Friday, May 29, 2015

UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn Review *NON-SPOILER*

UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn is about a girl named Mina Grime who has bad luck. Literal bad luck; nothing good ever happens to her. When she runs into an incident and gets popular, a family secret comes out.
I was really excited to read UnEnchanted, and I must say, I was disappointed. The book had such a good concept and I was so excited to find out what happens, but I couldn't go on. The writing style was terrible (Did the editors not edit the book before it was published?) and had bad grammar. I could have written a book with better grammar. Another thing was the fact that the book had so much cheese it was practically dripping out of my phone screen (I was reading an e-book version). The book was cheesy to put it lightly, and if you like cheese you would probably like this book a lot more than I did.
The cheesy-ness starts at the first page. A girl with a crappy life has a crush on the most popular boy in school. This popular boy just so happens to not realize how popular, hot, and cool he is. He's rich, has a good family name, and has a girlfriend who happens to be the most popular girl in school. And Mina, well Mina's average. Need I say more.
I got a little over one-hundred pages in UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn and wanted to keep pushing on but I just couldn't. Now saying that I couldn't finish it means I won't rate it any more than one star. I'm sorry to say this and I hate not finishing books and rating them that low but I just had to. there may be a time where I'm craving cheese and this will the first book I go to and hopefully my thoughts will change.

Friday, May 8, 2015

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart Review *NON-SPOILER*

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart was a very interesting read. It was very different than anything else I had ever read. It's about gifted kids that go take a certain test. After taking the test they go on a crazy adventure. I would say more but it's better not knowing going in with this one.
I really loved the characters in this book. They were so different from anyone in real life that it was crazy how I got into it! All of these kids are insanely gifted. Not just smart but smart-smart. In more ways than one. I can't exactly say any character names because that will give away who will stay and who will leave!
The plot in this book was very intriguing, a little slow in the middle, but very intriguing. I very much enjoyed how the characters worked things.
That's all I can really say without giving away too much in The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart. I very much enjoyed it but because it took me over a month to finish, I will have to rate it three stars, based on my rating system.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Crown of Midnight Book Discussion *SPOILERS*

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas was just as everyone said it was- a spectacular sequel! I wouldn't say it was better than the first, maybe a tie. It was so different than the first that it's impossible to completely compare the two. While the first one, Throne of Glass, centered around the contest and had plenty of action, Crown of Midnight, for the first half, was mostly romance, then picks up with the action for the second half.
This is one for all the Chaol and Celaena shippers! I'm not on a team; I'm not a big fan of love triangles. Normally with them I just see how it plays out with each guy and unless I really like the idea of one pairing together (cough cough* Wessa *cough cough) so this was fine. I originally shipped Chaol and Celaena but now I don't care as long as there is some sort of romance. Let's just say, I didn't realize Celaena was this kind of the romantic.
For me, someone who loves the perfect mix of romance and action, felt it was a little separated. When books do that I usually prefer the action, I'm just that kind of girl! So when Celaena went to save Chaol but realized the actual danger, I started to freak out! Poor Nehemia! What's worse is they didn't even leave off on a good note *cries*! While reading this i had a hand over my face and the book attached to my nose. When she went to kill Chaol I was silently screaming, since it was like 12 a.m. and I was at my grandparents house.
When she found out that Grave was the one to kill Nehemia, I knew that his time here was gone. But it would leave slowly and painfully. I must say, I'm not disappointed in his death, I actually loved it! (Is that  bad?) When! She! Took! His! Head! To! The! King! And! Set! It! In! Front! Of! His! Employer(or whatever I forgot and I'm letting a friend borrow it so I can't look it up)! I! DIED! I had to put the book down so I could appreciate that with many muffled squeaks and jerky excitement.
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I loved the scene where we got to read from the king's point of view because we were really able to see what goes on in his twisted mind! Dorian has magic?! Honestly how didn't I guess all of this? It makes so much sense! That's another thing I love about Maas's writing, making things so complicated and so simple at the same time! Celaena is the lost queen I just! I spoiled this for myself by trying to see how many pages there were and accidentally skimming the last page. Yeah, don't do that.
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas was a beautiful novel and wonderful sequel! I would rate it 4 out of 5 stars and I would definitely read this whole series many times again!