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Hexed by Michelle Krys

Hexed

Author: Michelle Krys

Genre: Paranormal

Pages: 384

Publisher: Delacorte Press

If high school is all about social status, Indigo Blackwood has it made. Sure, her quirky mom owns an occult shop, and a nerd just won’t stop trying to be her friend, but Indie is a popular cheerleader with a football-star boyfriend and a social circle powerful enough to ruin everyone at school. Who wouldn’t want to be her?

Then a guy dies right before her eyes. And the dusty old family Bible her mom is freakishly possessive of is stolen. But it’s when a frustratingly sexy stranger named Bishop enters Indie’s world that she learns her destiny involves a lot more than pom-poms and parties. If she doesn’t get the Bible back, every witch on the planet will die. And that’s seriously bad news for Indie, because according to Bishop, she’s a witch too.

Suddenly forced into a centuries-old war between witches and sorcerers, Indie’s about to uncover the many dark truths about her life—and a future unlike any she ever imagined on top of the cheer pyramid.

Rate: 8.5/10.0

Indigo….you’re awesome. WICKED! For me thats only the word that can describe this book 😉 Haha see what I did there. Of course you did. So this book was…..I loved it. It was fantastic. It has been such a long time since I’ve read a witch book, but I am so glad that I found it. The last really great witch book that I read with Residue Laury Falter and since you all know that I loved that book, I am officially saying that I think (I think) that I like this book better than Residue (even though Residue what fantastic) It was funny, wicked, and witty. And one of the great things about this story was the characters. they were just so complex and all had their own very unique personalities that makes you love every single one (except the cheerleader and Indie’s boyfriend.)

Lets start with Indigo. I loved her. She had so much characters development throughout the entire book and  loved every single thing she faced. She started out as the perky cheerleaders who wouldn’t be in danger for her life. and by the end of the book she turned out to be such a funny girly badass. Girly badass. She was also so smart. If you read the book and you saw what happened at the end with that plan. You know that plan. Yeah that one. The one that was ALL Indie’s idea. SO SMART! I did not see that coming. I’m so proud *wipes tear* she’s grown up so fast.

Then there is Bishop. Bishop. Bishop. You have been added to the fictional boyfriend list. First I have to admit he was a bit. Just a tiny bit. To self-centered for me, but he grew on me. He turned out so sweet and witty and just plain awesomeness. Plus him and Indie together. I SHIP THEM SOOOOO HARD!!! I was a bit annoyed with them during the course of the middle of the book because of what happened while they were training but then they fixed everything and everything turned out to be okay and everything I read turned out to be fantastic and it was just a very happy meal.

Now for the rest of the characters. The cheerleader and the boyfriend. Just stop okay. I don’t like them. AT ALL. Annoying since the first page. The mother was just the sweetest thing ever, I really wish we got see more of her in the book. I loved Aunt Penny. She was amazing. But as I continued to read the book I started to dislike her even more. I was a bit mixed with her, and I don’t know how I’m going to feel about her in the second book.

Overall the book was fantastic and I am so excited for the rest of the series. There is so many people I would recommend this book too especially all of you. just read it! Take a chance on it. It was amazing for me maybe it will be amazing for you too 🙂

“And I just know that this memory will be forever burned into my brain, because this kind of magic – the kind that can’t be conjured with a spell, where everything is just right, and all your problems vanish for three perfect minutes – doesn’t happen everyday.”
― Michelle Krys, Hexed

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Gabi’s Rants #4 Queen of Ships

So from the about me page you probably know that I am a professional fangirl and shipper. So I feel like I deserve the be called the Queen of Ships. Okay its storytime with Gabi. So recently I read this book that I am not going to name because it might spoil the book for you guys. So I read it, and I loved it. I loved the story behind it and the characters but there was one thing that REALLY bothered me. I did not ship the main two characters. I didn’t think they were OTP material, and when I’m on Goodreads I see people shipping them, calling them OTP, fangirling over them, and then there is me. Just sitting there shaming myself for thinking that I am a professional shipper. So after I read the first one I actually got myself an ARC copy of the second copy through NetGalley. Again I LOVED IT, but it was mainly for one reason. We meet another guy, and guess what. I SHIP THAT GUY WITH HER. THEY ARE OTP. He is literally the definition of perfection, and yes he is personated as the “bad guy” but………GUESS WHAT THEY GET TOGETHER. Yes there is the third book still but I am 99.999% sure that they end up being together by the end of the series. Now I was practically patting myself on the back throughout this entire book. So please call me the Queen of Ships, because I practically have solid evidence over here. But that wasn’t the only time this happened. If you read the Shatter Me Trilogy the same thing happened. If you haven’t read it yet shame on you. Not only that I didn’t like Adam from the beginning. I could tell that he was hiding something and I LOVED Warner since the beginning. Sure he was the “bad guy” but but but but I LOVED HIM. So once again I prove myself with these ships. Wessa, Kaemon, Moah, Darper, Crorne, and a million more. (Ignore the 5th Wave series and Red Queen)  There isn’t one book that I don’t find a way to have a OTP. Fictional or Nonfictional I’ll find a way. Other than that GIVE ME A CROWN RIGHT NOW, AT THIS EXACT MOMENT THAT LOOKS LIKE A SHIP AND CALL ME THE QUEEN OF SHIPS. 

April TBR List

So it has come to do this. That I have so many books on my TBR shelf that I actually need to make a post about this. But I do my TBR list has grown and grown and now I’m flooding with ebooks and wants to reads and now I making this post. So my goal is to read 4 books this month because I will be on a slight vacation and if I complete my challenge book I will pat myself on the back. 

 

  1.   Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins

Life is almost back to normal for Harper Price. The Ephors have been silent   after their deadly attack at Cotillion months ago, and best friend Bee has returned after a mysterious disappearance. Now Harper can return her focus to the important things in life: school, canoodling with David, her nemesis-turned-ward-slash-boyfie, and even competing in the Miss Pine Grove pageant.

Unfortunately, supernatural chores are never done. The Ephors have decided they’d rather train David than kill him. The catch: Harper has to come along for the ride, but she can’t stay David’s Paladin unless she undergoes an ancient trial that will either kill her . . . or connect her to David for life.

 

     2.  Reborn by Jennifer Rush

An action-packed, romantic, and suspenseful third book in the Altered series.

The Branch is in shambles, but Anna, Sam, Cas, and Nick can’t rest easy. Remnants of the organization lurk unseen and the flashbacks to their old lives are only getting stronger–especially Nick’s.

Following scattered memories and clues from his Branch file, Nick sets off alone in search of answers and in search of the girl who haunts his dreams. But the sleepy town where she lives in full of secrets and Nick soon learns that uncovering their shared past may have deadly consequences.

    3.  The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

A princess must find her place in a reborn world.

She flees on her wedding day.

She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor’s secret collection.

She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father.

She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan.

The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can’t abide. Like having to marry someone she’s never met to secure a political alliance.

Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—secrets that may unravel her world—even as she feels herself falling in love.

4. Safe by Dawn Husted

Post-apocalypse; Penelope Evans is eighteen, living in the Colony along with her family and other survivors. She finishes a day in the laboratory when her identification card begins flashing. This flash starts an upheaval of events leading further from her normality and towards the epic truth.

James Garak is attending the Academy where he works on achieving a higher rank. Nobody ever expects Penelope and James’ relationship to last long. A year later, they’re still together.

But when they are forced to run, Penelope’s world turns upside down as she discovers the truth that changes her life forever.

With lives at stake and guards on their trail, will they make it to safety? Will the dishonest lies behind the island’s bureaucracy shatter her existence or give her the drive to find a sister she never knew existed?

Challenge Book

Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they’re witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave.

Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word… especially after she finds her mother’s diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family’s destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate starts scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra.

If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren’t safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood—not even from each other.

 

 

Cress by Marissa Meyer

*warning contains spoilers if you haven’t read Cinder, Scarlet, or Cress yet read it then come back!*

Cress (Lunar Chronicles Quartet)

Author: Marissa Meyer

Genre: Sci-Fi

Pages: 550

Publisher: Feiwel and Friends

In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.

Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who’s only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.

Rate: 9.99999/10.0

    Oh my sour freaking skittles! People this is probably the best out of all the three that are out! Its wowww. You know how I know that this is true? Firstly, at exactly 7:45 this morning I was on page 27. 27! Right now 8:26 p.m. I finished this 550 page beauty. Now this is going to be a full spoiler review so if you didn’t see the warning at the top of the post I recommend you scoot your little butt out of here…..you gone. Okay. PEOPLE OF THIS PLANET EARTH LET ME JUST FANGIRL RANT THORNE AND CRESS RIGHT NOW. They are sooo adorable together. Thorne is like 10 times more Thorne and Cress is so shy and kinda nerd y like us and it just makes us so *squeals* Now don’t get me wrong I love Kai and Cinder, Wolf and Scarlet, butttttttt I think my favorite ship in this series is Cress and Thorne. Thorne is now officially added to my fictional boyfriend list. Sorry Cress.

    Now we start from the very beginning of the book and we meet Cress and right off the bat we know she is going to be so much fun to read about. She doesn’t know that much about Earth because she never been. She had been locked up in the satellite for the last 7 years. And we know in this book that she is going to be somehow in Earth. SO it was so much fun her kinda banter with Thorne when she was talking about how beautiful the sand was and he was like “I don’t know how you’re going to react when you see trees” When she was talking about her past and her mistress, and how her parents gave her up because she was shell. I was like “nuh uh honey” THIS IS ALL A LIE. YOUR PAST IS A LIE. When she was having that i think video chat with the crew, it was hilarious. You know that part where she is talking to them and then all of a sudden Wolf was like “I know how you feel about someone taking your love away. I mean I would be upset if someone took Scarlet away.” Woah dude! Thats soooo cutee. I squealed like the fangirl I am in that scene. Then Iko was like “AWWWWW Wolf just said he loved Scarlet. OTP!” (she didn’t say OTP but I wish she did.)

    Then the tragedy that is Scarlet and Wolf. After that scene everything went downhill for them and I felt so freaking bad. Scarlet got taken away by Cress’ Mistress, Wolf became the “old Wolf” because his beloved Alpha (see what I did there 😉 was missing. Oh my those scene where Scarlet was getting tortured I was so “No don’t do that to her! I will go over there and kill you myself!” I think that Wolf was hit the hardest in this book. Sure Scarlet did get tortured. Thorne said to Cress not love him, Kai mistrusted Cinder at first. Yet my heart was yearning for Wolf. I wish by the 5th chapter in Winter he just goes to Scarlet somehow. (Please Marissa will you make my shipping heart happy?)

   Then we have Ms. Cinder and Mr.Kai. For the first few parts of the book I was bit annoyed with Kai. He didn’t try to look for Cinder in any way, shape, or form. SHE LOOKED FOR HIM THOUGH SO ITS ALL GOOD. I feel that my favorite Cinder/Kai scene was when she told him that she was Princess Selene and then he asked “You’re not messing with my mind now right” and she said and then HE JUST GRABS HER FACE AND KISSES HER. Again my little shipping heart was happy.

  Yet seriously people I can not wait any longer anymore for Winter even though I literally just finished Cress now. So if you have read the book PLEASE tell me your favorite scenes. There was so many good ones! Winter is coming out this Winter and its a 800 page beauty and I’m just like *sigh*. So I’ll wait. I will try and wait for Winter. I know that there is a novella for Queen Levana’s backstory but I’m a little eh. When it comes to that. I heard half and half. I heard its worth the read and I heard it isn’t. So is it? Anyways if you can not tell I LOVED THIS BOOK and I hope that you guys enjoyed it as much as I did 🙂

“Captain?”
“Yeah?”
“Do you think it was destiny that brought us together?”
He squinted and, after a thoughtful moment, shook his head. “No. I’m pretty sure it was Cinder.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress“He froze, becoming stone still. As the hover climbed the hill to the palace, his shoulders sank, and he returned his gaze to the window. “She’s my alpha,” he murmured, with a haunting sadness in his voice.
Alpha.

Cress leaned forward, propping her elbows on her knees, “Like the star?”

“What star?”

She stiffened, instantly embarrassed, and scooted back from him again. “Oh. Um. In a constellation, the brightest star is called the alpha. I thought maybe you meant that she’s…like…your brightest star.” Looking away, she knotted her hands in her lap, aware that she was blushing furiously now and this beast of a man was about to realize what an over-romantic sap she was.

But instead of sneering or laughing, Wolf sighed, “Yes,” he said, his gaze climbing up to the full moon that had emerged in the blue evening sky. “Exactly like that.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“It’s all right,” said Wolf. “You loved her. I would have felt the same if someone wanted to erase Scarlet’s identity and give it to Levana’s army.

Scarlet stiffened, feeling heat rushing into her cheeks. He certainly wasn’t insinuating….

“Aaaaw,” squealed Iko. “Did Wolf just say he loves Scarlet? That’s so cute!”

Scarlet cringed. “He did not-that wasn’t-” She balled her fists against her sides. “Can we get back to these soldiers that are being rounded up, please?”

“Is she blushing? She sounds like she’s blushing.”

“She’s blushing,” Thorne confirmed, shuffling the cards. “Actually, Wolf is looking a little flustered.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“I promise, I will not let you die without being kissed.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“Cress?”
“It’s beautiful out there.”
A hesitation, before, “Could you be more specific?”
“The sky is gorgeous, intense blue color.” She pressed her fingers to the glass and traced the wavy hills on the horizon.
“Oh, good. You’ve really narrowed it down for me.”
“I’m sorry, it’s just…” She tried to stamp down the rush of emotion. “I think we’re in a desert.”
“Cactuses and tumbleweeds?”
“No just a lot of sand. It’s kind of orangish-gold, with hints of pink, and I can see tiny clouds of it floating above the ground, like…like smoke.”
“Piles up in lots of hills?”
“Yes, exactly! And it’s beautiful.”
Thorne snorted. “If this is how you feel about a desert, I can’t wait until you see your first real tree. Your mind will explode.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

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Ruby Red Trilogy by Kerstin Gier

  • Ruby Red
  • Sapphire Blue
  • Emerald Green

Author: Kerstin Gier

Genre: Fantasy

Pages: 336 pgs (Ruby Red)

Publisher: Henry Holt

 

Gwyneth Shepherd’s sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era!

Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon–the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust.

 

Rate: 8.5/10.0

Woah there. I loved this series. WOWW! I don’t know how long I’ve been procrastinating reading this series’. It was amaazzinggg! I don’t know why I do this. I put Cinder and Ruby Red for so long and now I read them and I am completely in love with it. Going back to the Ruby Red Trilogy though I went by this series so fast. I took me less than a week to complete the series. I was so into it. I loved the places that they visited, the characters, the time traveling. It was awesome. Out of all the books in the series I would have to say that the first one would be my favorite because its the original usually I like the original more than the rest of the series and there was just a lot more adventure and surprises in the first book. Don’t get me wrong though in the second and third book there are plenty of surprises going on.

So the characters. Let’s start off with the fantastical Gwen who is our protagonist, and my favorite character. She is witty, sarcastic, and a little bit socially awkward. So basically me. At first the story starts off with everyone thinking that Charlotte Gwen’s cousin is the one in the family that can time travel but then we found out that it’s actually Gwen “Nooooo, it can’t be Gwen it’s not like she’s our freaking main character or anything” *gives you the “really” look* Come on! By the first page you should know that this is one giant mistake. Charlotte (which I do not like whatsoever) can’t be the one with these amazing powers. Its impossible! Now let’s take a minute to discuss that annoying cousin named Charlotte……..how much I despise you its unreal! Hello! She’s your cousin! Gwen is your cousin! So don’t go all boo-hoo just because you found out that you don’t have powers!

Gideon. You can probably guess that I have already added him to my neverending list of fictional boyfriends by the first book. Okay now before we start the fangirling discussion about him I want you to search up on google “Douglas Booth”…..you done yet. Now tell me that he is Gideon. Is it just me! He is Gideon to me so you can thank me when you read the Trilogy for the second time and imagine him as Gideon. Your welcome. Coming back to Gideon, at first I was annoyed by him. Then I liked him, then at the end of the second book I was again annoyed with him, then he won me back in the beginning of the third book. If you have read the book you know exactly why he kinda annoyed me. So Gideon, he also has time-traveling abilities so he goes on missions with Gwen and he calls her Gwenny and its like…..its just….OTP!.

Story. You see Gideon and Gwen uncover the mysteries on this time traveling power and when they go back in time its like I was going back in time (cliche, right?) anyways the story just grabs you from the beginning I have to admit the first few chapters of the first book didn’t really grab me but I gave it time and by 7th chapter I was into it. So if you haven’t read this series yet (which I think you did because I was the one that has been living under a rock since 2011) READ IT! Its fun, cute, and shipping worthy. By the way when you are done with the book you can watch the movie! I know! I just found out about it last week BUT the only thing is, is that it’s in German so you will have to put English subtitles. So to end this..chocolate. I don’t know I’m hungry.

“You were talking to that niche in the wall again, Gwyneth. I saw you.”

“Yes, but it’s my favorite bit of wall, Gordon. I’d hurt its feelings if I didn’t stop and talk to it.”
― Kerstin Gier, Ruby Red

“The others can’t see me,” said the little ghost.

“I know,” I said. “My name’s Gwyneth. What’s yours?”

“Dr. White to you,” said Dr. White.

“I’m Robert,” said the ghost.

“That’s a very nice name,” I said.

“Thank you,” said Dr. White. “I’ll return the compliment by saying you have very nice veins.”
― Kerstin Gier, Ruby Red

“Maybe I should think of nothing at all? But that was passion impossible. As soon as I tried to thinking of anything, millions of ideas flooded my brain.”
― Kerstin Gier, Ruby Red

“Chin up! You’re a Montrose, and we stay calm and composed everywhere, always.”
― Kerstin Gier, Ruby Red

“True love knows no constraints, no locks or bars.
Past every obstacle it makes its way.
It spreads it wings to soar toward the stars,
No earthly power will make it stop or stay.”
― Kerstin Gier,

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Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Anna Dressed in Blood

Author: Kendare Blake

Genre: Paranormal

Pages: 316

Publisher: Tor Teen First Edition

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.

So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. They follow legends and local lore, destroy the murderous dead, and keep pesky things like the future and friends at bay.

Searching for a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas expects the usual: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, now stained red and dripping with blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home.

Yet she spares Cas’s life.

Rate: 8.9999999999/10.0

I finally found another paranormal for me to read. People this is my favorite genre to read from and its been so long since I read a paranormal. I also finally am reading from a male protagonist. SO many new things in this book. It was unique, fun, and fast paced. SO fast paced. The story behind the book was really interesting. A ghost hunter? Ghostbuster? He made a joke about that by the way in the book. Its a really interesting concept. A man is chosen to kill already dead things. the only thing that I didn’t really understand was that does he only kill evil ghosts. What if there is a ghost who is peacefully there? Will he still kill it? The only thing that I would really change is I am currently reading the second book and I think that they could’ve easily just mashed up the two books to make one. Either way the book is fantastic.

Cas is really something. Not like other boy characters that I have met before. He is a sarcastic guy like many many of my fictional boyfriends but this one is so much more focused on his job and protecting his mother. He is really a unique characters you come upon. He is dead set on killing these ghosts ever since his dad died, and that really set a trigger for him to not trust these ghosts. So it took a while before he could trust Anna (which we will get into in a minute) he was a closed book and he didn’t really open to other people without having a sarcastic remark in the sentence until the last quarter of the book.

I loved Anna. She is AWESOME. Yes she kills people. Yes she is a ghost. Yes she haunts a house. But that just makes her more cool with me. I knew ever since the beginning that she can’t control what she does. Something might’ve happened in the past that make sure this way. That end though. I really didn’t expect that. (Read the book to find out what I’m talking about.)

I also really liked Thomas. He reminded me so much of Simon from the TMI series, except he is more adventurous and a mind-reader. I also liked his “girlfriend” Carmel too. She is really sweet at first I thought that she would try to come between Cas and Anna but I trusted her after the first half of the book. ALL IN ALL read the book. It was fantastic, it was short, it was like watching a movie.

“Land of the Dead? Is that what you dream about?” she asks. “Boy who kills ghosts for a living?”
“No. I dream about penguins doing bridge construction. Don’t ask why.”
― Kendare Blake, Anna Dressed in Blood

“She’s like Bruce Lee, the Hulk and Neo from The Matrix all rolled into one.”
― Kendare Blake, Anna Dressed in Blood

“She’s my purpose and we’re going to save each other. We’re going to save everyone. And then I’m going to convince her that she’s supposed to stay here. With me.”
― Kendare Blake, Anna Dressed in Blood

“I’m not a superhero,” I say. It’s an awful tag. It’s egotistical, and it doesn’t fit. I don’t parade around in spandex.”
― Kendare Blake, Anna Dressed in Blood

“Move, hunt, kill. Like lather, rinse, and repeat.”
― Kendare Blake, Anna Dressed in Blood

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Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Cruel Beauty

Author: Rosamund Hudge

Genre: Fantasy

Pages: 342

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl’s journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart.

Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.

With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she’s ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.

But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle-a shifting maze of magical rooms-enthralls her.

As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex’s secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.

Rate: 6.5/10.0

Another fairy tale retelling. Can you guess which one? After reading Cinder and Scarlet and actually liking it I thought I could get into more fairy-tale retellings. It all started with peer-pressure. One of my book nerd friends read this book and she absolutely loved it so we made a deal. If I read this book she would have to read the Darkest Minds. I finished this book in day. It went by really fast, it was short, and it was like watching a movie. This is almost like a series but a stand-alone as well. The series is  a bunch of companion novels, fairy-tale retellings. (P.S She is was only on chapter three of the Darkest Minds when I finished her book) And when I went to the Goodreads page I saw that this book had only a 3.78 rating, so I was a bit iffy. But who am I if I don’t give a book a try. The first couple chapters did start of kinda slow for me and I wasn’t a huge fan of the main character. Nyx was really “closed-book” and she never liked or trusted her sister but never let the sister know that. I was just really confused with this main character.

After we met Ignifex I was like “OTP” He was just a sassy humorous guy who is labeled as a evil demon monster, while he really isn’t. To tell the truth the only reason i kept reading this book was because of Ignifex. Of all the hundreds of characters in this book he would have to be my favorite for so many reasons. First of all Nyx is awful for the first half of the book so I kinda have to pick someone else to be my favorite character. Then we meet Shade….Shade is real shady. He is a shadow and I didn’t like or trusted him since the page we met him. Nyx cannot tell the this Shade guy is shady! She was like “OMG he just kissed me we are going to be in love forever!” Nuh uh girl. Just no.

The whole story itself was not really like the original Beauty and the Beast and that is why I like these fairy-tale retellings. They have their own twist in them. Like In the movie Beauty and the Best the town is normal. There is nothing magical about it, the only thing that it is the actual beast. Yet this book was like a high fantasy novel for me. There was the demons, shadows, witches, and a whole bunch of other stuff. The story itself was why I liked the book. It was a unique retelling and I enjoyed it. Would  recommend this to everyone ever? No. Would I say to give this book a chance? Yes. Would I add it to my favorites? No. I would suggest to give this book a try but if you want a real recommendation I feel like the people that like the fantasy genre should be the one to read this book.

 

“Where you go, I shall go; where you die, I shall die, and there will I be buried.”
― Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty

“They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense.
But now I knew that every mad word was true.”
― Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty

“Why is he scared of the dark?”

I meant the words for a joke, but Shade nodded seriously. “Like all monsters. Because it reminds him of what he truly is”.”
― Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty

“You fought and fought to keep all the cruelty locked up in your head, and for what? None of them ever loved you, because none of them ever knew you”
― Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty

“I remember the hours I had spent in Father’s library, drugging myself with books so I could forget my doom for an hour..”
― Rosamund Hodge, Cruel Beauty

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Book Pet Peeves Gabi’s Rant #2

All book lovers/readers have some type of pet peeves while their reading. Everyone. I know it because I
have a lot of them while I’m reading. It could really annoy you, infuriate, or just make you want to throw your book from across the room (but you won’t because its your precious book) I have listed five of my top 5 pet peeves. I would love it if you guys can add on the the list, and make this rant a blogger wide rant. #bookloverproblems

  1. Dog earing pages: If you are a book lover you will understand my annoyance with this. I used to do this all the time so whenever I look at my old childhood books and I see them I just cringe a little.
  2. Not be able to find a bookmark: This kinda goes with the dog earing pages but whenever your reading and you have to stop and lets say its a paperback. Usually hardcovers have their flaps that can act as a bookmark but paperbacks…..the struggle.
  3. Sleeping: Yes I would count this as a pet peeve because its true. Your reading at night and you’re really into it and you take a break to look at the clock and then bam….you will only be able to have 6 hours of sleep and not your usual 9. Another very VERY hard struggle. This practically happens to me every night.
  4. Not owning hardcover books of books you already read: Sometimes I read books on my kindle because I need to read it right away. Yet I love collecting books and feeling the books. So it really annoys me whenever I read something and I love it and I don’t own it in hardback. Thats probably why my amazon wish list is 10 pages long.
  5. Love triangles, squares, pentagons: For most of the books that I read I can actually like a love triangle. Yet there are some that I can’t choose sides or I choose I side but I feel bad for the other one. The two hardest love triangles in the history of love triangles for me as a Gabi is Tessa, Will, and Jem, and the other is Evan, Ben, and Cassie. Some people will actually agree with me for the first one but most people ship Cassie with Evan. Yet I just don’t know! I love Ben and Evan equally so I can’t choose!

 

ARC Review The Queen Of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre

The Queen Of Bright and Shiny Things

Author: Ann Aguirre

Genre: Contemporary

Pages: 336

Publisher: Feiwel and Friends

Comes Out: April 7, 2015

 

Sage Czinski is trying really hard to be perfect. If she manages it, people won’t peer beyond the surface, or ask hard questions about her past. She’s learned to substitute causes for relationships, and it’s working just fine… until Shane Cavendish strolls into her math class. He’s a little antisocial, a lot beautiful, and everything she never knew she always wanted.

Shane Cavendish just wants to be left alone to play guitar and work on his music. He’s got heartbreak and loneliness in his rearview mirror, and this new school represents his last chance. He doesn’t expect to be happy; he only wants to graduate and move on. He never counted on a girl like Sage.

But love doesn’t mend all broken things, and sometimes life has to fall apart before it can be put back together again…

Rate: 7.0/10.0

Okay. First chapter “Everyone thinks I’m smart, but I can’t get geometry.” “It’s like a foreign language” Chapter two, “The public library is one of my favorite places in the world”. THIS IS ME! *sings out of key* This is real this is me I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be now let the light shine on meeeeee. Okay thats enough back to the book. I really really really liked this book. I really really really LOVED all the characters. The characters themselves were just so relatable. The story itself was very light-hearted even though it did go into some serious topics. Overall I really enjoyed read this book.

The characters. Sage. She is me-ish. Her interests and disliked are somewhat like mine and at some point in the book she said she would be 18 in July, then I’m like “OMG! She was born on my birthday! July 18th! That’s awesome!” Then I read it again “She WILL be 18 in July.” Didn’t say exactly which day but I will convince myself that it is the 18th. Even though she was really relatable she wasn’t as relatable as Cath was in Fangirl. I thought she was a really funny and nice person and she makes a really good protagonist.

Shane. Shane. Shane. I would’ve liked him a lot more if I stopped having a skater boy image in my head. Don’t get me wrong I love him. He’s an amazing guy and great for Sage. Its just…I can never get rid of that image. So I’m like “eh”. He is awesome personality wise. He is a guitar player and when he wrote a song for Sage I was like “awwwwwwww” He is probably on the bottom of my never ending “Fictional Boyfriend List” He is perfect for Sage and I hope in the later future I can have a novella about them *wink *wink.

Other characters. Ryan and Lila. Ryan I was a little frustrated and irritated at beginning but I guess *sigh* he won me back. Lila is just plain cool. She is a such a great friend to Sage and she supports for her and cares for her. Plus I ship her with Ryan. That Dylan though *tries to strangle thin air* ….how much I despise him.

All in all the story was great I loved the background and the characters and I really really recommend it to you. Would I add it to my favorites? Probably not. It wasn’t the best book of all time but it was worth the read.

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Gabi’s Rant #1 Wattpad

Wattpad oh Wattpad, what you do to us readers.

I don’t know about you but one day this amazing app will take over my life. If you don’t know what Wattpad is then you been living under a rock for as long as I have. I only found out about Wattpad less than a year ago and now I have a serious addiction to it. Wattpad is a fanfiction website/app. This is where young authors create their own short books. The book can be about a already published book, famous people, or its downright fiction. At first I only used Wattpad for getting over my mourning periods, and now I think that I’m reading more Wattpad than actual books. As I said before on Goodreads don’t blame me for not reading actual books blame Wattpad! If it comes to you creating a blog post about this subject then you know your in deep. Right now on my bookshelf I have 131 books not including books that I have finished. 131. 131! This is over a period of 5 months people! Now the whole reason I am doing this post is to show you how awesome this website is and to show you I am going to give you my top 10 favorite Wattpad stories. I don’t usually read books about Harry Styles or 5SOS, but I do read about bad boys, nerds, alphas, superheroes, goody-too-shoes, undercover spies, all that stuff. So these ten books will solely be based off these topics so shall we begin

  1. The Bad Boy Stole My Bra                                                                                                                                                           I feel like the title already says you are in for an adventure but let me just tell you that this is my #1 most loved story on Wattpad. So if that doesn’t say anything about this story I suggest you go check it out. Its about a bad boy who steals the nerd’s bra then all this stuff happens blah blah blah JUST READ IT!
  2. Stereotypes                                                                                                                                                                                   Now for this story I really don’t have a short description for it. It does go into some serious topics though even though it is light-hearted. I loved all the characters and the story it was a excellent read.
  3. Going Undercover                                                                                                                                                                     Now this book is one of the first stories that I have ever read on Wattpad, and one of the first stories that I put on my favorite list. I don’t know how many times I searched up the word “undercover” and “nerd” together to get this amazing story. It does have slow updates though so you need to suffer for a while to get another update.
  4. Bad Boy’s Girl                                                                                                                                                                              Yes another bad boy story, but this one is about childhood enemies. The adoreableness level for this books would be flying through the roof for every chapter that you read. Very sweet and funny. LOVE THIS BOOK.
  5. Capes                                                                                                                                                                                            One of my latest reads and I really like it. This takes place in a community that has superheroes and these superheroes are awesome. The main character in this book meets a villain and a hero….scandal.
  6. The Badboy In Pajamas                                                                                                                                                            Just read it. Its better i you go into it without knowing anything
  7. Regret Rejecting Me?                                                                                                                                                                 Main characters is so kick-ass. She is awesome. This is a wolf paranormal story about a girl getting rejected by her mate then seeks revenge. I know a little cliche but awesome.
  8.  The Bad Boy’s Dance                                                                                                                                                                   A former dancer needs to work with the bad boy. The shortest description you will ever see for this book.
  9. I Almost Killed My Crush’s Mom                                                                                                                                              By the same author that wrote my #1 most favorite book. So adorable. At first this book is going to frustrate you but you get into the ease of things. Can’t wait for the next update.
  10. Cupcake Kisses                                                                                                                                                                            Cute with a capital C.

As you can probably tell I go into the more adorable and romance type of books on Wattpad. they might be cliche, they might be frustrating, but they are so freaking adorable. I really really suggest these stories for y’all they really get me over my mourning periods and they are really good stories

 

If I Fall or If I Die by Michael Christie

 

If I Fall or If I Die (DNF)

Author: Michael Christie

Genre: Contemporary

Pages: 288

Publisher: Hogarth

 

 

 

A heartfelt and wondrous debut, by a supremely gifted and exciting new voice in fiction.

Will has never been to the outside, at least not since he can remember. And he has certainly never gotten to know anyone other than his mother, a fiercely loving yet wildly eccentric agoraphobe who drowns in panic at the thought of opening the front door. Their little world comprises only the rooms in their home, each named for various exotic locales and filled with Will’s art projects. Soon the confines of his world close in on Will. Despite his mother’s protestations, Will ventures outside clad in a protective helmet and braces himself for danger. He eventually meets and befriends Jonah, a quiet boy who introduces Will to skateboarding. Will welcomes his new world with enthusiasm, his fears fading and his body hardening with each new bump, scrape, and fall. But life quickly gets complicated. When a local boy goes missing, Will and Jonah want to uncover what happened. They embark on an extraordinary adventure that pulls Will far from the confines of his closed-off world and into the throes of early adulthood and the dangers that everyday life offers. If I Fall, if I Die is a remarkable debut full of dazzling prose, unforgettable characters, and a poignant and heartfelt depiction of coming of age.

 

Rate: DNF’d it so I can’t have a rate.

 

Ummm… I didn’t finish this book. I only got in to the first 5 chapters and I instantly got bored out of my mind. I usually read YA books and you all know that. Even though this book was labeled in the YA section it didn’t feel like one. It was too grown up for this child reading it. Even though this was a contemporary I felt like it needed one of those maps at the beginning of a book. The boy never seen the Outside as he likes to call it. So he calls the rooms in his house cities or countries. So I couldn’t tell the difference between Paris and England for example.

The boy himself I couldn’t tell what age he really was. He didn’t have a expanded vocabulary becasue he never had friends before. So with his word bank that he uses I can tell what age he is. If he is a 8 years old or a 17 year old.

I was REALLY confused with the mother. I didn’t know where she was. If she was abusive or she was just plain crazy. One other thing is that this book had different POV’s and I could never tell who’s POV it is. So if I’m reading the mother’s POV I will read it like its the little boy’s.

So as you can tell I really wasn’t even close to finishing this book. Right now I don’t think I will give a chance towards it because I’m still focusing on reading in the YA section, but when I mature (LOL LIKE THAT’S GOING TO EVER HAPPEN!) maybe I’ll give it one more chance.

“The Outside had taught him that there wasn’t much difference between loving someone and being afraid for them. Loving a person meant need them to stay: alive, around. But the shadow that love can’t help cast is fear: fear that they won’t stay alive or around – fear they’ll be reckless, or doomed, or just walk away and not consider you ever again. With love, you’re scared it will disappear. With fear, you’re scared it never will. The trick, Will understood now but would never quite manage to put into practice, was getting used to both of them at the same time. It was living in between.”
― Michael Christie, If I Fall, If I Die

“Being brave is never easy. That’s why it’s good for you.”
― Michael Christie, If I Fall, If I Die

“But is there a greater, more sustaining joy that walking in a city?… Even the ugliness was important, the seediness, the homeless, the filth – it needed to be acknowledged, even to children, so they didn’t grow into princes.”
― Michael Christie, If I Fall, If I Die

“Watching the people you love get hurt is part of the deal.”
― Michael Christie, If I Fall, If I Die

“Though they never spoke, their daring was a bond, a pact. Will now saw something saintly in Jonah’s silence. He hid his voice the way Will’s mother hid her body, except Jonah made himself the place he never left, which Will envied but couldn’t emulate, because having spent his whole life Inside, he couldn’t keep his mouth shut.”
― Michael Christie, If I Fall, If I Die

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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Genre: Fantasy

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Pages: 358

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

Shadow and Bone is the first installment in Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha Trilogy.

Rate: 7.0/10.0

 

So my first reaction to this book was “Is this going to be confusing” because you all know that if you see a map before a book starts then you will end up confused. To my astonishment I wasn’t that confused in this book like I am in other fantasy series. Sure there were sometimes I was a little “huh” at but I wasn’t that confused in this book. Going back to the book I was actually a pretty big fan of it. I loved how the story went I did gasp a few times when there was twists and turns. There was a lot of things that I wasn’t expecting in this book yet it happened. Thats why this book was a nice treat to me. It surprised me and I am glad it did.

First the characters. The main character Alina seemed really cool to me at first. She didn’t care about her looks, she was protective towards her friends, and she didn’t care what people thought of her. Yet as more and more that I read about her I grew to kinda dislike. She was becoming the opposite of what she originally was. That really upset me towards this book. I still like her but not as much as I did in the beginning.

We didn’t get to see much of Mal in this book yet he was my favorite character in this entire book. At first I didn’t trust the guy. At first I thought he was just using Alina and he was a player and all. He really upset me in the beginning. During the times we didn’t get to see him thats when I started to really like him. He is just so adorable and cute. I loved him especially at the end

At first I trusted all the characters at the castle. I liked the mid, I liked the king, and I liked the Darkling. I wish I didn’t though. I kept apologizing to the book after I finished it because of my character trust.

This book really gave me mixed feelings towards the characters, but not the book. I really enjoyed reading this book. I even started reading the second one already I am just not sure if I am going to like it as much as I like this one.

“I missed you every hour. And you know what the worst part was? It caught me completely by surprise. I’d catch myself just walking around to find you, not for any reason, just out of habit, because I’d seen something that I wanted to tell you about or because I wanted to hear your voice. And then I’d realize that you weren’t there anymore, and every time, every single time, it was like having the wind knocked out of me. I’ve risked my life for you. I’ve walked half the length of Ravka for you, and I’d do it again and again and again just to be with you, just to starve with you and freeze with you and hear you complain about hard cheese every day. So don’t tell me why we don’t belong together,” he said fiercely.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“I don’t care if you danced naked on the roof of the Little Palace with him. I love you, Alina, even the part of you that loved him.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“The problem with wanting,” he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, “is that it makes us weak.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“I’m not like you, Mal. I never really fit in the way you did. I never really belonged anywhere.”
“You belonged with me.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

 

 

Residue Series by Laury Falter

Helloooo,

So recently I was going through my old kindle books and I saw the Residue series. I read this book series about a year and half ago and I fell in love with it. Before that book I read another one of the author’s series called Fallen. And again I fell in love with the series. These books were one of the first YA series that I really got into. So I reread the first book in the Residue series, Residue. It reminded me all over again why I loved it. This book series and the other almost companion series isn’t as popular as it should be. So I decided that I would do a little review for you guys to see how these books are. They can be a little cheesy at times but who doesn’t like a little cheese.

Residue

Author: Laury Falter

Genre: Paranormal/Romance

Age: 13+

Pages: 300

Book One of the Residue Series…

When Jocelyn Weatherford is whisked away from a preparatory academy in upstate New York to live with her extended family in New Orleans, she is unprepared to encounter the dangers awaiting her. Yet even as she is thrust into an unfamiliar world of witches and voodoo magic, the greatest threat of all may be the boy she has fallen for.

While handsome and charming, he is also a Caldwell… a member of the family the Weatherford’s have been feuding with for centuries. As their forbidden love grows it becomes the volatile spark that forever changes their world and everyone in it.

Rate: 8.0/10.0

So this book was actually the first paranormal romance type book that I read. By paranormal this book goes into witches and monsters. That type of paranormal. In her previous series the Guardian series she also goes into paranormal subjects but this time its angels. I read the Guardian series first and fell in love with the two main characters Eran and Maggie. They were the perfect couple for me and when I started reading this book I didn’t think that Jameson and Jocelyn would be like them. How I was wrong.

Jocelyn. She isn’t as kick-ass as Ruby or Tessa. She can be very sarcastic and funny at times. There is not that many things that annoy me about her actually. She is very protective towards her family and friends. Basically she puts everyones need before hers. That is the only thing that I have a problem with. She is okay with hurting if it means she is protecting other. She is very smart person. Not Hermione smart but she is very clever. She didn’t anything about witches and monsters before she went to New Orleans, but as soon as she got used to the idea she just went full out. She used every part that she knew of herself concerning the witch world as used to provide help for people.

Jameson. Oh Jameson. I feel like he was the one putting the cheese into this book. Yet I loved his characters. At first when I started reading the series I remembered that I hated the name Jameson, but I got used to it after 4 books. Again he is not as bad and snarky as other characters from other books. *caugh soulmate *caugh William Herondale. He is sweet and sweet and sweet. I think that is probably the only characteristic I have for him. Sweet.

This paranormal quartet really is interesting. It was my first witches story, and I did love it. It goes into these types of witches like healers and residues. It will keep you on your feet. Let me just say the fangirling over these two series is just wow. The ships Jameson + Jocelyn, and Eran + Maggie. They are the cutest couples. These stories goes into soul mares and meant to be’s. It will have your heart racing with emotion.

I say read it. It will not hurt you. It was on of the first YA books I ever read and I hope that you guys could read it too. They are both wonderful series with wonderful characters. there is no harm in trying it out.  I don’t have a favorite out of these two series but the Residue series it what I was most interested in reading about. So give it a try it might just surprise you.

“You can’t live by other’s expectations of you.”
― Laury Falter, Fallen

“You,” he whispered his eyes warm and fixated on me, “hold my heart captive.”
I nodded solemnly before murmuring my reply. “And I’ll never let it go.”
― Laury Falter, Eternity

“I’ll see you soon,” he whispered, the lump in his throat rising again to jar the release of his sigh. He swallowed once more and said, “But it won’t be soon enough.”
― Laury Falter, Reckoning

“Jocelyn,” said Vinnia, “you are a Weatherford. Being one comes with certain responsibilities. One of those is not falling in love with the enemy.” “Or even consorting with one,” added Spencer. “Or even looking at one…” said Nolan, and then corrected himself, “Unless you’re casting.”
― Laury Falter, Residue

“Sometimes it’s more frightening to be the messenger of bad news than it is to simply avoid delivering the message at all.”
― Laury Falter, Residue

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Something Real by Heather Demetrios

Something Real      

Author: Heather Demetrios

Genre: Contemporary

Age: 13+

Publisher: Henry Holt BYR

Pages: 413

“Winner of the 2012 PEN New England Discovery Award!  There’s nothing real about reality TV.

Seventeen-year-old Bonnie™ Baker has grown up on TV—she and her twelve siblings are the stars of one-   time hit reality show Baker’s Dozen. Since the show’s cancellation and the scandal surrounding it, Bonnie™ has tried to live a normal life, under the radar and out of the spotlight. But it’s about to fall apart…because Baker’s Dozen is going back on the air. Bonnie™’s mom and the show’s producers won’t let her quit and soon the life she has so carefully built for herself, with real friends (and maybe even a real boyfriend), is in danger of being destroyed by the show. Bonnie™ needs to do something drastic if her life is ever going to be her own—even if it means being more exposed than ever before”

Rate: 9.0/10.0

Oh how much I loved this book. It really hit me in the feels. All the characters were just fantastic. The story was fantastic. It was really was an amazing book. So lets start off with the characters. Chloe (Bonnie™). She is just so awesome. After all those years that she was in the television show she didn’t end up like her sister who just wanted to be the center of attention. She wanted the normal life. And no this is not some cheesy Hannah Montana type of ordeal. I loved her relationship with her brother. I think all those scenes that she had bonding and talking are really my favorite scenes in the book.

What I do not like is her relationship with her mother. I am not angry at Chloe really, I am VERY mad at her mother. All those years when they weren’t on the TV show. She could’ve spent more time bonding with Chloe, but nope she didn’t. Even after Chloe’s accident she didn’t really care for Chloe like a mother should care. And one she told Chloe they weren’t going back on TV, I just. I literally grabbed my book screamed “NO!” at the top of my lungs hoping that her mother would understand not do the TV show. Her mother thinks its all good. its all good. This TV show would be good for their lives. Doesn’t she remember what happened 4 years ago. The accident. That accident was made because of the TV show. That mother really annoyed me. Not annoy as childish annoy, I mean angry annoy. how can she treat Chloe like that?! I just wanted to slap her every time she opened her mouth!

*calming down* Okay back to the other characters. Benton. her brother. Oh how much I loved him. He was just the sweetest older brother this girl could ever have. Just like her he doesn’t want to be in the spotlight. All those scenes have together really made me shed a few tears. It was just a great brother-sister relationship. We didn’t really get to know all the other siblings other than Benton and her sister who I can’t remember the name now…….. but I think the story would’ve been the same even if we did get to know all the siblings so I was fine with not getting to know them.

Patrick Sheldon. The love interest. I did not trust him at first it took a while for me to get used to him and not strangle him. I just thought at first he would be using Chloe but no.. He is not that guy. I learn from my mistakes. About halfway through the book I was finally shipping it. It took a while but now the ship is sailing.

the story itself was genuinely tearful. I did cry a few time reading this book. I saw how much Chloe progressed in life. How much she learned about this reality TV show. It really upset me to see how much she went through without having anyone to talk to except her brother because she didn’t want to be in the spotlight. This a somewhat serious contemporary. It’s not something I recommend for first time readers. Someone who is really really into reading would absolutely love this book. Even though it will be kinda rough for first time readers I say read the book either way. It was a fantastic book and it is something you will enjoy.

“Hate is a lot like love. It’s warm and fills you up until every part of you is tingling to release it.”
― Heather Demetrios, Something Real

“Somehow, the pain and rage and confusion of the past eighteen years dissolves until all that is left is this one perfect moment; unscripted, unedited, it’s ours and ours alone.”
― Heather Demetrios, Something Real

“If my sister were a character in a Victorian drama, she would be the snobbish rich girl with a penchant for talking shit about everyone behind their fan.”
― Heather Demetrios, Something Real

“I’m not Bonnie™ or Chloe. I’m the essence of her, the nontrademarked person the camera can never capture and my parents have no right to sign over. There is a sovereign nation encased in this skin that MetaReel can never trademark.”
― Heather Demetrios, Something Real

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January 2015 Wrap-Up

      Helloooo, for the month of January I have read a total of nine books. I can’t do reviews for every book that I read so I thought that at the end of each month I would do a little overview of all the books that I have read that month.
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1. Confessions of a Hater                                                                                                                                                                              Rate: 4/10     I did not enjoy reading this book. All the characters were very dull especially the main one and that took away most of the enjoyment I could’ve had for this book but never did. The story behind it wasn’t too bad, but it didn’t make the book any better. I think the main reason I didn’t like the book was because of the main characters. She tried to create drama and she was really idiotic at times. I have to say I am not the biggest fan of this book.
2. Something Real
     Rate: 9/10  SUCH A GOOD BOOK! It was a fantastic read. It’s a contemporary that does go into serious topics but it truly was amazing. I loved all the characters (minus the mom) and I definitely recommend this for readers who love contemporaries. *review to come*
3. Half-Blood
    Rate: 7/10  I absolutely love Jennifer l. Armentrout. You guys already know that. So I decided to start her Covenant series in hopes for me to love it. Its not the same as Obsidian and Don’t Look Back but it was a great book. I think the main reason I didn’t love it like her other books is because of the ships. Everybody ships Alex and Aiden, and I’m here like SETH!!! My ship is Seth and Alex not Alex and Aiden. I just….just want her to be with Seth is that too much to ask.
4. Reboot                                                                                                                                                                            Rate: 6/10 It was okay. Not one of the best dystopians ever but it was a good read. I liked the first book and there is a second book but I don’t know when I’m going to get to it. It’s on my TBR list but on the way bottom. I  have to say though, I do like this ship that is sailing in this book. Wren and Calum are perfect for each other. This dynamic dual really made me like this book even more.
(The rest of the books that I read this month I already have reviews on so you can check them out.)

Fictional Boyfriend Tag

I was on BookTube the other day ( yes yes the reader’s national habitat) and I saw the Fictional Boyfriend tag and I was like ” I need to do that! I need to show off all the fantastic fictional boyfriends that I have!” So here it is the Fictional Boyfriend Tag.       

Most Romantic Boyfriend

Noah Shaw. Noah Shaw. I think I would have to pick Noah Shaw from the Mara Dyer trilogy. He is just so sweet and caring for Mara its just so adorable. he does the little things in life that could make her a tad a happier and that is romantic if you asked me.

Dark and Moody Bad Boy with a Good Side

I would have to go with Dameon Black for this one. Even though he could be very moody and frustrating at times he always did care for Katy. That ‘s why he was always so moody. It was because of Katy. He always had his good side he just hid it so people wouldn’t find out just yet.

Paranormal Boyfriend

Definitely Evan Walker. He is paranormal. I don’t know I can explain it without spoiling the book but you just need to know that if you do read the 5th Wave then you would probably add Evan Walker to your fictional boyfriend list.

Boy you friend-zoned

I actually have three answers for this. I have Jace and Simon from the Mortal Instruments. Then I have Liam from the Darkest Minds. I friend-zoned them because I seem them more as best-friends and not boyfriends. Plus I really love the ships that they are in and I really don’t want to ruin that

Your Soulmate

WILLIAM HERONDALE

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Another reason why I want to be Tessa Grey

Boyfriend you want to elope with

I really don’t have an answer for this one. I mean I would choose any of my fictional characters for this one because I would like to marry all of them.

Boyfriend you venture anywhere with

Aaron Warner from Shatter Me. From the books that I have read in this series I could tell that Warner won’t treat you like you a fragile human being so he will push you to the limits and that call for some adventure.

Boyfriend you want to be stranded on a island with

Percy “persassy” Jackson. He will know exactly what do in this situation. Because he is the son of the god of the ocean. And a island is surrounded by ocean. Plus id he can’t help us it would be fun to see him go all “persassy” on me.

Most badass boyfriend

Going to have to go back with my soul mate for this one. WILLIAM HERONDALE WHERE YOU AT!!

The Syrena Legacy Trilogy by Anna Banks

The Syrena Legacy Trilogy
  • Of Poseidon
  • Of Triton
  • Of Neptune

Genre: Fantasy

Age: 13+

Summary: Galen is the prince of the Syrena. By Syrena he means the people who live underwater and have a tail growing through their bum. He is soon travelign to land in hear of a human girl who can communicate with fish and that is when he literally bumps himself into the Emma. Both of these teens feel the connection they have as soon as they bump into each other. Galen soon founds out that the girl he is looking for is actually Emma, but he still doesn’t believe she has the gifts. First of all she is human-ish and she doesn’t know anything about this Syrena world. Now all Galen needs to do is convince Emma of this fish-out-of-water world while getting closer to her to find out what is with this connection that both of these teens realize they have and not be sent to a crazy ward while doing so. He needs Emma to see that she is somehow she is the key to his kingdom.  Told by both of the POV’s of Galen and Emma you sure would be able to see the story behind the human’s eyes and the Syrena’s eyes. This series was very different from things I usually read. This is one of my first series’ with mermaids (Syrena) in it and I have to say that I really did enjoy it. Not to mention it will make your inner fangirl go crazy for all the shipping that is involved in this book

Rate: 8.0/10.0

My Review: I SHIP IT! GALEMMA! IT MAKING MY FANGIRL SELF CRAZY! Seriously these characters made the book even more fun than it originally was. All the bickering and teasing just made this book so much more adorable. Galem and Emma reminded me so much of Daemon and Katy from the Lux Series. I also really liked Rayna and Toraf. Rayna was Galem’s twin sister while Toraf was her mate and Galem’s best friend. The relationship between the four just was so adorable. The plot itself for the three books was amazing. I think out of all the three books I would say that the original one was definitely my favorite. Just because Galem and Emma are always bickering in the first book. When I was reading about all the powers that the Syrena had I had to admit it was pretty cool. I mean communicating with sea creatures, super speed, and invisibility. That is pretty awesome. I have to say that these three books really did surprise me. I was expecting so much from this book but it really did prove itself to me and I loved it. Its been added to my favorites list and I really recommend it to all of you as well.

“Galen?”
“Hmm?”
“You can put me down now.”
“I’m not ready yet.” He tightens his hold.
“You don’t have to hold—“
“Emma? Can you hear me?”
“Uh, yes. I can hear fine. I just can’t see—“
“That’s a relief. Because for a minute there, I thought maybe you didn’t hear me when I said I’m not ready yet.”
“Jackass.”
― Anna Banks, Of Poseidon

“Basically, everyone thinks–knows–how sweet I am.

Emma, you threw my sister through hurricane-proof glass.”
― Anna Banks, Of Poseidon

“Why don’t you ever call me my prince?” Galen says, feigning insult.
“Shut up, my prince. There, is that better?”
― Anna Banks, Of Poseidon

“I assume these structures are made for siting?”
― Anna Banks, Of Triton