Where She Went By Gayle Forman

Ratings:4.5 of 5 stars

Wow! Where She Went is an intense and breathtaking read.This story really got under my skin. It consumed my thoughts and I HAD TO read it all in one sitting otherwise I would have been a complete mess.

In Where She Went, we face the aftermath of the recovery and begin to wonder whether Mia really survived the crash as it becomes evident that choosing to live is only half the battle. This story takes place three years after the crash and Mia’s physical recovery. She’s a rising star at Juilliard and Adam is a celebrity of the rock band Shooting Star that finds himself at a crossroads. The story is told in Adam’s perspective and begins the night he makes a choice to revisit the muse of his success after Mia left him.  Chance brings them together for one more night and this novel chronicles those precious twenty-four hours together and Mia and Adam get down to what’s really important. What an incredibly insightful look at the grieving process, and a realistically stark one at that. I know that I felt that loss as I read, felt the powerlessness, but I also felt the hope, the ambition to live and love.I loved reading from Adam's point of view. The writing was so, so good. Some moments were really intense. And I felt like I could feel everything he was going through. His love, anger, loneliness, and anxiety. 

So now, all I’m saying is Thank you, Gayle Forman. You've given me characters that made me hurt, made me sad, and finally made me smile.

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Review: If I Stay By Gayle Forman

If I Stay By Gayle Forman

Ratings:4.5 of 5 stars

Cascade of emotions just poured on me throughout the book.I literally buried my face and cried a little at the end.Seriously, it was painfully beautiful.This book is bittersweet. Hot and cold, funny and depressing, heart-warming and sob-inducing. It's the perfect roller-coaster, a prime example of how powerful writing can be. I adored everything about it except that there is no real plot to the book.

If I Stay is a journey through life and death, in the eyes of a young girl who has lost just about everything.Although I’d read the synopsis multiple times, I never really “got” what the story was until I read the first chapter when it all happens.Mia and her family, father, Mother and younger brother go for a drive on a sunny morning after a light snowfall the night before. In a moment, their world is turned upside down in the form of a devastating car crash.Mia finds herself watching her mangled body being pulled from the crash and follows what takes place in the hospital as she decides if she should stay in this life or to move on like the rest of her family.
Lastly, the struggle in this book is all Mia’s, lest I try to make anyone think otherwise. This story is hers, and we accompany her on the journey -- however ridden with pain and uncertainty it is. The title itself is far more telling than one would assume.

This book was beautiful. Packed with so much living, dying, loving, crying....Not necessarily
in that order.Read for yourself to find out which path Mia takes. ;) Really, it’s a book that you won’t regret reading.
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Review: Losing Hope By Colleen Hoover

Losing Hope By Colleen Hoover

Rating : 5 of 5 stars

It. Was. Perfect.
Just when I thought it couldn’t get better, Colleen Hoover comes and just knocks it out of the park! Colleen Hoover can do no wrong in my book. I've read and loved each and every single one of her books and they were all brilliant, and Losing Hope was no exception. Hopeless was one of my favorite books of 2012 and reading the story again from Holder's POV made me exactly remember why.

This is Holder's story. You need to understand just how much I mean those words. This is HIS story. This isn't just Hopeless from Holder's POV, this is his story during Hopeless, his story before Hopeless, and his story apart from Hopeless. Okay, I will not explain the story behind this book because it’s almost the same as in the first book with a few additions here and there.But we get to see/read about two new characters, Les and Daniel.Well Les is not really new but we get to know her a little better here.

I will only say that this was already an amazing story under Hope/Sky’s POV and it was even a greater one under Holder’s. Oh, how I love his mind and the fact that he never actually loses hope.Although this book was sadder than the first with the entire Les story and the letters, it was also better and had the addition of some great characters.

Finally,I was positive that Ms. Hoover would NOT make me cry in this book like she did in Hopeless.I was so wrong. When I read Lesslie's letter to her brother it made me tear up. Big time.
If you liked the first, you really can’t miss this one so if you haven’t read it yet.
I advise you to do it fast.
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Review: Prodigy By Marie Lu

Prodigy By Marie Lu

Ratings: 5 of 5 stars

Why Marie Lu? Why do you torture us? I have to wait until November 5th 2013 for the sequel????No!!!!

Back to the review.
Prodigy exceeded my expectations by a mile. Finishing Prodigy gave me goosebumps. I mean after building up the emotions throughout two books, this major cliffhanger happens? Marie Lu you evil genius!

June and Day, our heroes, head to Las Vegas, the military city of the republic, where they're welcomed into the fold of the Patriots, who are anti-Republic revolutionaries. They begin hatching a plan to assassinate the new Elector,  who came into power after the old Elector suddenly died. This plan involves June and Day being pushed around like chess pieces, and along the way they discover secrets about the plan, the Republic and themselves that forces them to question everything they believe is true. And the ending! The ending completely blindsided me. I didn't know what the hell to make of it. It just happened, this huge bombshell, and I was left reeling. 

The story Lu wrote was full of twists and turns and there were a lot of things that happened that I could not guess beforehand. I didn’t even know who the actual evil person was until June figured it out.With amazing characters, an awesome storyline, and dynamic narrations, Prodigy was probably one of the best sequels I have ever read. 


I was absolutely heartbroken about Metias, and the truth about his death.I still hate Commander Jameson, because of everything she did to Day, and i hate Thomas with passion  btw, Kaede kicks ass in this book.I love both June and Day because they are so amazing and I wish that I could do half of the stuff that they can do.
 If you haven't read this series or this book, read it right now. You must or you haven't lived a full life!!
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Review : Stolen By Lucy Christopher

Stolen By Lucy Christopher

Ratings: A very unsure 3.5 of 5 stars

Where to even begin with a review on a story like this...
Let me start off by saying that this was not an easy story to read. I do want to say, however, that Stolen was not what I expected. When I went into it, I was almost expecting an eventual romance, but there is none and I'm glad there isn't. Stolen is a novel of abduction, but it is also a novel of hope and faith and beauty. I only really fell in love with Stolen seven pages from the end; until then, I was on the fence ready to bolt if necessary.

The story starts with Gemma sitting at a coffee shop in the Bangkok airport checking out an apparently random but seemingly familiar guy. Little did she know that this guy knew her better than any other living person in the world.They strike up a conversation and the next thing she knows she's drugged, kidnapped and brought to the middle of nowhere.Stolen is written as a letter from the kidnapped young girl, Gemma, to the man who took her from her family and the life she knew, Ty.
*(spoiler alert)*
It's like having the devil and angel on your shoulder! So, yes, he kidnapped her. But he also loved her passionately. He knew he was going to go to prison, but he chose to stay by her side and save her life. That's what I loved about him the most. The fact that he ran miles to save her life.

Ugh, I'm getting conflicted again.

The way the author has written it, the story seems much more realistic than many other captivity stories I've read so far.Again, I can't really express my feelings about this book, but it was definitely one of  the most intense book I've ever read. I couldn't put it down so thanks Yashika for recommending this book to me.
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Review : Legend By Marie Lu

 Legend By Marie Lu

Rating:4.5 of 5 stars

Legend by Marie Lu has officially become a legend in my mind. From the very first page I was drawn into this story. The opening sentence is "My mother thinks I'm dead." Right away I was pulled into this story of Day and his quest to heal his family from the plague. A few chapters and there was no going back.

Day,the republic's most wanted criminal, has lived a rough life growing up in the slums, and he risks his life every day to make sure his family has enough food and the other necessities needed to survive. It would be easy to become a cruel and uncaring criminal, but Day never loses his kindness and compassion. June, the Republic's greatest prodigy, has grown up in a rich district to an elite family. While she is loyal to the military and the government, her older brother Metias is the one she would do anything for. Because of their different upbringings, June doesn't have the same experiences and views of the world as Day. June isn't lacking compassion, but she is naive and ends up placing her trust with people she has always believed in, never excepting the cruelty they are capable of. They never had a reason to cross paths until the day Metias is found dead and the blame is put on Day.

The book had a nice balance of action and development and even a bit romance. I was never underwhelmed by the story. The action had me on the edge of my seat. In most books with dual points of views, I always like one of them better. I skim through the part that I didn't like until I came to the section of the character that I like. In Legend, I gobbled up every word of both points of view and loved every minute of it. I recommended it to those who love action packed dystopias, but aren't too picky about plot or characters.
Book 2 - let's see what you got!
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Review: Midnight Frost By Jennifer Estep

Midnight Frost By Jennifer Estep

Ratings: 4 of 5 stars

I was so glad to get back to reading a new book in one of my the favorite series EVER! I absolutely LOVED it!
Gwen Frost is back and still fighting the good fight. She's been through hell --and is still recovering from near-death at the hands of her boyfriend. It's not easy. She can't sleep without having nightmares; she can't walk around without people staring and whispering. But she won't curl up and quit.
When one of the Reapers poisons her boss at the library, there's no doubt the search for a cure will lead to a trap.This book has very much of a questing feel to it; the characters must basically journey to the antidote location while dodging traps, acquire the antidote and then journey back. It’s a very simple plot and very predictable. If it’s the “worst and most dangerous course to take” Gwen takes that path immediately...as I said that makes thing predictable.
In this book Gwen is treated a lot better than in previous books, because of her actions in the last book she has risen to more of a celebrity type status. We learn more about Gwen’s dad in this book and the true story behind how he was killed. It adds a bit of depth to Gwen.Although the part of the book that is a bit frustrating is that in every book Gwen faces off with Vivian and Agora, and every book the baddies escape Gwen by a hair. This happens multiple times a book and I am beginning to think that our heroes will never get it together enough to actually face off and defeat Loki.
I look forward for the 6th installment in this series that has quickly become one of my top 10 favorites of all time.

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Review:The Fault in Our Stars By John Green

The Fault in Our Stars By John Green

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 stars

Well, guess what - "I'm not cryyyyying! It's just been raining on my face..." This book was amazing and terrible and heart wrenching and hilarious. It was everything at once, making it that much more beautiful and difficult to read. Just thinking of the words "lit up like a Christmas tree" bring waves of emotions over me.This book is about love, friendship, fight, hope and life. And about infinites.

Hazel is a 16 year old girl with stage IV thyroid cancer, and has been living with an oxygen tank since she was first diagnosed at 12. She realizes she is going to die, but she is on a drug that is keeping the tumors at bay. At a support group meeting she meets hottie Augustus Waters, who is in remission. They immediately hit it off and change each others lives drastically.

I just loved how the author made me laugh so much. I mean, I was reading a book about kids with cancer, I wasn’t supposed to be laughing but I did. I did because those damn characters camped in my heart and they are planning to stay there forever.This is probably one of the best and most real love stories I’ve ever read in my entire life. I will never EVER forget this book.I would just like to say that you have to go out and buy this book right now. Don't even bother borrowing it from a library, because you're going to want to reread it at least thrice also keep a box of tissues with you while reading it will be a great help to you.
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Review : Strange Angels By Lili St. Crow

Strange Angels By Lili St. Crow

Rating:3 of 5 stars

The book was a slow start to something even better, by the end of the book I was heavily anticipating the next novel, Betrayals.

The book is about Dru, whose father is a hunter of sorts - except he hunts otherworldly beings in the Real World. Dru is pretty confident about her living situation until a zombie infiltrates her house and attacks her. Now Dru not only has to survive until she can find help against the deadly forces trying to kill her but also find out why they want her dead so badly.

The issue with the story is that some things are so over described that alot of times I wanted to throw my kindle(but well I can't really do that) While I liked the story, I didn't really get into it until the last third of the book when Christophe was introduced. Not that he was my favorite character - I just felt the story really came alive in the last part.
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