Reviews and Comments

This was WAY too high fantasy for my tiny little brain. The romance was cute, the lore was fire, the maps were beautiful, Jase has rizz. But I had 0 idea what was going on in this book most of the time, and sometimes I was just like “here for the vibes” but other times i was so lost I considered DNFing (a war crime) soooo very mixed bag.

This series keeps getting better and better. I appreciate that the love triangle is FINALLY resolved in this book, so we can just have a cute little romance sub-plot (which btw I think was actually really incredibly written I know YA romances can be shallow but I think this one was wonderful.) And the plot just went all sorts of crazy in the last 150 pages, but I’m so here for it. 4.5 stars! I love this series to death, it’s so readable. Definitely a rec for people still getting in to reading!

My best explanation for why this book didn’t work for me is as follows. I think How High We Go In The Dark was meant to be consumed by me in a slow intellectual manner, while sipping a cup of earl gray tea as I take the time to read a couple pages every day. Intstead I rage-read this in around 24 hours while inhaling a package of Oreos. That may be a bad explanation to why this genuinely beautiful book just won’t click in my brain, but it is the only reasoning I seem to have.

LETS BE CLEAR. By no stretch is Josh anything other than a massive red flag. But like…I was over here kicking my feet like “WHAT he’s not stalking her for over a year and threatening to kill anyone who looks at her?” (Cough cough Alex from the first book) The parts of the story that didn’t center around the romance I also thought were really well done and somewhat interesting. So I think just because Josh wasn’t pulling an Alex Volkov and because the B plot kinda slayed here I am giving it 3 stars. The bar is in hell for this book series, truly. (I’m probably gonna read the 4th one🥲)

Taking a break bc Bunny was making me slump and reading possibly the dumbest book in existence instead😀

This was so cute! Beautiful illustrations along with some things that I will 100% take with me as I continue to traverse through life❤️

AWWWW. THIS WAS ADORABLE. AND HILARIOUS. AND SIMPLY AMAZING IN EVERY WAY. The banter, plot, writing, characters, and the dialogue were all written amazingly. Humor in this book is also handled so well, and I was cackling and smiling at every other sentence, and I know a book is good when it makes me look like crazy person in public:) The old gay British ladies, brought warmth into the iceberg that is often my heart, and just the pure love that Eve and Jacob share is beautiful in a way that’s somehow simultaneously wonderfully down to earth, and also straight out of a fairytale. Possibly the best part of this story though, was the way being neurodivergent was represented and written! The different representations of autism and ADHD were amazing, and I think I relate to Jacob a little too much…Top-tier book, this was incredible!

This book had me looking longingly at my bookshelf, daydreaming about reading literally anything else. I honestly just don’t think the writing style was for me. There was no plot, no likable characters, and the whole book just felt like a fever dream. I feel like the author was trying to say something about feminisim and art, but it didn’t hit for me at all.

The slight bit of boredom I felt while reading about the work/office sub-plot took this a tiny bit down from 5 stars. THIS BOOK WAS STILL INCREDIBLE THO. Both main characters were actually incredibly likable, which was kind of like a breath of fresh air after all the morally grey characters I’ve read as of late. Iwan and Lemons love story is SO TENDER AND SWEET, I CANNOT. I strive to have a love story like that, this was such a silly little treat.

This was very interesting…the book touches on things like the art world, mental health, rich people, and even the simple act of lying, and brings in such beautifully written and very interesting ideas about all of those things. The writing was so good, I was literally thinking and talking in the style it’s written in for a while. But the characters were insufferable, and I got kind of bored in the middle, so I think 3.5 stars is a good rating.

This was so iconic on so many different levels. The mystery in this one I thought was even better than the first book, and the way that Deans trauma is revisited through the lense of The Naturals solving the crime, was an incredible way to weave everything togather. The 5 main kids in this book all love and hate each other so much, and it’s honestly beautiful. Like they all found family. IM A SUCKER FOR THAT TROPE. Also in the end, I think Cassie really did pick the right guy out of the love triangle, I was simping all through both books, SO I THOROUGHLY APPROVE. These characters truly do feel like my children, I WILL BE READING THE NEXT BOOK AS SOON AS I CAN SECURE IT FROM BARNES AND NOBEL.

The writing was actually hilarious. I was cackling, and kicking my feet like an insane person almost all the way through. On top of that, the families in this story were so flushed out and beautifully written, and the way everyone is so wonderfully represented is incredible. Main love story was incredible, funny, and tender, I cried like a baby at multiple points towards the end. I appreciate that the main man in this book actually feels his feelings at some points, instead of having the emontional depth of a woodchip. INCREDIBLE READING EXPERIENCE, I NEED TO READ MORE EMILY HENRY SOON.