Review The Iron King

Title: The Iron King
Author: Julie Kagawa
Series: Iron Fey
Pages: 363
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Adventure













*****

Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home.

When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.

But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face; and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.

*****


This story is about Meghan Chase, an almost 16 year old girl who lives with her family on a farm. When her little brother is kidnapped by fairies, she and her best friend Puck try to rescue him out of the NeverNever, the world of fey. The NeverNever is a really magical, mystical place created by stories of people. A lot of the mythical characters are based on the story of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Shakespeare. I never read this book, but these characters are really great.

Like Puck for example, who is really funny and a real friend to Meghan. And Meghan, she does everything in her power to rescue her brother. But I never got a real bond with these characters. And that bothers me a lot. They were great but I didn’t get the feeling that I get with characters in other books I read.

What also bothered me, was the first part of this book. It was really slow and took me a long time to read. But when I got through the first 200-something pages it really got better and better.

That’s the reason I want to read 'The Iron Daughter'. And because I really like the fairy world. Because Kagawa did a great job by creating this world. And I really hope that I get a chance to really get a bond with these characters.

*****

Review: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

*this review may contain spoilers*

Title: Pandemonium
Author: Lauren Oliver
Series: Delirium
Pages: 379
Genre: YA, Dystopia, Romance
*****

I'm pushing aside the memory of my nightmare,
pushing aside thoughts of Alex,
pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school,
push,
push,
push,
like Raven taught me to do.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
behind a wall of smoke and flame.

*****


After the cliffhanger in Delirium I was so very curious about reading Pandemonium.
And I think I am happy I did.

There was almost no introduction to the novel or review of what happened in Delirium. This story went straight up where Delirium stopped. Whe got right into the action of the story. And I am happy for it. Because sometimes you got a lot of review in a second book, and I think it is not necessary.

Pandemonium is a very different story than Delirium with a lot of emotions, like angst, confusion, happiness, pain... This is also a story with a lot more action and excitement events.

In this book Lena learns to push her old life out of her way and begins a new one in the wilds. With a lot new people who are learning her to live the way they do. And I can tell you that Lena have to deal with a lot of horrible situations. But she got only stronger because of these situations. And I can’t blame her. It is or dying or growing stronger and live your new life.

What I also love about this new book is the fact that Pandemonium tells two stories simultaneously, both Lena’s. But one is taking place immediatly after she got in the wilds and the other about a few months later. First I was really confused with this, but after the first part of the book I really liked it.

And what about romance in this story? You think there isn’t any of this. But there are a few new characters and Julian is one of them. He and Alex are like black and white, night and day, the complete opposites of each other. Julian stood for everything Alex was against. Lena and Julian met each other under some tight circumstanses, and they really don’t like each other at first. But when your life depends on each other you got to learn to become close with each other, to trust each other. And from one thing comes another. I think it was very clear that there became a kind of chemistry and attraction between them. But I think you read that for your self. :D Because it is sweet but also confusing.

So let me tell you that I really liked this story and the new Lena. She became a really tough girl. The story was very different from Delirium but sooo great. But let me tell you that I was a little irritated when I read the last page of this book. A big fat cliffhanger? Again? Why Lauren? Why?

*****
First I gave this book 3 stars/masks but when I started this review and I was thinking back at this story, I thought it really deserves 4 stars/masks.

Review: Delirium

Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.

***

Genre: YA, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Science Fiction, Dystopia
Pages: 441
Rating: 4 stars


This is an extraordinary story. I've never read a book like this, but I really liked it.
It's about a world where love is an illness, and when you got it, you'll get brainwashed or "cured" so you don't have it no more. This only happens to people who 18 years old or older. However, an exeption is made when you're nearly 18 and you are just to ill because of love.

I have to say that it took me ages to get through the first part of the book, I almost stopt reading it altogether, but alot of people told me I just had to get through that part and that I would love the book in the end. They were right!

You get to know Lena when she lives with here aunt, uncle and cousins, her parents have died and her sister and brother-in-law live someplace else. Lena knows what her future will look like and she can't wait to start her knew life. She's almost done with school and after the summer she will also get the brainwash-treatment. Her best friend Hanna is also on the same scedule, which means they can enjoy one last summer together. After the treatment it's most likely that they no longer are going to be best friends, because they are from different enviroments and they just do mingle in the adult world.

But then there's an unexpected twist to the usual so normal summertime. Lena meets Alex, a boy who supposedly already went through the treatment. Because everyone thinks he is "cured" she's allowed to hang out with him, but then he tells her his secret. Talking to Alex makes her realise that there is a whole different world out there and even though she doesn't want to give up all the securities and dive head first in the unknown, she does start to doubt. It takes her a long time to make the decisions she wants to make and confince herself to go and live a whole different life.

This book is full of friendship, excitement and love and I can definitely recommend reading it! :D

Review: Clockwork Prince

In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends.
With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister's war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move and that one of their own has betrayed them.

Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will; the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?

As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.

***

Genre: YA, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Steampunk
Pages: 498
Rating: 5 stars

This is a brilliant book! Thumbs up for Cassandra Clare. Some people had recommended her books and I started with reading Clockwork Angel. This book was great, it was written beautifully, though you can sense that Cassandra is still evolving as a writer. Part 1 was written from Tessa's point of view, but in Clockwork Prince the story is told by various characters. This is fun, 'cause how many times do you have the chance to look inside a guy's head.

Enough about part 1, let's continue on with part 2. This is a book that I could simply not lay away, I had to read it. It had everything: a lot of fantasy, exitement, friendship, love, treachury and betrayal.
The ones that have read Clockwork Angel know that the end of the book is exiting. This continues at the beginning of a Clockwork Prince. (Alhough I have to say that the whole book was exiting, till the last page.) There is a lot going on for the people who attend the institute. Being on the hunt for Magister with a time limit of 2 weeks! That's a race against time. Especially Will, Jem and Tessa have a big role in this story, also Charlotte (and maybe surprisingly) Jessamine play a big part in this story. Will has to face his past while hunting for Magister. We're bound to read more about that in the last part of this book. Jem's health will play a major issue. And Tessa doesn't know who or what she actually is. And still don't find out. And last but not least, she has to make a decision between two boys, but if she's made the right choice, I'm not quite sure.

I thought this book was brilliant, with a couple of hot and steamy scenes. I recommend reading it!!

Die for me

My life had always been blissfully, wonderfully normal. But it only took one moment to change everything.

Suddenly, my sister, Georgia, and I were orphans. We put our lives into storage and moved to Paris to live with my grandparents. And I knew my shattered heart, my shattered life, would never feel normal again. Then I met Vincent.

Mysterious, sexy, and unnervingly charming, Vincent Delacroix appeared out of nowhere and swept me off my feet. Just like that, I was in danger of losing my heart all over again. But I was ready to let it happen.

Of course, nothing is ever that easy. Because Vincent is no normal human. He has a terrifying destiny, one that puts his life at risk every day. He also has enemies . . . immortal, murderous enemies who are determined to destroy him and all of his kind.

While I'm fighting to piece together the remnants of my life, can I risk putting my heart—as well as my life and my family's—in jeopardy for a chance at love?



***

Genre: YA, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 341
Rating: 4 stars

When I saw the cover of this book I was already interested in reading it, before I even knew what kind of story this would be. And then I saw the (negative) reviews of other readers. However, that didn't stop me from reading it. I think this is a fantastic book. And I totally disagree with people who gave this a bad review. (It's nothing personal :D)

I can tell you that I love this story. The setting is fantastic, Paris!! The city of love...sigh...

After they loose their parents in a car accident, Kate and Georgia move to Paris to go live with their grandparents. Both girls handle their loss in their own way.
When Kate decides to go out, and ends up reading in a little restaurant, she meets Vincent. Vincent is a very handsome boy with a secret that Kate will find out very soon.
It's a fantastic love story. Love the character Vincent. He is a real old fashioned gentleman. And handsome, but I mentioned that already. Also, he gives Kate a fantastic feeling. But Kate is so afraid to let her self feel again, afraid to lose him, that she pushes him away and out of her life. But that's not everything of course...

It's a story about love, trust, families and....a very big secret. But I think you should read this for your self.
It is a 'one of a kind' book. A book like this, with such a great setting and such fantastic characters, is unique. (Although I do think every book is unique in its own way.)

I can tell you that I was really disappointed when I reached the end of this fantastic book so soon. But, there is a sequel being made and I hope to read it very soon :D

Fallen in Love

Genre: YA, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy
Rating: 4 Stars
Pages: 201

Unexpected. Unrequited. Forbidden. Eternal. Everyone has their own love story.

And in a twist of fate, four extraordinary love stories combine over the course of a romantic Valentine's Day in Medieval England. Miles and Shelby find love where they least expect it. Roland learns a painful lesson about finding-and losing love. Arianne pays the price for a love so fierce it burns. And for the first -and last- time, Daniel and Luce will spend a night together like none other.

Lauren Kate's FALLEN IN LOVE is filled with love stories . . . the ones everyone has been waiting for.

True love never says goodbye . .

***

First of all, don't you love the cover of this book? It fits perfectly with the other books. It's sooo beautiful.

I love the idea of a book that just lets us see what our favorite characters of this serie do on the same Valentine's day. Some of their stories are so incredible sweet. And some of them are just something else. But you also learn about these characters. So I like it a lot.

And don't you love this book in your collection with the other books of Fallen?

I can tell you it's worth reading it. But I think it's necessary that you read the other books of Fallen first.



"Sometimes love needed a lift from it's guardian angels, to get it's feet off the ground. But once it made it's first early beats toward flight, it had to be trusted to take wing on it's own and soar past the highest conceivable heights, into the heavens-and beyond."

The Vincent boys

Hi Everyone!

Yesterday I was looking true the site goodreads and I saw that this e-book was free at amazon And I like it when you can read something for free. So I started immediately with this book. And its such a sweet story when you normaly read fantasy books.
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Genre: YA, Realistic Fiction, Romance
Rating: 3 - 3,5
Pages: 174

Being the good girl isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Ashton Gray has grown weary of playing the part to please her parents, and to be worthy of the town’s prince charming, Sawyer Vincent. Maybe That’s why she’s found herself spending time with Sawyer’s cousin, Beau, while he’s away for the summer camping with his family. Beau is nothing like her perfect boyfriend. He’s the sexiest guy she’s ever seen, dangerous in ways she’s only day dreamed about, and the one guy she should stay away from.
Beau never envied Sawyer his loving parents, his big nice home, or his position as quarterback. He loves him like a brother. Which is why he's tried everything in his power to keep his distance from Sawyer’s girlfriend. Even if he has loved her since the age of five, Ashton is Sawyer’s girl, so therefore she’s off limits. But when Sawyer leaves for the summer, Ashton, the one girl Beau would move Heaven and Earth for, decides she wants to get into trouble. Stabbing the one person who’s always accepted him and stood by him in the back, is the cost of finally holding Ashton Gray in his arms. Is she worth losing his cousin over?.... Hell Yeah.

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(contains spoilers)
Thoughts:

Ashton, Beau and Sawyer have always been friends, from childhood 'till now. Beau and Sawyer are cousins and when Beau's father dies they become even closer, more like brothers. Beau and Ashton always did crazy things, like trowing water balloons or hanging out on the roof and looking at the stars. But when they grew older, and both Ashton and Sawyer got into a relationship, they didn't hear anything from each other anymore. Until now.

Sawyer is enjoying his Summer vacation with his family. After a party, Beau and his girlfriend Nicole had too much to drink, so Ashton drives them home. When Nicole is at her house, Ashton and Beau talk with each other and decide to renew their friendship. Ashton also decides that she doesn't want to be a good girl anymore and wants Beau to help her. When Beau calls her to go swimming at the lake, she says yes. When they are at the lake they find out that there is a chemistry between them. But both of them don't want to go there because of Sawyer. But you know how it is with love...

When Ashtons Grandma dies she runs to Beau and despite that they do not want to hurt Sawyer, they really get too close with each other. Beau loves her but only wants to comfort her. But he isn't perfect and neither is Ashton so you can figure out for your self what happened...

Then, before the funeral, Sawyer comes back. And because Beau and Ashton don't want to hurt him they quit seeing each other. But Sawyer isn't blind and a few days after the funeral he finds out about Beau and Ashton. I felt soo sorry for him. But Beau is sooo much better for her, and he knows everything about her. He knows the real Ashton.

Of course the boys get in a fight in the bar of Beau's mother. Because they won't stop, Beau's mother tells them a secret about the two of them. They end the fight and Sawyer goes home.

The next day Ashton and Sawyer see each other at school. But that's not all... The whole school hates Ashton because of what she has done to Sawyer. And the worst thing...Beau is gone! After school, Ashton visits Beau's mother to ask her if she knows where he is. But she tells her that he has a lot to think about and she doesn't know where he is en when he is coming back. Every day after school Ashton goes to the bar, leaves messages for Beau and talks with his mother.

A week later Beau is back. But he is not the same. He is really mad at Sawyer because of what everybody has done to Ashton and he gives him a concussion. It's sweet but it isn't nice of Beau. Ashton goes to Sawyer to see how he is doing and they have a talk. They decide to get back to being friends and Sawyer gives her his blessing to start a relationship with Beau.

Isn't it fantastic?!! Boys fight and become friends again all the time, but when it comes to girls they would easily never again speak to each other. I am so happy for all 3 of them. But mostly, for Beau and Ashton of course :D