Reading Diaries

 Title: The Problem With Forever Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout  Genre: YA Romance Page Number: 443 My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5/5 Synopsis:  Growing up Mallory Dodge learned that the best way to survive is to not say a word. Even though it has been four years since her nightmare life ended, she is beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime. Now, after years of homeschooling Mallory must face a new milestone in her life, which is spending her senior year at a public high school. But she never imagined she would run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she has not seen since her childhood, on her very first day. It Does not take long for Mallory to realize that her connection with Rider never really faded. Yet soon it becomes apparent that she's not the only one grappling with lingering scars from the past. As she watches Rider's life spiral out of control, Mallory must make a choice between staying silent and speaking out. For the people she love...

 Title: It Happened One Summer  Author: Tessa Bailey Genre: Romance Page Number: 385 My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Summary: Piper Bellinger is fashionable and influential, and her reputation as a wild child means she is constantly being followed by paparazzi. An out-of-control rooftop lands Piper in jail and her rich step-father decided that was the final straw. He cuts her off and sends her and her sister Hannah to learn some responsibility by running their late father's dive bar in Westport, Washington. Piper has not been in Westport for long when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brenden Taggart, who thinks she will not last a week outside of Beverly Hills. Piper is determined to show her step-father, and the hot, grumpy, local, that she is more than a pretty face. However, it is a small town and Piper runs into Brenden everywhere she turns. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there is an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper does n...

 Title: Fourth Wing  Author: Rebecca Yarros Genre: Fantasy Page Number: 498 My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Synopsis: Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet and safe life among books and history. However, the commanding general and tough-as-nails mother ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. However, death is only around the corner when you are smaller than everyone else and your body is weak. Dragons do not bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them. Since fewer dragons are willing to bond than cadets, most want to kill Violet to better their chances of bonding. The rest want to kill her because she is her mother's daughter. Specifically Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She needs every edge her wits can give her to see the next sunrise. Yet every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly. Even worse, Violet begins...