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Fracture by Megan Miranda

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9548964Fracture by Megan MirandaMegan Miranda
Genre: Contemporary, Mystery
Published by: Bloomsbury
Pages: 262
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★

I picked this book up on a whim because it sounded similar to the movie ‘Age of Adeline’, however what I got instead was a weird mix of Mara Dyer and a high school thriller.

Fracture did not leave a lasting impression. As soon as I put the book down I practically forgot it. It follows Delaney Maxwell who falls into a frozen lake and almost dies. After her recovery she gets a strange twinge in her head that means someone in the local area is going to die.

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Review: Resist by Sarah Crossan

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resistResist by Sarah Crossan
Genre: Dystopian, Sci-Fi
Published by: Bloomsbury
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Series: Breathe (#1)
Rating: ★★★★

Luckily, I didn’t have to find out what happened next in the sequel to Breathe, because my local library has had the second book in stock for ages and finally I got to pick it up! I really loved the first book and was super excited to see how the series would conclude. I can happily say that I liked the ending and to a certain extent, wish there had been more!

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Review: Soundless by Richelle Mead

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24751478Soundless by Richelle Mead
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Published by: Razorbill
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★★★★

Soundless has received a lot of mixed reviews, mostly because people were surprised that it’s a fantasy novel and yet it’s only 260-something pages. At first I was hesitant to pick it up, because I have similar tastes to those that said they didn’t enjoy it, but when I found Soundless in my local library, I couldn’t resist. From this I’ve leaned that we shouldn’t be surprised just because one book doesn’t fit our conventions of the genre, because, for me, Soundless was refreshing and completely beautiful! I LOVED IT!

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Review: Breathe by Sarah Crossan

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breatheBreathe by Sarah Crossan
Genre: Dystopian, Romance, Sci-Fi
Published by: Bloomsbury
Pages: 373
Format: Paperback
Series: Resist (#2)
Rating: ★★★.5

I’ll admit it here and now, this was a bit of a cover buy. After reading Under the Never Sky and eventually really liking it, I thought I would give this series a try, since it seemed pretty similar! In a world where there are no longer any trees, your oxygen is controlled by Breathe and unless you’re Privileges, you lead a very restricted life. Quinn is Privileged and Bea is not, but they’re not about to let their caste dictate their friendships, together they leave the Pod and get caught up in RATS, the rebellion that wants to expose Breathe and forge a new world where everyone has the right to breathe.

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Review: Enders by Lissa Price

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13412377Enders by Lissa Price
Genre: Sci-Fi, Dsytopia
Published by: Delcorte Press
Pages: 288
Format: e-book
Rating: ★★
Series: Starters (#1)

I have to say that I was slightly confused upon starting Enders since it’s been such a long time since I read Starters. I couldn’t quite remember who the main character was outside of her enhanced body and how was the evil again? Why is this Old Man’s voice in her head? This book didn’t do a great job of quickly summarising the first book, but eventually I found my way back.

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(Spoiler) Review: Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian

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20743262Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
Genre: Contemporary, Paranormal, Romance
Published by: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 368
Format: e-book
Rating: ★★
Series: Burn For Burn (#1) | Fire With Fire (#2)
Where to Find: Goodreads | Amazon

I was so unbelievably excited to read this book. Fire With Fire was one of my favourite books of the year and I needed to know what happened next. I’d seen a couple of reviews floating around Goodreads about how rushed the ending was and how it wasn’t as great as the other book in the series, but I refused to believe this would be the case. How could it be when Fire With Fire had been SO GOOD? But boy oh boy was I proven wrong. Ashes to Ashes was rushed and the ending was straight up ridiculous. What we have here, ladies and gentleman, is a perfect example of wasted potential.

(Disclaimer: you should still read this series if you haven’t because the first two books are 5 star reads and totally worth it, but just prepare yourself for a disappointing ending.)

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Review: Library of Souls by Ranson Riggs

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24120519Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Genre: Supernatural
Published by: Quirk Books
Pages: 458
Format: e-book
Rating: ★★
Series: Miss Peregrine’s Home… (#1) | Hollow City (#2)
Where to Find: Goodreads | Amazon

Library of Souls is the final book in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series, it wasn’t one of my high anticipated reads, but I’d read the other two, so why not! I was mostly disappointed, which is pretty much how I felt about Hollow City too. If you’re a fan of the series, then you’ll definitely appreciate the series, but I just don’t think it was my thing.

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Review: The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey

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16131534The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
Genre: Dystopian, Aliens
Published by: Penguin Books
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Rating: ★★
Series: The 5th Wave (#1)

The Infinite Sea has been sat on our shelves since it’s release, and finally one of us has gotten round to reading it! After finishing The 5th Wave I was really interested to see how this series would progress, as we didn’t get an awful lot of answers. You may remember that in my review of The 5th Wave I said I wanted more Ringer, and what d’ya know? Ringer’s POV makes up at least 1/2 of the book!

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Spoiler Review: The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare

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I have a full and stand-alone review of Clockwork Angel, but today, I thought I would give my general thoughts and opinions on the series as a whole after completing Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Princess. Upon finishing this series I can happily say that I enjoyed The Mortal Instruments series a whole lot more. The Infernal Devices series is, at its core, a romance, and I don’t think I can forgive the fact that Tessa somehow managed to have her cake and eat it too – absolutely ridiculous!

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Review: Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers

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20522640Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers
Genre: Historical, Romance
Published by: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 440
Format: e-book
Rating:
Series: Grave Mercy (#1) | Dark Triumph (#2)
Where to Find: Goodreads | Amazon

I have loved the rest of the His Fair Assassin trilogy and I absolutely could not wait to start reading Mortal Heart, where we’d finally hear Annith’s side of things! However, I hate to say it, but I was bitterly disappointed with this as a conclusion! I can’t believe I didn’t enjoy this after loving the first two so much. Maybe it was because of how long it took me to get round to reading it, but I think its problems lie somewhere in these three things:

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