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Sunday, August 31, 2014

The 5th Wave Book Review

Title: The 5th Wave
Author: Rick Yancey
Series: The 5th Wave #1
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Bookshelves: books-i-own, favorites, dystopia, have-high-hopes-for, other-supernatural, ending-destroyed-me, favorite-series, romance

"We're here and then we're gone, and it's not about the time we're here but what we do with the time."

When I first heard of The 5th Wave, I was like are you kidding me. Aliens. Really. I have never really been a fan of alien anything. But I was at Target and I read the description and bought it because it sounded way too much like The Walking Dead for me to not read it. Alas, I was surprised by The 5th Wave. I was relived that the aliens weren't green or look like ET.

I mean The 5th Wave wasn't perfect. It was really really long and I felt like some parts of the book could have been shorter or more action packed. But I really liked most of the characters. I also felt for them which is always a main plus for me. It was really everything you could ask for in an alien dystopian novel.

So this book is about an alien invansion in 5 waves. The book is split between two different stories that collide and takes place in the 4th wave and part of the 5th. The first story is of Cassie. Cassie lost her mom and dad in the invansion and is now looking for her brother. Her brother was kidnapped alongside a lot of kids to be taken to safe haven that really isn't a safe haven. While she looks for him she meets Evan and he takes care of her when she gets injured.

The other story revolves around Cassie's brother Sammy and his time at the safe haven that is really a base camp. The base camp trains the kids to fight the aliens. Sammy's camp leader is named Ben. Ben turns out to be Cassie's old crush as well. I didn't like this story as much as Cassie's but it was still really interesting.

So overall I thought the 5th Wave was really riveting and intense. I really loved all the characters and I can't wait for the next book in the series!

PS if you didn't know, the 5th Wave is being turned into a movie! Some of the casting has been decided.

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From left to right its Nick Robinson as Ben, Chloe Moretz as Cassie, and Alex Roe as Evan. If you have read the book, what do you think? I like the choices except for Alex Roe. I just think he is a little too old for the part? I don't know. But the rest are great choices.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Beautiful Chaos (Caster Chronicles 3) by Kami Garcia Review






“When I first met you, that's what I remember. I looked up at the sky and thought, I'm going to love this person because even the sky looks different.”

Oh. My. God. My heart. I think I lost it. I keep thinking that maybe, just maybe, I could give one of the Caster Chronicle books a 4 star, but no. Garcia has a way of pulling so many different unique things together beautifully. I would have laughed if someone had told me that you could fight supernatural beings, southern accents, a small town, and a great romance into one book. They just don't seem to fight. Fitting together casters (or witches) with an obsession with the words light and dark and southern church goes? Oh yes, it works very well.

I like the plot, the setting, the romance, the characters, well damn, I like everything about this series. The plot is exciting and the setting makes it all its own. The romance between Lena and Ethan is completely believable. Its really beautiful actually. The characters are hilarious and spot on brilliant.

I like how Garcia actually made it so that I don't hate any characters in this book. For some reason, it always seems like I hate at least one character in every book. With the Percy Jackson series, it was Annabeth. With The Vampire Diaries it was Bonnie. With the Twilight series.... wait. I hated everybody but Alice and Jacob in those damn novels. I could go on and on. But really? With this book I was trying to find someone to hate but I just couldn't.

I have to talk about Ethan (The main character and hottie). Sorry, I might start to ramble. He seems like the only non-badass hero that I actually swoon over. Ethan is a smart, romantic guy that you just want to cuddle with. But he is really selfless too, in a "I need to protect everyone I love kind of way". He is just... awesome.

Oh and did I mention that I went to the ER tonight? I hit my head really hard and have a concussion. But I still finished this book and am writing a review at 2 am. That is how good this book is. Do yourself a favor and go and read this beautiful piece of literature.
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