Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Review: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The Iron King  - Julie Kagawa
Release Date: February 1st 2010
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 363
Overall: 4.5/5


Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined…
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school…or at home. When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change. But she could never have guessed the truth—that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face…and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.
 I'm quiet happy to say that this actually lived up to everything that I had heard. The sad part is I hadn't really heard of this book until the third one came out. Which to me really sucks because I kind of wish that I would have known about it before when maybe the second or first on were the only ones out. I really like the suspense of waiting for the sequels. But then again, being able to have the next two able for me to read as soon as I want to or have the time to. That is a good perk because after reading this one I really really want to read them.

I was hooked from the second I started this book. It got to where when I was reading it I was getting pissed I would have to put it away to go do something else. From the minute the action and adventure started in this book it was go go go. It really kept my attention too, and it has been a bit since I've read a book that I would fall asleep reading it because I didn't want to go to sleep but couldn't physically stay awake.

I was also pretty happy with the relationship between Ash and Meghan. I of course don't want to say too much because I would hate to give anything away. So I'm just going to keep it to this. The way that their relationship developed was amazingly written. I love how you could feel the emotions that they had and also knew things that the other didn't.

All in all this was a really good book. I think the only thing that made me not give it a full 5/5 was because  I had expectations for the way things would end, but honesty the ending was pretty good. Ok i lied, the ending was actually really good, I just had this idea of what would happen that i liked a bit better than the way that it really did end. I would recommend this book to everyone because it's such a good read and because it would be a good book for people of all ages.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

In My Mailbox {15}

Sunday, May 8, 2011
So I kinda bought a few books this week. haha well my order that I placed at booksamillion came in and right before I got it I made a trek to Walmart and bought a few more. So here's what I got this week in my Mailbox, and some are already ready for review so you guys gotta get ready!

Bought

Wither - Lauren Destefano
Past Midnight - Mara Purnhagen



Rage - Jackie Morse Kessler
Blue Moon - Alyson Noel
Linger - Maggie Stiefvater

That's all I got this week in my Mailbox, what did you get?
In My Mailbox is an idea created by the amazing Kristi of The Story Siren 

Friday, May 6, 2011

Follow Friday {12}

Friday, May 6, 2011
So here I am again everyone. Everything is going fine, I just have finals week coming up and am working almost 40 hour  weeks now. I'm going to schedule some posts so I can just hop on and click post daily instead of having to sit down and write them since I can never seem to find the time. That way I won't be gone for such long periods of time. But anywho here is this week's follow firday



Q. Circle time! Time to share. What character in a book would you most like to be, what character in a book would you most like to date?


I would have to say that the character I most want to be would have to be, oh wow this is hard let me see. Right now I think Meghan Chase from The Iron Fey Trilogy is really interesting. I don't want to say too much and give away things with why I want to be here but her life is going to be very interesting.  I know I would love to date Edward Cullen purely for the fact that when I think of him I think Robert Pattinson, and have you seen him? I mean come on he's gorgeous.

What's your Follow Friday?
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

In My Mailbox {14}

Sunday, April 24, 2011
I can't believe it. This is blog post number 60. I have done so much and gone so fart is such a short amount of time. I know that I wouldn't be here if it weren't for my amazing followers putting up with the fact that I am just too busy for life sometimes. You have all stuck around and we've made it this far already. So for post 60 and almost 5 months of blogging, I'm sure you all know what this is about, so here's this week's IMM

Bought

Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Infinity - Sherrilyn Kenyon
Wings - Aprilynne Pike

13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson
The Heart of Memory - Alison Strobel


Review

The Demon Kiss - Lacey Weatherford
Yeah that's right. Book number 2 Blog Tour here I come!
Haven - Kristi Cook
Everlost - Neal Shusterman


Given




So I have to say, overall it was a pretty good book week. Especially because both of the books I bought were less than 20 dollars together. That's a deal let me tell you! Yeah Kmart haha. 

What did you get in your mailbox?
In My Mailbox is an idea created by the amazing Kristi of The Story Siren 



Friday, April 22, 2011

Follow Friday {11}

Friday, April 22, 2011
After a very stress filled week I am glad to say that I get to work this wonderful Holiday weekend. I am going to be so tired this weekend! I have been trying to find time to read The Iron King though and it's so good! But for now here is this week's Follow Friday post!



Q. What is on your current playlist right now?

I listen to so much stuff it's not even funny. I'll just do some of the songs in my top 25 most played in my iTunes right now haha. Also don't judge me my tastes are random!

1. E.T. - Katy Perry
2. Bills Bills Bills - Warblers
3. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. Teach me how to dougie - Cali Swag District
5. Pretty much a whole bunch of Big Time Rush
6. Lay all your love on me - Mama Mia cast
7. Black and Yellow - Wiz Khalifa
8. A drop in the ocean - Ron Pope
9. Cry me a river - Michael Buble
10 - Your Favorite - T. Mills

There's kind of a top ten right now, if you want to know more I can tell you haha. Just comment below.
What songs do you listen to??

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

In My Mailbox {13}

Sunday, April 17, 2011
I actually got books this week! Exciting right?  I also plan on buying some Sunday (I guess today when I post this) because I'm going over to Indiana for the day and will have no reservations about buying books. But here's the books I got this week.

For Review


Wild Child - Mike Wells
The Adice Girl - L.A. Shaw

What did you get in your mailbox?
In My Mailbox is an idea created by the amazing Kristi of The Story Siren