BOOK REVIEW: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

I’m not kidding when I say this. When I had about forty pages left in the book, I was crying every five minutes. I had to stop reading so I could cry. My boyfriend, who was Skype-ing with his colleagues for a college project had to turn off the microphone so no one would hear myContinue reading “BOOK REVIEW: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green”

Book Review: BITTERBLUE by Kristin Cashore

In Bitterblue, everything is connected. Old characters return in an amazing fashion (particularly Fire). Characters you might overlook become important when you least expect them and character who’s endeared themselves to you in the beginning, might not to matter much later on. But, like the title says, the novel is about Bitterblue and, while youContinue reading “Book Review: BITTERBLUE by Kristin Cashore”

Book Review: SPECIALS by Scott Westerfeld

Tally’s brainwashing is sublime. You can feel it, taste it even and it’s repulsive – even more so because you know she’s wrong and you can’t do anything against it. She is disgusted by Zane, someone she loves, and she can’t do anything about it. It’s revolting that they took something like that away fromContinue reading “Book Review: SPECIALS by Scott Westerfeld”

Book Review: A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Libba Bray

The book is terrifically well-written. The prose is fluid and the descriptions are quite nice. It’s also very accurate historically, from clothes to customs to the way people talk. For instance, women are only supposed to learn what they need to please a husband, a thought that was quite common in the 19th century, andContinue reading “Book Review: A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Libba Bray”