The Darkest Minds & Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
GOODREADS INFO - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10576365-the-darkest-minds
I heard great things about this book before I read and I can only say that everything I heard was absolutely true. It's action-packed, well written, the world has been built so well and I am eager to find out what happens next when I manage to tear myself away from the story. Alexandra Bracken has a way of making you think that everything is okay and then BAM *EAGLES CAWING* *METEOR HITS EARTH* *THE APOCALYPSE IS NIGH* just smashes everything into little pieces but in a...good way?
I am dying to read the last book which comes out later this year!
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
GOODREADS INFO - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18900702-code-name-verity
This was one hell of a standalone (I don't think there's a sequel???), I cannot even express how much praise I have for the author. It has adventure, strong female leads and one hell of a story. I have never read a story about someone as clever as the main character Julie, the kind of clever that you only realise at the end when everything comes together. It's a beautiful story and I am honoured to have read it.
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
1st BOOK (SHATTER ME) GOODREADS INFO - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13455782-shatter-me
SHATTER ME REVIEW -http://readingallthebooks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/shatter-me-by-tahereh-mafi.html
THIS BOOK IS A SEQUEL READ SHATTER ME FIRST!
I didn't think it could beat Shatter Me but whoa, in my mind, it topped it because the story evolved! Far too often the first book sets a lot of stuff up and the second book doesn't really get into it, thankfully Unravel Me did. Once again, I am in love with Tahereh Mafi's writing, I don't know how a human can achieve such beautiful writing that you can understand and relate to. She actually manages to put feelings into words. Not like 'I was shocked' but like 'I was falling falling falling back into the darkness ect', she actually describes feelings and I love it.
Frostbite and Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
THESE ARE THE SECOND AND THIRD BOOKS READ VAMPIRE ACADEMY FIRST!
FRIST BOOK (VAMPIRE ACADEMY) GOODREADS INFO -https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18660669-vampire-academy
MY REVIEW:
http://readingallthebooks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/vampire-academy-by-richelle-mead.html
Firstly, I really liked Frostbite, I loved how all the relationships developed over these two books. Don't even talk to me about the end of Shadow Kiss. *cries*
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
GOODREADS INFO -https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13519397-throne-of-glass
Celaena Sardothien is the deadliest protagonist ever. She is an assassin which is new to me and I love it. The competition is really interesting though it was not focussed entirely on it which is refreshing. I'm not sure that she would know how to be a damsel in distress, I like that very much. Celaena is badass. (If you say 'bad ass' with an English accent is sounds weird, like 'bad arse')
I am about to start reading Blood Promise woo!
S'laters!
Emilia c:
PS still haven't finished the Book Thief. BLAME CHRISTMAS BOOKS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO READ.
