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Book Review : Across The Universe

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“A leader doesn’t make pawns – he makes people.” 

― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

Synopsis : Amy is a cryogenically frozen passenger aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed. She expects to awaken on a new planet, 300 years in the future. But fifty years before Godspeed‘s scheduled landing, Amy’s cryo chamber is unplugged. . .
Now, Amy is caught inside an enclosed world where nothing makes sense.Godspeed‘s passengers have forfeited all control to Eldest, a tyrannical and frightening leader, and Elder, his rebellious and brilliant teenage heir.All she knows is that she must race to unlock Godspeed‘s hidden secrets before whoever woke her tries to kill again.

I was a little nervous about starting this book because I’ve always been wary of true to form sci-fi, and my previous adventure in sci-fi “spaceship” YA fiction didn’t go very well. However, Across The Universe has changed my mind completely.

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Book Review : Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally

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 “I squeeze his hand. “You know what I think about dreams?” 

Ty smiles slightly. “What?” 

“That if you spend too much time dreaming, you’ll stop actually doing. And when you actually do stuff, there’s a good chance things will work out. 
We make things happen by attacking, not by sitting around dreaming.”

 – Catching Jordan, Miranda Kenneally

Synopsis: What girl doesn’t want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn’t just surrounded by hot guys, though – she leads them as the captain and quarterback on her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys, and that’s just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university. But now there’s a new guy in town who threatens her starring position on the team… and has her suddenly wishing to be seen as more than just a teammate

 

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Book Review : A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

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“We’re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only to reflect their images back to them. .  . Hollow vessel of girls to be rinsed of our own ambitions wants and opinions, just waiting to be filled with the cool tepid water of gracious compliance. . . a fissure forms in the vessel. I’m cracking open.”                                                                        

– Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty

 

  A Great and Terrible Beauty is a witty, dark and funny novel that pulls readers into late 19th century England and the misadventures of Gemma Doyle.

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Book Review : We Hear The Dead by Dianne Salerni

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“When given a choice between money and the good opinion of society, a lady must always choose her reputation.”

– Dianne K. Salerni, We Hear The Dead

 

Synopsis: It started out as a harmless prank. But soon enough, spiritualism was the fastest growing movement of the nineteenth century, and Maggie Fox was trapped in a life of deceit. 

Meticulously researched by the author, We Hear the Dead reveals the secret of how the Fox sisters faked their rapping sounds and their motives for inventing the séance and founding spiritualism. 

 

I won this book from the Dianne K. Salerni during the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop and I’m glad I did. If I hadn’t  I don’t think I would ever picked this book up. For some reason, I was wary of independent and small book publishers and was surprised by We Hear The Dead. It is a thoughtful and thorough novel with an interesting story to tell….

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Book Review : Daimon by Jennifer Armentrout

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“You ever watch Clash of the Titans or read any Greek fables? Well those gods are real and yeah, I’m sort of a descendant of them.”

– Jennifer Armentrout, Daimon

Ever since I’ve started book blogging, I’ve heard so much about a certain author named Jennifer L. Armentrout. Everyone simply adores her. I’ve even sat in on some of her video chats and I can see why everyone thinks she is (to say as she would) so awesomesauce. Which is why I was overjoyed when I won a copy of the prequel novel Daimon from Shellie over at Creative Reads.

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Book Review : Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

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“Sometimes the only choice is between acceptance and madness.” 

 _ Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” 

― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

 

I thought Clockwork Angel was excellent and as much as I didn’t want to compare it to The Mortal Instruments…I did.

But, let’s answer the banner question: Do I need to read The Mortal Instruments to understand Clockwork Angel? No. In fact, unless you just want to read them, I would skip TMI. You just can’t have the “Hey! It the thing/person/place from the thing !” moments. Don’t worry, in my opinion, it’s a fair trade.

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