Confess | Book Review

Title: Confess
Series: Standalone
Author: Colleen Hoover (a.k.a queen)
Genre: New Adult, Romance
Publication Date: March 10th 2015
Format: ebook

Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.

For once, Auburn takes a risk and puts her heart in control, only to discover Owen is keeping major secrets from coming out. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it.

The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can’t seem to convince her that truth is sometimes as subjective as art. All he would have to do to save their relationship is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin…

In Confess, Colleen Hoover was trying a different style of writing, or at least, it felt that way for me. A lot of things were changed like pacing and timing and the twist aspect.

In most of Colleen's books -if not all of them- she always has a huge twist that gets revealed at little after halfway point. The first half is all happy and shit to keep you off track and then the second half is when shit goes down and we're trying to fix it. 

This one was a bit different. She had twists throughout the whole novel that it was hard to know what the big twist is. Also the timing the events happened stretched out in a way I'm not used to reading in Colleen's books.

And I must say, I enjoy this style so much more. This is the 7th book I read by Colleen and each book published is better than the last, it's amazing.

The thing about Colleen's books too, is that she always has her characters do jobs that are not used a lot in the New Adult genre.
Our main character, Auburn, is a hair-stylist. Our male main character, Owen, is an artist.

Plot wise, this book kept me interested from start to finish. There was always something that I needed to know the answer for. She was painting a picture for us, starting from the basics to the whole entire view. the complexity of the characters' lives was fascinating.

I loved the characters! Auburn was so much fun and even though she's really having a hard time, she finds the strength to smile and do whatever. There was also a beautiful side of Auburn that would be a spoiler so let's not.

Owen is a new book boyfriend for me, OMG. -wink,wink- I love him. He was so sweet and so selfless and I felt so freaking bad for him, God! His job was so cool and I wished there was a studio scene at the end because I loved his job so much.

So if you don't know, the book has pictures that were painted by Danny O'Connor, who Colleen partnered with. They were so beautiful and heart-breaking.
The pictures are connected to the dedication at the beginning of the book. Which you'll get when you read the book, but the dedication made some things very hard to read.
I died so many times reading this book. I can't, man. I'm so excited to read even more and more Colleen because she's amazing and love her stories.

I have to say that Confess might be my new favorite. I still think Ugly Love seriously hit hard and Miles is actually my favorite male character of all time. But, I feel like Confess was more enjoyable to me. I do believe this one is my favorite out of her books.

Beat that November 9!

Overall, I enjoyed every single character and every single scene in this book and I honestly tried to find a flaw since I'm really picky with my 5 stars but you know what? This book deserves it.

Paper Towns | Book Review

Title: Paper Towns
Series: Standalone
Author: John Green
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult
Publication Date: October 16th 2008
Format: ebook

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows.

After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees of the girl he thought he knew.

I feel like it's becoming a thing to read John Green's book just a few days after the trailer comes out. It happened with TFIOS and now PT. I think I like it that way since I'm in no hurry. We'll see Looking For Alaska next year, hopefully.

It was very difficult to think of a review and a rating for this book so I'll just divide it into the three parts the book consists of:

Part #1 

My second favorite part. I enjoyed the adventure that Margo and Quentin when on, even though Margo was the ultimate bitch. I found myself smiling a lot while reading their night.

which hysterically sounds like "like you" in the trailer

Part #2:

My least favorite part. This is the part where we lose dear, sweet Margo. And it's also where Quentin loses his shit. His obsessiveness over her was quite creepy and dumb to be completely honest. Even after reading this book I still don't understand his motives. I mean, does he honestly think he loves her? They never talked for fuck's sake.

Other than Quentin's annoying refusals to enjoy his last days in school with his friends this part was still enjoyable to read. The clues and the mystery part was very interesting and exciting to learn about. Also, for some reason, I really would like to read Whitman's poem now, like it really appeals to me after the bazillion times it got mentioned.

I loved Quentin's friends: Radar and Ben. They added so much to the story with their rich characters and I love the emphasis on how friends are different and sometimes they can be assholes, but you know what? they'er still friends.

The two parties in this part where the best scenes of the whole book in my opinion, I just love their innocence and how raw they were.

btw, this is probably my favorite gif of all time

Part #3

Ah, my favorite part. Except for the ending, that is. I feel like Margo gets mentioned the least in this part but mainly I loved the friendships that were formed because of her in this part. My favorite hours are probably #4 because that was intense, #7 because the car is just awesome, #16, #17, #18 because it's a joke that you'll get when you read the book. 

This part was a whole entire book on its own. I loved every word they said in it and honestly I felt so happy and giddy reading it. 

In the movie, I can already see a bunch of changes made to this part in particular and I'm so annoyed. God, I really am. But Nat Wolff is bae.

Overall, I still don't think contemporary is for me but I know for sure I really enjoy John's writing and usually I'm so bad at finding quotes that I like, but I actually found a couple on my own which I'm so proud of. So beside the ending and Margo and Quentin's obsession in Margo, I really enjoyed my time reading this book.

 Before I go, here are the quotes I found on my own:

Fallen Too Far | Book Review

Title: Fallen Too Far 
Series: (Too Far #1)
Author: Abbi Glines
Genre: New Adult, Romance
Publication Date: December 14th 2012
Format: ebook

To want what you’re not supposed to have…

She is only nineteen.

She is his new stepfather’s daughter. 

She is still naïve and innocent due to spending the last three years taking care of her sick mother. 

But for twenty-four year old Rush Finlay, she is the only thing that has ever been off limits. His famous father’s guilt money, his mother’s desperation to win his love, and his charm are the three reasons he has never been told no.

Blaire Wynn left her small farmhouse in Alabama, after her mother passed away, to move in with her father and his new wife in their sprawling beach house along the Florida gulf coast. She isn’t prepared for the lifestyle change and she knows she’ll never fit into this world. Then there is her sexy stepbrother who her father leaves her with for the summer while he runs off to Paris with his wife. Rush is as spoiled as he is gorgeous. He is also getting under her skin. She knows he is anything but good for her and that he’ll never be faithful to anyone. He is jaded and has secrets Blaire knows she may never uncover but even knowing all of that…

Blaire just may have fallen too far.

"At least he had looked my way. I hadn't known what to expect from him."

Oh my god, this was a struggle.

Honestly, as a NA reader I know what ridiculous can be... but this book. This fucking book just absolutely killed me.

While Reading: 

lol what the hell is this?

Some real thirst in here.

So one of the characters just blurts that whole situation (a.k.a said plot-twist) in one breath which was totally unnecessary since they all fucking know the story. and Blaire just HAPPENS to overhear it. Ah, what an amazing coincidence. 

IS EVERYBODY IN THIS DAMN BOOK A FUCKING IDIOT? HOW DO YOU EVEN JUSTIFY ACTS SO EASILY THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

This better end a legitimate end or I'll give it a shameful one star. 

After Reading: 

lol what?

So I actually really don't like this book. I thought it was completely stupid and unrealistic.

For instance, our main character knows how to use a gun and she also has a gun because she's just so incredibly badass -note sarcasm- but see, the problem is we later find out that she has a permit. At. The. Age. Of. 14.
Where in the fucking world do you get a permit to a gun when you're 14? loony town.

I honestly don't understand how Fallen Too Far has a 4.26 rating on Goodreads... What happened to humanity..?

The story and the conversations were so cheesy, so cliche and just so... dumb.
I just didn't really enjoy this at all. It was so ridiculous I was laughing. And even though it's supposed to go by quickly I still skimmed the last part.

Blaire was like "I want you but no. Awe that's so cute take me. Dude no you don't get to- I'm yours." -________________-

I really am pissed at the fact this was ended like this because now I'd have even the slightest of urge to read the sequels.

Overall, I thought Fallen Too Far was a cringe-worthy, cheesy New Adult. I haven't lost faith in Abbi Glines, isn't this her debut novel? I'm not pretty sure. But, I think I will try some of her other series. I can see people enjoying but at the same time... I really really can't man. 

The Raven Boys | Book Review

Title: The Raven Boys
Series: (The Raven Cycle #1)
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult
Publication Date: September 18th 2012
Format: Audiobook

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore..

I picked this book up on a complete whim, not knowing what it's about, not knowing nothing. I think if I actually looked up what it was about I would've never read it, since I don't think mystery is necessarily my thing. Now? I'm not pretty sure.

As you can see, I listened to this book on Audiobook and I thought that was the best decision because I think this book would've taken forever if I read it normally since nothing really happens, all of this book is merely world-build but it was done beautifully.

The Raven Boys was mostly character-driven, which I found myself enjoying because the characters are so real and I got attached to the group so fast. They became like friends to me (that's a really sad statement)

Also, the writing is so whimsical and creepy and It didn't take me that long to get used to it, actually, which earns it bonus points.

Gansey, Ronan, Adam and Noah, all four of them had complete different stories and backgrounds and such different attitude, too. But their friendship somehow seemed natural and I have never thought that boys can actually be that sensitive it was so beautiful to look upon. Male friendship, man. My fucking favorite.

Blue was also different from the group, but I felt that the author spent so much time on the boys she forgot to take care of Blue. For example, if you give me situations asking me what each of the boys would do, I would answer in a heartbeat, but for Blue I'd probably just space.

For me, right now, Blue is just a weird person that I don't hate nor love. I hope she gets more characterization in the next books.

Lastly, I enjoyed the reader very much. He sounds like an old man but because the book is told in third person it's easier not to bother you so much that a 17 years old girl is talking in a voice of a man in his 40s. His voice somehow adds to the creepiness of the book.

Overall, The Raven Boys was a great start to a series and I can't wait to start listening to The Dream Thieves. The ending to this book was perfection, God, I don't think she could've done any better job of making me want to read the next book so badly.

Cinder | Book Review

Title: Cinder
Series: (The Lunar Chronicles #1)
Author: Marissa Meyer
Genre: Sci-Fi, Fairy Tail Retelling. 
Publication Date: January 3rd 2012
Format: ebook

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

Finally, after putting this book on my TBR for 5 months... I finally did it! 

I'm really more happy about finishing it than reading it. Don't get me wrong though, I really enjoyed it!

Okay, first of all, a fairytale retelling huh? It was so much more similar to Cinderella than I imagined it would be. The only fairytale retelling book I've read before this was Cruel Beauty By Rosamund Hodge but now that I think of that book it wasn't really much of a retelling so seeing Cinderella literally as a cyborg was definitely interesting.

As a first book the plot hadn't really developed much but it was mostly an introduction to the characters, which makes me really sad because the next book isn't going to follow the characters that I came to love yet saw no closure for them whatsoever. I mean I know they come back, but the story isn't theirs, which is just sad.

My favorite thing about Cinder was the characters for sure. 



Cinder was just a really fun character overall and I definitely related to her on the whole freedom thing -minus the asshole of a step mom- and I loved how she was inspired by Cinderella but was not weak and underneath all the uncaring no-tears face -and a couple metal parts- there was an emotional, girly girl.

Also, her mechanical techniques are the fucking truth people. Hit it a couple of times and it's as good as new!!


I'm so sad we're not going into her character in depth again..

Prince Kai was just like I imagined he would be.. the perfect prince. I love him, basically. (trying hard to forget the ending..) 
The fact that he was Asian automatically turned him into Lee Min Ho. I couldn't help it xD

Kaito is one of my favorite names and it earned him so many points.

I think I sympathized with Kaito's situation the most, it really was hard what he was going through and at such a young age too 

  

 Iko was the cutest thing in the world and the whole time she was talking I always thought of how much I wanted an Iko for myself. Oh my God, she was seriously hilarious and the best thing that happened to the book.

I'm not pretty sure but do you think Iko is the Fairy God-mother? I mean, was she inspired by her? I do believe she is.



Overall, I thought this book was very fast-paced and easy to read. Some of the plot was predictable but it was still fun nonetheless, and you get attached to the characters so fast.