Thursday, March 21, 2013

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
5 stars!!!!
 
*I labeled this book as a YA.  The material in this book is for mature readers due to sexual content and heavy subject matter involving abuse.  I wouldn't hand this book to a young teenager in the middle school, but I do feel it is certainly high school age appropriate.
This book is not at all what I expected it to be.  I was afraid it was about a young girl  'hopelessly' in love with some high school boy.  I started reading it and actually then stopped.  With names like 'Sky' and 'Holder', I just thought there wasn't going to be any depth to this book.  I could not have been more wrong.  What a great book!  Hopeless does not mean what I thought it meant after all.  No spoilers here, so I won't tell you what it does mean.  You will just have to read the story to find out!
I hope it is OK to quote a review.  I am new at these reviews and am having a hard time putting how I feel about a book into words.  Lynn's Reads seems to say it perfectly!
"HOPELESS has set the bar for the best first kiss in the history of first kisses.  And the best leading man.  And the best plot twists.  And the best love-making.  And the best last 'chapter.'  I guess it's safe to say this book has set the bar for every book I pick up from here on out." ~Lynn's Reads

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Birth Marked trilogy by Caragh M. O'Brien

Birth Marked Trilogy by Caragh M. O'Brien
 5 Stars!
Birth Marked book 1
Prized book2
Promised book 3







This YA trilogy is fantastic!  So gripping you'll loose sleep reading through the night and into the morning!  Love it!!
The Enclave is the upper class.  They live inside the wall with all the benefits available.  Then there is the lower class that live to serve the Enclave.  They live just outside the wall.  
Gaia is a 16yr old, midwife apprentice to her mother.  She lives to serve the Enclave... until her mother and father are arrested.  Why have they been arrested?  Can she save them?  Mystery, tragedy, and young love.  

Turtured (book '1.5') is a short story in Leon's point of view that can be found for free through amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Tortured-bridge-between-Birthmarked-ebook/dp/B00633W62I/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1363877538&sr=1-1&keywords=caragh+o%27brien


Ruled is a short story in Leon's point of view that is book '2.5'.  This can be found for free: http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/09/ruled  If you would like to download Ruled, it is available through Amazon for 99 cents!