Book Review: Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Born to extreme wealth, Kyrian of Thrace wielded charm and charisma as powerfully as he wielded his sword.

Oh how I miss the world of the Dark Hunters. I miss these badasses so much!!! This book is about my boy, Kyrian of Thrace, and the love of his life, Amanda Deveraux. Amanda wants a simple life-no supernatural involved. One day, she gets kidnapped, getting mistaken for being her sister Tabitha, and woke up chained next to a very sexy man with blonde hair and dark eyes, and...fangs?! Nope. Nope. Nope. She wanted out. But then…

The both of them started to fall in love while Kyrian played the game of “I’m not gonna be attracted to her because good god it’s part of a code to not fall in love” but he fell in love with her anyway. The one thing that did it for me was Theone’s betrayal and Kyrian’s torture in the hands of the Roman Valerious, which was horrible and reading how he broke Kyrian’s legs, then Desiderious doing the same damn thing...that hurt my soul.

But when Acheron Parthenopaeus showed up, that’s when I stood at attention (ha ha, not really). Ash and I have been around each other for so long, that seeing him again made me smile. I really liked how Ash helped Amanda and told her how to handle Kyrian’s soul, though the price he paid for it hurts so damn much. And the painful betrayal that Amanda faked in order to give him back his soul hurted too-but I’m glad she acted along with the betrayal in order to give him his soul back, because I really didn’t want Kyrian to be alone again.

I also loved the appearance of Talon because I missed him too. I wanted to hug the little goober the moment I saw him, because he and Kyrian worked so well, and the way the both of them worked with Amanda while Desiderius was trying to torment the both of them until he died. But the ending was perfect, and I wondered what name did Artemis whispered in Ash’s ear before she disappeared, making my boy go cold? Whoever it was, it scared him half to death, but at least Kyrian and Amanda are happy and are having a baby!! Yay!!!

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Book Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A girl is running for her life.

With those words, I got hooked on this story. This book felt like a Dr. Faustus novel, but with a girl who was invisible to everyone, until someone can finally see her. Her name Adeline LaRue, and she made a deal with a god that listened. This was my first time picking up anything nby V.E. Schwab, and I have to say, this was a very interesting book to read, to just sit and get comfortable and read it. Addie is a very complex character, and with her battle with the Darkness, or Luc as she calls him, seeing history unfolding in front of her in three hundred years and living it is very beautiful to read.

What drew me into this book was the fact that Henry Strauss remembered her. No one else did. Addie kept hoping and praying that he’d forget about her, but each day, he didn’t, and they fell in love...until that one day, when she learns about Henry’s deal with Luc, and does something that’ll change their lives forever. Many, many times, I kept wishing that Addie didn’t learn about Henry’s deal with Luc, and only wished that Henry could live longer, stay longer, to not die after a year. But then...things don’t go as people wish, doesn’t it?

For starters, that ENDING. It pissed me off at the end, but as I kept reading it, I kept getting madder than ever. I thought that Henry and Addie would live forever, instead Addie went to Luc instead and just fucking gave herself up to him for Henry’s sake. Though I hate it, instead Henry turned it around and turned everything she told him into a book, and hot damn, it worked. I don’t wanna spoil more because someone else is reading it, BUT I really enjoyed the book, but I really loved The Darkness, or Luc.

Luc was the most enchanting character I’ve ever met. Honestly. Very enchanting, very smart, very good at what he does. He’s very sneaky and I loved that about Luc, and I keep wondering how things would be if she just stayed invisible, but still remembered Henry while Henry’s soul was with Luc. Would she still make that deal??? Would she still refuse Luc?? So many questions are in my head right now as I write this review, but don’t worry, I really did love this book and I would re-read it again in a heartbeat.

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Book Review: Overlord: The Undead King by Kugane Maruyama

The Undead King by Kugane Maruyama
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I have never read a light novel in my life until I picked up Overlord. I have watched the anime (season one, actually) and I loved it so much that I had to read the light novel. I was not disappointed at all. Every scene of the book felt like I was rewatching the anime all over again. The idea of someone who has played a video game for so long, and wanted to stay till the end, only to wake up in your character’s body and you’re stuck in the world, having no idea how to get out of it.

That is what happened to Momonga when he spent one last day in the video game Yggdrasil, because he didn’t want to leave it. He said goodbye to one of his friends and when he closed his eyes...he woke up in the body of an undead lich. Confused, he walked around the Great Tomb of Nazarick and found all these geat NPCs-Albedo, Demiurge, Cyctous, Mare and Aura, Sebas, even Shalltear-and before the game even shut down and he went to sleep, he changed Albedo’s trait of being a bitch to being in love with him.

When he’s trying to figure out what works in the world he’s in right now and what doesn’t, a village called Caine Village got attacked by a bunch of knights of the Thane Sloanacy, to call out another knight they wanted to kill, Granef Stronoff. Ainz helped the village by summoning a death knight and only killed the knights and even helped two girls who were running from the village and gave them a healing potion. Once the village was saved and he spoke to the mayor of the village, that’s when the E-Rantel knights came and Granef and Ainz spoke, even though Ainz had a mask over his face so no one can see what he truly looked like.

Granef and the Thane Sloanacy did into a fight, but then they switch and it was Ainz vs The Thane Sloancy. The fight scenes in this book is really well written and it felt real, and I liked how Ainz was serious and also thinks about what spell to use before he attacks. He shocks the humans of the spells he uses, and they even try to get him to join the group, but Ainz says no, and i also like reading the thought process of the humans on the other side, trying to figure out what the hell is Ainz and how is he that powerful enough to kill angels and how he was still standing. In the end, they were sent to Nazarick and Carine Village is safe and in the protection of Ainz Ooal Gown.

For my first light novel, I have to say that I truly enjoyed it and am glad that I got book two and am planning on getting more of the series and finish watching the anime as well so I can enjoy it so much more. The light novel covers episodes one through four and I can’t wait to read where this story will lead us.

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