Tag: 1st person narrator

Review: Not If I See You First – Eric Lindstrom

Review: Not If I See You First – Eric Lindstrom

Not If I See You First was both delightful and sad. Very real, and with a dash of drama thanks to Parker and the way she thought about herself first – like many other teenagers tend to do. I’m not sure why I kept Not If I See You First for so long on my kindle without reading it – it was as if it was hiding in plain sight! Parker was a very prickly heroine, and some might not enjoy her at all. I found her to be refreshing in some ways, though, because not only was she brutally honest, she was able to deal with the aftermath of her honesty as well. Her life was not an easy […]

Posted 23 January, 2017 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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#COYER Review: Improper Arrangements (Improper #2) – Juliana Ross

#COYER Review: Improper Arrangements (Improper #2) – Juliana Ross

*I received a free ARC of Improper Arrangements from Carina Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Improper Arrangements is pretty improper! Twenty-six year-old Alice travels alone, and then finds herself a male guide for a week-long walk through mountain passes in the French and Swiss Alps… and Alice is not exactly innocent… Neither, of course is Eli, but it was always understood that men could behave any way they wanted to, whereas women were supposed to stay pure and demure. And the fact that Alice was not a perfect little lady is one of the reasons I enjoyed Improper Arrangements so much! She knew what she wanted, and went after it. At first, Eli thought nothing of […]

Posted 17 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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Review: My Favorite Mistake – Chelsea M. Cameron

Review: My Favorite Mistake – Chelsea M. Cameron

*I received a free ARC of My Favorite Mistake from Harlequin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* My Favorite Mistake is made of awesome! Great story, excellent characters and anticipation galore. Both Hunter and Taylor have their own very dark secret they try to keep hidden, and they don’t do relationships. They don’t fall in love. They don’t share. To say Taylor is upset when Hunter shows up at her door to inform her and her two friends, Renee and Darah, that he’s their new roommate is an understatement. She has no place for a boy in her life, let alone in her dorm. And Hunter is so cocky she hates him on sight, of course, it doesn’t […]

Posted 10 January, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 24 Comments
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Review: Backward Glass – David Lomax

Review: Backward Glass – David Lomax

*I received a free ARC of Backward Glass from Flux via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Backward Glass is a brilliant YA time travel novel, and it really made my day! The main character, Kenny, is pretty careful, but his travels to the past (and sometimes to the future) take him on such a wild adventure I was almost out of breath at times. I love reading about time travel, and I thought it was very well done in Backward Glass. Like, you can’t change what has happened, but you can still be the captain of your own life – that is very important to me on both counts. The characters in Backward Glass are all very well […]

Posted 26 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 22 Comments
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Review: Four Seconds to Lose (Ten Tiny Breaths #3) – K.A. Tucker

Review: Four Seconds to Lose (Ten Tiny Breaths #3) – K.A. Tucker

Four Seconds to Lose is just as emotional as Ten Tiny Breaths and One Tiny Lie! I already loved Cain, but getting to know him better was a true pleasure. I have to admit that Charlie is a really great character as well, she’s the perfect mix of innocent and saucy, and it was great to see how she could unbalance Cain with just a wink. There is a very dark undertone to Four Seconds to Lose, but that is to be expected in this series, right? Nothing is ever easy for the main characters, nor for their friends. There are several sightings of characters you have met before if you are familiar with this series, Storm, Dan, Ginger, China… […]

Posted 14 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 9 Comments
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Review: A Missing Peace – Beth Fred

Review: A Missing Peace – Beth Fred

*I received a free ARC of A Missing Peace from Harlequin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* A Missing Peace is a brilliant YA novel, about an Iraqi girl and an American boy, they have both been scarred by the war in Iraq, Mirriam’s dad was killed there when he tried to save a man. Caleb’s dad was killed there as well, and Caleb had always thought it happened in an attack and that enemy fire killed him. The way Caleb and Mirriam really can’t stand each other in the beginning, each thinking the other represents everything they hate is so well done! As Mirriam and Caleb get to know each other better, they also learn to appreciate […]

Posted 11 November, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Just One Year (Just One Day #2) – Gayle Forman

Review: Just One Year (Just One Day #2) – Gayle Forman

Just One Year was on my pre-ordered list from the moment it was possible to add it there, and when I (finally) received it last week, I was so happy! I’ve been looking forward to Willem’s story for all this time, because that one special day he spent in Paris with Lulu, and then his disappearance was so well done. And then, to see how Allyson aka Lulu kept trying to find him, while having no idea where to start made me even more curious as to how Willem lived with this separation after having Just One Day together. My curiosity was quickly quenched as I kept reading this whole year from Willem’s point of view. Just One Year shows […]

Posted 28 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: The Cutting Room Floor – Dawn Klehr

Review: The Cutting Room Floor – Dawn Klehr

*I received a free eARC of The Cutting Room Floor from Flux via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Cutting Room Floor is a fast-paced mystery that’s frankly quite creepy in places. At the same time, the way it’s written, with comparisons to movies, and actual scenes, director’s notes and fade-outs really appeals to me. The characters are well done too, and it’s Dez who is narrating the whole story, even if it seems as if Riley is the actual main character. Tricky that, right? And I actually really love it when there’s a narrator who I just know will be unreliable. It makes the story that more interesting in my opinion. So, The Cutting Room starts with […]

Posted 3 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Ink (Paper Gods #1) – Amanda Sun

Review: Ink (Paper Gods #1) – Amanda Sun

*I received a free ARC of Ink from Harlequin TEEN via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review. Ink follows Katie’s first few months in Japan, where she arrives after her mother’s death to live with her aunt Diane. Language difficulties, cultural differences and adjusting to life without her parents are part of Katie’s daily life now. Making new friends, fitting in in school being the only blond and non-Asian student while trying her best to keep up with the Japanese signs and learning everything she needs while longing for her grand-parents in Canada and still being very sad and angry about her mom’s death is a big part of her as well. There were a lot of things I […]

Posted 9 July, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) – Tahereh Mafi

Review: Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) – Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me is a complicated story about Juliette who can kill just by touching someone. Everybody is afraid of her, so afraid that she has been put in an asylum, completely isolated from other people, the world, fresh air and sanity. To survive, Juliette writes in her little notebook every day. She counts the cracks in the wall. She counts the seconds she is awake – sitting very still in a corner while holding on to herself. She misses human interaction, wonders if she still knows how to form words. Juliette can’t understand why she is being kept alive – she is sure death would be much better than her non-life at this point. Until one day, another bed is […]

Posted 3 July, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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