The daughter of the pirate king by Tricia Levenseller

Hey Guys!!!! SOOO I started and finished this book all in the same day. Let me start by saying I thought this book would be way over hyped. Although its not the very best I've ever read I throughly enjoyed it. This book has an amazing cast of characters that all are unique and have their own interesting voices throughout the story. The best part of this book for me is definitely the main character Alosa who is a total badass. I personally think she's one of my all time favorite female characters. She kicks ass and takes names and doesn't let petty shit tear her down. This book does have a bit of romance in it but I definitely think the main plot is about Alosa being awesome. the romance I liked but it didn't take away from any of the characters or make them instantly weaker like it does in many books I've read. I enjoyed the fantasy mixed in with this book and really enjoyed the pirate life. I just can't get over how awesome I find Alosa and how much I love her character, I've never read SUCH a strong female character who wasn't evil before. NOT to mention her crew is also primarily female and badass making a point that it's not just one female badass but a BUNCH of them. Overall I sincerely recommend this read to anyone looking for a badass female lead who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to take it, fight for it, and even kill for it. I also enjoyed the rest of the characters and loved that all were nothing alike and all very unique. So basically the hype is for good reason y'all. I literally emailed Tricia's assistant person asking for an ARC of her next book- Daughter of the siren queen because I can't wait to see what Alosa will do next!!!

Heres the links if you wanna check it out!! Daughter of the pirate king, Daughter of the siren queen

So get to reading my lovely readers! I'll be looking out for future books by Tricia! -Bookish Mom

what I've been reading!

Hey readers! I've been SOOOOO busy lately! I'm sorry to have neglected you. So much is happening in my life right now. BUT I'm here to telling you what I've been reading lately!

The reason I haven't posted any reviews lately other than being super busy is because I haven't read anything I've loved. I've been reading but I've had some issues with all my recent reads, so I'm going to tell you what they are and give you a small review of them.

Matched by Ally Condie- this book frankly pissed me off. I hate Insta-love, and I hate when a character betrays their best friend for no real good reason, and I hate characters that drag a good person along when they know for a fact they don't want that person but don't tell that person and continue to give that person signs they do in fact care and want them.

A monster calls by Patrick ness1 this book I went into blind only hearing is was a middle grade fantasy book. WELL let me tell you *TRIGGER WARNING for death and cancer* this book is more about death, cancer and lose than monsters. I literally cried for 50% of the book, which was beautifully written but ultimately not the kind of book I enjoy. I feel many would love this book and find healing in it. I on the other hand just found pain and hurt from this book along with disappointment that it didn't have much fantasy in it at all. it's very much in my opinion more of a contemporary book, although ONE monster is in it, two if you count the figurative monster.

Dorthy must die/the wicked will rise by Danielle Paige- Now I read the first one and wasn't impressed but owned the second book already so I thought I'd give it a chance since it was my first ever wizard of oz retelling. Now the concept of these books is great, the execution, not so much... the voices of the characters in the second book blend together because they all sound the same. nobody voice is actually unique. I didn't LIKE any of the characters in the book and wasn't attached to any one character. They all could have died at the end and I wouldn't even be upset. the best character out of the first two books got killed off before Amy even got to Oz. I just wanted so much more from this series and disliked these books so much I'll be donating them.

Ever the hunted by Erin Summerill- I enjoyed this book more than the others but didn't like the ending of the booker the way the romance played out enough to pick up the next book in the series.

The bone season by Samantha Shannon- I liked this book but it was extremely predictable and nothing at all surprised me in the least. I even picked up the next book in the series and stopped reading it a couple chapters in because I was bored.

Sythe by Neal shusterman- I loved the uniqueness of this book and will probably read the next book but it got pretty slow at times and didn't wow me or make me really think very hard about anything.

So those are the books I've read in the last two months about. Let me know what you've been reading!

Much love-Bookish Mom