Stitch - Samantha Durante (Stitch Trilogy #1)

Stitch

Samantha Durante

Still struggling to find her footing after the sudden death of her parents, the last thing college freshman Alessa has the strength to deal with is the inexplicable visceral pull drawing her to a handsome ghostly presence. In between grappling with exams and sorority soirees - and disturbing recurring dreams of being captive in a futuristic prison hell - Alessa is determined to unravel the mystery of the apparition who leaves her breathless. But the terrifying secret she uncovers will find her groping desperately through her nightmares for answers.

Because what Alessa hasn't figured out yet is that she's not really a student, the object of her obsession is no ghost, and her sneaking suspicions that something sinister is lurking behind the walls of her university's idyllic campus are only just scratching the surface...

The opening installment in a twist-laden trilogy, Stitch spans the genres of paranormal romance and dystopian sci-fi to explore the challenges of a society in transition, where morality, vision, and pragmatism collide leaving the average citizen to suffer the results.

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I would love to just hand someone this book and have them read it because the genres it's listed under totally give it away (don't read the tags on this post if you want to be surprised) I'm not a big fan of the cover for some reason that I can't put my finger on.

At first I thought this book was kind of boring but as time went on it started to get more exciting and I really started to enjoy it and all of these little details earlier in this book just clicked and really added to the story.

It's hard to review this book without giving it away! Let's just say it's a genre mash up full of amazing-ness.  Will I be reading the sequel? YES!

Pages: 314

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices #1)

Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare

The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters—including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them....

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I love this cover! Just everything about it fits the book perfectly.

What i loved most about this book is how unpredictable it is.  You would think it would go one way and it would go in the complete opposite direction or you had no idea at all where it was going to go!

I wish the author would have picked a better word for the nephilim tattoos than 'marks' I just thing she could have done better and come up with something more creative than that.

It almost seems like multiple stories crammed into one book but instead of it being crazy and unorganized it just works.

Would I recommend it? Most definitely!  Am I going to read the sequel?  I don't think so, not any time soon anyway. 

Pages: 479

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You - Ally Carter (Gallagher Girls #1)

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

Ally Carter

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school-that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses but it's really a school for spies. Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl. Sure, she can tap his phone, hack into his computer, or track him through town with the skill of a real "pavement artist"-but can she maneuver a relationship with someone who can never know the truth about her? 

Cammie Morgan may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's on her most dangerous mission-falling in love.

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The first official Read-a-thon post! I'm so excited! This has been amazing so far (and it's only the first week!) and I can't wait until we get to the other books!

I fell in love with this book all over again!  I forgot how much I enjoyed it the first (and second... and third) time.  There is a reason this has been my favorite book since Middle school (I think that's when I read it but goodness that seems so long ago)

I can never put into words how much I enjoyed every second of this book! There weren't any boring or slow parts and each part really fit in and there wasn't really any filler. The book is supposed to be Cammie's first covert operations report and it feels as if it actually was written by a fifteen year old! I Just love Carter's writing style and sense of humor and she really seems to connect with girls.  I love the little glimpse we get into the life of a spy like 'When you're on a plane home from Istanbul and you have a nuclear warhead in a hatbox the last thing you want to do it write a report about it' it seems like the paperwork would be the hardest/most irritating part! but doesn't everybody hate paperwork?   All of the characters are very relatable and I found I could relate to every one of them in some way, even the little side characters like Tina Walters and Anna Fetterman (Tina's probably my favorite! or maybe Anna... I can never decide).  It seemed like Josh and I have the same mom! But my mother doesn't make 18 different kind of banana bread and make me sample them all.  It was definitely interesting to see how my opinions and views have changed since I first read it so many years ago and I think I appreciate and enjoy the book more now then I did back then!   I think this would be a great book for an adult who doesn't read too much YA but wants to dabble a little bit and I really enjoyed experiencing Cammie's first crush and her first date (and kiss!) with her and I think other older readers will enjoy that too.

I just love this book so much!

Pages: 284

Happy reading!

Baylee

Watched - Cindy M. Hogan

It takes more than a school trip to Washington, D.C. to change fifteen-year-old Christy's life. It takes murder.
A witness to the brutal slaying of a Senator's aide, Christy finds herself watched not only by the killers and the FBI, but also by two hot boys.
She discovers that if she can't help the FBI, who want to protect her, it will cost her and her new friends their lives.

My view on the main character Christy was a roller coaster.  One second I thought she was okay and then the next second I couldn't stand her.  She would make decisions that she knew was wrong but just say 'Oh whatever' of course I mean that figuratively.  Another gripe I had was it seemed like a 13 year old wrote the book with the poor judgment, having two boys like her was very cliché, and those two boys carried her around frequently.

The worst part was I wanted to like this book and I would start to get into it but then something would be said or done and I would feel like throwing my tablet (what I was reading the book on) against the wall.

I couldn't stand Christy sometimes!  Here's a list of the things that annoyed me the most.  Don't forget she's only fifteen.
1.  She went to a club just to impress a guy.  She even pretended to drink alcohol to impress him.
2.  She says the only reason to applied for the trip and fully paid scholarship was to (and this isn't an exact quote) 'get out of the house' and get away from her parents.  She wants change because she was known as a nerd and picked on back home.  But keep in mind when she's explaining to the other kids in her group how she doesn't really care for the political and educational value her roommate who could have used the scholarship and deserved it more than Christine did is sitting right beside her.

I felt like some of the characters lacked substance sometimes.  I would have really liked to learn more about Rick.  Also the book never went into who the 'Ice man' was that watches her though out the book.  I really feel like he should have had a bigger part in the book and he would have been an interesting character if he had.

The grammar is this book was HORRIBLE. I really think the author should have found a better editor.  There was misinformation in the book that kept bothering me.

This was a trip for Juniors in high school but at one part they didn't seem to know there was a HUGE FBI HEADQUARTERS in DC.  That was one of the many face palm moments.  Maybe times have changed but it seemed like Hogan had never been on a youth trip back in her day.  There was a lack of security, and I don't mean security guards but the fact that these kids could just come and go at night without anyone noticing was ridiculous.  I know on my trips there was tape on the doors after curfew and the night hotel staff was on the lookout for teenagers running around.

Now I will talk about Jeremy, one of the FBI agents with the task of watching and keeping Christy safe.  I personally really enjoyed his character and wish he had a bigger presence.

What did you think about the book?

Pages : 349
Genre : Young Adult,  Suspense,  Adventure,  Romance,   Mystery,  Thriller,