Glass Sword (4/5)

Glass Sword
Victoria Aveyard




Glass Sword is the sequel to Red Queen, where Mare Barrow has just been betrayed by her friend and betrothed, King Maven. Mare is on the hunt, looking for more people like her, a mix of red and silver. She is joined by the scarlet guard and Cal, but Mare feels as if she still can't trust anyone.


This was a great sequel.  The pace of the book is very fast, but then it gets slower as the book goes on. The pace of Red Queen was a lot more enjoyable, but this book was still nice. It's a great sequel in that it satisfys a lot of feelings and questions from Red Queen, but it makes more to be desired from a third book. This series keeps stressing "Anyone can betray anyone" which makes me not trust anyone and honestly gives me anxiety :)

I gave this book 4/5 stars. It's a great sequel and it you like Red Queen you will love Glass Sword.

Feburary 2016 Wrap Up

You Were Here Review!

Red Queen (4/5)

Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard



Red Queen tells the story of Mare Barrow, a poor girl in a world divided by blood. The reds work and serve the silvers, who are the high and mighty race, (and they also have sick super powers) While thieving to save her family, Mare is given a job by a kind man, who turns out to be a prince. While working in the castle, Mare discovers that she is something strange. She has red blood, but she has the power of a silver. Mare is passed off as a long lost princess, and must keep up the charade to save her life and her family. However, "anyone can betray anyone"


This book is great. The pace is fantastic, captivating the reader from the first page. Even though the dystopian troupe is so overused, this book somehow still prevails while being dystopian. The glittering and deadly details of the silvers and their palace captivated me, and the adventure and action keeps you on the edge of your seat. I gave this book 4 stars. It was great, but not what I would consider a favorite. I feel like i did not obsess over this book like the rest of the world, but i still thoroughly enjoyed reading it. And I can't wait to read the sequel that recently came out.

Challenger Deep (4/5)

Challenger Deep
Neal Shusterman


                 Challenger Deep tells the story of Caden Bosch, a boy suffering from mental illness. Hes also on a ship to the marinas trench, but this is no ordinary ship. Shusterman tells the hardships of mental illnesses through images and metaphors that make the reader really understand the hardships and confusion of living with a mental illness


                   As a person who has lived through mental illness, I've seen a lot of books trying to romanticize or make mental illness into something its not. I really appreciate how this book doesn't do that. This gives a fantastic insight into what its really like to have a mental illness. The drawings in the book are fantastic, and are actually made by the authors son, when he was suffering in his "deep", which i think is really neat. The plot of this book is also fantastic. The author gives away little secrets one at a time that really give you insight as the book goes on, which i really really enjoyed. it takes awhile to get into this book and understand how it works, but once you do its a fantastic read. Overall I gave this book four out of five stars.

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Paper Towns (4/5)

Paper Towns
John Green



                                Paper Towns is a YA novel about a boy named Quentin, who spends a magical night of adventure with his girl next door neighborhood crush Margo Roth Speigelman. When Margo runs away, Quentin runs around following the clues she left him trying to find her.



                                 This book was good, but with reading it i felt as if I became a book snob. This book has topped the YA bestseller charts for months now, and I honestly can't see why. Margo has very counterculture ideas which are nice to see, and the way she talks about orlando as a "paper town" is also very interesting. This book is also extremely funny, which honestly saved it for me. I seem to think that way about most of Green's books, that the plot and characters are predictable and cliche but the books are so funny that it ends up raising the books rating in the end. So Overall, I gave this book a four out of five stars. It was good, but I have a lot of problems with it.(Which again, might just be me being a book snob.) I'd be happy to discuss this book with anyone in the comments though.

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