I have to be honest, after reading the first few chapters of the book, I didn't think I was going to like it too much. Now thinking about it, that was way too early for me to even be thinking about writing off any book, let alone a review book. So I kept on reading, and from the moment Sora left the castle, I was riveted! I ended up enjoying Sora's Quest so much. It just had a bit of a slow start to me and then it really took off. The part I didn't enjoy at the beginning seems like only one speck of the story- and Sora's Quest is a great story.

Sora seems like a pretty sheltered girl at first but she certainly can rise to an occasion. This must have been so scary for her, being out in the world for the first time. It seemed a little crazy that she was so close to the guys in her group so fast considering the circumstances but her being so excited about being out in the world and the whole idea of an adventure didn't make her actions and emotions seem out of place. It kinda worked well.

The world building is the best part! I loved learning all about the different people and the magics. T.L. Shreffler does a great job of explaining everything. I would have liked to see a little bit more back story on Crash. I didn't really know what they were doing at the start of the book except that they were on the run from Volcrian. But I think that is coming in the next book, so I look forward to getting some answers. I really enjoyed the character growth I saw in Crash throughout the story. The whole fear thing was super cute! (you will know exactly what I mean when you read the story) Fans of fantasy will love the world created in T.L. Shreffler's first installment in the Cat's Eye series. The ending made me want to drop everything and start book 2 right then!

Viper's Creed is a fantasy and quest lovers dream come true. The stage was set in the first book, and now in this book you just get to sit back and enjoy every single page. I completely loved it. It seemed so different than most books that I have been reading lately. Especially the romance. I am a huge fan of this series.

Viper's Creed picks up a year after Sora's Quest left off, and Sora has been staying with and training with Lori. A strange and dangerous disease starts spreading over the lands and soon Sora finds herself off on another adventure. Along with a new sidekick, and two old ones. I am not sure what I think about the new addition to the group. Something about her seems off. But I do know that I love good ole Burn and bad ole Crash. And Crash is just as closed off and enigmatic as ever.

I said before that the romance is so unlike most I have encountered in a YA book. There is no insta love, no love triangle, no long time pining. But it is still so cute to watch Sora and Crash interact. Crash is a man of very, very, very few words. So pretty much everything about him is non-verbal. You can catch glimpses of him emotions and feelings through his actions. T.L. Shreffler has done a really amazing job telling a story without much dialogue at all from Crash, and that is not something that is easy to do. I do wish we saw a little bit more of Crash's point of view. We saw glimpses, but I found myself enjoying his parts of the story the most.

The Cat's Eye series is riveting. I loved it and I would put my review pile on hold if I had book 3 right now to read it right away. The adventure is really underway now. And we got more answers in this book so now I have a better idea of the next few legs of the journey. I have to say that I hope this turns out to be a very long series, because I have not had nearly enough yet.

Wow, what a sweet sweet story. Fragile reminded me of A Walk to Remember and Blue Sky Days- and not just because they dealt with cancer, but because they all had beautiful writing, and even more beautiful characters that really appreciated the beauty around them. Fragile helps puts things in perspective. I enjoyed reading Fragile. It warmed my heart. Sometimes you just need to read about some great people finding each other.

Not that Fragile is all happy-go-lucky. Not at all. The main character, Miracle, is so giving and kind. She is one of the good ones, and I am in awe of her amazing attitude. She just lets everything, and I do mean everything, roll right off her shoulders. She can always see the good in everyone. But she has serious kidney issues. This hit home with me. My grandpa has kidney problems and he has been on dialysis for years. I know how tough it is watching someone you love go through that. The saddest part, was that even though she was always fighting for other people; fighting to see the good, fighting to spread her warmth, she didn't fight too much for herself. She seemed resigned to her sickness and it just made my heart break for her.

But even thought Miracle didn't fight for herself, Hardy continuously fought for her. That was the thing I loved most about him. He never gave up on her. I wanted to see a little bit more about the foundation for his feelings for Miracle, but on the other hand I loved seeing something so pure and strong as his love for her. It was really beautiful. Hardy is more than swoon-worthy!

Fragile, is sweet, sad, beautiful and deep. It made me happy, melancholy, made me think and I loved every second of it. If you are a fan of realistic fiction, you need to check out Fragile.

Moonlight and Oranges is full of intrigue and mystery. The mystery kept me interested in the book. All of the elements just seem so cool. There is a guy that dreams about his future and the girl he will end up with. Then there is this strange orange craving, a bizarre mom, and a quest like journey.

Moonlight and Oranges started out awesome. I loved the party and how Kestrin "saved" Lorona, even if she didn't really get it. Then I loved their obsession with oranges. I was dying to know the connection and how they worked their way into the story. It was never really revealed other than a way to link the two of them together.

Kestrin was a bit of a mystery to me as well. He seemed so hung up on finding the "one". The one that he dreamt about, and as a result he kind of turned into some kind of womanizing player. I found out after I read the book that it was a modern re-telling of a classic story. Once I knew that the story was really well thought out and planned. I liked that Elise Stephens took the storyline and molded it to fit two new characters but I wouldn't have known what story the retelling was about, had I not read the note after the book. It was too subtle to find out on my own. In hindsight I totally get it, but I would have liked it to have been a bit more obvious, especially since I love that particular story so much!

Moonlight and Oranges ended up being an interesting story. The writing is great and I felt like I really got to know the characters. There was one thing in the plot that happened that really grated on my nerves and it had to do with a very impulsive act that happened within days of Kestrin and Lorona meeting each other. Talk about instant, but I plowed through it and I was really happy that I did because the book just kept building and getting better as you kept on reading. This was such a pleasant surpirse. Moonlight and Oranges is a different kind of romance that will intrigue you until the end.

I have read a few reaper books this past year, and I have to say that I really enjoyed Kate Evangelista's take on them. She divided them up geographically (which makes a lot of sense), she gave them each their own little universe, and I loved the reaper meetings. Reaping Me Softly is imaginative and romantic. And boy, oh boy does it end with a bang.

I love so many things about Niko. I love how formal he is, it is absolutely adorable. I also love how new to love he is. He is just a really cool combination of fierce, loyal, and shy in his own way. I really enjoyed learning more about him, and I also really liked that we got to see how the other reapers saw him. I thought that was a great addition to the story. I love the idea behind Niko's house. I thought it was awesome and I loved the detail and description.

I liked Ari too. She has a very unique set of problems and issues, and I think she handles them marvelously. I know they talk about how she wasn't always good about handling her pain and sorrows, but I didn't see any shadow of that mentioned girl. All I saw was strength. I admired that about her. She put so much faith and trust in herself and in Niko.

Reaping Me Softly has made me bump reapers up on my paranormal scale. I am really intrigued by them. Plus Kate Evangelista is an excellent writer and I love the detail she uses in describing the surroundings. I always had a clear picture of the scenes in my head while I was reading. The only thing I didn't love about Reaping Me Softly was the ending. I certainly didn't see it coming, that's for sure! It just seemed a little out of place to me, but then again maybe I am just sad because I didn't want it to happen. But I am super excited for the second book in the Reaping me Softly series.

Luminosity is a crazy adventure from the first page until the last. I loved the concept of seers v. dreamcatchers. I thought that was pretty unique. Plus, I know this doesn't matter much content wise, but I loved the font on the cover. I feel like it fits perfectly with the story.

Bea is a seer, and because of this she is taken from her family from birth and raised in the institution, which is where all seers go to learn their craft so they can protect the city if need be. And according to seer Beatrice's visions, (that is how they address all the seers in the book. I thought it made them sound like some kind of royals, which is what I think the Keeper was going for.) they are going to need to protect someone or something because a war is coming. And it is going to be seer v. dreamcatcher.

Dreamcatchers sounded like awful people. They can control dreams, which sounds peaceful but in order to live they need to take the life out of humans. At least, that is what the seers are taught at the institution. I thought stephanie Thomas did an amazing job giving the background of how the institution came about, and what the seers role in society is but I would have a liked a little bit more about the dreamcatchers. And I would have liked it through Echo, because I can't trust a single thing the Keeper tells the Seers.

Luminosity is not just really cool action scenes. There is a cute little love story going on. Actually it is a bit of a strange love triangle. One that I didn't love all that much. There is Gabe and Echo. I loved Gabe and I didn't really know too much about Echo. Bea felt comfortable with him and drawn to him but we didn't get to know him and I didn't even really know why she felt all that drawn to him. I would have liked a little more from his end of the story so I could have felt something for him and rooted for him a bit. But as it is, I ended up loving Gabe. He is so loyal, even though he does get a bit moody. I thought he was adorable.

I am really interested in reading the second book because I have a feeling there are so many answers waiting for me within it. Plus, I am really hoping to find out more about Echo and the dreamcatchers. Luminosity is a supernatural, fantasy adventure. It was an adventure I enjoyed.

I read book 1 and book 2 back to back so these are my thoughts on both of those books. This story is so much like a contemporary. Even though it has a supernatural element thrown in, I still think of this series as a contemporary series- is that weird? I really, really like it though. Kate is quirky and lovable, Jared is incredible, and the plot pacing is great. The Second Sight series is a keeper for me.

I enjoyed getting to break through Kate's defenses. She certainly doesn't make it easy for people to get to know her, that's for sure. Jared had to go out of his way multiple times before she even admitted she was ok being friends with him. Her visions do affect her a little too much, I think. She needs to learn a little distance. (this is probably the only thing I agree with Declan about)

Speaking of Declan, I don't like him. I don't necessarily think he is a bad person, I just don't like the things he has done since entering Kate's life. It seems like all he does is mess things up for her. He just needs to back off! Jared is so good for Kate and I think my heart broke a little at the end of New Revelations. I need Jared to be in book 3. I am fully on team Jared and I don't see anything swaying me from that choice.

The Second Sight series is great for fans of supernatural, and mystery/crime solving books. Kate uses her gift to help locate missing persons, which is awesome. I loved both the personal life storyline about Kate and her family and friends just as much as the mystery storyline. I flew through these two books. I liked the first one a little more than the second one, but I think that is because Declan wasn't in the first one. I would give the first book 4-4.5 gavels and the second one 3.5-4 gavels. (overall it is 4) I am super excited to read book 3, but I basically only have two goals for the book. One for the romantic interest and two that Kate's vision doesn't come true. I have high hopes. I think the Second Sight series is great!

Walking in the Shadows is a powerful book. It is about many different things. At first you could think of it primarily as a type of forbidden love story. But on the other hand you can think of it primarily as an epic and unique murder mystery thriller. And finally you can think of it as a very moving and sad yet beautiful coming of age story. I enjoyed Walking in the Shadows a lot.

Vera is such a lovely girl. I felt such pain for what she had to go through. Because of events in her past, she has walled herself off from everyone. This is common in YA books, but Vera is super stubborn. She has such a hard time letting anyone in for anything. I loved her and Tad. He really did seem to be great for her. What I loved most about Walking in the Shadows was watching Vera grow enough to start making real connections in her life. I loved that she made a friend in Jaz and that Jaz was such a good friend to her. I think there needs to be more real quality friends in books.

I loved the plot of Walking in the Shadows. There are murders based off a popular vampire series. The killer drained the victims blood and made puncture wounds in their necks. How nuts is that? But it is also about a taboo relationship that I ended up loving right from the very start. My only criticism is that I wished the very beginning of the story could have been a little more clear. I understood what was going on, but I didn't really know much about Tad's backstory or why things were the way they were between him and Vera at the start of the book, but it wasn't something that really affected the story or my enjoyment of it. I just had a few questions I wanted answered.

Overall, Walking in the Shadows is a great book. Whether you like thrillers, romances, or gritty contemporaries, you should check out Walking in the Shadows. There is something for everyone and the story really resonated with me.

The Unloved is one of those books where all of these awful things happen and in the midst of it all, a guy and a girl are just trying to find some happiness. I really was moved by the story. (I was just typing "I really enjoyed the story" but that isn't really 100% accurate. A ton of awful, awful things happened to two really good people, and I didn't enjoyed that, but The Unloved is a great book.) The Unloved drops you into the lives of Julie and Nick, and through all of the horrible things they have to endure, I was just wishing for them to get a happy ending. The Unloved is one of those books that makes you feel for the characters, and even though there is abuse and loss, there is also love and growth and a beautiful story about two beautiful people.

Let's start with Julie. Man, talk about people having it rough. Poor Julie. I just felt so bad for her. I couldn't believe that she blamed herself for everything, and that she assumed that everyone thought the worst about her. She was a total victim of her circumstances, and she was just doing the best she could.

Nick is just so unique. I don't know quite how to describe him. He is patient and loyal. Brave and kind. He has this quite reserve surrounding him, but when it comes to someone he loves he will pretty much do anything for them. And he totally loves Julie. I could tell that from page one. I loved Nick even more than Julie.

The Unloved is my favorite Jennifer Snyder book that I have read so far. It is well written, and touching. It is so nice to see something good come out of a series of horrible things. I couldn't stop reading The Unloved and I didn't want to. I had to know what was going to happen them. It is just one of those books that gets to you. The Unloved got under my skin. Fans of the more gritty contemporaries and realistic fiction will like The Unloved.