A Merry Christmas and a Wrap-Up

Merry Christmas everyone! I had such a nice Noche Buena last night and a nice relaxing Christmas morning. I got some really thoughtful gifts and feel so grateful. Only two books though because I've been wanting make-up and more practical things for a long time. There is one book that is so pretty! I don't want to reveal it yet since I'm planning to use it as one of my theme reads which I'm keeping a surprise until the first of each month.

Anyways, I wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and also discuss the books I read for the 12 Days of Books Read-a-thon. I wrote updates everyday so you can get a feel of what I thought on this post and the updates post. I posted reviews on a couple of them and the rest will come next year.

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
Rating: 4/5 Stars

To Kill a Kingdom was a lot of fun. It's a Little Mermaid retelling where Ariel is a siren, Eric a pirate prince, and Ursula is Ariel's mom. I enjoyed Lira (Ariel) the most because she was violent and non-apologetic. She was a  cool character. One of the only drawbacks was that I didn't really like the Prince and her conversations at times.

Mini Challenge: Love and Lesson


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The Search for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
Rating: 2/5 stars

The Search for Wondla reminds me of Star Wars since it's set in this world with strange creatures, robots, and come, on. That cover totally looks Star Wars-esque. Unfortunately, the main character annoyed me. The story and the main character were written too childishly. You can see my full review here.

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Save the Date by Morgan Matson
Rating: 2/5 stars

Save the Date was surprisingly predictable. There was also the fact that there was no real romance. You can't claim it's a romance and don't give me any flirting other than, "Hi." 

Mini Challenge: Family, Lesson, and Spirits (alcohol)





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The Secrets We Bury by Stacie Ramey
Rating: 1/5 stars

This was just poor writing. The MC sounded like a fourteen year old so the writing reflected that fact. I was so bothered by his perspective that I ended up hate reading the rest of the book.

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This Heart of Mine by C.C. Hunter
Rating: 2/5 stars

This was a personal story for the author but it just didn't translate well. There was a choice made in the very beginning that I knew as soon as I read it that I wasn't going to like this book. And I was right. 

Mini Challenge: Red and Winter





So not the best reading time ever. I read more than expected but still have two books I want to read by tomorrow. We will see if I get to them. The book I'm reading now, Counting to Perfect, is really good so far thankfully. I can't take another disappointment read.

How has your reading been this December? Did you get any books for Christmas?