Want to Read #3

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Release Date: June 7, 2011

A mysterious island.

An abandoned orphanage.

A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

Want to Read #2

Shut Out by Kody Keplinger

Release Date: September 5, 2011

Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other Schools. At Hamilton High, it’s a civil war: the football team versus the soccer team. And for her part, Lissa is sick of it. Her quarterback boyfriend, Randy, is always ditching her to go pick a fight or haze a freshman. And on three separate occasions Randy’s car has been egged while he and Lissa were inside, making out. She is done competing with a bunch of sweaty boys for her own boyfriend’s attention.

Lissa decides to end the rivalry once and for all: She and the other players’ girlfriends go on a hookup strike. The boys won’t get any action from them until the football and soccer teams make peace. What they don’t count on is a new sort of rivalry: an impossible girls-against-boys showdown that hinges on who will cave to their libidos first. And Lissa never sees her own sexual tension with the leader of the boys, Cash Sterling, coming. In this hilarious and romantic reimagining of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, the battle of boys against girls is on.

Evermore by Alyson Noel

Pages: 301
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Perpective: First Person
Age Group: Young Adult

Release Date: February 3, 2009

The first book in Alyson Noël's extraordinary new Immortals seris. Enter an enchanting new world, where true love never dies...

After a horrible accident claims the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever Bloom can see people's auras, hear their thoughts, and know someone's entire life story by touching them. Going out of her way to avoid human contact to suppress her abilities, she has been branded a freak at her new high school — but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.

Damen is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy. He's the only one who can silence the noise and random energy in her head - wieling a magis so intense, it's as though he can peer straight into her soul. As Ever is drawn deeper into his enticing world of secrets and mystery, she's left with more questions than answers. And she has no idea just who he really is - or what he is. The only thing she knows to be true is that she's falling deeply and helplessly in love with him.

Stars: 3/5

Cover: B

Plot: 
I have had this book sitting on my bookshelf for multiple years, but I still had no clue what it was about before I started reading it. I knew it had the supernatural/paranormal feel going on, but other than that I wasn't exactly sure what to expect. 

In general, I didn't find the book to be too riveting. There wasn't much suspense except for in the very end and there weren't very many plot twists. I did like the book, but overall I wouldn't say it was overly enthralling. 

Putting that behind me, I thought the premise for the book was actually really cool! I liked that it was a paranormal romance, but not about vampires or werewolves - it brought something new to the table.

Characters:
I really liked the main character, Ever. After her family was killed, she attained the power to see people's auras and hear their thoughts. I really liked that she could see auras because I don't think I have ever read a book where a character had that power.

On top of that, I liked Ever's personality. She was a fun character that was easily relatable to, even though she's so different. As for Damen, I wasn't swooning, and he didn't really stand out to me.

Writing: 
As I mentioned before, the book wasn't completely enthralling and the writing didn't capture me in 100%. It was a fairly quick read, though, so it was easy to shoot through the book.

Ending:
The ending was kind of weird because about seventy pages before the ending there was a climatic event, and it felt like the book should have ended right there. The book then continued to tie up loose ends for the next pages, but it was weird because it felt dragged on. 

Cover:
The book cover is nice because it's dark, but still beautiful. I liked that the tulips were incorporated because they're brought up multiple times throughout the story.

The Final Verdict:
I think this book would be great for a little bit of a younger audience. My little sister is 13, and I'm going to give her this book to read because the romance isn't too steamy and it won't be too scary for her. However, for an older audience this book may feel a little redundant.

FTC: Bought.

Want to Read #1

"Want to Read" is a meme that I am starting! Similar to "Waiting on Wednesday" it showcases a book that I am thoroughly looking forward to reading. However, it is unique in the way that the book could have already been released, and I have yet to get my hands on it; or I own it and it's been waiting for me in my To-Be-Read pile. Either way, I hope to open your eyes to some new books that you may not have heard about, and vice versa! :)

**This was originally going to be a weekly post, but I have so many books that I am just dying to get my hands on that I changed it to twice a week - Tuesdays and Fridays!**




Burn For Burn (Burn For Burn, Book 1) by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian

Release Date: September 18, 2012

BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY...
THEY GET EVEN.

Lillia has never had any problems dealing with boys who like her. Not until this summer, when one went too far. No way will she let the same thing happen to her little sister.

Kat is tired of the rumours, the insults, the cruel jokes. It all goes back to one person– her ex-best friend– and she's ready to make her pay.

Four years ago, Mary left Jar Island because of a boy. But she's not the same girl anymore. And she's ready to prove it to him.

Three very different girls who want the same thing: sweet, sweet revenge. And they won't stop until they each had a taste.