This book gave me the feels. Heavy book hangover--may change rating to five stars upon re-reading. Definitely going to look at the author's other books.

Two-and-a-half stars.

This is my first book by this author. Though the story flowed well and was well-written/well-edited, I just never connected to these characters. I'm not sure if it was that the story-line was too predictable--though that's not usually a problem--but something was just missing for me.

This is my third DNF in a row. 17% into the audiobook, and I have to stop. There is so much to love about the beautiful universe/afterlife created in this story, but it's just not living up to my hopes. Maybe because I'd like my afterlife to be different than Lily's? I might come back to this later, but going to move on for now.

I'm not giving this book a rating. At about the 5-hour mark, I got really pissed off about the story. I knew where it was going, so I essentially fast forwarded and yes, this was not what I signed up for. **Spoiler alert**

THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE. IT'S FICTION WITH ROMANCE IN IT. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. I'M LOOKING FOR THE HEA, AND THIS AIN'T IT.

If you liked Evelyn Hugo, you'll probably like this book. I actually loved that book, but I was in the right headspace for it. Just my 2 cents.

The narrators were great--Johnny Weir!?! was so awesome.

I thought the narrators were great, just not my favorite Solomon book. Rounding up to 4 stars.

I wanted to love this, but it was trying to do too many things at once, without a lot of execution. It wants to be part Throne of Glass meets Hunger Games meets [insert other YA/NA romantasy here]. Maybe I missed it, but I never really understood why the trials were taking place, and then the choosing of the participants?

There were parts that conveyed real emotion that I liked, but it just didn't live up to the hype, in my opinion.

I enjoyed this up to the the last few pages. I'm still picking up book 2.

Four stars for some annoying main character traits (in my opinion), but ready for the next book!

Good narration.

This one might get bumped up to 5 stars after I think about it a bit. I had some issues with the plot in places, but overall, it's not really like anything I've read before. There's some romance, but it's not the main story. I did enjoy the Raven and the Fox. Recommend if you're looking for something different, with plot twists and a few familiar fantasy tropes.

*Edited to add that I recommend the Audiobook. The narrator was great!

Everything I read/listen to these days seems to fall between 3 and 4 stars. I enjoyed so much about this book. The FMC's back story re her ex was pretty funny and yet, kind of heartbreaking. Still, she annoyed me--I felt like every time she's asked a question she responded with a question, to the point of driving me nuts. I enjoyed Hutch and learned a lot about the coast guard, but the last part of the story kind of veered off course.

And did we ever learn what was up with the dog? Why he was drawn to her? I might have missed it, as the ending bored me and I kind of lost interest. I'm also not a fan of the trope of "she doesn't know she's beautiful." Then, throw in "he doesn't know he's beautiful." It didn't work for me.

The narrator was great through. I thought she nailed the FMC.