Reviews written by Alison Hong

The Girl in the Steel Corset is a wonderful book, in summary. The plot is quite interesting, with nothing more to be said. The ending isn't too amazing or too surprising. She fights, she wins. The usual stuff in a 'Happy Ever After' book. No...

I have to give applause to the author for how original the Mistwood is. The synopsis is another story because it was so ordinary and simple and bland. (It needs some improvement, obviously!) In summary, Mistwood is a stunning beautiful story, lost in the neverending stacks...

Forsaken, in summary, is an awesome, well-written, dystopian, young adult book. What a wonderful and exciting first book! I hope to see more like this in the future. Hopefully it won't turn out like Shatter Me and Unravel Me. Those books were so disappointing. Instead, let's hope it will be...

Glitch by Heather Anastasiu, for me, was one of those books that is frequently overlooked and frequently ignored. I must had looked at that shelf, where Glitch sits quietly, a million times before drawn in by the title. Mostly I was drawn to the title because of The Iron King...

The Treachery of Beautiful Things is amazing, in summary. With an awesome storyline and conflict, I admire the entertaining twist and turns of The Treachery of Beautiful Things. Some of it is based on William Shakespeare's Midnight Dream. The plot is pretty and dangerous. Beware of twist...

After long days, weeks, and months of unwavering patience, I am horribly disappointed by Of Triton. It's a highly anticipated sequel to Of Poseidon, the first book in the series. Of Poseidon started off beautifully. Every word, every sentence, every page, every chapter fits perfectly like a puzzle. ...

Confession: I'm reading Cross My Heart, Hope to Die only because I just want some clues hinting the identity of Sutton Mercer's killer. Cross My Heart, Hope to Die seem to have the same M.O. as the previous books. Emma finds a suspect, the suspect is...