Viola’s Book Ramblings and Inquiries

DNF this TikTok book

The Deal with the Elf King – Elise Kova Fantasy, fiction.  No rating/DNF From the premise and the hype, I decided to give in to reading this. I didn’t care much for this book and never understood what the hype was. I lost interest after the first fifty pages. 

some more time traveling romance

Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander series Book 2) – Diana Gabaldon  Historical romance, time travel, fiction. Rating 8/10 Claire brings her daughter, Brianna, to find out what happened to Jamie with historical texts of a priest. After that encounter, she takes her daughter to the circle of stones and they go back in time. However, Claire reminiscences the moment when she had to go back to the…

Outlander – Diana Gabaldon  Historical romance, time travel, fiction. Rating 9/10 Claire was a combat nurse in the year 1945 and later retired from the war to be a wife to Frank. Frank and Claire are on a second honeymoon to the British Isles. Claire stands within some famous stones and then is thrown into the past when Scotland was being torn asunder in the year 1743. She doesn’t understand…

omg loved this a lot

Return to Grace (The Grace Valley Series Book 1) – Bethany Surreira Romance, contemporary, fiction.  Rating 10/10 Leah has reached a peak in her life. She has a dream apartment, a dream job, and a handsome boyfriend. All in her dream place, New York. Her father calls for her to come home for her mother’s funeral and that is when everything comes crashing down. She loses her boyfriend over this…

witches, curses, romance, OH MY

The Ex Hex – Erin Sterling  Romance, witches, magic, fiction.  Rating 8/10 Vivienne was heartbroken and drunk which is a horrible combination and to add magic made it deadlier. She jokingly made a curse him. Nine years later, he returns but is having extremely bad luck. All he wants to do is charge the ley lines then leave. However, he runs into Vivienne who helps him go to the location. And…

perfect for summer reading

Specter: Circuit Book 1- Lacey Dailey Romance, young adult, fiction.  Rating 9/10 It took a long time for Sage to figure out who really rescued her from the drug dealers that held her captive. She opted to give the police all information but neglected to share where she got the hacking experience and assistance from Circuit. She decided to go find some thank you notes to give to them. Wren had…

just a fun and scary read

A Flicker in the Dark – Stacy Willingham Psychological, thriller, fiction Rating 9/10 Chloe is a successful psychologist and is to be married very soon to the man she loves. Just weeks before the wedding happens a teen girl goes missing. The same exact way that teen girls during their teenage years disappeared. Except the culprit was her father and he had been locked away for a long time.…

Sing Me Home – Ava Hunter Romance, fiction.  Rating 8/10 Luke’s wife went missing nine months ago in a plane crash. Everyone thought she was dead until she appeared and called herself Jenny by his brother Seth. She is brought to a hospital after nearly drowning and Luke goes to her. Sal finds out who she really is and that the person who called her Jenny was taking advantage of her since she…

tiktok made me buy yet another novel

A Broken Blade – Melissa Blair  Fantasy, fiction.  Rating 10/10 Keera is the most dangerous assassin and spy who is known as the King’s Blade in all of Faeland.  Keera isn’t perfect and knows it. She makes do with what she can to survive despite the consequences of her actions that led to innocents dying at her hands. The king asks her to find this Shadow who is causing havoc in the kingdom.…

this was a trip to read

The School for Good Mothers – Jessamine Chan  Thriller, mothers, institutions, Chinese American, single mothers, science fiction, motherhood,  fiction. Rating 9/10 Frida decides to go take care of business and left her child at home for an hour and a half. While she is out running errands, she gets a haunting phone call that CPS (Child Protective Services) has her child. She temporarily lost…

king Arthur retelling but awesomer

Legendborn – Tracy Deonn Secret societies, genealogy, demonology, African Americans, fraternities, college, university, magic, young adult, fantasy, fiction.  Rating 9/10 Bree just experienced her mother’s death and she is sent off to a college at a young age for her bright and brilliant mind. During a party, she notices some sort of demonic creature and a group of people proclaiming…

just had to get another Rick Riordan novel

Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle – Rick Riordan  Fantasy, gods, goddesses, greek, myths, children, fiction.  Rating 9/10 Apollo angered Zeus to the point that now Apollo is a human named Lester. Something bad is happening to the demi-gods and he has to figure out what is going on. Going off of just some information and a lack of an oracle to guide him he has to work with his niece, Meg, to…

this was fun to read

Lycanthropy and other Chronic Illnesses – Kristin O’Neal  Werewolves, Lyme disease, young adult, fiction.  Rating 10/10 Priya is undergoing treatments and aftercare with Lyme disease put her plans for premed school in halt. She joins a support group of individuals who like her have chronic illnesses. Her online friend, Brigid, goes offline which is not in character so she goes out of her way…

needed something cute and wholesome

Revisiting: This Much is True – Tia Louise  Romance, single fathers, fiction.  Rating 10/10 Hope fell asleep in the backseat of her Dad’s Metallicar after drinking. She lost her restaurant and her job plus her father is in an elderly home. She is trying to make ends meet. J.R. retrieves his newly bought car and has plans to go to Fireside to be more involved in his son’s life and get answers…

asexual and aromantic rep right here

Loveless – Alice Oseman Young adult, fiction.  Rating 10/10 Georgia is trying to find the reason why she isn’t attracted to anyone. When she goes off to college she promises herself to experiment and with the help of her roommate she comes to a conclusion that is rather messy. She is aromantic asexual. Someone who isn’t romantic nor finds anyone sexually attractive. She navigates the stressful…

its finals week next week and i am also moving out of my dorm for summer so ill be pretty busy. ill post again sometime in June when the chaos ends. thank you for understanding

a chilling read before summer…

Revisiting: The Institute – Stephen King Horror, thriller, science fiction, fiction.  Rating 10/10 Tim’s flight got delayed and he decided to take the offer of some money if someone else got his seat. He decided to just hitchhike to his destination. He stops at a small town Dupray and works as a Night Knocker. Luke finds himself awake in a room that is a simulation of his bedroom. Except it…