WWW Wednesday – 15 June 2022

Oh wow. I don’t know what it is about this year, but I seem to be reading A LOT of 2-3 star books. Like, an unfortunate amount. Don’t get me wrong, I know that sometimes I just want to read a medium-good trashy romance novel. And it scratches the itch (no pun intended) that I want it to.

BUT, I was hoping for more from The Afterlife of the Party. I don’t know why. Maybe I hold vampire books in higher regard than I thought I would. I shouldn’t. I did read Midnight Sun this year.

Anyway, the point is that I wanted this to be better, and it wasn’t. And I am disappointed. Although, probably not as disappointed as I would have been if I had bought a physical copy instead of an ebook. So, small mercies and all that.

Last night (aka the very early hours of this morning) I finished Book of Night by Holly Black. As with all Holly Black novels, the story gets thicker and twistier and darker the further you get through it. Needless to say, I absolutely adored it. Which was actually not the case when I started it. I think as my reading went on through the book my rating got higher, culminating in a 5 star read.

Also, that ending was NOT expected. Not like the ‘final battle’ ending. I mean the second last page ending. But it was also very Holly Black, so I also feel like maybe I should have expected it?! The clues were all there, and yet I did not pick them up. I really hope she writes a sequel. I’ve heard rumours that this will be a duology, but I’m not sure if they are ‘hopeful’ rumours or ‘factual’ rumours. I guess we just wait and see!!