So Many Books to Review, So Little Space #3

Title: Pretty Little Liars
Author: Sara Shepard
Series: Pretty Little Liars #1
Trigger Warning: N/A
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Bookshelves on Goodreads:  2014-reads, books-i-own, read, romance, so-incredibly-cheesy, ugly-covers

 “I'm still here, bitches. And I know everything." -A”

So if I believed in guilty pleasures, Pretty Little Liars would be one of them. Sure, it does have flaws, and lots of them. But I love all of the characters and really enjoyed this book. I did watch the TV show before reading this, so that might have had something to do with it.

Pretty Little Liars is about 4 girls: Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna. The four girls used to be best friends with Alison. Then Alison went missing and they fell apart. Suddenly they all start to get threatening texts and emails from A. All of them think and hope it might be Alison.

I'm have to talk about the cover. It may be the worst cover I have ever laid my eyes on. Its..just..so...bad.

This book did have plenty of writing flaws and it was so cheesy. But it was still so fun to read and the mystery of A grabbed me in from the start. I'm currently reading the second book, Flawless, and I am enjoying it so far.

Title: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
Author: J.K. Rowling
Series: Harry Potter #1
Trigger Warning: N/A
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Bookshelves on Goodreads:  2014-reads, books-i-own, have-high-hopes-for, read, witches-and-fairies

 “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

I feel like I'm reviewing a legend. I don't want to say anything terrible or else I am going to be swarmed with haters. Good thing I don't really have anything bad to say at all. I had high exceptions for this book and it didn't let me down. It was so fun! A great read.

So I'm not going to even give a description for this book, because if you haven't heard of Harry Potter, where have you been and what have you even been doing with your life?

One of my favorite parts about this book was the characters. I loved each and every one of them (Besides the people that I'm not supposed to like of course)! My favorite characters were Hermione, Harry, and Hagrid. The beautifully flawed characters made this book what it is.

So overall I really enjoyed the first book in the Harry Potter series and can't wait to read the second.

Title: The Bane Chronicles
Author: Cassandra Clare
Series: The Bane Chronicles #1-10
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Bookshelves on Goodreads: 1800s, 1900s, 2014-reads, books-i-own, favorites, read, romance, vampires, werewolves

"You told us to leave you in the desert, because you planned to start a new life as a cactus," Catarina said, her voice flat. "Then you conjured up tiny needles and threw them at us. With pinpoint accuracy."

"Well," he said with dignity. "Considering my highly intoxicated state, you must have been impressed with my aim."

I find myself never disappointed by Cassandra Clare. Her writing is a always beautiful and hilarious, and this bind up was not an exception. The person that gave this 5 stars was Magnus Bane. Of course. Magnus is my second favorite character in the TMI / TID world right behind Will Herondale. He never fails to make me laugh out loud.

The Bane Chronicles is a bind up of ten short stories about Magnus Bane. You also get an extra very short story called The Voicemail of Magnus Bane. Some stories are set in the TMI world, some in the TID world, and some stories were set in neither. I want to say that you should read The Mortal Instuments and The Infernal Devices first because spoilers. So many spoilers. I read both of the series before then I read this bind up and it added so much to my love for Magnus. If you have read both of the series I would totally recommend picking this up.

One thing that I loved about this bind up was that each short story started with a little comic of the story. The art so beautiful and added to my excitement. My favorite stories were probably What Really Happened in Peru, The Midnight Heir (WILL HERONDALE!!! <3), and The Course of True Love (And First Dates). But I enjoyed all of them.

I really really loved this book. I would recommend it to anyone.

 Title: Gone
Author: Micheal Grant
Series: Gone #1
Rating: 3/5 stars
Bookshelves on Goodreads: books-i-own, 2014-reads, dystopia

  “One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone. No 'poof.' No flash of light. No explosion."

You know how a lot of kids dream about a world without adults with their rules? They could eat cookies and ice cream whenever they wanted. Well that actually happens in this book. But the kids realize that they were wrong, a world without adults is complete chaos. There are also no cookies. A world without cookies obviously sucks.

Gone is about a city of kids dealing with the aftermath of a serious disaster. They are just sitting in their desks when every single person over 15 disappears. Sides form, fights break out, and everyone risks going hungry. On top of that, children start to develop weird powers and nobody really knows how to control them.

So while I was really intrigued by the plot of this book, it was too slow for me. It took me a long time to get through. But I still did really like the characters and the action in this book. Hence the 3 star review. The really liked the beginning and the end, but the middle was just so slow. I think the book could have been better with 100 less pages.

While saying that I still do recommend this book. I tend to get bored with too much world building. But if you like that go for it. I will probably still continue on with this series eventually because it got a lot better at the end.