After decades of captivity, Morpheus of the endless, the embodiment of dreams, finds his realm is disrepair. In order to restore himself and his kingdom to its former glory, he must first find his objects of power, which causes him to cross paths with characters from the mystical corner of the DC universe, and find a little of his own humanity.
SPOILERS AHEAD: This is the 3rd book in the series (The Lunar Chronicles), so spoilers for the 1st, 2nd, and (minor) 3rd books ahead.
*sigh* The Lunar Chronicles was a childhood favorite of mine, and now while I’m rereading it, I definitely see its magic (and faults too). Cress is by far my favorite of the series, but it has its pitfalls.
SPOILERS AHEAD: This is the final book of The Lunar Chronicles. Spoilers for the entire series will be in this review.
Gosh I love a good retelling, but this really wasn’t that. Winter was about 90% grand finale and about 10% actual retelling material that was INCREDIBLY bogged down by the fact that it was about 450 pages too long.
The crew is finally ready (or as ready as you can be) to take down Levana. Yeah. That’s it. That’s the entire summary.
SPOILERS AHEAD: This is the bridge between the 3rd and 4th book in The Lunar Chronicles. However, I read the 4th book before reading this one, so this review will contain spoilers for the entire series.
TW: Dubious Pretty much no consent whatsoever with the “romantic interest” throughout, and burn scars/fire trauma.
I love a good villain origin story as much as the next person, but this just… fell flat. It had so much potential, but ended up being a time-skipping, slightly incoherent mess of vagueness, which is super disappointing to me.
Holes is an intriguing novel about a teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to a correctional camp in the Texas desert after falsely being accused of being a thief. He is sent to a desert area in Texas called Camp Green Lake, where he and the other juvenile delinquents are forced to dig holes as punishment. He makes a friend who is nicknamed Zero, but at one point Zero runs away because of how much he truly hated camp life. Stanley follows him and they climb a big mountain.
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber is a Young Adult romantic fantasy, the third in the Once Upon a Broken Heart series. The book (spoilers for the first two books ahead) picks up where The Ballad of Never After left off.
1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian novel set in a dictatorial future where the government, led by the Party and its enigmatic figurehead Big Brother, exercises complete control over its citizens. The protagonist, Winston Smith, works for the Party rewriting historical records to fit its propaganda. As he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the oppressive regime, Winston starts a forbidden love affair with Julia, a fellow Party member.
Bailey is just trying to get on a plane to go see one of her parents, as they are recently divorced and live far away from each other, when Charlie and all of his ego has a seat next to Bailey. Bailey is so irritated by him, but he won’t let up with all of the talking. So Bailey is shocked when she sees him years later promposing to his girlfriend at a movie theater and he looks a lot cuter than Bailey remembered. Bailey is even more shocked when she sees him at her job orientation a year later and finds out they are going to have to work together.
Kya Clark has lost more than most people will ever lose in a lifetime. Her abusive father’s violence left her mother, brothers, and sisters with no other choice than to leave young Kya with a madman. After they all left, her father calmed down and even cared about her, but only to return to his habits of drinkin again, and he left, leaving Kya all alone in the marsh. Kya becomes one with the marsh, learning about it and studying it.
