City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) - Cassandra Clare

Review: City of Bones
Series: The Mortal Instruments
Author: Cassandra Clare
Rating: 4/5
Genre: Paranormal

I just reread this in perfect time for the movie and I couldn't be happier. What astounded me while reading this was the amount of planning that went into it. As I was reading, I realized how perfectly the other books meshed in with this one, and even the prequel Infernal Devices fits into the world just perfectly. That must have taken a lot of careful planning and forethought.

I just enjoyed it, a LOT. The characters are all incredibly amusing: Jace and Clary constantly bickering; Simon, plain adorableness; Izzy, who is perfection; Alec, who is so tough; and of course Magnus, who is a god. All of them are incredibly unique and totally hilarious in their own way. Some of the dialogue made me laugh out loud. 

It's also such a good action book, with mysterious runes, magical instruments of destruction, vampires, werewolves, faeries, intense people dressed in black who hunt demons....etc. It would be confusing but it's not because of the way that the mythology is all thought out. It's easy to understand and just plain fun.

Of course there is also a lot of romance and heartbreak and teenage angst, but that's one of the best parts about Clare's books! There is never NOT any heartbreak and angst, and unfortunately, you get very swept up in it haha, and sometimes your heart breaks too. (But there is no denying that Clary and Jace are perfect.)

All in all, I am really happy that I read this once more, it was enjoyable, and interesting to see the references to future and past events. It's funny, smart, action-packed and sucks you right in!

Vesper (Deviants #1) - Jeff Sampson

Review: Vesper

Author: Jeff Sampson

Rating: 2/5

Genre: Paranormal

Recommend To: N/A

Honestly, it was weird. In a sort of not OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO UNEXPECTED but more of a .....huh...that was....unexpected...and odd...kind of way. It was just blah. The thing that attracted me to it the most was the cover. And the title. But nothing ever gets explained. There is some stuff that is supposed to confuse you, make you think plot twists and things, throw you off the trail, but it is overkill and completely ruins the romance aspect (that was awful), and other than that...the characters are pretty flat.

Ugh, what's her name....gosh I already forgot...Emily! It was Emily. Okay, Emily Webb not Cooke, it a boring person during the daytime. During the nighttime she morphs into.....oh look! Another boring Emily! Really, the concept was cool, but the rest of it really was not. The parties and random boy-licking (eew) and the drunkenness was probably supposed to make her really really different from daytime Emily, but I never even got a feel for the original character herself. The nighttime Emily was just a boring drunk. I never thought whoa, she is a really dangerous and awesome female main character. Her best friend Meghan was beyond obnoxious. Normally I love the secondary characters, they're the quirky ones who light the book up! But uhh....Meghan celebrated the death of a girl...because she was a popular girl who apparently deserved no less. Umm okay who does that? And then she wished for more dead popular people and told her best friend she was better off dead than well-liked. Great message there. There are also the usual absent parents, no older guide whatsoever, and her dad doesn't say more than 5 lines and plays video games (I get her mom is dead but still). 

The love interest? We spend ages listening to Emily ramble on about some other guy. We are introduced to the actual guy after 80% of the book is over, and we don't learn a thing about him. Bam, he is just there. Yeah, plot twist or just random and not well done? I vote the latter. They don't even TALK. It's completely useless and it's not even love at first sight. It was something else altogether. Ugh. 

The only thing that salvaged this book even remotely was the whole F. Savage dialogue interview thing. I don't make much sense but I don't really want to spoil. It was different though, I enjoyed it more than the whole book put together. And the ending was better. It really showed a better, more sarcastic, and actually intelligent side of Emily. Although still no explanation whatsoever, it just was not well done.

Overall, a pretty horrible book with the potential to be something. Maybe. It was all just weird and off kilter. The pacing was terrible, the romance was...nonexistent let's just say....and the characters were two-dimensional. 

The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2) - Michelle Hodkin

Review: The Evolution of Mara Dyer
Author: Michelle Hodkin
Rating: 5/5

Genre: Paranormal-romance

Recommend To: fans of the Body Finder

Wow oh wow. I am a huge fan of the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and the Evolution just certified that fact. It's creepy and confusing at times, and mirrors the effects of insanity (you go with Mara the whole way). The romance is practically sizzling off the page, I think I actually blushed at some points. Yeah (Noah...*sighs dreamily*). There are probably people who can argue that the basic story follows the same girl meets boy and is a superhero type of plot line, but seriously, how many times does the girl have the ability to kill everything in a mile radius and also ends up in an asylum? 

The Evolution of Mara Dyer continues on from the Unbecoming which ended with that nasty, shocking cliffhanger. Mara grows a lot, she focuses on her family and keeping them safe, as well as her relationship and familial connections to Noah *sighs dreamily again* . What I liked was that Mara recognized the fact that the more she acted insane, the more she would be scrutinized and institutionalized. She is intelligent enough to know what to do to cover up her slipping grasp on reality, whereas other characters just whine a lot. What's even more scary is when we go with her on her insane rides into the past. Her life becomes more terrifying as she realizes she is forgetting things, and at times, she'll fall asleep or have blackouts, and wake up somewhere completely different. The Jude situation worsens, as she wonders if he is stalking her and her family with the intent of doing harm (plus he's creepy, that's all I'm going to say there).

The most frustrating thing about the book was how her family wouldn't believe her and the dramatic irony of the situation. It was pretty painful, and I just wanted to shake them like *Jude is THERE and Mara ISN'T insane!!! Why can't you SEE??* Although it is so nice to have a character with an actual supportive family, rather than being a poor orphan raised by an aunt or something. That's been overdone.

Finally, the mystery of the powers she has is slowly being solved (can't wait for book 3!) and Noah is there every step of the way. The relationship between him and Mara is deepening, as they try to figure out what is actually going on with Mara and well, a whole boatload of crazy stuff. He is deep and brooding, typical guy dark hero stuff, but you can't help loving him. It's actually a fun read and isn't too heavy. It makes you go nuts, but it's always fun to get into a story the way you can easily slip into the world of Mara Dyer. I recommend for paranormal romance fans who are tired of the werewolves and vampires. 

Hourglass (Hourglass #1) - Myra McEntire

Review: Hourglass

Author: Myra McEntire

Rating: 5/5

Genre: sci-fi, paranormal, romance

Recommend To: fans of the Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and Red Ruby

Well, well, well...what a surprise! (*snorts at herself* I sound like someone's ridiculous grandmother.) Anyway.... in all honesty, I wasn't expecting much. Maybe an overly hot guy and a naive little girl. I wasn't really expecting all the good things that came with those. 

The Plot: There was actually a pretty complicated plot and the McEntire did actually do some research on time travel. The Novikov Principle is an actual theorized proposal, but who knows if it's true. Other than the previously mentioned overly hot guy meets naive girl, there was a lot of space time continuum and creepy dead people stuff happening too. Secret societies and betrayals abounded. Overall, it wasn't as one dimensional as I'd expected (which probably wasn't a fair judgement in the first place, but hey, after reading too many paranormal romances you stop expecting too much). 

The Characters: Overly hot guy's name is actually Michael, and Emerson is the naive girl. But...what makes Emerson more interesting is her deep, dark past. It wasn't sloppily thrown together to create a wounded, depressed character. Nope, this girl actually had some issues. So I guess there was some self-discovery in here too. Michael was alright, he was heroic and handsome. I get the whole "perfect for each other" thing. But after Emerson, all the secondary characters became my favorites. Thomas and Dru were completely perfect. My heart froze at thought of them in danger. Contrary to other books, they prove that poor orphan girls can have people (other than their boyfriends) who care about them. Also, Kaleb. Maybe he was drinking and flirting way too much, but he was still more interesting than Michael. Lily, Ava, Cat and Jack round out the rest of the group with some awesome, nefarious things happening behind walls. There were some pretty marvelous characters in Hourglass.

The Romance: Maybe it was supposed to sizzle, but it didn't...at least not until the middle to the end. Up until then, I wasn't feeling too much intellectual connection between Michael and Em, just physical (and I'm not a huge fan of love at first sight). I like better dialogue between two lovers, forbidden I might add. But after Kaleb and Ava entered the picture, it actually got much more interesting. I like jealousy, but not confusion. This may have had a minor love triangle, but it was an engaging plot point. And the relationship began to feel a little more realistic, even if Michael's speeches were slightly too dramatic.

Overall: Like aforementioned, this book wasn't sloppily put together (something I hate) and it had some twists that I really didn't see coming. The dialogue wasn't amazing between the two main characters (Michael just kept feeling too good to be true) but it pulled together in the end while leaving some unsolved riddles to lead into the next book.

Dead Beautiful (Dead Beautiful #1) - Yvonne Woon

Review: Dead Beautiful

Author: Yvonne Woon

Rating: 3/5

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Recommend To: fans of boarding school fantasies

The Plot: Strangely, I had higher expectations of this book. I'm as much of a fan as anyone for the girl who goes off to the elite boarding school, meets handsome guy, learns new secrets. But, only as long as it also puts something new and original onto the table. This was pretty typical I must say. Half of the plot twists I had completely figured out by the halfway point. So many pointers were given, plus the title...Dead Beautiful? At first I thought it was haunting, but the book truly was the opposite.

The Characters: Also very unoriginal, plain characters. Renee? Eh. Dante? He is supposed to be this absolute Adonis (oh wait that's Greek not Roman, oh well) but he was just kind of weird and trying to hard to be mysterious. I really dislike that stuff. Guy with big secret that is worried he'll hurt you if he tells you and whiny girl struggling through the most obvious plot details possible. Boring. The other characters? Practically nonexistant. The introduce Brett for a second and I thought, uh oh, love triangle? Nope, Brett just disappears. Renee's roommate disappears for 2 days before Renee finally gets the brains to tell someone. Yeahhhh. 

The Romance:  I love dynamic character relationships with actual tangible friendship before true love. Or, even better, if you are going to make them argue before said love, make it a good fight, with lots of feistiness and whatnot. And please above all, do not make them literal soul mates. That is all.

The Style: What is to be said here? Nothing original but no gaping holes either. Just average.

Overall: Now you are asking me, I just read a terrible review on this book? But why 3 whole stars. Well the book fit together well, it was and easy-cheesy read and lastly the mythology was the best part. All that stuff about why we bury the dead, Romulus and Remus, Latin, and the 7th Meditation was actually fascinating. That was the one aspect of the book that wasn't stamped word for word from another book. Other than that, if you want to read about mysterious deaths and hot guys saving wimp girls on the beach, be my guest and read it. 

Splintered - AG Howard

Review: Splintered

Author: AG Howard

Rating: 3/5

Genre: fantasy, paranormal, retellings

Recommend To: fans of creepy (in a good way) retellings of beloved classics, fans of Wicked Lovely

The Plot: This was harder to adjust to as opposed to other aspects of the book that were excellent. Part of it was that it started out one way, Alyssa jumping into Wonderland to break the curse on her family, and then ending another way. You might say excellent, there are plot twists, and there were some things that I didn't see coming, but the fact of the matter is, I felt that things were just being heaped on and not being explained thoroughly. There was a lot going on and being revealed constantly. Almost too fast.

The Characters: There was also a lot going on in this region. Alyssa is smarter that most heroines I must say. Instead of griping on half the time about how Wonderland had to be a dream or that she of all people couldn't possibly have anything to do with magic and the supernatural, she accepts it very quickly. Yet, other times, she behaves ridiculously. I guess the only actually cool thing about her is that she can hear bugs and flowers and then she kills them to make artwork. Creepy but interesting. I wasn't in love with her character, but at least she didn't complain and she figured out where she was quickly enough. The only other two major characters are Jeb and Morpheus. Neither whom I really liked either. Jeb was noble and loyal, and Morpheus was mysterious and untrustworthy. But neither felt very developed. 

The Romance: To me, its clear who she belongs with. That makes the end satisfying I suppose. But at the same time both Morpheus and Jeb are sucky love interests. I didn't like either of them. The whole love triangles was just irritating and boring too. She's in love with Jeb, Morpheus is her childhood friends, blah blah blah. You bled for me, I bled for you, you saved my life....it goes on. 

The Style: This is where the book shines and really saves itself. It is quite disturbing at some parts, with images of grotesque creatures from Wonderland. It is a truly creepy spin on Alice and Wonderland's original story, with Alice being completely mad and never truly escaping Wonderland's mad world. The characters have all been shifted such as White Rabbit becoming Rabid White. Yeah, pretty interesting. The writing is very lyrical and fits the mood of the novel very well. 

Overall: I really wanted to love this book being a fan of the original Alice in Wonderland and I do love retellings. Especially unusual interesting ones with a great overall mood and beautiful writing. But when they are filled with disappointing characters, an almost too confusing, and actually boring plot,  and a very flat romance, it just doesn't work for me. There are many out there who love this novel, but sadly I am not one of them. 

3/5 Butterflies

The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) - Julie Kagawa

Review: The Immortal Rules

Author: Julie Kagawa

Rating: 5/5

Genre: Dystopian, paranormal

Recommend To: Fans of Black City

Shocking as this may be, it wasn't a completely typical vampire nonsense book. It was actually really, really good! It helps I was already familiar with Julie Kagawa through her Iron Fey series (which still makes me swoon) and so I was eager to try her next big thing. And it was definitely big.

The Plot: It wasn't human girl meets vampire boy....it was vampire girl meets human boy. And that makes a big difference. And said human boy doesn't even show up until part 3 or something. Huh? It doesn't matter actually, the beginning was just as good, even if it was a little slower. Kagawa takes time to build the world, really emphasizing the scary, ruins of New Covington. She lets us see the utter desolation humans live in, and we meet Allison as a human. This is crucial because after Allison is Turned, she retains those human qualities that made her special. 

The Characters: Each was really written in depth. We have Allison, a beautiful, badass heroine who isn't afraid of much. Her internal emotions were expressed so well, and we could feel her inner turmoil. And she is a real survivor, she will always choose to live. Next, there is Kanin, mysterious and brooding. He teaches her (and us) all the Vampire history that we need to know. He reminds me of a father figure...if you know, you teach your children how to avoid rabids, fight with katanas, and avoid the sun. And of course he has a mysterious past too. Finally, Zeke, Jeb and other humans. Zeke is adorable. It's funny when strong, immortal female lead, meets naive human boy/love interest. He is quite adorable, but a bit too floppy. Nevertheless, he also has a fiercer side which helped me to warm up to him. We (me and Zeke) had issues when he wouldn't trust Allison, but he resolved them quite nicely. The rest of the humans are equally as adorable, if also slightly dumber. It was frustrating, watching them tramp around looking for their Eden. Humans are such flawed creatures. But it is absolutely impossible not to get attached to every single one of them. Except Ruth maybe.

The Romance: This doesn't actually start until hallway through the book. By that time, Allie has already become a vampire, been betrayed, learned Vampire history, learned how to use katanas, and had to fight off psychotic rabids and grinning vampires. No romance though....until, enter Zeke. He is just a ray of sunshine. But it makes him and Allie work. Her dark side trying to suck his blood and him tripping over himself to talk to her. Just kidding. Actually no, not really but they do get to know each other, and even though he mistrusts her, he still loves her (and stuff). 

The Style: Not much to say here. Allie's POV is great and in depth with her struggle to come to terms with the fact that she is now the thing she hates the most. The dialogue is fierce and funny at times, and each character expresses their own little quirks (ex. Dorothy).

Overall: If you are bored of Vampires, don't read it I guess. What can I say? There are the typical "I don't want to be a monster and drink human blood" conundrums. But if you are looking for a fresher take on the whole Vampire genre, I highly recommend this one. No irritating, arrogant, sparky boys here. Just great characters, a terrifyingly real world overrun by evil, and a lot of blood. 

Chime - Franny Billingsey

Review: Chime

Author: Franny Billingsey

Rating: 5/5

Genre: Fantasy, historical-fiction

Recommend To: Fans of A Great and Terrible Beauty

Wow, what a magical, mysterious setting. I’m blown away. By everything. The plot, the characters, the mystery, the wording. It was all surreal as I was reading it, and yet it was all very tangible. I’ll explain.

The Plot: Confusing at first, but the plot is centered on Briony and her struggle to save her twin Rose from the dangerous swamp cough. They are returning to Swampsea, a 20^th century town complete with motorcars, but still with a tinge of the Victorian era and of course haunted by ancient things that roam in the wild swamp. It’s hard to find the actual villain at first because Briony is so hell-bent on the fact that the villain is herself, but that just serves to add more twists and turns. The entire book has a really dark sort of feel to it, mysterious and on the verge on confusing.  Toss in there a bit of sunshine and humor (there were parts I laughed out loud actually) known as Eldric and we really have ourselves a brilliant novel.

The Characters: This is what I wanted to talk about the entire time. It’s not really the plot that keeps the book moving, it’s the characters. Or Briony herself I guess. It’s strange to find a female protagonist not whining about how ugly and unlovable she is, but about how she is pretty on the outside, and wicked and evil on the inside. She doesn’t spend time mooning over some arrogant jerk, complaining how he’ll never love her back, but instead she focuses on how she deserves to hang and to never be loved. It’s quite a flip. But you find yourself still liking her. Even though she can ramble about her wickedness, and you want to shake her, she is still pretty powerful, which made me like her even more. Eldric was the complete opposite, which made him perfect for Briony. They completed each other. He was the light in the story. I laughed over their “bad-boy” Latin and their boxing lessons. It was perfect. And then there is Rose, who is absolutely adorable, and Tiddy Rex who reminds me of a puppy. And Leanne and Cecil (both of whom I would’ve loved to punch in the face). But it’s lovely to have characters that inspire such feeling in the reader.

The Romance: Slower than other books. No insta-love. No love-triangles, (no real ones at least.) Like I said, Eldric and Briony are perfect for each other. They belong together and neither of them cares about the others flaws. They learn about each other before professing undying love for each other. They become real friends, learning about love, loyalty, and trust, before lust (even though they learn about that too). It was sweet and touching.

The Style: Gorgeous. Lush. Deep. Sumptuous. Mysterious. Verdant. Cryptic. Arcane. Opulent. All great words. The poetry, the descriptions, the Latin (you’ll understand when you read it), the emotions. You could sink into them and never return. It was astonishingly rich and worth reading it for the setting alone.

Overall: See above. Or just go read the book. Take your pick. If the choice is the former, you still go read it. 

Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1) – Kendare Blake

Review: Anna Dressed in Blood

Author: Kendare Blake

Rating: 5/5

Genre: Horror, Romance

Recommend To: People who don’t mind terror, impossible romance lovers

Now, I’ve never really read much horror. In my mind, horror really has no place with the world of teen romance, and sparkly vampires, and dragons and faerie princesses. Uh, was I wrong? YES. So, so, so, wrong! This book is probably one of the best things that ever happened to me. The chilling details and descriptions that actually, yes really, kept me up at night just pulled me in. I was reading this during the Superbowl. Yeah. That’s how much I couldn’t put it down.

The Plot: Unbelievable. A ghost hunter who falls in love with one of his own intended victims. Plus a “thing” that eats people, running rampant through the town? Best thing ever. The summary on the back page was accurate and yet so much more. It describes the book as a boy meets girl, girl is dead and kills people type of story. Yes. A million times yes. The terror you feel as Cas combats these horrible things is real. Everything you’ve ever heard go bump in the multiplied by ten is this book. It is plain spooky. The plotline twists through bizarre voodoo and the athame (a ceremonial dagger people, look it up) gave me the willies.  And yet, overall there was humor in this story. I laughed out loud even at the parts where I was hiding in my fantasy closet with a pretend blanket pulled over my head. You should read it for the plot alone really. But there is so much more to this story.

The Characters: Ahh. Each was written in so much depth. Each was so perfectly flawed (oxymoron, I know). Cas the hero, he was just such a great main character. Following his father’s footsteps doing good in the world. Forever alone, dragging his poor mother with him. Thomas and Carmel, the sidekicks, (well Carmel was slightly annoying but what book doesn’t have irritating people?) Morfran, the cranky grandpa figure who specializes in voodoo. Tybalt (I love the Shakespeare names by the way) the cat who sniffs out bad guys (I want one). And of course, love interest Anna Korlov. Damsel in distress she is not. She is a cursed, ravaged demon who transforms from a sprightly 16 year old into pure terror complete with hair that circles around her head, eyes that turn blacker than night, blood that turns black, and a dress dripping blood down her legs. Fantasy closet here I come. All were very caring, even Anna once you get past all the murders, and each had a very special role to play. Cas couldn’t have asked for a better team.

The Romance: So some might say, what a weird story? Where is the blathering idiot of a girl meeting the same old supernatural arrogant swine? How can a ghost hunter fall in love with the very ghost he’s hunting? Oh don’t forget, she killed 27 people. Don’t be ridiculous. This is a very classic case of forbidden love. Puh-leeze. Nobody can resist such a haunting love story. It’s beautiful and sad, and it’s impossible not to love Cas and Anna. Oh and Thomas and Carmel make a lovely addition of to the side. I was rooting for them too.

The Style: Again, I was experimenting with horror and I have to say I loved it. I guess I am a fan of extreme danger, and dead things, and well…undead things that I really wished stay dead. Not for people who scare easily and who can’t stand gruesome descriptions full of the gory uncensored violence. It was definitely plain grisly at some points. Proceed with caution. I know some people who would be deterred by the entire genre.

But overall, if you have never read horror, this is the book to jump in with. Scary, thrilling, melancholy, poignant, humorous and dark. All great words to describe this read. I am so glad I picked it up and you will be too.  

The Last Echo (Body Finder #3) - Kimberly Derting

Review: The Last Echo

Author: Kimberly Derting

Rating: 5/5

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Recommend To: People who love morbid mysteries and romance

I love this series like a chocaholic loves chocolate. That’s a terrible comparison, but it’s true. The suspense and the romance put together make it absolutely impossible to put down.

The Plot: 

In this book (it’s the third in the series) Violet has begun working with Sara Priest’s team to help find killers with her gruesome ability. She finds dead bodies by a pull towards and a certain sensory feeling around them (a sound, smell, taste, etc.) These are what she calls echoes, and an identical imprint is left on the killer of the person (this is how she can track the killer, not just the bodies). Then comes our serial killer, the Girlfriend Collector who is absolutely beyond disturbing and he has got Violet in his sights. Of course we have Jay (the best part of the whole series haha) and Rafe, who Violet can’t but help feel a slight attraction towards (not okay). 

The Characters: 

Violet: The main character obviously has a fascinating and frightening ability to find the dead, but I think she has handled it well. Well, usually. She is brave and intelligent, qualities she is forced to use time and time again to get out of dangerous situations. I sometimes wish (like we all do) that characters don’t insist on keeping secrets from adults and people that could help . She makes me feel frustrated sometimes, but it’s okay because it is impossible not to root for her against impossible odds. She is awesome. 

Jay: *Ahem*, where the heck do I start with this boy? He is caring, thoughtful, selfless, and so, so, so sexy. Really, the parts of the book that included him and Violet gave me shivers (of happiness, not the shivers you get from the creeper). He really is so perfect, always concerned about Violet, frustrated that he can’t help her, and so trusting. I almost wanted him to get up and punch Rafe across the face (he didn’t), but it’s okay. I still wish we had more of him in this book though, too much Rafe. 

Rafe: Eh, I am sure some out there like him, but I will always be a die-hard Jay fan. Rafe saves Violet’s life a bunch of times, turns out he loves her (like we didn’t see that one coming), and you know, he has an ability like Violet’s. He is shrouded in mysteries and secrets which drives me nuts (why does he have to be so dangsecretive?), but he’s a good guy, also willing to do anything for Violet. 

The Collector: Umm can anyone say creepy? Like wow, is this guy messed up. The little snippets we get into his head just made me want to cower or soothe him (how crazy is that?) But he needs to be stopped no matter what and Violet is just the person to do it. 

Sara Priest: Also very secretive (hint, hint), helps Violet find her place on the team. She’s a pretty kick-butt lady. 

Vi’s friends and the Team: I love all of them. They are so funny and good supporting characters. I want more!

The Romance: 

Oh my god. How can I get this point across? THE ROMANCE IS SMOULDERING. It’s undeniably awesome. The first two books are all her and Jay (which I loved, especially the first), while this one has some Rafe thrown I there (I am not ashamed to admit I don’t like him at all ). Anyway, the moments between Jay and Violet, and just how perfect they are together is amazing. This is one of those love triangles I know exactly who needs to win. I wish there was a Jay in real life. I would marry him (again not ashamed). 

The Style: 

Next to last, the style is amazing. Whenever she dunks us into the Collector’s head you feel completely there. And very, very scared. It’s so suspenseful and at times I almost fell off my chair (or I would have if I was sitting on one). It’s is (I repeat)impossible to put down and if you don’t want your day to flash by you or you have important things to do, wait to read it because you will forget everything. 

Overall: 

One of my favorite series ever, and I wish I could recommend it to everyone. Unfortunately, I know a lot of wussies who refuse to read it because it’s scary. So yeah, don’t read it if your bladder scares easily. But all in all, one of my favorite books and series’ ever. If you want to know why, see above review.