Thursday, August 04, 2016

JS--Short Story pt:1

    After the war the world was just ashes. We won all our efforts and the efforts of our people had worked. We had wanted our throne back for we are the true rulers of Jade, we were the only descendents of Alcestis and they all hated us for it. We had been oppressed, our power and jewels all stripped leaving us bare with nothing.
    This caused havoc in the kingdoms for without their true rulers the world rejected all life. But they believed that we still had magic, they thought we found a way to get past the jewels and hex the earth. They hunted us for years but there were druids who gave us safe passage. No one thought about the druids, for even the slightest thought of associating with humans scared all the elves, faeries and giants away.
    This war had been years in the making and it was brutal. Millions died and even more were injured, but the worst was yet to come. Just weeks later I had given birth to a baby boy. He looked just like my father with hair the color of gold and eyes a bright jade. This was by far the best moment of my entire life, having him in my arms and  his tiny hands in my own, it was the most mystical thing I had ever experienced.
Only days after I had given birth the druids they wanted pay for their efforts and when denied they stripped me of my son and sent him to the human world.The only place they knew we couldn’t get to until our power was fully restored.
    So I had them all killed, 4,000 druids dead and none knew where my son was was.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Across The Universe by Beth Revis

Picture Amy is frozen on Godspeed a spaceship full of secrets. On godspeed everything is controlled. All the people are in a kind of trance and those who are not are seen as crazy. Amy is awakened before they can reach their destination. I personally really enjoyed this book, it was a very quick and easy book. It had me hooked in a matter of seconds. The idea that Amy was supposed to wake with her family but will not get to see them anymore is devastating. She will have to die alone and her family will not be able to see her but hey at least she has Elder. I personally enjoyed Elder  but the fact that he woke her up was kind of a let down. He ruined her life just because she intrigued him. Like come on dude anyone would date you why would you wake her up.
Across The Universe is a good sci-fi book for those who are still new to sci-fi. This being because although it does have sci-fi elements in focuses more on the mystery of what is going on in the ship and who woke Amy up.

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Filled with magic, thrilling adventure, and sweet romance, Elementals 3: The Head of Medusa is the latest installment in Michelle Madow’s exciting Elementals series. Follow Nicole and her fellow Elementals as they journey to the end of the world, unsure of who to trust, and facing choices that will put their lives and the entire world at risk. Will they all survive the mission? And if they don’t, will the ones who do be able to find the strength to continue?

Title: Elementals 3: The Head of Medusa
Author: Michelle Madow
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing
Format: eBook and paperback


Synopsis:

THE EPIC JOURNEY CONTINUES IN THE THIRD BOOK OF THE ELEMENTALS SERIES.

Moving to a new town wasn’t supposed to be easy. But for Nicole Cassidy, it meant discovering she was a witch with never before seen elemental powers. Mysteriously given a mission that could help save the world, Nicole and four other gifted classmates journeyed to Greece, where they battled ancient monsters and barely escaped with their lives.

Now Nicole and the Elementals have returned home, and while her relationship with Blake—the fire Elemental—is finally heating up, she can’t rid herself of the guilt that she’s responsible for the death of one of their own in Greece. But she must remain focused, because the portal to the prison world of Kerberos is weakening, and Typhon, one of Earth’s deadliest creatures, has escaped. Now the Elementals must retrieve the only object in the world that can destroy this dangerous monster—the head of Medusa herself.


Follow the Elementals as they journey to the end of the world, unsure of who to trust, and facing choices that will put their lives and the entire world at risk. Will they all survive the mission? And if they don’t, will the ones who do be able to find the strength to continue?

Find out in the riveting third book in the Elementals series, The Head of Medusa.

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Michelle Madow writes fast-paced YA (young adult) fiction that will leave you turning the pages wanting more!

She grew up in Baltimore, and now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, where she writes books for young adults. Some of her favorite things are: reading, pizza, traveling, shopping, time travel, Broadway musicals, and spending time with friends and family. Michelle went on a cross-country road trip from Florida to California and back to promote her books and to encourage high school students to embrace reading and writing. Someday, she hopes to travel the world for a year on a cruise ship.

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Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Red Queen By Victoria Aveyard

   It's safe to say that this book definitely exceeded my expectations. I had previously heard from some close friends that it was very cliche and that the overall story had been done before. Although I do believe that it has some very commonly seen components, Red Queen certainly distinguishes itself as a very unique book.
   This book has teenage romance in a way that is not overpowering to the story and although Mare does make some exceptions because of love it never clouds her judgement of things for too long. She is a strong and confident character. She just happened to trust the wrong person.
  Overall I really enjoyed Red Queen. It had just the right amount of twists and turns that I personally did not see coming at all. Victoria Aveyard does an amazing job at keeping readers alert at all times. The concept behind this silver and red world is amazing.

Friday, April 01, 2016

City of Fallen Angels By Cassandra Clare

 This fourth installment of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments is to die for. So far this is hands down my favorite book in the series.  The biggest reason for this is because we don't know what they are really up against until it is finally revealed as Lilith. In the previous books we knew exactly what they were up against Valentine and we knew exactly what he wanted. Here they have no clue what Lilith wants until they finally see Sebastian. I also enjoyed how the different relationships have different problems. Jace is dreaming of killing Clary, Simon is two timing Izzy and Alec is doubting his relationship with Magnus. They were  all done beautifully and resolved by the end of the book.
This kept me wanting more. Like I want to know how they are going to unlink Sebastian and Jace. Are Simon and Izzy going to try dating again? so many questions.
DISCLAIMER: This is my first time reading this series because until a while ago it really intimidated me. I would look at it and my head was always just like nope.



Freedoms Child By Jax Miller

 This books has me very conflicted on how I personally feel about it. I really enjoyed the  the overall story. I did no that this books was kind of a slow read. It is not a long book a but some things in the book dragged on too long. Freedom's child is a great novel I am just not sure how i feel about the writing style. "I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review."