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This was such a beautiful anthology collection.
I love the moon, stars and pretty much anything related to the night sky. So finding a comic anthology with the theme being stars and the night sky was something I knew I would love.
All the stories were different and I loved each one. all the comics were beautifully illustrated and just made them more magical.
I would highly recommend this book to all graphic novel lovers.
I love the moon, stars and pretty much anything related to the night sky. So finding a comic anthology with the theme being stars and the night sky was something I knew I would love.
All the stories were different and I loved each one. all the comics were beautifully illustrated and just made them more magical.
I would highly recommend this book to all graphic novel lovers.
“Stories can make someone immortal as long as someone else is willing to listen.”
I will be totally honest when I say I don’t know if I will be able to write this review without crying, this book makes me an emotional mess in the best kind of way!
To try and postpone the tears for as long as possible, let’s start with the plot of this story.
On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but for different reasons, they're both looking for a new friend on their End Day. The good news: there's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure - to live a lifetime in a single day.
This was such a creative story, the background and plot was like something out of a dystopian book, I mean knowing that this is the day you will die and being given the opportunity to not only say goodbye to the ones you love, but to have the opportunity to do something you have always wanted to do before you die. It’s almost a gift and a curse at the same time.
As the first book I’ve read from Adam Silvera I didn’t know what to expect in regards to his writing style, but I as soon as I finished the first chapter I knew I loved it.
The characters were all so amazing, I loved each one, I adored the diversity of the characters, as well as how we were introduced to each one. Adam has a gift for creating characters, developing those characters, and not having them seem out of place in the story.
Mateo was a boy after my own heart, he was dorky, shy and enjoyed listening to the sounds of space. He was so pure all I wanted to do was wrap him into a blanket burrito and tell him everything would be okay, even when the title of the book tells me otherwise!
I adored his character development, and felt it happened so naturally during the story.
Rufus is an outgoing, troubled, and adventurous kid, and if I am being honest, I loved him just as much as I loved Mateo. He helped Mateo get out of his shell and if I was heading into my last day I would want someone like Rufus by my side.
The one thing I didn’t like about this story was, how all I wanted was for these boys to end up together and live happily ever after, and as the story went on I thought I was going to get it, but at the end Adam was true to his word and to the title of the book, and it hurt so bad.
While reading my notes to write this review I noticed I used the crying emoji more than once and I can totally understand where past me was going with those feelings, I also noticed that my notes just stop as I get closer to the end of the book because my emotions were too much to write.
Seriously everyone should read this book!
Rating - 5/5 Stars - Amazing! I loved it!
This book was one of my first 5 star reads of 2020 and I’m so glad I decided this was the year I read it, I adored everything about this book, yes even the moment I was crying so hard I had trouble breathing and had to pace my lounge room just to stop crying, that was my favourite part!
This book was just what I needed at the time and will be a book that never leaves my shelves.
I will treasure this book and force it upon others just to see them feel the same pain I did... you know, like friends do!
Now if you would please excuse me I’m going to go listen to the sound of Pluto and relax.
Happy reading everyone!
Jess xoxo
I will be totally honest when I say I don’t know if I will be able to write this review without crying, this book makes me an emotional mess in the best kind of way!
To try and postpone the tears for as long as possible, let’s start with the plot of this story.
On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but for different reasons, they're both looking for a new friend on their End Day. The good news: there's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure - to live a lifetime in a single day.
This was such a creative story, the background and plot was like something out of a dystopian book, I mean knowing that this is the day you will die and being given the opportunity to not only say goodbye to the ones you love, but to have the opportunity to do something you have always wanted to do before you die. It’s almost a gift and a curse at the same time.
As the first book I’ve read from Adam Silvera I didn’t know what to expect in regards to his writing style, but I as soon as I finished the first chapter I knew I loved it.
The characters were all so amazing, I loved each one, I adored the diversity of the characters, as well as how we were introduced to each one. Adam has a gift for creating characters, developing those characters, and not having them seem out of place in the story.
Mateo was a boy after my own heart, he was dorky, shy and enjoyed listening to the sounds of space. He was so pure all I wanted to do was wrap him into a blanket burrito and tell him everything would be okay, even when the title of the book tells me otherwise!
I adored his character development, and felt it happened so naturally during the story.
Rufus is an outgoing, troubled, and adventurous kid, and if I am being honest, I loved him just as much as I loved Mateo. He helped Mateo get out of his shell and if I was heading into my last day I would want someone like Rufus by my side.
The one thing I didn’t like about this story was, how all I wanted was for these boys to end up together and live happily ever after, and as the story went on I thought I was going to get it, but at the end Adam was true to his word and to the title of the book, and it hurt so bad.
While reading my notes to write this review I noticed I used the crying emoji more than once and I can totally understand where past me was going with those feelings, I also noticed that my notes just stop as I get closer to the end of the book because my emotions were too much to write.
Seriously everyone should read this book!
Rating - 5/5 Stars - Amazing! I loved it!
This book was one of my first 5 star reads of 2020 and I’m so glad I decided this was the year I read it, I adored everything about this book, yes even the moment I was crying so hard I had trouble breathing and had to pace my lounge room just to stop crying, that was my favourite part!
This book was just what I needed at the time and will be a book that never leaves my shelves.
I will treasure this book and force it upon others just to see them feel the same pain I did... you know, like friends do!
Now if you would please excuse me I’m going to go listen to the sound of Pluto and relax.
Happy reading everyone!
Jess xoxo
I was sent a copy of this book from Scholastic Australia in exchange for an honest review.
“Futures change depending on who tries to change them.”
Mirror, Mirror is a retelling of the popular Disney story Snow White, but with a twist, and no I’m not talking about an M. Night Shyamalan kind of twist. Those can be random and sometimes not good, but we don’t judge here!
The twist in Mirror, Mirror is told in the tag line on the cover of the book:
What if the Evil Queen poisoned the Prince?
It’s an interesting Idea, right?
What if instead of Snow White being poised, her prince charming was poisoned in her place. It was such an interesting idea that I was so excited to get into this book just to see how it all played out, and boy was I pleased with how it did!
I really liked the writing style in Mirror, Mirror, it was an easy read but was descriptive enough to really capture my imagination. As this book was a retelling of a movie, I found myself referring to the character designs in my brain while reading which, I found made the whole experience different from reading other books.
I loved how we swapped perspectives during the book, at some points were with Snow and at others we were with the Evil Queen herself, Ingrid, which I will admit were some of my favourite chapters.
I am a huge villain sympathiser, and always enjoy getting a back story for villains, I know and love.
So, you can imagine my excitement as we got into the Ingrid chapters and I got to know the character and history of the evil queen. You know what just kick Snow out of the book entirely and I will read about nothing but the Evil Queen!
I love her so much!!!
I really enjoyed this twisted tale and can understand why this is such a popular series of books, you get more of the Disney characters you love, and get to see them in different situations.
Who doesn’t like to mix things up sometimes?
Rating 4 Stars - Really good, I would recommend reading it
Again, a huge thank you to the team at Scholastic Australia for sending me copy of this book, it was my first Twisted tale and I enjoyed it so much.
Happy Reading Everyone!
Jess xoxo
“Futures change depending on who tries to change them.”
Mirror, Mirror is a retelling of the popular Disney story Snow White, but with a twist, and no I’m not talking about an M. Night Shyamalan kind of twist. Those can be random and sometimes not good, but we don’t judge here!
The twist in Mirror, Mirror is told in the tag line on the cover of the book:
What if the Evil Queen poisoned the Prince?
It’s an interesting Idea, right?
What if instead of Snow White being poised, her prince charming was poisoned in her place. It was such an interesting idea that I was so excited to get into this book just to see how it all played out, and boy was I pleased with how it did!
I really liked the writing style in Mirror, Mirror, it was an easy read but was descriptive enough to really capture my imagination. As this book was a retelling of a movie, I found myself referring to the character designs in my brain while reading which, I found made the whole experience different from reading other books.
I loved how we swapped perspectives during the book, at some points were with Snow and at others we were with the Evil Queen herself, Ingrid, which I will admit were some of my favourite chapters.
I am a huge villain sympathiser, and always enjoy getting a back story for villains, I know and love.
So, you can imagine my excitement as we got into the Ingrid chapters and I got to know the character and history of the evil queen. You know what just kick Snow out of the book entirely and I will read about nothing but the Evil Queen!
I love her so much!!!
I really enjoyed this twisted tale and can understand why this is such a popular series of books, you get more of the Disney characters you love, and get to see them in different situations.
Who doesn’t like to mix things up sometimes?
Rating 4 Stars - Really good, I would recommend reading it
Again, a huge thank you to the team at Scholastic Australia for sending me copy of this book, it was my first Twisted tale and I enjoyed it so much.
Happy Reading Everyone!
Jess xoxo
This book is defiantly not a bed time read, unless you're like me and can read intense details on murders and still get a good nights sleep regardless.
I listened to this as an audio book, and can say It was a fascinating look into the mind of a murder and the brain of killers.
There is a section where the author talks about the brain, which I really enjoyed and felt I was learning something I normally wouldn't look into.
The narrator, Colin Mace, was amazing and really sucked you into the details with his different voices and well read accounts. I know I will be looking for more audiobooks he narrates in the future.
If you are sensitive, this might not be the book for you, the author goes into deep details regarding murders and other acts committed that some might find triggering.
I listened to this as an audio book, and can say It was a fascinating look into the mind of a murder and the brain of killers.
There is a section where the author talks about the brain, which I really enjoyed and felt I was learning something I normally wouldn't look into.
The narrator, Colin Mace, was amazing and really sucked you into the details with his different voices and well read accounts. I know I will be looking for more audiobooks he narrates in the future.
If you are sensitive, this might not be the book for you, the author goes into deep details regarding murders and other acts committed that some might find triggering.