Anna and the French Kiss- Stephanie Perkins

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Title: Anna and the French Kiss
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Release Date: December 2010
Genre: YA, Contemporary
Rating: GO READ IT!

Goodreads Description

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris--until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend.  

But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?

This was a reread for me. I wanted to read it in honor of Isla and the Happily Ever After coming out this year (I didn't remember her that much from Anna, where she already appears) and I was also REALLY in the mood for an awesome Contemporary.
Anna and the French Kiss is an AWESOME book, it makes you sad (not so often) and VERY happy (more often) and I you keep on getting this fuzzy feeling in your tummy when there is a really great love story.

And that is exactly what's between Anna and St.Clair. I'm calling him St.Clair because I honestly prefer it to Étienne and also, I didn't earn the right to call him that (You can't just call him that, okay?!).
So let's talk about St. Clair now. Even though he isn't perfect, he is such a great character. And especially when he's embarrassed or if he's in an awkward situation, he is so CUTE. Honestly, St.Clair is one of my favorite love interests and with Anna he's just perfect.

And also, the side characters. I really liked the friendship in the group and how they all had their one problems to deal with. Josh was one of my favorites from the group (he's an artist) and this made me just so excited for Isla and her story. (If you don't know, Josh is the love interest in the book.) 

Also, PARIS. I love how Perkins describes the city, how she teaches us something about it without us really noticing. It's awesome. I'm really in the mood to go to Paris now and stand on Point Zero to make a wish. (Read the book and you will understand!!)

Just basically, I LOVE Anna and the French Kiss. I love how it is a mix between the love story between Anna and St.Clair but also how Anna earns confidence and Paris. 

So, if you like Young Adult Contemporary Reads, you should really pick this one up. I also recommend the companion novel Lola and the Boy Next Door, even though I personally could relate more to Anna and would recommend reading it first (because it is also first in order)

Just go pick it up. 

Rereading

I'm not the biggest rereader, but sometimes a good book you already know feels like a friend that you can visit again. And especially if it the books doesn't live from surprises and twists but from the feelings you get while reading it. So basically, what I'm trying to say, I just got my copy from Anna and the French Kiss and I'm going to reread this wonderful beautiful story.

Review of the book will follow whenever I manage to finish it (because I'm still really stressed in school and stuff)

Orphan Black

Hi guys! Since I don't have ANY time for reading right now, I decided to talk a bit about Orphan Black because the second season finale aired on Saturday and it was absolutely awesome and pretty please can I have season 3 right now?

But anyway

The plot
The first season starts with Sarah Manning, our main protagonist, witnessing the suicide of a woman who looks EXACTLY like her. So Sarah takes the woman's bag and decides to take over her life. At the same time she starts to meet more people that look exactly like her and she finds out that she is actually one of a series of clones.

Reasons you should watch the show

Tatiana Maslany: I don't even know what to say about this woman. She is an AMAZING actress. When she plays Sarah, I believe her and when she plays Cosima, I believe her too. HER ACTING IS INCREDIBLE AND I LOVE HER

 

All the characters: The clones may look all the same, but they are actually SO DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER AND UGH. You just have to love them even though you don't sometimes. And there are not only the clones! There is Felix, Sarah's foster brother and did I mention Paul?

  Yes I love this guy

The suspense: This show keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time! You wanna now what's going on, you don't want the bad stuff to happen but it still does and SO AMAZING

Incredibly funny: You wouldn't believe it, but that show actually makes me laugh out loud pretty often

with scenes like this for example

So I have to go back to studying now but basically it's just that this show is fantastic and it has it all and you really should go check it out because ALL THE LOVE FOR ORPHAN BLACK

Apocalypse Tag- Shadowhunter Version

Hi again!
So Blaze (I don't know you, but I saw your tag and loved it) made a tag which is somehow Zombie Apocalypse meets Shadowhunter. You can check her post out here

It is in honor of City of Heavenly Fire, which will be released in ONLY TWO WEEKS. So now Blaze decided to make the Zombie Apocalypse tag- but just with TMI/TID Characters.

Here are the rules:

You take 5 of your favorite books (for this version only the TMI and TID books, just your 5 favorites from those both of those series altogether) and you write the titles down and put them in a jar. Once they are in the jar, you pick out a slip of paper and it decides the book you pick. When you do that, you take the book and open to a random page and the first name that you see on the page will be your character for the question/team member that will be part of your zombie apocalypse team. If you see a name that has already been picked, you use the next name.

There are 10 different positions that the book characters, and they are the following:1. The first person to die2. The person you trip to get away from the zombies3. The first person to turn into a zombie4. The person that trips YOU to get away from the zombies5. The idiot of the team6. The "brains" of the team7. The team's medic8. The weapons expert9. The brawler10. The Team Captain

This was created by Nathan Hale on Youtube and you check out his video right here.

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 Okay, so I wrote all the books down and just chose five at random and got them in this order: City of Glass, Clockwork Princess, Clockwork Angel, City of Lost Souls, City of Fallen Angels

City of Glass:
1. Okay, so the first person to die is Hodge Starkweather. I can't say that I'm really sad about it, because well. He wasn't the nicest person in the world.

2. I trip Jace to get away from the zombies. Ehm ops, that probably wasn't a good move because he would still outrun me and I would die anyway. Stupid me.

Clockwork Princess:

3. The first person to turn into a zombie is Will Herondale. This makes me actually so mad at myself. WHY WILL WHY. He probably did it to save me because he actually is way to smart to get turned into a zombie

4. Gideon trips me to get away from the zombies. This is a bit surprising because I actually always thought that he was really nice, but well. I'm sure Sophie will be disappointed

Clockwork Angel:

5. The idiot of the team is Tessa. Well she does do things without thinking first, so I guess that makes kinda sense

6. Ehem. The "brains" of the team is Nate. Well, I guess we're all going to die then

City of Lost Souls:

7. Maia is the medic of the team. Well I guess she can do that? I don't like her on my team in general so I would have preferred if she would have become a zombie instead of Will

8. The weapons expert on my team is Lilith. I actually think that is pretty cool, because as a demon and stuff I am sure she is excellent with weapons. Maybe she can kill our "brains" by accident, since she is evil and everything. 

City of Fallen Angels:

9. The brawler in our round is Clary. Well, I had hoped she wouldn't be on my team at all, because we all know she just runs off and does whatever she wants, so well. I guess she can fight as a brawler and that's what we need.

10. Our team captain is Camille. Well ehm. I actually think she is pretty badass and I like her pretty much so I hope she won't lead us all to our deaths. (Can vampires even become zombies?!) But is she a good team player? I don't think she and Clary would get along. I hope they don't kill each other because I might need my brawler. 

My Zombie Apocalypse Team Overall:

First Person to Die: Hodge
Person I trip to get away from the Zombies: Jace
First person to turn into a Zombie: Will
Person that trips ME to get away from the Zombies: Gideon
Idiot of the Team: Tessa
Brains of the Team: Nate
Medic of the Team: Maia
Weapons Expert: Lilith
Brawler: Clary
Team Captain: Camille

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Okay if I am brutally honest now, I don't have much faith in my team. Maybe Camille and Lilith could turn it around though... but if Nate is our brains and Clary our brawler... Because I wouldn't be any use after Will turned into a zombie. I would just look for ways to turn him back. Because that's what you do for the people you love.

Thanks for the tag it was a lot of fun. Btw, I saw it here. Go check Rachel's blog out, it's totally awesome. :D 

The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy #1)- Marie Rutkoski

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Title: The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy #1)
Author: Marie Rutkoski
Release Date: March 2014
Rating: 7.5 stars
















Goodreads Description

Winning what you want may cost you everything you love 
As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. 
One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin. 
But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined. 
Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart

Okay, so when I read the synopsis of The Winner's Curse I was really intrigued. I really like these stories where two people of different classes/enemies fall for each other. I really like it here too. The story is told from both Kestrel's and Arin's point of view which let us see all the sides of the story. It is set in a world where the Valorians (Kestrel's people) have conquered a lot of countries. They enslaved the Herrani and they really do have a lot of slaves. Right when I started the book I could just shake my head because it seems like they are begging for the Herrani to start resisting the Valorians.

I really liked Kestrel for the largest part of the book. She is really good at strategy, but doesn't want to enlist to the military which her father wishes for her to do. That means that she has to marry when she is twenty (Military or marriage- how awesome to be a woman in this world -.-). She is really nice and treats the slaves better than the other Valorians. At one point of the book she started to annoy me for a bit because she just didn't do anything, but for the most part she is a really great character.

With Arin I had my problems. I don't know why I didn't like him. He seems like a good person and he only wants his people to be free but... yeah. Also some of the actions he takes just seemed a bit unbelievable to me. If I wanted my people free so badly, would I risk it for love? I don't think so, to be honest.

There were also some side characters I really liked, but they could've been made more important because right now I feel like there were just Arin and Kestrel.

The story was really good but it seemed to me that the Climax came already in the middle of the book. This doesn't have to be bad because we know what to expect until that point and after that not so much anymore.

I really don't know how the Trilogy will continue and even though I didn't LOVE it, I'm excited to see how things will develop.

Sisters Red (Fairytale Retellings #1)- Jackson Pearce

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Title: Sisters Red
Author: Jackson Pearce
Release Date: June 2010
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance(?)
Rating: 6.5 stars















Goodreads Description

Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris--the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring and slaying the wolves. She's determined to protect other young girls from a grisly death, and her raging heart will not rest until every single wolf is dead.Rosie March once felt her bond with her sister was unbreakable. Owing Scarlett her life, Rosie hunts ferociously alongside her. But even as more girls' bodies pile up in the city and the Fenris seem to be gaining power, Rosie dreams of a life beyond the wolves. She finds herself drawn to Silas, a young woodsman who is deadly with an ax and Scarlett's only friend--but does loving him mean betraying her sister and all that they've worked for?

I was really excited for that book. I love fairytales and fairytale retellings as well. And I really liked the book, but it couldn't really bring me to love it.

It tells the story from the sisters Scarlett and Rosie whose Grandmother was killed by a Fenris. It's told from both their POVs in the present. The story is really interesting and the fighting scenes are really action packed and also let me hold my breath sometimes.
I really liked the writing as well. Jackson Pearce has an easy writing style that makes it easy to continue reading.

My main problem was actually that I didn't couldn't identify with the characters AT ALL. I just didn't feel it and it took away a lot of what this book could've been to me. The same with the love story, I just didn't care about it.
Also, some of the secrets were so painfully obvious and they didn't see it that I wanted to go and slap the characters sometimes.

All in all Sisters Red is a entertaining read with good fighting scenes and an okay love story which I probably won't remember for that long.

New Rating System!

I'M BACK!
I know that nobody noticed that I was gone, but I AM back and since I didn't finish Sisters Red on my short holiday (Shame on me) I can't post the review here. BUT I wanted to make a short post about my new rating system, which won't be very special but still.

Basically I will just give 10 stars in the future instead of the 5 stars because you can different more.


THAT WAS IT ALREADY

I'm hopefully back with a review soon.