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Read for the second time February 2015
Yelena has been awaiting her execution for over a year and on the day she's about to die, she's faced with a choice - be executed or become the food taster/poison tester for the country's leader The Commander. Naturally, Yelena chooses to live a little bit longer and begins to learn to identify poisons, defend herself and begin to love herself and others once again.
UGH I LOVE THIS BOOK!! The world building for Ixia is great. Yelena described the Commander's takeover really well and how the world works now with the different districts. I loved the small trans storyline which I had completely forgotten about, and works so well. Yelena is a great character. She starts off a very abused and nervous woman but with a hidden strength and time and time again she proves to be more than what people expect. She learns to become stronger physically and mentally. I like that Yelena is a 'normal' YA girl at 16 years of age but is a bit more mature at 19. I can definitely identify with her a bit more and she's more mature in her decisions and thought process.
And Valek. BAE!!!! I forgot how dreamy he is. And another age I love. When I read Throne of Glass, something about Chaol reminded me of Valek but with Valek he has his age to make his position in the government more logical. He's able to deal with the things he's suppose to do (unlike someone who was Captain of the Guard but apparently had never killed before?!?) and he's oh so sexy while doing it. Valek is logical, cool and calm. He sees a problem and faces it with intelligence. He doesn't run into things blind. He's not a boy. He's a man.
Ari and Janco. I forgot these adorable two. I loved them so much, I can't believe I forgot about them. Their friendship with Yelena is lovely and so heartwarming! I know they make some appearances in the next two so I can't wait to see them again.
I loved reading this book almost completely blind. I knew I loved the story but i had forgotten so much of the little things, it was great reading them again and rediscovering my love for this series. Poison Study gets 5 stars every time.
Yelena has been awaiting her execution for over a year and on the day she's about to die, she's faced with a choice - be executed or become the food taster/poison tester for the country's leader The Commander. Naturally, Yelena chooses to live a little bit longer and begins to learn to identify poisons, defend herself and begin to love herself and others once again.
UGH I LOVE THIS BOOK!! The world building for Ixia is great. Yelena described the Commander's takeover really well and how the world works now with the different districts. I loved the small trans storyline which I had completely forgotten about, and works so well. Yelena is a great character. She starts off a very abused and nervous woman but with a hidden strength and time and time again she proves to be more than what people expect. She learns to become stronger physically and mentally. I like that Yelena is a 'normal' YA girl at 16 years of age but is a bit more mature at 19. I can definitely identify with her a bit more and she's more mature in her decisions and thought process.
And Valek. BAE!!!! I forgot how dreamy he is. And another age I love. When I read Throne of Glass, something about Chaol reminded me of Valek but with Valek he has his age to make his position in the government more logical. He's able to deal with the things he's suppose to do (unlike someone who was Captain of the Guard but apparently had never killed before?!?) and he's oh so sexy while doing it. Valek is logical, cool and calm. He sees a problem and faces it with intelligence. He doesn't run into things blind. He's not a boy. He's a man.
Ari and Janco. I forgot these adorable two. I loved them so much, I can't believe I forgot about them. Their friendship with Yelena is lovely and so heartwarming! I know they make some appearances in the next two so I can't wait to see them again.
I loved reading this book almost completely blind. I knew I loved the story but i had forgotten so much of the little things, it was great reading them again and rediscovering my love for this series. Poison Study gets 5 stars every time.
The Iron Kings centres around Meghan Chase, a recently-turned sixteen-year-old girl. Meghan lives with her mom, stepdad and half-brother in a rundown farm and she has one of those problems that people never seem to notice her.
One day, a lot of strange things happen to Meghan and when she gets home, her brother is not himself. Meghan's best friend Robbie tells her that the person pretending to be her brother is a changeling and in order to rescue her real sibling, they must travel to Fairyland. Meghan, it turns out, is the daughter of one of the Fey Kings and Robbie is not Robbie but Robin Goodfellow aka Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Not only does Meghan have to deal with the fact that her real father is a King of the Summer court, and her stepmom wants to kill her, or turn her into something unnatural, but she also still has to find her brother. With the help of Robin, and the dark prince Ash, who may or may not want to kill her, Meghan need to find the 'Iron Court' which no-one knew even existed.
The detail in this book was extraordinary. Fairyland, despite its inviting name, is not somewhere I would like to go...ever. It's basically the epitome of every bad story about faeries, these are not TinkerBell-esque pixies but drowning waterhorses, human-eating goblins and satyrs who would gladly rape a young girl walking alone in a blink of an eye.
I recently read American Gods by Neil Gaiman and the Iron Court reminded me of some of the concepts in his book as well. The new court was created with people's new obsession with technology. Real magic was weakening while iron and technology grew stronger and threatened to overcome the other fey realms. I think this is a great concept to explore, especially with the age we're living in now.
Overall, this is a great take on a gothic, creepy look at fairies and the world of magic. This book lost a star because of how annoying Meghan was for me. I didn't feel an overly strong connection to any character, Meghan or her love interests Robin and Ash. I think I will go on and read the rest of the trilogy and I'm hoping I will feel closer to the characters as they go through some more trials and I can root for them to come out on top.
One day, a lot of strange things happen to Meghan and when she gets home, her brother is not himself. Meghan's best friend Robbie tells her that the person pretending to be her brother is a changeling and in order to rescue her real sibling, they must travel to Fairyland. Meghan, it turns out, is the daughter of one of the Fey Kings and Robbie is not Robbie but Robin Goodfellow aka Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Not only does Meghan have to deal with the fact that her real father is a King of the Summer court, and her stepmom wants to kill her, or turn her into something unnatural, but she also still has to find her brother. With the help of Robin, and the dark prince Ash, who may or may not want to kill her, Meghan need to find the 'Iron Court' which no-one knew even existed.
The detail in this book was extraordinary. Fairyland, despite its inviting name, is not somewhere I would like to go...ever. It's basically the epitome of every bad story about faeries, these are not TinkerBell-esque pixies but drowning waterhorses, human-eating goblins and satyrs who would gladly rape a young girl walking alone in a blink of an eye.
I recently read American Gods by Neil Gaiman and the Iron Court reminded me of some of the concepts in his book as well. The new court was created with people's new obsession with technology. Real magic was weakening while iron and technology grew stronger and threatened to overcome the other fey realms. I think this is a great concept to explore, especially with the age we're living in now.
Overall, this is a great take on a gothic, creepy look at fairies and the world of magic. This book lost a star because of how annoying Meghan was for me. I didn't feel an overly strong connection to any character, Meghan or her love interests Robin and Ash. I think I will go on and read the rest of the trilogy and I'm hoping I will feel closer to the characters as they go through some more trials and I can root for them to come out on top.
I really enjoyed this novel as in Elphame's Choice, I had been really intrigued by Brighid and her story of how she came to be in MacCallan Castle.
The story telling is good and every time there was a scene with the New Formorian children, they brought a smile to my face. Especially Liam, who couldn't love him!
The story telling is good and every time there was a scene with the New Formorian children, they brought a smile to my face. Especially Liam, who couldn't love him!
In a dystopian world, Day is a teenage boy on the run from a government who want him dead. June is the government's prodigy - the only to every score 1500 in the Republic's exam. When June's brother is killed by Day, June vows to avenge his death. While undercover, June meets a blonder haired kind boy, with an imperfect eye and a limp to his step. But surely this couldn't be the stone cold killer who took away her brother? And does she have the heart to bring him in, where he will surely be killed himself?
WOW.
Why haven't I read this book sooner? I am literally slapping myself for only discovering the fantastic mind of Marie Lu now.
I just need to say one thing. Day = BAE. What. A. Babe!
I felt the premise of The Republic and its closed off world very good, and realistic. While we were't told too much about it, I could understand the kind of world that June and Day were living in and even more so when June went undercover and travelled around different parts of the poorer community that she had prevously scorned.
While June is definitely a character you warm up to - I'm not actually sure she could ever be described as a 'warm' character, it's not her nature, Day was mine from the first. I really connected with him, and I felt like it didn't long to know and understand him. He was very genuine and true - from his care of his family, to his gentle friendship with Tess.
There was an immediate chemistry between Day and June, and while I'm not 100% sure we haven't seen the last of the Elector's son, though he was only in it for five seconds, i feel like June and Day have found that missing part.
The plot of June finding out many things she believed in wasn't strictly true was written well. I did feel she could have hurried up on it, you know being so smart and all. She's actually rather annoyingly cocky and almost overconfident when it comes to her smarts.
Following the completion of June's mission, the novel slowed up a bit for me. It felt like a lot of it was June just going back and forth from her apartment and thinking about things. But eventually, the action resumed and that ending, ugh, so bittersweet.
Really looking forward to the rest of the trilogy, which I have ordered already!
WOW.
Why haven't I read this book sooner? I am literally slapping myself for only discovering the fantastic mind of Marie Lu now.
I just need to say one thing. Day = BAE. What. A. Babe!
I felt the premise of The Republic and its closed off world very good, and realistic. While we were't told too much about it, I could understand the kind of world that June and Day were living in and even more so when June went undercover and travelled around different parts of the poorer community that she had prevously scorned.
While June is definitely a character you warm up to - I'm not actually sure she could ever be described as a 'warm' character, it's not her nature, Day was mine from the first. I really connected with him, and I felt like it didn't long to know and understand him. He was very genuine and true - from his care of his family, to his gentle friendship with Tess.
There was an immediate chemistry between Day and June, and while I'm not 100% sure we haven't seen the last of the Elector's son, though he was only in it for five seconds, i feel like June and Day have found that missing part.
The plot of June finding out many things she believed in wasn't strictly true was written well. I did feel she could have hurried up on it, you know being so smart and all. She's actually rather annoyingly cocky and almost overconfident when it comes to her smarts.
Following the completion of June's mission, the novel slowed up a bit for me. It felt like a lot of it was June just going back and forth from her apartment and thinking about things. But eventually, the action resumed and that ending, ugh, so bittersweet.
Really looking forward to the rest of the trilogy, which I have ordered already!
hmmmm.....where to start?
First of this book is good...it has a really intriguing plot and it has a lot of potential. I did enjoy it, I finished it within two days, and I was eager to find out what happened and I'm looking forward to reading The Scorch Trials.
But some things about the book fell short for me. The Grievers for instance,I had a really hard time imagining what they looked like exactly, basically are they ginormous slugs with spikes or something more like The Blob? Basically, they are a big pile of goo?
And the Maze and the Glade, I don't know everything was just that little bit hard to imagine at first. I'm pretty sure what I saw in my head was wrong but that's the beauty of imagination I suppose.
And when Thomas finally remembers stuff about what happened...nothing makes sense to me. Why do'the creators' think the surviving boys are going to find a cure? Like what's the point in putting them through all this shit to find a cure when they don't know whether there is one. I think the plot just gets messy there in that it makes no sense why these boys have to do all of these variables...if there is a cure at the end of it, why don't the creators just go get in themselves or are they sending the boys to the Andes to do that and why not just send the best to there instead of waiting two years and doing it...
Sigh...I just don't know...my head is so confused.
First of this book is good...it has a really intriguing plot and it has a lot of potential. I did enjoy it, I finished it within two days, and I was eager to find out what happened and I'm looking forward to reading The Scorch Trials.
But some things about the book fell short for me. The Grievers for instance,I had a really hard time imagining what they looked like exactly, basically are they ginormous slugs with spikes or something more like The Blob? Basically, they are a big pile of goo?
And the Maze and the Glade, I don't know everything was just that little bit hard to imagine at first. I'm pretty sure what I saw in my head was wrong but that's the beauty of imagination I suppose.
And when Thomas finally remembers stuff about what happened...nothing makes sense to me. Why do'the creators' think the surviving boys are going to find a cure? Like what's the point in putting them through all this shit to find a cure when they don't know whether there is one. I think the plot just gets messy there in that it makes no sense why these boys have to do all of these variables...if there is a cure at the end of it, why don't the creators just go get in themselves or are they sending the boys to the Andes to do that and why not just send the best to there instead of waiting two years and doing it...
Sigh...I just don't know...my head is so confused.
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