The Last Girl is a dystopian novel where a worldwide epidemic happens that causes girl births to become very rare. The government decides that in order to try and “find a cure” they take all the women who have given birth to girls and young girl children to a place called the ARC. Zoey are main character has been at the ARC since she can remember and wants to escape.
What I loved about this book was the suspense from the beginning I was enthralled and wanting to know what was going to happen next. I also really liked that this was not a book heavily surrounded by a romance even though there was a small romance.
What I didn’t like about think book is that it was the same “girl fights the government” trope. This aspect of the book game me Hunger Games vibes which I feel is being overdone lately. I also didn’t like how little diversity seemed to be in this book. Since I have been trying to read more diversely this year this bothered me.
I think that this was a good first book and I do plan to continue on with the series.

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys is about a girl named Blue who lives in a family of psychics and is the only one who doesn’t have any psychic abilities. It is also about a group of boys Gansey, Ronan, Noah, and Adam who Blue has nicknamed the Raven Boys because of the private school these four attend. What you need to know about this story is that it is truly about friendship and adventures in trying to find out more about ley lines.
What I liked about this book was definitely the characters. Blue and the Raven Boys friendship is also something that I love. I also really loved the family dynamic that is portrayed between Blue and her family.
This book took me a while to read because I started and set it down twice before I was able to push through and read it all. I think that this is one of those books that it is best going into knowing as little as possible. I have already downloaded the second book and will be starting immediately.

Another cute story

I thought the mystery was really cute and would be really fun for someone who hasn't read the books. The illustrations are really cute in my opinion