Fond of Fonts

  A Sequel to Remember! When first introduced to Adalyn Grace's story of All the Stars and Teeth , I was transfixed by Amora Montara's family history of legendary soul magic. A kingdom of different islands all dedicated to unique types of magic ranging from elemental to healing and everything in between. I appreciated the map imaging afforded to the reader in both the first and second book of this duology, depicting the locations of the islands for those living in the kingdom of Visidia. In this sequel, All the Tides of Fate , Amora's lost her father and ascended the throne. Her mother is her supporter but has made it clear Amora needs to win the hearts of her people and what better way to do that than by giving them something to root for--such as, a marriage! This novel follows Amora traveling to the islands of her kingdom in search of a future husband and (eventually) another Montara heir. However, that's her cover story that she keeps up to the best of her ability. I...

  A familiar story for my liking! I'd originally only seen the movie a handful of times (I've mostly only seen Nicholas Sparks movies as opposed to books) and was interested in reading this book. I appreciated the film adaption and was looking forward to comparing it to the written version (although the word is always better) and I wasn't disappointed! It was easy to follow the love story that unfolded between Katie and Alex, just as easy as watching it in the movie. Obviously the ability to know what was happening between either character due to the third person, omniscient narrator worked in the reader's favor as well. The description of Kevin was done up to par as well, almost too up to par because some instances were disturbing. Reading about the abuse was different from viewing it in a movie, also the movie hadn't shown as much of the abuse--it was merely apart of flashbacks that simultaneously occurred. Kevin also focused increasingly on sex. The idea that Ka...