After having some pretty bad reading months lately, I didn’t want to talk about books negatively for a while. However, both books in today’s post are fairly older reads. Well, one was from last year, but I’ve already erased it from my mind.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
This one may come as a bit of a surprise. I loved dystopia books when I was a teen and The Maze Runner was mega popular back then. I really gave this series a good go. By which I mean, I read the first two books, got bored and then never thought about it again.
I found the books so boring I’ve never watched all of the films. I’ve seen the first one twice but I don’t remember basically anything about it.
Synopsis: If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.
Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.
Everything is going to change.
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.
Remember. Survive. Run.
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
This is a bit of a weird one. I didn’t hate this book, but I definitely think it’s overhyped. I’m beginning to think any book that’s full of smut has a high rating for that reason alone. When, in my opinion, they were the worst parts of this book. I’m talking making me physically cringe.
The concept of this book is super fun. I love all of the tropes it uses but the execution wasn’t great for me.
Synopsis: Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father’s dive bar… in Washington.
Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper can’t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? She’s determined to show her stepfather—and the hot, grumpy local—that she’s more than a pretty face.
Except it’s a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there’s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper doesn’t want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the sunset for weeks at a time. Yet as she reconnects with her past and begins to feel at home in Westport, Piper starts to wonder if the cold, glamorous life she knew is what she truly wants. LA is calling her name, but Brendan—and this town full of memories—may have already caught her heart.
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