Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
If You Like: Teen fiction, Fantasy, Teen romance, Faeries
Similar to: Twilight
Ages: 13-40
Wings is such a good book. I wasn't really sure if I would like it when I bought it because it didn't seem like my kind of book, but this book has a little bit of something for everyone.
Laurel was homeschooled up until high school, but her parents have moved her to a new town, and that means she has to attend public school. As soon as she gets there, she has no trouble making friends, especially a cute boy named David. David and Laurel become quick friends, and their attraction to one another is undeniable.
When Laurel starts to grow what looks like a flower out of her back, she confides in David alone. He helps her figure out what is going on with her, but Laurel finally gets her real answers in the woods at her old house. She meets a faerie named Tamani and feels an instant connection with him. She finds out that she was sent to live with the humans in order to inherit the land that her parents own, which is the gateway to Avalon. Everything was going as planned until a group of trolls tried to purchase the land for themselves.
Will David, Tamini, and Laurel be able to stop the trolls from gaining the land that holds the gateway and opening the gate between worlds? Will Laurel choose to be with reliable and comforting David or exciting and handsome Tamani?
Aprilynne Pike captured magic, romance, and suspense all in one book. Good thing there are three more books in the series because I was left wanting more from the second I finished this book.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Fall For Anything by Courtney Summers
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
If You Like: Teen fiction, drama, stories about dealing with loss and suicide
Similar to: Lifetime movies, Meg Cabot books, Ann Brashares books
Ages: 15-21
Although this book was good, and I really like Courtney Summers's works, this was not one of my favorites. I feel like I should have learned an in depth life lesson, but instead I thought this book only went skin deep.
Eddie's father committed suicide, and no one can explain why. Her mother is too sad to notice that Eddie is really hurting, but her friend Milo has always been there for her, even though he doesn't want to tell her the things he remembers from the night her father committed suicide.
Every day, Eddie goes to the abandoned building where her father committed suicide, searching for answers. While there, Eddie meets a young photographer, Culler, who worked under her father. Eddie is instantly attracted to Culler because he loved her father and his work, and he is the only one who seems to understand what she's going through with wanting answers.
When Eddie picks up the one and only box her dad left in his photography studio, there is nothing but a series of photographs. Disappointed, Eddie gives the box to Culler, who discovers the photographs hold hidden secrets that form a scavenger hunt for Eddie to follow. What will the messages Eddie's father left behind reveal?
The best part of the book was the relationships Eddie had with both Culler and Milo. I kept wondering who she was going to end up with, but I found myself taking a lot of breaks while reading this, and it took me a few months to actually get around to finishing it. I thought I just hadn't been in the mood to read, but the book I'm reading right now captivated my interst right away, and I finished it in just two days. I can only assume this book wasn't for me, but maybe others will think differently.
If You Like: Teen fiction, drama, stories about dealing with loss and suicide
Similar to: Lifetime movies, Meg Cabot books, Ann Brashares books
Ages: 15-21
Although this book was good, and I really like Courtney Summers's works, this was not one of my favorites. I feel like I should have learned an in depth life lesson, but instead I thought this book only went skin deep.
Eddie's father committed suicide, and no one can explain why. Her mother is too sad to notice that Eddie is really hurting, but her friend Milo has always been there for her, even though he doesn't want to tell her the things he remembers from the night her father committed suicide.
Every day, Eddie goes to the abandoned building where her father committed suicide, searching for answers. While there, Eddie meets a young photographer, Culler, who worked under her father. Eddie is instantly attracted to Culler because he loved her father and his work, and he is the only one who seems to understand what she's going through with wanting answers.
When Eddie picks up the one and only box her dad left in his photography studio, there is nothing but a series of photographs. Disappointed, Eddie gives the box to Culler, who discovers the photographs hold hidden secrets that form a scavenger hunt for Eddie to follow. What will the messages Eddie's father left behind reveal?
The best part of the book was the relationships Eddie had with both Culler and Milo. I kept wondering who she was going to end up with, but I found myself taking a lot of breaks while reading this, and it took me a few months to actually get around to finishing it. I thought I just hadn't been in the mood to read, but the book I'm reading right now captivated my interst right away, and I finished it in just two days. I can only assume this book wasn't for me, but maybe others will think differently.
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