tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42666655775393244012024-03-06T08:42:21.869+00:00Once Upon a Moonlight Review...Book Reviews!Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.comBlogger376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-83721703149027517162020-07-29T12:00:00.009+01:002020-07-29T12:00:00.242+01:00[COVER REVEAL & FIRST CHAPTER EXTRACT] The Island by C.L. Taylor #TheIslandBook<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-8rpDWzIk1E8qiJxzZV63rCmquuh1oURkncaqrPXf2d5KFk-7aHbb0Yn4J8h8BwuoJ_n0-7MbhBd1gp1UGTISpdwjBX8iQ0X2ee6FxYARcnPxjL0TkwcFvuwompR3tUMPC6rnWCWzhH5/s1600/the+Island+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH-8rpDWzIk1E8qiJxzZV63rCmquuh1oURkncaqrPXf2d5KFk-7aHbb0Yn4J8h8BwuoJ_n0-7MbhBd1gp1UGTISpdwjBX8iQ0X2ee6FxYARcnPxjL0TkwcFvuwompR3tUMPC6rnWCWzhH5/w625-h351/the+Island+3.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><br /></div>
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<div style="background-color: #f4f0ec; color: #181818; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px;"><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="311" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbpNLOfkjC9hR_XQqp__Ul85eXbHZaoM4nE9gkyycGVuejRiBPuSdF7OQzqu7mh-jyAp-eX2rRGVZHUlnkf-f6_mQR2q0EeujyAlFwX_Ybrd4Nm2AUSTlE9oa3LEckQ96yGsl6yz3eN6-/w329-h500/45895038._SY475_.jpg" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;" width="329" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45895038-the-island" target="_blank">T</a></b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45895038-the-island" target="_blank">h</a></b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45895038-the-island" target="_blank">e Isl</a></b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45895038-the-island" target="_blank">and</a></b> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7078175.C_L_Taylor" target="_blank">C.L. Taylor</a></div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Published by </b>HQ Young Adult on 21st January 2021</div></b></div>
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<div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;">Lost meets The H</span><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;">unger G</span><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;">ames in the thrilling new young adult novel from C.L. Taylor, the Sunday Times and million-copy bestselling author.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome to The Island.</div></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Where your worst fears are about to come true…</div></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">It was supposed to be the perfect holiday: a week-long trip for six teenage friends on a remote tropicalisland.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">But when their guide dies of a stroke leaving them stranded, the trip of a lifetime quickly turns into a nightmare.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Because someone on the island knows each of the group’s worst fears. And one by one, they’re coming true.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Seven days in paradise. A deadly secret.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Who will make it off the island alive?</div></span></div>
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I’d be charming, manipulative and a pathological liar. I also wouldn’t be wondering what Danny, Honor, Jeffers, Meg and Milo are talking about on the other side of the pool, their faces cast in shadow, the Thai night sky a blank blanket above them. And I definitely wouldn’t be convincing myself that they’re talking about me. Even if they were, I wouldn’t care. But the biggest advantage of being a psychopath by a mile would be lack of empathy. Life doesn’t hurt as much if you stop caring.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Who’s up for a swim?’ Honor, who’s been intertwined with Danny on a sun lounger for the last hour, wriggles out of his grasp and stands up. She slips off her flip-flops, strips off her T-shirt and wriggles out of her shorts. It’s dark and the surface of the pool is still and calm, striped with the reflected glow of the hotel and dotted with candlelight. Honor dives </span><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">in, barely making a splash. She pulls her arms through the water, blonde hair streaming behind her.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="page" style="text-indent: 0px;" title="Page 2"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Seconds later Danny’s in too. He tries to grab Honor around the waist but she slips away like a fish and swims almost a whole length underwater.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Meg?’ Honor’s voice echoes off the walls of the hotel complex as she breaks through the water, just a few feet away from me. It’s after eleven and an older couple to my right, talking quietly on their sun loungers, sigh loudly. ‘Milo? Jeffers? You coming in? We could play water polo?’ She glances at me and the expression on her face changes: uncertainty replaces excitement. She doesn’t know whether to invite me to join them or not. I pull the sleeves of my top down over my hands and shift in my seat. Swimming’s one of my favourite things in the world and I’m good at it – I’ve swum for the county – but I haven’t been in the pool since we got here and I’m not about to start now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘You guys go ahead,’ I shout. ‘I’ll watch.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">As holidays go this is right up there with the time we went to Center Parcs and Danny did a poo in the corner of the ball pit at soft play. OK, so we were all three at the time but the memory of the warm squelch as I put my hand in it is indelibly burnt into my brain. The walking tour of the Scottish Isles when we were all twelve was pretty grim too. It never stopped raining and I slipped and twisted my ankle when we were still an hour away from the car. Almost every year since we were born there’s been an enforced group holiday and now here we are, in Thailand, a disparate group of teenagers forced to socialise with each other because our </span><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">parents happened to go to the same antenatal group over seventeen years ago. Our friendships have changed over the years. As five- and six-year-olds Honor and I were about as close as two little kids could be. We tried to include Meg in our games but she was more interested in trying to muscle in on the games Milo, her twin brother, was playing with Jeffers and Danny. As pre-teens Meg gravitated back to me and Honor and there was a distinct girls versus boys dynamic. That all changed when hormones kicked in and Honor and Danny got together and me and Milo . . . well, I’m not sure how to describe that. We danced around each other, I guess. Sometimes I fancied him and he didn’t fancy me. Sometimes it was the other way round. It’s not that we’ve got a ‘thing’. It’s more of a ‘non thing’ but it’s not just friendship, not like me and Danny or Jeffers.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="page" style="text-indent: 0px;" title="Page 3"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Don’t get me wrong, Thailand is </span><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">amazing</span><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">. The people are so smiley and friendly, the food is delicious, the streets are buzzing and vibrant and the scenery is breathtaking. Yes, it’s hot and humid but, hello, I’d rather be dripping with sweat over here than dripping with rain in England. No, Thailand’s not the problem, nor is the amazing complex we’re staying in. The fact is I can’t do holidays like this anymore. The others don’t know how to act around me and I’ve forgotten who I used to be. I can’t relax. I’ve forgotten how to banter, and if I catch myself laughing, I immediately feel guilty. I might be seventeen but I feel like I’m a hundred years old.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Jessie?’ I jolt as Milo appears behind me. I was so caught up in watching Danny trying, and failing, to lift Honor above his head that I didn’t notice him slip away from the table </span><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">he was sitting at with Meg. She’s changed since we hit our teens. She used to be competitive, loud and outspoken. These days, if she does speak, it’s usually to say something snarky.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="page" style="text-indent: 0px;" title="Page 4"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Hi.’ I shove my hands beneath the table and smile, tightly, up at Milo as my heart hammers in my chest. Like his sister he’s got jet black hair but, while Meg’s tumbles over her shoulders in dark corkscrews, Milo’s is shaved around the sides and wavy on top.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘I’m going to the bar.’ He reaches a hand towards me and, for one heart-stopped second, I think he’s going to touch me. Instead he places his hand on the back of my chair and rests his weight against it. He glances towards my glass, most of my mojito mocktail long gone. ‘Do you need a top-up?’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Instinctively I glance across the pool, to Meg, sitting in her seat, hunched forward, her elbows on her knees, watching us. If Milo was interested in me, which these days he’s not, she wouldn’t approve and who could blame her? Who needs my kind of screw-up in their life? If you need me I’ll turn my back. If you want to talk I’ll run. And if you love me . . .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Something lurches inside me – like a bruise being pressed – and I twist the tender skin on the underside of my forearm until the feeling fades. I might not be a psychopath but I’ve got my own ways of switching off negative thoughts. My aim is to be in complete control of my emotions. I’m not there yet but one day I will be.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘No thanks.’ I look back at Milo. ‘I’m going to bed in a bit.’ </span><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Something in his gaze shifts. Did he just look disappointed or did I completely imagine that?</span></p></div></div></div><div class="page" style="text-indent: 0px;" title="Page 5"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Are you going to the bar?’ Danny shouts to Milo from the pool as he launches Honor into the air. She shrieks for all of two seconds then plops back into the water with a splash. ‘I’ll come with you. I want a snack.’ He pauses, waiting for Honor to resurface. ‘Want anything to drink?’ he asks her.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">She runs her hands through her hair, slicking it back from her face. ‘Lemonade, please.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘You don’t want a cocktail? This barman’s not fussed about ID.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Nah. I’m good.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">As Danny swims to the side and heaves himself out of the water Milo drifts over to him. I watch as they saunter over to the bamboo bar that’s surrounded by palm trees. When I look back at the pool Honor has swum to the side nearest me. The top half of her body is out of the water, her blonde hair slicked back and her arms folded on the tiles.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Are you OK?’ she asks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">I stiffen. I can deal with people being kind on WhatsApp and social media but, in person, any kind of sympathy makes me want to cry. Thankfully no one’s pushed me to open up. Other than a few awkward ‘I’m really sorry, Jessie’ comments on the day we arrived no one’s mentioned the reason my family didn’t go on the group holiday to Norfolk last year. And I’d rather it stayed that way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Fine. Hot, isn’t it?’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Honor takes the hint and changes the subject. ‘Is Milo getting you a drink?’</span></p></div></div></div><div class="page" style="text-indent: 0px;" title="Page 6"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘No. I said I didn’t want one.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Oh right.’ She shrugs lightly. ‘I’m not sure why I asked Danny to get me one. I’m not even thirsty.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Danny’s always doing nice things for her. In the three days we’ve been here he’s rushed up to their room to get things for her at least half a dozen times, given her countless shoulder rubs and, when she didn’t like her fried snapper at lunch, he swapped with his own meal, even though he’s not keen on fish.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Honor sighs loudly, prompting me to ask her what’s up. She ignores the question and eases herself effortlessly out of the water and sits on the edge. ‘Are you looking forward to going to the island tomorrow?’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">I shudder, despite the heat. ‘Not really, are you?’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">She shrugs. ‘Seven days with no 4G, no WiFi, no clean clothes and no soft beds. It’s either going to be hell, or the best thing we’ve ever done.’ She gestures across the pool to Jefferson whose got his face buried in a book. ‘Bear Grylls over there is crapping himself with excitement.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">I can’t help but laugh. Jefferson Payne, the youngest of the group by nine days, has been obsessed with camping, hunting and foraging for the last few years. He’s small and wiry with over-sized glasses but, in his head, he’s some kind of action hero. If the WhatsApp group chats are anything to go by he spends every night after school whittling knife handles out of bits of wood and plaiting huge lengths of cord into bracelets. I’m not judging – how he spends his time is his own business – but it is a bit weird that a kid </span><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">who lives in a three-bedroom house in North London and goes to private school is so obsessed with prepping for the end of the world.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="page" style="text-indent: 0px;" title="Page 7"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">I’m not sure if it’s the prepper stuff or something else but he’s changed since the last time I saw him. He was always the most reserved kid in our group, but he’s got a real loner vibe going on now. We’ve chatted a couple of times since we arrived – small talk mostly – and I got the distinct vibe that he’d rather be anywhere than hanging out with us.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">If our parents have noticed that we’ve all outgrown these group holidays they’ve chosen to ignore it. They all seem as chilled and relaxed as they normally are. Well, maybe not my parents, not this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘I mean, it’s only a week,’ Honor says, ‘and the guide will be doing all the hard work building us a shelter and stuff. It’s not like we need to be fashioning spears out of bits of wood and killing fish for dinner.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘I’m packing Pringles,’ I say. ‘Seriously, sod all the sensible stuff we’re supposed to take with us. I’m filling my bag with—’ I’m interrupted by the slap, slap, slap of flip-flops as two lads – one with a nose ring about our age and the other a couple of years older with closely cropped hair – appear from between the palm trees and saunter towards us. Honor turns to look, flipping her wet hair over her shoulder. Inwardly I groan. I’m paranoid and self-conscious enough with people I know, never mind people I don’t. I should have gone to bed</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">while I still had the chance.<br />‘All right, girls?’ The shorter of the two boys looks me</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">up and down dismissively before his gaze rests on Honor. </span><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Behind him, the older boy smirks. With their blue eyes, fair hair and long, angular faces they’re almost certainly brothers. ‘How you doing?’ The shorter boy with the nose ring plops himself down next to Honor, who immediately angles herself away from him. Her eyes dart towards the palm trees,</span></p></div></div></div><div class="page" style="text-indent: 0px;" title="Page 8"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">anxiety written all over her face.<br />‘Jesus,’ the older one says, taking a seat next to me. ‘Aren’t</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">you hot wearing that?’<br />Unlike me, in a long-sleeved top, linen trousers and flip-</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">flops, he’s barefoot and naked from the waist up.<br />‘I’m fine,’ I say, ignoring the fact my top is glued to my</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">back with sweat.<br />‘Each to their own.’ He grins widely and sits back in chair,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">blocking my view of Honor and his brother. ‘I’m Jack by the way, and that’s Josh, my brother.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Great.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">He laughs. ‘Chatty, aren’t you? How long have you been here?’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Too long.’ I give him a pointed look. I know what he’s trying to do. He’s trying to keep me distracted so his brother can crack on with Honor. I shift my chair to one side so I can see round him. Short-arse now has his arm around Honor’s shoulders, his fingers denting the skin at the top of her arm. She’s smiling at him but it’s a fixed grin – the kind you use when someone’s overstepping the line but you don’t want to cause a scene. She’s doing her best to wriggle away but he’s tightened his grip, pulling her into his body. Over on the other side of the pool Jeffers still has his nose in his book and Meg has disappeared.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="page" style="text-indent: 0px;" title="Page 9"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Hey!’ Honor says, whipping her face away as Josh dips his head to kiss her. ‘Leave it out, I’ve got a boyfriend.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘I heard you guys talking,’ Jack says, shifting his chair towards me. ‘You off on some kind of survival experience tomorrow or something?’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">I ignore him. His brother has one hand on Honor’s face now and he’s angling her towards him, forcing her to look at him. The hand around her shoulders has slid under her arm and his fingers are plucking at the thin material of her bikini top.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Beneath the table I pinch at the only patch of skin on my forearm that’s smooth and soft but the tight feeling in my chest remains. I don’t want to get involved but someone has to. This has to stop.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Hey,’ Jack says as I stand up, still gripping the arms of my metal chair and carrying it behind me like a turtle shell as I walk to the edge of the pool. ‘What the hell happened to your hands? Jesus, they look really—’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Hi.’ As I draw closer Josh releases his grip on Honor’s face and rests his hand on the tiles. He feigns nonchalance, all cocky and chilled—’look at me just chilling by the pool late at night’ – but he’s moved his wandering hand back to Honor’s arm and he’s pinning her to his side.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘Where are you going with that chair?’ he asks. ‘Going to take it for a swim?’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">Behind me his brother laughs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">‘No.’ I smile down at him. ‘I thought I’d join you. Apparently you don’t have a problem with personal space.’ He looks up at me in confusion but, before he can reply, I lower the chair so one of the metal legs is directly above </span><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">his hand, then I sit down. His shout fills the air – a howl of surprise morphing into a scream of pain. He pushes Honor away from him and grabs at the chair leg but it doesn’t move an inch. I’m too heavy for him to shift. He looks up at me and I feel a stab of satisfaction at seeing Honor’s fear in his eyes. Nothing happens for what feels like for ever then I hear Jack’s chair scraping on the tiles and his roar of anger. A split second later I’m shoved so hard in the back that I tip forwards. There’s no time to react. All I can do is hold my breath as I fall out of the chair and the lights of the pool rush to meet me. The last thing I hear before my ears fill with water is a single word.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="page" style="text-indent: 0px;" title="Page 10"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family: SabonLTPro; font-size: 11pt;">It sounds a lot like ‘psycho’.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></center><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>
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An easy contemporary read, that is certainly targeted more towards the younger audience in the young adult genre.<br />
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Oh where to start with this novel. I think one of the key aspects of this novel that threw me, is our main character Belly. I believe, dependant on your age, the way you read her will differ. Personally I found her to be a rather petty and immature character. Belly constantly played the victim, and although this I believe strongly related to her age, to read it from her perspective really overtook and ruined her character. On the topic of Belly's age, she reads very young yet I was left very surprised when I found out halfway through that she was only fifteen. On one side, she reads and has the maturity of a young teen, yet the storyline and what she was doing aligned more with the actions of an older late teen, and hence the perspectives that the reader is getting of her just simply did not mesh together. I simply could not relate nor connect with Belly, and to simply connect with a character is really important to do when reading a novel to become invested in their story; sadly she was just really rather selfish and self absorbed.<br />
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Secondary characters were... disposable. They were not fleshed out enough and I felt like if they left the storyline it really would not be missing them, which is surprising considering the two brothers are what the plot revolves around. I would also like to add in here, the romantic interest Conrad is eighteen and Belly is fifteen; just made me feel rather uncomfortable to read about to be honest.<br />
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However, what Han did with the characters was what made some important talking points throughout the novel. Although lightly tackled, there were still important lessons and topics that were covered, alongside seeing Belly grow to push herself, find her voice and take control of her decisions, whilst also improving her self confidence. For the audience this should be aimed at, it was well done on Han's part, and are good topics for young teens to be aware of and to contemplate themselves.<br />
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Concerning the plot, to me personally it was average. It passed the time, it was light, and I kept reading. But one of the main things is that it was just a bit too simple of a plot for myself. I expected more from this novel, to either better tackle the important topics it lightly covers, or to have more engaging and invested characters. However, I believe I will continue with this trilogy, simply in the hopes that I can witness Belly be a more fleshed out and evolved character, alongside watch her grow as a person as she ages throughout the novels.<br />
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Well researched, fascinating and captivating, <i>The Optical Illusion</i> is unlike many novels that I have read before. Spinning the true story scandal that rocked the art world, Halliburton writes a clever and captivating tale, that allows even those with very little knowledge of art, to understand and be pulled into the story.<br />
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As for the plot, it was brilliantly written and flowed wonderfully. Halliburton seems to have the knack for weaving multiple separate perspectives and storylines all into one, without it becoming overcomplicated or overboard. The storyline was intriguing, surprising but more importantly interesting. Following a father and daughter in their attempt to sell a rare manuscript containing rare and sought after methods, scandals occur and as the reader the tension and gossip throughout the novel was addictive, combined with the fact that you never knew who could be trusted and what their true motives were.</div>
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I think what stood out most was our characters. They will all lead you to suspect them, and question their motives for everything. Ann Jemima was an unconventional character for her time, and was intriguing to read about. She was a mature and confident character, who was intelligent and challenged societal expectations of her, whilst still retaining respect from many of those around her.</div>
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<b>Published by</b> Disney Hyperion on 13th January 2015<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Forced by her alcoholic mother to use her ability to make extra money, Maddie identifies the quickly approaching death date of one client's young son, but because her ability only allows her to see the </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">when</i><span style="font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;"> and not the </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">how</i><span style="font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">, she’s unable to offer any more insight. When the boy goes missing on that exact date, law enforcement turns to Maddie.</span></div>
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It's the age old question: would you rather know when you die, or how you die? To which the answer never is agreed upon. In this gripping and unpredictable mystery, that will have you pointing the accusatory finger at everyone, it explores the concept of knowing when you will die, and whether given the chance to know, it is better left unanswered.<br />
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The concept of this novel is what intrigued me most. The manner in which it was handled and portrayed was brilliant, as realistic as it could be and painted in a way that one could possibly expect to be realistic. I thought Laurie tackled some interesting perspectives on the matter, and the different ways people would emotionally approach such a topic and revelation. It explored disbelief, denial, acceptance, and relief, and I feel the way in which Laurie portrayed it was really well done. It was an intriguing concept that was pulled off well.<br />
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The plot of this was brilliant; it was engaging, quick paced and mysterious. I find it quite hard nowadays to be surprised by a result of "Who done it?" novels, they are one of my favourite genres to read because of the fact that you are problem solving. However, due to the sheer amount of them I have read, I am often left unsurprised. Though, this, I was surprised by. And not in a completely random result that is completely unjustified, but a very tightly knit, and planned surprise culprit. It made sense, and I was so pleased to have that as the resulting climax of the novel. Laurie paints a great picture of the plot, you could feel the tension, the coldness of the characters, and the believability of the occurrences.<br />
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My issues mainly surrounded our protagonist Maddie. For a girl of around sixteen years old, her voice and narrative was incredibly young and childish. She seemed more like the age of a ten year old, and for a girl in her position, I would have certainly expected her voice to sound that of her age, and maybe a bit more mature. This meant that she came across as sadly a little whiney at times, and in complete disregard of what was going on around her, there were things that were obvious she should be doing, and yet she wasn't. And that left disappointment with me. She had a certain lack of maturity, and although I guess this is what caused the problems that made the plot of this novel, it just felt unrealistic for her age.<br />
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Secondly, what even was the point in including Aiden? I get it, typical teen novels will have a love interest, but it wasn't needed. The novel would switch to having these random daydreams about this guy, and how they have this 'connection' despite saying hi to one another once. And this also sparked my interest, why was his and her death dates never mentioned until the very end!? Like, their connection is because their death dates are consecutive? I just thought it was a waste of space in the novel and sort of dulled it down a little; the plot held its own without it.<br />
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The ending of this novel. Although the resulting culprit was a surprise and left the problem solver in me content, the ending was just, wrapped up too neatly. Characters went back to happy chappies after everything they went through, and everything was just wrapped up too neatly for the emotional toll what they had been through would have on them. I was left disappointed due to how unrealistic their emotions and actions were; Laurie just seemed to want to give the perfect, neatly wrapped present ending, and for a novel like this, it just did not fit.</div>
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-49168477311334066572019-07-23T08:00:00.000+01:002019-07-23T08:00:03.798+01:00REVIEW: Diary of a Teenage Jewel Thief by Rosie Somers<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32172267-diary-of-a-teenage-jewel-thief" target="_blank">Diary of a Teenage Jewel Thief</a></b> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8281027.Rosie_Somers" target="_blank">Rosie Somers</a><br />
<b>Published by</b> Entangled Teen on 7th August 2017<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 206<br />
<b>Source:</b> *Received from the Publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Most sixteen-year-olds shouldn’t know where museums keep their rarest jewels (the basement) and they really shouldn’t know that vans make the worst getaway cars. But for Marisol Flores, a life of jewel thievery is a birthright handed down from generation to generation, even if she didn’t ask for it. So when a rival thief targets Mari and her mother, Mari’s more than happy to flee to the anonymity of bustling New York City.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Blending in is a dream come true for Mari, but keeping her former thieving ways a secret gets way more complicated when handsome Will Campbell sets his sights on her. She can’t help but like his terrible puns and charming grin…but when her past catches up with her, it’s not only her life—and her anonymity—that’s at stake. </span><br />
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This was not what I was expecting. I was expecting from the synopsis, the title and the cover, this novel was going to be similar to Ally Carter's <i>Heist Society </i>series, but it felt more like a high school contemporary drama with the added bit of the action and thriller on the end, just to make it the heist novel it was marketed to be. Sadly a case of don't judge a book by its cover.<br />
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From the get go I was uncertain about our main characters. Marisol's voice was certainly not that of a sixteen year old, and I really struggled to get past this when reading. Marisol's voice and narrative was too young, although Somers did try to mature Marisol, it sadly lacked presence and simply made her sound a little confused and as though she was trying to be older than she actually is. Apart from that, I didn't mind Marisol, she was okay. Marisol was friendly and nice. But there was nothing to make her stand out, I didn't feel like I was able to connect with her and that was a real shame; she was simply your standard protagonist, nothing more than a character shell.<br />
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The relationship from the beginning was far too insta-love. It was immediate, and instead of being cute and swoon worthy, it came across as rather awkward and cringy, making me feel rather uncomfortable at times. And because they seemed younger than they actually were, that made their relationship seem that much more uncomfortable and awkward.<br />
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As for the plot. It was okay, yet not what I was expecting. It started strong and I was really intrigued, but it felt like it quickly just turned into a normal contemporary, girl starts new school, girl has secrets, girl makes new friends, and meets new mysterious guy, something happens, secrets revealed, then happy again. We finally get to see the heist in the last 25% which was done brilliantly and I really wish this was included more in the actual novel as Somers wrote this fantastically; it was thrilling and dangerous, exactly what I had been hoping for throughout.<br />
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The last 25% of the novel really made up for the rest, it was just such a shame that you had to read for that long to read Somer's brilliant action thriller scenes.<br />
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-40081636956753997642019-07-08T20:00:00.000+01:002019-07-09T12:28:45.605+01:00REVIEW: Follow Me (The Amateurs #2) by Sara Shepard<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Series:</b> The Amateurs #2<br />
<b>Published by</b> Hot Key Books on 5th October 2017<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 288<br />
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Eerie, thrilling and rather unnerving at times, <i>Follow Me</i> is a brilliantly crafted murder mystery that will make you want to sleep with one eye open.<br />
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Brilliantly matched together, the characters all have a distinct and individual voice allowing one to hear from all their perspectives. Shepard differentiates and transitions between all the characters seamlessly, providing individual voices and not like copy-and-pasted people. As characters they are realistic and determined, they have realistic emotions one would expect and as the reader you feel rather connected to them, making you feel like you are on this journey with them.<br />
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What I found really put this sequel above the first novel is that we get to read from Brett's perspective, which made for an interesting sequel and having finished the first novel, I was incredibly intrigued as to how Shepard was going to write this; spoiler ahead if you have not read the first book yet, but I was most intrigued by this sequel due to the fact that at the end of the first novel the reader and characters find out that Brett is the killer. He is an incredibly chilling and disturbing character, yet intriguing. You get to see his point of view on everything as this sequel also tackle some serious topics, in particular Brett's intense misogyny. This is a serious talking point in the novel, for Brett believes these women should be punished for the things they have done like cheating, going against societies prejudice expectations, but also the fact that he believes a women should not love nor be confident about themselves and show it to others. Brett believes this is wrong and that women who display these characteristics are simply being self-absorbed, even though male characters throughout also exhibit the same characteristics he hates so much in women. I am really intrigued to see how this is explored and tackled further in the sequel.<br />
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The plot was terrifying and chilling. Shepard is one of my favourite writers for mysteries. She writes them perfectly and every time it is something new, she never follows a similar pattern; I am always left shocked, surprised and holding on to the edge of my seat. The plot was fast pace, with never a dull moment. I love how you are sort of reading from all of their perspectives at the same time, as this really amplifies the imagery in this novel making you truly feel like you are right there beside them. Now, having read many horror and thriller novels, I am now not very easily unnerved nor scared when reading this genre anymore. Yet one particular scene in this sequel left a lasting impression. Shepard is just an amazing writer of murder mystery that I was left rather unnerved and disjointed after reading this.<br />
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How this sequel was wrapped up, was perfect. I knew from the beginning there was going to be a third novel, and so this did make me nervous as to how Shepard would play out the ending to this, but it really did surpass my exceptions. I never saw the last ten percent coming and was so pleased with this, as I was left shocked and grasping for more! I am incredibly excited for the sequel.<br />
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<b>Series:</b> The Diabolic #1<br />
<b>Published by</b> Simon & Schuster UK on 1st November 2016<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 403<br />
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Dark, raw and addictive, <i>The Diabolic</i> is a unique and thrilling perspective on the future of robots and genetic science.<br />
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The novel is predominantly based around a community in space which has developed the Diabolic to protect their children; the Diabolic are robots. And personally I believe this is enough to pull anyone in! I went into this novel knowing nothing, and that is honestly the best way to have gone into this world.<br />
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Our characters were intriguing. Nemesis is a Diabolic, grown to have no emotion or conscience, and to do everything and anything to protect their master. It was an intriguing concept, and as Nemesis is put in more difficult situations, we see her character grow and develop into a more caring individual; she becomes more human. But the thing is, is that I don't feel like you will never completely like or know Nemesis due to her nature, because even though she is trying to do the right thing, she will always be a loose cannon; she would kill in a second, with little push. This makes for a rather intriguing and unusual character to read about, as she is unpredictable and hence, a character to watch.<br />
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The families you encounter are complex and riddled with secrets. You will not like any of them, it is simple as that. Their morals and beliefs will never alter and the complexity and how deep-rooted these beliefs are is what makes the families so foreboding and rememberable throughout; however problematic they are, the novel and its plot would not be what it is without them. I certainly found the politics of the whole system to be rather intriguing; usually I am not a fan of politics in novels as I find too much time is spent explaining, and it is always used to simply justify despicable actions, but Kincaid was very clever in the way she set this out, and for that I could not help but be intrigued to read further.<br />
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The plot of the novel certainly does take a while to get into. You really do have to persevere as Kincaid is setting up the world for you, but once you get past this stage, the plot really does pick up, and makes for an incredibly dark yet addictive read. The ending did however feel rushed; it would speak of something at one point, and switch topics the next, and then it would all miraculously come together and bang, done, that was it, onto the next book. It felt rushed and I really would have liked for it to have been slowed down a little to create a more solid standing and base for the sequel. But obviously, I am really excited to reading the sequel and what it has in-store.<br />
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-26639465421268846432019-06-06T16:00:00.001+01:002019-06-06T16:00:24.105+01:00REVIEW: The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Published by</b> HarperTeen on 5th May 2015<br />
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When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After all, she'd been telling her friends about him for months now. This was supposed to be the night she proved he existed. So when she sees a cute guy waiting to pick up his sister, she enlists his help. The task is simple: be her fill-in boyfriend—two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies. After that, she can win back the real Bradley.</div>
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The problem is that days after prom, it's not the real Bradley she's thinking about, but the stand-in. The one whose name she doesn't even know. But tracking him down doesn't mean they're done faking a relationship. Gia owes him a favor and his sister intends to see that he collects: his ex-girlfriend's graduation party—three hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.</div>
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Just when Gia begins to wonder if she could turn her fake boyfriend into a real one, Bradley comes waltzing back into her life, exposing her lie, and threatening to destroy her friendships and her new-found relationship.</div>
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Your classic teen contemporary, that although is stereotypical and full of teen angst, actually tackles some important topics for the reader to consider and question themselves.<br />
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Gia is what is considered on the outside to be perfect. She has the perfect family, the perfect life, the perfect friends. So when her boyfriend breaks up with her just before prom, she enlists the help of Hayden, her 'fill-in boyfriend'. But what she soon realises is that her life isn't perfect, and actually sometimes you need the perspective of an outsider to your life, a stranger, to break you away from your routine actions and opinions.<br />
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Our characters in this novel although play a key role, sadly were all rather dislikable. Gia and her friends were narrow-minded, self-absorbed and self-important, and it was hard to like them. Their friendships were toxic, but what was highlighted was also their lack of knowledge of one another. They were simply friends on the surface, and that was it. But it is a topic that is tackled in the novel, identifying toxic attitudes of those around you, and in oneself, and how these affect you; it prompts the reader to question whether sometimes losing that toxic friendship is better for your mental health than carrying on with it.<br />
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The plot of this novel isn't what left a lasting impact on me as a reader. The plot was not the most exciting, a little bland, and truthfully not the most engaging. The characters were self-absorbed, immature and simply had incredibly self-righteous personalities, which is actually what made me want to stop reading a quarter of the way through. However, one persevered, and pleased they did.<br />
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The novel highlighted some key issues with society, and although they were not completely analysed and challenged in-depth, they certainly made you think. One of the key things that stood out is how society is so busy and wrapped up in their own thoughts and agendas, that we take little time to understand and get to know small things about those around us. It highlights to the reader to not be afraid to ask people about themselves, to not allow fear of them not wanting to talk about themselves stop you from wanting to get to know them better.<br />
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It also highlighted the dominance of social media in today's society, and for a teen novel, I felt this was a really great topic for the novel to have brought to attention, and was something West mildly tackled. How many look for validation from those on social media, how many likes they get, followers, connections. And how damaging this can be to people, especially young adults in the way they see themselves and how they express themselves as people.<br />
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Therefore, although the plot of this novel wasn't greatly executed and the characters were extremely dislikable, making it tricky to continue reading; I believe it is worth the read for some of the messages the novel sends on not being afraid to ask people more personal questions in order to get to know them better, to open up, and the impact that social media and technology can have on a young impressionable individual.<br />
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-70559435406654889112017-10-14T15:34:00.001+01:002018-11-08T20:55:24.328+00:00REVIEW: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1) by Michelle Hodkin<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Series:</b> Mara Dyer #1<br />
<b>Published by</b> Simon Pulse UK on 1st March 2012<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 452</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">When Mara Dyer wakes up in hospital with no memory of how she got there, or any explanation as to why the bizarre accident that caused the deaths of her boyfriend and two best friends left her mysteriously unharmed, her doctors suggest that she start over in a new city, at a new school, and just hope her memories gradually come back. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">But Mara's new start is anything but comforting. She sees the faces of her dead friends everywhere and now she's started to see other peoples deaths before they happen. Is she going crazy? As if dealing with all this isn't enough, Noah Shaw, the most beautiful boy she's ever seen, can't seem to leave her alone. But does he have her best interests at heart, or another agenda altogether?</span></div>
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Thrilling, dark, addictive and haunting, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer </i>was
surprising and not what I originally was expecting. I have heard so much about
this series, and have been so excited to read it! Yet I did finish this feeling
a little disappointed; I was expecting so much, I purposefully kept myself in
the dark about the plot due to it being a psychological thriller, and although I
was certainly left surprised and really wanting to read the rest of the
trilogy, it was certainly not what one expected. But this cover! It is so
mysterious and haunting, especially paired with the rest of the trilogy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This novel is about Mara Dyer, her alias, who is involved in
an accident which kills her two closest friends and her boyfriend. But Mara
doesn’t remember anything, she is just left feeling stuck within her inner thoughts. Her
family is hovering constantly around her, and Mara needs to get away and move
to a new town. But unusual things are beginning to happen more frequently. Mara
is seeing her dead friends and boyfriend, and things seem real that aren’t. But
when those around her start dying exactly how Mara imagines, things begin to
get confusing for her, yet the unlikely Noah Shaw might shine more light on the
situation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mara Dyer is an unusual character, due to the circumstances
of this novel I found it rather interesting in trying to understand her. The
bottom line is, I don’t think one ever will understand Mara throughout the whole series. Mara is
a complex and dark character, but not only that, she is kind hearted and
compassionate, yet Mara is also dark and unforgiving. Mara's character and
personality works well with the plot, and although to begin with and especially
throughout it is hard understand, you have to keep reminding yourself of
the situation Mara is in.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I loved the character of Noah Shaw. At first I was thinking,
great this is going to be the typical bad, mysterious guy, but I actually
really liked him. He was compassionate and caring, whilst being invested in his
education and having other interests other than the stereotypical. Noah was too
an interesting character, like Mara I liked how there was more to them than
meets the eye. They both had a bit of mystery behind them, but I was surprised
and certainly pleased.<br />
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felt sometimes when I was reading, there was a paragraph missing at times,
because multiple times I had to go back and reread the page to try and gain a
better understanding of what is happening. Additionally, sometimes sentences
didn’t seem to make sense to me, I had to sometimes keep reading those too just
to try to understand, but still didn’t. It was such shame. But the plot was so
addictive none the less, it was thrilling, dark and suspenseful. There were so
many twists, the main one I felt was pretty obvious, just because of the letter
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<b>Series:</b> Dark Caravan Cycle #1<br />
<b>Published by</b> Corgi Children's on 9th October 2014<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">A jinni of tremendous ancient power and Empress to Arjinna, Nalia was sold into slavery on the dark caravan, where jinn are forced to grant wishes and obey their masters’ every command. She’d do anything to be free of the golden shackles that bind her to Malek, her handsome, cruel master, and his lavish Hollywood lifestyle.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Enter Raif</span><b style="color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">, </b><span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">the enigmatic leader of Arjinna’s revolution and Nalia’s sworn enemy. He promises to free Nalia so that she can return to her ravaged homeland and free her imprisoned brother. But freedom comes at a heavy price and danger is everywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">In this gorgeous fantasy debut, Heather Demetrios brings to life a deliciously seductive world where a wish can be a curse and shadows are sometimes safer than the light.</span></div>
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Magical, thrilling and dark, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Exquisite Captive</i> was captivating and enchanting, yet dangerous and
cruel, but certainly a unique
twist on Jinnis’. This cover is beautiful, it tells you everything you need to
know about the novel, but it is a shame they changed the covers for the
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Nalia is the last of the Ghan Aisouri, captured and sold
into slavery on the dark caravan on earth, and forced to grant the wishes of her
master Malek. She is the last heir to the throne, Empress of Arjinna. Nalia has
been in disguise as a Shaitan to ensure the Ifrit don’t realise they missed killing
one. But now they know, and when Nalia meets the Revolution’s leader Raif,
Nalia realises her freedom may come sooner than she ever realised, but at a
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Nalia is an interesting character. She is certainly likable;
Nalia is strong, independent, and has a strong head on her shoulders. It was
intriguing to watch her character; throughout she experiences new feelings
and hopes, ones she has been forced to abandon previously due to her training. Her
feelings towards Malek were intriguing. When originally reading reviews, many
complained that the feelings between Nalia and Malek were weird, and turned them
off the novel, seeing as Malek is her master and due to the awful things he
has done. Although one does completely understand how this perspective could
have come about, when reading what I saw was a woman whom was confused in her
environment, she has never experienced any form of affection, whether that is
family love or romantic love. Therefore, I found it was understandable that
Nalia would become confused and drawn to the affection pointed her way. I am
not saying it is right, but that it is understandable, and Nalia soon comes to
realise this herself, and thankfully makes the right decisions. Therefore, you
certainly see Nalia grow and adapt throughout the novel.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What I also really enjoyed when reading this was that we got
to read from the perspective of Raif, the leader of the revolution, sworn and
expected to hate Nalia. He was a refreshing perspective in the plot and
environment they were in. Raif was a fun, sometimes humorous character, yet
also serious and loyal. I thoroughly enjoyed understanding and witnessing his background
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<b>Published by </b>Hot Key Books on 7th June 2016<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 316<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">When Jill wakes up in a hospital bed with her leg in a cast, the last six weeks of her life are a complete blank. All she has been told is that she was involved in a fatal accident while on a school trip in Italy and had to be jetted home to receive intensive care. Care that involves a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident…. wasn't just an accident.</span><br />
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Jill wakes up in the hospital, unable to remember anything
that happened over the past six weeks. Apparently, she went to Italy on the
school trip that she has been waiting all year for. She was in an accident. But
she has a lawyer. If she was in an accident, and she is innocent, why does she
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Jill isn’t the most likable character. She would sometimes
say things that would make you agree and like her, yet in the next moment Jill
would make you strongly dislike her. Jill is obsessed with describing her
friendship with Simone and those at her school, how everyone views her and what
she was like to others. It is almost like she was trying to encourage the
reader to believe her. It was certainly a brilliant way to write it, but Jill was
definitely not a character that one would like; I believe Cook must have done
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The plot was intriguing, it wasn’t overcomplicated or
far-fetched; it was believable. And this is what made it that much more
addictive and thrilling. It wasn’t a plot that you would throughout be thinking
that this would never happen, it was believable and therefore had me on the
edge of my seat and trying to devour this book as quick as I could. I loved how Cook set up the novel, you have one chapter of the current events with
Jill, and then the next chapter would contain either police reports,
interviews, psychologist’s reports, texts, blog posts and comments, emails,
letters or postcards. It was a brilliant way to read the novel, and really
painted the pictures of the information you are receiving as the reader. It
helped to see the multiple sides of the story that the police and lawyers were
seeing. The only issue I had with this was the ending. I did like the ending,
don’t get me wrong, I was surprised and it left me wanting more, even though I
knew we wouldn’t. But I felt like it was a little anticlimactic. But I guess it went with the nature of the plot, it was simple and straight to the point.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-5378879283122792922017-09-14T07:00:00.000+01:002017-09-16T15:33:10.263+01:00REVIEW: The End of Oz (Dorothy Must Die #4) by Danielle Paige<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Series:</b> Dorothy Must Die #4<br />
<b>Published by</b> HarperCollins on 14th March 2017<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 304<br />
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<i style="color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">Ding dong—Dorothy is dead.</i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">I watched as the Emerald Palace crumbled to the ground, burying Dorothy, the Girl Who Rode the Cyclone, under the rubble. And now that the rightful ruler, Ozma, has been restored to the throne…</span><br />
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<i style="color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">Oz is finally free.</i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">My name is Amy Gumm. You might remember me as the </span><i style="color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">other</i><span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">girl from Kansas. When a tornado whisked me away to the magical land of Oz, I was given a mission: Dorothy must die.</span><br />
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<i style="color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">But it turns out girls from Kansas are harder to kill than we look.</i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Now the Road of Yellow Brick is leading me away from Oz to the dark world of Ev, where I have a new, powerful enemy to deal with: the Nome King. And—surprise—he has a gingham-clad bride.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">With my magical shoes and a shrinking group of allies, I have one final chance to fulfill my mission, and save not only what’s left of Oz, but Kansas, too. As the line between Good and Wicked blurs even further, I have to find a way to get rid of Dorothy once and for all—without turning into a monster myself.</span><br />
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<i style="color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">Dorothy once said there’s no place like home. Can I stop her from destroying mine?</i></div>
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Magical, spine-tingling and transporting, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The End of Oz</i> is a thrilling and
enlightening ending to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dorothy Must
Die</i> series. How amazing are the covers for this series! And I must briefly mention that it is worth
getting the hardcovers just to see the actual hardback underneath the dust
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Throughout this series, Amy has been an amazing character to
watch develop into the strong and powerful woman she becomes, without losing
herself in the midst of it. She becomes stronger, and is a powerful protagonist,
making the reader truly appreciate what they have as Amy finds a way to learn
to forgive those around her as she grows. Paige did a brilliant job in ensuring
the reader understood Amy’s morals and what Amy’s thought process was, as many
a times reading novels like this they are soon lost amongst the action of what
is normal in the world they have entered. Amy was kind, compassionate and
forgiving, everything one could want in a protagonist. Not only was she these
things, but she did not whine nor moan, Amy had her own voice and stood her
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Not only did Paige create a brilliant protagonist, she
created memorable and intriguing secondary characters, answering the reader’s
questions flawlessly throughout about the characters and their pasts, allowing
them to grow and develop throughout the series too. Their voices and
backstories were brilliant and intriguing to read about and certainly makes me
want to read the large variety of novellas published even more. Furthermore,
the romance in this final novel did take a bit of a backseat which was
appreciated so one could focus on the plot, but it was still certainly there and
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What I loved most about this last novel is that we got to
read half the novel from Dorothy’s perspective, and it truly made the novel,
and series. Dorothy is such a vile and disturbing character, yet one that you
cannot help but be intrigued by and want to read about. Not only that, but the
reader gains more of an understanding of what actually happened to Dorothy once
she went home and then came back to Oz again. And this was certainly
enlightening to read about and made me want more, so I am really, really hoping
at least one of the novellas is about Dorothy’s past so one can read it in more
depth. But ultimately, Paige made Dorothy’s voice incredibly distinct from that
of Amy’s and it was very much appreciated as far too many times in
multi-perspective novels do the voices just merge into one and sound like the
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The plot of this finale was absolutely brilliant. It was
fast paced, action-packed but also tied everything off perfectly. The novel
takes place over only a couple of days, but being able to switch between both Amy
and Dorothy’s points of view really painted a brilliant picture of the plot, whilst
helping one to really understand the plot and what was actually happening in
this world. Throughout reading this series, each novel has amazed me with its
imagery and descriptive language. Paige’s vivid imagery will have you gasping
whilst also recoiling in horror and hiding under your bed! She has created an incredibly
powerful and vivid world that is equally both beautiful and enchanting, and
terrifying and violent.<o:p></o:p></div>
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retain her morals. I was pleasantly surprised and was very satisfied with the
ending. All my questions were answered and that, as a reader, is everything I
asked for. I was certainly worried about how this series would be ended, but it
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<b>Series:</b> Don't Even Think About It #1<br />
<b>Published by</b> Orchard Books on 1st May 2014<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">When Class 10B got their flu shots, they expected some side effects. Maybe a sore arm. Maybe a headache. They definitely didn't expect to get telepathy. But suddenly they could hear what everyone was thinking. Their friends. Their teachers. Their parents. Now they all know that Tess has a crush on her best friend, Teddy. That Mackenzie cheated on Cooper. That Nurse Carmichael used to be a stripper. Some of them will thrive. Some of them will break. None of them will ever be the same. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">A smart and funny story about friendship, first love and surviving high school from the bestselling author of Ten Things We Shouldn't Have Done.</span></div>
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Comical, light and an entertaining read, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Don’t Even Think About It</i> was a fun and
quick read that will have you laughing and cringing a little to yourself
throughout. I love this cover, and the colour is a beautiful pink!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Twenty-two out of the twenty-four students in 10B have their flu jabs, resulting in twenty-two of them being able to hear the thoughts
of everyone around them. Now nothing is secret, and with twenty-two teenagers, who
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Although this novel is described to be not suitable for
younger readers, I feel like this has possibly been marketed to the wrong age
range; I understand this is probably because of the language and themes throughout. The characters in this novel are between the ages of fourteen to
sixteen, and it was very evident that their characters were towards the younger
side of this age range, although Mlynowski tried to make them appear older,
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As this novel involved twenty-two teens who could mind-read,
I was a little concerned to begin with when it was insinuated that it would be
from all their points of view and was intrigued how this would be done.
Mlynowski did this brilliantly, throughout the perspectives would change, you
had about ten of them whom you learnt the most about and it was surprisingly
easy to keep track of them, mainly because they all had distinct
personalities and voices. Their ages were evident, yet the actions of these teenagers I was a bit surprised by, which is where Mlynowski tried to
make them appear older. I understand that this is not for younger readers due
to a certain few themes plus swearing, but otherwise this should have been for
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The plot was good. It was light, fluffy and entertaining. It
was by no means my favourite book or one I would read again, but it was
certainly unique and fast-paced, similarly I was intrigued as to where this
novel’s plot was going. This novel tackled some important issues, simultaneously morals due to the fact that these teens can hear everyone’s thoughts, there is
the contemplation on one’s privacy and morals, paired with the issues that are
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<b>Series:</b> Chronicles of Warshard #0.5<br />
<b>Published by</b> Patchwork Press on 15th February 2017<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 122<br />
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This was such a shame. I was so excited to read this, as I really enjoyed reading Haven's story in the first novel <i>Haven</i>, and was disappointed with the companion novel <i>Savages</i>, so I could not wait to go back into Haven's world as I was really intrigued knowing this was about her family. However, I just got so disinterested whilst reading it, and it really is such a shame.<br />
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I believe the main issue I had with this novel is the characters. The characters did not feel like they were introduced well, and so therefore it was really difficult to connect and understand them, all but Haven, but that is only because her character was so well explored in the first novel. This therefore caused the prequel to drag, and as the reader is was very difficult to feel immersed in the novel.<br />
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The plot also went very slowly. It felt very similar to previous plots and events that occurred throughout the series, and so therefore it lost its 'wow' factor, and were no longer the shocking or eventful scenes that they should have been; I felt like I just kept having deja-vu. I got half-way through, 50%, and I could no longer continue as I was just rather bored. And it feels such a shame to say, as I had such high hopes. I just could no longer continue, the plot felt the same as previously, and it no longer felt unique.<br />
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-4886433213396322632017-07-17T21:47:00.000+01:002017-07-17T21:47:12.847+01:00REVIEW: Savages (Chronicles of Warshard #2) by Katherine Bogle<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Series:</b> Chronicles of Warshard #2<br />
<b>Published by</b> Patchwork Press on 11th April 2017<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 300<br />
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Going into this sequel, I did not realise until two thirds of the way through that this happened before the first novel, and this really threw me off. I was really enjoying this, but I started to get rather bored half-way through, and with a huge time jump added to the mix, the flow of the novel just seemed to disappear, and so the timescale within this novel was just lost as weeks, months and even years kept being skipped throughout.<br />
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I do not want to give too much of a summary of this as it will spoil the first book. This is about different characters to the first novel, but I want to strongly emphasise that this novel is set before the first novel, and in all honesty, I wish I had read this one first, and then the first book. It is about Breen whom is captured by the Seaburn army, and her journey and struggle as they try to turn her into another of their soldiers.<br />
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Our main protagonist Breen was brilliant. Breen was strong, fierce and protective, whilst being intelligent and inspiring as a teacher. Breen trained hard and was great however, I really struggled to connect with her. In full, Breen had all the qualities a reader wants to witness, but instead of progressing and growing as a character, Breen did the opposite, and became too reliant on those around her, no longer the strong, independent woman we first met. It was so disappointing. And although she had all these qualities, I found it really hard to connect with her.<br />
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Then there are the relationships formed in this novel. Everything felt far too convenient and 'insta'. There was a bad case of insta-love between Breen and Drakkone, alongside insta-friendships! In this novel it felt like there was no time for anything, so it was just all made to happen in the hope it seemed natural. Whilst the huge jumps in time throughout the novel made it very hard to witness the forming, and further the progression, of these friendships<br />
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As I have mentioned numerously throughout this review, the pace of this novel felt rather off. It went way too fast, so much so that I keep getting disorientated in how much time had passed. I think having read the first book did help in terms of the world-building as I did have a better understanding going into this of what was going on in this world. But everything just felt far too convenient, as mentioned earlier.<br />
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Like I said in the beginning of this review, only until I had read two thirds did I realise that this book is actually set before the first book, and it really threw me off. Mainly because I then had to go back to the first novel in order to reconnect with who these characters had become or where they had been originally, but that also left me feeling disappointed, because I knew exactly where this plot was going to lead and it would no longer be the surprising, dramatic and emotional ending it was suppose to be; as the reader, I was just waiting for what I knew was going to happen, and it just caused me to skip over sections in order to be done because I already knew what was happening, and so it completely left me wondering why I was bothering to read on knowing what was going to happen anyway. Although one thing one cannot dispute, is that Bogle is brilliant at writing action scenes, mainly the sword fighting scenes, as I was constantly able to envisage everything as they really put me on the edge of my seat.</div>
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-64394593907838518222017-07-03T14:37:00.000+01:002017-07-04T14:38:50.180+01:00REVIEW: The Devil You Know by Trish Doller<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22929537-the-devil-you-know" target="_blank">The Devil You Know</a></b> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4382157.Trish_Doller" target="_blank">Trish Doller</a><br />
<b>Published by</b> Bloomsbury USA Childrens on 2nd June 2015<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">A road trip fling turns terrifying in this contemporary story that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.</span></div>
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Thriller and mystery novels are two of my most favourite genres, I like to be made to think and be given a challenge by the author and so admittedly, having read a lot of thrillers and mysteries, I am hard to please; this is just because I want the novel to give me something that I didn't expect, yet for it also to make sense. This novel had so much potential, but I had some really big issues with it. It was predictable and questionable, and I am bitterly disappointed. The one thing I do like about this book though is the cover, it is so intriguing and mysterious!<br />
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When Cadie meets two cousins, she thinks she has finally found her time to have some fun, where she can be relieved of the pressures from her family and job. When they begin their road-trip all is like she has dreamed, however soon things start to not add up and their innocent road trip soon becomes a dangerous game. Soon Cadie realises one is not whom he claims to be...<br />
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I suppose one will start with the first aspect that frustrated me, and that was the plot's believability. Obviously when I first read the summary I knew it was about a girl who goes travelling with two strangers, but usually authors integrate these strangers rather well, making them not seem like strangers. This was sadly not the case with this novel. I don't know about you, but I would never just go off with two random guys across the country. You don't know who they are, or anything about them. And the thing that was uncomfortable when reading this was that out main character Arcadia didn't even really question whether this was actually a good idea or not, she just did it. And as a character, I felt this novel could have really made her shine, and really do something good with her character, but instead she came across very naive and just did whatever she was told to do; she didn't seem to think for herself.<br />
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The plot was predictable. From the get-go I had already worked out which of the two it was. But the thing that really frustrated me was that, when (highlight for spoiler: <span style="color: white;">Lindsey left, let alone when they were told she was missing,</span>) none of them worried or thought to themselves they needed to go back, they just carried on, and paid only one line of thought. Their total disregard for her really shocked me and left a sour taste in my mouth. Everything in this novel was just thrown together far too quickly; the relationships, conclusions, plans. None of it felt realistic or engaging. At times the plot goes from one extreme to the other, it was too fast-paced then too slow-paced; it just did not flow together and continuously felt disjointed. And as for the plot again, it was predictable and questionable. The characters were one-dimensional, they did not feel like they were really explored and just felt like they were there just in order to write the novel, not to play their roles.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">(Highlight between here: <span style="color: white;">Additionally, the conclusion of this novel in terms of Matt's motivation, was all because of a car. I mean, really?! A car?! That was the best motivation behind the guy's murders, a car?! That was the final straw for me, I had had enough at that point and it really topped it off for me. </span>and here for the spoiler 😊)</span><br />
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Overall <i>The Devil You Know</i> was incredibly disappointing, and this is a good case of don't judge a book by its cover.<br />
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-74341141218099380472017-06-20T17:47:00.001+01:002017-06-20T17:52:06.150+01:00REVIEW: Under Different Stars (Kricket #1) by Amy A. Bartol<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Series:</b> Kricket #1<br />
<b>Published by</b> 47North on 9th December 2014<br />
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This was addictive. And exactly the sort of novel I needed to get me out of my long reading slump. I love this cover! It is just beautiful! And you should see the whole series cover's below, just, wow. Although, if I had not had read the synopsis, I would have been expecting a different genre and storyline to what it was.<br />
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Kricket has been in hiding from Chicago's foster care system for a while, desperately waiting for her eighteenth birthday when she will finally be free and can stop running away. But Kricket is soon captured by Etharian soldiers, and taken from Earth to her real home; where Kricket finds out things about herself and her biological family that she never knew.<br />
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I found the whole relationship in this novel uncomfortable. I feel like Bartol tried to make it as though Kricket had become friends with her captors, but it just did not feel right. The relationship between Kricket and Trey did not feel natural, it happened too fast and under strained circumstances. However, I loved Kricket as a character. She was strong, independent, and stood up for herself. She had a bit of sarcasm and sass, but she spoke truth. Kricket said what she needed to say, and did not rely on those around her; she fought for her voice to be heard. It was just the relationship that I found rather uncomfortable.<br />
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I really liked the secondary characters. One of my favourite things when reading is when authors really explore their secondary characters. Jax and Wayra were brilliant and hilarious, they brought humour and fun to the novel, and truly I do not feel it would have been the same without them.<br />
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The world Bartol created was unique and intriguing. The plot was so addictive and fast-paced, it was really refreshing and intriguing to read. The imagination that had gone into this was brilliant, I was able to truly visualise everything, I was also rather surprised as some of the scenes were quite violent, but it did added to the suspense of the novel. The only thing I did struggle with was the different words and names. Sometimes there were far too many introduced at once, and so it was very difficult to remember who was who. Similarly with places, objects and animals, I feel like the reader needed a key at the start of the book so one could go back and forth, as it really did become rather confusing at times.<br />
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Overall, <i>Under Different Stars</i> was fast-paced and addictive; it is highly likely I will try the sequel <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20977124-sea-of-stars" target="_blank">Sea of Stars</a></i>.</div>
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-18890349189992564862017-06-12T15:11:00.000+01:002017-06-13T15:12:05.510+01:00REVIEW: Haven (Chronicles of Warshard #1) by Katherine Bogle<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow. <i>Haven</i> really was not what I was expecting. It was raw, dark and emotional; and I really enjoyed it. This is definitely a case of don't judge a book by its cover, I was expecting this novel to be a lot lighter than it actually was.<br />
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Princess Haven has now been made Queen, it was unexpected, but after Kadia murders her whole family, the immortal Princess Haven is left to protect her people and kingdom. But as Kadia moves ever closer, Haven must begin training to protect her people and the other kingdoms, before she is the only one left with Kadia.<br />
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Our main protagonist Haven is a brilliantly likeable protagonist; Haven was strong and powerful, yet kind and compassionate. What Haven had to go through was shocking and awful, but she uses those experiences to help others and drive her to save them. Haven also used her immortality to help save and spare the lives of her people, she showed bravery and strength, and is a character that will be admired by the reader. Our antagonist, Kadia, made a big impact. Usually with villains, you remember them when reading, but afterwards you forget them. But I am still thinking about Kadia now. She was such a disturbing and vile character, who subjected people to horrendous things, including when she wanted to test the lengths of Haven's immortality. It was so disturbing and dark, yet you wanted to carry on reading to ensure you saw Haven save her people. These characters really made the novel come alive, helping the reader to become immersed in the world.<br />
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The plot of <i>Haven</i> truly shocked me. It was very dark and disturbing at times, and one felt like the visualisation really brought this novel to life, you couldn't help but imagine the scenes occurring, many of which made you go all cold. There is certainly a very serious side to this novel, but there is a lot of action including sword fighting and magical beasts. There was also a great focus on female empowerment, which will truly appeal to the reader, and it was explored brilliantly, especially because of the environment they were in. The plot was fast-paced and engaging, and one cannot wait to see how the plot progresses in the sequel!<br />
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Overall, <i>Haven</i> was a pleasant surprise, and I cannot wait to read the sequel <i><a href="http://Savages (Chronicles of Warshard #2)" target="_blank">Savages</a></i> and the prequel <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33919208-fyre" target="_blank">Fyre</a></i>.</div>
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-17170785169353976952017-05-31T17:21:00.000+01:002017-06-01T23:00:59.174+01:00REVIEW: The Dark Light by Sara Walsh<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Mysterious lights have flickered above Crownsville for as long as Mia can remember. And as far as she’s concerned, that’s about the only interesting thing to happen in her small town. </span><br />
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This novel has taken me quite a while to read, I must say partly due to my studies having taken over a bit, but also the fact that I just found this novel really rather slow. I do like this cover though, yet I was certainly expecting more of a mystery than what I got.<br />
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Crownsville is a small town in the middle of no-where, nothing happens in Crownsville, but over the past year, young boys have been disappearing. The only information they have is that they disappear into a bright light, that flickers randomly around the town. When Mia's brother goes missing, she goes after him, but the truth is far from what she was first expecting.<br />
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The characters in this novel were great. I did not love them, but Walsh explored their personalities just enough for the reader to be able to connect with them. I liked our main protagonist's fire and determination, she was courageous and kind, certainly a character whom you will root for. Sol is a bit of a quirky character, I liked him, he too was kind and caring, which I find in young adult novels they sometimes seem to lack, either because the author is trying to make them too courageous or too powerful.<br />
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However, it was the whole relationship that was going on. Going into this, the summary does give the away the fact that there is a love triangle, so I was fully prepared for it... yet I am happy to report that it really was not much of a love triangle! Thank goodness! Mia got over the over guy only a few chapters in, in favour for Sol. But this is where I did get a bit frustrated. They spent three quarters of the book denying their attraction towards one another, then BAM! "Oh I love you, I have always loved you!" Whoa, where in the world did that even come from?! It just felt far too forced, and just seemed to be there in order to please the reader, which was such a shame.<br />
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The plot of this novel was certainly unique, and refreshing. I have not read a novel in a long time about alternate worlds and so it really was brilliant and addictive. Walsh did a brilliant job in the imagery throughout this novel, at times I could close my eyes and just imagine the scenes happening! I was also pleased to see quite a few fast-paced action scenes, as it really brought the novel to life. I think the main issue I had though with the plot was that it could be very slow, and certainly sometimes it felt rather repetitive; the inner monologues felt repetitive and certain scenes just seemed to go on and on doing the same thing.<br />
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It was the ending. I mean really?! Really?! I just could not comprehend how they could just let them, without any thought... I just don't know, and obviously I do not want to give spoilers, so I will stop here.<br />
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Overall, I did enjoy <i>The Dark Light</i> and am pleased it is a stand alone, as I have started far too many series. The world building was amazing and the characters were great, but it certainly had areas that really slowed down the novel and made one sit back and question what they had just read.</div>
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-12965879681678407652017-04-20T16:18:00.000+01:002017-05-31T16:26:23.662+01:00REVIEW: No Normal (Ms. Marvel Vol. 1) by Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Series:</b> Ms Marvel Vol. 1<br />
<b>Published by</b> Marvel on 30th October 2014<br />
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Kamala lives in Jersey City. She is great in school and has great friendships, yet she feels too 'normal'. That is, until she wishes to be someone else. But Kamala soon realises, once her wish is granted and she develops extraordinary gifts, she holds a great responsibility to help the people of Jersey city, and that being someone else just isn't who she is.</div>
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The artwork in this graphic novel is absolutely amazing! So vibrant and detailed, I love just looking at all the art, as there is always something else going on in the background. However, the one thing I struggled with is the storyline. The story line was okay, however it moved too quickly meaning one struggled to to really get invested in the story, consequently meaning one certainly struggled to connect with the characters. I was really looking forward to the humour aspect of the graphic novel as well that I had heard so many speak about, but I just could not see it. One would certainly say this novel is for a much younger audience, as it certainly is a brilliant diverse book with a great message, but it just did not capture my attention like I had hoped.</div>
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<b>Series:</b> Unearthly #1<br />
<b>Published by</b> HarperTeen on 4th January 2011<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 435</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?</span><br />
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Oh how I really, really wanted to love this!! So disappointing, especially as so many people seem to love this trilogy! It was okay. But that's it. I think I enjoyed to some extent because it has been a long time since I read an easy, paranormal romance. But otherwise, it was just that, okay. But these covers 😍 They are so beautiful!!!<br />
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I realised what really stopped me from feeling immersed in the novel and that made dislike this novel the most, was our protagonist Clara. I still cannot quite put my finger on what it is I really did not like about her. I found her rather selfish and immature. And she was obsessed with appearance; you were either pretty or not; she didn't believe in everyone being beautiful in their own way. There was this quote that made me think, what? I'm sorry, but your at high school, pretty sure nearly everyone wears a t-shirt and jeans, what did she expect, everyone to be in smart dresses and suits!? Thats how I constantly felt throughout this novel, nothing was ever good enough for her, she had an expectation that everyone wanted to know her, and be her friend. She expected everyone to think she was pretty and amazing. It was like she was in her own fantasy world.<br />
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Then the romance. The love-triangle, I knew about this going in, but had heard positive things about it. But what a sadly boring love triangle. She wanted Christian, who she just stared at all the time and felt they were 'meant-to-be' even though they hadn't even spoken to one another. And she would obsess over him then suddenly she is declaring her love for Tucker, then went back to Christian! I much preferred Tucker. Tucker all the way!<br />
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The plot was okay. It was addictive, I will give it that. I just felt as though it dragged on too much, there was too much there that did not need to be. Though it was certainly fast-paced and I liked the ease of it, it was easy to understand, nothing complicated and made for an interesting plot. But I would not say: "WOW". There was nothing there for me to think that.<br />
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Overall I am rather disappointed in this first novel to the trilogy, and sadly one I imagine I will not be continuing.<br />
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<b>Series:</b> Red Queen #2<br />
<b>Published by</b> Orion on 11th February 2016<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 464</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Mare's blood is red - the colour of common folk - but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from the prince and friend who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?</span></div>
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A great sequel to an explosive first novel. These covers though! 😍<br />
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I am not going to give a summary on this one, simply because it is a sequel, but also because so much went on I feel it would be best to just direct you to the summary given above 😊<br />
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As a character, I found Mare to be very different in this novel, but also to those I have read before. It was strange, Mare seemed to understand what she was doing was not right and unfair to the lives of others, yet she carried on. It was as though we were reading about her internal self challenges, as she attempts to justify and proceed under the pressure of others to do what she believed she had to do. I came to the conclusion I didn't really like her in this sequel. She succumbed to pressure too easily, yet one might say on the other side, like herself, that she had to do it to help save the lives of thousands. Although, all she kept going on about was how she was the strongest, that they were after her, and how she is, of course, the only one able to defeat them because SHE WAS THE STRONGEST 😒. Goodness. I don't know how many time she told the reader that, but it was certainly way too much. It was also strange though, all the things the reader would think or question, like 'Mare has just left her family, did not say goodbye or anything, and just ditched them after she had only just seen them for one day, disappearing again', Mare would then question it herself, almost as if it has just been put in to satisfy the reader instead of having a page of her saying goodbye or similar situations like this; it was frustrating and as the reader, it felt like the easy way out of a situation.<br />
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As a reader, I have always appreciated when authors don't forget the secondary characters, and actually give them a voice, making them a key aspect of the novel. And my wish was granted! Some of our secondary characters got their own voice in this sequel. It felt more like a team this time, instead of everyone just fighting against one another. And the relationship between Mare and Cal really took a backward step and, although spoken about, it didn't take much of the attention, it was more of them arguing all the time which got rather annoying.<br />
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Otherwise, I did enjoy this sequel. Before I started this sequel I felt it could go one way or another due to how much I enjoyed the first book, and the level of hype surrounding this one. The plot was addictive and action-packed. I loved the description and visualisation, and as the reader I was really able to picture the places and events occurring and was really impressed by Aveyard's imagery. It admittedly took me ages to finish, but this was mainly due to me not wanting to read the curve-ball that was going to be thrown in at the end! The action and strategic elements incorporated in this novel was intriguing and you really got to explore more about it making you, as the reader, feel more involved, as though you are sitting round the campfire with them. The only issue with the plot I had was that sometimes it felt as though I had missed big chunks of action and information, leaving you feeling as though you had accidentally missed a chapter, yet you hadn't. On multiple occasions I had gone back to check if the chapters and page numbers aligned, simply because of this reason. It was especially apparent a particular scene involving the Queen, as it swiftly moved on to the next chapter with little explantation, as though they just cut it out to make the novel shorter. This was disappointing, especially because it was a key event within the novel. Otherwise, the plot was dangerous and thrilling, and I was pleased that I did not get confused with all the new characters coming and going throughout.<br />
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Therefore, <i>Glass Sword</i> is certainly worth the read if you enjoyed <i><a href="http://onceuponamoonlightreview.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/review-red-queen-red-queen-trilogy-1-by.html" target="_blank">Red Queen</a></i>, however one would say this this has the 'middle book problem', so fingers crossed the third book redeems it for us! Also, I didn't realise this is a series, not a trilogy, so I am very intrigued as to how that will pan out! 😄</div>
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-47855397193896144782016-09-18T03:00:00.000+01:002016-09-18T03:00:18.901+01:00[BLOG TOUR & GIVEAWAY] REVIEW: Olivia Decoded (Olivia Twisted #2) by Vivi Barnes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<b>Series:</b> Olivia Twisted #2<br />
<b>Published by</b> Entangled: Teen on 6th September 2016<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 320<br />
<b>Source:</b> *Received in from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">I’ve spent the past year trying to get my life on track. New school. New friends. New attitude. But old flames die hard, and one look at Jack—the hacker who enlisted me into his life and his hacking ring, stole my heart, and then left me—and every memory, every moment, every feeling comes rushing back. But Jack’s not the only one who’s resurfaced in my life. And if I can’t break through Z’s defenses and reach the old Jack, someone will get hurt…or worse.</span></div>
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long time. Thank you Vivi Barnes for getting me out of my incredibly long and frustrating reading slump! I thoroughly enjoyed this. This series is unlike one I have read for a long time. I love novels about hacking and problem solving, maybe its the maths geek in me, but I get so addicted to novels like this. I was not sure how Barnes was actually going to do a sequel as the last novel felt as though it finished at a good place. But my goodness. The mystery, intrigue and emotion! I am so hoping there is at least novella! And these new covers! Love them!<br />
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Liv has not seen Jack for eight months. But when Valentine's day comes around, she finds a rose on her bed, and an expensive bracelet in her car, whilst simultaneously on Monroe street they find a bill for a bracelet matching the same description. Yet they did not buy it. And Liv cannot find out who gave them to her. As Liv continues to receive creepy pictures and messages, whilst money is stolen from bank accounts on Monroe street, the mystery stalker slowly brings Liv and Jack back together one last time to find out who the stalker is that is pushing them back together.<br />
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Barnes' characters feel so real. Liv is a strong and persistent protagonist, who shows true emotions and doesn't just brush it all under the rug. And for once, the characters actually tell the police and her family! THANK YOU! I cannot tell you how many novels I have read where they do not tell the police or their family about the creepy and unsettling things that are happening to them, especially because someone is stalking Liv. I really think it is the relationships in this novel that got me addicted. They are complicated, but they are built on, and not just thrown in. It feels like they are real. Then we have Liv's relationship with Jack... man, the angst! But their chemistry was amazing, and I really enjoyed reading about them reconnecting with one-another, and Liv with her old friend Sam.<br />
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The plot! Holy moly. I was addicted from the first chapter. It was very creepy and eerie, and I felt rather nervous just reading it; it was unnerving. I did know, and figured out who was behind the stalking pretty quickly, however it was intriguing to find out why and how it came about. Barnes really tackles some topics in this novel, the awful past Liv has been through, and she handles them well. Although the novel is a great story, it is emotional and really makes you think; there is certainly a serious side to this novel and not one to think of as an 'easy, simple read'. But I really thoroughly enjoyed it, it added depth to the novel. It was so creepy, the mystery was laid out carefully and made for a very addictive novel.<br />
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This was an emotional yet thoroughly addictive novel, that is creepy and a little unnerving, making you really think. I cannot wait to read Barnes' future works.</div>
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Moon Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643759147499490563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266665577539324401.post-75061409317990393922016-09-15T18:43:00.000+01:002016-09-15T19:20:47.032+01:00REVIEW: The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's #3) by Marie Rutkoski<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28587801-the-winner-s-kiss" target="_blank">The Winner's Kiss</a></b> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1238111.Marie_Rutkoski" target="_blank">Marie Rutkoski</a><br />
<b>Series:</b> The Winner's #3<br />
<b>Published by</b> Bloomsbury Childrens on 24th March 2016<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 496<br />
<b>Source:</b> *Received from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review*</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Following the intrigue and danger of </span><em style="color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">The Winner's Curse</em><span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;"> and the revolution and romance of </span><em style="color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 12px;">The Winner's Crime</em><span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">, Kestrel finds herself in the tundra's mines and Arin has sailed home. The empire seems unstoppable. </span><br />
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Such a poignant and emotional finale to a wonderfully addictive and powerful trilogy. <i>The Winner's</i> trilogy is certainly not one to miss for those whom love a powerful female protagonist, a complex yet easy-to-understand plot and a beautiful romance. And these covers! Plus, the look of these spines on your bookcase will make even non-readers jealous of their beauty!<br />
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Following <i>The Winner's Curse</i>, <i>The Winner's Kiss</i> begins as Arin has sailed home with the simultaneous imprisonment of Kestrel. However, I really do not want to say much more, as this is the last novel.<br />
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Our characters! Rutkoski does a brilliant job in their betrayal. Kestrel, as in the first two novels, is a strong and powerful woman, whom stands up for what she believes in. In this final novel, I loved seeing her intelligence shine through, as we really got to see this more sure and confident Kestrel revealing her knowledge of strategy, giving the reader a different angle to read from. Of course, we also have Arin. I loved being able to read the novel from both of their perspectives as we witnessed them finding their way back to one another. Arin's perspective will be intriguing to any reader, it really showed Arin's true self, his inner conflict and the battle he has with himself in his head; at times it was very emotional and really made one think as he battles with himself in doing what is right in a war setting.<br />
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The writing, as always, was beautiful. Rutkoski really has this way of capturing you within her first sentence, and truly takes you on a powerful journey. The plot was fast-paced and surprising. There were certainly twists and turns I was not expecting, which made this all the more addictive and compelling. The setting was powerful and haunting, paired with Rutkoski's powerful writing, you truly felt as though you were there with them. And the emotion! My goodness, I certainly teared up at one point!<br />
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Overall, <i>The Winner's Kiss</i> was the beautiful yet emotional novel that really tied the knot for this trilogy, it was compelling and addictive, yet really made you think. Plus, that ending! I had not seen that coming, and for that I highly praise Rutkoski and am very much looking forward to reading more of her novels, especially <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10356760-the-shadow-society?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">The Shadow Society</a></i>.</div>
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<b>Published by</b> Sourcebooks Fire on 1st March 2016<br />
<b>Pages:</b> 400<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">On the anniversary of her daredevil brother's death, Jaycee attempts to break into Jake's favorite hideout—the petrifying ruins of an insane asylum. Joined by four classmates, each with their own brand of dysfunction, Jaycee discovers a map detailing her brother's exploration and the unfinished dares he left behind.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">As a tribute to Jake, Jaycee vows to complete the dares, no matter how terrifying or dangerous. What she doesn't bargain on is her eccentric band of friends who challenge her to do the unthinkable: reveal the parts of herself that she buried with her brother.</span></div>
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Such a powerful and thought provoking novel, as you witness the struggle of a group of teens trying to carry on with their lives after the death of a brother and friend. This cover really says it all to the reader, it really reflects the feelings of our protagonist, and it feels rather powerful.<br />
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Jaycee loves dares. A year later after the death of her older brother after he was dared and broke his neck, Jaycee attempts to break into her brothers hideout, and reconnect with her brothers best friend. But what she does not expect to find is a map of dares laid out by her brother, and Jaycee will not let herself carry on with her life unless she completes them.<br />
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Jaycee is a very complex and awkward character, though one that the reader cannot help but be intrigued by. As the reader, you witness her inner turmoil in coming to terms with the death of her brother, paired with the emotional scar it has left on her. I would not necessarily say Jaycee is a likeable character, mainly because of the way she treats other people, however she is witty and McCarthy really defines her from the other characters. However, you do see Jaycee's evolvement as a character, becoming her own person and not hiding behind the shadows of her bother. Though a saddening and emotional novel, the reader witnesses Jaycee strip herself of her guilt and allow herself say that it's okay for her to go to college and achieve. Although Jaycee is our main protagonist, the reader witnesses the reveal of the emotional trauma caused by the incident to others, not just herself. It is powerful seeing her friends reveal the way the tragedy affected them, and it really opens the readers mind in looking at how although they appear okay on the outside, they too are struggling and that Jaycee is not alone. And this show of friendship will warm your heart, especially as they all realise they are not alone with their struggles.<br />
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The plot was perfectly paced and poignant. Although upsetting and thought-provoking, the adventure these friends go on brings them together, and although they are struggling with following this map, they are doing it together. Contemporary's are not my usual genre, for some reason I commonly do not enjoy them, however <i>You Were Here </i>really stood out to me and truly made me think, and I felt McCarthy did a brilliant job of tackling a tricky topic. As the reader, you witness how grief is unique to everyone and effects people in many different ways; Jaycee is daring, risking her life, Tyler whom tries to forget by drinking, Mik who no longer speaks to anyone and, Natalie who tries to make her life appear as perfect as possible to not let anyone see what is really happening. This real mix of characters made the novel very poignant, realistic and intriguing as you witness how very different people come together and help one-another in different ways.<br />
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Overall, <i>You Were Here</i> leaves an emotional yet thought-provoking impression, though also leaves you satisfied as you witness a group of friends rid themselves of their feelings of guilt to allow themselves to carry on with their lives.</div>
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