Monday 19 August 2013

The Rules of You and Me


The Rules of You and Me by Shana Norris

Publisher: N/A
Release Date: June 24th/2013
Pages: 191
Type: ARC
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What It's About!

Hannah Cohen has always lived her life by a set of carefully constructed rules to maintain the image of perfection. But now, the rules aren’t helping control the chaos that is quickly taking over.

Opting out of spending the summer in Paris with her mom, Hannah instead heads to the mountains of North Carolina to stay with her aunt. The Blue Ridge Mountains provide a barrier between Hannah and the rest of the world, a safe haven where her secrets can be forgotten.

When Hannah crosses paths with Jude Westmore, a guy who hangs a different shirt from the tree in his front yard every day, she finds herself breaking out of the comfort of her rules and doing things she had never dared before. As the summer passes, Hannah and Jude grow closer and make up their own rules for dealing with life.

But when the secret Hannah has tried to forget is finally revealed, even the new rules can’t save her from possibly losing everything–including Jude.

Review

The Rules of You and Me was a really light, quick read but I really enjoyed it. It was very simple yet it still got me wrapped up in the characters and their stories. Even though I haven't read The Boyfriend Thief yet and wasn't familiar with the characters, I didn't feel like I missed anything by not reading the other book. The Rules of You and Me is actually a spin-off type sequel though, just like Katie McGarry's books.

Hannah started out as an uptight, never-break-the-rules kind of girl, but by the end, she had grown a lot as a person. Especially after meeting Jude, who lost his brother in the Army. Hannah had all these rules her mother drilled into her ever since she can remember, to try and mold Hannah into the exact person she wanted. Hannah pretty much let this happen because she didn't know any different. That is, until she visited her Aunt for the summer and everything slowly changed.

Jude also came out of his shell a lot and grew as a person. I love how both characters seemed to kind of grow together also, and it was so gradual that it was very believable. Some parts of the book were sad, others were heartwarming and there was one or two parts near the end that were totally heart-wrenching!

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Sunday 18 August 2013

Ignite Me


Ignite Me (Shatter Me #3) by Tahereh Mafi

Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: February 4th/2014
Pages: 352
Type: Paperback
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What It's About!

The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, called "a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love"

Juliette now knows she may be the only one who can stop the Reestablishment. But to take them down, she'll need the help of the one person she never thought she could trust: Warner. And as they work together, Juliette will discover that everything she thought she knew-about Warner, her abilities, and even Adam-was wrong.

 

Saturday 10 August 2013

Everneath


Everneath (Everneath #1) by Ashton Brodi

Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Release Date: January 24th 2012
Pages: 370
Type: Paperback
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What It's About!

Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she’s returned—to her old life, her family, her boyfriend—before she’s banished back to the underworld . . . this time forever. She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can’t find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists.

Nikki longs to spend these precious months forgetting the Everneath and trying to reconnect with her boyfriend, Jack, the person most devastated by her disappearance—and the one person she loves more than anything. But there’s just one problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who enticed her to the Everneath in the first place, has followed Nikki home. Cole wants to take over the throne in the underworld and is convinced Nikki is the key to making it happen. And he’ll do whatever it takes to bring her back, this time as his queen.

As Nikki’s time on the Surface draws to a close and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she is forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole’s queen.

Review

Everneath was so-so for me. The story took forever to actually get anywhere to the point where I actually stopped reading it for a few months before I picked it up again.

The main character Nikki drove me INSANE. She was alright at first, until her stupidity dragged on throughout the entire book. SO many things were so painfully obvious and right in her face that there was no way she could NOT know, but she was too stupid to see them. There were so many moments when I'd be reading and be like Really, Nikki? REALLY? She was just so dense she made me want to shake her and make her wake up to reality. Her character was also very flat. Flat and dumb. I just wanted to punch some smarts into this girl!

Even Cole, the supposed bad guy had more to offer than she did. He started out as a creep but slowly transitioned into someone a little different even though he shouldn't have been able to. My favorite character was Jack, he was your simple, down-to-earth guy and the only one who seemed to have any brains. I was Team Jack all the way ;)

The ending of the story was what made me give this book any stars at all. It was so emotionally enthralling that I couldn't put it down until the very last page. I might even end up reading the second book, but I'll probably just end up borrowing it from the library if I do. I think if the beginning of the book had been as captivating and well done as the end, I would have loved the book. But it was boring until the last bits of it, it was such a snore-fest up until then. 

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Monday 5 August 2013

Othermoon


Othermoon (Otherkin #2) by Nina Berry

Publisher: K-Teen
Release Date: January 29th/2013
Pages: 320
Type: ARC
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What It's About!

Everyone has secrets. I had no idea mine would lead me into shadow. Dez has found the place where she belongs. With the otherkin. With Caleb. Or so she thought. As the barriers between our world and Othersphere fall, a wall rises between Dez and Caleb, leaving her fiercest enemy her only friend.

And maybe something more.

Now Dez must make a devastating choice: keep the love of her life, or save the otherkin from annihilation.

Review

Since I had really loved the first book, Otherkin, I had gone into this book having some pretty high expectations. I guess they were a little too high, though, for I couldn't quite get into it for the first quarter of the book. It was really slow and boring.

After setting it down and taking a break from it, however, I ended up really enjoying it. Especially near the end when things get super heated and exciting! There was also a part in the book that made me want to cry, I don't understand why writers all think they have to break couples up all the time, why can't just one couple be strong enough to stay together, no matter the jealousy, and anything else? WHY can't any of the characters ever stick around long enough to find out that what they think is totally different from the truth?

Anyway, back to my review. I thought the plot twists in this one were amazing. It was 10x better than the first book. I just couldn't get enough! Othermoon emotionally pulled me in a lot more than the first book did, I have to admit. I think it's because in this second book, I already knew the characters and had time to get attached to my favorite ones before I even started reading this book. I just loved it so much!

Yes, the beginning is boring and feels like the same old stuff as the first book, but once it picks up, it doesn't stop! 



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