by Sarah J. Maas I didn’t have a lot of expectations when I started reading this book and even though I had heard a lot of great stuff about it, I tried not to get affected by that. I also had no idea what the book was about when I began, except that the main character was an assassin. Towards the end of the book, I was really happy that I had not read the synopsis or any reviews of the book since that made it more exciting in a way. Overall, I think this book is really good and it’s definitely worth reading. I can also see why it’s such a popular series. However, I did find it to be a bit slow at times. There wasn’t really a lot of things going on and most pages seemed to me nothing but beautiful descriptions of everything from falling leaves to starlit skies. But Sarah J. Maas’ beautiful writing is also what makes it all worth it, and even if I felt like I wanted more twists and turns and action, her writing made me keep reading all the way to the end. It wasn’t one of those books I…

by Brandon Sanderson This book was very good, it was fast and easy to read and I felt like the author had really put a lot of thought into the whole thing. Love the writing too. Great worldbuilding and the characters had distinctive voices and overall I definitely like it. I did find it a bit hard to get into at first, but after few chapters it held my interest. At first I did feel like I was reading some sort of X-Men fan-fiction and that did put me off a bit, but after I got over that feeling it all went a lot better. One thing that kind of bugs me a bit after finishing it, is that I can’t remember the name of the main character. I do remember him being called Knees by the girl, Megan. I also remember the other members of the Reckoners: Tia, Cody, Jon (Prof), A… (?? I want to sat Amadeus, but I am pretty sure that’s wrong). So, apparently I forgot the name of the guy that starts with an A too, but in my defense I am usually bad with names. However, that was not the important part though, what…

by Rick Yancey This book is probably not the worst I’ve read, but it sure isn’t the best. It’s an OK book, nothing else. Personally I don’t like the style of writing, I find it confusing, repetitive and “jumpy”. One moment we’re in present tense, the next it past tense. It also feels like some events are skipped and you’re not sure about what’s really happening. Sentences feel backwards and…I don’t know how to explain it other than to say it took at least two reads to make sense of some sentences. The first half was decent (and here I kind of liked Cassie’s voice) and I managed to read that in just a day, but the second half of the book took me so much longer and I had to fight to read it to the end. Also, Cassie’s voice seemed to change and she became forgettable and boring, and just faded out into oblivion. Cassie started out an annoying whiny girl and ended up just the same, which is ashame. Also the whole POV thing was super confusing at times and you had to go back several paragraphs sometimes just do double check who was talking since it…

by Heather Choate I want to start by saying that this book is not bad (I have read much worse), and the writing is good. I do however have serious issues with so many things in this book that I just couldn’t give it more than two stars on Goodreads, and the only reason it went from one to two stars was because I kind of liked the writing. The main plot is OK and it’s a very different thing than anything I have ever read before, so kudos to the writer for that. But I had to really work to read this book from beginning to end. The first half went on pretty smoothly, but then second half never seemed to stop, the book just went on forever. The book should have ended about 4-5 chapters sooner in my opinion, that would have made more sense and been a much better opening for the sequel. And I am so sorry, because I wanted to like this book. I really wanted to. Want to know what it was that annoyed me? Read below and find out. —- Spoilers below —-

by Veronica Roth This is a super short review, but basically this was the best part of the whole Divergent series as far as I’m concerned. Maybe it’s because I have a thing for Four or maybe it’s because I’ve always found Tris do be really irritating. But being able to follow Four, without having Tris there to mess everything up, was great and I loved seeing his version too.

by Veronica Roth The third installment of this series was for me the least enjoyable. The plot, the twists and the characters didn’t feel real anymore and it all sort of felt forced. I had hoped to get a resolution to the conflict that had started this whole series, but instead we’re here thrown into something completely different and the thing that the two other books have been building up to sort of got forgotten a bit. The best part about this book was the alternating POV’s that enabled me to get into Four’s head. It was nice to be able to see how he tough and felt, but somehow I wished he’d have kept some of his personality from Divergent a bit more. In this book  he’s kind of changing from a tough guy to that of a scared little wimp at times and I don’t like that. I get his love for Tris (well I don’t really get why he likes her, but I get that he does) but loving someone doesn’t have to make you chance into someone else. The book is written in an easy way that makes it fast to read and there is certainly…

by Veronica Roth I didn’t like this as much as I liked the first one, but it was still good and I kept struggling with putting it down, I wanted to know the end. But, not because I cared for Tris, but because I cared for Four. I hated Tris in this book and as far as I’m concerned she was weak and annoying and was starting to become mean to Four. He should have picked a girl that would treat him well. Just like in the first book, I think the author managed to describe the world in a great way and I really got an image in my mind and that’s something I really like. I want to see the world and Veronica Roth really made that possible.

by Pierce Brown Having fallen completely in love with the first book in this series (red rising) I was so excited to start this book. It began quite nicely, but unfortunately I found that it soon started to drag a bit. There were so many new words and names and places that my mind felt like it was about to explode. There was Rip Wings and people of all colors and Obsidians and whatnot and they blasted each other from space and…I don’t know. It just got too much for me and it made me unable to keep track of the plot and the progress. Eventually I had to put the book down and step away cause it just didn’t work for me. And I was so excited about it and I was so disappointed and I really really wanted to love it. And Sevro, where did the attitude go? I want him back. However, with this ending, Pierce Brown sure made sure I would pick up the third novel in this series too, so way to go there, (I still hate the ending though).

by Suzanne Collins I really liked the first book, the second was OK, but the third…it was bad. Not only did it feel rushed and sloppy, it also made me care less about Katniss and what happened to her. There was nothing happening, but at the same time there was a lot. But the things that happened rushed by so fast that there wasn’t time to think about it and there were almost no reactions to the things that happened. I had to reread so much to understand what was going on. I seemed like the plot of the story pushed the character and not as much the character causing the events. I could see “the strings behind the scene” so to speak and it was just too obvious that this was a piece of fiction written by someone rather than giving me the feeling that I followed Katniss through her experiences. The author did this so well in the first book that I’m truly surprised about the sloppiness of this third book in the series. Maybe she was rushed when she wrote it, maybe there wasn’t as much time and though put into it as in the Hunger Games….

by Suzanne Collins After such a great first book I was excited about this one, but it didn’t do much for me at all. The beginning was slow, really slow, and it took forever to get into it. I kept waiting for some action, but nothing happened. Then as soon as the new games began, the book took off and I enjoyed it. But why the horribly dragging beginning? Even though this book had a lot of similarities to the first one in the series, I still think Suzanne Collins managed to make the games in this one unique. There was a lot of intrigue between the characters and a lot of unexpected twists and turns, which kept the book interesting. Just like I felt Peeta was way to underdeveloped in the first book, that feeling stayed through this one. I don’t know what it is about his character, but to me he doesn’t feel real. He falls flat for me and I wish the author had spent more time developing him to get him to feel more real and more sincere. Katniss was less active in this book I feel too, and I would have wanted her to do…