October, 8th: The House of Hades by RICK RIORDAN
Resist by SARAH CROSSAN
October, 14th: Finding Cinderella by COLLEEN HOOVER
October, 15th: The Fall of the Hotel Dumort ( The Bane Chronicles) by CASSANDRA CLARE & MAUREEN JOHNSON
Never fade by ALEXANDRA BRACKEN
October, 22th: Allegiant by VERONICA ROTH
October, 29th: The Iron Traitor by JULIE KAGAWA
Greed by FISHER AMELIE
This book was fantastic. I was enchanted from page one. I love Rainbow Rowell's writing style: you get sucked into Cath's head from the start.
I've never related to a character, as much as I did with Cath. We're both in the same stage of our life, we're both quiet, and we don't like crowds. But most of all, I can relate to her PASSION.
I went through that same thing with Harry Potter. I grew up with those books, waited years for their release, and when the final book came, I couldn't stop crying. I remember reading Dobby's death, and crying my eyes out. I had to stop for a couple of hours, cause I was such an emotional wreck.
And Simon Snow was to Cath, what Harry Potter was to me. If I could, I would erase all that series from my memory, so I can experience reading it all for the first time again.
And with this book as well. I have a massive hungover from this book! I will be re-reading it soon!
I love how Fanfiction was explained in this book. I never really get what it was, and it's clear in here. I understand completely Cath's love for writing in the Simon Snow world. Who wouldn't want to write about their favourite books, and play with its world?
Also, I love how this book shows that there's no age to loving something, as long as it doesn't take over your love.
I loved Levi! He was the best: the greatest guy, with a huge heart. I loved that he loved life, as passionate as he could.
It was really interesting how Rowell portraited him: having a reading deficiency, but being a great listener, with an incredible memory. I loved that he listened to audiobooks, because he couldn't focus, and remembered EVERYTHING.
"Cath realized that she’d started doing Simon and Baz’s voices— at least doing the version of their voices that she heard in her head. She glanced over at Levi to see if he’d noticed. He was holding his cup with both hands against his chest and resting his chin on top, like it was keeping him warm. His eyes were open but unfocused. He looked like a little kid watching TV."
The romance between him and Cath was beautiful. I love that we get to see their relationship progressing, and how they went from friends to something else.
“You’re not the ugly one.” Levi grinned. “You’re just the Clark Kent.”
Cath started checking her e-mail.
“Hey, Cath,” Levi said, kicking her chair. She could hear the teasing in his voice. “Will you warn me when you take off your glasses?”
Cath's family is a big topic in this book: we have the workaholic father, the independent wannabe twin, and the absent mother. The absent mother plays a big role: she's what defined every member of the family. All of them changed after she left, that September 11th.
We see a lot of struggling in the family, cause they all love, and depend on each other a lot, but they try at the same time, to deal with their issues by themselves.
Reagan was awesome! She was a badass, with a good head on her shoulders. She was very rational, and didn't take any bullshit, and that's what makes her Cath's perfect friend.
Levi, Reagan and Cath together, were the perfect trio, and their interactions were so funny!
I loved this book very much. I wanted to know more, like if Carry on, Simon was finally released, and what she ends up doing with her life after college, but despite that, I wouldn't change a thing about it. A must read for all of those who love reading, and have that special series, or number of books that they'll never forget, and that they keep safe in their hearts.
This book was beautiful. I cried so much, with this emotional story.
June was a fourteen year old girl who preferred to live in another era, cause she didn't felt part of her time, and was completely misunderstood. The only person who got her was her uncle Finn, who was dying from AIDS.
Their relationship was lovely, and it made me want to find someone with such close interests as them.
When he died at the beginning of the book, I was disappointed that we didn't get to much about their relationship, and him, but there were enough flashbacks and stories of Finn, and you couldn¡t help loving him.
After he dies, June finds out that her uncle had a secret lover, called Toby, who wanted to meet Finn's beloved niece. They share their grief, learning a lot from each other, and seeing a side of Finn they didn't know. Their time together, the slow develop in the relationship made you want to keep reading to found out about their next step.
“I just thought, maybe we’re supposed to try to, you know, move on,” I said.
Toby glanced up. I thought he’d looked older when I saw him earlier, but now, without the coat, he seemed younger. Shrunk down to nothing. He cocked his head and stared at me with a puzzled expression.
“But where would we move to?”
June was a great narrator. She was selfless and caring, and humble. I only wished she could have reacted to some of Greta's offences and her mother's comments.
I didn't like Greta for most of the book. She was really mean to June, and I wanted to slap her. But Greta is a really complex character: she's not a mean girl at all, only lonely and screaming for affection. She resented June and Finn for leaving her as the third wheel, who was only interrupting their happiness. She acted the wrong way, though: she should have spoken up, and told June that she wanted to spend more time with her.
June's mother was complex as well. She resented Toby for keeping her brother away, and was unfair to Finn. She was also ashamed of the life she had achieved and of putting away her dream of being an artist, and travel the world. I was expecting a fight from her at the end, considering her firm decision of staying away from Toby, but she came around quickly, making a wise choice. She embraced Toby in his hour of need, and somehow he ended up at peace with her.
I wanted to see more about Ben: he was an interesting and different character, who could have enriched June's life so much more. There's an open end for them, and I can imagine some happy ending for them.
I completely love this book. It was a great story, that radiated so much emotion, with complicated and unique characters. I recommend it to those who are ready to read a beautiful story, that they won't forget soon.
I didn't expect this story: it was better that what I had anticipated. I loved it, and it's amazing characters.
Jake, the main character, is someone with a huge heart and a good head on top of his shoulders. He knows what is important, and despite what happens to him, he didn't sulk a lot, and instead focused on the important things, such as Samantha's situation.
I did not see coming what was going with Samantha. It took me completely by surprise, and made me love all the characters involved even more.
Samantha was brave and smart, but she has fear of letting herself love people, because of what happened to her parents. I thought that was rather silly, and cliché. She wasn't necessarily going to repeat her parents's story, and it was dumb to fear something that could possibly not happen. If we let fear take over our lives, we wouldn't do anything at all!
So, yeah, when she starts hanging out with Jake, their lives start to change, for the better. He realized that are worse things in the World than being mute, and she realized that sometimes it's okay to let people help you, and into your life.
The romance between them was really sweet. It's completely obvious that they're both crazy for each other.
I loved reading his thoughts, the things he wanted to say when she was around him, and how at times, she said the exact same thing he wished he could say.
His family is this huge, supportive family, with a lot of people with different personalities, but who love one another no matter what. I loved to read when all the Hayes brothers and sisters were together, and when their mom threw those big meals for everyone who wanted to go. It was really sweet how they all accepted Sam into their family, like it was nothing.
I completely recommend this book, full of drama, romance, and companionship, that leaves a great message to all their readers: Always say what you're afraid to say.
