Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

The poverty stricken Reds are commoners, living under the rule of the Silvers, elite warriors with god-like powers. To Mare Barrow, a 17-year-old Red girl from the Stilts, it looks like nothing will ever change. Mare finds herself working in the Silver Palace, at the centre of those she hates the most. She quickly discovers that, despite her Red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy Silver control. But power is a dangerous game. And in this world divided by blood, who will win?

This book was given to me by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Does Format Really Matter?

Not to be confused with 'Does Size Really Matter?' although the age old question is something I ask myself from time-to-time.

I've never really asked myself this question before, not until I found myself downloading untold amounts of free books from the iBooks store and rummaging through the books that my mum has on her kindle (yes, I did download the app and hack into her account - sue me. But just incase you're actually planning on suing me I did ask for permission. I'm not a total badass). You see the thing about e-books is that they don't totally seem real to me. I know that's a really crazy thing to say because they still have the same content as a physical book, do they not? They were still written by the same author, right? So why do I not see them as 'real'  books?

Mending Michael by J.P. Grider

Mending Michael by J.P. Grider

There is a fine line between love and hate. When Bartender Mick Ross first sees Holly Buchanan walk into Donny's Bar, his heart comes to a halt. That is, until she serves him her fake ID and reveals her true nature when she's declined her drink. Holly thinks Mick is an ass, and she has no clue why he can't stand her. Though, she does enjoy looking at his ass. So when Donny hires Holly to waitress at his bar, she must either deal with Mick's hatred toward her or give him a taste of his own medicine. Tensions are high. Comments are made. Hearts are hurt. But if there really is a fine line between love and hate, then Mick and Holly must decide on which side they stand.

This book was provided to me via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

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 of 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.

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to love is to destroy, to be loved is to be the one destroyed. - Books and Music #2

The Mortal Instruments - A Fanmix

//Let's Kill Tonight - Panic! At the Disco//Props & Mayhem - Pierce the Veil//The Phoenix - Fall out Boy//Echelon - 30 Seconds to Mars//Pompeii - Bastille//Bleeding Out - Imagine Dragons//Things We Lost in the Fire - Bastille//From the Ritz to the Rubble - Arctic Monkeys//Clarity (Acoustic) - Zedd ft Foxes//Misguided Ghosts - Paramore//Run - Daughter//

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

The monster showed up after midnight. As they do.But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming. This monster is something different, though. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.

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December Wrap Up

December was a month of many celebrations. We had Christmas, Boxing Day and New Years Eve. Needless to say it's been a busy month between finishing off classwork, preparations for the holidays and apparently camping outside of places waiting for a certain band to show up. Yep, it's been full of sleepless nights on all accounts.

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Imagine being told your whole life that if you kiss your true love, he will die. What would you do? I, for one, would run to my bedroom and cry my eyes out until I'm nothing except an empty shell of a human. Then imagine that one day a relative you've never met shows up at your door and the first words she speaks to you are 'This is the year you'll fall in love'. Blue Sargeant doesn't cry, she doesn't scream, she doesn't run away instead she goes on an adventure with the very same boy who might well be her true love and whom she might well kill one day. And that is why you should read this book.