Category: Book Reviews

Either while reading the book or after I have read the book I will put my own review of how I thought the book was.

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Wake (A Watersong Novel), Amanda Hocking

India

Wake Bookcover

“Come now weary traveler, I’ll lead you through the waves. Worry not, poor voyager, for my voice is the way”

In Wake by Amanda Hocking, a young girl named Gemma is forced to make a life changing decision. Gemma is young girl in  sea town who loves to swim. She swims so much that she feels best when in the water and feels one with the water. It is her affinity for the water that she attracts the attention of the “pretty” girls in town. It turns out the pretty girls in town aren’t pretty inside and out, and there’s a lot more to them than anyone knows. What the people of this sea town do know is that since they showed up, boys have gone missing and everyone is drawn to them without knowing why.

Honestly I did not enjoy this book one bit. The best part about it was the side love story that was happening with her older sister. I thought the book was really confusing in trying to figure out the mystery of the pretty girls. Only instead of being twists and turns and a curve ball, it was just weird. It wasn’t a very difficult read, and didn’t take very long other than the fact that I didn’t want to read it. I personally don’t reccommend this book, but she has written a lot of them, so they must be good to others, so I wouldn’t want to knock anyone else from trying it. Until next time,
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90s Born Reader
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Inferno, Dan Brown

India

Inferno Cover

“The memories materialized slowly  …   like bubbles surfacing from the darkness of a bottomless well.  

A veiled woman.
Robert Langdon gazed at her across a river whose churning waters ran red with blood. On the far bank, the woman stood facing him, motionless, solemn, her face hidden by a shroud. In her hand she gripped a blue tainia cloth, which she now raised in honor of the sea of corpses at her feet. The smell of death hung everywhere.

Seek, the woman whispered. And ye shall find.

Langdon heard the words as if she had spoken them inside his head. “Who are you?” he called out, but his voice made no sound.

Time grows short, she whispered. Seek and find.”

If you’re not already buying the book by now, I hope the rest of this makes you want to buy this book. From the very first couple of pages of Dan Brown’s Inferno I was hooked and couldn’t put it down! Robert Langdon wakes up and finds himself in a hotel, has no idea why or how he got there, all he knows is what the doctor tell him. One, he’s been shot, and two, he’s in Italy neither of which he remembers happening. As he comes to he knows that once again he’s been thrown into some mystery that apparently only he can solve! Also if you haven’t inferred from the title of this miraculous book it’s all about Dante’s “Inferno”. Robert Langdon finds himself once again running around Europe trying to figure out why these things are happening to him, who he can trust, what Dante’s “Inferno” has anything to do with it, and how to save the world.
Obviously I loved this book! It took me no time at all to read it. I was stuck and determined to figure out how I could help Robert Langdon saved the world. Of course I’m not a symbolist, nor have I been to Europe… yet… so I wasn’t much help, but I still tried. That counts for something… right?  Honestly just read it! Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and The Lost Symbol were amazing and this one didn’t pale in comparison at all. Until Next Time,
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90s Born Reader
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The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

India

the-great-gatsby

Hope.

I can’t think of what a better word describes the magnificent story of The Great Gatsby. To me The Great Gatsby is about a man who has held on to so much hope and love in his life that it has consumed him to the point where he has changed himself. He created someone he thought she wanted to see, but so much time has passed she’s not even sure the love she once had is the same.
Hope.
Even with all of the parties, symbolism, and American history that is portrayed in this novel, it is that word that sticks out to me. The feeling that at the right moment and at the right time what you want will happen, and what you have worked for will happen. That constant yearning for something and knowing that a positive outcome will come about it. That is what I love about Jay Gatsby, and that is what I ultimately take away from it, and I hope that one day I too will have “green light” to look out at. Until next time,
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90s Born Reader
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Clockwork Princess (Infernal Devices), Cassandra Clare

India

-Clockwork-Princess

I still can’t believe this is the last book. I was sad when I started reading it because I knew that this was the end of the series. Well, lets see what happens.

In this one Tessa really comes into her own and finds out what it means to be a Shadowhunter and it seems like she really likes what she’s becoming apart of and loves her new family. There’s also some sounds of wedding bells in the air, but who are the ones getting married?!  Will also has an unexpected guest into the Institute as well, but I don’t want to give that away quite yet. Tessa, Will, and Jem think they have found out exactly where the magister is hiding, and how to get rid of him.
 In my opinion Jem is the strongest one of them all and has decided how long he wants to live, and what he wants to live for. What I also loved about this particular book was how much love was in the air even with all of the dark times going on in the Institute. Even the Lightwoods with all of their troubles have managed to find love in unexpected places. I’ve already said multiple times how much I love this series. Trying to summarize it without giving everything is the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to write. I’m sad that this series is over, and I hope that Cassandra Clare has more coming for us. If she doesn’t I hope that more and more people read these miraculous series both The Mortal Instruments, and Infernal Devices. I know that she will with the move coming out soon. Until next time,
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90s Born Reader
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Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices), Cassandra Clare

India

ClkwkPrince cover

Cassandra Clare just loves to make me have to keep reading her books. Tessa, Will, and Jem are at it again and now there is so much more going on in London. There are unanswered questions about The Magister, of who he is, where he is, and why is he doing the things that he’s doing. Tessa is falling more and more in love with Will and Jem, and Will is doing what he can to push her away. The fate of the Institute and how it is run is put into question and more details about Will’s past is put into the forefront. Also The Lightwoods’ with all of their pure bred breeding turn out not to be so pure as well.

I honestly don’t want to give more of it away! It is amazing as usual and it captivated me from beginning to end, so much so that as soon as I was done with it I used my meager college money and bought the next one, Clockwork Princess, almost immediately when I was done. There are so many unexpected journeys in this book, and surprises that you want to know what happens next all the time making it impossible to put down. I highly recommend this book and all of the others as well. Until Next Time,
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90s Born Reader