Review: Beautiful Disaster

Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I wanted so badly to rate this 5-stars but I couldn't deal with Abby's bitchy-ness. But I would've to agree that this is too addictive. I could pull up an all-nighter just to finish it, if I do not have work during the weekdays.

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Travis is a crazily possessive boyfriend. Omg. Boy, you need to chill. And Abby is extremely annoyingly bitchy and slutty. I got annoyed with her keep going on and off with Parker when she knew that she didn't like him. She's also doing the same to the other random guys. However, I do enjoy her badassery moments during the poker game.

Not only that, I love the other characters in the book too: Shep and America, Finch and the Maddox family. Can't wait to read about the Maddox brothers in the other series by Jamie McGuire.

I think Beautiful Disaster is one of the pioneer New Adult books out there and I enjoy reading about this kind of classic bitchy-college-romance of New Adult. Their age almost match mine and the narrators (the main characters) are often not having childish dialogue and thoughts. I appreciate that.

If you're looking for a light read (but this isn't really one) or wanting to try out New Adult (mature contents alert), definitely pick this up. Consider this as a New Adult Classics.

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Review: Searching for Someday

Searching for Someday by Jennifer Probst
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

"...if he had a heart left to give, it would've broken right there."

I never thought I would love this book as much as now. Clearly, I didn't have a very high expectations due to the previous few romance I've read these past few weeks. This came too much as a surprise and it caught my heart, wrenching in an unspeakable way.

Jennifer Probst writes generously, giving away too much informations yet didn't fail to bore me in reading. This book speaks a lot for not only the main couple of the story but draws attention to the other side characters. I felt drawn to Kate's girl friends as much as I love Kate and Slade. It's not just a book about romance, but friendship and other qualities. I love how every aspects seem to be well balance.

The romance was, to me, very believable . Even those sex scenes didn't make me cringe in disgust. The relationship between Kate and Slade was built up slowly and Jennifer Probst has done a wonderful job in both hero and heroine's character development. The little magic "touch" effect was pretty dainty too.

I would say I'm pretty impressed with this book and definitely worth the read, if you're looking into romance genre. I've read my fair share of this genre so I'm confident in my recommendation.

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Review: A Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Too many things happening at the same time. Too many to comprehend. But once you've grasped it, the story flows perfectly.

First of all, I'm no Fantasy reader. This goes back to when I first picked up The Hobbits and swore that I ain't a fantasy/high fantasy reader. It's just not my genre. But being surrounded by all the hypes around this series and TV show, I was tempted to try reading high fantasy again.

I did and I did not regret it at all. It was utterly amazing. The world (the medieval world I hate) and the characters were so real and the story was so intense. The plot went absurdly well, killing the people I wish not to. It's a psycho-read to see the characters you adore killed by the writer.

The book is written from multiple perspectives. The thing I really like is that the story won't overlap each other. The story goes on switching from one character's view to another. It was annoying to read about the same thing from another's head so this book does justice.

The female characters. I do not know where to begin. Lady Stark was the most badass mother ever. I do not know where to start about my admiration towards her courage and ultimate badass-ness. The feminist in this book, game strong.

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Review: The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Thériault
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was told of this book by CutiePieMarzia's YouTube channel (a very odd way).

Initially, the story itself was what made me read this book. I like the idea about the postman reading others' letters and prying others' privacy. It's unethical yet I find it interesting to read about how the story would go.

Honestly, I didn't expect a mind-fuck ending. Throughout the story, I wasn't expecting the story to end that way. It was literally mind-blowing and captivating.

Of course, the writings were phenomenal. I always have a hard time reading poetry so to be able to write both a good novel and with bits of poetry within would be extraordinary.

Seriously, I didn't know this small book would give me such a gasp.

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