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Throne of Glass: Sarah J Maas

9/10 Stars

I usually don't like fantasy reads... OK I almost never like fantasy reads and as much as I don't like fantasy reads is how much I love assassins. This all had me worried to read Throne of Glass. BUT! I really really enjoyed it (yes I'm way behind on reading this series and I'm ashamed I put it off for so long.) I finished this book in a little over a day because I was so pulled into the story. TOG is about an assassin named Celaena who was betrayed, captured, and thrown into the world's worst prison; where she is to mine salt till she dies. The last thing she excepted after being in the mine for a year was having the prince show up and ask her to enter a contest to compete to be the King's Champion (aka his lap dog) in exchange for her freedom after a set amount of time. OF COURSE she accepts the offer. She has to compete with thieves, soldiers, and even other assassins in a lengthy and demanding contest. During this time she doesn't expect to find much joy, but she gets is way more. When she finds friends, a little romance, and even herself she'll truly learn that there is nothing more amazing than freedom... and there's nothing she wont do to have it. I love Celaena! She is a human version of a dipped ice cream cone. All tough on the outside and soft on the inside. She had such a good balance between good and evil. Her silver tongue made her a character that you'll be falling in love with. I love that she is all swords before lords as well! She starts as such a strong character all brass and balls. Then she struggles with some highs and lows. Then goes right back to being bad ass. As far as the gentlemen in this book I loved Prince Dorian and the Guard Chaol so much. They were both loveable and believable. The prince has way more to him than meets the eye and it's a joy reading along and slowly discovering all his layers. Chaol is all business and sass. He's strong and when he lets he's guard down and has a few moments were his true personality shows through; its just amazing. I will say I favored one more than the other *cough* Chaol *cough*. The ONLY reason(s) I'm not giving this a full ten star rating is because I wish there would be more of Celaena's back story, and more of the actual contest. I also didn't like how dismissive she was at the end of the story. (When you read it you'll know what I mean. I'm sure it has to do with how book two will be but I was still so/so about it.) At this point in time I would normally comment on how there wasn't much world building in this story, but for once I didn't care. The characters more than made up for what might have be lacking in this book. I loved the way the final battle went and I love the character Celaena is becoming. I can't wait to see what happens with this series and what direction the author takes. Sarah J Maas didn't disappoint with an interesting narrating style that is all her own. I will definitely be running to Barnes and Nobles tomorrow to pick up book two.

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White Hot Kiss: Jennifer Armentrout

9/10 Stars

I wanted to do a really long review on this because I did really enjoy it, but I did a charity event tonight with work so I'll post what I have for now. Might add more later on.

First off let me start by saying that I would read anything Jennifer l Armentrout puts out! As far as writers goes she is definitely one of my favorites. I would put down any book to start something she comes out with. At first when I started reading her books I was a little secretive about it, because the covers are a little cheese, but now I DON’T CARE! I have no shame in showing them off they are just that good. If you’ve read any of my reviews you know that I love a good romance and I think she could make packing a suitcase sound hot her writing is just that good... Anyways to the point... I REALLY REALLY LIKED WHK and I’m so excited about this new series! When I first picked up this book I will say I was worried that a love triangle between the three main characters was going to happen and that it was just gonna be like any ole ya read… But nope I think for the most part she stayed away from it. (I have a feeling it will be a big part of the second one, but after how the first book went I won’t be mad about it). This book has hot gargoyles, demons, half breeds, fighting, and kittens (yes kittens!). JLaw is amazing at building characters, that’s why I love Layla so much in this book. She’s definitely not your typical female character. The fact that she spends most her time tagging demons, trying to find out about her past, all while swooning over her hot forever bff that she can’t kiss with fear of killing him makes her so loveable. Speaking of hot bffs; in walks Zayne who is so; so sweet. He’s a strong steamy warden who always has his girl Layla’s back. Then there’s Roth…… OH BOY IS THERE ROTH! The sarcastic prince of hell who is just as hot and will make your toes curl! (Someone please turn on a fan! Whoosh! Hot. I will say to me he’s no Daemon Black, but then again who is, but he might just become a close second. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO DAEMON BLACK IS BY NOW YOU'RE NOT DOING LIFE RIGHT!) This book really hit the nail on the head. If you have read anything else by her and loved it you'll love this one as well.

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The Vault of Dreamers: Caragh M. O'Brien

4.5/5/10 Stars

So yeah I finished The Vault of Dreamers yesterday afternoon and.... Ummm yeah; I don't really know how I feel about it. It was interesting.... It actually makes me kind of sad to say that because I was so excited about reading it. Anyways. Tvod is about Forge School the most prestigious arts school in country. It's not your typical school however because every moment of the students' lives is televised as part of the insanely popular Forge Show. The students' schedules are really strict. They have to do twelve hours of induced sleep meant to enhance creativity, along with going to some pretty odd classes. But when first year student Rosie Sinclair stars skips her sleeping pill, she discovers there is something off about Forge. She starts to wonder what's really going on with the staff and ways happening in the places the cameras aren't allowed. What's worse is, she starts to notice that the edges of her consciousness do not feel quite right. She tries to seek help in her friend and semi boyfriend Linus but even starts to wonder if she can even really trust him. she starts unearths the ghastly secret that the Forge School is hiding and what dreaming truly means there. This story kind of let me down. I didn't love it but I definitely didn't hate it. It really didn't make me feel much of anything. The characters are just ok. Rosie seems like she might be a super strong character later on maybe in like book two or three but right now she's just kind of so so. Linus seems really adorable, cute, and probably the most likable character in the story, but really that's about as much as I can say about them. I didn't really have a special bond or connection with either of them. Come to think of it I don't really feel like I knew any of the characters. The "twist" at the end was rather predictable for the most part. I will say the little bit of romance that was sprinkled here and there was cute, but nothing to write home about. I also wish the characters (well Rosie) was older. In the story she is fifteen and Linus is seventeen. I wish they were both seventeen. To me at least I think this story was lacking some major action. At the end I felt like nothing at all had happened. The ending was also a little confusing. To the point where it's really even hard to explain. Like I completely got what was happening but at the same time had no idea what was going on, and it wasn't in a good way. I would overall just say this book was ok, I just wish I would have gotten more. Pretty disappointed.

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What's to come...

This week is going to be so busy and so amazing!! Tuesday is going to be huge!! There's the release of The Vault of Dreamers (which I actually got early so hopefully I'll finish it tonight or tomorrow) so I'll be posting that review soon. Then the highly anticipated release of The Fault in Our Stars DVD. I should be getting my mini end of the year book haul Tuesday too. Now comes what I'm the most excited about.... Drum roll please.... THE INFINITE SEA (the second 5th wave) comes out!!! and yeah once again that's all just happening Tuesday! On Thursday I'll be seeing the early showing of The Maze Runner movie so I'll be doing a review of that some time this week as well.

Midnight Thief: Livia Blackburne

5.5/10 Stars I finished this book last night, and it wasn’t what I thought it was going to be… Midnight Thief is a novel about a girl named Kyra who has spent her whole life living on the streets and having to steal everything she can. She has an uncanny ability to scale walls (she does her fair share of parkour) and can get in and out of places unseen. When the leader of the Assassins Guild offers a position she decides to go a head and take them up on the their offer; despite what Flick, the boy who is practically her brother, feels about it. In comes Tristam a young and ambition Palace knight who is on a mission after his best friend is killed by a ruthless clan called the Demon Riders who ride wild cats and have no known residence. Tristam puts his plans of following in his father and brothers footsteps on hold to try to take down both the Guild and the Riders. A wrench is constantly being thrown in his plan when a talented thief keeps getting past the Palace defenses without leaving solid evidence of how “he” is getting in. When several unseen and unusual events throw Kyra and Tristam together they realize that maybe working together (aka forcing her to work with them) would be the best bet for both of them to get what they want. Tristam the vengeance he seeks and Kyra the freedom she deserves. I have very mixed feelings about this book. I both loved and hated it. Livia Blackburne’s writing is so strong and she is amazing at build characters and scenes. I liked how even though Kyra is a “gutter rat” she has worked so hard to still be able to do so much. She wants to be seen as a strong and independent female who doesn’t need any help standing on her own. Livia does an amazing job really having that show through. Tristam is also such a strong character with a lot going for him. I was in no way disappointed in any characters in this novel. The story did start slow and strong, but ended odd. I felt I was either loving or completely hating some scenes. I guess I would say I loved 3/4 of this book and didn’t love the last section. There is a scene in the middle where she’s in the Palace which I completely loved and wished more of the story was like that. BUT this story was just really not what I thought it was going to be. A lot of the story is pretty predictable, even the “twist” that happened I already knew was coming. Personally I didn’t really like the twist… I’ve been so into reading about female assassins lately so I thought this read would easily fit into what I love. Even though it is “about an assassin” it really isn’t (this is where the twist falls in), which left me feeling disappointed. This story had so much going for it but I was ultimately was left wanting more… I wanted more Tristam and Kyra moments. I really wish that Flick would have been a more active character as well.

Will I continue to read this series? More than likely. Was I super happy with this one? Not really. I do think that the next book in this series will be better, and fingers-crossed that I’m right.

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“I was m a d e for you, Mara.“

The Winner's Curse by: Marie Rutkoski

9/10 Stars "The God of Lies Loves You..." I figured I'd write a review of this book because I will be meeting the author in a little over a week while she doing the Fierce Reads book tour. I will say the book had a rather slow start but it totally snowballed and had a stunningly big finish... I had to wait a few days to even write a review on this book because it took me that long to pick my jaw up off the floor. The Winners curse is a ya novel about a girl named Kestrel who ends up buying a slave, Arin, who she of course starts to get feelings for. Which sets off a whole chain of crazy. I'm a huge fan of ya-romance-action novels and I had heard this one was based around a love story but it wasn't a bunch of steamy romance scene so to be honest I was a little mmm about picking it up... Turns out I didn't even care! I LOVED THIS BOOK! It had my brain doing flips. I didn't know if I should be cheering for Kestrel or Arin, and every time I felt like I finally had picked a side to stand by Marie Rutkoski would have something happen that would completely make me change my mind. That's why I think this book is one of those rare books that's "good frustrating" because there is no clear good/bad guy. (Like seriously, it's been about two weeks and I still have no idea whose side I'm on.) It puts a new and unique spin on the whole good guy, bad guy idea that plays out in so many novels... Is Kestrel evil because she buys a slave and obviously remains loyal to a system her father has helped create that furthers the reach of slavery? Is Arin good simply because he is poor and enslaved, and begging for his and others freedom? Or is Kestrel good because she works within the confines of an oppressive system, to act with kindness (even if they are just smaller acts of kindness) to help those deemed below her station? Or is Arin evil because he is ultimately the hand that causes so much pain and destruction to people who aren't all part of this system, and in the end he really wants to just serve a cold dish of revenge. Each and every view point in this book has so much merit to it. As far as the romance in this novel it's the reason that I only gave it a 9 out of 10. It's really The Winner's Curse's only Achilles heel. When the romance did start to come through I felt it was a little rush and shoved into the end of the story. This story did however make up for a lot of that with the last few chapters. Especially with the last chapter!!! This book was one of those reads that makes you so happy one minute and so mad the next. It makes you want to slam your fist into it then kiss it, but no matter what this book made me feel. The characters in this story felt so real and the switch of pov was great. By the time it was over I felt like I’d just experienced something amazing. Reading this whole story is so worth it for the very last sentence in the book. Another reason I know this book was amazing is that it had both my book p.i.c (leah_lo) and I in a very heated debate about how we truly feel about this book. She thinks it "..was basically a fantasy version of Stockholm Syndrome.". We also both disagreed on what Marie meant by the last sentence in her book... because I can't stress enough how amazing the last sentence and chapter of this book is. (side-note: Leah and I reached out to her on twitter and she replied explaining which made Leah change her opinion of the book.) So if you love mysterious men, war, action, love, plot twist, wits, and table flipping worthy endings then you will love The Winner's Curse.

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1/10 stars

All I can say still about this book is WHAT THE F DID I JUST READ... I wanted to love this book but couldn't and didn't. I seriously tried so hard to like this book. It has an amazing cover and a bitchin book name but... It left a terrible taste in my mouth.

Violet and River's relationship has no depth. Actually none of the characters in this book had any depth. Her best friend Sunshine is so boring it hurts, and don't even get me started on her brother. Not a single character in this book had anything going for them. This book had no point to it at all.Then there's the whole thing where their parents just left them there and they have like no money and I don't know the whole thing was just so blahhhhhhhh.

I truly thought at first that it might have something going for it because it had sort of a vintage feel to it so I thought the story might have an interesting concept and might have something special going on... NOPE WRONG! This story didn't flow at all and the whole plot and story line are all over the place. Then there's like this weird section where she like tried to make a wicked attempt at a plot twist which capital F A I L ED! big time! Then there's like this whole rape-y brain thing that happens I seriously just can't even.

There's so much I want to say about this book but I seriously just can't even go on writing this review because this book already wasted so much of my time. (Harsh I know but sadly true).

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8.5/10

Wow... Mmmm I'll more than likely have bruises on my legs tomorrow because I kicked my coffee table while I was frantically fangirling over that ending! I just finished Rush about ten minutes ago and I'm surprised I can even form sentences or thoughts right now. I ordered Rush in a huge summer book haul and it's been sitting on my bookshelf for weeks now... Mainly because I had no idea what this book was about it was just recommended to me because I'm massively obsessed with aliens! Like crazy obsessed. I also dabble a wee bit in video games too aka Nintendo 64, so this seemed like a good fit for me. So when I finally picked it up and looked it up on goodreads and read what it was about I thought " yeah this doesn't sound like my kind of book even with the aliens" ... *clears throat* Wait a second... Can someone please hand me a glass of water because ya girl is choking on her words. When this book started I was kind of confused and still doubtful but about half way through is when my opinion changed. Things started to become more clear and questions were being answered. I love the two main characters so much. Miki is sarcastic and sassy with just the right amount of fear. Jackson is cocky and annoying but in all the right ways to make you love him. Miki friends though I could careless about them especially Carly. If she was my best friend I would straight throat punch her! She's a serious B. Anyways, I loved the game references so much more than I thought I was going to too. So you're probably now wondering about my rating... The reason that I gave it the 8.5 instead of the full 10 is only because I felt like the plot was a little Swiss cheese... experiencing a few holes. Hopefully those gaps will be filled in book two. Besides the few VERY small holes the plot and concept of this book are so unique and amazing. This book is packed with action as well. There's hardly a moment when something isn't happening. I never found myself wanting to page skim or sighing hoping something will happen. I will say I'm not the biggest fan of the whole love at first site concept in books, but I really didn't mind it all that much in here even though I'm a little so/so on the way it was explained (that sounds odd and confusing but if you read it I think you'll pick up what I'm putting down.) On top of all the aliens, action, and my oh so favorite romance this read has one of the best cliff hanger endings ever! (applause worthy for sure!) My hands are itching already to get a hold of Push... Which i might add is currently sold out in my area and it might be the death of me. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone who loves Ender's Game, Counter Strike, and Rachel Hawkins.

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The Nowhere Series

7.5/10

Ok, ok I know what you're thinking... New book blog and barely any post!? Sorry about that I was on vacation and catching up on some reading. But I'm back and I'm going to aim to do a book review a day the rest the week. While on break I did a record breaking amount of reading. Two of the books I read were Nowhere and Anywhere by Jon Robinson which are the first two books in the Nowhere series. I wouldn't normally do two books from the same series at the same time but with how the books played out and were written I felt it was necessary... Alyn, Jes, Ryan and Elsa are currently locked up in "Nowhere". A concrete cube in the middle of a dense forest. Imprisoned inside are one hundred teenagers from all over the country. They're all being told they're criminals but yet none of them remember committing any crimes. They can't even remember who put them there. What do their captors want besides showing them ridiculous videos, torturing them, and having them do chores?! All they know is that they wont be getting any answers until they break out. (Now here comes the reason I'm doing both book reviews at once) When I read the first one I was left with more questions than answers and was a little so so about even starting the second book... A SEMI SPOILER COMING... So clearly they break free from the prison but at the end of the book you still only have tiny tiny idea of what the reason is that they were even locked up. It's made very clear that these kids aren't criminals and they hint that they have a gift but at the end you still have no idea what that gift is... I wont lie either I was kind of mad and disappointed. Well here comes book two to resurrection this series. In book two they do the big reveal and you figure out the kids have a very special and very creative ability... No I wont tell you what it is because like I said its very creative and very different. I am going to be pretty vague about book two because I don't want to ruin anything. The kids are put in some odd situations and even I didn't know where I stood and whose side I was on at the end... I will hint that I am team Alyn though but you'll have to read it to find out why. The character development in this book is so amazing compared to book one. Anywhere has an amazing ending, plot, and what you've been waiting for.... ANSWERS!

I would recommend the Nowhere series for anyone who loves The Butterfly Effect, Shatter Me, and The Darkest Minds. Bring on 2015 so we can get the 3rd book already, because it's clear from how Anywhere ended that there will be big things happening and a lot more action.

Oh and I do have to say (don't mean to name drop but imma about to name drop) that I have talked to/tweeted several times with Jon Robinson and when I told him I finally got to read Anywhere I joked around with him about just giving me all the spoilers for book three already and he said "....there will be a lot of chaos and carnage in book 3, don't want to spoil it for you" . So yeah needless to say IM VERY EXCITED!

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