The book was amazing, with new additions to the Sophie crew making life even more interesting and funny for Sophie. And the major twists the author throws in kept me reading even after I was ready to go to bed. However there were some key points that I thought needed work. The ending of the book seemed rushed. Sophie finds out Fiona is really Demeter; Demeter, who was known to adore her daughter and ended up killing her. I wish there had been more time for that to sink in for Sophie and the reader before moving on to the next big shocker. And when Kai decides to leave her, that came out of the blue. Within the space of a couple chapters, he professes his love, says he knows the difference between Sophie and Persephone, and then proceeds to dump her when he learns that Persephone had betrayed him, meanwhile lumping Sophie in the same boat as Persephone. That didn't sit right. And the big change in Bethany at the end was confusing. I'm sure that it hadn't been two days, and the way Bethany is described sounds like something that would happen with more time. Overall I was greatly pleased with the book.
Sunday, February 09, 2014
A new student review of My Date From Hell (The Blooming Goddess Trilogy Book Two) by Tellulah Darling
Saturday, February 08, 2014
A new student review of Risking Exposure by Jeanne Moran
I personally loved the book, but some things about it scared me. An example is you have no freedom of speech. If any of Sophia’s letters had been incriminating, she would have been detained like the rest of her family. I could never imagine living in that fear; the fact that if the party wanted you gone you would be gone makes me question how Sophia felt? The book made my heart race from beginning to end; there was never a dull moment. Sometimes I felt such sorrow for the characters I wanted to stop reading, and wish I could come back to a happier story. If you are looking for a meaningful and realistic story (by that I mean not overly happy), then this is a book for you!
A new student review of Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know About 50 Famous Phobias by Latta Sara
Though it includes all this, this book has its down sides. In some parts of the book it did not provide enough detail. For example, the section on dolls did not have a way to overcome the fear. This dissapionted me. Also, some parts were not explained. There were some parts that just didn't make sense. Honestly, I thought this book was really boring. The author could have done a better job grabing the reader's attention, and I found the art to be a little sloppy.
Friday, February 07, 2014
A new student review of Firebolt (The Dragonian Series) by Adrienne Woods
This book is amazing and adventurous. I hope that teachers, students, and parents will hopefully agree with me. This book will surprise you at some times, be obvious at other times but the overall story, plots, and traits fit together well and make this astounding. If you want to know how great this book is don’t just read this review; go read the book for yourself and I promise you, you won’t regret it! Amazing! Adventurous! Suspenseful! Anyone who enjoys these kinds of books will love this.
Thursday, February 06, 2014
A new student review of Teardrop
I enjoyed this book, but it was not a page turner. I found I put it down often and came back to it. However, it was a very imaginative and creative story. I was pleasantly surprised because it was a new take on fiction and romance. The author did a great job creating the legend that the story is centered around. I did find the story was a little slow in the beginning. There weren't many conflicts that the character had to face besides emotional instability. Once the plot thickened there was more action. Even though there wasn't a lot of action, there were many emotional ups and downs that the author portrayed very well, especially since she had to do this without making the charactrer cry. Overall, it was a good read.
A new student review of Willow
This book was a disappointment for me, personally. I feel like Hegamin can and has capitalized on the potential to become a great author before, but this book was a novice work of hers for sure. Awkward sentences, underdeveloped characters, below-par vocabulary. I felt like most of the book was exposition and building tension toward the climax, which turned out to be utterly predictable and rushed. You knew within the first ten pages what was going to happen in the end—the other 350 pages were just pomp and circumstance, some parts completely irrelevant to the story. And once the climax came, it was resolved in 5 pages or less—plotlines either tied off or severed within a sentence. The characters were hard to connect with—I could barely stand Willow at all! She seems self-centered and horribly wishy-washy and immature. And her whirlwind romance with the elusive Cato—bah. They fall in love within a couple of one-line sentences betwixt each other in a hidden journal, and when they finally meet, they are willing to give up anything to be with each other, no matter whose head they have to step on. Revolting, really. All in all, an unsatisfactory and dispassionate book that I felt could have been better.
“The man shook Cato’s hand; it took the rest of Cato’s strength before his vision was once again consumed with darkness.”
I would recommend this book for ages seven and up, as it is a clean read and only has a very mild expletive or two. The vocab, as I said above, is very easy to understand, also.
When Cato begs Willow’s help and offers her freedom, she is faced with a choice—will she accept his offer, or stay rooted to her home in Knotwild, always wondering what could have been? Tonya Cherie Hegamin has the answers in her new novel, Willow!
A new student review of OUT
Out is a thrilling novel that leads the reader through a harrowing, heart-pounding tale. Interesting and mind provoking, I enjoyed this tale; however, I do wish that the author had let us get to know the characters and their lives more before he started chunking conflicts. At the end of the story, I really wasn’t emotionally bound to any of the characters. Frankly, I didn’t care who died or who lived. I enjoyed the book because I chose to. I would recommend this book to any reader who needs a book to read out of boredom, but not a book I would rush to my library to grab.
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
A new student review of Firebolt (The Dragonian Series) by Adrienne Woods
I honestly could not have loved this book more. It was like a breath of fresh air after being crushed by dystopian novel after dystopian novel. My favorite character has to be Blake Leaf! I mean he might have attitude problems and his priorities aren't really in the right place, however I think that just makes him more realistic. I don't know if I’m the only one, but: GO TEAM BLAKE! I don't even know if thats a thing....Anyways, I find Elena really relatable and I think most people will too. She was the shy quiet girl who had her world turned upside down. I really want to hug the author right now and thank her for coming up with this brilliant novel, and am sad I cannot. I’m also impatient because there is absolutely no news on the next book and I don't even know if I can wait a week for it....
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
A new student review of Pendulum by Ciara Knight
Pendulum, was an okay book. I felt that there was too much romance and too little action. Overall, the characters were well-developed and the storyline was well-executed. The action-packed scenes were well-written and exciting, but too few, leaving the entirety of the story drowned in romance. To love-sick girls, this is a good book, but to a teenage boy like me, it is boring and uneventful. I also wish that the characters spent less time in a submarine and more time fighting the queen. In total, the book didn’t meet my expectations and there were many areas where there could be more action and excitement.
A new student review of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
This was a very good book! I think it's a book everybody should read and it might become a classic, even! I say this for many reasons. The writing of the book is very good, lyric with beautiful prose. It also reminds me of a classic or normal book, what I mean by this is that it reminds me of the books that used to come out, and not all this vampire, pop culture stuff we see now a days (not that anything's wrong with those kind of books). For me this kind of book was refreshing. I really appriciated how the author mixed classic story telling, history, and then a bit of magic or mystery (which the whole aspect of the main character having wings).
The characters in this book were very good and well-developed. Ava of course was my favorite and I liked how she was the narrator of the story. I also really loved the characters names because they were different and very pretty. The settings were good; they were actual places so there was no doubt that these places exist. I also loved the cover of the book I thought is was very beautiful and attractive. I would highly recommend this book. It's a great read. I also would consider it a must read as well!