The City Center - 4 stars

Firefly: (A Dystopian Story of Christmas) - 5 stars

Cold-Blooded - 5 stars

Not Okay Cupid - 5 stars

Sound of Sirens: (Tales of Skylge #1) - 4 stars

Zia, The Teenage Zombie & The Undead Diaries - 3 1/2 stars

The Girlfriend Request - 3 stars

Phantastische Tierwesen und wo sie zu finden sind - 4 stars

Favorite book(s) of the month: The City Center, Firefly, Cold Blooded, Not Okay Cupid, Sound of Sirens

Books started this month but haven't finished yet: Scintillate (one day I'm gonna finish it), All the Light We Cannot See

Eight books!!! I'm happy with that. I pretty much loved all the books I have read. Not all of them have been my favorites but I enjoyed them all. So it's been a good month. I have a tablet now and read most of my ebooks there and it's just so much easier than reading on my phone or my laptop.

First things first: I won this book way way back in Sarah Dalton's YA Spring Fling!!! Feels like forever ago. Later I downloaded the whole ebook set of the series in november when there was a discount on it (and that kicked my butt and finally made me start reading it)

That was an amazing start to a series. I love how fast paced it is, it kinda has to be, cause it's 'only' 170 pages long. But still, things don't feel rushed. We get a great amount of world building (the world is so interesting to me) and relationship building. And the characters of course.

I seriously love how the characters are written, especially the relationships. I love LOVE the friendship between Enna and Dani. I'm a sucker for great friendships in books.

I'm still not sure about Royce. But I have two more books to figure it out.

I can't wait to read the rest.

I started this book two days ago and aaah, I just love it. It's really fast paced (of course, there ae only 170 pages or so). I really like he world building, and the way the characters are really well written. Love it.

Minkman has written an absolutely beautiful story that you won't be able to put the book down. This book was narrated from a different perspective. The changes in perspectives and new set of characters contributed greatly and will not disappoint. The intense plot and shocking revelations brought out strong mixed emotions in me that kept me hooked throughout. I say, Light of Lorelei is so much better than Sound of Sirens.

Minkman shows the story about a child born from forbidden relations between a Skylger man and an Anglian woman. The child whom the society scorned, dedicated her life to serve the convent in atonement for her parents sins by the mercy of the Baeles-Weards. Aska was a character I'd come to love throughout the story. In spite of her situation, she still manages to think more than just herself and her character improved greatly throughout. I wish I was courageous as her.

When I started reading this, I got hooked onto the story at the first sentence because of my amusement. I thought that if Sauron from The Hobbit was involved, it would be epic! Also, the part "They don't speak, they shriek." It was incredibly funny ... or was it just me? I hope not!

Instances, some I guessed correctly and some caught me off guard. I can only imagine them being best friends although I have nothing against Melinda's homosexuality. On the other hand, I was a bit upset with Aska and Tjalling's relationship at first because it somehow screams instant love. I relaxed when there was some explanation for that, but...

Holy Fire. Tjalling. Oh my god.

The previous characters have active roles as well in this book and the questions left hanging from the first book has been answered. This is one of the best books I'd read this year so far and has a special place in my heart.

I received an ARC in exchange for a honest review. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated for this review.

'Fire of Fryslan' is narrated from two perspectives; Melinda and Dani. It took me a while to remember who Dani is, but reading from her perspective I finally discovered who she was. This book immediately took after the last part of Light of Lorelei in which the two perspectives shown how the Skylgers and Currents reacted towards the disappearance of St. Branda's Fire.

It made so much sense reading this book because Sound of Sirens didn't have much away on how the Skelta works. Dani's an active participant, so I enjoyed reading about the rebellion especially on how she teamed up with someone to convince many people to join their cause. Melinda's involvement was led by her dire actions and even though it was like that I admired her very much.

I cried. We all know that wars like this would always have casualties, but the unexpected turn of events really made me cry a lot. I immediately stopped crying because my sister said that she was going to take a picture of me. Crying. Eh.

All in all, I loved how these two girls didn't know that they were both brave and I'm glad that they have got to know each other. Their relationship is one of the strangest and loveliest story I'd ever read. I can't say it's a perfect ending; it might be for some of the characters, but some not. Nevertheless, I'm really happy how it ended. This book is amazing. The cover is amazing. Read the book!

I am sad to bid farewell to this series, but I am also happy that I'd been a part of this journey. I recommend this book to everyone and I hope you love it as much as I do.

I received an ARC from the author in exchange for a honest review. All opinions are my own.