The Lost Saint by Bree Despain

The Lost Saint by Bree Despain

Pages: 404
Pub Date: December 28, 2010
Author Website/Blog: http://www.breedespain.com
Synopsis:A family destroyed. A love threatened. An enemy returns. Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She was infected with he werewolf curse while trying to save him, and lost her beloved brother in the process. Desperate to find Jude, Grace befriends Talbot, a newcomer to town. But as the two grow closer, Grace's relationship with Daniel is put in danger -- in more ways than one. Unaware of the dark path she is walking, Grace begins to give into the wolf inside of her -- not realizing that an enemy has returned and a deadly trap is about to be sprung.


*shakes hands desperately beginning to plead* Bree... your killing me here. Please please please. Too much background. Good storyline. But it focuses too much on the first book. I loved the first book. But honestly this was a sequel problem that constantly occurs. A hundred pages wasted on catching the rest of the newer readers up and refreshing the old ones. I loved. I repeat LOVED The Dark Divine, and I really did enjoy this book. But this is a moment of EPIC facepalm. You had a great hook. Made me hate myself for starting it in Geometry. But it took too long for us to get to know Talbot, to find out about Jude and urgh... I dont want to mention the usual "I know you hate me but lets be friends again" thing....No superhero stuff. Other than those few things (I cant help it. Best friends annoy me) I loved the book. Honestly. So amazing. Im dying for the next one. Especially after an ending like THAT. Secrets oh secrets! I love this book Bree. Just irritated the usual sequel mistakes  occurred. Hoping you dont pull an Eclipse and make sequel mistakes on the third book. Great story line. Great everything. Love. Love. Love.

Aye, It Be A Sad Tale Of UNFOLLOWING

So yes...

Ive come to the realization that perhaps my one true way of decluttering my life and making my (failure of a) career at Blogging more successful I need to clean things up.

This will consist of cleaning up my FB.
Configuring the Teens Actually Read page so you can go on there and find current posts.
Unfollowing the unnecessary people on twitter.
And unfollowing blogs that are irrelevant (Sorry lunch lady blog)

If you feel a desperate need for me to continue to watch your social media rise and feel you may be eliminated please tweet me or comment below.

Ari

Birthday Birthday POST!!!

*drowns under confetti*

I SAID NO CONFETTI! *sees crowd*

Oh hello :) I just wanted to say this year I was to lazy to review Edgar Allan Poes stuff again.

So ill just say this :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR EDGAR (AND ARI)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

So may you all go out and wish EGAR A HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (Okay and Ill be selfish MAYBE ME)
(You dont have to!)

Guardian Of The Gate by Michelle Zink

Guardian Of The Gate by Michelle Zink

Pages: 340
Pub Date: August 1, 2010
Author Website/Blog: http://www.theprophecyofthesisters.com
Synopsis: The ultimate battle between sisters is nearing, and its outcome could have catastrophic consequences. As sixteen year-old Lia Milthorpe searches for a way to end the prophecy, her twin sister Alice hones the skills she'll need to defeat Lia. Alice will stop at nothing to reclaim her sister's role in the prophecy, and that's not the only thing she wants: There's also Lia's boyfriend James. Lia and Alice always knew the Prophecy would turn those closest to them against them. But they didn't know what betrayal could lead them to do. In the end, only one sister will be left standing,

A bumpy continuance of the first book. Being left on a dramatic edge with PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS readers are confused entering the sequel. We forget much of the information we are given in the first book and we waste most of GUARDIAN OF THE GATE trying to rediscover the characters. The book wastes a good chunk of it simply trying to get to this mysterious island. Very little to do with the overall plot of the series. If I had to compare this sequel to another book? Its the ECLIPSE of its series, meaningless information, character discoveries, and a pathway to the next, much more important book. I enjoyed the first book, but I truly hope that Michelle Zink puts a little more effort, and makes the book more relevant to the series overall next time.

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Pages: 363
Pub Date: February 1, 2010
Author Website/Blog: http://www.juliekagawa.com
Synopsis: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined… Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school…or at home. When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change. But she could never have guessed the truth—that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face…and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.

This book is centered around fairies, and well feeling invisible in your own home. Meghan feels that ever since her real father disappeared, and her mother remarried shes no longer important. She has no idea that this is because of a secret thats been hidden from her. With her one real friend as the only person acknowledging her, her 16 birthday is nothing its cracked up to be. But then as always, there is that one mystical night. And Meghan finds out the truth about why she is no longer as important to her mother, as she was years ago. Filled with discoveries, drama, and well shakespeares fairy court its a story that no one ever really put much thought into writing. Julie Kagawa decides to take a leap and be one of the few who continue the back story to the kingdoms that shakespeare created.

One Is Not A Lonely Number CONTEST

So remember I wrote a dandy little review of a book from a jewish publisher. The book was called ONE IS NOT A LONELY NUMBER.

Ya well they asked me to help promote their contest also :)

http://www.oneisnotalonelynumber.com/one-on-one-challenge.html

Go and enter! YOU CAN WIN BOOKS! AND FANCY TECHNOLOGICAL THINGS I CANT REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE! YA IM JUST THAT AWKWARD!

Enter.

Oh and it runs from NOW TO 1/11/11!!!!

What? You havent done your CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!!!

Yeah Im looking at you. Your guilty of NOT completely your shopping for that one person. That one family  member that tells you whatever you get they will love, even though you know that is a lie and that they put it in their basement. FOREVER. So here is some help :)

1.Sea by Heidi R Kling
2. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
3. Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
4. The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
5. Return To Paradise by Simone Elkeles
6. Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margharet Stohl
7.Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
8. Shes So Dead To Us by Kieran Scott
9. Forget You by Jennifer Echols
10.Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

Now go buy Aunt Gertrude a YA novel that she will NOT PUT IN HER BASEMENT! (Yes I am referring to that scarf you gave hre last year that had her initials on it. Fail.)