Maegan Mariee | Thoughts & Lifestyle

So, first things first. Girl Online: Going Solo. The third book in the series. The last book in the series? If Zoe Sugg was going to end Penny and Noah's story here, it wouldn't be a bad spot. Plus I think it would be a good decision on her part. I'd like to see something else from her in the book front. But, moving on. As usual, I'm not going to dig deep into the plot and give it all away, but I am going to say that while I didn't fall in love with this series, I did really enjoy it and would definitely recommend. It's a very easy going plot with normal, everyday hurdles. If you don't count the super popular blog and dating a rock star thing. I know this book isn't for everyone. I've read and heard a lot of talk about how YouTubers shouldn't be doing stuff like this and it's all for the money and nothing else. I don't personally buy into stuff like that and think that if other people enjoy it, then there's nothing else to it.

Preach over. Moving on, we have Passenger. I'm not too far into this one, but this is also one of those books that has a very selective audience. I really enjoy period books, and this one is set in 18th century Manhattan and current time. Yes, it's a time travel book. Which can go one of two ways; beautifully executed or horribly, horribly wrong. Time travel is a tricky thing to write, since there really is nothing to compare it to. I will be updating this post when I finish because I feel like I'm going to have so much more to say about this.

UPDATE: 1/26/2017: Man. Where do I start? First of all, there is So. Much. Detail. An absurd amount of detail. The detail in this book is filler, I'm 100% convinced about that. Does it paint a picture? Sure. Is all of that detail necessary? No. Absolutely not. I could have gotten through this book just fine with half the amount of detail. I would have preferred a little more conversation between characters over describing the precise stitching in whatever dress she's wearing. Gah.

The story, however, I thought was well written. I got the feeling that I was reading something similar to Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children when the characters were describing the way the time travel worked. It was incredibly similar. I think the author could have done a little bit better of a job diving into her version of time travel, but it was clear and I followed along just fine. So not a disaster by my standards. All in all, I would suggest this book to you if you like this kind of thing: period pieces, time travel, slight romance, adventure, mystery. It has it all, though prepared to be skimming through some of the detail.

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