I also loved the first half of What Kind of Mother and then that ending I was like wtf 😅 it wasn’t a twist I liked either haha that felt so random and it dropped my rating significantly 😭
That's a shame about The Last One and Vampires of El Nore, they both sound so good! Strange when something gets advertised as horror and is mainly romance 😅
I wasn’t too surprised because The Hacienda is the same way, but I was expecting more horror for sure. Still a good book, just a teeny bit mismarketed!
"It was good...I'm just bitter." Love that! I'm the same way when I don't like an ending. I have to tell myself to consider the whole book before rating it!
yeah, I agree, I really enjoyed Rouge and All's Well more than Bunny. I really loved the discussions on society's beauty standards in Rouge! And the mother/daughter relationships that are impacted by it. Yeah, while I loved Vampires of El Norte, it's definitely more a historical romance book with a lil bit of horror. So glad you're enjoying SpyxFamily so much!!
Yes me too! The discussions in Rouge were so good! Vampires of El Norte was good, I just wanted that horror aspect to come alive more. Maybe her next one will? 😭
Everything you said about The Last One is exactly how I felt. I am scared to read What Kind of Mother. I have heard such mixed reviews! I loved The Trap. Sorry the ending wasn't for you. I can see being mad about it but I think you are meant to be frustrated so it didn't bother me. I agree that Dixie from Theme Music was frustrating, but I still enjoyed the book, for the most part. Although it was very repetitive and the ending was frustrating. I hate the crazy trope too! Most people love it. I am considering bringing up Vampires of El Norte to my book club but I need to know first if it has any sex scenes in it???
Did you ever read Ghost Eaters? I had a similar reading experience with What Kind of Mother to that, but the stories are obviously different. I don’t mind being frustrated with endings, but it was just kind of annoying to go through the whole book with no real resolution, plus I guessed a major twist which was annoying. Omg Dixie made me want to throw the book, she was so dumb. I wish the plot had been more unique. I feel like it’s such copy and paste storyline. Vampires of El Norte doesn’t have any smut. There is a sex scene, but it’s more implied than described!
I just picked up The Trap from my local supermarket. It’s a hardback and was only £6.00 which I think is around 7 dollars. I’ve never paid so little for a new hardback. I love this video Erin x
I had such a similar experience with Along the River... Loved Gone to see..., 5 stars for me. I am not really into extreme horror, but that one worked perfectly, I truly liked how the most shocking things were rooted in reality, it was horrifying, but felt so very real and believable, and I was invested in Lori as a character, even when we found out what she had done. But Along the River... felt like repetition, with characters that weren't as engaging. Edmund was fine in the first one, when he was more like an image, idol in Lori's head, but I did not have any interest in following his journey, really. I had hoped for more River Man-lore, that character is very unique, it's such a great concept, with the music and everything, but we got so little. Sigh. It was very disappointing. I gave it 3 stars, 2,5 for the story and a half star for the mood, I do think Triana creates a very unsettling and eerie ambiance, it felt like I was walking through the woods too, I could almost smell it. Let's hope you have some 5 star reads coming up, you deserve it!
Agreed!! It was such a big departure from Gone to See the River Man, made me so sad. I also agreed about Edmund being more prevalent in the second one and it not really working. I also liked when it was more about Lori’s idolization of him, rather than him being there constantly and us having to follow him. I definitely got some 5 stars in October thankfully! 🖤
Hi Erin, The Last One which is titled The Last Passenger in U.K. was a big disappointment to me. I was so looking forward to it but felt let down. I kept thinking something else was going to happen after the reveal but it didn’t. Please could I ask which is the other Will Dean book you read and enjoyed.
I’m so happy you liked Anna dressed in blood! I loved reading that book when I was younger :) if you didn’t know there is a sequel it’s called girl of nightmares which I also enjoyed ❤️
Great video. May try some of these books. The way u felt about Theme Music was how i felt about Penpal. I finally got it last week after a few yrs of hype. I had no idea it was self published from reddit. After i found out it made sense because it truly needed an editor. I DNF'd it. It was all over the place. It went from a little creepy and thrilling to a coming of age story i guess?? Parts repeated so i thought i was reading the same page over. The non-linear time lines we very poorly done so i had a hard time knowing what was going on. I went from interested to confused to infuriated. I gave it 2 stars only for the first few chapters.
Aw I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy Penpal! I loved that one, but I’ve definitely heard some similar criticisms about it. It’s definitely hard for no sleep stories to become full novels, unfortunately.
so glad you enjoyed 'the country' for the most part! you know i'm a fan of total ambiguity so it's one of my faves reads this year. also i looove your sweater!!
I knew immediately after finishing it why you liked it! Hahaha I love that you love ambiguous plots, I wish I was more like that! Ah thank you so much! It’s a great design for Rosemary’s Baby! 🖤
Thanks again for coming on the YA Book Club livestream! It was so fun. I’ve almost finished The Vampires of El Norte and so far I’m having similar feelings. I would’ve loved more horror and vampire scenes!
I also loved the first half of What Kind of Mother and then that ending I was like wtf 😅 it wasn’t a twist I liked either haha that felt so random and it dropped my rating significantly 😭
Right?? I was like what happened to the book I was reading lol 😭 so unfortunate.
omg there is SO much Tom Cruise in Rouge 😂 i loved it though, really enjoyed that book too.
No because why Tom Cruise?!? 😭😭😭 I couldn’t handle it. It was a good book though!
That's a shame about The Last One and Vampires of El Nore, they both sound so good! Strange when something gets advertised as horror and is mainly romance 😅
I wasn’t too surprised because The Hacienda is the same way, but I was expecting more horror for sure. Still a good book, just a teeny bit mismarketed!
Sounds like you had a rough reading month. I hope October is better!
Thanks so much!!
"It was good...I'm just bitter."
Love that! I'm the same way when I don't like an ending. I have to tell myself to consider the whole book before rating it!
Hahahaha it’s hard!! I’m such an ending person, so I have to remind myself it’s about the whole journey. 😂
yeah, I agree, I really enjoyed Rouge and All's Well more than Bunny. I really loved the discussions on society's beauty standards in Rouge! And the mother/daughter relationships that are impacted by it. Yeah, while I loved Vampires of El Norte, it's definitely more a historical romance book with a lil bit of horror. So glad you're enjoying SpyxFamily so much!!
Yes me too! The discussions in Rouge were so good! Vampires of El Norte was good, I just wanted that horror aspect to come alive more. Maybe her next one will? 😭
lol your feelings about The Last One are exactlyyy mine for Dead Eleven
Removed from my tbr because of this comment 😭😂
@ErinMegan LMFAO OH NOOO but tbh your time deserves better so yeah good decision lol
@@JanAgaton thank you for saving my time hahahaha
Everything you said about The Last One is exactly how I felt. I am scared to read What Kind of Mother. I have heard such mixed reviews! I loved The Trap. Sorry the ending wasn't for you. I can see being mad about it but I think you are meant to be frustrated so it didn't bother me. I agree that Dixie from Theme Music was frustrating, but I still enjoyed the book, for the most part. Although it was very repetitive and the ending was frustrating. I hate the crazy trope too! Most people love it. I am considering bringing up Vampires of El Norte to my book club but I need to know first if it has any sex scenes in it???
Did you ever read Ghost Eaters? I had a similar reading experience with What Kind of Mother to that, but the stories are obviously different.
I don’t mind being frustrated with endings, but it was just kind of annoying to go through the whole book with no real resolution, plus I guessed a major twist which was annoying.
Omg Dixie made me want to throw the book, she was so dumb. I wish the plot had been more unique. I feel like it’s such copy and paste storyline.
Vampires of El Norte doesn’t have any smut. There is a sex scene, but it’s more implied than described!
I just picked up The Trap from my local supermarket. It’s a hardback and was only £6.00 which I think is around 7 dollars. I’ve never paid so little for a new hardback. I love this video Erin x
That’s such a good bargain!! I hope you enjoy it! 🖤
I had such a similar experience with Along the River... Loved Gone to see..., 5 stars for me. I am not really into extreme horror, but that one worked perfectly, I truly liked how the most shocking things were rooted in reality, it was horrifying, but felt so very real and believable, and I was invested in Lori as a character, even when we found out what she had done.
But Along the River... felt like repetition, with characters that weren't as engaging. Edmund was fine in the first one, when he was more like an image, idol in Lori's head, but I did not have any interest in following his journey, really.
I had hoped for more River Man-lore, that character is very unique, it's such a great concept, with the music and everything, but we got so little. Sigh. It was very disappointing. I gave it 3 stars, 2,5 for the story and a half star for the mood, I do think Triana creates a very unsettling and eerie ambiance, it felt like I was walking through the woods too, I could almost smell it.
Let's hope you have some 5 star reads coming up, you deserve it!
Agreed!! It was such a big departure from Gone to See the River Man, made me so sad. I also agreed about Edmund being more prevalent in the second one and it not really working. I also liked when it was more about Lori’s idolization of him, rather than him being there constantly and us having to follow him.
I definitely got some 5 stars in October thankfully! 🖤
Hi Erin, The Last One which is titled The Last Passenger in U.K. was a big disappointment to me. I was so looking forward to it but felt let down. I kept thinking something else was going to happen after the reveal but it didn’t. Please could I ask which is the other Will Dean book you read and enjoyed.
Ugh so sorry you didn’t like it either! The other book by Will Dean I liked was The Last Thing to Burn!
I’m so happy you liked Anna dressed in blood! I loved reading that book when I was younger :) if you didn’t know there is a sequel it’s called girl of nightmares which I also enjoyed ❤️
I did know there was a sequel!! I need to get my hands on it and see what it’s like! 🥰
Great video. May try some of these books. The way u felt about Theme Music was how i felt about Penpal. I finally got it last week after a few yrs of hype. I had no idea it was self published from reddit. After i found out it made sense because it truly needed an editor. I DNF'd it. It was all over the place. It went from a little creepy and thrilling to a coming of age story i guess?? Parts repeated so i thought i was reading the same page over. The non-linear time lines we very poorly done so i had a hard time knowing what was going on. I went from interested to confused to infuriated. I gave it 2 stars only for the first few chapters.
Aw I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy Penpal! I loved that one, but I’ve definitely heard some similar criticisms about it. It’s definitely hard for no sleep stories to become full novels, unfortunately.
Aww bummer about The Last One! I really enjoyed it! I think it would be interesting if they made a movie about it but made a few adjustments.
Oooh! I think it would translate really well into movie format!
On the bright side, you found a super cool copy of Theme Music. Love the cover! Haha
That is so true! I definitely love that cover more than the other one!
so glad you enjoyed 'the country' for the most part! you know i'm a fan of total ambiguity so it's one of my faves reads this year. also i looove your sweater!!
I knew immediately after finishing it why you liked it! Hahaha I love that you love ambiguous plots, I wish I was more like that! Ah thank you so much! It’s a great design for Rosemary’s Baby! 🖤
I enjoyed Anna dressed in blood in October carried straight onto the second book really enjoyed that one too ❤
Oooh I need to read the second one!!
Thanks again for coming on the YA Book Club livestream! It was so fun. I’ve almost finished The Vampires of El Norte and so far I’m having similar feelings. I would’ve loved more horror and vampire scenes!
Thanks so much for having me again! I always enjoy being a part of the lives! 🖤definitely needed more vampire scenes!