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um...this made me really sad...okay then...

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pretty good, a review to come later

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i'm not okay

i am most certainly not okay

anywaaaaaay, time to review a BUNCH of books, but I dunno if i'll make it to this one tonight...and sorry for all the lowercase stuff I'm doing, i don't really know what's happening right now, i'm mentally like out of it thanks to this lovely, lovely book

but there was malec so!!!!!

-Book Hugger

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Okay, I think if I were to review this a second time, I probably would rate it 4 stars (but I'm not actually going to change anything) because I was very caught up in the hype when I originally read it and I think I felt obligated to... but yeah I'm not going to change my rating or write a new review because I'm lazy.

ORIGINAL REVIEW:

Rating: ***** (for both) Suggested Age: 14

Oh my gosh, this series was quite the roller coaster. I can't believe it's taken this long for me to get a review out, but I've been so swamped with work...I'm sorry, guys. I promise I'll take more time to post these reviews. Anyway...on with it, shall we?

I will never get over how amazing Leigh Bardugo writes. She has some of the best lines and best characters. Every single character in this series was so well-planned and laid-out. My favorite is Wylan because he is so sweet and adorable. Also, he plays music and I can't quite get over that; I'm a fellow music lover. The only two characters I wasn't overly fond of were Nina and Matthias. The rest, though, oh my god--they're perfect. Kaz is fantastic and hilarious in a sadistic sort-of way. Then there's Inej who stands her ground, fights for what she believes in, and actually believes in herself; Inej is amazing. Also, Jesper has to be one of the most hilarious characters I have ever read and he's the biggest flirt in Ketterdam. Along with these main traits, they all have backstories and side plots that tie it all together. This is a lot of babbling and nonsense, but I hope it makes sense. I just really, really loved these characters.

"The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true."-Inej, page 135 of Six of Crows

Now the plot, which was so interesting and entertaining. I was on the edge of my seat and I seriously could not put this series down. I wasn't finished with the first book when I bought Crooked Kingdom, but I knew I would need it when I finished Six of Crows. I was right--I needed it. I picked it up right away and then when I finished it...well, let's just say that I really wish this was a trilogy BECAUSE I WANT MORE. THIS CAN'T BE ALL. Ugh. All the best things must come to an end some day. I just never wanted to say goodbye to these characters.

"Better terrible truths than kind lies."-Inej, page 308 of Six of Crows

I highly suggest you pick up this series, even if you cannot make sense of my complete nonsense above. I loved it so much, just please, give it a try. Even if you disliked Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy, you might like this. I do suggest, though, that you read The Grisha Trilogy first because there are slight crossovers that would make more sense with some background.

-Book Hugger

Rating: **** Suggested Age: 14

The ending of Queen of Shadows was amazing. I couldn’t put down the second half of the book. It’s the first half of the book that I had a problem with. The first half was fairly boring and the plot was moving at the speed of a snail. Though, once the pace picked up, the pace picked up. I’m still in awe at Sarah J. Maas’s world-building, character building, and every single word she writes. Aelin (formerly known as Celaena) has to be one of the best female characters existing in young adult literature. She doesn’t let anything stop her from her goal, she’s beyond confident, she may be strong, but she hurts like everyone else, and she’s so powerful. Not to mention, she will also put anyone in their place if they do her wrong. I also love Chaol and Dorian SO MUCH. However, I’m not all that fond of Rowan.

Along with Queen of Shadows being fairly boring in the beginning, I have another issue: the next book doesn’t come out until around September of this year. That’s a long time.

I highly recommend this series, even though I’ve only rated one book five stars. Once you get past the boring parts, this series really is great.

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I read this book (mostly) over the course of two days. The Siren was amazing and it is Kiera Cass at her finest. While, I had some minimal problems with it, I don't think I would be able to bear giving it less than five stars. I just loved this book so much and I enjoyed every second of it.

I didn't expect to like The Siren as much as I did, not when I had seen so many sub-par ratings on Goodreads and Instagram. While, I didn't love the insta-love, as it isn't realistic, I loved Kahlen and Akinli. Akinli seemed a bit unrealistic himself because I've never met a boy that nice before, but he was just too adorable for me to hate.

The plot was really creative and it was far different from anything I've read before. I love fantasy and I've always found sirens interesting, but I haven't read many stories about them (except Atlantia by Ally Condie). Personally, I believe that Cass executed the plot exceptionally. While I don't believe her writing is amazing, I do believe that she is talented when it comes to plotting her books. All of her books have been 5 star reads for me. I hope to continue to read everything she comes out with and I highly recommend you check them out too!

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This series started out so good. I loved The 5th Wave, but I can’t say the same for Infinite Sea and The Last Star. While Infinite Sea was better than The Last Star, neither were as good as The 5th Wave was. It seemed that the series went downhill and it was completely disappointing for me. There were parts of The Last Star I enjoyed, but I spent a lot of the book complaining about how obnoxious Cassie was and the ship I wanted sinking dramatically (actually not dramatically, more like anticlimactically). I’ve never been overly fond of Rick Yancey’s writing, but this book pretty much decided it for me: I really, really dislike his writing. It’s as though he’s trying too hard to be quotable and funny. Every other sentence is a metaphor and the sentences in between are pathetic jokes. I like metaphors and humor, don’t get me wrong, but this is excess, especially since the jokes aren’t funny.

The action and plot was the only thing keeping me going. The characters fell flat, the ending fell flat, and the writing fell flat. However, the plot remained just as exciting as always. The end of the world is portrayed so realistically with this series. Yancey at least knows a bit about how the human mind works because if these events happened to our Earth, I believe the human race would react exactly the same. That’s an extremely frightening prospect–every man for himself–, but I believe it to be accurate. “I see humans, but no humanity” pretty much describes this series in one sentence. It shows what would happen if our world was under attack by aliens.

My favorite quote from this book is, “You never lose those who love you, because love is constant; love endures.”-Ringer, page 115. While I might not like his writing, I can’t deny this quote is beautiful.

For those of you who loved Infinite Sea as much as The 5th Wave, if not more, I recommend you at least give this a try. You might be disappointed, but hopefully not as much as I was.

-Book Hugger

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I find it completely awful that it has taken me approximately a month to begin writing this review, but here I am, actually typing it up now. Be proud.

Emmy & Oliver is one of those books that leave you with your heart on the ground and you struggling to pick it up. I had so many emotions and thoughts running through my head afterward. I loved this book so much. The writing had me captivated and intrigued. Robin Benway has this ability to understand teenagers so well. For once, a young adult novel didn’t just focus on the problems and romance in high school, but serious issues and the way they affect families. There was a strong familial aspect of this book that I loved because Emmy’s parents were so involved in her life. If I had a penny for every contemporary with absent parents…

While I did love the family parts, I loved everything else as well. The romance was so cute and beautiful. Emmy knew her boundaries with Oliver and she knew that he needed “space”, but she also was in love with him and likely has been since she was six. This book gave me all the feels and I devoured it. What I loved was that Oliver didn’t just “heal” when he got back and it was so realistic. I understood the characters and even though I have never suffered the way any of them had, I felt their problems to my inner core. The characters were molded so well and they reacted exactly the way they would be expected. The world’s problems aren’t just solved when Oliver comes back, and if anything they become worse. This is important. I can’t handle books that portray events unrealistically because, I’m sorry, life isn’t perfect. Someone isn’t just going to return home after being kidnapped and be perfectly fine. Thank you, Benway for accurately writing something. This isn’t about a boy who comes back, falls in love with his best friend, and lives happily ever after, the end. Instead, it’s about a town wrecked by the kidnapping of this boy, his friends and family not always understanding how he feels, and the struggles within him afterward. Romance is a part of the plot, sure, but it isn’t all.

I can’t recommend this book enough. It’s so underrated, but I wish everyone in the world would pick it up. It’s one of my new favorites (and Oliver’s one of my new book boyfriends…he’s so squishy and adorable).

I also had a few favorite quotes:

“Sometimes love isn’t something you say, it’s something you do.” -Oliver, page 74.

“I guess the more you start to love someone, the more you ache when they’re gone, and maybe it’s that middle ground that hurts the most, when you can see them and still not feel like you’re near enough. So close yet so far.” -Emmy

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gah...rating this book was so hard. I might change it. Because it was good and not bad and slightly strange and completely odd and my mind can't processssss anything now. there were just some things that bugged me that made my rating so low but ugh the feels were strong in this one (aren't they always?)

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