Review : Beautiful Broken Girls

Beautiful Broken Girls by Kim Savage

Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Siblings, Death, Contemporary, Fiction, Thriller, Romance, Dark 

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Pages: 336

February 21st 2017 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Mira and Francesca Cillo—beautiful, overprotected, odd—seemed untouchable. But Ben touched seven parts of Mira: her palm, hair, chest, cheek, lips, throat, and heart. After the sisters drown themselves in the quarry lake, a post-mortem letter from Mira sends Ben on a quest to find notes in the seven places where they touched. Note by note, Ben discovers the mystical secret at the heart of Mira and Francesca's world, and that some things are better left untouched.

Wow, if I'd known this book was going to be that good I would've read it a while ago. This book turned out to be fantastic, with plenty going on seeing the mystery unfold with each letter. The beginning was so great that as a reader I found it hard to put down.I loved getting that back and forth with past and present when it came to the girls. Then there was the different point of views,switching around getting to see things that were happening from different perspectives and seeing the secrets that were being kept.

I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I first picked up this book because I never read the description of. It had a beautiful cover enough to peak my interest, and I was also able to get a copy to review that I ended up decided to read this. With how interesting it turned out I'm going to end up going to the store to get myself a copy because a book this good needs to go on my shelves to reread some other time. Highly Recommend!

Review: My Sister Rosa

My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier

Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Contemporary, Mental Illness, Suspense, Siblings,

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Published: November 15th 2016 by Soho Teen 

Pages: 320

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What if the most terrifying person you know is your ten-year-old sister?

Seventeen-year-old Aussie Che Taylor loves his younger sister, Rosa. But he’s also certain that she’s a diagnosable psychopath—clinically, threateningly, dangerously. Recently Rosa has been making trouble, hurting things. Che is the only one who knows; he’s the only one his sister trusts. Rosa is smart, talented, pretty, and very good at hiding what she is and the violence she’s capable of. 

Their parents, whose business takes the family from place to place, brush off the warning signs as Rosa’s “acting out.” Now that they have moved again—from Bangkok to New York City—their new hometown provides far too many opportunities for Rosa to play her increasingly complex and disturbing games. Alone, Che must balance his desire to protect Rosa from the world with the desperate need to protect the world from her.

Che has known for a while that his sister is well, a psychopath. No one seems to believe him when he says that there is something truly wrong with her because looks can bee deceiving and shes a trouble maker with a angels smile. Long ago he made a promise his parents that he would protect the world from Rosa, but that is no longer the case. It seems now that he should protect the world from her.

I loved this book, it was everything I thought it would be and more. I loved how creepy his little sister makes me glad for the little sister I have that's also ten. I loved how after everything Rosa loved her brother and trusted him well enough that she would divulge in her every creepy little ideas. Everything was so well though out with Rosa she was too smart for her own good. I loved how amazing well written this book was, I was hooked from the very start. When it came to that ending, I can see a lot of readers having a issue about it but honestly I loved it. I mean it tells you straight on how it ends but I couldn't help but think there was different ways it could've gone. I'm not sure quite sure if I'm saying it right. I feel like that ending was open enough for me to make my own opinions on what was going on. I would love to describe in depth more of what I loved about this book but that's hard to do without spoiling the book. I was accidently spoiled with the book when I dropped it and opened it on the wrong page and was horrified that I read a spoiler and won't do the same to you. I thought that their family dynamic was interesting, and getting to know the brief history of the parents surprised me.

Overall Loved this book it was a fantastic book that kept me on the edge of my seat and I highly recommend you lovely readers to check out this book.

Review : Gemini

Gemini by Sonya Mukherjee

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Siblings, Special Needs, New Experiences

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Pages: 336

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Published : July 26th 2016 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

In a powerful and daring debut novel, Sonya Mukherjee shares the story of sisters Clara and Hailey, conjoined twins who are learning what it means to be truly extraordinary.

Seventeen-year-old conjoined twins Clara and Hailey have lived in the same small town their entire lives—no one stares at them anymore. But there are cracks in their quiet existence, and they’re slowly becoming more apparent. Clara and Hailey are at a crossroads. Clara wants to stay close to home, avoid all attention, and study the night sky. Hailey wants to travel the world, learn from great artists, and dance with mysterious boys. As high school graduation approaches, each twin must untangle her dreams from her sister’s, and figure out what it means to be her own person.

Told in alternating perspectives, this unconventional coming-of-age tale shows how dreams can break your heart—but the love between sisters can mend it.

Clara and Hailey are conjoined twins that are nearing the ending of school to the point where they needs to think of things past high school and towards college and life. Not only that there's a new guy in school one OF the girls has her eyes on and a Sadie Hawkins school dance that is coming soon.

You know what I'm kinda terrible as describing books sometimes. This is one of those times. What I loved straight off the back while reading a couple pages into this book was how distinct the two girls were. While reading it was easy to distinguish between the two by the way they talks or how they thought about different situations. This was the first time I've ever read a book with the main character being a conjoined twin, wasn't sure I was going to like it but I had a copy of this in Netgalley and won a giveaway that got this book straight into my hands. Figured it was a sign I needed to check this book out. One thing I can really say I loved was that cover, its simply beautiful and matched the book. Or at least matched Hailey very much. I loved getting to know the characters and seeing their brief journey in high school. I thought it was interesting getting to see the boy issues aspect of the book and seeing how her peers were settling with their situation. Overall I really enjoyed this book it was interesting getting to know the two girls perspective.