The Splendor Falls

Review Time! Ladies and Gent, I think I deserve a clap...after putting this book off for at least a month and abit I have finally maned up and finished it!!! Yes, I put my big girl panties on and finished what could have been the longest book I have ever read! * throws confetti, dance around the fire, celebrate Christmas early*

The Short Story? - What could have been the longest and most boring book I have ever read. Girls like me don't put off a book for that long unless there is a reason. However, the ending was pretty good to that softens the blow.

The Long Story? - FACT : For the first time ever, I feel asleep reading a book IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, OPINION : Possibly the longest and most boring book I have read. Now, get this The Splendor Falls is about 510 pages long and NOTHING happened for about 350 pages, I read and read and read some more and than abit more before putting down the book. It was just that bo-ring. You know, this reminds of those 1800's novels where they will spend four pages describing how the sun rose. The difference between 19th and 21st century is that those people had PLENTY of time to read on and on and on, while now I have to squeeze reading between school, having a life and extra curriculum so in my opinion it was just tooooo long. However, the ending was pretty good, I actually liked the last 150 pages so don't judge it too harshly guys even if I do. I just think that good book should only be around 260-300 pages :P Short and to the point! The writing style was comfortable to read but because it was so long I couldn't really enjoy it. Overall, too long but good ending so Rating - 2.5/5

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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Another Review Today since I have finished so many books over the last week or so! So I sure many of you have already watched it or is going to watch the third Twilight movie Eclipse! ( I haven't watched it yet but I might tomorrow) Anyway, I thought it would be a good idea to read the novella The Second Short Life of Bree Tanner! Now I only finished this one yesterday so it's like fresh in my mind.

It was quite a short read only about 200 pages but I not sure why but it awlays takes my longer to read Ebooks. So anyway, very short life indeed for Bree. I not a huge twilight fan but the books are alright so I have nothing againist twilight!

Anyhow, book was alright. I found it progressed abit too slowly. it went really boring and suddenly it was interestly but before you can quite get it, it was THE END. However, it was pretty good I enjoyed it and we got to know Bree better. When I read Eclipse I thoguht she was some bad vampire who doesn't have any feeling but in this book you got to see a different side of the story. I even got abit teary at the end. BTW did you guys know Edward Cullen is a ranga??? (a redhead) I always thought he had brown hair. Anyway, good story too slow at the beginning but the ending was good. Rating 3/5

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Need

Review Time! Last week I finished Need by Carrie Jones. It was one of thosse books that I have been wanting to read for a while but never got around to. So finally I put down whatever book Iw as reading before that and dup into it.

Now one of the surprises of this book was that it was one about pixies and were animals. I know right, weird. I have heard of Vampires and Werewolves etc. but never pixies. Plus not only did it have a werewolf it had were eagles too ( which I thought was pretty funny). The book was fairly easy to read however I can't quite determine what that feeling is when read the book but I not really into it. So I just categorised it as 'Just Another Book' Alright characters, alright start, alright ending, nice writing style that was easy to read and overall it was alright. Rating - 3/5

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Changeless

Review Time! You know I actually pretty disappointed with how many books I have been able to read this week. Last Holidays I was able to read one book a day butthis holidaysit seems like start 10 books a day and finish one a week (not good). However, I did manage to finish Changeless by Gail Carriger today. Now last holidays I finished the first one Soulless and loved it so high hopes for this one. On a sidenote has anyone realised I have read alot of second in the series in the last two weeks? Anyway, I quite liked this one very much like the first but interesting plot. I love the victorian setting with the supernatural twist. It makes so much more memorable than just plain supernaturalism (is that a word?) So it started off a bit slowly like blah blah blah and than it got interesting so I guess that made it okay. There was this bomb *shock, gasp,scandal* at the end which leaves me DYING to read to the next book. However since I have this habit of reading the ending first than going back to read the whole book it wasn't so bombly (is this word too?). Anyway, I find Ivy, the best friend a great nuisance and can't stand her but that's the whole point so I will let it go. The sisters and the mum is annyoing too but they are portrayed that way and it's certainly a very entertaining read. The style of writing does take some time getting used to but that's because it's quite old fashioned. However, it's more bearable than Shakespere. The woman on the cover has a really unattractive fringe so no comment on the cover and besides that all that pretty good book so Rating- 4/5

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Spells

Review Time. AGAIN! Yesterday was the first day of holidays and I read one of the most amzing book in the world so I couldn't not write a review. I finished Spells by Aprilynne Pike yesterday! This is the sequel to Wings which is like one of the best books in the world ( I HEART TAMANI!!!! TEAM TAMANI!!!! DAVID CAN GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF !!!!!!!) Anyway, I had very high expectations for this book since I absolutely loved Wings and I wasn't disappointed either! Amazingggggg

The plot was really good however I would have liked to see more of Tamani and less of David. Honestly, I loved half the book (the half with Tamani and Laurel) but kinda wanted to rip out Laurel from the pages for the other half and shkae some sense into her. Gosh, that girl is sooooooo selfish! She thinks she can have the best of both world and..and SHE CAN'T ! She hurt Tamani and I don't like it D: ( I am seriously in love Tamani you know) Anyway besides that fact the book was really good ! The best book I have read in a while (since Spirit Bound) . Great charcters, although I'm a tad disappointed with Laurel and I think David should go play on the road BUT Tamani *swoooooon*. Fantastic plot, Great Romance, loved the cover and yer nothing really I can pick on soooo Rating - 4.5/5 (Laurel cost the book the .5 *sigh*)

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Ghostgirl : Homecoming

Review Time! Finished Ghostgirl : Homecoming by Tonya Hurley on Saturday!I had high expectations for this one for I really liked the first one. Um, I have to say those high expectations weren't exactly met which is one of the reasons why it took me sooooo long to read it. The first book was wayy better, this one just wasn't interesting. The plot was really pointless and didn't really go anyway ( I call them circle plots - One BIG FAT CIRCLE and back to where we started) The characters don't seem as cool as they were in the first one. The ending was alright but the start was borrringgggg. Really, I have to say I was very very very disappointed with this one D: THe first book was so much better! So unfortunately I didn't enjoy this one very much and found it quite boring. D; Rating 2.5 / 5

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Burned

Review Time! I finished Burned which is the seventh book of the House fo Night series a few days ago but I had some other 'stuff ' to post besides a review so this had to wait to today :P Anyway, seventh book in the series so a pretty long series ( the longest one I have read so far besides Harry Potter and Princess Diaries...I think). From all the stuff I have heard I can safely say that it's quite popular. However, not one of my favourite series (sadly, everyone go *shame!*). I was very disappointed with the sixth book which kind of went around it a BIG FAT CIRCLE then ended up in the same place ( aka nothing happened) However, I find that the seventh book was actually one of the better ones in the series. It had a plot that was good, the characters were still annoying ( Zoey) but they were bearable and they actually got somewhere with the book. However, * SPOILER ALERT* I don't get why Stevie Rae and Rapheim ( I can't spell him name sadly) just get together. It's annoying, everyone konws they like each other but they refuse to just be togther so fustrating. Um, the ending was pretty good but the start was boring. Overall, quite enjoyable, abit slow but still pretty good so Rating 3/5

BTW, which cover do you like better? I got the book with the second cover the yellow one.

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Spirit Bound

Okay, as promised I said I would review Spirit Bound which I finished reading yesterday. Anyway, for those who don't know The Vampire Academy series is one that I think highly of. It is my favourite vampire series hands down and probably the best books in the world after The Mortal Instruments series. And I wasn't disappointed with this book either. Honestly, I LOVED it it was AMAZING beyond words  ( @#$%@#&*%$#@#@$) Great Plot, badass characters ( I HEART ADRIAN & DIMITRI BUT I THINK I"M TEAM ADRIAN) , the writing was easy to read and well we can't relate to the vampires and stuff but the emotional and relationship stuff is alot like teenage relationships in the 21st century. It is also my top tear jerker guys and that is something, I not excatly the most emotional person like I don't cry over lost love and stuff BUT Mrs Richelle Mead is a fantasic writer and when I read her books I get all weepy and wear my heart on my sleeve. So, very high praises for this book, couldn't have been written any better.

Rating 5/5 (Yes, I know amazing right? So if you haven't read it yet I will haunt you in your sleep until the day you do)

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Okay, review time! Last night I pulled an all nighter when I was supposed to be doing my exam preparation to finish...Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief!!!! btw guys, it was totally worth it coze it waas AWESOME!!!!

Like totally awesome that I want to be half god too. Loved the plot, characters and the whole greek mythology thing. Shame, my humanities exam is on Rome or this would have been good preparation T_T oh well! Yup awesome awesome book, can't wait to see the movie when it comes out on DVD ( I missed out at the movies -annoying) I really can't critise this in anyway coze it was really THAT good, however. HOWEVER, I'm only rating it 4/5 because it was abit too young for me. I liked it but i couldn't really to it in anyway like no romance or teen problems you know???? So yer fantastic book go check it out (totally worth your money) Fantastic for light reading and yer 4/5

Decription - This computer won't let me copy & paste (arghhhhh) but anyway I will edit this out later but basically someone stole Zeus' lighning blot and Percy and his friends have like ten days to find it before a bIG BIG war. (that's a lame description but that's the jest) It more interestong than what I wrote ;P

ps- I have exam block Monday to Thursday so I won't be able to post until Thurday Night meaning Three Wishes Wednesday would be posted thurday AGAIN. Sorry Guys !!!! I still luv you all don't worry ;P

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Kiss of Crimson ( Midnight Breed #2)

Review #2 for this week.

WARNING - This book has sexual 'parts' so I woldn't advise anyone who isn't 'mature' to read this. Like not for kids or young teens.

Okay now on with the review. this is the second book of the Midnight Breed Series by Lara Adrian. Although I haven't read Black Dagger Brotherhood series I have heard sooooooooooo many people say that this is really similar so if you liked Black Dagger Brotherhood ( which bascially everyone who had read it thinks is awesome) you will like this one. I have to say that I liked the first one better. This one was just 'average'. I didn't really find it moving or anything ( Lucan & Gabrielle's books was really romantic *#1*) It was 'just another book' and the fact that I don't really like Dante doesn't help soooooo kinda disappointed with this one. Nothing else to say really, writing style was good but I didn't like the plot or charcters so lost quite a few marks there and nothing memorable really. Went around in a circle than ended so nothing exciting D:

Rating- 3/5

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Skulduggery Pleasant

Okay, I haven't really been able to post anything this week except for the three wishes wednesday yesterday but I have managed to sqeeze two and half and an eight of a book in this week and since both were pretty amazing they deserve to be reviewed. So firstly Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy.

Before I start this book is a middle grade novel (I think) but I think anyone would it. It was pretty amazing, very, Very funky. I absolutley love the author's writing style it's smart, witty and sarcastic ( good mix). So are you wondering what this book is about????

Okay, I will tell you then *sigh* (haha) 12 yr old Stephanie Edgley's favourite uncle has just dies for an 'unknown reason' (cough cough murder cough) and has left all his property and royals to Steph (did I mention he was a writer???) Anyway, she meets a dectective who happens to be a skeleton (Skulduggery Pleasant) and together they are trying to solve her uncles murder and save the world from evil sorcerer *who's name I forgot* Anyway that's pretty much an outline of the book. You may think oh I have nothing on Harry Potter style books but this one was purely amazing like Derek had this very clever way of charcters going by a different name from their true name ( because true names hold power) and so he came up with names like Tanith Low, Ghastly Bespoke, Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant ( how clever aye????) I even tried making one for myself but......*epic fail*

Anyway great book, very very very Kewl and yer go grab yourslef a copy. On a side note, I actually met the author in March this year and attened one of his 'sessions' (talk sessions kinda things). I also got the third book signed (they didn't have the first or second book sooo yer SOLD OUT) and, AND i got him to write me a note to excuse me from being late to class ( This was a school thing where I met like 7 different authors including Jack Heath *funniest guy EVER*, Derek Landy, Penny Tangey and some others. Some of the authors I should have met were Marcus Zusak, Patrick Ness and Melina Marchetta) but anyway so yer we wrote me a really really awesome note + i got a photo ;P

Rating - 4/5 (*gasp*)

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Immortal

Finished reading Immortal by Gillian Shields today. I not sure if its is series but if it is this was the first book. I was a bit disappointed with this book, the storyline was anything special, Evie the main character was annoying at times and I have to say I had higher expectations for this one. However, it was very easy to read, I breezed through the whole book and the plot is quite simple so readers can follow along easily. I found this book quite depressing, not so much the charcters but the setting of the book. It sounded dark, depressing and full of misery. for anyone who is interested in dark & moody settings this ones for you ;P Rating 2.8/5 ( abit higher than 2.5 but not quite a 3)

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My Soul to Take

This is a book that i just finished this week by Rachel Vincent. First in the series called Soul Screamers and it was breath- takingly amazinggggg. I loved it, LOVED IT. I've heard other people say that it's nothing special but really I found this book amazing. really. I loved the charcters, the whole plot and the idea of soul screamer ( which is really clever) but how well everything fit together just perfectly. A MUST-READ, definitely worth buying and I can't wait to get my hands on the second book, which if i remeber clearly came out recently! ;)

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The Becoming

Okay review #3 Catch up- (my arms are getting sore already)

Anyway, another read that I read was The Becoming by Jeanne C. Stein ( First book of the Anna Strong Series). Again, enjoyed it quite alot, loved the plot, strong heroine and decriptive. However, like Kitty and the Midnight Hour it wasn't anything different. Just another book, it was good but not great, it was descriptive but nothing memorable, strong heroine but she annoyed me sometimes ( you get the point). This is a book that you wouldn't regret picking up but well, nothing really special. Rating - 3/5

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Red- Headed Stepchild

Another book I have recently read is Red- Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells. This is the first book in the Sabina Kane Trilogy and I have to say it was the cover that made me pick up the book first. That amazingggggg shade of red hair (haha). Yer, so I picked this book out of all the books in the world because the shade of red was amazing but I loved the book too. Loved it! It was different, I loved Sabina and Adam ( hope to see more of them together in the next book) and there was lots of action. Definitely a book worth reading, in fact its a must read! ( Even if the shade of red doesn't attract you, the story will) Go pick up a copy today if you haven't read it yet, really worth you're money ;)

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Kitty and the Midnight Hour Review

I have read quite a few book lately but haven't gotten around to reviewing them so I have decided to do so on this Saturday Night ( Yer, I know what you're thinking - you have no life right?) Anyway, the first book I havent gotten around to reviewing is *drum roll* Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn. This is the first book of the Kitty Norville series and I decided to read it after reading the blurb on Goodreads ( God Bless Goodreads). Anyhow, it was a good book overall. Very interesting and capture my attention all the way through. However, there wasn't much in the book that made it stand out from the rest of the Urban Fantasy and Paranormal books I have read. It was just another book. However, I really loved Kitty and Cormac, it was a pity that they didn't get together D: but it an entertaining read. I would rate it 3/5 which is pretty good and definitely worth reading !

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I haven't posted for a while so I decided to post a review of a fantastic book I have read recently. I recently finished Soulless By Gail Carriger (The Parasol Protectorate, #1) and LOVED IT. I was hooked on from the first page, definitely worth reading. Fantastic plot, hilarious charcters and I loved the 1800's setting. Very different from anything I have ever read which is probably why I found so memorable. You don't find many stories set in the 1800's about werewolves & vampires ! Again, fantasic, funny, enjoyable read!

Description-

Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate. With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London's high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?

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