Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Ratings: 4 of 5 stars

That is the BEST last line I have read in a while. I have been a fan of Maggie Stiefvater for years now. I read the Books of Faerie, The Wolves of Mercy Falls, and The Scorpio Races and they all have been totally awesome and different. So I was thinking what new could she put in this book? and the answer was...
Blue Sargent has grown up in a household of psychic women, who have always told her that she will cause her true love to die. Once a year, she and her mother go to a churchyard to communicate with the soon-to-be-dead. Blue doesn't have the same clairvoyance her mother has, yet she sees the spirit of a boy named Gansey. The bad news:
“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve. ... Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”
Uh-oh.
As usual, M.Stiefvater creates a rich atmosphere in her story, full of mystery and intrigue. Her writing is gorgeous and creates clear mental images. Also, I was ecstatic that she wrote this book in the third person. Before this, a majority of her books were written in multiple first-person perspectives.So anyway, I was very impressed and can't wait for the sequels.
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Review: Barely Breathing By Rebecca Donovan

Barely Breathing By Rebecca Donovan

Ratings: 5 of 5 stars

I am very sleep deprived, having been up all night reading this book but I must say this book was just as intense and emotional for me as the first.  
                                               
The sequel picks up months after Emma's attack from the Evil Bitch from hell "aka" Carol, and Emma has now made the decision to live with her mother Rachel and start over. Emma soon realizes this will not be easy as her mother is still an alcoholic who likes to get in a drunken stupor and bring home random guys from bars. Emma begins to hide things(again) from her bestie Sara and her sweet, handsome and caring boyfriend Evan. But neither is a fool.While Emma struggles with her existence/reason for breathing she still has to take care of her drunk mommy, school,sports and her sanity. Her sanity which is wearing thin thanks to Rachel and her drunk hurtful comments that she can never recall once sober. 
The last 25% of this book has twist and turns i could have never predicted and the ending was a TOTAL SHOCKER. I cannot wait for book 3 this ending was not the one i wanted.
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Review: The Evolution of Mara Dyer By Michelle Hodkin

The Evolution of Mara Dyer By Michelle Hodkin                                                                            Ratings:3.5 of 5 stars

 I actually loved this book. More than the first one anyway.Now that I had an idea what was actually going on, I started to suspect a lot of things , but I don't think I could have guessed the end. I was close but i didn't see THAT coming in the end.Mara in this book, was let's just say, funny and in a way messed up as she was in the last book.
 If you thought Mara's life in the first book was mind-wracking, confusing, and weird, then her life in the second book just got a whole lot crazier.There is her, believed to be dead, ex stalking her, crazy dolls appearing everywhere, nervous and paranoid parents, some kind of crazy dream haunting and a bunch of other voodoo-istic/creeptastic events transpiring in her life which she seems to have lost control over.
Overall, the plot-line was crazy, twisted, unexpected, and a hell of a marvelous ride. Pieces of information were thrown at you one after another and sometimes, even though it was hard to keep up with, Miss Hodkin made it possible. A word of warning: The cliffhanger is even worse than The Unbecoming so be ready .
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Review: Out of Breath By Rebecca Donovan

Out of  Breath By Rebecca Donovan

Rating:3.5 of 5 stars

This book was a whole new level of disappointing. I am seriously hurt this series was one of my absolute favorites......until this book was released.The only good this book was the guys and how the different POVs were written.Normally I would agree that Rebecca Donovan is an exceptional writer who basically holds all your emotions in the palm of her hands while you are reading her books. Perhaps, too much expectation went into this book because of the high standard we are accustomed to from her.
It has been two years since Emma left Evan and went off to college but she is not the girl she used to be. She is just a shell of her previous self . Emma isn’t living, she is just Breathing. With the help of her roommates, Emma is forced into doing things and trying to bring some excitement into her life.This is how Emma meets Cole.(I will not elaborate but felt really sorry for Cole throughout the book) When Emma gets the call that her mother killed herself she is forced to go to her home town that she ran away from, which eventually leads to breaking her down even more. Memories of what happened eat at Emma alive and she wants to numb the pain…with alcohol? yes alcohol. Enter Evan......... and the rest you will have to read yourself.
Emma was frustrating at times, so much that I wanted to scream at her or shake her out of it.Who was this IMPOSTER and what had she done with the EMMA we knew???The story felt Unfinished .I blinked, literally and it was over????!!!!
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Review: As Dead As It Gets By Katie Alender

As Dead As It Gets By Katie Alender

Rating:4 of 5 stars

I couldn't put this book down. This series has been a solid ‘hit’ from Book One, and each and every step of the way seems to get better and better.

Alexis is trying to deal with the fact that she witnessed Lydia Small’s death at the hands of some truly supernatural powers. Although most people believe that Alexis was actually a killer in this scenario, the truth is far worse.Not only is Alexis now being stalked by Lydia’s ghost, she is also seeing yellow roses appear - Lydia’s signature flower - to let Alexis know that she’s planning her revenge. Girls are soon disappearing, with rose left behind for others to find, but is Lydia the mastermind behind everything? Add in the fact that Alexis can no longer even pick up her beloved camera because of all the rotting and decaying bodies she now sees appearing in the lens - and you have a girl who must remain super strong in order to find and solve the mystery of a murderer who could be either dead…or alive.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this book. It is so good!! I was a little worried at first, because I felt the plot wasn't moving fast enough for me but then it got very fast-paced and interesting. . I was actually creeped out while reading certain sections, which is awesome. So people out there grab your copies and start reading.
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Review : This Girl By Colleen Hoover

This Girl By Colleen Hoover

Rating: 5 of 5 stars(would have given more if possible)

THIS. BOOK. IS. PHENOMENAL. Books like this are the reason why I love reading. This Girl was the perfect final chapter to a magnificent series that will forever reside on my all time favorites shelf. This story was so beautifully written that I almost wanted to highlight the entire book.

Colleen Hoover has outdone herself (again). She managed to take a story that we love(Slammed) and retell it from the hero’s POV while still making every single word of it feel new, fresh and powerful.The book actually takes place after Point of Retreat and is a continuation of their story in that respect. But, a major part of the book, is Lake asking Will what his perspective was on a lot of the things they went through together, and asking him things about himself that neither she nor us (the readers) knew.

Do you need to re-read Slammed and Point of Retreat before reading this? No. But you do need to read them at least once first? For sure!This book was perfect from start to finish.
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Review: Evernight By Claudia Gray

Evernight By Claudia Gray

 Ratings 1.5 of 5 stars

I didn't like this book at all . this book is......wierd. in a bad way. They go through half the book and they make Bianca out like she doesn't know anything about what’s happening at the school, and then BANG, all of a sudden, well she knows everything, and had all the time.
Evernight follows Bianca, a shy and socially awkward girl who is sent to Evernight Academy with her parents when they get jobs there. She doesn't fit in at all, you have the in-group who are posh, snobby and bitchy who Bianca really doesn't fit in with and then you have the out-casts who she doesn't feel like she fits in with at all. Then she meets Lucas, he is dreamy and drop-dead gorgeous(Can the author be anymore obvious?). They bond immediately and start falling for each other really quickly(totally unexpected right?). However, it turns out that they are both keeping secrets from each other, deadly ones that could put the other in immediate danger.
 Bianca meets Lucas ONCE, and I don't know if you all believe in love at first sight, but seriously! She's like dreaming about how much she loves him, and she's supposed to be shy?? The author knew what she wanted in the end, and in the beginning, and a few places in the middle, but she couldn't think of anything to go between the places she had planned out. I am not expecting much from the sequel and i hope others like it more than I did.
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Review:Throne Of Glass By Sarah J.Mass

Throne Of Glass By Sarah J.Mass

Rating:4 of 5 stars

This book was astonishingly good.With a notorious female assassin as a main character, Thone of Glass redefines the meaning of impressive.
Celaena Sardothien is Ardalan’s greatest assassin, both beautiful and deadly but she made a mistake, she got caught and after serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes where most only live for a few months she is dragged before the Crown Prince who offers her freedom. The price? she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin and win.The determination, wit and pure strength that resonated in Celaena’s character made her instantly one of my favourite female protagonists of all time. She is not only intelligent but is also unexpectedly girly. One moment she will fawn over luscious dresses and another she can have her makeshift hairpin dagger to your throat.
With such a well-crafted set of fleshed-out characters, it was near impossible to disengage from the story. Sarah J Maas has delivered a truly captivating story with four e-novellas also available (which I am determined to read as soon as possible) I am already eagerly anticipating the sequel.
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Review:From Bad To Cursed By Katie Alender

From Bad To Cursed By Katie Alender

Rating:3.5 of 5 stars

From Bad to Cursed is the sequel to the first book in the Bad Girls Don't Die series., The story brings back pink-haired Alexis Warren, and her formerly possessed sister Kasey who has just been sprung from a mental institution and is now trying hard to fit back in school and in her attempt she joins the Sunshine Club.

On the surface, the sunshine club seems rather pathetic: girls getting together to better themselves, to be prettier, and to make better fashion choices. When her sister's sworn enemy decides to join her club, Alexis is immediately suspicious. After learning that the club is centered around an entity named Aralt, Alexis and her friend Megan decide to infiltrate the club and destroy the source of its power, an ancient book written in a foreign language. However, joining the club means taking an oath, and taking an oath means to sell their soul to the entity. Suddenly, life is too easy for Alexis. She's pretty, popular, and powerful, and she'd rather die than give it up.
This book did not disappoint my expectations and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a read that keeps you on the edge of your seat in anticipation for the rest of the story. 

Review: Point of Retreat By Colleen Hoover

Point of Retreat By Colleen Hoover

Rating: 5 of 5 stars

WOW this was the perfect sequel to Slammed! (If you haven't read Slammed... well, you shouldn't be reading reviews for the sequel! So go away and read Slammed, and then we'll talk, k?) Colleen Hoover, where have you been all my life???

Layken and Will have proved their love can get them through anything; until someone from Will’s past re-emerges, leaving Layken questioning the very foundation on which their relationship was built. Will is forced to face the ultimate challenge…to prove his love for the girl he can't live without.
This series is definitely going on my favorites pile. I cant believe I cried, laughed, giggled, squirmed, and swooned so many times in every possible way! I can't believe I waited so long to read it.
...and now I cannot wait for This Girl!! I want to read it NOW .

Review : The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer By Michelle Hodkin

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer By Michelle Hodkin

Rating:3.5 of 5 stars

This was a crazy, twisted and beautiful read. When I was about to read this book no one even mentioned that there might be paranormal stuff involved .
 Mara is a bit on edge when she wakes up in the hospital and finds that she doesn't remember what happened the night when her friends were killed and why she was the only one who survived. She and her family move to Florida to get away from everything which is when life gets a little more weird for Mara. People start showing up dead when she wishes them dead and she is still getting flashbacks of  the night her friends died.
Some parts of the story are just so obvious and some characters (eg - Mara's little brother) has just been added for some specific part(in his case to be kidnapped).
This book all leads up to an ending that is unexpected and left me wondering What?! How did that happen?!  You may feel a little off balance at the end of this one, but I truly think that's part of the reason that it is so good.
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Review: Lament By Maggie Stiefvater

Lament By Maggie Stiefvater
Rating:4 of 5 stars

I decided to pick up Lament because I am a big fan of Ms. Stiefvater's, Shiver. Not only did Lament blow me away, but it is one of the best faerie books I have had the pleasure to read.
Deirdre Monaghan is a gifted musician, she goes through the everyday notions of practicing for performances and satisfying her callous mother. Right before her performance at a musical competition, Dee experiences her usual bout of nausea and quickly vacates to the nearest restroom. As she is puking her guts out, a cool set of hands kindly holds her hair back. As unappealing as that first meeting may seem, things get even stranger when Deirdre discovers that Luke is a faerie assassin who was sent to kill her by the faerie queen.Now Deirdre has to decide if Luke's feelings towards her are real, or only a way to lure her deeper into the world of Faerie.
This book is as enjoyable as enjoyable gets and I would highly recommend.

Review: The Scorpio Races By Maggie Stiefvater

The Scorpio Races By Maggie Stiefvater

Rating: 4.5 of  5 stars

This book is purely amazing . The story is highly character driven and legend induced.

People on the fictional island Thisby live and breathe for the wild and bloodthirsty water horses, the capaill uisce.The capaill uisce may be stunningly beautiful, but all you have to do is turn your back on them for one short second, and their teeth will already be deep inside your flesh.
Kate “Puck” Connoly and her two brothers lost both their parents when a bloodthirsty capall uisce attacked them on the sea. Ever since, the three of them survive by fixing things for other people, making teapots, helping in the local store and doing anything and everything to put some butter and flour in their pantry. But when the oldest brother, Gabe, the only one with a steady job, decides to leave the island, and Benjamin Malvern,the richest man on the island, threatens to take their house away, Puck sees no other choice but to join the dangerous race in order to save her house, and maybe even prevent her brother from leaving.
At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He has won the races four out of six times. Sean works for Benjamin Malvern and his obnoxious son Mutt. The only thing stopping him from leaving the Malverns is Corr, the capall uisce that is Sean’s only family. This year more than ever Sean has to win the races because if he wins, Benjamin Malvern will finally sell him Corr.
The Scorpio Races is one of those books that you can read as much as you want about and raise your expectations to seemingly unreachable levels, but nothing can prepare you for the story within its pages so for everyone reading this review should go and get themselves a copy.