My Review of: Legacy (Night School #2) by C.J. Daugherty

Legacy by C.J. Daugherty
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: In the last year, Allie’s survived three arrests, two breakups and one family breakdown. The only bright point has been her new life at Cimmeria Academy. It’s the one place she’s felt she belongs. And the fact that it’s brought dark-eyed Carter West into her life hasn’t hurt either. But far from being a safe haven, the cloistered walls of Cimmeria are proving more dangerous than Allie could have imagined. The students and faculty are under threat, and Allie’s family – from her mysterious grandmother to her runaway brother – are at the centre of the storm. Allie is going to have to choose between protecting her family and trusting her friends. But secrets have a way of ripping even the strongest relationships apart…

My Review: I thought this book was cool. I read the description for it on Netgalley, and thought that was interesting. So I requested it, and originally forgot about it and put it out of my mind for a while. And then realized it was from netgalley, and started reading it. Which is always fun. I would have liked to read the first book before I read this one, but the story was still fun to read. I didn’t know the characters well enough when I first started reading it, and got a little bit confused… But after that I was fine. Allie seemed like a cool person, and even though I still don’t really know what the Night School really was, I’ll probably try to track down the first book and read that before too long. It sounded awesome from what I read about it in this one. That’s all I really have to say about that, though. It was a fun book to read, and I liked the story line. The characters were fun to learn about, although I would’ve liked to get to know them a little bit more. This is the second book in the series, so I kind of missed out on that by skipping the first book. Anyways, thanks for reading! (‘:

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My Review of: The Forever Girl (Forever Girl #1) by Rebecca Hamilton

The Forever Girl by Rebecca Hamilton
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: A Cult. A Murder. A Curse. Sophia’s family has skeletons, but they aren’t in their graves…

At 22, practicing Wiccan Sophia Parsons is scratching out a living waiting tables in her Rocky Mountain hometown, living under the shadow of her bi-polar mother, religious prejudice, and a cold murder. Sophia can imagine lots of ways her life could be better, but she’d settle for just getting rid of the buzzing noise in her head. The spell she casts goes wrong. The static turns into voices.

Her personal demons get company, and the newcomers are dangerous. One of them is a man named Charles, a centuries-old shape-shifter that Sophia falls for despite her better judgment. He has connections that can help her unveil the mystery surrounding her ancestor’s hanging, but she gets more than she bargains for when she finally decides to trust him. Survival in his world, she learns, means not asking questions and staying out of the immortal council’s way. It’s a line she crossed long ago.

If Sophia wants to survive the council and save the people she loves, she must accept who she is, perform dark magic, and fight to the death for her freedom.

The Forever Girl is a full-length Paranormal Fantasy novel that will appeal to lovers of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, witches, vampires, ghosts, paranormal mystery, and paranormal horror.

My Review: To be honest, I let my kobo die for a few weeks and totally forgot about this book. Finally charged it, turned it on, realized that I had indeed forgotten about it, and saw that there was only twenty pages left. I can barely remember this book! And I feel bad because I didn’t mean to, I didn’t want to, and still it happened. I remember reading about it and thinking it was cool, but at the moment, I couldn’t remember a thing about this book if I tried. I’m sorry about that. In a way, though, I don’t, because I obviously couldn’t get into it. I can’t remember the characters. I vaguely remember something about like, a bunch of people acting like teenagers? I thought they were older, but I guess not. I’m giving this book two stars because, like I said, I can’t remember it. And that’s all I have to say. Check it out if you come across it, and lemme know what you thought.

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My Review of: Delirium (Debt Collector #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn

Delirium by Susan Kaye Quinn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: Delirium – EPISODE 1 of the nine-part, first season of the Debt Collector serial.
SEASON ONE NOW COMPLETE.

What’s your life worth on the open market?
A debt collector can tell you precisely.

Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He’s just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives. That hit of life energy, a bottle of vodka, and a visit from one of Madam Anastazja’s sex workers keep him alive, stable, and mostly sane… until he collects again. But when his recovery ritual is disrupted by a sex worker who isn’t what she seems, he has to choose between doing an illegal hit for a girl whose story has more holes than his soul or facing the bottle alone–a dark pit he’s not sure he’ll be able to climb out of again.

My Review: I absolutely loved this book. It was exciting, and unlike anything I’ve read before… I’m sad that it was only 50 pages long, because I definitely could’ve read more. Gotta find episode 2!! The characters were intriguing, and I couldn’t put it down. I read it in one sitting. That’s how awesome this story was. Lirium is essentially a Grim Reaper. He’s dressed in black, and he goes around to suck the life energy out of the sick and the old. Then, he goes home, gets drunk, and hires a ‘sex worker’. Little did he know, this little hook up would be a lot different than the others. The girl who comes into his apartment is different, and she doesn’t want to cut of energy like the rest of them. She wants him to give it to her dieing sister. It’s a crazy book. Definitely check it out if you get the chance!! (‘: Thanks for reading.

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My Review of: 8 Reasons Your Life Matters by John Herrick

8 Reasons Your Life Matters by John Herrick
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: “If I were to disappear, would anybody notice?”

Each of us has asked that question in dark, honest moments.

In his first nonfiction book, 8 REASONS YOUR LIFE MATTERS, bestselling author John Herrick combines personal struggles with biblical insight. Injecting eight chapters with humor, memoir moments, and a postmodern perspective on life, Herrick shares eight reasons your life matters:

Your Life is More Permanent than Your Struggles
God Sees You Differently than You See Yourself
You Have a Destiny
You are Remembered, not Forgotten
You Were Someone’s First Pick
Your Absence Would Leave a Permanent Hole
People Need to See You Overcome
You are Loved and Valued

Eight solid reasons to give life one more chance. Eight reasons your life matters.

Join John Herrick, author of the novels From The Dead and The Landing, and discover fresh purpose for your life.

My Review: When I downloaded this book, I didn’t realize how Christian this book really was. I thought I would be able to just ignore it, because I’m not religious. But nope, this book was full of ‘inspiration’ that wasn’t really inspiration for me. I thought it was going to make me feel better after I read it, and all I really felt when I was finished was boredom. It was boring. The whole book was bible quotes, and even though the intro claimed that people who didn’t believe in god would find inspiration, what wasn’t bible quotes and stories, was him talking about experiences he had with the bible, and with god. It was annoying. I don’t like this book. That’s all I have to say about that. Thanks for reading!

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My Review of: Brothers, Bullies and Bad Guys by N.D. Richman

Brothers, Bullies and Bad Guys by N.D. Richman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: One troubled, the other trouble
One regrets, the other hates
One builds, the other destroys

Their parents are kidnapped in a home invasion and Christopher and Michael must unite or die in their quest to find them. Adventure turns to mystery when the brothers follow a hunch leading them over the Pacific Coast Mountains, across the ocean, and to a fortified island where they fight for their lives with tragic results.

My Review: Not a bad book, overall. I liked it. I didn’t totally love it, wasn’t sold completely on it, but I liked it. It was exciting, interesting and kept my attention for most of the book, anyways. The characters weren’t my favourite, didn’t really get to learn a lot about them, and I didn’t get to connect with them very well, but that’s okay. There was tons of action and excitement going on in this book, so if you like that, definitely check it out! I got this book from a goodreads giveaway and just got around to reading it, sorry it took so long to read and review! Thanks for reading.

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My Review of: The Pineville Heist by Lee Chambers

The Pineville Heist by Lee Chambers
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: The Pineville Heist is a #1 Bestselling Amazon Thriller. Seventeen year old Aaron Stevens stumbles into the aftermath of a five million dollar bank heist gone wrong. Hiding under a canoe, Aaron partially catches the murder of one of the robbers. In the chaos he sneaks away with the money and heads straight for the closest place of safety, his high school. Terrified, Aaron tells his shocking tale to Amanda Becker, his drama teacher, but it doesn’t take long for one of the psychotic robbers to show up. In the locked down school the pair are relentlessly pursued in a quest to get the money back and wipe out the evidence.

My Review: An awesome read. I got this book originally from a goodreads giveaway, and just got around to reading it, and I definitely should have read it sooner. It was a good book, and I enjoyed every moment of it. Everything was exciting, the characters were fun to learn about, and the story really just jumped out at me. Definitely check it out if you have a chance. (‘: Thanks!

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My Review of: Retribution (Lost Souls #1) by Amy Rachel Thompson

Retribution by Amy Rachel Thompson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: Regan Edison has just moved from California, to enter her first year at Georgia Liberty College, the place where jacked up Chevy trucks and hunting are a way of life. Regan hopes to start a new life for herself and she thinks that Georgia is just the place to do it. That is until she meets an unexpected stranger.

Colter Hayes is a member of the Collectors, a group of wrongfully punished lost souls. Colter and the rest of his team, Finn, Kaiden and Devon, work for the Requiem Council who pass judgment on those souls that are neither tagged for Heaven nor Hell. The Council has charged the Collectors with finding the lost in exchange for a chance at redemption.

When an ex-councilmember known to pass Retribution on lost souls sets his sights on Regan, the Requiem Council dispatches the Collectors to Georgia to work as protectors for Regan. The Collectors must fight to save Regan from a fate they know all too well, but can they work to earn back their chance at redemption or are their fates sealed forever?

Who is meant for Heaven?
Who is meant for Hell?
And who is just lost?

My Review: I’m sorry, I’m not going to lie about this book. It definitely wasn’t my favourite. Honestly, I can’t remember the first half. But the ending was… Interesting. About the last hundred or so pages I remember, and it was pretty cool. A good story, just wasn’t one of my favourites. The characters were cool, some of them, but the story seemed like it just didn’t jump out at me. I couldn’t really get into until that second half. I couldn’t really connect with any of the characters, and that resulted in me skimming probably half the book, which isn’t always fun. I mean it makes the book go faster, but I can’t really keep my mind on it. I received this book from netgalley.com in exchange for a review, and that’s what I’m doing. I’ll probably check out the second book in the series, however, in hopes that it will be more fun than this one. I think that’s all I have to say. Thanks for reading!

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My Review of: Y by Marjorie Celona

Y by Marjorie Celona
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:”Y. That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over. Why? . . . My life begins at the Y.”

So opens Marjorie Celona’s highly acclaimed and exquisitely rendered debut about a wise-beyond-her-years foster child abandoned as a newborn on the doorstep of the local YMCA. Swaddled in a dirty gray sweatshirt with nothing but a Swiss Army knife tucked between her feet, little Shannon is discovered by a man who catches only a glimpse of her troubled mother as she disappears from view. That morning, all three lives are forever changed. Bounced between foster homes, Shannon endures abuse and neglect until she finally finds stability with Miranda, a kind but no-nonsense single mother with a free-spirited daughter of her own. Yet Shannon defines life on her own terms, refusing to settle down, and never stops longing to uncover her roots — especially the stubborn question of why her mother would abandon her on the day she was born.

Brilliantly and hauntingly interwoven with Shannon’s story is the tale of her mother, Yula, a girl herself who is facing a desperate fate in the hours and days leading up to Shannon’s birth. As past and present converge, Y tells an unforgettable story of identity, inheritance, and, ultimately, forgiveness. Celona’s ravishingly beautiful novel offers a deeply affecting look at the choices we make and what it means to be a family, and it marks the debut of a magnificent new voice in contemporary fiction.

My Review: I received this book probably two years ago in exchange for a review, and I misplaced it for forever, or so I thought. It showed up at the weirdest time, right when I thought I lost the other book I read, and my kobo was dead. I thought, hey, I should probably get around to reading this! And am I glad I did. It’s an amazing, touching story that I couldn’t put down from the moment I opened the first page. It kept my attention for the whole entire book, and even though the ending didn’t turn out like I thought it would, I loved every minute of it. The characters were exciting to learn about, I loved how the book was written, I loved every single chapter. It’s an amazing read that I definitely think that more people should read, and definitely check it out if you get the chance. I’m sorry this review took so long to write! I didn’t mean too, I just got busy! Thanks for reading. (‘:

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My Review of: Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #2) by Ransom Riggs

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: The extraordinary journey that began in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London the peculiar capital of the world. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. Like its predecessor, this second novel in the Peculiar Children series blends thrilling fantasy with never-before-published vintage photography to create a one-of-a-kind reacting experience.

My Review: This book was… Interesting. It was a fun read, sure, but I’m kind of bored of the characters, If you can believe that. They haven’t changed at all since the first book. They’re still sheltered, skittish, and don’t like anything that isn’t like them. It’s not really that cool. Sure, they have peculiar differences, but some of them aren’t really that nice of people. The ending caught me by surprise though, I definitely didn’t expect it. I don’t know. It seems pointless that I read both of the books to be left with that. Sure, it’s cool, but I dunno. It’s not my favourite. It was a pretty good read though. Adventurous, mostly. Got to know a lot of new people, read things I didn’t think would happen. I think that’s all I have to say about that, though I probably shouldn’t have paid what I did for it. It wasn’t that great. Thanks for reading anyways! I know the rating makes no sense. I can’t make up my mind about this book.

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My Review of: Midnight in Europe: A Novel by Alan Furst

Midnight in Europe: A Novel by Alan Furst
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis: Paris, 1938. As the shadow of war darkens Europe, democratic forces on the Continent struggle against fascism and communism, while in Spain the war has already begun. Alan Furst, whom Vince Flynn has called “the most talented espionage novelist of our generation,” now gives us a taut, suspenseful, romantic, and richly rendered novel of spies and secret operatives in Paris and New York, in Warsaw and Odessa, on the eve of World War II.
Cristián Ferrar, a brilliant and handsome Spanish émigré, is a lawyer in the Paris office of a prestigious international law firm. Ferrar is approached by the embassy of the Spanish Republic and asked to help a clandestine agency trying desperately to supply weapons to the Republic’s beleaguered army—an effort that puts his life at risk in the battle against fascism.
Joining Ferrar in this mission is a group of unlikely men and women: idealists and gangsters, arms traders and aristocrats and spies. From shady Paris nightclubs to white-shoe New York law firms, from brothels in Istanbul to the dockyards of Poland, Ferrar and his allies battle the secret agents of Hitler and Franco. And what allies they are: there’s Max de Lyon, a former arms merchant now hunted by the Gestapo; the Marquesa Maria Cristina, a beautiful aristocrat with a taste for danger; and the Macedonian Stavros, who grew up “fighting Bulgarian bandits. After that, being a gangster was easy.” Then there is Eileen Moore, the American woman Ferrar could never forget.
In Midnight in Europe, Alan Furst paints a spellbinding portrait of a continent marching into a nightmare—and the heroes and heroines who fought back against the darkness.

My Review: I really didn’t love this book. The best I can say is that it was okay, but that’s it. I couldn’t get into it. I didn’t like the characters, didn’t know them. The story was just like every other historical fiction book… Did I mention I don’t like Historical Fiction? I just can’t stand them. And I keep thinking maybe I’ll like the next one. But I don’t. It just doesn’t happen. I really just couldn’t get into the book. I’m sure it was interesting and exciting, it just didn’t do it for me. I just didn’t like it. That’s all I can say about it. I didn’t retain anything from this book, I can barely remember names. That’s my opinion, though. And that’s all I’m going to say. Thanks netgalley for letting me read this book.

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