April started off as a really good reading month, but ended up not being so great towards the end because that's when I went into a reading slump that I couldn't really get out of it. I spent this month trying to catch up to my Goodreads goal so I read a lot of shorter books. It would've worked out if I kept it up but unfortunately, life had other plans. But, reviews! Reviews Bossman by Vi Keeland I don't know what it was about this book that didn't do it for me. I really thought this was going to be another one of those steamy books I love, but for the most part, it was okay. I think the past vs. present story line wasn't something I really enjoyed. While I get that the author was trying to show the tragic past of the male protagonist, I felt like it was dragged on too long. It could've been told as a prologue and then I would've felt more attachment seeing his side of the story as well. I found this to be a little predictable and overall meh in the sex...
And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny. But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble begins, and someone, or something, starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects: Harry Potter himself?
Confession time: I didn't like Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that much
I KNOW.
I'm not sure if maybe I never noticed before, but Chamber of Secrets is probably my least favorite book in the series. It makes me a little sad.
A lot of sad actually.
But it's a different experience reading these now that I am not very close to Harry Potter's age, and I'm only just realizing how crazy dangerous some of these events are and he's just a child (again, I feel so McGonagall saying that, but it's true!)
I have to also admit that there were a few things that I disliked, and even found a little annoying. For example, I didn't really like Dobby, who never really bothered me before. I never really adored him or anything but now I had a difficult time seeing what the appeal was to him in the first place. Is that terrible?
Just writing this is depressing me, but I'll point out that I am rating this one three stars this time around which is lower than I ever thought I would rate a Harry
I am looking forward to reading the third book in the series, but also a little terrified. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is one of my favorites (the favorite) because it introduces the character of Sirius Black (who is for sure, my favorite) but what if I don't love it as much?! I'm scared I'll come to the end of the series and feel like I've been living a lie LOL.
That's impossible, though...right?
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