If you've read any of my other recent book reviews from the last few years, you'll already know how I always start all of my book reviews: by saying that each book I read and review starts off with the full membership of 5 stars and I'm always hopeful that they will all still be firmly in place by the time I close the back cover. You'll also know that I'm not shy about removing stars if I deem it necessary, but I always give my reason(s) within the review - they don't just disappear.
I loved the description of this book and I'm really hoping it'll give me a warm, fuzzy hug as I devour each page, so let's get going shall we?
Just finished the first chapter and really enjoyed it... could this be a 5 star book in the making already??
Oh dear. A well-known video website has just been mentioned, so in fairness to other books that I've read and reviewed, the first star is unfortunately starting to wobble slightly.
And now there's a famous alcohol mentioned too, so one more mention of a Trademarked or even copyrighted item and the first star plops off unfortunately.
The end of chapter 2 came out of nowhere! No spoilers, but is this maybe the kinda time to reach for the tissues already??
I was wrong, I'm sorry, the four female main characters has turned the potential for tears into respectful humour. There have been mentions of the same trademarked items, but the star is already wobbly because of them, so it's not coming off for the repeated use.
At page 69, the first star is coming off for the use of a trademarked shopping channel on the television, so this is now, unfortunately, a 4 star book.
I'm up to chapter 9 on page 100 and the last chapter was a great one! I'm not so sure that illegal drugs (at least they're illegal in the UK, I haven't got the faint foggiest clue about the rest of the world) should be included and the author has used some stereotypical language about what she *thinks* witches are like, rather than doing some basic research into real witches and Wiccans, but I guess the author is using the childhood image of a witch rather than a realistic Wiccan.
Chapter 12 is up next and this is a truly great book - the author is really in their stride now and I'm loving every word!
What a way to finish the book... I've barely looked away from the pages since lunchtime and my belly and throat are wondering what's going on lol It's just about readable in one day... as long as you do pretty much nothing else lol
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