Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan- I loved everything but the love story in this book! I loved the idea of the bakery. I loved the side characters. I loved the baby puffin. I loved the baking and planning and the changing your whole life around bit. I did not love the love story. In fact I thought all the "love interests" were the most boring people on the planet. The characters were never fully flushed out for me and I just never liked them. She could have left that bit out and still had a great book. So for me this one only gets 3 out of 5.
Caraval by Stephanie Garber- This book was all over my "Suggestions" feeds it seems. I had at least 4 people tell me I would love it and so of course I put in on hold and waited the long wait to see what the fuss was about. So what did I think? Meh. I really wasn't that impressed. Another book that suffered from lack of character development and I never really felt like I cared about the main character. Actually she kind of annoyed me. I doubt very much I will continue the serious. Another 3 out of 5 if only for some neat magical elements that I enjoyed.
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson- I have no idea how I even got this book. I must have put it on hold at some point because it came it at the library and after finishing Caraval I was craving something more so I ended up reading it in less than 12 hours. To be fair it wasn't terribly long but I will say that it was very intriguing. I liked the main character because I felt like she could really hold her own when it came down to it and that is one of my favorite things. If the female lead can totally stand on her own without the love interest then I am game. I loved a lot of the lore in this one and if there ends up being more I would be more than happy to dive back into that world once again. Again some awesome magic and this time with fairies! Solid 4 out of 5.
Be sure to join the linkup and share your books!
