-I don’t really do fictional crushes.

*9- Aisling Grimlock, she is feisty as a firecracker.

*10- Love letters to the dead by Ava Dellaira

*11- Betwixt by Darynda Jones 

*12- Wicked Saints by Emily A Duncan

*13* Caraval series by Stephanie Garber

Incendiary

Incendiary

By: Zoraida Córdova

****

YA/Fantasy

This book is age appropriate for younger kids. I think if my 11 year old sat down to read it she would take awhile but maybe 15 would be a good age to read.

We start the book with a character who is not the main character. It is an event that matters later. 

Ren has magic abilities and can take memories from people, if she takes too many memories she leaves the person as a shell of themselves called a Hollow. People with abilities like Rens are highly sought after to use as weapons on the kings court. Ren must figure out how to access her own memories and pick a side.

My copy of this exclusive and is signed, from a subscription called Owlcrate.

A Spectacle of souls

A spectacle of souls

By: Jessica Julien

****

Fantasy

Ya

(Release date: 7-7-2020)

I would recommend this to anyone who likes circus and fantasy. I loved most of the book and the only parts I had issues with was how Cat reacted to situations. She just graduated so I guess maybe she doesn't always think first? I dont know I just had a hard time with that. 

Through the book we follow 3 people:

-Cat who has struggled with headaches pretty much her whole life. She takes medication to help them. Then one day a guy walks into the diner that she has never seen before and hands her a flier for the circus. Her BFF goes with her and her life is never going to be the same.

-The ringmaster who desperately wants Cat to join to harness her power for reasons of his own.

-Daniel, the super cute boy who invited her to the circus and seems to have an attraction to Cat.

Will Cat harness her full powers and live to tell the tale or will she just lose her mind like her father?

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC e-copy for my honest review.

Winter wolf

Winter Wolf

By: Martha Hunt Handler

*****

(Release date 7-7-2020)

YA/Teen 

Phew. First off, thank you Net Galley for the advanced E-copy. If you click the image of the cover you will see a bunch of wolf facts all over the wolf. 

We start off the story with Bean struggling to accept her brothers sudden death. Sam is one of her older brothers and she finds him hanging from his closet. Bean is very sad and wants to know what exactly happened to her happy carefree brother who loved everything and everyone around him. 

She is not willing to accept that was happened in the police reports is what really happened so her and her BFF Julie decide to figure it out on their own. Bean is also tasked with taking care of the household now that her mother is of no use to anyone, her father would rather be at work and her last brother at home has so many other things going on. 

While this book has very little to do with actual wolves, wolves are talked about a bit and is the totem for Sam (at least one of them).

I feel for Bean and was happy to go with her on her adventure for the truth. The ending was a bit of a shock and I had no idea that was even a thing but here I am 31 years old learning new things still.