Confusing Book Reviews & Ratings

Looking at the title, one might think that I’m going to talk about how it’s really hard to properly rate reviews in accordance to how I really feel, which is actually 100% true but, that’s not what I’m going to talk about today.

For the months I’ve come back to use my Goodreads account again, I’ve come to realize something:

Some star ratings don’t reflect their reviews, or vice versa.

Zero & ACOTAR: The thief and the village girl

TITLE: Zero (Zero #1)
AUTHOR: Morgan Dark
GENRE: YA Thriller
PUBLICATION DATE: June 28, 2016 by Rubiños, 1860


AMAZON | GOODREADS

A baffling robber.

A mystery hidden for years.

And an elite boarding school where no one is who they say they are.

Kyle Bradford is the envy of Drayton College, but everything takes a turn when a dangerous shadow, hidden in the darkness, starts to stalk him. From then on, his life falls apart. Unjustly accused of being the main suspect behind the robberies terrifying high society, he is forced to prove his innocence. And to do so, he has to find the real culprit: Zero, an infallible criminal who keeps his identity hidden under a silver mask. What Kyle does not know is that his enemy is keeping a secret. A secret he would sacrifice everything for.

A dizzying, heart-stopping thriller you won’t be able to put down.

Book Depository: The Glorious Online Bookstore for Lazy Readers Like Moi

A few months ago, I won a giveaway hosted by the lovely Alexa @ Alexa Loves Books which was the VERY FIRST GIVEAWAY I ever won. (Like, seriously, I didn’t join even a single giveaway until I started book blogging because I never knew where to find them.) The prize was a $50 book shopping spree at the Book Depository, and it was GLORIOUS.

Monstress: The artwork made me fall in love from page one

TITLE: Monstress (Monstress #1)
AUTHOR: Marjorie M. Liu
ILLUSTRATOR: Sana Takeda
GENRE: Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Sci-Fi (Steampunk)
PUBLICATION DATE: July 19, 2016 by Image Comics

AMAZON | GOODREADS | BARNES & NOBLE

Steampunk meets Kaiju in this original fantasy epic for mature readers, as young Maika risks everything to control her psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, placing her in the center of a devastating war between human and otherworldly forces.