Book Review: A Monster Calls

Title: A Monster Calls
Author: Patrick Ness
Publisher: Walker Books
Rating: 3 stars

Brief Summary: Conor has been having the same nightmare ever since his ill mother started her treatment. Conor loves his mother so much and will do anything for her. One day when Conor cannot sleep a monster visits him. But this isn't your average scary monster. Who is this monster, and why does he keep appearing to Conor? Conor must face the reality of his life and stand up to his monsters.

Thoughts in a sentence:
Kathy: A beautifully moving story showing us a different side to tragedy and how people's minds cope with such difficult situations.
Bee: TBR

Review: At first when I started reading this book, I thought it was a childrens book because of the easy to read writing style. However upon finishing it I really appreciate how it was written because the whole book is about Conor, the young boy, so I think the writing syle reflects him and gives us a better insight to HIS life and not just the things going on in it, but how he feels. I think it's so interesting to have this story told from a childs point of view because this is the hardest situation he will ever have to face in his life, and he has to somehow deal with it at such a young age. I think the whole idea of nightmares and monsters was used becuase it's the only thing Conor can relate bad things with. They haunt him wherever he goes and he has a cloud hanging over his head. In the book Conor has to face the scary reality happening in his life, as well as the own battle he's having in his mind. He is two different people trying to live in the same body. He wants to be the son his mother has brought him up to be and love, but inside he wants to cry and scream and destroy everything, becuase how can he ever be happy with so much pain and sadness in his life. This book contains so many interesting parallels that show the struggles lots of people have to face  on their own. The monster and the nightmares are Conors way of relieving himself from reality.
The ending to this book was outstanding. The reader finally understands what is going on in Conors mind and the truth couldn't be less painful for Conor and the reader. This book makes you realise that sometimes we must let go of even the things we love the dearest in life becuase they can hold us back. For as long as you hold onto something of the past, you can never move forward. Conor has his whole life to lead and he learnt so much from such a young age.
The final thing I wanted to mention about this book is the whole presence of the monster. Who is he? Was he just a figment of Conors imagination or was he something more? At first I thought maybe he could be a version of God, who has come to save Conor. However this monster was not the loving kind. Nearer the end of the book, Conor almost became the monster, and this leads me to believe that the monster was what Conor needed to see to get through this time in his life. Maybe it was God who created this monster for Conor, the monster being the bad things and thoughts inside of Conor. Conor had to face his own evil to accept the truth he needed to feel.
This book has still left me with so many questions but its a tale I will read again and again when I'm looking for an answer in my life. Thank you Patrick Ness for doing such a great justice to Siobhan Dowd.

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Love Bathy <3

Book Review: Endgame the Calling

Title: Endgame the Calling
Author: James Frey and Nils Johnson-Shelton
Publisher: Harper Collins
Rating: 4 stars

Brief summary: The end of the world was planned even before life began. Now the end is here, it is time for endgame to begin. There are twelve players and one prize: to live. Endgame is the game that decides who survives the end of the world. Endgame is real. Endgame is now. What will be will be.

Thoughts in a sentance:
Kathy: I think the premise of this book was so exciting and just the idea of it will keep me reading the rest of the series, however I think the book could have played out better.
Bee: (To be read)

Review: Endgame is a thrilling rollercoaster you don't want to miss, read it now and feel the thrill. One thing I loved about this book was that it's told from nearly every players perspective meaning you can see how they individually interpret the game and you can also experience the way the players were prepared for endgame. We see that they have been trained in different ways and you see how that has shaped their character.  I also loved how this book takes us to different countries such as China and Turkey.  We go to famous land marks such as the Big wild goose pagoda and stone henge, which I really enjoyed because we gain knowlege about these interesting sites as well as enjoying the story. I ended up doing my own research on some of the sites because I wanted to get a better picture of what it looked like in my mind, for example if you don't know what the big wild goose pagoda is you should defiantly look it up because it's probably not what you think it is. The fact that this book adds a supernatural element to famous sites that everybody knows of, made this book even more interesting for me because it made it seem more real.

If you didn't already know this book has a lot of hype about it beacuse it is being made into a film, there will soon be an app that allows you to play your own endgame and you can win half a million dollars with this book. Inside the book are lots of odd pictures and words that will help you solve the puzzle and unlock the money being held at ceasers palace in las vegas.

My only criticisms about this book is that at first it is hard to keep up with whose story you are following because there are so many players and the names are hard to match to characters. However it soon becomes clear who each person is beacuse they all have something memorable about them and are all very different. I also kept expecting something big to happen because it's such a big book you expect a huge climax and a shocking surprise (which I definitely got) but the ending wasn't as good as I was expecting compared to the rest of the book. I feel it could have been more dramatic and I was confused with the ending and couldn't imagine what was going on. The ending had some heart breaking scenes that I couldn't believe happened because it was so unexpected.

I know the next books will definatly have us holding onto our chairs and to be honest I can't wait. This story can go in a lot of directions and I'm hoping that the players will be able to work togather and find a better solution to endgame however what will be will be.

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May the odds be ever in you favour 
Love Bathy 
xxx
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Under the Never Sky Giveway

UNDER THE NEVER SKY BY VERONICA ROSSI BOOK GIVE AWAY.

As you may well know we are the 957th best book blog in the UK. So to celebrate this notourious acheivement we want to give one of you lucky readers a copy of Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi. This giveaway is sponsered by BathyBooks, you may thank us now.

To enter:
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2. Comment down below on this post
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4. And most importantly........... be awesome

Rules:
This giveaway is UK only
And no killing of other tributes

OPEN 13TH SEPTEMBER 2014 TO THE END OF OCTOBER

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Shadow and bone book reveiw!!

Title: Shadow and bone, The Grisha.

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Publisher: Indigo

Rating: 4.1 stars

Brief summery:  Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Thoughts in a sentence:

Kathy: (she didn't read it because she is lazy)

Bee: outstanding descriptions, backed up with solid characters and plot.

Review:

In this trilogy, Leigh Bardugo has created such a vast and mesmerising world, it is utterly epic and but totally believable. I thought this world could go down as one of my favourite fantasy worlds. I got a very medieval with Russian buildings vibe through out this whole series. But especially in this first book, the world is created so slowly and meticulously the world become almost vivid and real to you. The only thing that i found a little challenging was all the made up words there were allot of them, and i struggled to remember them all. Maybe an little glossary would have been nice at the back of the book.  

At first we meet Alina as a child in an orphanage so we get her background without it being forced on to us to try to make background. Then we meet her again as a new member of the first army. In is book she gets a huge character arch she goes from a crying little girl to a powerful woman attempting to defeat the darkling. The thing that most people talk about when they talk about this series is the love interests. In this first book there is the darkling and her best friend Mal. Mal is a handsome strong man, he is normal and everything she recognises as home. When the darkling turns up a whisks her off the a whole new world. She cant help be drawn to his power, and gracefulness. Its a great love triangle. And everyone has there opinion on who alina should chose.

The plot of this book was very good, although i do draw links between shadow and bone and a throne of glass by Sarah j.mass to me in my head the castles are the same and i feel they have were similar characters. So i feel they are very similar. As far as shadow and bone setting up its new series it was a solid first book that can only progress into a huge new ya fantasy world. The book did come full circle and we got some closure at the end of this book so it wasn't really a cliff hanger but still made me want the sequels. Overall i thought this book was amazing a great introduction to ya fantasy and this series, absolutely one of my favourite books i have read this year.

This is definitely a must read for all, and if you haven't already you need to pick this up and read it.

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Love Bathy 

xxx

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The Maze Runner Cast Q&A - London

On Wednesday the 20th September 2014, I was lucky enough to attend the Maze Runner question and answer session with the cast including Dylan O'Brien, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Wes Ball. They answered lots of interesting questions about the film and showed us exciting clips. Here are some of the the most interesting moments from the Q&A:

• The maze runner was only a 42 day shoot! Which as you can imagine is extremely quick. 
• If you have read the books you will know Teresa (played by Kaya) is the only girl in the film however Kaya was there for the whole duration of the shoot and enjoyed being around all the boys (who wouldn't).
• In the most recent trailer we see Gally (played by Will) push Thomas (played by Dylan) with an impressive amount of force and at the time everyone was talking about it saying 'How can anyone push someone that far?' but Will revealed that Dylan was actually attached to a wire and was hauled backwards to create such an impressive effect.
• Everything was filmed in Louisiana, the Glade in a cow pasture.
• Wes nearly didn't cast Dylan for the role of Thomas because of his hair. It was still in the same style as Dylans character, Stiles from Teen Wolf, and Wes wanted a different look for Thomas so that they wouldn't be compared.
• The Maze Runer is the first film that Wes has directed, however none of the cast saw this as a problem and thought he was a fantastic director.
• Kaya tells us that the cast grew so close on the set and that they have genuinely become best friends. They have a whatsapp group that they use to message each other everyday (I want to join).
• Dylan is in every scene of the film, which makes sense because it is told from his characters point of view.
• Wes says that only 30% of the maze is real, the rest is CGI. They built one big set of doors to shoot by.
• There is 20 mins of footage of the cast having fun and being silly on DVD, I cant wait to see that, it sounds like they had so many fun times.

I had so much fun at this event even though it was very crowded. If you would like to watch the full Q&A there is a link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEutOrDFRto You should defiantly check it out because it was a very funny interview. It was so surreal seeing them in real life and I am so excited for this film. It comes out on October 10th in the UK. Check out IMDB for release dates in other countries.

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Love Bathy

xxx

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The Final Empire, book review!

Title: The Final Empire, Mistborn 

Author: Brandon Sanderson

Publisher: Gollancz

Rating: 4 stars

Brief summery: For a thousand years skaa have lived as slave, for a thousand years the lord ruler has reigned without challenge. Until now a uprising is being planned to other throw the lord ruler by a bunch of miss fits with a criminal background and some helpful powers.

Thoughts in a sentence:

Kathy: (kathy did read this as high fantasy isn't really her thing)

Bee: absolutely amazing and definitely lives up to the hype.

Review: 

The world that brandon Sanderson has created for this book is original and wonderful. This is a world unlike any I have read before within fantasy. He is so descriptive about everything and you can picture it all with such ease that you don't notice the world being build around you as you read. I think the only thing that was hard about the world building to get you head around was the allomancy (the kind of power that some people have, to be able to control metals) and remembering the names of all the pairs. My one complaint was the pacing of the book varied between slow and fast paced there was no in between, one moment we were have huge exciting battles with their magical metal powers, then we spent a whole chapter sitting at a table talking about things that had already happened. But i will forgive that for the great writing and plot to the book.

In this story we got two points of view kelsier a world renound crimal master mind. He made the plot progress allot through this book and implemented the plan and was very much an older brother figure towards vin. Vin a young girl who was very much our exposition bus but that is okay because every book has that character that we learn everything through. She was a poor girl who was trained not to trust anyone which made her interesting because she was suspicious of everyone and slowly let go of her past and came into her own and by the end of the book she was a fully fledged bad ass. Also this book had a huge supporting cast but none of them were unlikeable and I really enjoyed that. Final i thought  the lord ruler was an intreaging and powerful villan who was an actual threat to there lives.

The book was wrapped up so well it could even work as a stand alone I'm personally really excited to see where it is going to go. And am almost certain that I'm going to love it as much as i loved this book. And i know brandon Sanderson has a few series so I'm wondering if they also take place in this world, because i think that would be so amazing and do able. Overall i personally will recomeade this book to anyone who loves a good fantasy. I am going to be reading the sequel as soon as possible.

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Love Bathy 

xxx

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Book Review: Isla and the Happily Ever After

Title: Isla and the Happily Ever After
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Publisher: Usborne
Rating: 5 stars

Brief Summary: Isla has had a crush on Josh for as long as she can remember, so when she unexpectedly finds him in her local cafe she is surprised and excited to see him. As Isla and Josh's relationship progresses we share their struggles of being countries apart and longing for each other. Will it end with a happily ever after?

Thoughts in a sentence:
Kathy: Beautiful and sad but leaves you feeling overjoyed, a perfect conclusion to this series.
Bee: A new adventure with new characters but full of cute references from the previous books, the happiest book of them all.

Review: Out of all three books in this series Isla has to be my favorite (and that's saying a lot because I loved the others). I loved that Isla and Josh's relationship developed very quickly so that we could see more of their lives. Both these characters were lovable and the reader roots for them to be together the whole way through. I love being so attached to the characters because it makes the book seem more real and makes it more enjoyable. The setting for this book was mainly in Paris at their boarding school, which was the setting for the first book. I love reading about them walking the streets because it seems so realistic and I want to go and visit all the places they go to. All of Stephanie's books make the reader want the relationship the main characters have, especially in Isla because Josh is artistic and pours his heart out for Isla, he would do anything for her.
I also love that Isla enjoys reading because it made me understand her more. She doesn't know what she wants to do with her life, partly because she doesn't want to be bored and tied down, she wants to be free and adventurous like the characters in her books. I think this makes Isla easy to relate to for many young readers, it reassures them that you don't have to have a set plan for the future because you never know what may happen in your life that could change every decision you make. Josh teaches Isla to take risks because it will help determine who she is and life isn't meant to be easy and laid out, life is unpredictable.
I particularly loved the ending to this book, there were so many shocks and surprises that I was crying of happiness. It really made me so unbelievably happy catching up with the previous main characters and seeing them achieve their goals because I love them all. The final line to this book was perfect and couldn't have left me feeling any happier. I love how there are little links from the previous books intertwined in this one, like point zero, it made it feel even more special.
I know that I will be rereading these books a lot because they are extremely enjoyable and easy to read. The characters are lovable and will never grow old. These books will stay with me forever and are some of my absolute favorites.

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Love Bathy
xxx

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More Than This Book Review

Title: More Than This
Author: Patrick Ness
Publisher: Walker Books
Rating: 4.75 stars

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Brief summary: Seth committed suicide alone in the sea. So when he wake's up in his childhood home he is scared and confused. In a cracked, deserted version of his old home town Seth has no one to talk to or ask for help. Is he in heaven, is he in hell ? Seth doesn't know but just when he thinks all hope is gone he sees a van and it's Driver . But who is this mysterious Driver, and will it give Seth answers for the silent town?

Thoughts in a sentence:
Kathy: Scary concept but really eye opening and spectacular.
Bee: Holds mystery and suspense throughout and leaves you wanting more.

Review: This book starts off slow paced, and is hard to understand and connect to at first. There are a lot of chapters where not much happens, so it lost some of my interest. However the whole idea of Seth being alone in this deserted town made me read on because I wanted to know why the town was like this and if it was the real world. After reading the whole book I appriciate the start more. I think that the slow pacing reflects how Seth is feeling and emphasies how much a human needs to survive, not only food and water but company. Without other people Seths life is solw and he has nothing to do in all his spare time.
Throughout the book we hear Seths voice and understand his way of thinking. In this world with so much uncertainty Seth expects something bad to happen whenever things have been going smoothly. I think this shows us that because he never had a relaxing childhood he was always on edge and expecting something bad to happen. The scary thing about this world is that whenever he thought something bad would happen, it did.
I think the idea of a world where everybody is living in a virtual reality is very realistic and easy to believe. I can see video games being made that for the "ultimate experience" allow you to become an actual part of the game. Humans would much rather live in a game where everything is easily avaliable and there is no crime or world problems, than live in the real world with poverty and hunger. Ness made the virtual reality seem like a genuine possiblity for the future and I think that would be a scary time to be alive.
This book really had me scared to read on beacuse you can sense the build up and there are some heart stopping scenes. The ending of this book was completly unexpected to me and I was left wanting to shout GIVE ME MORE. I am still in shock.
I cried after reflecting on this book because I feel it gave a really powerful message. The title of this book is 'More Than This' which I didnt fully understand until I read the book. Seth commits suicide because he feels he has nothing left and has no one worth living for, however there is always more than what there appears to be. The people you care about may have acted wrongly or in a hurtful way but that doesn't mean they don't still love you. Everyone is facing their own battles every single day, and need to be reminded that there is more than the pain and sadness. Remember the happy times, remember what it's like to laugh and have fun. Remember what it's like to live.
Seth overcomes a common struggle of feeling sad and alone howeber he realises if you come out of that bad space you'll realise the people that matter to you the most have always been there for you and they always will be. Seth realises this and that's why he makes his decision at the end of the book.
Even though this book is telling an action packed adventure I feel it's really exploring Seths life and helping him face the reality that he needed to all along. This has become one of my favourite novels. Thank you Ness.

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The demon king book review

Title: The Demon King 

Author: Cinda Williams Chima

Publisher: Harper Voyager 

Rating: 4 stars

Brief summery: This book follows two characters Rasia ana'Marianna the future queen of the queendom and Han an ex criminal street lord. Rasia needs answers about her queendom and Han needs to escape from his past. When there lives intertwine can they help each other. 

Thoughts in a sentence:

Kathy: (Kathy hasn't read this book so she cant give you a sentence)

Bee: A big set up for the next books.

Review: 

The demon king is an amazing first book in an epic fantasy series. If you are not familiar with reading epic fantasy you need to know that first books in series are usually the worst in the series because there is so much world building evolved, that the story can sometimes suffer. This book did very well of giving the information needed about the world but wasn't forcing it to quickly upon you and by about mid-way through you understood the world and the characters with in it and the story really picked up. 

As the world they live in is a queendom so there was a big cast of bad ass female characters. The cast of characters was rather big but you still knew what was happening and who was who. in books with big casts it cant be as easy to follow because you don't know who everyone is and it can become confusing to the plot if you cant remember everyones name and relationship to one another (*cough* game of thrones *cough*) but this story really spent time defining every character and made sure they were easy to understand and follow throughout the corse of the book.

In every book told from duel point of views your going to pick you favourite voice, mine was certainly Rasia she was a very kick ass female character, yes she was the princess but she still wanted answers and she realised she was the only person that could get them. Although she did have her girly moments she was ultimately the dangerous adventure seeking one. Han on the other hand was more relaxed and trying to avoid trouble although trouble came to him he didn't really do anything that would make me call him a brave or worthy male protagonist. 

This book was left so openly, I will definitely be picking up the second book because thats when the real action will start. I really recommend this to anyone who wants to start a fairly easy fantasy novel or if you just want a good read that you don't have to be to submerged into the story. I hope you enjoy it if you do pick it up. and you can tell us what you thought on our twitter page @Bathybooks

May the odds be ever in you favour 

Love Bathy 

xxx

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Throne of glass, book reveiw!

Title: Throne of glass

Author: Sarah j. Mass

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Rating:  4.25

Brief summery: In the mines of Endovier, Celanean is serving a life sentence. She was the worlds most notorious assassin, making one fatal mistake, getting caught. Captain Westfall offers her a deal, her freedom. she can win this in a tournament-fighting against the best thieves and assassins in the land. Win of lose she will be free but weather her freedom will come with her death or not is up to weather she can win the tournament. 

Thoughts in a sentence:

Kathy: Action packed and a great first book to a series.

Bee: YA needs more books like this one.

Review: 

This is the perfect example of how to write the first book in a ya series or any series for that matter. It is set in a fantasy world which dose require allot of world building, but Sarah j mass got the perfect blend of action, character development and world building spot on. This is a new YA series (I suppose soon we wont be able to call it new as the fourth book will be coming out in september. And thats including a novel bind up.)  but it doesn't feel like it has been around for that long. The love triangle doesn't take away from the action and adventure in this book, but i personally love it. It is not quite at the level of Tessa, Jem and Wills love triangle from the infernal devices but it is more than a clary, simon and Jace. (I feel like i am draw a lot of comparisons between the Cassandra clare books but they are nothing alike)

Celanean is the perfect female protagonist, she is like able even with her vocation as an assassin as she is not vicious or cruel about her killing 'she dose what she needs to do to survive' is how she puts it. She has the right levels of kick-assery and girl ness. Literally at the end of one chapter she'll be beating up a man twice her size and double her weight then and the start of the following chapter she will be trying on elegant ball gowns. She is smart and witty and doesn't rely on male support like main female protagonists do. I imagined her across between a Tessa grey from the infernal devices with her girly and snarky personality one minuet and a black widow from the avengers, like badass killing machine the next minuet. Prince Dorian i though was a very generic rebellious prince like you get in many other books her reminded me allot of Kai from the lunar Chronicles they were very similar. And Chaol was a stern man but he slowly warmed up and he had the most character arch throughout the whole book.

There are certain books that you can not put down, when you do it plays on your mind until you pick it back up. These books are the books that are big and loved by all for example divergent, harry potter, percy jackson and the hunger games this is certainly one of those books. There is so much action and different things going on you cant put it down. There is not a dull moment in this book therefore the pace and tempo of the book is so fast that you feel if your not reading it at that moment you could miss something because you are so submerged and involved within the story. Once you pick this book up you will not regret it and you'll never look back. 

May the odds be ever in you favour 

Love Bathy 

xxx

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Four, A divergent collecttion

Title: Four, A divergent collection.
Author: Veronica Roth
Publisher: Harper Collins
Rating:  4.6 stars

Brief summery: Four short story's told from Fours point of view from the divergent series, Taking place before he meets tris through until the end of the divergent book all from Fours perspective. From Tobias life in Abnegation with Marcus and his initiate training.

Thoughts in a sentence:
Kathy: A new perspective of some of my favourite moments from divergent.
Bee: A better delivery of what Tobias should have been during allegiant.

*disclaimer, spoilers for divergent*
Review:
One part of the story that we loved is that the majority of the characters are a cross over from the divergent books. They are just a younger version of them selves as we would naturally know them for example Uriah he was only a small talking part as his brother was Zeke was a bigger part in the four book where as the was a smaller part in divergent. Allot of other people who work around the Dauntless compound stay the same for example Tori and Max.

Because divergent is a story we all love and know, this book docent need as much world building, and serves as a good prequel, it shows us how dauntless became what tris had to deal with and the changes that took place in such a short amount of time between the two years of four joining dauntless and tris joining. We learn allot more about Marcus Eaton and his treatment of tobias making us really see why four is so scared of him and why he is one of his four fears. To be honest I'm scared of Marcus after the graphic and descriptive scenes with him in.

In this book you sympathise allot more with Four than you do in any of the books from the divergent series. you see how he was before he transferred to dauntless, how what his father had done to him had altered his personality. and made him seam weak. in divergent four is always portrayed as the strong male character but i this it really shows his progression from a shy boy from abnegation to the dauntless initiate trainer. This really highlights how similar the characters of Tris and Four are to one another. And nearer the end of the book when tris came into dauntless basically the whole of the divergent story is condensed into 50 pages and you still feel like you have as much detail and knowledge as if you were reading the book divergent.

In conclusion this was an amazing book that just added to the strength of the divergent series it gave you a new insight and i think maybe some other series should do this (looking at you the hunger games we want a Peeta prequel). I think that this is a must read for any divergent fan or anyone who as read divergent it adds complexity and new Perspective. If they wanted to take more money out of us and make this into a movie with the same actors from divergent although it would be amazing because the story is amazing, i think they would have to recast four to a younger look alike, because Theo James cant even fool us to be an 18 year old he will not be kidding us as a 16 year old shy abnegation boy. over all we loved this book and it made me love tobias even more and tris. You must read this.  

May the odds be ever in you favour
Love Bathy
xxx
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Landline Book Review

Title: Landline
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Publisher: Orion books
Rating: 5 stars


A brief summery: Georgie is having marriage trouble. Her husband has taken her kids away for Christmas. Georgie is in despair and cant get hold of her husband, until she finds a magic phone which means she can call her husband in the past. Will she be able to save her marriage, is it worth it?

Summarize in a sentence:
Kathy- the most lovable Rowell novel yet.
Bee- naturally amazing.

Review:
All of Rainbows books are amazing this is no exception. Rainbow is our favorite author and continues to impress. I loved the character of Georgie because she reminded me of rainbow, I could see her personality reflected in Georgie. The story line was original because of the time travel element in a contemporary novel.

I preferred reading about the Neal from Georgies past because he was more open and kinder to Georgie and this was implied to show that their past relationship is better than their current situation. One thing that i didn't like was that for someone who was a comedian writer and portrayed to be naturally funny, she didn't have any comedic lines like you would expect to have from her, although I find her friends and family are all rather amusing and make up for her lack of comedic moments. Especially her sister was very funny with her pizza boy crush in the pug scene.

I was disappointed in the ending because Neal didn't provide a satisfying reaction to seeing Georgie. I
 thought he would be excited and relieved to be reunited with Georgie but he didn't act any different. I felt that Neal became a sour character as the novel went on and I near despised him at the end, and I didn't see why there was a attraction between the college students of Neal and Georgie, they didn't seem very compatible and there was very little change between them as they got older.
A MUST READ

Love Bathy
And may the odds be ever in your favor
xxx

Legend Book Review

Title: Legend 

Author: Marie Lu 

Publisher: penguin

Rating: 3.25 stars 

A brief summery: Legend is about a boy called Day who is a criminal and a girl named June who is the countries prodigy. On the run and undercover they meet by chance. Day murdered Junes brother and now she is seeking revenge. 

Summarize in a sentence:

Kathy- fast paced and unpredictable

Bee- ćleche ridden, unrealistic and predictable. 

Review: 

*disclaimer: this is not a re telling of Les misèrables likes it claims on the cover.

This book took place in the future, where America is split into two halves and the world is thriving without them. Day, an outcast rebel (of course there had to be an outcast in this novel, because it isn't a YA story without one these days) with a stupid name, is the male lead of this novel. One half of america called the republic has a plague that only the rich can cure themselves of. 

I thought the characters where stupid, shallow and lacking personality. Although they were determined they stood up for what they believed in and tried to protect their family (unsuccessfully). The romance between June and Day is completely irrational, and i refuse to believe that June a right army officer would fall in love with a criminal and a person who lives on the street. Also it is insta-love, which is unrealistic and hard to believe, but their relationship develops and changes throughout the book, but that still doesn't forgive the love at first sight romance.

The setting of this book is in the future, after the polar ice caps have melted due to climate change. Floods destroyed the land and there are wars raging to gain the little land remaining. Other countries who are thriving, refuse to help the people of the republic who are living under a corrupt government (does that not sound like every book ever).  

The plot in this book is very surprising and eventful. I however think the plot of the story was pointless because the  purpose changed half way through. This story was very fast paced which kept you hooked and wanting to know more. There was a lot of surprising and unexpected plot twists that made it interesting and different, however the government was very typical of a YA book (why does it have to be so cliche)

In conclusion, I thought that this didn't live up to the hype that surrounded it and was a major let down. It also didn't match its claim to be a retelling of Les miserables. There was noting that set it apart from other novels in this genre. But i liked the duel perspectives and the side characters.

Love Bathy! 

And may the odds be ever in your favor.

Xxx

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