Review: The Girl with the Iron Touch

The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I was surprisingly excited to find out there was a third book in the series since I was disappointed with the second one. From the cover and the description, this third addition to the series is supposed to be based around Emily, the genius scientist and inventor in this band of altered misfits. But like the previous book in the series I was a bit disappointed in the lack of focus on this supposed main character. While the storyline was very good and there are some surprising plot twists as well as some very juicy developments, I found myself wanting to know more and read more about Emily (who is pictured on the cover of the book). That said, I did enjoy reading the book- it was a fast read; and I also hope there will be another book in the series, even though the ending in this one could have been the closer to the series (however lame and completely satisfying). If you have read the other two books in the series, then you might as well read this one too.



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Review: Days of Blood & Starlight

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



OMG. I think I am going to cry this book was sooooo good. Well, not literally, but maybe. This book is just so indescribable. I. NEED. THE THIRD BOOK. NOW. And as far as I cna tell, there is no release date for book 3. I think I just might die waiting. I am now a hardcore fan. Sigh. On to rereading it for now...



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In which I do not have an iphone, but have found the most awesome iphone cover...

I was just surfing the interwebs and I came across this extremely cute iphone cover. The back of the cover has an eyshadow palette with 12 different colors and an applicator wand. I'm in love!  I am a huge fan of etsy and you can purchase this cover from the site for only $6.99. Now if only I had an iphone... I might just have to get an iphone if only to be able to use this cover. Sooo cute!

This cover is available here from etsy.com.

Review: Pushing the Limits

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



This was an amazing book! I'm not usually a fan of the romantic YA books, but this totally broke the mold for teen romance. The story and characters were so real and not perfect and the author really makes you feel what the characters are experiencing!! Can't wait for the next book!



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Review: Shadows

Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



In this nail biting edge of your seat sequel to the thriller Ashes we meet Alex again. Alex survived the Pulse that killed all electronics and turned teens into bloodthirsty cannibals. But she didn’t change the same way those teens did. Now what she thought was a brilliant escape from a cult like insular survivor community has become the fight of her life. The town of Rule has been feeding these cannibal teens and now Alex has been captured by them. Thinking she is in for a pain filled but immediate death she finds that her captors are much smarter that anyone has imagined, and they keep her alive. Can Alex manage escape, all the while planning how she will rescue the people she cares for most?



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Review: Dearly, Beloved

Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



This is an egalley review. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!!



Dearly, Beloved Nora Dearly and her zombie beau Bram are out of the war zone and back at Nora’s home in the underground development Elysian Fields. But just because the made it back to civilization does not mean they can live their lives peacefully. The war between the humans who hate zombies and zombies and their sympathizers has just begun- and it looks like the battlegrounds will be in the middle of New Victoria.
A gang of miscreants turned zombies called the Changed are trying to help other zombies, a group of young aristocrats turned hate group have begun to kidnap and kill zombies, and in the middle of all that there looks to be a new form of the Laz that no one has a cure for. Nora and Bram have their hands full, especially when it looks like Nora and Bram are targets and a zombie soldier and a friend has gone rogue. This is an action packed follow up to Lia Habel’s first book in the Dearly series, Dearly, Departed. Though it is full of action, the storyline has added more characters, plot twists, and a more rounded romance between Nora and Bram. Great book!!




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Review: The Secret Year

The Secret Year by Jennifer R. Hubbard

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I thought the book was a good quick read, but I really didn't think it was as awesome as my coworker (who recommended it to me) claimed it was. I did think that characters were pretty realistic, but I was not a fan of the way that the main character Colt was very nearly obsessed with a girl that secretly dated him for a year, but died recently. There was too much teen angst in this book for me to really enjoy it. The flipside is that the teen volunteers that I work with really loved this book. So maybe it's best enjoyed if you are a teenager.



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