Kobo VOX vs Kindle Fire

Hi Dear Readers who have probably stopped reading this blog because i have been caught up with school work (still am!!!!),

Now as the rest of the book blogging and reading society i have recently come to the invention of ebooks and ereaders now its my birthday soon and i was wondering which sort of ereader is should be getting as the two competing brands Kobo and Kindle. now the first one that i came across that i liked was the KOBO VOX, it looks rather cool and can store up to 8,000 books and is cheaper by about $30 dollars than the rest of them in australia pricing at about $104 AUS. the other book i have come across is the Kindle fire now admittedly the Kindle is a bigger brand, and it has the bigger screening of ideas like watching movies on it and having access to millions of books for free with amazon premium. to be honest i really cant decide which one both i would have to buy online and both do come with colour screens

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi

Cover Reveal: Isla and the Happily Ever After

Hey guys so i was surfing the web and blogs and lately Stephanie Perkins has released her new cover for Isla and The Happily Ever After. Unfortunately she has changed the whole scene of them and if you want my honest opinion i hate them. they are quite bland and unattractive i liked her other beautiful covers but here is the new cover above and click here to see the new versions of the old ones. Please do tell me what you think. Do you think stephanie perkins should have changed them or stuck to her old ones?

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Candi

The Fault In Our Stars

ok so i heard all about this book before it was even out i australia everyone everywhere was gossiping about it and normally when a book comes along its alright not great maybe good. you feel disappointed with yourself for reading it afterwards. but when I say The fault in our stars is that amazing i mean this is the 2nd author that has made me sob for most of the book. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green is not really a story but a life lesson something that should be taken in by everyone.

Blurb:Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. 

Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. 

Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.

The Trailer:
Pros:

• the sense of feeling pure emotion is portray from the character to the reader
• it feels real like you are with that character at the very moment
• the real causes 
• how the characters have acted in certain situations portrayed what the writers wants.
• unpredictable (yet has foreshadowing )storyline most likely to give readers heart break.

Cons:

• the plot itself had a climax but was not foreshown as the problem until 50 pages before it happened

First Line:

late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided i was depressed, presumably because i rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time thinking about death.

Last Line:

I do, Augustus

I do.

Discussion:
okay so as i stated above i sobbed right through this book. now i went into this book not knoing what it was about but just that everyone thought it was amazing, lemme tell you its a heart breaking/wrenching cancer book that isnt written in its normal formality that she/he is going to die thats whats so real about it is that its all  the realistic and unrealistic stuff that you would do with people you love and the way augustus and hazel connect oh i wish i could be hazel. the character that i loved the most though had to ian the way he reacted to his cancer and the way he accepted people that accepted him is a totally natural thing oh and he was pretty funny. now i havent told you much about this book but that i loved it but i really shouldnt have to because the first line should make you want to read the book anyway.

Overall Score: 5/5 WOOHOO!!!

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi

Feature and Follow

Hi there i have decided to start doing memes again every once in a while and this is one of the first its called Feature and Follow hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The two hosts pick a fellow blogger and a question to host each week and you check out all the other cool blogs around.

Q: We always Talk about books that we want. lets turn it on its head. what books have you given to other people recently?

recently i have given shatter me to a fellow classmate in dire for her to read it. i have thrown my copy of TFIOS (review soon) at some people that are close to me (including mum) and i have given my copy of Unravel Me and Scarlet to my best friend Sam Violet. So yeah lots of books i expect back soon and lots of gossip to talk about!

Reviews coming on Unravel Me, The Fault In Our Stars, Dare You To, Pure and The Awakening of Leeowyn Blake!!!

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi

Interview with SJ Kincaid

okay so i am horrible at keeping up with stuff but i did manage to get the over email interview with SJ Kincaid star author of insignia. she is absolutely amazing and here are the things i asked and she answered

1. Where does your inspiration come from?

            I'm very invested in the characters, so I suppose the inspiration comes from trying to capture on paper what exists in my head.

3. what future do you hope for with your books?

            I think the best thing I could hope for is that the people who read the books, enjoy them enough to reread somewhere down the road.

4. a lot of writers write in either a shared POV between male and female or just a female POV what made you want to write Insignia in a Male POV?

            I wrote five manuscripts from a female POV and none of them got published. I started writing another from a girl's POV and just felt a wave of irritation. I need a change, so that's why books six and then seven were boys-- and seven was INSIGNIA and the first to get published.

5.Did the characters have some connection to you in real life? if so who and why?

            I did have this very loud Indian kid who lived near me who partially inspired Vik, and a very perfect person I knew in high school who partially inspired Yuri.

6. Most authors have a favourite character fro their stories do you and if so who?

            Probably Vik, just because adding him to a scene pretty much adds the fun, for me as a writer and hopefully for other people as readers.

7. How did you know to end Insignia and why did you end it there?

            There were a few key conflicts in the story that I needed to resolve, and I knew the ending had to involve a big showdown between Tom and Medusa. Since that both resolved 1) Tom's treason storyline, and 2) Tom's dilemma between being someone vs. being true to himself, I'd ended the conflicts driving the plot. That meant it was ending time.

8. Were there any big ideas that you started to write into insignia but eventually didnt make it into the book?

            There was originally this idea in my head about the internet gaining some sort of conscious awareness... Still not sure where I was going with that.

9.What can we expect in your new novel vortex?

            Tom and his friends face some repercussions for choices made in INSIGNIA, and Tom himself faces another great moral quandary that could make his career, or destroy him.

10. as an author who is your idol?

            I just finished rereading GONE WITH THE WIND, so I'll say Margaret Mitchell. She broke her leg, and while bed bound, wrote this absolutely incredible story. That's amazing to me.

so what did you think pretty cool right!! authors are absolutely amazing writers and i cant wait to speak with more of them!!

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi

Speechless

when you look at this book there are possibly many different covers you may see and its hard to tell which one sits perfectly for it but that really doesn't matter for the book what matters is the devastating story it tells. my heart broke again and again for this book as hannah harrington explored all the concepts of being a silent one.

The Blurb:
Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed.

Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she's ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse.

But there's strength in silence, and in the new friends who are, shockingly, coming her way—people she never noticed before; a boy she might even fall for. If only her new friends can forgive what she's done. If only she can forgive herself.

The Trailer:

Pros:

• original: very different very unique 
• is aware of social problems and stands up to them
• has great characters and imagery senses and it was believable all characters were not perfect
• the use of emotions through out this book is pretty incredible
• i said original before but this is the original characters i have never met another person like Asha or Noah they were so different and very inspiring

Cons:

• the plot of this book is that she goes through hell and on the book she says to her ex friend bring it on and really only very small minor set ups were performed in that supposed "hell week"

First Line:

Keeping secrets isn't my specialty. 

Last Line:

and i dont have to say a word.

Favourite Quote:

"Hate is Easy, Love takes Courage" its one of noahs first/last words to chelsea

My Thoughts:

okay so Chelsea Knott the main character was an absolute bitter side kick to the queen bee and was continually telling Kristen (queen bee) what she saw/heard, you sought of have to have a dislike to Chelsea as you watch her through some of the first scenes and how she reacts to finding out knowledge but as Noah is hospitalized early on she takes a vow of silence after telling her parents what happened. this silence from the outside just looks like a cover up so she doesn't get in any more trouble so to speak by talking after being dropped by Kristen and having the whole school hate her, but on the inside you see that its a vow thats going to bring something out of this. now in this story she doesn't talk most of the way through it but there are parts where you go "OMG SHE'S GOING TO BREAK THE VOW" and you wait and wait and it just doesn't happen she goes through quite a lot of mental abuse from everyone except for a few. those particular few are probably being the ones that should be hating her, Sam and Asha (noah's friends) but its like harmony for Chelsea as they grow closer in detention with Asha and in art class with Sam  she even begins to fall for Sam over her delirious crush Brandon which is totally sweet! Asha is always one of those people that have to see the good in people before/if they realize the bad. when Chelsea does break the vow its to stand u for someone else being picked on because what she has caused at the school. its totally incredible and by then you know you have to love this character even after all the bad things she's done.  Chelsea is an amazingly true character to the real world and watching/reading about her development is incredible because its like you are that person doing that stuff and having that courageous journey.

Overall Score: its definitely 4.9!!

great work fantastic story definitely worth the read! 

Hugs and Wishes

Candi 

The Indigo Spell

so here comes the third one to the bloodlines series finally out today and i cant wait to get it myself. this book has some mystery to it but after how the golden lily went we all want to see if adrian and sydney get together.
okay on with the review

Blurb:In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch--a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But as he pushes her to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her. And as she searches for an evil magic user targeting powerful young witches, she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her magical blood--or else she might be next.


Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, the Bloodlines series explores all the friendship, romance, battles, and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive—this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone’s out for blood.Pros:

• great story line very different from other richelle mead books
• great beginning and i loved the ending
• the real plot of the story
•  had awesome characters that were already developed from first two books
• evil mysterious villain that is clearly unsuspected

Cons:

• the title is although illuminating as well as the cover it sort of is the minor plot to the story and is not fully taken on board in some areas of the story however i like its bit in it
• the character marcus we have heard a lot about this mysterious marcus and yet in the story when we found him there was not much depth behind him in any way he was very subtle compared to the other characters

okay so there weren't many plots and even the ones i did mention weren't very big but i have to say richelle has had a lot of experience with her other books!!

First Line: 

this wasnt the first time i had been pulled out of bed for a crucial mission.

Last Line:

okay so its the last sort of exclamation but it finishes the story i am busting for the next book because of it!(i cant believe you Richelle!!)

Zoe hugged me again. "oh sydney! this is going to be great, " she exclaimed. "we're going to be together all the time!"

Discussion:

i really enjoyed watching sydney develop as a different person  in this book she had a go at things she wouldn't normally try. the start was all about the wedding of sonya and mikhail and about sydney developing her magic with mrs terwilliger. it was all very dreamable and exciting. the middle/slash plot seemed to have that cat chase mouse illusion to it making it very very suspenseful  so much you just couldn't put it down!

i really dont have much to say without maybe giving you a hint to the story but i'm super excited about the next book. oh the ending is tragic just when sydney thought her life was better.well i mean its not literally tragic its more surprising then anything. i am so hyped for it i cant wait to rush to the stores!!!

Overall Score: ok and the overall score is a 4.88

The Indigo Spell is Out Today so quick run as fast as you can to grab it

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi

The Confessions of An Angry Girl

wow i had this book for one week so i could read and review and wow i cannot stop saying this word. Louise Rozett has captured the essence of a normal high school hierarchy for rose and this series hits off with the bang!

Blurb:
Rose Zarelli, self-proclaimed word geek and angry girl, has some confessions to make…

1. I'm livid all the time. Why? My dad died. My mom barely talks. My brother abandoned us. I think I'm allowed to be irate, don't you?

2. I make people furious regularly. Want an example? I kissed Jamie Forta, a badass guy who might be dating a cheerleader. She is nowenraged and out for blood. Mine.

3. High school might as well be Mars. My best friend has been replaced by an alien, and I see red all the time. (Mars is red and "seeing red" means being angry—get it?)

Here are some other vocab words that describe my life: Inadequate. Insufferable. Intolerable.

(Don't know what they mean? Look them up yourself.)

(Sorry. That was rude.)

PROS:

• funny/hilarious
• original
• great aspects to the story
• puts reality into fiction
• adds the natural  taste of high school hierarchy
• fantastic start
• horribly good ending

Cons:

•  understated plot
• title does not fit by end of story
• has a very abrupt ending

First Line:

Jamie you gonna eat that. you have gotta eat that bagel

Last Line:

i go to my desk open the laptop and i see the screen pop back to life.

Discussion

i really enjoyed this book i got a sense of pure reality from it and had major laughs. i couldn't stop reading it i loved how the character stood up for herself but at the same time backed down just to protect everyone. in the story it starts out with a girl whose angry at her dad for going to war then at her brother and finally at a cheerleader but by the end it really didnt matter whether she started out as an angry girl or not she was more smart and sensible which gave her more making her a less angry person it almost seemed forced her getting angry. but that really was my only problem with the book i loved reading enjoyed from beginning to end and i have a feeling that a lot of my friends are going to read this one now. Louise Rozett has definitely inspired a bit more out of my imagination like all the other great authors

Overall Score: 3.9/5 stars

ok well thats all from me i start school tomorrow so will be trying to review as much as possible but might not get there every time.oh and book out for the next book confessions of an almost girlfriend

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

Insignia

the new and hottest book that is not only original but/and does not have a shared narrator but is put in a male point of view. its amazing how s.j kincaid has created and written Insignia but now i cant wait for her next one Vortex.

Blurb:

More than anything, Tom Raines wants to be important, though his shadowy life is anything but that. For years, Tom's drifted from casino to casino with his unlucky gambler of a dad, gaming for their survival. Keeping a roof over their heads depends on a careful combination of skill, luck, con artistry, and staying invisible.

Then one day, Tom stops being invisible. Someone's been watching his virtual-reality prowess, and he's offered the incredible--a place at the Pentagonal Spire, an elite military academy. There, Tom's instincts for combat will be put to the test and if he passes, he'll become a member of the Intrasolar Forces, helping to lead his country to victory in World War III. Finally, he'll be someone important: a superhuman war machine with the tech skills that every virtual-reality warrior dreams of. Life at the Spire holds everything that Tom's always wanted--friends, the possibility of a girlfriend, and a life where his every action matters--but what will it cost him?


Pros:

• Has great plot and is fluent with story line

• Great Characters

• They are also likeable characters

• original

• Male POV

• suspense and thriller

• fun read that all YA readers will enjoy.

• loved start of chapter pages where it is filled with binary

• is a fun read that many serious YA book reviewers will look too deeply into and will eventually dislike but thats not really a con.

• there are none really i was too into it to pick any bad mistakes

Cons:

First Line:

new town new casino-same old plan.

Last Line:

"all right, no killing an eating me okay? i'm ready to go."

Discussion:

i really enjoyed this book and couldn't put it down whilst reading i was texting my bff urging her to read it because the characters are humorous, intelligent and know how to fight. as i dont normally read sci fi it was extremely intense and awesome. i really have no cons on it because it was just a book that you could easily flick through and you would never ever pick up on a story line fault unless obviously you are a really intense reader that just cant read for fun and has to write bad reviews which i find kind of selfish but the top four reviews on the internet were all bad, but they are so wrong! this book has spread itself wide covering, friendship, little tid bits of love, geniuses (wanting me to bring out my glasses ), villians, gamers/gaming and dystopia. Insignia has all the cool well executed ideas that definitely -although the world is in war- make the new world look  and sound cool for example the idea of neural processors, gadgets that are ptu in the smart teenagers brains to make them smarter and more complex.great read fantastic book cannot stop raving about it and i really could go on all day about it.

OVERALL SCORE: 5/5 stars (no surprise there)

BTW i have asked to interview SJ Kincaid about Inisgnia and her new book Vortex so excited that she accepted!!!

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi

Undeadly

an original story that just cant seem to finish i sat there on the edge of my seat waiting want to know what comes next in Undeadly by Michelle Vail as it came to an abrupt halt making me fill with need for the next book. Undeadly not only is original and fantastic but is almost certain to start a new book trend.

Blurb:

The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird...

Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper—and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. Within days, she's shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite boarding school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. 
Life at Nekyia has its plusses. Molly has her own personal ghoul, for one. Rick follows her there out of the blue, for another...except, there's something a little off about him. When students at the academy start to die and Rath disappears, Molly starts to wonder if anything is as it seems. Only one thing is certain—-Molly's got an undeadly knack for finding trouble....

Pros:

• original

• enticing

• mysterious

• has hanging onto the edge of your seat

• great character relationships

Cons:

• confusing plot

• although i said there were great character relationships there were also some fairly dodgy ones that were totally out of whack.

• misguidance in blurb

First Line:

"this is the third time" groused mrs. woodbine.

Last Line:

"Molly Bartolucci, you are here by charged with illegal use of necromancy and the use of forbidden objects. you will be taken into custody by the Guardians and confined until your trial"

Discussion:

i thorouhly book and couldn't pick up many faults i definitely cannot believe how michele left undeadly. some of the great things about this book was that i hadn't read many/if any good reaper stories and was thrilled to like this one. the one thing that looks predictable from the blurb which is sort of a disappointment in the book is it sort of comes off as if molly and rafe will become gf/bf and then rafe sort of disappears. so i definitely hope that they get together in the next book the other guy is just creepy and sick. the one thing that really caught my eye is the cover although its just a plain models face the graphics including the title graphic are quite delicate and very beautiful. the other thing i liked was the different quote from made up books in molly's world at the start of each chapter.

Overall Score:i have decided to give it a 3.79/5 

great read! loved it and i have ore reviews for you over the next couple of days!

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi

Hysteria

what an amazing second book Megan Miranda has produced it has all the intensity as the first book but so much is different and i think Hysteria will still grab the readers that have read Fracture and more readers that are looking for something new to read. hysteria is one fantastic book that will keep you hanging onto your bones and sticks just to keep you together

BLURB:

Mallory killed her boyfriend, Brian. She can't remember the details of that night but everyone knows it was self-defense, so she isn't charged. But Mallory still feels Brian's presence in her life. Is it all in her head? Or is it something more? In desperate need of a fresh start, Mallory is sent to Monroe, a fancy prep school where no one knows her . . . or anything about her past.But the feeling follows her, as do her secrets. Then, one of her new classmates turns up dead. As suspicion falls on Mallory, she must find a way to remember the details of both deadly nights so she can prove her innocence-to herself and others.

PROS:

• good character relationships (meaning high intensity between characters)
• great idea for and of the plot
• doesnt drag the story on forever 

CONS:

• plot was a little bit hazy and the last bit of the plot to finish the story was sort of rushed out
• the cover: for the first time its felt like the cover doesn't fit well with the story i was a bit disappointed
• i would of liked a bit more of a snarky/snobby side to Krista she came off sort of hidden until the end

FIRST LINE:
my mother hid the knife block.

LAST LINE:
i closed my fingers around him and held onto this moment and the next

DISCUSSION:
 now i kind of lack in the pros and cons department in  this book but theres not much i can say about it there. i loved reid he was so cool and not over the top with everything, colleen was another favourite character although she wasn't really in  the bookm until the end she seemed like one of those unique type of girls that just does her own thing. so the characters were great i was really into the whole storyline and its story, although it did keep flicking back to a past time without really changing the context sometimes. as the reader and the main character Mallory uncovered the true story it was quite horrific and frightening but a good surprise/ non surprise to us all. i realy enjoyed the book and its characters

OVERALL SCORE: 4/5 stars
this book is out on February 5 be sure to get  it

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

What's Left Of Me

lets take you into the future where a human body now has two souls and america has banned anyone from having two souls making them seperate themsleves from their other self. but there are two girls named addie and eva who are not settled and just try to act like normal people and it works out for them until they run into the wrong/right people.  an AMAZING book what's left of me was so original and fantastic and i have read quite a few original pieces lately but kat zhang seems to show some potential . i have trouble getting to review them. ok so onwards and forthwards

BLURB:
I should not exist. But I do.

Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else—two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren’t they settling? Why isn’t one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie was pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. Except, she wasn’t . . .

For the past three years, Eva has clung to the remnants of her life. Only Addie knows she’s still there, trapped inside their body. Then one day, they discover there may be a way for Eva to move again. The risks are unimaginable-hybrids are considered a threat to society, so if they are caught, Addie and Eva will be locked away with the others. And yet . . . for a chance to smile, to twirl, to speak, Eva will do anything
PROS:

• Original
• Heart warming
• difference between characters
• emotion portrayed by the character 
• the story line

CONS:

• difficulty understanding who was narrating 
• no plot ( the story line of them all getting out was good but there was no destruction to what was happening there were small ones but not one big one that did very much damage)
• ending didn't take as much form as it should have it was almost cliched with the mysterious hero coming and rescuing them almost went unsought and just put in there to finish the story, it didnt have much sense to it.
• had sort of a slow beginning. 

FIRST LINE:
Addie and I were born into the same body, our soul's ghostly fingers entwined before we gasped our very first breathe.

LAST LINE:
but I-I was eva, eva, eva all the way through.

DISCUSSION:
although i have been pretty harsh on this book  i really enjoyed it and to find out that the author was only 19 made me quite impressed and i have future hopes for my friends in the Kat's notes she says she has been writing this book since she was 12 and that was pretty amazing too.
talking about the book a lot of it was great but the whole beginning plot and ending well connect with eachother although apparently this is a trilogy so i cant wait for the next one. i love the idea of runaway hybrids trying to take on the world
OVERALL SCORE: 3/5 stars

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi

Dance of Shadows

ok so when you think of ballet you think of pink tutus and leotards and girls dancing around swinging arms and legs right? and when you think of shadows, you think of stalkers, ghosts and demons right? would you ever combine the two? well this crazy but utterly fantastic author, Yelena Black, has and called it the dance of shadows. now readin this it gave me the chills all the way through it all though i had finals and read it over a couple of days i dont think i managed to sleep very many of them. this book has intensity to the max making you squeem and aaah in romance and horror.

BLURB:
Dancing with someone is an act of trust. Elegant and intimate; you're close enough to kiss, close enough to feel your partner's heartbeat. But for Vanessa, dance is deadly – and she must be very careful who she trusts . . .

Vanessa Adler attends an elite ballet school – the same one her older sister, Margaret, attended before she disappeared. Vanessa feels she can never live up to her sister's shining reputation. But Vanessa, with her glorious red hair and fair skin, has a kind of power when she dances – she loses herself in the music, breathes different air, and the world around her turns to flames . . . 

Soon she attracts the attention of three men: gorgeous Zep, mysterious Justin, and the great, enigmatic choreographer Josef Zhalkovsky. When Josef asks Vanessa to dance the lead in the Firebird, she has little idea of the danger that lies ahead – and the burning forces about to be unleashed 

PROS:

• has a nice long plot that draws out all the suspense

• thought out characters that dont ever break 

• Suspension: takes away all your other thoughts and hooks you in 

• Emotive/Emotions: uses emotive language through out the book and has the reader drawing their emotions to the book (crying) 

• Original

CONS:

• gives nightmares although i said it has great suspense stopping half way in the book and going to be may give some night mares

• in some parts is given to make the plot sound really romantic but makes it almost sound lunatical (one of my own creations)

• doesn't really solve what started out to be the plot

FIRST LINE:with a swish her mother opened the curtains, letting the afternoon sun stream into the room

LAST LINE:
And when she did she would take down whoever was responsible, or die trying

DISCUSSION:
ok this book is overall creepy but it has some romantic bits in it. this book has a naive main character that becomes stron and fearless and the romantic guy turns into a prop in some evil demonstration and then there are the weird side characters that annoy Vanessa (Main character) right through the book and dont really have any story to them until the very end. the other bit there was no real ending to some of the best friends to vanessa. there was an ending for the evil people, Anna and clique and the side freaks but we didnt hear much about them. overall i found this a fantastic scary book hidden behind a beautiful cover. speaking on the cover it really suited what the story was about.

OVERALL SCORE: 3.75/5 Stars

Hugs and Wishes 

Candi 

ARCs ARE NOT FOR SALE!!

now i know that i recieve ebook ARC copies so that i can promote self published and the new books coming out and i do this respectfully abiding by guidelines but the sad thing is not all of us do and its sad that that happens because i really appreciate books and i'm sure you all do too, but you see on ebay i have found some ARC books on sale. now that is a terrible thing to do and i advise you not to even think of buying it because in all honest its a rip off and its not a cheap one.

What ARCs are made for?
ARCs are made for reviewers (like me) and sellers/librarians to read a preview copy of a book that might not be completely finished. it is unedited version of the final copy. reviewers are handed to give their mind sight on wgat they liked and what they didnt and to also give insight into if the book is worth buying. authors then finish off the book just before their deadline and print out millions and millions of copies just for you and the book lovers around the world.

How Can YOU get an ARC?
 these days authors are so socially communicative to the world around them that you could easily score a unpulished verison of their new book, but it is normally just for your eyes to read it.

Why ARC are not for sale (and a rip off)?
ARC  are not for sale because as i have already stated they are unedited meaning you are selling something that clearly states its for review only and if you dont follow the rules these  days the publishers have contract to sue you and a lot of us bloggers are only teenagers/early twenties. there are also other problems like that it may have a few spelling and grammar mistakes and it could be missing paragraphs. the last statement i am going to say is you are being a pirate by doing this nobody gets credit for the book and you make a small amount of profit and for authors to keep selling they have to have people keep buying their books.

How Can You Stop This From Happening?
 As a blogger you can use that ARC book for anything as it is not real or it is but its not complete. you can also report anonymously  by pressing a flag/button that usually shows next to ads sending producers of these ads to that ad. Finally if you do receive ARC books give back by swapping them with another blogger giving them to your local library, building a fire and making smores or by giving them to charities where they will be useful for other kids and teens that are not as privileged as you.

well thats all today i hope you in future look at what book you are buying.

Hugs and Wishes Candi

Article 5

OK this book has come in the long running a long way making it so incredible and i cant believe i hadn't heard of it before November. article 5 is written by a debut author Kristen Simmons only making her venture into writing last year Kristen has made heaps of fans writing about the future time zone in a more catastrophic way   and she doesn't leave any gruesome or romance behind this book is filled with new aspects of what length people can go for love and revenge.

BLURB: New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned.

The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes.
There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior—instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back.
Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren't always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it's hard for her to forget that people weren't always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. It's hard to forget that life in the United States used to be different.
Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow.
That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers is none other than Chase Jennings—the only boy Ember has ever loved

PROS:

• captivates audience and keeps interesting
• explained well in detail the surroundings of characters
• states  clearly in blurb what has happened and what the book is about
• has thought out characters that contrast what is happening around
• is originally written

CONS:

• following same in genre (dystopian/post apocalyptic)
• has complimentary main character Chase being switching from hard core to loving and affectionate making it very confusing whether to figure out if he is good or bad or even FBR or not.

FIRST LINE:

Beth and Ryan were holding hands.

LAST LINE:

we were safe and together and that was all that really mattered now.

DISCUSSION:

 the characters in this story weren't overtly stereo typical but if you had look at ember she was the softie turned hard core but she turned hard core from like the fiftieth page and it was hard to tell if she was ember or another character like Katniss or Tris. the story itself puts a lot of shape on where they are and what might happen which i think Kristen spent a lot of time on  but the twisting and turning of characters almost felt chaotic and at least every complimentary side-main character changed over the space of 362 pages. all in all her descriptions and emotive passages had me crying with ember as she went through all her distraught and torture.

Overall Score:  3.5/5

although i have put this book under the glass i shouldn't deter you from reading it i really enjoyed it!

Hugs and Wishes

Candi

this is so not happening review

oh wow i cant believe the he's so she's so trilogy is finally over i read this trilogy over the pats three years and she's so dead to us was one of the first books i ever flicked through in under 24 hours and thats pretty memorable and with each book of the trilogy they have always left it on the hook and makes you feel all tingly and with me just want to rip the book apart until the next one comes out in a good way of course! it made high school sound fun and dramatic. cool yet frightening and i could go on all day but i wont.

now as i am writing this review i am setting up a  new review policy. consisting of the blurb a pros and cons list and the first and last line and overall rating.

The Blurb: 

After their long summer apart, Ally and Jake were hoping for a drama free senior year. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like things will work out that way...again. — It turns out that Chloe is pregnant and says that Jake is the father. Hammond is pissed at his best friend, but mostly can't believe that Ally would stay with Jake. But Ally is tired of being apart from Jake and is willing to make it work. But that is easier said than done when Jake starts blowing Ally off to go to doctor's appointments with Chloe and Ally joins the school play and meets a new cute guy.

But as graduation approaches, things get more complicated as new secrets come out and Ally realizes maybe Jake isn't the guy she thought he was. After everything they've been through can Ally and Jake get out of Orchard Hill with their relationship intact?

PROS:

• ally and jake decide to stay together considering the "baby" 
• chloe stands up for herself
• the crestie girls overcome issues with the norms and have a boy suck night 
• ally discovers drama again
• all of the characters got what they wanted for the future (not going any further)
• ally's mom gets married to gray (quinns dad)

CONS:

• jake and ally fight all the way through the book
• the gossip pages almost make it out to be seeking revenge
• the whole group falls apart
• hammond hates jake
• chloe starts to ignore ally

First Line:

"chloes pregnant?" jake blurted, pushing himself up off the ground

Last Line:

"we do," i said with a grin, "anything we want to."

OVERALL 4/5 stars 

Hugs and Wishes

Candi