I Wish You Would by Eva Des Lauriers
I read this entire book in one sitting, which is very rare for me. Both because my attention span can often be quite short (I have ADHD so can either get distracted very easily or hyperfixate on a book and devour it in a short space of time) and also just lack of free time. I usually do most of my reading in the evening or night, but I read this entire book on a Sunday that I had the entire day free.
As this book takes place across less than 24 hours, reading it all in one go made it a pretty immersive experience. I did mention in my review that I did read it too quickly though so I didn’t have time to form full opinions other than that I enjoyed it.
I do think this was a pretty impressive debut though. The characters were pretty realistic, the setting descriptions were lovely and the plot moved at a great pace. You’d think this type of story would get boring and repetitive but it genuinely didn’t.
Book Review: I Wish You Would by Eva Des Lauriers
Synopsis: It’s Senior Sunrise, the epic overnight at the beach that kicks off senior year. But for Natalia and Ethan, it’s the first time seeing each other after what happened at junior prom—when they almost crossed the line from best friends to something more and ruined everything. After ghosting each other all summer, Natalia is desperate to pretend she doesn’t care and Ethan is desperate to fix his mistake.
When the senior class carries out their tradition of writing private letters to themselves—what they wish they would do this year if they were braver—Natalia pours her heart out. So does Ethan. So does everyone in their entire class. But in Natalia’s panicked attempt to retrieve her heartfelt confession, the wind scatters seven of the notes across the beach. Now, Ethan and Natalia are forced to work together to find the lost letters before any secrets are revealed—especially their own.
Seven private confessions. Seven time bombs loose for anyone to find. And one last chance before the sun rises for these two to fall in love.
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
This book has buckets of potential. It wasn’t my favourite read of 2024, and my review was a little harsh, but it was genuinely pretty good. I think my own reading experience did impact my opinion of this book. It took me a lot longer than expected to get through it and I do need to stop letting this affect my reviews.
The world building is done extremely well and the lore of the world is so interesting. It’s a fairly unique concept and I love that there is a god for literally everything. Probably even a god of jammy dodgers if those existed in this world, one I’d happily follow.
This book also has really great disability representation, not something you find very often in fantasy. It was also refreshing to not have these characters shown as weak, if anything they were the strongest of the bunch. Kissen, one of the main characters, is possibly one of the coolest characters I read in a while.
Book Review: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
Synopsis: Kissen’s family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enjoys it. That is until she finds a god she cannot kill: Skedi, a god of white lies, has somehow bound himself to a young noble, and they are both on the run from unknown assassins.
Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, they must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favour.
Pursued by demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning – something is rotting at the heart of their world, and only they can be the ones to stop it.
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