#WWW Wednesday – December 27, 2017

It’s time for WWW Wednesday! This blog hop is hosted by Sam over at A World Of Words. Link up with us by commenting on Sam’s post for this week, and just answer the three questions.

I totally thought I posted last week, then I found last week’s post sitting in my drafts a few days later, which explained why no one had interacted with it. So there is the last two weeks of my reading.

What have you recently finished reading?

I accidentally powered through my Christmas books and forgot to save them for reading over Christmas! I finished both What Happens at Christmas by Evonne Wareham and Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber and I enjoyed them both quite a lot.  My reviews are here and here respectively.

Warcross by Marie Lu was next. This was fun, though it did feel a bit like a series opener. I predicted one of the twists but not the other one, and even though I called it, it didn’t actually affect my enjoyment. I’ll definitely continue with the series as it comes out.

After that, I read Beautiful Mess by Claire Christian. This was a great YA contemporary about two teens dealing with mental illness and helping each other through it. The ending was maybe not the greatest, but it was really good mental health representation (along with supportive parents and a healthy attitude towards medication, amongst other things).

On audio, I finished Vicious by V. E. Schwab. I honestly have no idea how I felt about it. I mean, it was kind of an addictive read but I didn’t agree with anything the characters did so I was constantly cranky at them… the thirteen-year-old showed more sense than any of the adults…

My reviews of The End by Lemony Snicket and Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy also went up since my last post. Click the titles to read them.

What are you currently reading?

I just started False Awakening by Cassandra Page. This is the sequel to  Lucid Dreaming which I read last year. I have only read the first chapter at the time of writing this, but I do enjoy Cassandra Page’s writing style, so I think I will enjoy it.

What do you think you’ll read next?

I’m not sure yet. I have a couple of ARCs that release fairly early in the new year so I should probably get onto  those. Not sure what I’m  in the mood for at the moment, though.

What are you reading this week? 

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Book Review: “Merry and Knight” by Debbie Macomber

Title: Merry and Bright
Author: Debbie Macomber
Genre: Romance
Date Read: 16/12/17
Rating: ★★★☆

Review:

For obvious reasons, it’s fitting that this review will be going live on Christmas Day. I wanted something nice and fluffy and Christmas-y to read, and this fitted the bill. I ended up reading it all in one sitting.

Merry Knight’s life is crazy  and she has barely any time for herself, or for romance, so her brother and mother sign her up for a dating website. There she meets Jay, and there is an instant connection. But when they decide to meet, she discovers that Jay is someone she would never have wanted a relationship with…

I did find that at the start of the book, there was more telling than showing as Macomber introduced all the characters and their motivations.

However, as the story went on and the conflicts became apparent, it became an addictive read. It’s not a mystery to the reader who Jay is, as he has his own point-of-view chapters alternating with Merry’s, and I did find seeing the two sides of him fun. It got maybe a little convoluted in the last third with some mistaken-identity-type shenanigans (except not… I don’t want to say too much because of spoilers).

The story takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas and the Happy Ending takes place on Christmas Day. There was nothing especially unique in this story, but it was definitely still enjoyable and a sweet Christmas read.