Infinity (Chronicles of Nick, #1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon Review

Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:
At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris, Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity.
Nick quickly learns that the human world is only a veil for a much larger and more dangerous one: a world where the captain of the football team is a werewolf and the girl he has a crush on goes out at night to stake the undead.
But before he can even learn the rules of this new world, his fellow students are turning into flesh eating zombies. And he’s next on the menu.
As if starting high school isn’t hard enough. . .now Nick has to hide his new friends from his mom, his chainsaw from the principal, and keep the zombies and the demon Simi from eating his brains, all without getting grounded or suspended. How in the world is he supposed to do that?

My Review:
First of all, this book has been on my to-read list forever, and I always wondered if I’d like it. I didn’t really at first, but at some point that changed while I was reading it and I couldn’t put it down. The main character is Nick, a fourteen year old boy, who seems like a good kid, although he talks to himself a lot, and gets bullied at school. It had been so long since I’d even though about this book I wasn’t really sure what to expect because although I liked the cover, I couldn’t remember what it was supposed to be about. At times I felt like I was missing something, like I skipped a book or something, but thought that couldn’t be true because this is the first book in the series. I liked the story, but something I really didn’t like was when the viewpoints suddenly switched in the middle of a chapter. It was really confusing without a pause or even really any explanation when or who it changed to, and even though it was an exciting book, sometimes there was so much going on that I didn’t realize the viewpoints had even changed. The more I read, however, the more I liked it. I didn’t feel too old reading this, and I even thought it was funny at times. Check it out if you haven’t already.
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Claire (The Helmsworth Project #1) by Madison Key Review

Claire by Madison Key
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:
Claire Helmsworth has extraordinary abilities just like her siblings Brian and Jenna. Their parents gave them these gifts at a very young age and for good reason.
Now the FBI and two unknown parties are searching for the siblings and their parents. The only problem is their parents are no where to be found.
When the FBI shows up at Claire’s work asking questions to her, and her siblings, things start to heat up. One phone call later and the siblings are on the run, each taking their own path to find out what is going on.
Will Claire be reunited with her brother and sister?
What happened to their parents?
Who is after the Helmsworth family and why?
Are the FBI agents being paid off, or are they truly looking out for the Helmsworth kids?
Find out the answers to these and other questions as you follow Claire through her adventure.

My Review:
I wasn’t expecting this book to be so short, and usually I’m not really into short books, but I really liked this one. It immediately sucked me into the story and had me wanting to read more. It didn’t take very long to get through, but it gave me everything I wanted out of it, and I want to check out the next one.
Claire, 23, lives with her younger siblings, Jenna, 21 and Brian, 16. They all have different powers, like telepathy and empathy, but they can still communicate with each other in their heads. I really liked the characters and the entire story. Although I’m not a big fan of viewpoint changes, I still enjoyed this. It’s exciting and I didn’t want to put it down. Claire seems bored of her predictable life at first, but events start happening to shake things up a bit. I love the science part behind the story, explaining the gene therapy and the all the work it took for their scientist parents to get where they are. I can’t wait to see what happens next. I’m definitely going to check out the next story.
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Spark (Sky Chasers, #2) by Amy Kathleen Ryan Review

Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:
Waverly and Kieran are finally reunited on the Empyrean. Kieran has led the boys safely up to this point, and now that the girls are back, their mission seems slightly less impossible: to chase down the New Horizon, and save their parents from the enemy ship. But nothing is truly as it seems…Kieran’s leadership methods have raised Seth’s hackles— and Waverly’s suspicions. Is this really her fiancé? The handsome, loving boy she was torn from just a short time before? More and more, she finds her thoughts aligned with Seth’s. But if Seth is Kieran’s Enemy No. 1, what does that make her?
In one night, a strange explosion rocks the Empyrean—shooting them off course and delaying their pursuit of the New Horizon—and Seth is mysteriously released from the brig. Seth is the most obvious suspect for the explosion, and Waverly the most obvious suspect for releasing him. As the tension reaches a boiling point, will Seth be able to find the true culprit before Kieran locks them both away—or worse? Will Waverly follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk? With the balance of power precarious and the clock ticking, every decision counts… every step brings them closer to a new beginning, or a sudden end…

My Review:
Wow, what a book. I really enjoyed reading this. I know it’s been a while since I read the last one, and I didn’t think it was that great, but this one really turned the series around for me. I’m glad I read it. I’m also really glad that the last book was summed up at the beginning of this one, because like I said it’s been a while since I read it. I like the cover and the characters really developed during the story. It’s super exciting and I didn’t expect any of it. I didn’t want to put it down because I couldn’t wait to see what happened next.
So the adults have been captured, and the kids run the ship now. Although the characters didn’t really act how I though fifteen year olds would act, they were still interesting and kept the story going nicely. I love space so this book was good for me. Usually I don’t like viewpoints changing, but I welcomed the chapters switching between Seth, Waverly, and Kieran and it really showed what was going on around the ship the entire time. I will definitely be checking out the next book in the series!
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Silent Alarm by Jennifer Banash Review

Silent Alarm by Jennifer Banash
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:
Alys’s whole world was comprised of the history project that was due, her upcoming violin audition, being held tightly in the arms of her boyfriend, Ben, and laughing with her best friend, Delilah. At least it was—until she found herself on the wrong end of a shotgun in the school library. Her suburban high school had become one of those places you hear about on the news—a place where some disaffected youth decided to end it all and take as many of his teachers and classmates with him as he could. Except, in this story, that youth was Alys’s own brother, Luke. He killed fifteen others and himself, but spared her—though she’ll never know why.
Alys’s downward spiral begins instantly, and there seems to be no bottom. A heartbreaking and beautifully told story.

My Review:
I absolutely loved this book. I got it at chapters because I liked the cover and the description sounded like it would be interesting and way different than anything else I’ve read lately, and it sucked me into the story immediately. I don’t regret buying it at all and am so glad I got to read it.
It’s about this girl Alys, and her brother Luke, and their family’s life after a school shooting. It’s something you don’t really want to think about because you hear it happening on the news but I was really interested in it for those reasons exactly. It starts off with Alys studying like any other day in the library. And just by being there, at the right place at the right time, her life is changed forever. She’s haunted by what she saw and there’s tons of flashbacks in the book. She just has to pick herself up and put herself back together, save herself.
The characters seem realistic and act their age, I didn’t feel too old reading this book. It’s so exciting and I really just couldn’t put it down once I picked it up. I just kept saying, okay, one more chapter. And before I knew it, it was over. I’m so glad I read it though and I think you should check it out if you haven’t yet.
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Landfall (The Ship, #1) by Jerry Aubin Review

Landfall by Jerry Aubin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:
5,000 years into a Mission meant to last 100, both the Ship and its society are on the verge of collapse.
Launched as the last gasp of a dying Earth, the Ship set out to preserve humanity by seeding the universe with one billion colonists. Generations of Crew, trained to be either Flight or Marines, have protected the Ship and its civilian cargo from the constant threat of alien violence.
Fifteen-year-old Zax has always had trouble fitting in with the other cadets, but he’s finally on the cusp of attaining his dream and gaining entrance to the Flight Academy. Catching the eye of the Flight Boss and winning him as a mentor should guarantee Zax a top spot, unless the shocking discovery he makes along the way destroys not only his career, but also the Ship itself.

My Review:
Zax is fifteen and has a habit of puking whenever the spaceship he lives on, jumps through space. I don’t blame him. That would probably make me sick too. He’s super smart, and bullied a lot. But that doesn’t stop him from doing whatever he wants. I love books about space and aliens, so this book was great for me. I was immediately sucked into the story and although I am five years older than Zax is, I didn’t feel too old reading this like I usually do when the characters are below a certain age. The characters in the book acted their age, and the story was action packed and super interesting. I don’t have much to say about this book, but I really enjoyed reading it, and there isn’t really anything I didn’t like about it. I will definitely check out the next book in the series!
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