Review | Mental Health : Wintergirls

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Genre: Young Adult, Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary,Mental Illness, Mental Health, Death, Psychology,

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Pages: 278

Published : March 19, 2009 by Speak

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The New York Times bestselling story of a friendship frozen between life and death 

Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss-her life-and Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend's memory and racked with guilt for not being able to help save her. In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all: hope. 

I'm almost very sure that this book should come with a trigger warning. I can honestly say it was tough to read at times seeing the main character go deeper into her illness, see her tear herself apart mentally and physical. Seeing how she was affecting her family and such. This book was interesting and heartbreaking and I enjoyed the book.

Review : Challenger Deep

Challenger Deep By Neal Shusterman

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Psychology, Fantasy,

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Pages: 308

Published April 21st 2015 by HarperCollins

Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench.
Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his odd behavior.
Caden Bosch is designated the ship's artist in residence, to document the journey with images.
Caden Bosch pretends to join the school track team but spends his days walking for miles, absorbed by the thoughts in his head.
Caden Bosch is split between his allegiance to the captain and the allure of mutiny.
Caden Bosch is torn.
A captivating and powerful novel that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by one of today's most admired writers for teens. 

Another great book that did romanticize the illness. This book left me confused and amazed by what was going on through his mind. I haven't come across a character was was quiet this deep in his illness was it was surprised what he though was going on, I'm actually surprised that the parents didn't get him help sooner because the way he was acting I think his parents should've at least had him checked out before things progressed as it did.Overall a really great and interesting book.

Review : Everything Everything

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction,

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Pages: 310

Published September 1st 2015 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers

My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.

But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.

Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.

Maddie has a condition that forces her to stay home or face getting sick and dying. Its all the life shes ever known and it wasn't until the next door neighbors moved in and Olly make her curious for something more. Now Maddie no longer wants to accept the way things are she wants more, needs more.

Wow, this was such a fun and interesting book. I've recently read Probability of Miracles and I was recommended this book. I figured it was the same thing just different names and situations that eventually comes to certain end. This book didn't turn out how I expected and had a hard time putting this book down. I loved reading this book and I loved characters. This book had one point of view, I usually will lean towards the book that have multiple point of views to get more info on the other characters but this one POV was enough I loved maddie's character.This book was so well written, and fast paced no dull moments at all. Overall I loved this book and I highly recommend you lovely readers to check this book out.

Review: I'll Give You The Sun

I'll Give you the Sun By Jandy Nelson

Genre:Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, LGBT, Realistic Fiction, Family, Art

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Pages: 371

Published September 16th 2014 by Dial Books

A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell 

Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else—an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant novel from the acclaimed, award-winning author ofThe Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

Review: Wink Poppy Midnight

Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

Genre: Mystery, Fantasy, Young Adult, 

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Pages: 247

Published March 22nd 2016 by Dial Books

Every story needs a hero.
Every story needs a villain.
Every story needs a secret.

Wink is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair and freckles. Poppy is the blond bully and the beautiful, manipulative high school queen bee. Midnight is the sweet, uncertain boy caught between them. Wink. Poppy. Midnight. Two girls. One boy. Three voices that burst onto the page in short, sharp, bewitching chapters, and spiral swiftly and inexorably toward something terrible or tricky or tremendous.

What really happened?
Someone knows.
Someone is lying.

Lets be honest, its that cover that got the readers wanting to know what was in store for this book. I'm guilty of this as well.

I've been going on and off with deleting and retyping this review because I'm left so confused. Not in a bad way though. Just not sure how I feel about this book. I really enjoyed it. Throughout the story I just kept thinking of is written on the cover "A Hero. A villain. A Liar. Who's Who?" Throughout the story I couldn't help but try to figure out who was who. That maybe someone was trying to trick Midnight/the Readers. I loved each reveal as I got deeper into the story. This book was lovely, confusing, and deceiving and I loved that about it. One thing I can say that I loved about this book was how vivid each description is for this book. It's what I would call I don't know Dreamy? ... Whimsical? I loved that throughout the book there was a sort of mystery, about the house luck house, about Wink's life, about what was going on with Poppy. The only thing I didnt like Midnight's character, not even sure how to describe my dislike of him.

Overall I really enjoyed this book and reocmmend you lovely readers to check out it out. I can only imagine people's total love or dislike of this book.If you like straight answers with no bs in between, don't like love triangles and have a dislike of magical realism I wouldn't recommend you picking this book up. But if you like clever crafted book, with odd characters, mysteries and lies that leave you confused yet satisfied then you'll like this.

Review : The Probability of Miracles

The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Chick lit, Death, Fiction, Realistic Fiction,

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Pages: 360

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Published December 8th 2011 by Razorbill

Synopsis:

Dry, sarcastic, sixteen-year-old Cam Cooper has spent the last seven years in and out hospitals. The last thing she wants to do in the short life she has left is move 1,500 miles away to Promise, Maine - a place known for the miraculous events that occur there. But it's undeniable that strange things happen in Promise: everlasting sunsets; purple dandelions; flamingoes in the frigid Atlantic; an elusive boy named Asher; and finally, a mysterious envelope containing a list of things for Cam to do before she dies. As Cam checks each item off the list, she finally learns to believe - in love, in herself, and even in miracles.

A debut novel from an immensely talented new writer, The Probability of Miracles crackles with wit, romance and humor and will leave readers laughing and crying with each turn of the page.

Review:

I've been seeing this book a lot. I've heard a lot of mixed messages. so I decided to take a chance and see what this book is about. I don't know what the big deal I thought this book was pretty good and I really enjoyed reading it. I though it was sweet at times and hopeful. Overall it was a pretty good book.

Revew: Me Before You

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

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Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Chick Lit, Adult, Fiction, 

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Pages: 369

Published December 31st 2012 by Pamela Dorman Books/Viking 

Synopsis:

Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.

What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane.

Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that.

What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.

Review:

You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” 

 ― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You


I just finish reading this and why I can see what the hype is about. I've been hearing so many booktubers mentioning this book, I also heard that there's a movie coming out so I wanted to read this book before it came out in case I want to go to the movies. The one thing I do hear a lot is that don't watch the movie trailer if you don't want to be spoiled. Somehow I came across one and I was spoiled but I still loved the book turned out. If you are looking for an emotional book I would recommend you lovely readers to check this book out it is worth the hype.

All I can say is that you make me... you make me into someone I couldn't even imagine. You make me happy, even when you're awful. I would rather be with you - even the you that you seem to think is diminished - than with anyone else in the world.” ― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You

Review : Stitching Snow

Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis Genre: Dystopia, Retelling, Fairy Tales, Romance, Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure Goodreads: Click Purchase Link: Amazon Pages: 338 Published October 14th 2014 by Disney-Hyperion Synopsis: Essie lives in Thanda that's known for its mines. To help save a couple minors lives shes fixed up a couple of droids to do the job and does cage fighting on the side for money. Things start to get complicated when a ship crash lands near by rather then getting the authorities she helps the pilot Dane so that he can leave quietly. Little did she expect to get kidnapped and sent back to her home where she willingly left with the help of a few people. There is nothing but corruptions and death by the hands of her father the King and his wife where she came from. Review: I really enjoyed this book. If you are a fan of Lunar chronicals I think you'll enjoy this book.If you enjoy a kick butt princess with brains then then this book is for you. I loved getting to know Essie's characters. I loved that even if there was the love interest Dane I wasn't over the top being a romance.I loved that when there were times of trouble she always make sure to keep her and her words of wisdom to help others. I loved that there was always something going on to keep things interesting and to keep the readers on their toes. Overall a great story I really enjoyed it!

Review : Made You Up

Made You up by Francesca Zappia

Genre: Young Adult, Mental Health, Contemporary, Romance
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Pages:448
Published May 19th 2015 by Greenwillow Books

Synopsis:

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. This is a compelling and provoking literary debut that will appeal to fans of Wes Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook, and Liar.

Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She’s not prepared for normal. 

Funny, provoking, and ultimately moving, this debut novel featuring the quintessential unreliable narrator will have readers turning the pages and trying to figure out what is real and what is made up.

Review:

At a very young age Alex was diagnosed with schizophrenia and has a battle with herself constantly by reassuring herself what is real and what isn't. She looks forward to a new year in a new school and will try everything the can not to get sent to a mental house.

This is one of those books that I can honestly say I loved and really enjoyed. I thought that it was interesting getting the perspective of a person with schizophrenia and constantly seeing that battle that faces when shes trying to figure out whats real. I loved that she followed her gut for most situations. I loved that she founds people who can understand and help her. I for the most part wasn't sure how to feel about her parents and younger sibling and and surprised toward the ending. I guess in the back of my mind I suspected something off but didn't really stick to it and was surprised my guess was correct. This is a character that'll keep you on your toes wondering if what shes seeing is real and I find that interesting getting to see a unreliable narrator feeling and being confused just as she was. Overall a great story, I'm not sure how I came across it but I'm sure glad I did and recommend you lovely readers to check it out.

Review : Emmy & Oliver

Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction
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Pages: 352
Published June 23rd 2015 by HarperTeen

Synopsis:

Emmy’s best friend, Oliver, reappears after being kidnapped by his father ten years ago. Emmy hopes to pick up their relationship right where it left off. Are they destined to be together? Or has fate irreparably driven them apart?

Emmy just wants to be in charge of her own life.

She wants to stay out late, surf her favorite beach—go anywhere without her parents’ relentless worrying. But Emmy’s parents can’t seem to let her grow up—not since the day Oliver disappeared.

Oliver needs a moment to figure out his heart.

He’d thought, all these years, that his dad was the good guy. He never knew that it was his father who kidnapped him and kept him on the run. Discovering it, and finding himself returned to his old hometown, all at once, has his heart racing and his thoughts swirling.

Emmy and Oliver were going to be best friends forever, or maybe even more, before their futures were ripped apart. In Emmy’s soul, despite the space and time between them, their connection has never been severed. But is their story still written in the stars? Or are their hearts like the pieces of two different puzzles—impossible to fit together?

Readers who love Sarah Dessen will tear through these pages with hearts in throats as Emmy and Oliver struggle to face the messy, confusing consequences of Oliver’s father’s crime. Full of romance, coming-of-age emotion, and heartache, these two equally compelling characters create an unforgettable story.

Review:

Emmy and Oliver were childhood friends until Oliver's father kidnapped him. Fast Forward ten years and Oliver is no longer that small frail child before. Now he has to live life differently from which he grew up and this is the story of what comes after. Showing the impact and how it changed the life of everyone around him.

I enjoyed this story. Its pretty much what you'd expect in a contemporary book. I loved getting to see the back flashes of what happend them and seeing how they got past things. I thought it was interesting seeing how Emmy was affected by the kidnapping, seeing how her family would treat her after it happened. This is a story about growing up, getting past tragedies and learning to live after. I honestly thought it was interesting getting Oliver's perspective on what happened and how he was dealing with things. Overall it's a nice story.

Review : Dumplin'

Dumplin by Julie Murphy

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult, Fiction, Family, Humor, Chick Lit
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Pages: 375
Published September 15th 2015 by Balzer + Bray

Synopsis:

Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.

Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.

With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine—Dumplin’ is guaranteed to steal your heart. 

Review:

“I've wasted a lot of time in my life. I've thought too much about what people will say or what they're gonna think. And sometimes it's over silly things like going to the grocery store or going to the post office. But there have been times when I really stopped myself from doing something special. All because I was scared someone might look at me and decide I wasn't good enough. But you don't have to bother with that nonsense. I wasted all that time so you don't have to.” ― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

Willowdean is a big girl and she knows it. The pageants have always been a presence in her life, in the town and seems to be her mother's only greatest accomplishment. The one true mother figure her aunt died a year ago but the pain is still very much real for her. She had no real interest in the pagent and knows a girl like her couldn't stand a chance. It wasn't until she came across her late aunts items finding a pageant form she decided it might be time sign up just to prove that she can. Little did she expect was for that little action of signing up inspire others to finaly take a chance.

If you're looking for a motivational book when it comes to bigger main characters this probably isn't it. Throughout the book you will hear Willowdean bringing out most of her insecurities but slowly gained that confidence she needs. It seems at first that she had things straight for herself, including the confidences to not let words like fat bother her. But really he was pretty much hiding behind that when she was really a mess of insecurities.

What I liked about this girl was that she felt real. It wasn't like she instantly felt good about herself or lost the weight or I dont know. I mean I can see so many people relating to herself. I sometimes see myself in this character in bits and pieces and love when I can come across a book with a character that I can see myself in. I loved that her impulsiveness tended to mess things up and create some drama to make things interesting. I liked that for the most part she doesn't really back down from a challenge. I mean she could've backed down at an point when she was doing the paegent but eventually did what she set out to do. I loved that she had no filter. Overall I really enjoyed this book.

“I think you gotta be who you want to be until you feel like you are whoever it is you're trying to become. Sometimes half of doing something is pretending that you can.” ― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

Review: The Little Bookshop on the Seine

The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin

Genre: Christmas, Chick Lit, Romance, Contemporary, France, Adult
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Published October 16th 2015 by Carina
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Synopsis:

Le Vie En Rose

Bookshop owner Sarah Smith has been offered the opportunity to exchange bookshops with her new Parisian friend for 6 months! And saying yes is a no-brainer – after all, what kind of a romantic would turn down a trip to Paris…for Christmas?

Even if it does mean leaving the irresistible Ridge Warner behind, Sarah’s sure she’s in for the holiday of a lifetime – complete with all the books she can read!

Imagining days wandering around Shakespeare & Co, munching on croissants, sipping café au laits and watching the snow fall on the Champs-Élysées Sarah boards the plane.

But will her dream of a Parisian Happily-Ever-After come true? Or will Sarah realise that the dream of a Christmas fairytale in the city of love isn’t quite as rosy in reality…

I have to admit it was the beautiful cover, the word bookshop and figuring it was set in paris that I decided to check out this book. The day that I am writing this review its a blizzard out there,I'm stuck home and I wanted a sweet wintry book to read and this book seemed to be it. Its based around christmas time and usually I only read christmas time books strictly during that time I decided to read it anyways.

Now on to the content.

Sarah's booklover and bookshop owner friend who lives in Paris has just offered her a opportunity she just can't refuse. To for a few months switch book shops, where her fried Sophie would run her tiny quiet bookshop for Sophie's shop that has so much to do that'll leave Sarah second guessing everything. Sarah has always lived her life as a sheltered bookworm and it was time for her to come out of her shell and do more for herself and explore. This could be her opportunity to discover more, it'll test everything she knows and its leaves the question is the distance and overall surrounding good for her?

I loved this book, I thought it was sweet and fun to read. I loved seeing Sarah develop as a character learning new things. Seeing how she was handling everything around her from dealing with pain in the butt employees, to things going missing and such. I loved the aspect of the letters and the hopefulness to finding out more about who these people were they are reading about. I thought it was interesting how Sarah was dealing with long distance relationship. There was so much going on with this book that there was never a dull moment. I loved the ending, everything was tied up neatly, it was perfect.

I loved this book, its a holiday read but I would read it at any point and I would recommend you lovely readers to check out this book.

Review: Carry On

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

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Genre : LGBT, Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Fiction, Magic, Vampire, Contemporary, Paranormal,
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Pages: 522

Synopsis:

Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen.

That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.

Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story—but far, far more monsters.

Review:

Simon is terrible at being the chosen one and very good at getting all his spells to backfire. If that weren't bad enough his roommate, Baez is a vampire and he swears that Baez is out to get him. But this year where Baez doesn't show up for a while in school he is sure that he is hatching up another plan to take simon down. Things get complicated when Baez's dead mother comes back looking for him and leaves Simon a message that her killer is still out there and must find out who it is.

You know what, the more I tried to describe this book the more it seems like I was giving spoilers so I'll stop there. I really enjoyed this book. It was fun, silly, it was ridiculous at times.I was surprised when I heard about this book I can remember recently reading Fangirl and realized that this was from those books that she was fangirling over. When I read Fangirl I was assuming I was just going to be like Harry Potter series but switched names. Well it kinda was, sort of. Not sure how to describe it. The characters were switched around with different stories, backgrounds, different goals but there was a hint of it that I couldn't help but compare it to. I guess this book would be Rainbow Rowell's version of HP? Not sure. Please give your comments below so if you get what I'm saying or thought the same. I really enjoyed this book though. It was fun and interesting. It was not at all what I would have expected it to be. 


Overall I would recommend you lovely readers to check out this book, especially if your a fan of Rainbow Rowell's book Fangirl.

Review : The Name of the Star

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

(Shades of London)
Pages: 372
Genre: Mystery, Paranormal, Fantasy, Ghosts, Young Adult
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Synopsis:

The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it's the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city, gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific Jack the Ripper events of more than a century ago. 

Soon “Rippermania” takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect. But she is the only one who saw him. Even her roommate, who was walking with her at the time, didn't notice the mysterious man. So why can only Rory see him? And more urgently, why has Rory become his next target? In this edge-of-your-seat thriller, full of suspense, humor, and romance, Rory will learn the truth about the secret ghost police of London and discover her own shocking abilities.

Review:

Rory is excited about starting a new school year in a London boarding school.Things start to get interesting when a series of murders occur near her school very much like the Jack The Ripper Murders. Thing is no one can see the murderer which frightens everyone. Whats strange is that she is able to see this murderer and unfortunately caught his eye. 

Overall I thought that this was really interesting book.I wasn't sure how it would turnout. I've never read a book that had anything to do with Jack the Ripper. I know of the story maybe little snippets of heard on t. but nothing really that stood out to me. After this reading this it's really got me interested I kind of want to look into it. The story was really well written and I was hooked from the very start. I loved it there was so much details that looks quite vivid in my mind with how things were described.

I can't wait for the next book to see what happens next. I would wait this book 5 of 5 stars and because it was a really fun books to read and it's the type of book I would  reread and recommends others.

Review : All the Bright Places

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Genre: Young Adult, Mental Illness, Death, Suicide, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Romance,
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Pages: 388
Published January 6th 2015 by Knopf 
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Synopsis:

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!
 
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.

Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.

When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.

Review:

"What a terrible feeling to love someone and not be able to help them."

Finch is trying to find himself by trying on different personas to figured out which on is the real him. Which one makes him feel like his true self but as times goes on he sinks the deeper into depression. Violet is going through some survivors guilt after the death of her sister in a car crash.

Two very different people, Violet & Finch, find themselves on the ledge of the school and as Finch talks them both off the ledge. From then on there's the connection between the two, as well as a school project, that leads them to wander different place and learn more about each other and themselves.

"The problem with people is that they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count."

Wow, that ending truly I wasn't expecting it. If you have read this book please write your comments below. Trust me when I say this book will pull on some heart strings and really get you to think about mental illness and depression and suicide in a different way... I just can't get over how it ended. I think there were bits and pieces in seeing Finch change and it was hard to see how that ending would've made sense, this is basing it off of his point of view. In the beginning I think it would've make sense how the ending turned out but I thought things were getting better for him. As for Violets point of view I should've expected how it turned out there were little signs on him sinking and not really coming out of that funk. I loved that Finch was able to help Violet and change. I just overall really loved this book. I was able to get this from the library, but I feel like this is one of those books that I can read a couple more times and not get tired so I'll be sure to head to the store and buy a copy of this book it's worth it. Highly Recommend!

"The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave."

Review: Daughter Of Smoke & Bone

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

(Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1)
Genre: Paranormal, Angels, Romance, Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Magic
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Pages: 418
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Published September 27th 2011 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Synopsis:

Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hair actuallygrows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.

When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Review:

Karou is an art student with a not so normal life. When shes not at school or with her friend shes traveling around doing errands like getting teeth for the sorcerer who raised her. Things were normal enough for her until she slowly started to notice branding marks and was attacked by an angel. From then on thing in her life changed.

I really loved this book, I at first had a hard time getting into it. When I decided to give this book another shot through audiobook I was from then on hooked. I really enjoyed this book I finished this book fairly quickly. I also loved the backstory of what went on in Karou's past life. I really look forward to seeing more from the next book.