Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.58
Goodreads Summary:
Danger and betrayal, secrets and enchantment in the breathtaking conclusion to the Infernal Devices trilogy.
Tessa Gray should be happy - aren't all brides happy?
Yet as she prepares for her wedding, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute.
A new demon appears, one linked by blood and secrecy to Mortmain, the man who plans to use his army of pitiless automatons, the Infernal Devices, to destroy the Shadowhunters. Mortmain needs only one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. And Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa's heart, will do anything to save her.
Actual Rating: 5.0
SO MANY FEELS.
At first I gave this book 4 stars because it took me forever to get through. But after I finished and had a few days to reflect I decided to change it to 5 stars. I realized that the reason it took me so long to finish is because I didn't want to end. Cassandra Clare does not know how to write a bad book. So many quoteable lines in this book!
This quote from the book describes my feelings of the book:
"You know that feeling when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing close around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage, and you cannot let go or turn the course aside."
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Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.48
Goodreads Summary:
In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street—and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa’s powers for his own dark ends.
With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move—and that one of their own has betrayed them.
Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, but her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will—the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?
As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.
Actual Rating: 4.5
Oh Jem... "The fever pounded in him like blood, and he no longer knew what was the desire and what was the drug, or if the one simply enhanced the other, and it did not matter, it did not matter because he wanted her, he had wanted her for so long."
**SPOILER**
WHAT EVEN JUST HAPPENED?!
Tessa & Jem? I can't deal with that. They are so wrong for eachother. Don't get me wrong I love Jem and his kind heart of gold but Tessa does not love him like she could love Will.
My heart is breaking for Will who just found out his curse has been a lie all these years and two seconds too late. Would you let your parabatai marry the girl you love just to make them happy? I wouldn't.
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The Elite by Kiera Cass
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.01
Goodreads Summary:
The Selection began with thirty-five girls. Now, with the group narrowed down to the Elite, the competition to win Prince Maxon's heart is fiercer than ever--and America is still struggling to decide where her own heart truly lies. Is it with Maxon, who could make her life a fairy tale? Or with her first love, Aspen, who she always thought was the one?
America is desperate for more time. But the rest of the Elite know exactly what they want--and America's chance to choose is about to slip away.
Actual Rating: 5.0
I'm really bad at writing reviews because by the time I finish the book I forget about all the amazing parts in it. My review could either look like "aldskfhalksdhflas OMG SO GOOD!" or it could look like a buncha quotes of my fave parts.. So I choose that one:
"That was so typical of him, always trying to be my hero" (oh Aspen)
"It's the most wonderful and terrible thing that can ever happen to you. You know that you've found something amazing, and you want to hold on to it forever; and every second after you have it, you fear the moment you might lose it" (Maid, Lucy, on Love)
"I've been looking for a suitable alternative, but the truth is... there's only you" (Maxon on America)
"How did I, America Singer- a Five, a nobody- fall for Maxon Schreave- a One, THE One?" (Kiera Cass being sneaky and the first insight into the third book titled The One)
"You've always been beautiful; you've always been talented. And now I know that your moral compass is perfectly aligned, that you see clearly when things are wrong, and you do everything you can to stop it" (America's father.. This sums up everything I feel about America. I am so proud of who she has become and I couldn't be more attached to a main character as I am to her)
"Aspen's generosity was harder to see because it wasn't as grand as Maxon's, but the heart behind what he gave was so much bigger"
Okay that's all for now... But I can't forget Marlee.. I love Marlee so much and I KNEW there was something going on with someone else in the palace for a long time and I'm so sad about the consequences they had to endure BUT! The compassion Maxon showed them was the sweetest thing. I can't even express how much TEAM MAXON I am.
I love America and I love Maxon and I can't wait for them to be together.. Sorry Aspen.
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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.12
Goodreads Summary:
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...
Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.
Actual Rating: 4.8
Seriously this is not my kind of book... I don't like mythical creatures and demons and angels and stuff.
BUT!!!
I was convinced to read it by some friends who know what kinda books I DO like and they swore I would like this one too. And they were right. As hard as it is for me to get my imagination wrapped around some of the creatures in this book all the other aspects grabbed me and pulled me right in.
I was confused many times throughout this novel. I feel like the author could have done a better job giving us information about this foreign world throughout the book. I had to resort to twitter a few times to ask wait... who is this? what do these do? But my faithful followers helped me out and I was able to get through it..
**SPOILER**
I must say this tho.....
I don't believe Valentine AT ALL. Jace is NOT Jonathon and Jace & Clary are not related.. And that sexy awkward couple with all that pent up sexual frustration BETTER end up together. And I'd like a sex scene maybe? K thanks ;)
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Forbidden by Syrie James
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 3.88
Goodreads Summary:
She should not exist.
He should not love her.
Claire Brennan has been attending Emerson Academy for two years now (the longest she and her mom have remained anywhere) and she’s desperate to stay put for the rest of high school. So there’s no way she’s going to tell her mom about the psychic visions she’s been having or the creepy warnings that she’s in danger.
Alec MacKenzie is fed up with his duties to watch and, when necessary, eliminate the descendants of his angelic forefathers. He chose Emerson as the ideal hiding place where he could be normal for once. He hadn’t factored Claire into his plans. . . .
Their love is forbidden, going against everything Alec has been taught to believe. But when the reason behind Claire’s unusual powers is revealed and the threat to her life becomes clear, how far will Alec go to protect her?
Actual Rating: 3.8
***SPOILER***
I liked this book however it was very.... hmm what's the word... Twilighty.
Girl meets boy
Boy is "immortal"
They fall in love which is "Forbidden"
Boy leaves girl for her "saftey"
Girl starts to fall for someone else
Boy comes back to save girl
Girl saves boy by figuring out how to push her power onto boy
Like come on... Who doesn't see the similarities?
And I thought this book was a series... I had no idea it was just gonna end like that.
So by now you're probably wondering why I gave it 4 stars.. well lets just say it's a good thing I love Twilight
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Everbound by Brodi Ashton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.11
Goodreads Summary:
Nikki Beckett could only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to save her, taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity — a debt that should’ve been hers. She’s living a borrowed life, and she doesn’t know what to do with the guilt. And every night Jack appears in her dreams, lost and confused and wasting away.
Desperate for answers, Nikki turns to Cole, the immortal bad boy who wants to make her his queen — and the one person least likely to help. But his heart has been touched by everything about Nikki, and he agrees to assist her in the only way he can: by taking her to the Everneath himself.
Nikki and Cole descend into the Everneath, only to discover that their journey will be more difficult than they’d anticipated — and more deadly. But Nikki vows to stop at nothing to save Jack — even if it means making an incredible sacrifice of her own.
In this enthralling sequel to Everneath, Brodi Ashton tests the bonds of destiny and explores the lengths we’ll go to for the ones we love.
Actual Rating: 5.0
Wow... Just wow... First of all I'm 100% team Cole
It's been a long time since I've been this completely engrossed in a book. We're talking, reading at red lights in my car good.
This book (and the first one) are SO out of my normal range of genres but boy am I glad I didn't let that stop me from reading. Everything about this book is amazing. The story, the characters, the IMAGINATION.
Brodi Ashton is a wonderful author and I am crossing my fingers for a movie deal on this book. Although the movie would of never live up to the greatness of the book, I'd still be interested in watching it play out.
I'll continue fan girl-ing over this book until the series is complete... And then I won't know what to do with myself. Oh the joys of reading
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Fallout by Ellen Hopkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.30
Goodreads Summary:
The riveting final chapter of the Crank trilogy, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.
Hunter, Autumn, and Summer--three of Kristina Snow's five children--live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for twenty years.
As each teen searches for real love and true family, they find themselves pulled toward the one person who links them together--Kristina, Bree, mother, addict. But it is in each other, and in themselves, that they find the trust, the courage, the hope to break the cycle.
Told in three voices and punctuated by news articles chronicling the family's story, Fallout is the stunning conclusion to the trilogy begun by Crank and Glass, and a testament to the harsh reality that addiction is never just one person's problem.
Actual Rating: 5.0
WOW.... So good. I feel like a totally different person after reading this trilogy.. I fell in love with these characters in more ways than one. It was unlike any other book. By the end of it I felt like I was part of the family.
Fallout was my favorite book of the 3, written in the perspective of the children of Kristina, the addicted meth user.
I may not relate to the characters who have all lived through a quite dramatic upbringing but I didn't need to. The writing style never faltered. It was beautiful, poetic, and intense.
Ellen Hopkins is my new favorite author and I will be reading every one of her books. I highly highly recommend this book. It took me on an emotional roller coaster and when it was over I was quite sad.
I love books that make me feel feelings I don't normally feel in every day life... Go read it, be it, love it.
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