Book Review - Queen of Shadows By Sarah J. Maas

This book is the fourth in Sarah J. Maas' Throne Of Glass series. 

It follows Celaena Sardothien who is now Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. She is back in Rifthold and now everyone she loves has been taken from her. She has to fight to get her cousin, her friend and her people back but Aelin has to get past the king first. He has joined forces with the witches and their army is getting bigger. 

This book was fantastic. This series is one of my favourites and I've been waiting for this book for ages and it definitely did not disappoint. Although it was a slow start, once the action kicked in it was there to stay. Aelin is a woinderful character and I love her personality. Another thing I liked was that it was told from a lot of different perspectives, each just as interesting as the others. I cannot recommend this book and series enough, 5/5 stars!!!  

If you decide to read this series, please read them in order otherwise you can't appreciate the story enough. I also have book reviews up for the other books in this series which I posted in July, if you want to check out what I thought of those too.

Thanks,
Leah.

Book Review - Invaded By Melissa Landers

Invaded is the second book in the Alienated series by Melissa Landers.

This book follows both Aelyx and Cara once again. But they are now separated. Cara is on the planet L'eihr and Aelyx is down on earth. The two characters have planned to live on L'eihr once they can get back together but Cara hates L'eihr and as she continues to get to know the planet's cultures, she wonders if she'd ever be able to create a life there. 

That is all I can tell you considering that this is a second book in a series. It was a brilliant sequel, following up where the first left off. The two main characters were as charming as ever and a couple of other new, interesting characters were introduced as well. Another aspect of this book that I loved was that it went deeper into Cara's relationship with her brother. I would definitely give this book a 5/5 stars. 

I highly recommend this book for anyone who is looking for a romance, science fiction book. 

Leah.

Book Review - Crystal Magic By Madeline Freeman

This is the first book in the Clearwater Witches series.

It follows a strange sixteen year old girl named Kristyl Barnette. When Kristyl is around things happen. Windows break, lights flicker and things are throw across the room without being touched. Because of this, Kristyl is an outcast and is constantly getting in trouble for these things even though she claims she doesn't do anything. Then a tragedy happens and Kristyl has to move in with her aunt, Jodi and is forced to move school. Now, Kristyl is determined to change things and she even manages to makes some friends. But after a short encounter with Crystal Jamison, the schools mean girl, Kristyl finds that Crystal is always watching her. Because Crystal knows what she is, a witch. Jodi has told Kristyl she doesn't want her using magic but as Jodi falls extremely ill from a mysterious illness, Kristyl is forced to enlist the witches in order to save her aunt.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Straight away as it opened I was engrossed and the writing flowed so well. Kristyl was a lovely character and I really knew her well by the time the book ended. The whole story surrounding the witches was brilliant and they were some slight twists to do with that part that I loved. Overall this book is worthy of a 4/5 stars.....

And if we were talking about the cover a definite 10/10 for that too!!! For once, they did people on covers right. I just absolutely love it. Sadly I read this on kindle so I don't get to appreciate the cover fully but it's pretty amazing if you ask me.

Thanks for reading and I hope you give this book a try.

Leah.

Book Bub

I recently found this new website called Book Bub. All you need to do is sign up and it will send you emails recommending books you can get on your e-reader.

After you sign up it will ask you what kind of device you have so if you do not own an amazon kindle but another type of e-reader that will probably work too. It then lets you choose your favourite genres so that your emails are specific to what you like.

Once that is done you will start to receive daily emails giving you books, from the genres you have chosen, that are reduced on your e-reader and sometimes even available for free!

I find this website very useful as sometimes kindle books can be very expensive and it shortens the whole process of finding a book to read. I usually download most of the recommendations I get by email on the day I get it as the prices can often increase very quickly and it's good to have a good few books lined up to read whenever I need one.

This website is very handy for anyone who uses an e-reader and can save a lot of money you'd be spending on books otherwise. 

  

Book Review - Alienated By Melissa Landers

This is the first book in Melissa Lander's Alienated series.

It is about a girl named Cara, who is hosting the first ever intergalactic student exchange program from the planet L'eihr. We hear from her perspective along with Alex's, who is Cara's exchange student. The humans aren't happy about this exchange program and as a result they will  not stop threatening Alex and Cara until Alex goes back to where he came from. But it's not that easy. Cara doesn't know the real reason why the exchange program was established or about Alex's real purpose on Earth but as the two get closer Alex begins to feel guilty about the L'eihrs plan with Earth.  

I loved this book a lot. Cara was a great character who I just loved from the word go. I loved hearing about the planet L'eihr as well and I though the author did an amazing job with describing the planet and including little stories about the planets culture as well as showing the differences between the humans and the L'eihrs. I also loved the fact that we got to hear from both perspectives which showed how the relationship between the two characters built up. I flew through this book and I cannot wait to get to the next one! I rate this book 4.5/5 stars.

Thanks for reading.

Leah.

NEW TWILIGHT BOOK!!!

Hello!
I just found out that a new Twilight book is being released for it's 10th anniversary! It's called Life and Death and although it is still Twilight, the genders of the main characters have been switched! For example, Edward is now Edythe and Jacob is Julie. The new story is told by Beau, who is the male, Twilight equivalent of Bella Swan.

The 10th anniversary edition of Twilight is now released and the book’s cover is so special it has the cover of the first Twilight on the front but the back reveals the cover for Life and Death also the first half of the book is Twilight but then it flips around and turns into the new book, Life and Death!!

I'm so excited to read this book and I hope I'll be able to review it after I do!!!

If you read this book soon, tell me what you thought. I'd love to know.

Leah. 

Book Review - I Am Number Four By Pittacus Lore

This is the first book in the I Am Number Four series by Pittacus Lore. 

This book is about a boy, John, who is an alien from the planet Lurien. Along with his guardian, Henri, they move around and change their names and identities constantly to make sure that the things hunting John will not find and kill him. But when they move into Paradise, Ohio, John decides to try to make friends and settle down. Once he has make friends things begin to go wrong. Three have been killed, and John is next in line.    


I found this book kind of slow paced. I didn't really feel anything towards the characters and I thought the plot was quite boring. I would only rate this book a 2.5/5 stars, it took me a few weeks to get through and it was so dull at times.       

I'd love to hear your opinions on this book if you have read it.

Thanks,
Leah.  

Book Review - Let It Snow By Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle

This is a book of three short stories written by Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle. 

Each is written at Christmas time and the characters all link up throughout the stories. It follows a group of teenagers in different parts in Gracetown while a big snow storm is happening. One girl goes out into the storm from her stranded train and meets a lovely stranger, another group of friends try to win a race to a Waffle House and the last story is about a teacup pig whose fate lies with a teenage girl name Addie. 

I liked this book. I thought the first short story was definitely the best and also the characters in this story seemed the most realistic. Overall I liked reading from the different authors writing styles and I would rate this book 3.5/5 stars.

If you are looking for a cute, light, holiday read, I would definitely recommend this book.

Leah.