Shadowland- Meg Cabot

Suze is a mediator -- a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead people. And they won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business with the living. But Jesse, the hot ghost haunting her bedroom, doesn't seem to need her help. Which is a relief, because Suze has just moved to sunny California and plans to start fresh, with trips to the mall instead of the cemetery, and surfing instead of spectral visitations.

But the very first day at her new school, Suze realizes it's not that easy. There's a ghost with revenge on her mind ... and Suze happens to be in the way.

The Review

4 Stars

Confession time. I've already read this series. Twice. I loved it so much. Ecspecially this book.It is a great start to a series. It has that certain quality that makes books entertaining. Suze Simon was kickbutt. She didn't take nothing from no one. No lie. I would hate to meet her in a dark alley where a ghost has been. She is fired up and I have a feeling if I said the wrong thing she would kill me too. Then there's Jesse. I love him. So. Much. He is so..... considerate. But alas he is a ghost so there is no future for them. Or is there? Hmmmmm..... Mystery. Read the series to figure out the answer. I also loved Father Dominic. He was a character that was real without trying to hard to be real. he is also a mediator. That means he can see ghost. Just like Suze. Father Dom is the first mediator Suze has ever met. I liked Suze's stepbrother Doc. HE WAS SO SMART. I felt stupid compared to him. I don't know anyone who wouldn't feel stupid compared to him. And did I mention he's 12. Yeah he's a 12 year old genius. Heather was a witch. Not the literal kind though. No she just acted like one. She was so mean. It's her fault she died. She didn't have to blow her brains out in front of her ex-boyfriend's mother because he broke up with her. Bryce didn't pull the trigger. No Heather did. It takes a special kind of crazy to blaim someone else for a death you inflicted. What I didn't like about tis boh

ok though was how short it was. Other than that, I'm fine with everything else. 

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer- Michelle Hodkin

Mara Dyer doesn't believe life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. It can.                                                                                 

She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. There is.                                                                                                      

She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. She's wrong.

 

 

 

The Review

4 1/2 Stars.

Mara Dyer is messed up. Like seriously messed up. Her best friend and another friend died. Her boyfriend tried to moleste her but he died before he could finish. Mara is the one who killed them all. She didn't mean to, of course. It was an accident. She didn't know what she was doing. She didn't know about the power she possesed deep inside her. And yet it still happened. Because of this Mara moves to Florida and starts to go to a new school. On her first day, she has made one friend, an enemy in the form of the most popular girl in the school, and she has captured the attention of the school's resident Player. The Player's name is Noah and honestly he is to good to be true. Sure he has made some.... conquest, but he has a good heart. And he has Mara's heart at the forefront of his thoughts. He wants to know what makes Mara tick. He wants to find a way to make her, his. Because with one glance, Noah fell. And he fell hard. Even when Mara was trying to get rid of him, he stayed. He wanted to know her. He wanted to make her love him. And Oh! How she did! She fell just as hard as he did, if not more. But Noah has a secret. I'm not going to say what it is because it would be a serious spolier. There are a limited number of things I did not like with this book but the pros outweigh the cons. Like for example some of the dialogue seemed force. And I wished her parents didn't automatically think she was crazy. Also why id Mara think that was the right thing to do at the end? Why did she think leaving Noah was the answer? I have no idea but I AM going to figure that out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of Triton- Anna Banks

 Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess, and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she's a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena realm. Syrena law states all Half-Breeds should be put to death.

As if that's not bad enough, her mother's reappearance in the Syrena world turns the two kingdoms--Poseidon and Triton--against one another. Which leaves Emma with a decision to make: Should she comply with Galen's request to keep herself safe and just hope for the best? Or should she risk it all and reveal herself--and her Gift--to save a people she's never known?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Review

3 Stars

This was a good filler book. it wasn't great and it wasn't bad. It was just good. In the second installment of the Of Poseidon Series, Emma has had quite a shock. Not only is she a half- breed (Which is illegal) but she is a Princess that is a half- breed. Talk about a shocker. In this book there is a lot less romance than in the previous book. Galen and Emma kiss like a grand total of four times. Nothing to be excited about. Although one of the best parts was when Galen told everybody he wanted to take Emma as his mate. Talk about cute. New characters were brought in and we get to see old characters grow. I love Emma's grandfather. He has a temper though but he seems to care about what happens within his family so I thought he made a wonderful addition to the Family. I liked Nalie. She had spunk. I don't think I liked Emma though. She was a bit whiny. And she kept ging back to what Chloe would want and she started questioning if she was replacing Chloe with Galen. And I was like what the heck? You can't start a new life without her? Oh Well. Hopefully she grows out of that. I can't wait for the third book though. Although the epilogue was weird. It made it seem like Of Triton was the last book. But it's not. It sure did read like it was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Pretty Little Liars- Sara Shepard (3 Stars)

Everyone has something to hide—especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna. Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend. Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily's crushing on the new girl at school. And Hanna uses some ugly tricks to stay beautiful. But they've all kept an even bigger secret since their friend Alison vanished. How do I know? Because I know everything about the bad girls they were and the naughty girls they are now. And guess what? I'm telling.

The Review

3 Stars

      The only reason I decided to read this book is because I wanted to know what the T.V. show was about. I’m so thankful I picked up this book.

      This book is filled with mystery and romance. With everybody questioning each other, you never know who the real killer is.

      The book follows Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna. These four girls just lost the leader of their group. She disappeared and wasn’t seen or heard from again.

      My favorite character was Aria and Hanna. I loved Aria because she didn’t really know who she was. She was trying to find herself constantly. She also seemed the most levelheaded when Spencer was acting crazy.

      I loved Hanna because she was so lost. Her boyfriend doesn’t want her and she was starting to feel fat again so her eating disorder flares up. I just felt so bad for her.

      I did not like Spencer or Emily. I didn’t like Spencer because of what she did with her sister’s boyfriend and I didn’t like Emily because she was so whiny.

      Now there is a relationship I really enjoyed. That was the relationship of Aria and Ezra. They have the Romeo and Juliet vibe going on. Like, the star-crossed lovers, they find a way to make it work.

      This book wasn’t great and it certainly wasn’t bad it was just OKAY.

Matched- Ally Condie (3 1/2 Stars)

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 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.

Review

3 1/2 Stars

I love dystopian novels... I really do.... truly I do. But this one was just lacking. I mean I loved the society and what goes on in the society. What I didn't like was

A.) It was kind of slow

B.) Xavier and Ky

 

I loved Ky but I didn't like how Cassia strung Xavier along. They were best friends. Seriously. And then she just like falls for Ky I guess. One moment,I swear, they were friends and the next BAM! They were in love. Like, What the heck? Love takes time, it's not instant. But it was in this book. I also didn't like how Ms. Condie killed off Grandfather. I mean she wrote it in a beautiful way, I cried, I did. But why did she have to kill him. What was the point? I guess it could symbolize how disturbed the Society really was. But still I liked Grandfather. Cassia did too. Why couldn't we keep him? Oh Well. The next book is Crossed and I might read it. I'm still debating.

Throne of Glass- Sarah J. Maas (5 Stars)

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien.

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass--and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.

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The Review

5 Stars



HOLY BEJEEZUS!!!!! I loved this book! I loved Caelena. She was such a strong heroine. Although at times she acted more like a Princess than an assassin. She cared more about her appearance and her body sometimes than she did her duty. Nevertheless, I loved her. She had a spitfire attitude that I could relate with. She didn't take no for an answer and she fought for what she wanted. Alas, there was another love triange. Between the Prince and the Captain of the Guard. Both of which should hate her because ya she's an assasssin and all. But they don't. THey both find themselves falling for Caelena. Prince Dorian was the main squeeze for most of the book but then Captain Westall started looking at her in a different light. And I AM SO GLAD THAT HE DID!! I loved Captain Westall more than I like the Prince. Dorian just seemed a little off to me. But Captain Westall, in my opinion, was perfect. The competiton was kindof obvious. We all know who  wins the competition of course. I mean it's obvious. And it is also obvious who the villan in the story is. I won't say who because I don't want to ruin anything for those who haven't picked up on all the obvious things. ANYWAY I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK IN THE SERIES     CROWN OF MIDNIGHT!!! WHOOO!!!!

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