Stephen Bereznai
Published November 26th, 2016
Standalone (FOR NOW)
I always get a teeny bit nervous when an author sends me an email asking me to review their book, whether the book piques my interest or not. The reason being that a year ago when I really dedicated myself to the book world and reviewing books seriously (rather than the old “it was good!” reviews I used to write when I first started using Goodreads), I told myself that I would always be honest with how I felt, whether I enjoyed a book or subsequently did not. I would never advocate for something that I didn’t like, but the thought of writing a negative or critical review of book that I have had interaction with the author with… now that is the stuff of nightmares. However, when Steven Bereznai shot me an email a couple of months ago asking me to read his book, I Want Superpowers, I was really, REALLY intrigued, and said yes without so much as a second thought.
Continue reading “I Want Superpowers – I really do though…”
This review is going to be mostly an audio book review. Mostly?! What in the world does that mean? Well, dear friends, it means that I downloaded this book to listen to while I walked my dogs in the evening, but I found myself so utterly consumed by the story that I needed to read it in my off time too. So, I bought the whole trilogy on Amazon Prime one Friday night (2 day shipping is amazing!), had the series for Sunday, and continued reading/listening even when I wasn’t out for my nightly walk.
I don’t often give myself the luxury of re-reading a book, I mean, there are SO MANY UNREAD BOOKS THAT I OWN. However, as a Bone Season Advocate, I wanted to re-read the first two books in The Bone Season series in preparation of the third book being released in March 2017.
I love this idea; it takes away the anxiety of purchasing multiple book boxes and having either duplicate books sent to you, OR receiving a book you have already bought. In addition, all of the items in the box are curated to fit the book chosen, rather than a general theme. I assume this would make for a fun and presumably more interactive reading experience. (I haven’t actually gotten to read the book yet, so I cannot say for certain this is true) But, I am a huge sucker for all things fantasy and science-fiction (the two genre’s this book box is centered around), plus the logo is just so cute!
I guess I should start of this review by saying that Empire of Storms is/was probably my most anticipated release for 2016. So, with that being said, I think I should review this book from the inside out: