Showing posts with label books reviewed 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books reviewed 2017. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Review of Happily Ever Ashten

Happily Ever AshtenTitle: Happily Ever Ashten

Author: Erynn Mangum

Series: Carrington Springs book 3

Chapters: 19 plus epilogue  

Pages: 325

Genre: Christian Chick lit new adult

Rating: 5 stars

     Happily Ever Ashten is the last book in the Carrington Springs series by Erynn Mangum. Ashten has lived in Carrington Springs her whole life and has pretty much worked at her grandparent's restaurant her entire life it seems. Now that she is a teacher she still works at the resultant in the summer, but at 31 she wants more. Her family her father especially wonder why she's not married yet. As a 30 year old who's father asks the same question on repeat I can relate. She's living in a room in Katie's house and she knows that's going to have to change because Katie's is getting married. 

     Eliza gets it in her mind to play matchmaker between Mike and Ashten about the time that Ashten's ex-boyfriend the one she thought she was going to marry comes back to town.  Ashten is torn she doesn't know what to do. But then her grandmother gives her some awesome advice that sounded just like something my own would say. 

     Happily Ever Ashten wraps up the series nicely Katie and Eliza get their happy endings and we see the direction that Ashten's future is taking. Though I wish we could have seen Ashten's happily Ever After too, since it is the title of her book, but we did sort of get a look at it with the comment the guy who won her heart said.  I am looking forward to her next book or series. I've already finished one novella she wrote this year, review to come, and as always I look forward to her Christmas one this year.


Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Peter Pan retellings I've read this year





Title: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a familiar story with a dark hook—a tale about Peter Pan and the friend who became hi...Author: Christina Henry

Pages: 292

Genre: retelling

Rating: 4 stars
     My favorite retelling of Peter Pan that I've read this year. It's told from the point of view of Captain Hook starting from his childhood. This one was the story of Hook that I've wanted to read since I was a child. I always knew that was more to the story than what Barrie told.


Title: Hook's Tale Being the Account of an Unjustly Villianized Hook's Tale: Being the Account of an Unjustly Villainized Pirate Written by HimselfPirate written by Himself

Author: John Pielmeier
Pages: 288

Genre: retelling

Rating: 3 stars
     Is Hook's story told from his point of view. An adult fiction book.
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Two Chicks On Books: Cover Reveal & Giveaway! UNHOOKED by Lisa MaxwellTitle: Unhooked

Author: Lisa Maxwell

Pages: 342

Genre: teen fantasy retelling

Rating: 3 stars
     Peter Pan retelling with a fantasy twist that looks at the pirates in a new light.







Never NeverTitle: Never Never

Author: Brianna Shrum

Pages: 356

Genre: retelling

Rating: 3 stars


     A Peter Pan Retelling that's actually a prequel to Peter Pan.