Kat's books

Restore Me
Ignite Me
Convergent Lines
Unravel Me
Geekerella
Frozen Tides
Gathering Darkness
Rebel Spring
The Cruel Prince
The Winner's Crime
The Winner's Curse
A World Without Princes
Batman: Nightwalker
Just Because of You
Out of the Shadows
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
Nearly Found
Nearly Gone
A Strange Hymn
Wonder Woman: Warbringer


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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Teen Idol By: Meg Cabot

High school junior Jenny Greenley is so good at keeping secrets that she's the school newspaper's anonymous advice columnist. She's so good at it that, when hotter-than-hot Hollywood star Luke Striker comes to her small town to research a role, Jenny is the one in charge of keeping his identity under wraps. But Luke doesn't make it easy, and soon everyone—the town, the paparazzi, and the tabloids alike—know his secret...and Jenny is caught right in the middle of all the chaos.
(Goodreads)

I actually really liked it. I just found it in the library, while looking for new books to read and just thought, "what the heck, might as well." It was fun, and a very fast, simple read.  I really enjoyed it and the ending was different to what I thought, and I loved it. The main character Jenny Greenly was pretty likeable. Obviously annoying at times, when she wouldn't do anything against the bullying to the girlie that I absolutely can't remember her name... She would always check on her afterwards, and yes that great and all but, as Luke said she has power. Which, at first I didn't believe and still think is very unlikely, but was quite awesome. And it was so simple, she just had to (wo)man up and start doing the right thing. Just like Luke said. Now, on the subject of Luke, I absolutely for the life of me, thought that he would start liking Jenny, and I was absolutely wrong! Like most cliques, she would have ended up with the guy, fix the school, get the cabbage baby back, and life would be amazing. Wrong! Jenny ended up with Scott who was absolutely perfect for each other :D and I was too oblivious to notice anything going on between them... Anyways I really enjoyed the book
Later ^^

Stirring Up Trouble: Juli Alexander

What’s worse than lusting after my best friend’s on again off again boyfriend? How about my dad dating his mother, and my mom redesigning his bedroom for her show? With fate interfering so cruelly, can you really blame me for putting my magic potions to not-so-good use?

I’m Zoe Miller, a fifteen-year-old witch with only one power-—a talent for potions. I have my life all mapped out. I plan to be a doctor and develop drugs to cure disease. We already have potions to help all kinds of symptoms, but none of them will get by the Food and Drug Administration. I mean, the government bureaucrats are not going to okay the ingestion of bat wings or unicorn horns. Luckily, fat-free margarine has already been found to be an adequate substitute for dead man’s toe. So, I really hold out hope that I can make things work. Looking for edible substitutions to use in the potions is my passion.

(Goodreads) 

I remember reading it a while back (June 17 2012 to be exact)  and I thought that it was super good, and very interesting, but the second time around... Meh. It could have been a lot better, and at times it was childish. I know that she's, like, 15 and all. But I mean come on! It was ridiculous at times, I mean she wouldn't stand up for her self when it came to her friend (that was not a good friend, she was absolutely horrible) she just kept making up excuses as to why she couldn't stand up to her.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Trouble's Brewing By: Juli Alexander

Fifteen-year-old Zoe has managed to turn her crush into a boyfriend without using any magic at all. But can it really work with Jake when Zoe’s father is dating Jake’s mother? Talk about a dysfunctional family.

After the Frog Fiasco, the Council is watching Zoe’s every move but studying under renowned Potions Master, Martin Finnegan, fulfills a lifelong dream of Zoe’s, even if the ninety-five-year-old man looks like a teenager. Zoe can’t juggle friends, school, potions, and dating without letting something slide, and Trouble’s Brewing as her tutor is forced to reveal deeply hidden truths about her experiments and those of her ancestors.

(Goodreads)

Meh, I thought it was better. At least I hoped, but alas, it didn't turn out as good as I hoped. Zoe is now so flipping annoying. THE. ENTIRE. TIME. Ok, so I understand, she wants everyone to be happy. Especially her mom, but the way she shows it is just so dumb. "Oh she can't like my teacher, I'll just zap up a potion and hope it works." Absolutely annoying, and the whole not-standing-up-to-your-friend gets old really fast. And then there was the ending. The ending was just so abrupt, they go to a dance and kiss. The End. HOLD IT!! Was that it. I put myself through that for nothing? Really... There was absolutely no closure to this book it just went on, and then suddenly ended. I think it might have been better if I had read it when I was younger, it seems to appeal to a younger audience. Meh 

Monday, August 5, 2013

Alice in Zombieland (The White Rabbit Chronicles) By: Gina Showalter

She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.
Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.
Her father was right. The monsters are real….
To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies….
I wish I could go back and do a thousand things differently.
I'd tell my sister no.
I'd never beg my mother to talk to my dad.
I'd zip my lips and swallow those hateful words.
Or, barring all of that, I'd hug my sister, my mom and my dad one last time.
I'd tell them I love them.
I wish... Yeah, I wish.

(Goodreads)

So my beloved mom recommended this book to me because of the author, Chibi (my mum) is always telling me about the other (adult) books she's written and how awesome they are. I have no idea how I could have doubted her.
This is a one in a kind book. I'm always saying that the books I've read are different from others but this; this was a whole new category. Truthfully this book had nothing to do with Alice and Wonderland, and that is absolutely okay. Gina Showalter brought the very used zombies and completely changed them, and for the better. These zombies were of the spirit, and I had never thought of that, but it was really very interesting. Since these zombies were more like ghosts no one could see them unless you were special… and so Ali the entire time thought that her dad was crazy, all because he could see these monsters that one else could. Gina Showalter created something new and amazing, and very modern. I actually screamed for happiness when she mentioned the Iron Fey series by Julia Kagawa, and the band Skillet. It was very modern and very teenage, absolutely perfect for us teens :3
Now the characters, oh my flipping gorsh the characters !!! Dear lord Cole is tall dark and handsome with violet eyes but he is just a great character, he's complicated and mysterious. Sarcastic and sweet. So awesome. Of course he had the common characteristics of a possessive boyfriend, that didn’t want Alice to do anything on her own. And that was very annoying at times, but luckily Ms. Showalter kept that to a minimum. Also!! I absolutely loved that Cole was a bass, with a sexy low gravelly voice. In most books they have boys with deep tenors… or baritones… that really doesn’t happen !! Get it right ladies.
Now Alice, Alice is such an Independent girl. She does what she wants and is so flipping awesome. I have a feeling she won't go Bella on us :3 I also love how she kicks arse, most female characters are not like that. And Ali was just so amazing! Her spirit was poison to the zombies making her a perfect weapon. Not that she should always be bitten. But she is just so kick arse and is always trying to find a way to figure things out, instead of just waiting.
Now the plot is so unique and different, I say that a lot, but I mean it this time (like always). It has been such a long time since I stayed up to READ. Most books I'm like "meh I can keep reading tomorrow" with this I was all like "heck no I am not going to bed !! I need to finish !!" I dreamt about possible outcomes, once I had finished the book, this book just had me flipping pages, anticipating what would happen next. Absolutely loved it, and have read it about three times since the first time, and every time I notice more things.
Absolutely recommended for everyone, adult and teen alike.

Friday, July 26, 2013

Nameless (Tales of Beauty and Madness #1) By: Lili St. Crow

When Camille was six years old, she was discovered alone in the snow by Enrico Vultusino, godfather of the Seven—the powerful Families that rule magic-ridden New Haven. Papa Vultusino adopted the mute, scarred child, naming her after his dead wife and raising her in luxury on Haven Hill alongside his own son, Nico.
Now Cami is turning sixteen. She’s no longer mute, though she keeps her faded scars hidden under her school uniform, and though she opens up only to her two best friends, Ruby and Ellie, and to Nico, who has become more than a brother to her. But even though Cami is a pampered Vultusino heiress, she knows that she is not really Family. Unlike them, she is a mortal with a past that lies buried in trauma. And it’s not until she meets the mysterious Tor, who reveals scars of his own, that Cami begins to uncover the secrets of her birth…to find out where she comes from and why her past is threatening her now.

(Goodreads) 
This is the tale of Snow White, in a modern but twisted way, mixed with a healthy dose of paranormal. I thought I would have liked it more, because this is my cup of tea, I love books like this but this one was just a bore. I truly expected more. Now the story was interesting, I thought it was interesting how Ms. Crow twisted the story to fit that of Snow Whites. The seven dwarves were the seven clans of weird Vampires… yes vampires. But they’re not normal vampires, they are the mafia vampires that no one wants to mess with. Cami is 16 and weird things are starting to happen, she hears voices coming from the mirror, apples are a BIG no-no, and the snow is melancholy. The romance was sad, because of the sole reason that it was almost none existent. I thought it would have been more romantic, I mean come on! This is the story of Snow White; it should have had at least a little more romance. The main love interest was her adoptive brother, Nico, who was an annoying possessive boy that was just so annoying and macho… lord he was annoying. Now Cami wasn’t that bad, she wanted to learn how to protect herself, what her past was. What her scars mean. But no one in her family would let her do so. And it annoyed me, because they could have avoided many of the conflicts by telling her what she needed to know.

Anyways, later in the story a new boy arrives, Tor, and Cami sort of starts liking him leaving Nico in a fury (again annoying). Now Tor is different, he knows things and is willing to tell Cami these things IF (there is always an if) she hangs out with him (not that bad). But turns out he’s her brother and this psychotic Queen is after Cami to eat her heart and be pretty once again. Tor is helping the psychotic Queen, but feels bad because Cami is a good girl and he doesn’t want her to die, so he helps her. Then the end comes and all is well.
BORING. It has a lot of explaining and leads you up to something amazing, to at least a better ending but none of that happens, Cami goes home and cuddles with Nico (who at one point in the book tried to eat Cami {well drink her blood}). I truly expected more from this. Still really enjoyed the way Ms. Crow twisted the story around, but I wish it had been better. Because I think it had much more potential to be such a great book.  

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices: book two) By: Cassandra Clare





In magical Victorian London, orphan Tessa found safety with the Shadowhunters, until traitors betray her to the Magister. He wants to marry her, but so do self-destructive Will and fiercely devoted Jem. Mage Magnus Bane returns to help them. Secrets to her parentage lie with the mist-shrouded Yorkshire Institute's aged manager Alyosius Starkweather.

(Goodreads)
 I love this series. That’s all I have to say about it. This is one of the best books I have read, and have reread it many times, and every time I think “WHY?!?! LORD Cassandra Clare why must you try to kill me with your cliff hangers!! OH the ending it breaks my heart so” :’(
Anyways… I believe Tessa is more of a Marry Sue in this one, trying to take everything on especially when it involves her beloved brother. And very giving, I mean she gave up her love for Will just because Jem had proposed to her…. Well that is a good reason, BUT right afterwards Tessa had burnt her hand badly because of the pain in her heart. I always thought she should have told him no, that she loves Will and save the rest of us all the pain and tears TT^TT. Now Clockwork Prince deals more with the threat of Mortmain and that threat becomes a reality when they face betrayal. There is plotting, lies, and the love of Will and Tessa J but there is also Jem, sweet, sweet Jem that is going to die and loves Tessa. And Tessa belongs to Will. Oh love triangles how much I love/hate you. So we have our dilemma, we have our evil, we have our heartbreak. And this is one of the happiest. Everything is still very happy nothing too serious has happened yet, so everyone is still happy (EXCEPT Tessa and Will. Except those Will and Tessa), they have won the bet against the Lightwoods, Charlotte is pregnant (with sweet little Buford), Tessa and Jem and engaged. All is well… For now. 

Now what I noticed from annotating the book what how hard Cassandra Clare tries to use old English, I mean at times it was ridiculous, it was just so funny! I didn’t notice this before, but now I just can’t help but giggle at times when it was over used. Also I noticed that this was all about Jem and Tessa’s relationship, with the occasional Will interference (except the ending! D’:). But I found it sort of sad that Tessa almost had sex with Jem at this spur of the moment kiss that went too far. I mean, at that time there virginity was sacred
and she almost lost it… I always thought that it went too far, but… meh -__-”
 

Matched (Matched #1) By: Ally Condie

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate... until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.
The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.

(Goodreads) 
Well I really liked it. It took me forever to get through the book though, but it was very interesting. I was very quick to judge the book, because at first I thought it was very similar to Delirium. Girl is at the test to decide her future, what her career will be, her husband, everything. Then her test was interupted but a handsome boy. She is then intrigued by this boy and soon falls in love with him when she meets him. Now Matched started with the perparing of the Banquet. She gets there is matched with her best friend, all is well. The next day Cassia puts her mirocard with all of Xanders information to see what the Society thought was important for her to know. What she sees instead is a boy that is NOT her matched. And Cassia knows him, he is Ky Markham. She is then intrigued by him to soon fall in love. So because of this big similarity (in my eyes) I had delayed reading Matched. And when I finally did I found that it is VERY different to Delirium. The similarity ends at the falling in love part. Everything else is completely different. The book was odd. There are no other words for me to describe it. Matched was very odd, how the world worked all the new advancements. But I loved it. And since this is a dystopian book I could see parts of this book happening. Things that could become a reality. I absolutely loved the way Ally Condie described the world, how everything had to be 'fair.' The Society controlled everything, from the things they ate, how much they could exercise, who they married, what they could do in their free time. It was interesting, every well thought out. Now I do admit to being bored at times because it was very VERY slow, but it was still very good. I just wish that at times it were faster. Because it dragged a bit. But there was a lot to explain. The characters were amazing. In this world of perfection, there were some cracks, some imperfections. My favorite of all was Cassia. I think Cassia was a great hero. She seemed so perfect at first but slowly as she fell in love with Ky, she became greedy, something that is not allowed, she wanted to choose what she wanted to be, who she could love. The one thing that did bug me at first about Cassia was how fast Cassia fell in love with Ky. It seemed to me that right when she saw his face on her microcard, instead of Xander, it was love. But it was not so, and as she explained, she did not love him until the moment she saw him on the hill they hiked. At the moment when Ky was free from the burdens of the society, and could be himself. That was the moment Cassia fell in love. So after that explanation I was more ok with it. Xander wasn't very important it seemed to me. At times he was just there. But he is Cassia's official match, and that was all. Near the end Xander became more important
Now since I thought it was like Delirium I had not wanted to read it, thinking it would be a repeat. But I was utterly wrong. It was better than I had ever expected, completely different from Delirium. The similarities ended with them falling in love with someone they should not and I loved it. The book was amazing, but it was slow. Very slow, and at times it dragged. But it was still very good. It was also interesting how the world is. How technology runs everything, how they have destroyed very thing and have only left the 100 songs, lessons, paintings, etc. Also since the society was so “perfect” it is imperfect, trying to hide things that they didn’t want the people to know. I loved it. Other than that, I absolutely loved the book. It was an odd, yet compelling book. :3

Sunday, June 23, 2013

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle book One) By: Maggie Stiefvater

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”
It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.
Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.
His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.
But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.
For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

(Goodreads) 

Well I really loved this book!! But it took me forever to finish it. Which never happens... I usually, when I really like the book, finish it in one or two days. This one took me almost an entire week.  But it was really good, it was super interesting, it was new and it was odd. It had many different point of views, Blue, Gansey, Adam, Whelk, and Neeve. And it would randomly change, so at times it was very confusing. What bugged me was Blues mom and semi-aunts. They knew what was going on, but wouldn't tell anyone what it was, making it harder and they could have avoided some things from happening. But it was so awesome. And unique, all the characters had flaws, in one way or another and that made them human. Whereas, most books have near perfect characters, that then at one point will become perfect. Boring. But this, this was amazing, I really came to love the characters, and they all had there own demons to fight against, some worse then others, but it was amazing. Now the ending made me scream, it was such a cliffy, I love and hate cliffys, they make the wait for the next book agonizing, but also it makes the wait worth it (sometimes). And the mystery of the book kept me on edge the entire time. I absolutely did not expect some (most) of the things that happened!! Like Noah being dead, I should have realized some of the hints of him being dead, but I didn't and it was such a big shock. It was slow at times, but the story had a lot of things to explain which made it understandable. 
Absolutely loved this book!! :D

Sword Play (The Seer series book 4) By: Linda Joy Singleton

So in this one Sabine has moved back to San Jose to live with her family again. You'd think everything would be all right, and everyone would be like a family... Wrong, everyone is divided and Sabine feels like the outcast. But, as usual, things start getting weird, and Sabine is visited by the spirit of Kip, THE football player that she predicted his death. All in all, just a normal week for Sabine.

Well, this one was good, it kept it interesting. And they are also closer to finding the cure, which is awesome. BUT!!! Sabine!! Gosh dang it, Sabine was even more annoying than the rest of the other books combined. Josh didn't visit her so she was all like... "Oh my gosh Josh doesn't love me anymore because he hasn't come to see me" absolutely annoying!! So Sabine, with that in mind finally decided that she loved Dominic, all because Josh didn't visit her... Dumb. But I am happy that she finally realized that Dominic is better... Never liked Josh.. Anyways, the story is getting better and more interesting, I mean how are they going to find a lost cure for Nonna...?

Monday, June 17, 2013

Endure By: Carrie Jones

Zara is at the center of an impending apocalypse. True, she’s successfully rescued Nick from Valhalla, but it simply isn’t enough. Evil pixies are ravaging Bedford, and they need much more than one great warrior; they need an army. Zara isn’t sure what her role is anymore. She’s not just fighting for her friends; she’s also a pixie queen. And to align her team of pixies with the humans she loves will be one of her greatest battles yet. Especially since she can’t even reconcile her growing feelings for her pixie king . . .
 
So this is the final book to the Need series, and I really didn't like it, the first three were amazing, but  I don't know, this one was sort of disappointing. Nick was a jerk the entire book, all because Zara turned pixie to SAVE him!! And then he goes all jerk on her... Meh. Now Zara, she was just awesome, she wasn't like other female leads, that have others do everything for them. Even when Zara was depixied she was still kick-a and tried to do things. She lead an army, went to Hel and back, freed Loki, then sacrificed herself to save the world from the apocalypse. Overall the book wasn't bad, it just took me forever to read. And I found myself skipping pages, and paragraphs. I just expected more from this book.

Witch Ball (The Seer series book 3) By: Linda Joy Singleton

"Someone who loves you will cause your death. In five days, you will die."
Strange things are happening to Sabine again, and this time it's not her predictions that are coming true. In the last book Sabine was given the Witch Ball, and in this one you find out it is haunted by  vengeful spirit. And the three predictions before Sabine has happened, now it's  time for Sabine to save herself from her death.

I think this one was great. Slowly but surely Sabine is becoming more open with her seer ability, and I like that she is becoming more confident. The main high school problem for Sabine in this one, is the threat of Evan telling Josh about her past, and I was hoping he would, and that Josh would be horrified and then Sabine would realize her love for Dominic!! But, alas, it did not happen so. But it was close enough. Dominic told Sabine how he felt about her when she was pretty much, almost, dead. Causing Sabine to realize her love for Dominic. Which made me super happy!! :D But then there's Josh, who, just so happens to not believe Evan in his stories of Sabine's past, believing it to be lies. Idiot. Anyways, the series is slowly getting better and more interesting, as the story progresses and Sabine slowly realizes her powers are not bad. And as Nona gets worse, the stakes are higher and Dominic and Sabine are more desperate to find the cure.
Now the ending.. Oh my flipping gosh!! I absolutely can not believe that her mom wants her to move back to San Jose, after all her "anti-seer stuff/anti-daughter" actions!!

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Croak By: Gina Damico

Fed up with her wild behavior, sixteen-year-old Lex's parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape.

But Uncle Mort's true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He's a Grim Reaper. And he's going to teach Lex the family business.

She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next. But Lex can't stop her desire for justice - or is it vengeance? - whenever she encounters a murder victim, craving to stop the attackers before they can strike again.

Will she ditch Croak and go rogue with her reaper skills?

 (Goodreads)
It truly was good. But... It lacked details in the characters. I didn't know what any of them looked like, except Lex and uncle Mort. And it sucked !!! For everyone else I just sort of imagined blurs of people. The story line was good and I loved the mystery was amazing. I truthfully never guessed who was the bad guy... It just REALLY lacked detail, and it left you in the dark at many moments. Also it was annoying how they never told Lex anything, they just evaded the question. If they has told her everything she needed to know. NONE of this would have happened -__-" It NEEDED DETAIL!!! It lacked detail in everything but the story, the story was absolutely perfect and hilarious, my favorite part in the book: 
"...What happened next was an odd conglormeration of each of them moving in to give each other a hug, each thinking  that the other was moving in to do something more, a subsequent dual retreat in the form of an awkward, octious-like limb flailing, and a grand finale of something that could only be described as a clumsy, platonic chest bump.                            It wasn't pretty." 
This part was absolutely perfect, that I laughed for 5 minutes straight, then read it to my mom to laugh with me. :) Another thing I didn't really liked how it switched point of views so randomly, then went to the random narrator thing...  It was confusing when it would randomly change. Also I ABSOLUTELY LOVED that Lex was sort of evil. I love evil, semi-evil, or dark lead characters. The ending was a shock (as I already said) but it was an awesome shock, I never expected her to be the bad guy, though I should have.

Chain Reaction By: Simone Elkeles

The final book to the Perfect Chemistry novels... It was perfect. This one is about the last son Luis, the final Fuentes... Anyways, the book starts off with the wedding of Alex to Brittany (I died from happiness) and Luis is 15. The love interest is Nikki Cruz, a Latina girl that denies her Mexican heritage (this made me sad... I mean come on. Embrace your heritage). They hit it of... By Nikki kneeing Luis in the balls. Perfect... It then flashes two years in the future, Luis is now 17 and is living in Chicago again. Luis Fuentes is the good boy in the family, not expected to do anything stupid, he has hopes and dreams, everything is good for the youngest Fuentes. Now Nikki is very bitter, she at 15 got pregnant with your boyfriends child, whom broke up with her making her bitter, then to top it all off, looses the baby. So she's bitter and really mean... And she is Luis's love interest. Now that Luis is back very thing is going smoothly, the Latino Blood is gone because the  main guy, Chuy is in jail because of Alex. But Luis being an idiot, ends up joining the Blood stuff happens, and turns out his REAL dad was Hector Martinez!! That was a huge shock... Anyways, everything turns out ok in the end.  :3
I loved this book!! It was the perfect ending to all the Perfect Chemistry novels, and this one was a bit of a shock at the end, but absolutely perfect. Why must the Fuentes boys be so sexy !!! :'(   So this one was just amazing, Luis was just so loveable and cute, as it said in the books with was the more "innocent" one... Not really... ;)  Nikki on the other hand really REALLY annoyed me. I understand that she got pregnant at 15, lost the baby and her boyfriend on the same day, but she took her bitterness way too far. I mean she was waiting for her friend to break up with her boyfriend saying "All boys are the same... Boo hoo for me my first and ONLY boyfriend left me pregnant... Then dumped me..." She really truly annoyed me. And how she judged Luis right away, for him being Mexican, living on the poorer side of town, and being friends with some of the gang bangers, sucky... Other than that I loved the series, and this one was the best. It had more background on the Fuentes family, and showed Alex and Brittany as parents, Carlos as a military man getting ready to propose to Kiara. And the epilogue was just perfect, it showed all of them together when they were older, with their own kids. It was just adorable.

One thing I noticed, all the boys had a different thing to call their girl. Alex: mamacita. Carlos: chica. And Luis: Chava. It made me melt.. :D

Rules of Attraction By: Simone Elkeles

Now this one is about Carlos, the middle child. As a kid he always admired Alex, him being in a gang and protecting the family, being a kick-arse... All that awesomeness. So... At the end of Perfect Chemistry, Alex's family moves back to Mexico. And there Carlos gets involved with some gangs... Again!! WHY?!?! Anyways, him Mama found out and shipped him off to Boulder, Colorado, to live with Alex. Carlos is not happy, he gets in trouble and then starts living with a friend of Alex's who helped Alex when he needed the help. Dr. Richard Westford. Of course he has a daughter, Kiara, and they slowly but surely fall in love.
Again, I absolutely loved this book, I loved the Spanish they spoke, and since I speak Spanish it just made it that much hotter :3 Anyways, I really liked this book, it was very similar to Perfect Chemistry, except that Kiara wasn't uber rich... More normal, and that her parents approved of Carlos. The romance was steamy-er... If possible and I just loved it ;3 Story wise it was great, it was still very interesting with whole new twists and turns. Kiara was a more head strong girl, and was perfect for Carlos. The epilogue was absolutely PERFECT!!! It made me laugh at the irony, and I just love how Ms. Elkeles wrote about their life afterwards...

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Perfect Chemistry By: Simone Elkeles

I FREAKING LOVED THIS BOOK!!! There are no other words to describe how much I loved the book. :) The book is about a Mexican boy named Alejandro "Alex" Fuentes... Shexy :3 Anyways... He is sort of the classic Mexican boy, he is in a gang, is going to drop out of high school, lives on the wrong side of town, would do anything for his family. and all that stuff. He then makes a bet with his friends that he is going to get the rich "white" girl to sleep with him. This rich white girl is Brittany Greene. She has a "perfect life." Perfect grades, perfect boyfriend, rich, head cheerleader. Everything. But, in reality she has a hard home life. Her sister is mentally challenged and needs help. Her parents are always working, or when her mom is there all she does is criticize Brittany. In this bet, they start to fall for each other. Slowly but surely. Alex shows Brittany what he is like, his hopes and dreams. And Brittany opens up to Alex, and they fall in love.
I loved this book so much. I absolutely devoured it :) it was fast paced and detailed sort of, at times, lacked details. I sort of had to guess what the characters looked like. Also I loved that the characters were human and imperfect. I love imperfect characters, and this just made the story much more realistic. Another thing... I loved that is was in both their point of views, it told both sides of the stories and made it that much better.
"Mamacita I have already lost control..."
Alex just made me melt with happiness :3

What I found sort of annoying was how fast they moved. The book starts at the beginning of their senior year in August, and then the main event happens in October 31st. Just one month of getting to know each other and falling in love, it was very fast, but I still absolutely loved it. Also the epilogue almost killed me!! From happiness!! It was just so sweet and a perfect ending, reveling more of their future together. : )

Monday, June 3, 2013

The Fallen Star (Fallen Star series book one) By: Jessica Sorensen

I'm not even going to post the book summary.... I really didn't like this book
Well. Why can I say... I hated it. And the only reason I finished it was because I thought it would get better near the end.... It (for me) just got worse. It started out really slow, and went on like that for several chapters. It got good around 35% (on kindle) but then it sucked again. Alex with all his secrets just bugged me. 'Oh sorry that's classified' screw that !!! And at the end when they were wiping Gemma's memories he just say there like 'oh I'm sorry I'm just gonna look at you all guiltily because I love you, but I'm not supposed to, and because I can't tell you anything.' Absolutely annoying. I have read two other books by Jessica Sorensen and they were amazing!! So I expect this one to be the same, boy was I wrong!! I was so excited to read it because it sounded interesting but it was such a let down. :'(
All the characters... Sucked !! There was no depth to them no detail... DETAIL!!! D: It's supposed to be a romance and romance always has a lot of detail. The most romance was when Alex and Gemma where near each other and there electrical stuff started. But this, this was just sad. I expected more from this book because of the two other series I've read and they were AMAZING, so I expected this to be good. But, it didn't start out like this. At first, the book was very interesting, a little slow for my taste, but still very interesting. But once Alex and Ailis (something like) showed up the story just went down hill. It had great potential, and I think that is what put me off most, it had great potential to be a really great book series. But as a first book of the series it didn't start out good, first books set the story up and leave you with questions and all but nothing like this! As the story went along it just got more confusing. Over all... I really didn't like it, as you can see.... But meh -___-"

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Last Dance (The Seer series book 2) By: Linda Joy Singleton

Sabine can't wait to show off her new boyfriend at the upcoming school dance, but she's also worried about her grandmother, Nona, who's suffering from a fatal hereditary illness. The only cure lies within a remedy book, lost long ago. Determined to save Nona, Sabine goes to Pine City to visit a distant relative who may have clues. But there's someone else clamoring for Sabine's attention: a fifty-year-old ghost named Chloe who's been appearing in her dreams. Celebrated by Pine City every year on the anniversary of her tragic death, Chloe has become a town legend. Despite death threats and missing the school dance, Sabine must use her psychic skills to solve the mystery surrounding Chloe's untimely demise . . . and lay her soul to rest.
(From Goodreads) 
Well I really loved this one, it really continued the series perfectly. I really liked Sabine in this one because she finally started accepting her psychic powers, which she should have done EARLIER !!  GAH !! Well anyways.... I really liked this one, the sense of mystery was still there, if not more because Sabine has to find the cure for her grandmother to get better. But Dominic is here to help :3 the love triangle has started!! I hope Sabine goes for him, he is SO much better than Josh.... Meh
Well I absolutely can not wait for the next book, I need to go locate one... 
Later :3

Pyxis: The Discovery (Pyxis #1) By: K. C. Neal

"Corinne lives an average teenage life working at her dad’s cafe, hanging out with her best friend, and trying to forget a falling-out with her almost-boyfriend Mason. Things take a strange turn when she uses her late grandmother’s food dyes for a bake sale, and her customers suddenly find her irresistibly alluring. Then she discovers she and Mason are haunted by the same dreams of a dark force that consumes everything in its path.
Pursued by shadowy figures and a crazy woman with secrets from the past, Corinne must find out who her grandmother really was. In her quest to unravel her family’s history, she learns she is destined to protect this world--and the dark world of her dreams. She races to find the answers she seeks before her nightmares break free."

(Goodreads) 
Well I personally don't really like the Goodreads summary, but the book is freaking AMAZING!!! I actually had it on my kindle for a while but never read it because of the Goodreads summary, and well, deleted it off my kindle.... I later found it on my Goodreads To-read list and remembered it was on my kindle and so I read it. And lord did I love it !!! At one point it sort of reminded me of Poison Princess because of their roles they have to play as the pyramid project (thing). But it was very unique and very different. The characters were very loveable and human.
Characters:
  • Corinne: she is a good girl. Normal, great cook, busy family life, until she cooks some cakes with these colored bottles from a box her grandmother had given her. She was very loveable and sweet, I really like Corinne she was a really strong character that was willing to figure out what the pyxis does. 
  • Mason: Oh my gorsh !! He is so sweet and dreamy !! And a total sweetheart! He is a great guy and it made me happy that he is her shield :) 
  • Angeline: Ang is the hyper super great friend, that is there for Corinne at anytime. Ang was really nice and a great character. 
Well anyways, I really enjoyed the book I started and finished it the same day :) It was fast paced and set up a great story. It was interesting and didn't drag, the story flowed very well and kept me guessing for what would happen next. Can't wait to get the next one :)

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Don't Die, Dragonfly (The Seer Series Book one) By: Linda Joy Singleton


After getting kicked out of school and sent to live with her grandmother, Sabine Rose is determined to become a "normal" teenage girl. She hides her psychic powers from everyone, even from her grandmother Nona, who also has "the gift."
Having a job at the school newspaper and friends like Penny Love, a popular cheerleader, have helped Sabine fit in at her new school. She has even managed to catch the eye of the adorable Josh DeMarco.
Yet, Sabine can't seem to get the bossy voice of Opal, her spirit guide, out of her head... or the disturbing images of a girl with a dragonfly tattoo. Suspected of a crime she didn't commit, Sabine must find the strength to defend herself and, later, save a friend from certain danger.

(From GoodReads...)
Personally the goodreads things doesn't do the book justice, and that's one of the reasons why I didn't pick up the book sooner. It just didn't appeal to me, but one of my friends said... READ IT!!! So I did, and I LOVED IT!! Why didn't I read it sooner. 
Characters:
  • Sabine Rose: Meh.. MEH I didn't really like her, I know throughout the book it always went back to Sabine being kicked out of school because she wasn't normal... But she just annoyed me, A LOT !! She would ignore what her spirit guild would tell her all for the sake of being "normal"  understandable, but Sabine was just so idiotic at times... Meh
  • Penny-Love: there is gonna be problems with her later on in the series, I just know it! Otherwise, Penny-Love was just an annoying cheerleader.
  • Thorn: I absolutely love her!! She didn't appear in the book much, except near the end, but Thorn was just so fun and kick butt. 
  • Dominic: I have a feeling he is going to be very important soon... Otherwise Dominic was just on the side lines working with Nona. Oh, and he talks to animals.
  • Nona: the poor grandmother !! Who is loosing her memory... And is also psychic 
  • Josh: he is going to cause problems for  Sabine... Anyways, Josh is super nice that it gets annoying (I'm so mean)
I love this book, it's so interesting and has so much potential to be amazing. Definitely would recommend this to anyone who wants an amazing mystery. :3

Stalking Dead (The Vampire Hunter Series Book two) By: S.C. Reynolds

I still have no idea why it's the vampire hunter series... Anyways this book starts right where the last one ended. I really liked it, and the mystery of why Rory was back from the dead just got more puzzling. In this one Lucas became a more important character because he had more information because of the company he works for.... Rory is stuck between Henry and Lucas, a human, more specifically her best friend since childhood, and Mr. Sexy Vampire, who she barely knows but has the hots for. Things get more complicated when two vampires are after Lucas seeking revenge for something that happened ages ago. Life is complicated for the undead girl.
I really like this one, it just continued the first book perfectly and I loved it. We learned more about Rory's situation and found out that there was someone else like her. His name is Tobias (now for any other book worms, the first thing that came to mind was Tobias [Four] from Divergent. Causing a minor fangirl moment...). Anyways... Tobias came back to life a year after he died, at midnight. Unlike Rory, he told his village and they treated him liking a god and sprinkled him with riches, they worshiped him. So of course there were people out to kill him... Perfect  :3
Can I just say that the cover to Stalking Dead has like a super smolder... 

Living Dead Girl (The Vampire Hunter Series Book one) By: S.C. Reynolds

 Boredom caused me to look for free books, and i found one that was actually very good!!
So the book is about Aurora "Rory" Stone who died May 21st 2012. It is now a year later same day, at midnight, the witching hour. Rory not knowing what to do, right after leaving her grave, runs to her friends house, Henry. Henry can't believe that Aurora is back... Ish. They don't know why she's back or WHO brought her back. And for what reasons that they did.
So this one starts off the story and I actually really liked it. It was interesting, and it was about a zombie girl that doesn't eat brains. It had me captivated from the first line, and it had many funny moments.
Characters:
  • Rory: she was actually very funny. She is dead, and back to life, but hasn't told anyone. Rory was a pretty strong character, and very likeable. She wasn't annoying, most of the time, and mainly concentrated on why she was brought back from the dead.
  • Henry: Henry is the reliable friend, that has been crushing on Rory since they were children. And was absolutely devastated when Rory died. So when Rory comes back, Henry is there helping her put all the pieces together. 
  • Lucas: He is mysterious Vampire that was sent to kill Aurora but started falling for her. Near the end he became more of a main character, but he is just here helping Rory discover why she's back from the dead. 
Love, love, love the book super interesting and had me hooked from the very first page. The story was very interesting, I have never read one quiet like it before. Definitely recommended for someone looking for a page turning book.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

The Vincent Boys (The Vincent Boys Book one) By: Abbi Glines


OH MY FLIPPING GORSH!!! There are no other words to describe how amazing this book was :)
Now that I'm calm...
So this book is about Ashton (Ash) Grey. She has the perfect life: perfect boyfriend, Sawyer Vincent star quarterback, prefect grades, pastures daughter... But she's not happy, because there is a certain bad boy catching her eye, since they were five. Beau Vincent. The towns known bad boy, reckless, cousin to Sawyer, off limits. But Ash can't help but want him. And the chance comes when Sawyer leaves for summer vacation leaving Ash all alone. She wants to rekindle her friendship with Beau but things get steamy and they fall for each other. Summer goes on and Ash and Beau are spending it together free from the reality of the situation. Sawyer comes back early from his trip and weeks into the school year finds out about Ash and Beau's secret relationship.

The characters:
  • Ash: she is the perfect girl, every guy wants her, every girl wants to be her. Ash is supposed to be this great girl and wants to be worthy of Sawyer, but she has a dark side. She wants to be rebellious, she wants to herself. At times I loved her, at others, she was a bit annoying because she never fought back when she was being bullied. All in all I loved her character, especially when she was herself. 
  • Sawyer: he is the perfect guy, star quarterback, caring, awesome. We didn't really get to know him a lot in this book because he was off in his vacation. But what we did see of him (near the end) was sort of jerk-ish. Sort of force full of his feelings, pushing them on Ash.
  • Beau: oh freaking lord, Beau is just perfect. Ish. Beau has a troubled past, his dad died when he was young, his mom never really took care of him. So he is labeled as the towns bad boy, trailer trash. But he is not all that he seems, underneath all that angst, trouble, and charm. He is a sweet heart. And loveable... Just perfect. 
Oh goodness this book was great, started it today and finished it today, it was just amazing. Could not put the book down. It was so interesting and sad, but it was also aggravating because Ash and Beau were cheating.... This book has different point of view from Ash and Beau, and I absolutely loved it. It gave you a more in depth view of what the characters were thinking. 
"Step out of my life. Like Hell." 
That just made my heart melt... It had some PRETTY steamy kisses that made me blush. It might be a new adult book... But I don't know. Anyways definitely recommended to older teens that can handle REALLY steamy kisses. 

Friday, May 10, 2013

Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices: book one) By: Cassandra Clare


So this is my third time reading it, and I also annotated my book (I felt so guilty at first), and I realized something, this book focuses on the Tess/Will relationship and Jem is not that important a character. I personally love this book, and enjoy it more that the Immortal Instruments (also by Cassandra Clare). This trilogy follows Theresa (Tessa) Gray, William (Will) Herondale, and James (Jem) Carstairs. Specifically Tessa.
Anyways... The book starts off with the death of a mundane (human) in London in the year 1878 that Will and Jem find, from there the point of view changes to Tessa, who lives in American. There, Tessa's Aunt dies leaving her alone because her brother Nate is in London working. she then receives a letter from Nate with a ticket to London. Now once Tessa gets to London she might as well have been kidnapped by these sisters called the Dark Sisters. Tessa is then stuck with the Dark sisters for three weeks, being tortured (ish) because Tessa has a peculiar power to change shape to anyone, as long as she has something of theirs. Then at the end of the three weeks the Dark sisters are getting her prepared to marry the Majister when she is saved by a sexy shirtless leather bound shadowhunter. Love at first hit... So anyways Tessa is now living at the institute with the shadowhunters there. From here there are trials, betrayals, and trying to figure out who the Majister is.
Characters:
  • Tessa Gray: She is such a strong and independent girl. She had gone through so much and was still able to be as "normal" as possible. With her being able to change shape, she has the advantage but, as in the book, she fears loosing who she truly is. Also I absolutely love her little arguments with Will, and her love for books.
  • Will Herondale: What can I say about Will, he is just so awesome!! He's the tall, dark, handsome boy of the trilogy with a mysterious past causing him to push others away from himself. Perfect :3
  • Jem Carstairs: In the first book he really isn't that important until later on in the book. But he is the kinder side of Will, he is Will's parabatai, but is bound to die... For now he is kind and gentle.
I absolutely love this book (as I said before) and I would definitely recommend this to those who enjoyed The City of Bones, Hush Hush, and other angel books.

Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices: book one) By: Cassandra Clare


So this is my third time reading it, and I also annotated my book (I felt so guilty at first), and I realized something, this book focuses on the Tess/Will relationship and Jem is not that important a character. I personally love this book, and enjoy it more that the Immortal Instruments (also by Cassandra Clare). This trilogy follows Theresa (Tessa) Gray, William (Will) Herondale, and James (Jem) Carstairs. Specifically Tessa.
Anyways... The book starts off with the death of a mundane (human) in London in the year 1878 that Will and Jem find, from there the point of view changes to Tessa, who lives in American. There, Tessa's Aunt dies leaving her alone because her brother Nate is in London working. she then receives a letter from Nate with a ticket to London. Now once Tessa gets to London she might as well have been kidnapped by these sisters called the Dark Sisters. Tessa is then stuck with the Dark sisters for three weeks, being tortured (ish) because Tessa has a peculiar power to change shape to anyone, as long as she has something of theirs. Then at the end of the three weeks the Dark sisters are getting her prepared to marry the Majister when she is saved by a sexy shirtless leather bound shadowhunter. Love at first hit... So anyways Tessa is now living at the institute with the shadowhunters there. From here there are trials, betrayals, and trying to figure out who the Majister is.
Characters:
  • Tessa Gray: She is such a strong and independent girl. She had gone through so much and was still able to be as "normal" as possible. With her being able to change shape, she has the advantage but, as in the book, she fears loosing who she truly is. Also I absolutely love her little arguments with Will, and her love for books.
  • Will Herondale: What can I say about Will, he is just so awesome!! He's the tall, dark, handsome boy of the trilogy with a mysterious past causing him to push others away from himself. Perfect :3
  • Jem Carstairs: In the first book he really isn't that important until later on in the book. But he is the kinder side of Will, he is Will's parabatai, but is bound to die... For now he is kind and gentle.
I absolutely love this book (as I said before) and I would definitely recommend this to those who enjoyed The City of Bones, Hush Hush, and other angel books.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Your Guardian Angel (book one of the Guardian Angel series) by:SkylaMadi


I actually really liked the book (considering that I got it for free on Kindle). It was interesting, it was about vampires, god/goddesses, and angels. And I love all three. It started off great!! "When I think of death, I picture a warm light embracing me in my sleep at a very old age. When I experienced death, it was completely different..." That line hooked me right from the beginning, and from there it was good and bad.
So the book is about Ruby Moore and her half vampire half goddess issue (at the moment). Her mom was killed when she was 16 by her step-dad (Hank) gone vampire turning her into a half vampire when a light erupted from Ruby stopping Hank from completely turning Ruby.  Then she tries to live a normal life as a human at her aunts house. It goes on to when Ruby is cured and goes to SS. Then there's some boy problems, girls hating on her, the norm. So at the school SS she is the 'bad girl' that every guy wants and very girl hates. So Ruby is always getting in trouble. Later on in the book she starts getting letters from a certain vampire stating that they had her cousin, who Ruby adores. So Ruby being the Mary Sue that she is, didn't tell Eli, her guardian angel, and escaped to the forest to confront Hank. Turns out it was a lie... So many people die and it's all Ruby's fault.
Characters:
  • Ruby: I actually really liked her at first, as the book continued she slowly got annoying.. Anyways, Ruby at the beginning was morbid and sarcastic. Absolutely loved it, she could hold her own, fought back against the bullies, ignored the jerks, awesome. Once she got to Sage Sanctum she got very annoying.
  • Eli: Oh my gosh!! Is there another word for him!!! :3 A side his hotness... He was kind of mean, he was very controlling. His relationship with Ruby was forbidden because she was a student he a teacher and the goddess no mating with angels... But Eli was just kind of annoying. 
  • Mila: I think she is so sweet and it's sad how she was always bullied. Now what did bug me was how she sold out Ruby's secret of being a former half vampire to the school bully, Raina. But oh well, she's supportive of Ruby and very kind I really like her. 
  • Hunter: sexy bad boy that nobody trusts... He is just so awesome... Personally I liked him more than Eli. But alas Ruby loves Eli 
OH and he gave her a whistle to call him!!! Lord I want one!! All girls should have one :3 because I mean we could all use a hot angel. 
(I'm very sorry if my review is not very good)

Your Guardian Angel (book one of the Guardian Angel series) by:SkylaMadi


I actually really liked the book (considering that I got it for free on Kindle). It was interesting, it was about vampires, god/goddesses, and angels. And I love all three. It started off great!! "When I think of death, I picture a warm light embracing me in my sleep at a very old age. When I experienced death, it was completely different..." That line hooked me right from the beginning, and from there it was good and bad.
So the book is about Ruby Moore and her half vampire half goddess issue (at the moment). Her mom was killed when she was 16 by her step-dad (Hank) gone vampire turning her into a half vampire when a light erupted from Ruby stopping Hank from completely turning Ruby.  Then she tries to live a normal life as a human at her aunts house. It goes on to when Ruby is cured and goes to SS. Then there's some boy problems, girls hating on her, the norm. So at the school SS she is the 'bad girl' that every guy wants and very girl hates. So Ruby is always getting in trouble. Later on in the book she starts getting letters from a certain vampire stating that they had her cousin, who Ruby adores. So Ruby being the Mary Sue that she is, didn't tell Eli, her guardian angel, and escaped to the forest to confront Hank. Turns out it was a lie... So many people die and it's all Ruby's fault.
Characters:
  • Ruby: I actually really liked her at first, as the book continued she slowly got annoying.. Anyways, Ruby at the beginning was morbid and sarcastic. Absolutely loved it, she could hold her own, fought back against the bullies, ignored the jerks, awesome. Once she got to Sage Sanctum she got very annoying.
  • Eli: Oh my gosh!! Is there another word for him!!! :3 A side his hotness... He was kind of mean, he was very controlling. His relationship with Ruby was forbidden because she was a student he a teacher and the goddess no mating with angels... But Eli was just kind of annoying. 
  • Mila: I think she is so sweet and it's sad how she was always bullied. Now what did bug me was how she sold out Ruby's secret of being a former half vampire to the school bully, Raina. But oh well, she's supportive of Ruby and very kind I really like her. 
  • Hunter: sexy bad boy that nobody trusts... He is just so awesome... Personally I liked him more than Eli. But alas Ruby loves Eli 
OH and he gave her a whistle to call him!!! Lord I want one!! All girls should have one :3 because I mean we could all use a hot angel. 
(I'm very sorry if my review is not very good)

Sun Kissed (book two of the Guardian Angel series) by: Skyla Madi


Well what can I say... I didn't really like it started off descent, but to me, it slowly got worse. But it's still decent, as in, I still want to know how it ends.
Ruby Moore is depressed because her beloved angel is gone. Well it starts off like that... Anyways Ruby is depressed because Eli has been locked in a dungeon for three months because of his inappropriate relationship with a student and also it is a guardian/goddess relationship which is frowned upon. So for three months Hunter (who I absolutely adorable) is trying to court her. Slowly Ruby starts to care for Hunter until Eli comes back. They try to stay away from each other but they're in love and can't stay away from each other. Now the big problem in this one is the Higher power that calls upon Ruby, and Eli, to do there bidding. 
Pros: it is still very interesting and makes me what to know what happens next :)
Cons: Ruby was very annoying with the "I love Eli, but I also love Hunter. And both are forbidden loves.." And her marry sue act -__-" 
Otherwise this book is still great :3