Netgalley Round-Up #1

When clearing out my digital bookshelves on my Kindle the other week, I realised I had a few outstanding reviews for Netgalley so made it my aim to get some read and reviewed over the coming weeks. I've finished three so far and I wanted to add my quick thoughts for these three.

AWAKE // NATASHA PRESTON

Some of it was interesting but the insta-love and total far fetched just didn't do it for me. I am happy to suspend belief for some books if they are amazing but I just couldn't get into this. I did finish the book and was surprised as I've previously read some great work by the author but this just seemed a little thrown together and not thought through properly. Disappointed.

I rated this 2 stars.

THE SHAM // ELLEN ALLEN

I don't even know what to say. I just don't get it. The beginning is all over the place and it seems even other readers aren't sure what to make of it with such wide variations in the reviews.

I've heard it gets better after a while but I haven't got time to waste wading through the poor parts to get to the good stuff, sorry.

^^ This is the review I left on Goodreads and I still can't quite grasp my feelings on it. It was a DNF for me as I just couldn't get into it. It seems other readers either love it or hate it, much like Marmite.

As with all my DNF's, I rated this 1 star.

SWEET MYSTERY // MARYANN KEMPHER

An inoffensive mystery story - some interesting characters, however sometimes the plot seemed a little rushed at times. I did work out who the culprit was a long time before the conclusion of the novel but I appreciated the hints to throw readers off the scent. An interesting, inoffensive read, however it could do with some tightening up in regards to editing - I made a few notes where some names were swapped, words were missed out or added when they shouldn't be and other things like that. 

Apart from the editing issues, this was a good book for me.

I rated it 4 stars.

Do you ever read and review for Netgalley?

These books were sent to me via Netgalley for 

the purpose of review.