The Book Shire

Favorite Books

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

So, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that this book wrecked me. Truly and utterly destroyed. I think I found pieces of my vital organs scattered under [...]

The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

WHOA. Slow the phones and stop the presses. I just need a second. Whew… Okay. I think I’m ready to write this review now (though there’s absolutely no [...]

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha Trilogy #3)

***WARNING: THIS REVIEW IS SLIGHTLY SLIGHTLY SLIGHTLY SPOILERY***  Let’s start this show off by dealing with the creepy Rasputin-priest-Asparant situation. [...]

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha Trilogy #2)

The second book in any trilogy is hard to pull off - there has to be a cliffhanger of some sort, to leave fans aching for the final book, but it needs to also [...]

Falling into Place by Amy Zhang

I don't know if there are enough feels to describe this book. It was very clearly trying to destroy me, and it succeeded. By the end I was literally yelling [...]

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (Grisha Trilogy #1)

I'm a sucker for a great new fantasy world, so I've no idea why I waited so long to get into the Grisha Trilogy. Seriously, you would think it would be a [...]

Kissing in America by Margo Rabb

 Wow. This book was not at all what I expected it to be. Going into to Kissing in America, I fully expected to be bombarded with feminist messages on every [...]

Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass

Because I love The Selection Series, I knew that this was a collection I wanted to get my hands on. I had already read two of the stories when they were [...]

Things We Know By Heart Review

Jessi Kirby's Things We Know by Heart kept me up until 8 a.m. on January 1st. So you know that it's good. In fact, it's more than good. This is a book that I [...]