City of Fallen Angels

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Oh man, I have been cruising through these books like crazy but now I have to wait to May for the next one, and then probably a whole year until the final book. I really enjoyed this book (I know, surprise, surprise) but I think Cassandra Clare could have called it quits after the last one. It ended in a pretty good place and I felt pretty satisfied with everything. Now we have to deal again with the drama of Jace and Clary. Will they ever be able to just be a normal couple? Probably not because that would lead to a boring book. Anyways, this book is yet again jam backed with action and drama and all kinds of emotions. Cassandra Clare's world does not disappoint and I am super excited to read the City of Lost Souls come May!

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On The Jellicoe Road

On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book has been on my to-read list forever. I would always see it on there but for some reason I just did not want to read it. Finally I decided to read it. I got it from the library with a couple other books and surprise, surprise, I just let it sit there while I read the other books first. I soon realized I only had a few days left before I had to return it so I made myself open up the book and give it a try. I don't know why I was so hesitant to read it. Maybe the cover just didn't stand out to me or something like that. But once I opened it, I could not put it down. Luckily my husband was out of town so I could just devour it while the kids were sleeping.. The hours between nap time and bedtime were torture though because I just wanted to pick up the book and keep reading.



Jellicoe Road is the beautiful setting of two stories during two different generations about the beauty and heartbreak of friendship and family. It has the fun to camp war games, the tragedy of broken families, the heart ache of death, uplifting friendships, life-altering love and the adventure of finding ourselves. We learn about the fab-five and why they starting the tradition of war games between the townies, cadets, and the school kids. We also find out how they are connected to Taylor - a young teen who was abandoned by her mother 7 years ago. The only person Taylor has come to trust suddenly disappears. Then Jonah, a mysterious and sexy cadet, comes back into her life. Taylor is also having these weird dreams of a boy in a tree talking to her. How are all these things connected? Lose yourself in this world and experience life right along with Taylor. I promise, you will enjoy it.

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City of Glass

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book! This series have been really fun to read, and fast! This book is pretty thick but it is really such a easy read. I am super excited to keep reading the rest of the series!

In this book Clary is planning on traveling to the City of Glass to find a warlock who knows how to help her mother. But things don't go according to plan. Valentine is planning a war against the Shadowhunters who refuse to follow him. He is continuing on using demons but also despises anyone and anything that is not a shadowhunter. I know, he is kind of contradicting himself. Anyways, as Clary is tying to help her mom, she is also discovering things about her and Jace's past. She meets a new Shadowhunter, Sebastian, who is kind, mysterious, strangely familiar, and a little dark. And of course, her and Jace's relationship is as complicated as ever as they are trying to avoid each other with little success.

I hope you enjoy these books as much as I do!

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Crossed

Crossed by Ally Condie

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Definitely not one of my favorite books. I didn't love the first book in this series and I liked this book even less. I didn't really care for how the chapters went back and forth between Ky and Cassia, and I kind of found the character's a little annoying. Probably because there are still a ton of secrets that we have yet to find out. In fact I don't really feel like we learned anything really in this book. Maybe a little more about Ky was revealed, but that was about it.



Anyways, the book continues following Cassia as she is trying to find Ky, who was sent by the society to work as a decoy, which is pretty much a death sentence.. Cassia is out in the outer provinces as she is secretly looking for him. Finally she figures out that he has escaped into the canyons. The book follows them into the canyons as they find each other, possibility of a new life and of a rebellion.



I am pretty sure there is only one more book in this series but I am not sure if I will read it. I probably won't but there is a part of me that doesn't want to quit on a series. So we will see.....


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City of Ashes

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This series is really good! I am totally suckered in. This is the second of 6 and I have to say I liked this one a little better than the first. More information is revealed (although there are still a ton of secrets yet to be let out). I was so mad at the end of the first book though and so I was somewhat disappointed to see that nothing has changed between Clary and Jace during this book. I am pretty sure that their relationship will become more romantic in the next book (or books), or at least I hope.



Anyways, this book continues to follow Clary as she is still trying to figure out who she really is now that she is a shadowhunter. Also, Valentine is trying to create a war and somehow Jace is right in the middle of it. So Clary and her friends are trying to figure out what Valentine is up to and trying to stop him, they are trying to get Jace out of trouble, they are trying to help Clary's mom (who is still in a coma, and they are just being teenagers trying to understand who they are and why they feel certain ways. I thoroughly enjoy following these characters and living in the world that Cassandra Clare has thought up. I am so excited to read the third book! (I already put it on hold at the library). I hope you enjoy this book as much as I do!

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I Am The Messenger

I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


So I heard this is supposed to be a young adult book. I don't really think it is though. There really isn't any sex or anything, but it definitely has some language. With this said, the language didn't really bother me. I really enjoyed this book! I found myself not wanting to put it down and really excited to pick it back up again.



Meet Ed Kennedy, a underaged taxi driver that lives a somewhat mundane, blah, depressing life. He has 3 best friends, one of them he is totally in love with but she is not exactly ready for that. He doesn't have a great relationship with his siblings, his father recently died and his mother treats him like crap. The book begins with him and his friends in a bank during a robbery. Somehow Ed gets in a confrontation with the robber and aids in the capture and sentencing of the guy. Little does Ed know that this is the beginning to a strange, exciting, frightening adventure and a possibility to change his life.



Ed starts getting playing cards in the mail, each with something he needs to do. A message he needs to deliver. He had no idea who is sending him these or how to deliver some of the messages. As he is figuring all this out, he is also finding himself. Following Ed on this adventure is exciting, scary, uplifting and depressing all at once.

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