Friday, April 22, 2011

Cloaked by Alex Flinn

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
This is about a boys named Johnny. He works in a shoe repair shop on South Bech in Miami, Florida. Him and his mom are very poor. Then one day he meets Princess Victoriana from Aloria. She asks Johnny to help her find her brother who has been turned into a frog by a witch. Johnny doesn't believe her but he agrees anyways because he wants something fun to do. Then it goes on with lots of challenges and adventures that go on.

THE PLOT:
I really liked this book a lot. Alex Flinn's writing style is one of my favorites. She uses fairytale stories and mixes it up with a modern twist. I love fairytales because they always make me really happy and it's even better to have it happen in our time because then I'm more familiar with everything that's going on.

THE CHARACTERS:
JOHNNY- I had a few problems with Johnny. I felt like he was a little selfish. He only went on the quest was because he was bored and he would be able to get married to the princess and become rich. I didn't mind it too much since he was trying to help his mom also. Other than that he was a really great male character.

MEG- She is Johnny's best friend. She is a really great friend. She helped Johnny out with his challenges instead of letting him figure everything out himself.

VICTORIANA- She is the princess. At first you think that she's a partier, drinker, buys lots of shoes, and doesn't have a single brain cell. Then into the book you realize she's a really sweet girl that cares a lot about her brother.

This book is a really good one. Definitely check it out if you liked her other stories Beastly and A Kiss In Time. :)

MY RATING: 4.5/5 STARS

Saturday, April 16, 2011

The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

This is about a girl named Riley Blackthorne and her father is an amazing demon trapper. And in this world everyone knows about demon trappers so it's not a secret. Demon trappers hunt demons. One day her dad and his apprentice, Beck go to trap a demon and something was weird. The demons started to pair up so Riley's dad and Beck weren't prepared and Riley's dad dies. Now Riley wants to become a demon trapper more than before. This book goes through Riley's training to become a demon trapper. And also trying to figure out the fact why demons are pairing up.

THE PLOT:

The plot of this book was just amazing! The reason I got this book was because I really enjoy reading about demon hunting stories like the Mortal Instruments series. I liked how everything was plotted in this book. Where there's always something happening in each chapter. The idea of how everything worked was really interesting to read about because Jana Olier made it that this demon book was completely different from others. One thing that made me kind of feeling weird is that Riley likes a boy named Simon. And he says that he's seeing someone and that it's Riley but they never even went on a date. So I felt like Jana Oliver was trying to rush into the romance just to get it over with and she just wanted to get to the action which was amazing.

THE CHARACTERS:

RILEY- She was a brave girl and I thought it was really unfair how her dad died but it's what sets the story up. Now she's living on her own and has to borrow money and her spirit in trying to become a demon trapper was very admiring to read about. I loved how even though she was the only girl in the business she didn't care at all. She wanted to prove that girls could  do anything.

BECK- He was an amazing guy. He's a few years older than Riley and he seems like a huge jerk. But when Riley needed him he was there. He helped her with money issues and helped her guard her dad's grave.

SIMON- He is the boy that Riley likes. He's the nice, religious, good boy. He never does anything wrong and I never had a problem with him.

Amazing book that everyone has to read! Especially if they love the Mortal Instruments series!

My rating: 5/5 stars. :)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
This book is about a girl named Sophie Mercer. She found out that she is a witch and one day at a dance her magic gets out of hand and her father sends her to Hecate Hall where there are witches, warlocks, fearies, werewolves, shifters, and 1 vampire that becomes her friend and roomate. While she is there she becomes enemies with the 3 most powerful students who are witches, she begans to develop a crush on a warlock named Archer, and something has been attacking the students at Hecate Hall.

                                                                              THE PLOT:
The plot of this was great! I've never really read such a fun, light read that had something serious mixed in. I read this book in 2 days! I just wish that the author made Sophie's emotions a little more believable.

                                                                        THE CHARACTERS:
SOPHIE- She was a great main character. Even though the 3 most powerful witches wanted her to be in their group she said no because it was either them or her vamp friend Jenna and she obviously chose Jenna. No matter what everyone has been saying about Jenna (That she's the one attacking stutdents), Sophie never belived them. One thing I didn't like about her was that the 2nd time she met Archer she knew she was falling in love. Really? I mean you don't exactly fall in love when you're 16 (I think she's 16) when you see the guy the 2nd time. I felt that was a little unbelievable.

ELODIE- She was someone that I did not like at all during the entire story. Even when she was at her nice point I knew there was something about her that just made me hate her. It was everything that she had done.

ARCHER- He really didn't turn out like I thought he would. Though I know that what the book implies is probably going to be cleared in the 2nd book.

This book was great! Definitely go check it out! 5/5 stars!

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins


This book was absolutely amazing! I'm not going to go into details with this since everyone knows about it but I am going to gush about it! This is one of my favorite books of all time right next to Harry Potter. It's definitely a really fun and light read and anyone and I mean anyone will love this book. :)

5/5 stars!


Friday, April 1, 2011

Heist Society by Ally Carter


ABOUT THIS BOOK:

This book is about a girl named Kat Bishop who is in a family full of con artists including herself. Kat wants out of this family business so she goes to a boarding school. She gets kicked about after about 3 months because of something she supposedly did but she finds out that her friend Hale had something to do with it but he had a good reason to. A powerful mobster's priceless art pieces are missing and he thinks that Kat's father stole them, which isn't true. So now Kat and her group of con artists have to steal the art pieces back from whoever did take them.
                                                                      THE PLOT:          

The plot of this book was genius! I love how it has nothing to do with paranormal. I did have some problems though. The story line was very hard to follow along at a lot of spots in the story. It made me really frustrated because I had to reread most of those sections.

                                                              THE CHARACTERS:

KAT- She was great. Everytime she gets into a tough situation she thinks about every little detail so it made her get out of the situation.

HALE- He is Kat's friend. He was a great and loyal friend. He stood by Kat no matter what. Even when Kat gave him a chance he styed by her side.

GABRIELLE- She is Kat's cousin. At first you think you won't like her because she's one of those girls who care more about how they look than anything else. But then at the end you realize if something's important to her she will do anything she can.
Apart from the problems I had I really enjoyed this book.

MY RATING: 4/5 stars. Go check it out!:)