Hey mersquad!

Time for another rapid review round-up for the blog! I think getting into the swing of writing consistently again is going to be good for me. I like when I have something to look forward to and when my blog is active, so I just need to build up to it again. So that’s what I’m working on. My goal is to write daily again, but I won’t be too hard on myself if I don’t.

I usually don’t do poetry, but I got this one from one of my Ready Reads bundles at my library and I gave it a chance. It was pretty interesting. It was also really short so kept my attention well since I don’t normally gravitate towards poetry. I won’t do a CAWPILE of this one since I don’t have much more to say about it. Not to say that it wasn’t worth talking about. I just can’t really articulate what else to say. I would say, just try it out. Listen to it if you can. I felt it was more powerful that way.

Oop! Apparently I already reviewed this on my IG so I’ll just share it again here:

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And apparently I also wrote a mini review on my IG for this one too! I swear, I need to figure out what I’ve actually written and what I still need to write, but it’s okay, since the blog folks probably didn’t see it yet.

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So… I truly think I read this book because it was by Julie C. Dao, and I had been wanting to read her books for a while now. I saw this series and the premise is definitely interesting. All of the stories somehow intertwine and they take place in different time periods and different parts of the world, and I want to say that there are some Disney princess elements to them. Like the cover I’m seeing Princess Aurora, and the story does read almost like an origin story to Sleeping Beauty, so that works.

But I wish that Julie was able to tell a story about a different time period and maybe a different princess. I don’t know if she chose to wrote this story or what, but I almost felt like it didn’t fit what she could do very well, and that her talent wasn’t able to show in this story. There wasn’t anything inherently wrong with it, but I almost felt bored listening to it. I just didn’t really care about Elva or Hanau. I hated that people treated the Witch of the North Woods like crap, and I hate when women with power are treated like they are evil or need to be contained or punished or whatever.

And the crazy thing is – of course – if they would have listened to Elva, the bad things could have been prevented or at least mitigated with enough time to lessen the damage. But of course, people just don’t trust powers even if the person themselves are good people. I don’t know. I’m kind of curious to see how the rest of the series goes, but it’s not my priority right now. If you look at each book though, the premise for each singular title and the series as a whole is pretty cool.

Yay for getting more reviews written down! Super proud of myself for that. How is everyone’s Thursday going?