Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

Pages: 385

Type: #1 in Maybe 

My Rating: 5/5 

Synopsis: At twenty-two years old, Sydney is enjoying a great life: She’s in college, working a steady job, in love with her wonderful boyfriend, Hunter, and rooming with her best friend, Tori. But everything changes when she discovers that Hunter is cheating on her—and she’s forced to decide what her next move should be.

Soon, Sydney finds herself captivated by her mysterious and attractive neighbor, Ridge. She can't take her eyes off him or stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. And there’s something about Sydney that Ridge can’t ignore, either. They soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one.

Review: 

  A brilliant tale of two very beautiful characters that you just want to read about on and on and on. The story is an absolutely gripping one. You're just completely immersed with no way out. I flew through the book. What is even better about the book is that it has songs that were written especially for the book. So you can listen to a particular song at a given time that encaptures the moment beautifully. That is so creative to do. I'm impressed, Colleen Hoover. Very reader oriented. 

 The characters were to die for. Literally. They all had so much depth to them. A lot of times we find ourselves stuck with characters (especially in NA), who have shallow depth or no depth to them. Shallow depth probably sounds very contradictory. But what I'm trying to say is that the depth to the characters is either silly or wannabe. I hope you get it now. But Hoover's characters certainly had genuine depth to them, which is very attractive. 

  Plot line wise, Hoover's story wasn't super original, I have to say. But her writing style makes up for it. It makes up for it a 100 per cent. The writing style is so beautiful and I'm just left with a jaw hitting the floor. The story was so gut-wrenching and sad but at the same time it made me want to jump about and smile and just... I could not stop thinking about the book. I thought about it and where the ending would head whenever I wasn't reading it. I was writing an exam the day after I started the book and by God! The frigging characters weren't ready to get out of my head! I just kept day dreaming about the book, but no worries, I finished the exam just fine. 

  I say that a romance is amazing when I get this feeling in the pit of my stomach. Like a wave or something. It's kind of hard to explain it. But, when that does happen, I find myself loving the romance.  This book. Waves upon waves upon guess what, more waves. Not that I'm complaining. It's a fairly pleasant feeling. 

  I honestly loved the book and I really want to read other of Hoover's books. I have read slammed and the sequel, which were both great, but this one completely outshines them. The book doesn't have extremely sexual scenes, so if you're uncomfortable with that and think that this book might contain something racy because it is NA, then don't worry. This is pretty much like reading a YA novel with mature characters. I think anyone would enjoy reading this is they're looking for something refreshingly contemporary. 

Angelfall by Susan Ee

Genre: YA Angel Apocalypse Fantasy 

Pages: 326

Type: #1 in Penryn and the End of the Days Trilogy

My Rating: 4/5

Synopsis: It's been six weeks since the angels of the apocalypse destroyed the world as we know it. Only pockets of humanity remain. 

Savage street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. 
When angels fly away with a helpless girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back...

Even make a deal with a wingless and broken warrior angel, Raffe. Together, they must help each other and learn to survive. 

My Review: 

  It's been a week, maybe, since I read this book, and I have to say, I don't think much about the book. I mean, don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed it. But just not that much. Obviously. Four stars. I don't get how people loved the book so much. Maybe for me, it was because of the hype. So much hype around this book. God. 

  Anyway. I started off really enjoying it. It was a great start and I was hooked. I was the fish who was stupid enough to put the bait into their mouth. Although here, I wouldn't say that it was a stupid move, since I devoured the book. Lol. 

  I loved Raffe and Penryn's relationship. It was so sarcastic and funny. The comebacks they would fire at each other would just make my heart go up in flames. I loved them as individuals as well. 

  I did feel like the other relationships just grew unrealisticly fast. And I hate it when that happens. Also, I felt like in the beginning, the tone of the writing was a bit too casual. Like it would suit a contemporary not a fantasy and, considering that Penryn's sister was kidnapped and their world is being torn apart, I think it was very out of place. Or maybe it's just me. 

  And I absolutely loved the twist that Ee gave to angels. It is so unique. I'm so tired of good Angels being good Angels and the fallen angels being the bad ones. Here, the good Angels were the bad Angels, and the fallen ones didn't care, I guess. 

  I loved the ending, it kept me on the edge of my seat. And there were a lot of mysteries that need to be solved. Overall, I felt like it was good book, and anyone who likes Angels and apocalyptic books with the slightest tinge of romance, this is a good one for you. 

  

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Long time, no see.

Genre: YA Dystopia

Pages: 461

Type: #2 in Shatter Me Trilogy 

Rating: 5/5

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Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.

She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch.

Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.

In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart—and Adam's life.

Review: 

 There are so many thoughts in my head right now. My mind is currently a jumble of Tahereh's good crazy writing. Wow. 

  Before I get into the review, can I just tell how jealous I am of the kid who'll be Tahereh and Ransom's baby. Like, imagine being the kid of two highly inventive and bestselling authors! 

  Now. Let's get to the main deal. Let's get to the core of the cake. 

  Three syllables. Ah-mazing. Fan-freaking-tastic. There was so much that happened in this book! There was so much intensity and if anyone is hesitant to read it, lemme tell you, don't be! You don't know what you're missing on, bro. *whispers* Warner. 

  Now the book took off pretty much where the first one ended. Which is so relieving for me, because I always hate starting a new book. You just don't get where you are and it's so annoying. Anyway. I was a bit icky to get into the book since the trilogy was losing its shine and all that. I read shatter me a while ago and getting back into the world was a... Challenge of sorts. But I got into the world pretty soon once the initial hesitance wore off. And boy, was I glad. 

  Things don't go like I expected. Obviously. We understand a lot of back stories, including Kenji's, who turned out to be a pretty important character. He was just this day of light between all this darkness. Loved him. He made my day. He makes me laugh at the most unexpected of times. 

  That brings me to the characters. Oh my God. The characters. There was a lot of character development from the first book to the second book and then a lot in the entire span of the second book. We see Juliette turning into someone harder and stronger and better. We are introduced to many different characters. New ones, since Omega Point is new to us. It is pretty interesting to see how Tahereh incorporates these characters into the trilogy. Although I did feel like they weren't too big parts of the book. Like they didn't get the attention they should. And oh, I am bolding this (that's not a word, I know) because I want you to know that you HAVE to read Destroy Me, the novella before this book in Warner's POV. Warner! You should read the novella because then you won't really be able to uderstand the depth of Warner's character. So yeah. 

  I need to do something, and I think this is enough for a review. All I'm going to say is this book is intense and has the most awesomest love triangle ever (not true. Will and Jem and Tessa have that spot, but still) and you just need to read it. But read Shatter Me first. And don't forget the novella. And don't buy the ugly cover with the girl on it. Buy the eye one.