Tag: Young Adult Book Reviews

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

This book has to be the best YA book I’ve read so far. I really had low expectations for this book before Ive started reading it, but almost insatiately when I began reading this book I fall in love with it.

Reading this book was an absolute roller coaster of emotions to be fully honest with you. Because I really went from being happy, to fall in love with Gus to be fully hard broken at the end. 

The love story between Hazel and Gus is just amazing. Even thou they are both sick they still find a way to be together and to enjoy the time they have left.

The plot in this book is truly sad, heartbreaking and at the same time very satisfying in a way. There is something very unique about it and there is something which will make you fall in love with it.

The writing style here is amazing. It truly adds more to this story. The writing style is very easy. Which makes it very enjoyable and quick read.

The characters in this book are truly amazing. There is something which makes them feel like they are real human beings. We get to know Hazel’s thoughts and emotions which really adds a depth to her. But it also makes her to such a likeable character. 

And Gus is such easy going, and his obsessions with metaphors really made him so easy to like character.

The ending in this book is truly heartbreaking, because we truly don’t see it coming until it actually happens. It truly made me very sad, and I needed couple of days to process this book before writing this review.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

Lara Jean is having the best senior year. And there’s still so much to look forward to: a class trip to New York City, prom with her boyfriend Peter, Beach Week after graduation, and her dad’s wedding to Ms. Rothschild. Then she’ll be off to college with Peter, at a school close enough for her to come home and bake chocolate chip cookies on the weekends. Life couldn’t be more perfect! At least, that’s what Lara Jean thinks until she gets some unexpected news. Now the girl who dreads change must rethink all her plans—but when your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to?

Now that’s what I’m talking about, the second book in this series went down from the first one but this one was like the first book which I loved when I read it.

This book is very easy, original and very easy to read. Which really made me love this book even more than what I’ve already did.

I read this book in one day, which really proves how much this book sucked me into it. 

The writing style here was very simple and easy. Which really was an amazing mix with the plot.

The plot in this book is very juicy and very sweet. The drama in this book is very high between Lara Jean and Peter’s ex. Which annoyed me because Lara Jean and Peter’s ex started a contest about which of them can embarrassed the other one more. At times it made me want to throw this book into the fire place.

The characters here are still very generic YA characters which really disappointed. But this is the only main issue with this series.

This book wasn’t as emotional as some people on the internet claim it to be in my opinion. It was just a love story between two high schoolers.

This book was very good ending to this trilogy but still I was expecting Lara Jean and Peter to break up before they went off to different universities.

However this book was just as enjoyable as the first and second book in this series. But neither this book or the first book in this series aren’t very hard reads but rather a book where you can turn your brain off.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

Elena Gilbert’s love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havoc in Fell’s Church. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore the evil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search of Stefan. In order to find him, she entrusts her life to Stefan’s brother, Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and soul. Along with her childhood friend Matt, they set out for the slums of the Dark Dimension, where Stefan is being held captive. It is rumored to be a world where vampires and demons roam free, but humans must live enslaved to their supernatural masters. Elena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Yet with each passing day the tension between Elena and Damon grows, and she is faced with a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want?

To be fully honest here I’ve had some expectations for this book which this book didn’t live up to.

The first 2/3 of this book were super boring and I was many times very near DNF-ing this book but I didn’t, which I happy that I didn’t because the last 1/3 of this book was worth it. To be fully honest I’ve heard of better fan-fictions better than the first 2 / 3 of this book.

The last 1/3 of this book was super interesting and enjoyable, and it really was a page turner. 

The first 2/3 of this book was really a waist of time because it could have been sliced down to few chapters. Because the majority of what happened in the first 2/3 of this book was just talk between Damon, Elena, Bonnie and Meredith. 

However reading this book after the first book in the “the vampire diaries: the return” trilogy I must say that this book wasn’t half bad as the first book in this trilogy was.

The characters here, improves and become better but also make better decisions than they did in the previous books. To be honest this book is the first book in the vampire dairies book series that didn’t make me want to hit my head against a wall because of the dumb decisions made my characters.

The writing style here was easily the best thing from this whole book. Because it felt more like seeing the plot happening before your eyes than reading a book. I personally love when this happen. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5

They were just pretending. Until they weren’t. And now Lara Jean has to learn what it’s like to be in a real relationship and not just a make-believe one. But when another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him suddenly return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Lara Jean is about to find out that falling in love is the easy part.

This second book is very easy, original and very easy to read in the same way as the first book in this series. Which really made me love this book even more than what I’ve already did.  

The plot in this book is very juicy and very sweet. And the drama her is higher than in the first book in this series. It really made me enjoy this book less than the first book but I still liked it a lot.

I read this book in one day, which really proves how much this book sucked me into it. 

The writing style here was very simple and easy. Which really was an amazing mix with the plot.

After having the original and unique love story in the first book, this book have disappointed me. Because in this book the original and unique love story turned into a very generic love story between high schoolers who are fighting about parties and who they sitt with at the bus.

There is a lot of moments were Lara Jean and Petter fight like insane people and they overthink every single think which really annoyed me. This book felt like it was more like a relationship going back than anything else.

This book wasn’t as emotional as some people on the internet claim it to be in my opinion. It was just a love story between two high schoolers.

This second book still focus a lot about the importance of family and friends which I really loved about this book and it made me still glad that this book was also not about dating the most popular guy at high school.

However this book was just as enjoyable as the first book. But neither this book or the first book in this series aren’t very hard reads but rather a book where you can turn your brain off.

I Give This Book 4 / 5

Now that a supernatural force has brought Elena back from the dead, all handsome, brooding Stefan wants is to keep her safe. But when he is lured away from Fell’s Church, sleek, powerful Damon seizes his chance to win Elena over, unaware of the danger they’re both in. A malevolent being has infiltrated the town and is growing stronger. Able to possess Damon at will, the creature is also drawn to Elena and the new power she has acquired. But it’s after more than Elena’s power: It thirsts for her death.

This book is the first book in the “The Vampire Diaries: The Return” series which is a continuation of the first 4 books in this series. 

This book take place a day or 2 after the events of book 4 in this series. It took me a more time to finish this book than the previous 4 books in this series. And in my opinion this book is so far the weakest book in The Vampire Diaries book series. 

The majority of this book happened to be boring, and only the last 40 pages were very interesting. But the 90% of this book feels like the author trying to fill up the space and have a long book. 

The beginning of this book was somehow cute but it could have been interesting but it turned out to be pretty boring with some cute moments here and there. And the middle part of this book was super boring and all I wanted is to skip it but of course I couldn’t. 

The characters here become more likeable and more enjoyable. And the characters also become more relatable. 

The plot here was very weird and I honestly needed to think about for couple of days before I’ve began writing this review. The plot here was super weird and very random which really surprised me because I wasn’t expecting it. But this in a way got me more interested to continue to read this series which I will do.

The writing style here was very easy as in the previous books. And it really made a good mix with the easy and strange plot. 

To be fully honest this book felt more like a fan fiction than a continuation of the first 4 books in this series.

This book didn’t end at a cliffhanger it rather felt like it was a happy ending to the series. But of course it isn’t since there are more books in this series. Which really made me disappoint because it really doesn’t give us a reason to continue to read the series.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

A DEADLY LOVE TRIANGLE Elena: the golden girl, the leader, the one who can have any boy she wants. Stefan: brooding and mysterious, he seems to be the only one who can resist Elena, even as he struggles to protect her from the horrors that haunt his past. Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him. Determined to have Elena, he’d kill to possess her. Collected here in one volume for the first time, volumes one and two of The Vampire Diaries, the tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.

This book contains the first and the second book in the “Vampire Diaries” series. Both of them I’ve already reviewed.

I found myself enjoying the first and second book. And they kept me wanting to continue reading this series. I enjoyed the second more than the first book maybe because we get much more vampire content.

The book series is much different than the TV show. But I don’t mind that because somehow I like the book series better but I still picture every character as the actor who played the character in the tv show.

The plot here in both books is YA style but I found myself enjoying it much more than I’ve expected.  The plot first and second book doesn’t take a lot of brain power. However the word “Vampire” wasn’t even once said in the first or the second book. Maybe in the third book it will happen.

The writing style in both books is very simple and easy just as the plot. And they play very good along in a way. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5

Elena: transformed, the golden girl has become what she once feared and desired. Stefan: tormented by losing Elena, he’s determined to end his feud with Damon once and for all – whatever the cost. But slowly he begins to realize that his brother is not his only enemy. Damon: at last, he possesses Elena. But will his thirst for revenge against Stefan poison his triumph? Or can they come together to face one final battle? Collected here in one edition are the third and fourth volumes of The Vampire Diaries, a riveting conclusion to the tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.

This book contains the third and the fourth book in the “Vampire Diaries” series. Both of them I’ve already reviewed.

The third book was good but the fourth was really the shinning star here. 

I found myself enjoying the first and second book. And they kept me wanting to continue reading this series.

The book series is much different than the TV show. But I don’t mind that because somehow I like the book series better but I still picture every character as the actor who played the character in the tv show.

The plot here in both books is YA style but I found myself enjoying it much more than I’ve expected.  The plot first and second book doesn’t take a lot of brain power. However the word “Vampire” wasn’t even once said in the first or the second book. Maybe in the third book it will happen.

The writing style in both books is very simple and easy just as the plot. And they play very good along in a way. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed.  But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister’s ex-boyfriend, Josh.  As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

I gotta say that this book really surprised me a lot because I tend to not like very much romantic YA books but I loved this one.

This book is very easy, original and very easy to read. Which really made me love this book even more than what I’ve already did.  

The only think that annoyed me in this book is the drama between Lara Jean and her sister’s ex. I know that Lara jean loved the guy before her sister but still it didn’t sit well with me.

I read this book in one day, which really proves how much this book sucked me into it. 

The writing style here was very simple and easy. Which really was an amazing mix with the plot.

The characters here are very typical high schoolers with a lot of drama and school drama. But the main characters are somehow enjoyable and in the end I came to like and enjoy them.

The plot in this book is very juicy and very sweet. Of course there are drama but very low which in this book I didn’t mind. 

This book wasn’t as emotional as some people on the internet claim it to be in my opinion. It was just a love story between two high schoolers.

The love story in this book, is very unique and I loved it because it wasn’t generic as most romance and ya books tend to be.

This book focus a lot about the importance of family and friends which I really loved about this book, because it wasn’t just about dating the most popular guy at high school.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it’s up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Tim

This book might be the best book in this wholes series in my opinion because it felt somehow different than the previous books in this series.

I continue to not be the biggest fan of the characters I was in the first 4 books in this series. Because there something in them which doesn’t seem right to me. Of course the characters are very good in this series but I just me being very picky.

My main problem with the characters in this series is that there isn’t character development. They are exactly the same as they were in the beginning of book one.

Of course we get introduced more new characters in this book but it feels like we get the new characters introduced just to forgot about them in the next chapters and for them to never come back again in this series.

When it comes to descriptions there could have been longer and more detailed in my opinion at least.

The writing style here was amazing. To be honest it was probably my favourite thing about this book. In a strange way it made me like this book much more. The writing style in this book must have been the best writing style in this whole series. 

This book have the same problems as the previous books in this series. And the problem is that the action is very slow at the beginning and at the end. And the middle is just confusing because all action is put into 100 pages or less.

So far in this series I feel like there are the same things happening. And that there are the same mistakes made by the main characters which really made me want to bang my head against a tree. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

Percy Jackson isn’t expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears at his potential new school, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse. In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos’s army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop the invasion, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth – a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn.

I continue to not be the biggest fan of the characters I was in the first 3 books in this series. Because there something in them which doesn’t seem right to me. Of course the characters are very good in this series but I just me being very picky.

My main problem with the characters in this series is that there isn’t character development. They are exactly the same as they were in the beginning of book one.

This book repeats the same things as the previous 3 books have told us thousands of times which really annoyed me. Because I hate reading or hearing the same thing over and over again day in and day out.

When it comes to descriptions there could have been longer and more detailed in my opinion at least.

This book have the same problems as the previous books in this series. And the problem is that the action is very slow at the beginning and at the end. And the middle is just confusing because all action is put into 100 pages or less.

Of course we get introduced more new characters in this book but it feels like we get the new characters introduced just to forgot about them in the next chapters and for them to never come back again in this series.

In my opinion this series would done better if it was a trilogy rather than a 5 book series.

For me personally this book was boring with some very few moments went the action started to get interesting but almost imminently went down. 

The writing style here was okay. To be honest it was probably my favourite thing about this book. In a strange way it made me like this book much more. 

So far in this series I feel like there are the same things happening. And that there are the same mistakes made by the main characters which really made me want to bang my head against a tree. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5