Monday 23 September 2024

Book Review - Dear Ana

Book Title: Dear Ana
Author: I.I.E
Pages: 429

Summary:

When twenty-five-year-old Maya Ibrahim goes to the cemetery on the anniversary of her accident, it’s not so she can pay her respects to the dead girl that saved her life–it’s so she can finally take back the future she was robbed of ten years ago. Seconds before she can successfully carve her fate, Maya gets interrupted by Noah Davidson, and after a rocky first impression, they form an unlikely friendship. 

Alternating between her present, and the letters she wrote detailing the painful consequences of her survival, Dear Ana follows Maya as she tries to overcome her past and find herself again amidst all the chaos. Will she continue to hide her scars, or will she be honest and tell Noah that the heart of the girl he once loved is still beating… but in Maya instead?


Book Review:

"𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’‰π’†π’ 𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’Œπ’† 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 π’”π’–π’π’“π’Šπ’”π’† 𝒕𝒐 π’”π’‚π’š π’ˆπ’π’π’… π’Žπ’π’“π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ, π’‚𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’ 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’†π’ π’šπ’π’– π’”π’‚π’š π’ˆπ’π’π’…π’π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•"

Lords! There are no words, absolutely. Beautiful amidst tragedy. I tried to mark some lines I thought were beautiful, but how can I tab every page? I suppose I'll just have to reread it over and over until I memorize it, there's no way out. 

For a book that focuses so much on death and oblivion, it sure is life-affirming. It was everything at once, making it that much more beautiful and difficult to read.

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 π’˜π’†π’“π’† 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒐 π’ƒπ’“π’π’Œπ’†π’ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’†, π‘΄π’‚π’šπ’‚. 𝑡𝒐 π’Žπ’‚π’•π’•π’†π’“ π’‰π’π’˜ π’Žπ’‚π’π’š π’…π’Šπ’‡π’‡π’†π’“π’†π’π’• π’†π’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” π’šπ’π’– π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’†π’… 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’šπ’π’–π’“π’”π’†π’π’‡, π’Šπ’• π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” 𝒆𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’Žπ’† π’‡π’‚π’π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‰π’π’‘π’†π’π’†π’”π’”π’π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’†π’π’…π’π’†π’”π’”π’π’š π’Šπ’ 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’šπ’π’–"

The writing style of the author is beyond exquisite. Its the kind of story that I know will stay with me forever, i mean it. Planning to re-read it asap. 

If anything I'd be more scared of the fact that I probably cried for about 80% of this book and once I finished I sobbed for about an hour, can't help. 

“𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 π’šπ’π’– 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’”π’Šπ’π’†π’π’•π’π’š π’•π’†π’‚π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 π’šπ’π’– 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’‡π’Šπ’π’… π’‰π’‚π’‘π’‘π’Šπ’π’†π’”π’”.”

Rating : 10/10 


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The Duchess of Kokora - Book review

Book Title: The Duchess Of Kokora
Author: Nikhil Prabala
Page count: 444 pages

Summary:
The Duchess of Kokora, Phera Ylir Mdana, has entered the marriage games of the neighboring kingdom of Ryene. But she’s not there to woo the dashing Prince Dominic.

Her true objective? To win back one of the other contestants, Lady Rocelle Virae—Phera’s true love and ex-fiancΓ©e.

Not only must Phera mend matters with her childhood sweetheart, but she must also conceal her intentions and charm the court to earn their votes and stay in the competition. This entails no end of mischief throughout the many sorcerous and social challenges where she must also pretend to be absolutely besotted with the prince.

But as long-brewing political tensions simmer beneath the surface, the playful veneer of the courtly games begins to crack. In the end, Phera, Dominic, and Rocelle find themselves united in a desperate bid to prevent a duel that threatens the integrity of the kingdom, the stability of the continent, and any hope for a happily ever after.


Review:

What did I read just now?! I completely recommend this book to fans of historical fiction and anyone interested in reading a riveting story of love, jealousy, and vengeance. The author's phenomenal research on spell-binding historical fictions when combined with his superb storytelling and attention to the type of detail that adds extra humor. 

Oh Phera! 

The plot gives a rich, textured portrait of a particular time and place and is well worth reading. I was thoroughly amazed at the court scenes and the main character thinking ability. And also the side characters especially Pellivar and Hespin, gawd I enjoyed their plots.
It definitely will inspire reader's interest in the time period, and i swear the story was engaging from beginning to the end. When you get to the ending you wouldn't want to finish. I really loved it a lot. At times you did wonder if this was a mater of circumstance or if these two women actually wielded some power that would influence the outcomes of plots that were not from their own doing. Overall a very well written and remarkably easy to read. It is a work of fiction, though very well researched.


Rating : 5/5

I should be thanking colored pages book tour and Author Nikhil Prabhala for having me on this tour πŸ’Œ

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