Author: Destiny Vandeput

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Review of Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

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Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
418 Pages

Summary:

Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grown dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”; she speaks many languages not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.

When one of the strangers—beautiful, haunted Akiva—fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

My Thoughts:

Although this book was off the bat beautifully written and had an intriguing story, it did take me a bit to get into the story. But once I did, I LOVED it!

I would definitely recommend.

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“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
― Louisa May Alcott

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Review of Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

 

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Before I fall by Lauren Oliver
470 Pages

SUMMARY:

What if you only had one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life?

Samantha Kingston has it all: looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last.

The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. Living the last day of her life seven times during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.

My Thoughts:

I thought this was a great “Mean Girls” type contemporary YA book. It reminded me of what a total B that I was in high school *insert uncomfortable cringe* Aren’t we all SO glad that the majority of us have the chance to right some wrongs and change our stars before we die? I for one am!

I didn’t LOVE the ending, but it was a great story.

 I recommend.

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Stuff My Kids Say #2

A conversation with my four year old son Shiloh:

Me: “You are so adorable!”

Shiloh: Don’t say that.

Me: Why not?

Shiloh: Because that’s what girls say to girl kids. I’m not a girl kid.

Me: No, mommy’s can say it to their babies.

Shiloh: I’M NOT A BABY OR A GIRL KID!

Already so cool….

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Review of Partials by Dan Wells

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Partials by Dan Wells

468 pages
Published February 28th 2012 by Balzer + Bray

 

Summary: 

The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out.

Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic-in-training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM ravage the community while mandatory pregnancy laws have pushed what’s left of humanity to the brink of civil war, and she’s not content to stand by and watch. But as she makes a desperate decision to save the last of her race, she will find that the survival of humans and Partials alike rests in her attempts to uncover the connections between them—connections that humanity has forgotten, or perhaps never even knew were there.

Dan Wells, acclaimed author of I Am Not a Serial Killer, takes readers on a pulsepounding journey into a world where the very concept of what it means to be human is in question—one where our humanity is both our greatest liability and our only hope for survival.

My thoughts: This was such a great book! If I had more time I know, I would gotten through it in just a few settings. First off, when reading it I could have sworn it was written by a woman, because it felt more emotional than the average book written by a man. I loved the story and the pacing was excellent for a longer book. It’s TOTALLY hooked me into reading the next one!

 

I definitely recommend this book!