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Review: THRONE OF GLASS // unique plot, murders & a kick-butt assassin
Title: Throne of Glass Series: Throne of Glass book #1 Author: Sarah J. Maas Page count: 404 Date published: 2 August 2012 Genre: Young Adult high fantasy Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) GOODREADS SYNOPSIS After serving out a year of hard labour in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king’s council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she’s bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her … but it’s the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best. Then one of the other contestants turns up dead … quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the…
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ONE YEAR BLOGIVERSARY // fave books, Q&A, shoutouts + a survey
This feels so unreal and it honestly doesn’t feel like I started this smol blog an entire year ago. I love and appreciate and love each and every one of you. I love talking to everyone and I’ve made some amazing friends (and met them). I’ve had nothing but amazing experiences on my blogging journey and I’ve had the best time and learnt so much. Anyways I won’t bore you with my soppy stories, so let’s just get on with the interesting stuff… So I thought it’d be fun to get some feedback about my blog in general so I made a survey and I’d very much appreciate all the feedback especially things I can improve on (i won’t scream at you if you give negative feedback so please feel free to do it if you wish) so click on the link below to answer —> BLOG SURVEY <— So I’m a little sentimental today so I’m kind of re-doing my first posts. My first ever blog post was MY FAVOURITE SERIES OF ALL TIME but don’t go look at it because 1) it’s cringey and 2) has no substance and is hecka boring. Part 1 (fantasy series) 1) HARRY…
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HOGWARTS HOUSE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
I’ve been seeing these posts going around and I thought it’d be fun to compile my own list of books to recommend. But basically, I’m just going to pick out a few books that I think fit the specific traits of the different Hogwarts houses. On a sidenote, I can’t really recommend Harry Potter but obviously, if you haven’t read them yet then I don’t know what you’re doing. Let’s just get into all the books Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan: The entire Percy Jackson is awesome and amazing. I think it suits this house because all the characters are so loyal (and also brave). You’d honestly just have the best time reading these! Eliza & Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia: I don’t know why but I just feel like this book fits here. It’s such an amazing (and important) contemporary… it may even be my favourite book, apart from my fantasies. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare: All of Cassie’s books have loyal character but this masterpiece stands out to me. It’ll break your heart in the best way but it’s SO GOOD omg (!!). GO AND READ THE SHADOWHUNTER CHRONICLES NOWWWW The…
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MINI MOVIE REVIEWS // Death Cure, Peter Pan, new fave & more
So I’m back again with some movie reviews! I hope you like these. Also I’m horrible at keeping track of what I watch so I created a thread of movies (and some tv) on twitter that I watch and I try to make aesthetics (but it’s hard) and they’re not great but I TRY. Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle So I have kind of mixed feelings with this one. I heard people say that it was really good but I disagree. I think it was decent but it didn’t feel like Jumangi. It was a little (in my opinion) cheesy and was more like a jungle game not like the original. With the original, you knew it was dangeroud and you felt that but I didn’t get that with this movie. Anyways I was really disappointed. Rip Tide I was browsing Netflix because I didn’t know what I wanted to watch. I saw Debbie Ryan and I thought ‘why not?’. Now I didn’t hate this movie, it wasn’t mind-blowing but I thought it was okay. I liked the plot line. The story was a bit off at times and I had no care in the romance but it wasn’t at…
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Review: IN THE AFTERLIGHT // mind blown & many emotions
Title: In The Afterlight Series: The Darkest Minds book #3 Author: Alexandra Bracken Page count: 582 Date published: 28 October 2014 Genre: Young Adult Urban fantasy & dystopian Thank you Pan MacMillan SA for sending this my way! Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) GOODREADS SYNOPSIS: Ruby can’t look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government’s attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds. They are armed only with a volatile secret: proof of a government conspiracy to cover up the real cause of IAAN, the disease that has killed most of America’s children and left Ruby and others like her with powers the government will kill to keep contained. But internal strife may destroy their only chance to free the “rehabilitation camps” housing thousands of other Psi kids. Meanwhile, reunited with Liam, the boy she would-and did-sacrifice everything for to keep alive, Ruby must face the painful repercussions…
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TROPES THAT I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF (part 2)
So a while back I did TROPES THAT SHOULD REALLY JUST LEAVE FOREVER and I wanted to do a “tropes that I love” post. I don’t hate all tropes actually… who would’ve thought? THE “I LOVE YOU BUT CAN’T/WON’T ADMIT IT” OR “SLOW-BURN” TROPE This may be a little annoying at times just because you want it to happen but it’s just not. It also usually takes the entire series to happen but like I love it? Yeah, I’m TRASH for romance. And also a crazy person. But like I can’t resist… THE “CHOSEN ONE SAVES THE WORLD” TROPE With this it kind of depends. Back when I started reading I loved it but now it really depends on the story and setting. The most common being Harry Potter and Percy Jackson which ya’ll know I love. If it’s done really well and in a unique way then it’s awesome. THE “SWEET, KIND AND ADORABLE MALE LOVE INTEREST” TROPE Bad boys annoy me but I also love quite a few. I cannot help but fall for the sweet ones though. I mean how can you not?! Need I say more? THE “OPPOSITE ATTRACTS FRIENDSHIP” TROPE I love me some romance but well-done…
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Review: NEVER FADE // a whirlwind of emotions
Title: Never Fade Series: The Darkest Minds book #2 Author: Alexandra Bracken Page count: 560 Date published: 15 October 2013 Genre: YA Urban fantasy & dystopian Thank you to Pan MacMillan SA for sending this my way! Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) GOODREADS SYNOPSIS: Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster. When Ruby is entrusted with an explosive secret, she must embark on her most dangerous mission yet: leaving the Children’s League behind. Crucial information about the disease that killed most of America’s children—and turned Ruby and the others who lived into feared and hated outcasts—has survived every attempt to destroy it. But the truth is only saved in one place: a flash drive in the hands of Liam Stewart, the boy Ruby once believed was her future—and who now wouldn’t recognize her. As Ruby sets out across a desperate, lawless country to find Liam—and answers about the catastrophe that…
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MARCH RECAP // studying, holidays & binge reading
Where did March go? This year is going too fast! This month has been good. As you can see by the title, I did lots of studying and my grades were wayyyyy better than I expected. Like REALLY good and I’m proud of myself. We’re also on Easter break and I’ve been reading a heck load and bombarding ya’ll with reviews. Okay, I read 5 books and 3 novellas (!!). And Goodreads tells me I’m 5 books ahead of schedule. Don’t ask me how I read more in one month when I also had to study how I read more than Jan & Feb combined. None of the books I read have a rating lower than 4 stars so I consider this a very successful month. – Opal by Maggie Stiefvater {★★★★★}: SO. GOOD. I am starved of this world and I need more. A novella isn’t enough!! (review here) – City of Bones by Cassandra Clare {★★★★★}: Of course it was amazing and I will forever gush and be nostalgic about this series. I read it with Lu which was also really fun (review here) – Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi {★★★★☆}: As you can see I binged these…
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Review: THE DARKEST MINDS // smushed brain and kickass-ness
Title: The Darkest Minds Series: The Darkest Minds book #1 Author: Alexandra Bracken Page count: 528 Date published: 18 December 2012 Genre: YA Urban fantasy & dystopian Thank you to Pan MacMillan SA for sending this my way Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) GOODREADS SYNOPSIS: When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something frightening enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that got her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that had killed most of America’s children, but she and the others emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they could not control. Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones. When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. She is on the run, desperate to find the only safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who have escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents. When they…
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Review: IGNITE ME // epic and all you could want
Title: Ignite Me Series: Shatter Me book #3 Author: Tahereh Mafi Page count: 408 Date published: 4 February 2014 Genre: YA Urban fantasy & dystopian Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) GOODREADS SYNOPSIS: With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life. He promises to help Juliette master her powers and save their dying world . . . but that’s not all he wants with her. I am shook right now. I just marathoned these books and now the “trilogy” (I know there is one more book) and have NO idea what to do with my life now. I, of course, loved it as you can see by my rating. It was so good and fast-paced. Everything that needed to happen did and it was a great conclusion. The development in this book and the truths we learn are phenomenal and I loved it so much! Kenji has become…
