Month: August 2015
Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Since You’ve Been Gone
by Morgan Matson (Goodreads Author)
It was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before what should have been the most epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. All she leaves behind is a to-do list.
On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back?
Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.
Dance until dawn? Sure. Why not?
Kiss a stranger? Um…
Emily now has this unexpected summer, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected), to check things off Sloane’s list. Who knows what she’ll find?
Go skinny-dipping? Wait…what?
My Review: When summer starts, Emily best friend Sloane goes missing. One day without word, she gets a long list to do complete and she might be able to see friend again. Along the way to finishing up the list she makes new friends and doing so many new things thanks to that list, Emily thinks she getting close to finding Sloane each time she cross an item off the list. You get lots of flashbacks of the two friends, when Emily does something from the list. Emily was always living in Sloane shadow, never could do anything fun and daring before she got the list. Slowly she starts to come out of her shell and maybe the truth about Sloane come to light in the meantime. If you love best friends, a little romance then this book might be up your ally. So happy reading!
The Cellar by Natasha Preston
The Cellar (The Cellar #1)
by Natasha Preston (Goodreads Author)
When sixteen-year-old Summer Robinson goes missing one night, her family, friends and boyfriend are devastated. Nothing ever happens in Long Thorpe, so the disappearance of a school girl shocks the whole community. The police waste no time in launching a search and investigation, but with nothing to go on and no trace of Summer, hopes of finding her quickly fade.
Colin Brown, is a thirty-year-old solicitor living alone after the death of his mother. He suffered a traumatic and abusive childhood, and is left with no sense of right or wrong. Desperate for the perfect family, Colin, referring to himself as Clover, turns to drastic measures to get what he wants.
My Review: So this is an kidnapping story. When Summer goes missing she end up in this cellar by some crazy dude calling himself Clover with 3 other girls. Lost and confused on what’s going, she starts to become his new flower Lily. As summer spend spend months in the cellar, we get to look into the life through a killer eyes and what’s going on with her boyfriends and family, have they given hope on finding her? Summer tried hard to remind herself of getting home but at the same time start loosing a herself more each day. She only has her new family now to keep her sane now. Slowly as you read you get into the eyes of an killers and his victims. Will Summer even get out of the cellar and if she does will she be Summer or Lily when getting out? So many little questions, but you need to pick up the book to get the answers yourself. So enjoy…
Undertow By Micheal Buckley
Undertow (Undertow #1)
Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker’s life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world’s initial wonder and awe over the Alpha quickly turns ugly and paranoid and violent, and Lyric’s small town transforms into a military zone with humans on one side and Alpha on the other. When Lyric is recruited to help the crown prince, a boy named Fathom, assimilate, she begins to fall for him. But their love is a dangerous one, and there are forces on both sides working to keep them apart. Only, what if the Alpha are not actually the enemy? What if they are in fact humanity’s only hope of survival? Because the real enemy is coming. And it’s more terrifying than anything the world has ever seen.
Action, suspense, and romance whirlpool dangerously in this cinematic saga, a blend of District 9 and The Outsiders
My Review: I dive into this book without knowing what’s it was about. Saw the pretty cover at book con and it was free. So just grab it and then begin reading. I thought it was pretty good start to the series. The book starts off with Lyric and her friends are force to go to school with some half fish people call Alphas. So when the Alphas show up for no reason Coney Island, no human took a liking to them. They would get bully if they even talk to or fall in love with one. So when Lyric is force into being friends with Fathom the price of the alphas, her family pass starts coming into light, as she is also hiding a big secret herself from everyone even her friends. So as you get some actions, mix in with some romance you got yourself story. With a killer cliffhanger you will be dying to get your hands on book 2 which won’t be out for a long time, folks. Again must read for those who love anything scifi, So Happy reading, My fellow book worms!
Inside By Maria V. Snyder
Inside (Insiders #1-2)
by Maria V. Snyder (Goodreads Author)
The world of Inside is simple. Do your job, stay out of the way and don’t dream of anything better. Because as every Scrub knows, there are no other options.
Until Trella—the Queen of the Pipes, as some call her—gets involved with a revolution that will rock her world….
Trella was just doing a favor for a friend—her only friend. Hiding an injured man from the Pop Cops seemed easy enough—though dangerous. But then she discovered that the myths of Outside might be real….
Being Inside’s hero only left Trella with more work. Ducking those responsibilities, she continued to explore her stark world—and found something she never expected. Strangers. From Outside…
My Review:
So this is like 2 books in one. The first book is call Inside in It about a girl name Trella who is the queen of the pipes. The world is divided in uppers and lowers. The lowers works in the pipes making sure everything is working good and the uppers living a comfortable life on top so the lowers think. When Trella friend brings her to see an prophet about knowing the way out of this world they live in call the gateway, many try to find a way out but it just turn into old stories. Trella is not call the queen of the pipes for no reason, she knows every inch and when she gets curious about this gateway, she starts helping the guy out. In order to help him out she bumps into a upper and their worlds turn upside down. The views on what’s really going on how things are worked are broken. Can she really find this gateway and see what’s more to life on the inside or just stuck being divided not knowing whats out there? Well this book is a quick read and enjoy every minute of it. You love divergent, hunger games, then you might enjoy this book. It’s two book in one. Will review book 2, beware of spoilers a little in next review…..
Outside in: This is the second book to inside in. If you have yet read the first book I suggest you do. Now that they have found the gateway everyone is so out of place. The uppers and lowers don’t know what to do, and Trella does not want to lead anymore. The world has turn upside down and no one whats to do while someone on the inside trying to ruin everything that Trella worked hard to find. So has happen in a short about of time but It high pace action and fun. A must read for those you love books like Hunger Games and all. Well can’t give to much away. So Happy Reading!
