Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell *NON-SPOILER*

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell was a very heartfelt read. It was a very dark contemporary with some very cute parts in it. In the midst of reading five other fantasy reads, I realized I wanted a contemporary so I grabbed Eleanor & Park. I was immediately hooked and was able to finish it in one afternoon. This was my first Rainbow Rowell book and I remember reading something on Tumblr saying that she had a way of making hand holding more exciting than a kiss and thinking, "Okay, sure. I'll believe it when I read it.", and boy, that Tumblr post was right.

Let's start off with Eleanor. I loved Eleanor's character. the way she dressed was fantastic, her hair and the fact that she wasn't a little twig just made everything better. Her personality was a little irritating at times but overall I just loved her.

But her stepdad, oh he made me want to commit murder. This abusive, drunk, piece of shit was the most disgusting human I've read about in a while. He didn't give two shits about a single thing other than himself. Eleanor, or even Sabrina, his fucking wife could have died and he would just think of it as an inconvenience.

Now moving on to Park. Park. He was the sweetest character and I loved seeing his crush on Eleanor develop. His family was so interesting, I couldn't tell if I loved or hated his parents, I think it was both at times. Him knowing how to fight made everything so much better, so I guess thanks Papa Park.

Enough about the characters alone, let's go on to the ships. I SHIPPED ELEANOR AND PARK SO MUCH! Everything about them was just so adorable. From the comic books (which by the way, was one of my favorite things possibly ever,) to Park's protective boyfriend side, to Eleanor at Park's house just being a regular thing, everything about them was just amazing. 

In the end, when the terrible ending we were all just waiting for, the rubber band just waiting to snap, I was left in tears. That beginning page of suspense and mystery finally made sense. In books like these, no matter how short they are, I always think back to the beginning. I wonder how so much could happen and so much could change in just 300 short pages.

OKAY I'M DONE BEING DEPRESSING :D Overall, I rated this book a well deserved five stars. It pulled at every heart string, made me feel every emotion at the right times, and left me with this sad, empty feeling inside after I had finished reading it. Good job, Ms. Rowell.

The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey Discussion *SPOILER*

The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey is the second book in the 5th Wave trilogy. I already didn't have very high hopes for this book because of the mixed reviews. Many people said they didn't enjoy the book and that it was too short and even fewer people said that they enjoyed it. Well I enjoyed it, but only because of the last part which was about the last 100 pages. If it were any longer I might have died. Unless it were of the last part. It surprised me that it was my favorite because I didn't really like the character is was the point of view from.

As I said, only the last 100 pages really interested me. Well nothing really happens in the first parts of the book, they don't even switch locations. I couldn't even find an actual plot line. Even reading the last part I couldn't find a plot but I didn't really mind it. In the first parts I think they are waiting for Ringer to come back to give the all clear? But they end up leaving anyway. Like I said, no plot. 

Cassie in this book was so annoying. I read The 5th Wave about a year and a quarter ago but I don't remember her being annoying at all. (I also didn't remember Clary being that annoying in City of Bones but as I read it for the hundredth time, alas, she makes me want to claw my eyes out.) She was just acting so childish and complaining about everything, picking fights over little things, getting upset over nothing. But Ben was also annoying, a new thing for me. Evan was always weird to me so that wasn't new but I just found it weird that my least favorite character of the last book (Ringer) became one of my favorites.

Ringer wasn't my favorite character, though, my baby Razor is. While he is also like a child, he isn't annoying and I love my sunshine. It doesn't matter that he turned out to be a traitor in the end. The way he interacted with Ringer was just beautiful and I loved it when they played the board games together it was just so cute! For once, I actually have an actual otp. I shipped them and only them. Everyone else was just annoying. Also, HE ISN'T DEAD HE CAN'T BE DEAD

That's all I have to say on this, because, you know, nothing happened. I ended up rating it 4/5 stars, thanks to that last part and the introduction of my sunshine. Bye!