The new title for TOG4 dropped last week and I personally...LOVE IT!


It fits so well and I can't believe I didn't guess it would be this. Of course like most book lovers I immediately start plotting what could happen, what the title could be suggesting.
And I have nothing.
I know I want Arobynn. I want her to confront him asap and considering this book is supposed to be longer than the last, so there is time for it. I also have always had this sneaky suspicion that Sam wasn't really dead or that Ansel will show up, otherwise why would they have the publish The Assassin's Blade so quickly? And more than that we also have a blurb!

Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past . . .

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return.

Celaena’s epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena’s story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world. 

You would like more? I can give you more. 
You can now get the first four chapters of Maas' new series A Court of Thorns and Roses for free on ebook  here.

Big week or so for Sarah J Maas and my obsession with her books is feeling looked after. Good old Bloosbury, they never let us down. 

What about you, what reveals are you excited about? 
Let me know in the comments and lets start discussing. 

Happy Reading.

Warning: Spoilers! (duh.)

All hail the beauty of birthdays. Naturally as with every birthday I was given books and gift cards as presents. However these two are by far my favourites.


The dual authored Frozen by Melissa De La Cruz and Michael Johnston attracted my attention a few weeks ago in Waterstones, naturally due to my Disney's Frozen obsession. It's been described as a futuristic Game of Thrones which is right up my street. I am so excited to read this and may even push another book out of this months TBR, but we shall see.

Welcome to New Vegas, a city once covered in bling, now blanketed in ice. Like much of the destroyed planet, the place knows only one temperature—freezing. But some things never change. The diamond in the ice desert is still a 24-hour hedonistic playground and nothing keeps the crowds away from the casino floors, never mind the rumors about sinister sorcery in its shadows.

At the heart of this city is Natasha Kestal, a young blackjack dealer looking for a way out. Like many, she's heard of a mythical land simply called “the Blue.” They say it’s a paradise, where the sun still shines and the waters are turquoise. More importantly, it’s a place where Nat won’t be persecuted, even if her darkest secret comes to light.

But passage to the Blue is treacherous, if not impossible, and her only shot is to bet on a ragtag crew of mercenaries led by a cocky runner named Ryan Wesson to take her there. Danger and deceit await on every corner, even as Nat and Wes find themselves inexorably drawn to each other. But can true love survive the lies? Fiery hearts collide in this fantastic tale of the evil men do and the awesome power within us all.

I also purchased The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith. I had seen a lot of reviews on Goodreads. I decided to take a chance. I'm not generally a big fan of contemporary YA. I find them a bit hit and miss but the cover is so pretty and the narrative seems pretty harmless and actually rather charming. 

Imagine if she hadn’t forgotten the book. Or if there hadn’t been traffic on the expressway. Or if she hadn’t fumbled the coins for the toll. What if she’d run just that little bit faster and caught the flight she was supposed to be on. Would it have been something else - the weather over the Atlantic or a fault with the plane?

Hadley isn’t sure if she believes in destiny or fate but, on what is potentially the worst day of each of their lives, it’s the quirks of timing and chance events that mean Hadley meets Oliver...

Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver’s story will make you believe that true love finds you when you’re least expecting it. 

In other news I have finished Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater and with my university assignments submitted and out of the way, my dedication to all things book has been revived.

Stay Tuned and Happy Reading.

This has been a pretty awesome year for reading, personally. In the chaotic time that was the Christmas season, I inched my way to finish my reading challenge for 2014.


There has been a bit of negativity surrounding the yearly reading challenge, and I disagree it takes the fun out of reading and personally I don't take it seriously enough to warrant it pressurising me. For me personally, it's a promise, a casual promise, that reading will be a part of my life this year, and I think that pretty damn important.

And across my many months of book appreciation, I've read some lackluster lit I tossed into the trash (figuratively) and some breathtaking books that have made it onto this. My 2014 favourites list, enjoy.

10. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

I feel as though this book should be higher in my list, but after Landline I'm still holding a grudge. 2014 wasn't the easiest year for me. After the terrible ending of a relationship that was messy and only one party was aggressively hurt (me.) I was feeling very pessimistic, very angry and maybe even a bit lost. Attachments was what made me realise I wasn't in the wrong, I wasn't being unreasonable to expect someone to love me, to expect someone to want to be around me and not act like I was a burden. I don't think without this book I would have had the courage to meet my boyfriend or meet anyone again. It should be higher in the list...but Landline though. Eff off Neil.

9. Panic by Lauren Oliver

Panic hits my top ten for a number of outstanding reasons, but primarily  because I didn't expect much from it. It's difficult for a writer to come off a series and deliver a stellar standalone, but By George! she did it. And what a hell of a standalone it was.

8.The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

In 2014 was the first year I picked up the Darkest minds series. This has been a great series and I will be reading the final book in 2015.

7. Cress by Marissa Meyer

I have fallen so hard for this series. Cress was really where I became really involved with the story on a new level. This is when the jump up and down, my god I'm so excited feeling kicked in and I cannot wait for the release of Fairest and Winter.

6. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

I began this series at the start of the year and will finish in 2015, but the first two books were so exciting and different to anything I'd read this year, it had to be in my list.

5. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey

The Infinite Sea was so unlike it predecessor, which I loved. We waited so long for it and it did not disappoint in any way than it was over too quickly. Now all we have to do is wait approxiamtely 2.5 billion years for the next one.

4. The Grisha series by Leigh Bardugo

A darling series come and gone. I couldn't choose which one I preferred so the whole series is number 4. I am utterly devastated I got into this series later than everyone else. I just never picked it up before but it has swiftly become a classic on my shelf. I imagine many rereads in the future and my excitement for Six of Crows is through the roof.

3. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

I utterly adore Shannon's world and am so glad this is only the first book. All my favourtie series are ending and The Mime Order comes out early 2015, warranting a new series to get excited over.

2. Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas

What? Not top of my list? Odd! I reside the beautiful and astonishing Heir of Fire to number 2 only because I only read it once this year and normally the Throne of Glass series demands more reads from me. I am aggressively excited for Maas' new series A Court of Thorns and Roses as well as TOG4!

1. Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

DUH DUH DUUHHHHHHHH! Trumpets and whatnot. I put off this series for so long, knowing it followed a young boy and assuming I wouldn't connect with it. But I am one to admit how wrong I was, I can't believe I waited so long. This series consumed me, one after the other. I can't remember the last time I picked up the first book and then read the rest of the series one after the other. It just pulled me in and with the final Heroes of Olympus book being released I can now dive into The Lost Hero without the tender pain of waiting for the next one. Dear, delightful Percy has stolen my heart this year.


Happy Reading.

You tend to find that when people get into relationships, friendships and family commitments start to slip or are neglected at the beginning of the relationship. Maybe this has happened to you or maybe you do it yourself. It's nothing to be ashamed of it happens, people get caught up and let things slide. Even I do it.

But I also do something worse.

Forget the neglected friendships or not seeing your family for days when staying at a significant others house. The thing I'm most ashamed of.

I neglect reading.

I've always been the kind of person who reads to escape. If I'm having hard time or am just bored with real life there is nothing better. But sometimes life is better than a book. Sometimes I am so busy having fun and laughing and being happy. I neglect my love of reading altogether. Don't get me wrong I have read since I got into this new relationship but not remotely at the rate I was prior to it.

This seems like an easy problem to solve but I am seriously having trouble trying to balance reading and relationships. It was never an issue before because I read before bed or when my friends don't want to hang out, but now I have someone who wants to be around me all the time. Someone who before I go to bed I want to talk to and engage with rather than talk to fictional people. Does this make me not a real reader? Sometimes I worry yes.

I'm trying not to be too concerned because these things take time and I've always been like this with relationships and soon enough the reading comes back. I get spare time with work and traveling to university. But currently I'm in the phase of feeling like a neglectful mother.

In any sense the only way to go is up. With my shoddy TBR! I will infact be reading Isla and The Happily Ever After by Stephanie  Perkins, Landline by Rainbow Rowell and If I Stay by Gayle Forman before I see the film.

I also aquired my Universoty reading list this month which includes:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.

So what could I do to help with this?
Any suggestions?
I could really use the help.

This book tag was created by the lovely Miss Ariel Bissett of Booktube. You can find her original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2UxYi8fOA and I hope you enjoy.

SCENARIO #1

Imagine this you are in a book shop when suddenly hell reigns down on earth and Zombies take over. The only thing is these Zombies can only be killed by an over hyped book...which one do you grab?

Me? I head straight for The Mortal Instruments section...

I do not see the appeal of theses books. The characters are bland and the plot is predictable and some of it even emotionally disturbing. Jace is the furthest thing from a dream boat I could ever possibly imagine, that is why I'd be using any of these book to beat a zombie to death. Maybe City of Heavenly Fire, that thing is skull crushing beast.

SCENARIO #2

You just got the greatest haircut ever! Like seriously you look so good, but then it starts to rain. Which sequel do you use to shield your stylish new do?

 This is honestly the most frustrating book in this series. America makes questionable decisions throughout but in the second book it's a doozy. Maxon spends so much time saying the competition is over and he will announce their engagement but as soon as she a little mean to him, he goes off and humps some other girl. This book is seriously a disaster and I would have no problem watching it's pages crinkle and break.

SCENARIO #3

You are in English Class and the Teacher is droning on and on about  ridiculous classic that you can't stand, what is that classic? Sorry Fee! It's got to be anything by Jane Austen.


 Fee is gonna absolutely hate me for this but I cannot see the appeal of this woman. I find her novels fluffy and very very "shallow" is probably the best word for it. Sure I agree with themes of familial and romantic love but she lacks the depth of Bronte' within these relationships. I think Austen is one of those classics that is no longer relevant. She can be as great as she was back then but people no longer need to learn the lessons in her books as those lessons were fully constructed by her society and status at the time, therefore diminishing the amount of people who relate to it year after year.

SCENARIO #4

You are in the library, everything is fine until BOOM! GLOBAL WARMING EXPLODED! or something! Suddenly you are freezing, you need to burn a book to stay alive, which series do you grab first.


I'm heading for anything written by Maria V Snyder. The way the woman writes drives me around the twist and I'm not partial to plots that favor coincidence and random unexplained talents. I literally got 100 pages into Poison Study before I wanted to beat my own brains out with it.

SCENARIO #5

Now, you're a big comedian about to go on stage...but dammit you have gum in your mouth! Luckily you carry your entire bookcase around with you. Which books last page would you stick your gum in?


Sadly it has to be Beta, this book was so good and interesting throughout until that last 50 pages when everything suddenly turned into "lets add as much stupid rubbish as possible" ending. Seriously this ending I was sure was a joke, I can't see how anyone would think this ending was a good idea. It ruined the entire book.

So those are my Book Sacrifices. Face it, we all know we have books we can't stand. So what are yours? Share your sacrifices or reccomend me a tag. Or just chime in!

 GUEST BLOG ALERT!

So Fee of http://caterfeereviews.blogspot.co.uk/ aka caterfeereviews is sleeping at mine so i have unwillingly handed my laptop and blog over to her. She had me at gunpoint I swear!

Hi guys! So as Lou is a dear friend of mine, I just want to type how nice it is to meet you (can I write that? Is that not too weird?) but I guess today I'm just blogging about your local bookstores/sellers but ones that aren't your local ones. A contradiction or what hey? But yeah I generally just mean about other branches of that store.

So today I find myself in Barrow-In-Furness where I was brought to Waterstones and The Works! Hurray for great bookstores! But yeah Waterstones is completely different to the three branches I normally browse and it was far more interesting... Okay so Louise bigged it up to me many many many times and showed me her numberous signed copies of much loved YA!

She also took me to The Works which is a great store for snapping up 3 books for five poounds or as I like to say, buy UNPUBLISHED AMERICAN books for a bargain (Instead of paying a motherload of money for shipping and converstion rates on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Ebay)....

Sadly I didn't snap up a bargain but who knows, maybe next time?

Ciao for now!

Fee

Allow me to show you this picture.

Do you see it?

Do you?

You must.

Okay well, I suppose I'll just tell you then.


I have a real issue with the way publishers format series'. Bloomsbury USA posted this update yesterday that got me thinking about it.

I had been wanting to buy Hardback editions of this series but the cover did originally look like this:

and then when Crown of Midnight was released the designed changed completely so that only the Paperbacks matched. This post however showed me that publishers are aware that things like this annoy us. Heir of Fire is also going to be released in Paperback in the UK because the rest o the series is also in Paperback.

But not all publisher do that. Series tend to start of in Paperback format, then as they get more and more popular they upgrade to Hardback. And I hate it. I then have to choose between having them mismatched or waiting months for the other edition to come out.

Take the Divergent series for instance. I bought the first one in Hardback, with the silver cover. Then Insurgent came out in England, only in Paperback with a new purple design. I bought that and the first one in the new edition, assuming it would stay that way. Then Allegiant comes out  with that design but in GODDAMN HARDBACK! And the only way I can buy Allegiant in Paperback is in a full bind up of the series, but I already own the first two in that edition. Not to mention that Four came out in a tiny, odd sized hardback.

And that's another thing, sizing...

This has to be a joke right?

Why is Lola bigger than Anna? It's the same matching cover design. What made the publisher think that I wouldn't notice this inch difference (it might as well be the size of everest).

Okay fine, this shouldn't bother me as much as it does. And it didn't really, but with Bloomsbury reissuing hardback Throne of Glass' because they know fans want the matching set, I realised that publishers know this bothers us. I don't understadn why within publishing continuity isn't seen as important when it honestly drives me round the bend.

There is little that annoys me about books, but this is definitely one.



What about you? Does it annoy you? Am I crazy? Let me know!

I read a quote from Mark Twain about a year ago as I drifted through Goodreads.

“Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.”

At the time this really stood out to me at the time, as even though I confessed to adoring books. I hadn't read any "classics." I pondered  the relevance of them, how could they relate to a contemporary audience? Why are they "classics" in the first place? But all in all I made a promise that I would make an effort to read classics...but what is a classic?

Naturally being one of today's lazy youth. I used Wikipedia to find out. 'A classic book is a book accepted to be particularly significant or noteworthy within a society.' That seems like a pretty solid, if not boring, description, so I delved deeper. They are the books we are forced to study and naturally hate because of them. They are the books we hear adults brag about reading and using in pretentious arguments. They are the books that people quote on Facebook to seem smart.

At this point I realised classics seemed to be related to how people are viewed. Then I met my best friend. Fee is obsessed with Jane Austen, an author I had always disliked (nothing personal I just figure she is kind of a hypocrite and her writing is a bit...dry). Fee talked about Austen in a way that really made me think about when I read her in school.  I figured I may be wrong about disliking the book so I gave it another try.

I still hated it. Although the second time I did feel myself relating more the Elizabeth. She is sharp and observant: No one crosses her field of vision without being assessed, and judged. I've always been one to make snap decisions and the book warned against that.

I decoded to read some more "classics" to see what the hype was about. I'd heard pretentious people raving about 'The Catcher in the Rye' plenty of times so I figured it could be fun to tear that apart.

THIS WAS THE MOMENT IT ALL FELL INTO PLACE!

I finished this book a mere hour later and wished I had read it when I was sixteen. I was so angry at the world, at myself. I hated everyone around me but I also loved them and never wanted them to leave. I looked at the world and called out its bullshit and felt so unbearably alone and yet I hated being around people. If I had read this book when I was sixteen. I would not have felt so alone. Holden is the embodiment of every angsty teenager, and not in a patronizing way. Salinger seems to remember exactly how it feels to be a teenager even though he wasn't a one when he wrote this decades ago.

I read more classics and the lessons followed. I quickly came to the conclusion that "classics" CAN and DO matter. We call them "classics" because they know something. Something about our society (Fahrenheit 451) or ourselves nature (Lord of the Flies). They give us insight into ourselves personally (The Great Gatsby) and to show, from one human being to another, that many of these isolating feelings are infact  universally shared.

Afterall...we read to know we are not alone.

Warning: You are about the enter the territory of a Word Nerd incapable of reading. Things could get dangerous!

I feel like I should be writing an ASS (After School Special) to bring up this terrible affliction. I've been struggling with this particular issue for almost a fortnight now and I am at my wits end. Ladies, Gentlemen and Gummy Bears...

I HAVE READERS BLOCK!

You can probably imagine what exactly this is, but if not, let us ask the almighty fountain of knowledge that is Urban Dictionary.

Step 3: Read a familiar book. I plan to take part in the Killer Read-along for Throne of Glass. I adore this book and hopefully it will relight my burning Word Nerd flame inside me. 

I can't say if I'm doing the right thing or if I'm just clawing at strings but hey! anything has to be better than not being able to read at all.

Do you have any tips for beating readers block? Share them below!
You suffering from it yourself? Lets help each other out.

Warning: Spoilers! (duh.)

You can watch the Pilot all on the up and up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB0yfeJ2SGI

I, like many readers of the Delirium series, was left feeling unsatsified after Requiem. Therefore with the announcement of a Delirium based television show we were excited initially and then disappointed when the pilot wasn't picked up. However many many months later Hulu (kinda like Netflix only it's not Netflix) have picked up the pilot and it is now available to watch on the internet.

So I watched the trailer and my expectations flew, then I watched the episode and well, my notes consisted of:

Awkward Dialogue
INSTA-LOVE!
Kiss and Declaration of Love 19 minutes in.
Anti-climactic reveal *snore*
Party raid scene was incredible.
Casting is excellent
Julian is delightful but I do not ship him and Hana. YUCK!
Blaze through a lot of info every quickly
Too contemporary, doesn't seem realistic.


I may have been a bit harsh but I studied Media so naturally, I'm aggressively judgmental. I feel like this Pilot will make zero sense if you haven't read the book. The pacing of this episode is awful, it's really awfully written. I can describe it through use of The Vampire Diaries. In the Pilot we get a hint that he is a Vampire and that they will be in love, but none of that happens until later in the series, she doesn't find out and they don't have  INSTA-LOVE just to get on with there own rewrite all in the first episode. That pilot enjoyed the journey.

This Pilot was the entire first book, leaving characters and plots underdeveloped. A 300 page book in 43:20 minutes just makes it sloppy. There is so much possibility and fun to be had with this series, she definitely shouldn't have  crossed the wall, fallen in love with Alex then watch him die all in 1 episode, that actually makes me angry because there is more to it, development, moments that you yearn for when you read the book.

If I was Lauren Oliver I would be furious. This undermined everything that happened in the book to make way for there ow storyline. I mean you want to add to it and twist it go ahead. TVD didn't exactly stick to the book narrative but it was still TVD at it's core and in fact it was better.

I JUST CANNOT EVEN PUT INTO WORDS MY FRUSTRATION RIGHT NOW! Dammit Delirium.

I have gone a little overboard on books at the start of this month. I swore I wouldn't but I just can't help myself.

I then went against everything I said I would because I'm a hypocrite and  bought Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor even though it is in hardback and I have the previous books in paperback. I can't help it! I'm weak! I will be reading this in June and am so excited.

This post is dedicated to my Book Best Friend Fee! Check her out at caterfeereviews. 

If you, yourself already have a Book Best Friend, you are incredibly lucky. Oh! What is a book best friend you ask?

Well the definition can be bit fuzzy but there are definite signs of Book Best Friend-dom! For example... do they?


 Post pictures of authors on your Facebook wall with personalised messages? Definitely a sure sign. Your BBF will remember your favourite authors and seek out to send you updates on them. By the way Sarah J Maas. So beautiful like, what author looks like that! And she's an author that can write like wow! (Gushing over, lets continue)

Your BBF will also send you funny book related pictures. They know you far too well and are immediately reminded of your joint inability to say no to just one more new book.


Incoherent conversations about books! Check! When you just can't wait to talk about the book your reading. They are who you talk to. And they will listen even if they don't like the series (City of Heavenly Fire *cough*)

They will never stop recommending you books and you to them. You'll both refuse to read them but after constant nattering, you'll break down read it and love it!  

HINT HINT SLATED FEE! READ THE ASSASSIN'S BLADE! 


This is really my long winded way of saying that the world of reading is not a solitary one. We hear all the time that "bookworms" (I hate that phrase) are anti-social and need to get out more. That the act of writing and reading is one you do alone. But it really isn't. I have the greatest friendships all built on the basis of reading books. When we talk about books we don't discuss them quietly, we jump up and down, screaming down the pub get excited about them. And I think that's pretty awesome.


Plus my friends are just adorable!

TWINLYF!

I have had a few messages about the new blogger format being far too hard for people to follow, therefore their is now a Facebook Page available which will be automatically updated with new posts and giveaways. Book blogs I like and book news. Just a whole lot of extra content, so feel free to like and share and I hope you enjoy it!

Warning: Spoilers! (duh.)

This week marks the release of the final book in the second trilogy of The Mortal Instruments series. (Is that a mouthful or what?)

City of Heavenly Fire is highly anticipated and fan girls everywhere are peeing their pants over a Jace and Clary sex scene. (I still feel weird about the whole incest thing) and it's not to say when I read the original trilogy I didn't enjoy it, I did, I really did. However I will not be reading City of Heavenly Fire and here's why.

The Mortal Instruments follows Bella Swan-esque protagonist Clary who learns she is a Shadowhunter (i.e Demon Killer) her mother keeps it a secret from her in order to protect her from Valentine (A cliche' evil dude who is also her father) Voldemort meets Darth Vader anyone?! Then we have "hearthrob" Jace , who is actually a total arse and generally treats Clary like crap. We are also led to believe that for the first three books they are siblings, which makes some of the "romantic" moments, creepy as hell. They are no Jaime and Cersei afterall. In the original series Clary defeats Valentine just by being nicer than him, gets a magic angel wish and saves Jace's life. But fuck all the people who died in the big battle leading up to that. Max! Anyone! And the villians are so bland, they are evil because they used demon blood, that's it?! So there is no moral choice between good or bad then, just demon blood and angel blood. Great!

Of course the series isn't all bad, Isabelle is delightful and awesome and badass and I loved her. Alec is primadonna bitch and it's very entertaining and generally the dialogue is amusing and well written.

But none of these are the reason I won't be reading City of Heavenly Fire. I enjoyed the first trilogy and began to read the new trilogy with City of Fallen Angels. The only problem was...Simon.

I hate Simon. I can't stand him or reading about him and I know from my friends who read the books
that the second trilogy is heavy on Simon. I was so excited when he died but then he had to come back as a vampire and make himself extraordinarily annoying. He's stupid, irrational, possessive but it all comes across as cute because he's "FRIENDZONED". I think he's self righteous and likes the play the victim, he barrels into situations and drag Clary (who gets less annoying as the series goes on) in them with him. He's a vampire for god sake, that can walk in the sunlight and has that mark on his head so can't be hurt. I'd love that, I'd be so badass and become like a crime fighting vigilante, but no Simon uses it to cheat on the only other two girls in the "group" good job Simon!

So that is why I won't be finishing The Mortal Instruments. Although admittedly I have heard excellent things about The Infernal Devices! What's the worst that could happen?

Every Word Nerd knows that feeling when you finish a book in a series and then realise you have to wait for the next one. I mean, its enough to drive anyone to fictitious insanity and the GIF's born from that are well...

So in no particular order.

The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.

I adored The 5th Wave, it was like Falling Skies but more awesome. Cassie was awesome and the cliffhanger was legendary, I feel like I have been waiting forever for this book and I can't take any more. Come on Yancey, hand over the book and everything will be fine. 





Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas

 While Celaena learns of her true destiny, and the eyes of Erilea are on Wendlyn, a brutal and beastly force is preparing to take to the skies. Will Celaena find the strength not only to win her own battles, but to fight a war that could pit her loyalties to her own people against those she has grown to love

I have already expressed my adoration for this series, it is by far my favourite and I am jump up and down, squeal at strangers and pee my pants excited for this book. Also Maas is releasing another series and I have complete faith it will be just as awesome. We aren't even halfway through the Throne of Glass series and I am deeply in love with everybody.





Winter by Marissa Meyer
 This book will feature Cinder and Snow White and will take place on the moon. 

This is literally all we know currently about the final book in the Lunar Chronicles series. From what we've seen of Winter it's going to be awesome.  I adore Cinder and now the Prince has joined the crew. What could go wrong?!










Landlines by Rainbow Rowell

Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. Two days before her and her husband are supposed to visit his family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn’t expect to him to pack up the kids and go home without her. That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts . . .

 Having read all of Rowell's current books, I  am so excited for this new book. I have even been posting questions on the Goodreads interview with Rowell out of my excitement.



Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater






No blurb yet for this book but this series is excellent. And that cover, that's enough to get anyone giddy.











Young Elites by Marie Lu
Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.

Even despite the disappointing ending to the Legend series I am so excited for Marie Lu's new series, the plot sounds awesome and she has such a wonderful visual style.

Series are an important member of the YA family. We love a long story that keeps going and gives us as much as possible. When you love a story there is nothing better than finding out there are more books, although that being said, some series are better than others. This is the countdown of my CURRENT favourite top ten

10. Dust Lands Series by Moira Young

Amidst the wreckage of a ruined civilization, Saba must fight to save herself, her family, and maybe her whole world.

The Dust Lands Series by Moira Young makes my top ten because of the first and second books in the trilogy. The final book was admittedly a disappointment but Saba is a strong protagonist and it's hard not to fall in love with her and her journey. The relationship development between her and her siblings is beautiful and the final chapter of Raging Star is really quite lovely.

9. Delirium Series by Lauren Oliver
Lena and Alex, two teens battling against the controlling government that believes that love is a disease and forbids it from their community.

Delirium is one of those trilogies that people were let down by the ending but Pandemonium is one of the greatest books I have ever read, the structure is just genius. And much like Veronica Roth's Allegiant, the ending becomes better and more able to cope with in time and after a re-reading. 


8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Enter a future world where every year two tributes from each district are thrown into an arena expected to fight to the death or get knocked out by other means. Only one can survive.

A classic YA fave, The Hunger Games needs no explanation as to why it deserves to be in my top ten. Although I will say that despite how controversial. I loved Mockingjay. 



7. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
The mysterious "Kid-Killer" affliction has left most American children dead, but Ruby is not one of them-she's one of the dangerous ones, the ones who lived. 

The Darkest Minds is by far one of the most interesting concepts I have ever read. I adored the first book and the second one was just as good. Ruby is delightful as is Liam and the characters development throughout this series is phenomenal. The final book in the trilogy In the Afterlight is out this year. I highly, highly recommend.
6.  Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth
 Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling debut is a gripping dystopian tale of electrifying choices, powerful consequences, unexpected romance, and a deeply flawed "perfect society."

Another YA classic, Divergent is a wonderful trilogy with a shock conclusion. If you haven't quite got over Allegiant,I recommend reading Veronica Roth's blog. Her post about her plot decisions is beautiful and really helps to understand the authors point of view. 


 5. Harry Potter by J. K Rowling






Need I say more.  






4. Demon Trappers by Jana Oliver

Riley Blackthorne is a 17-year-old trying to make her way in an Atlanta plagued by marauding demons and scheming necromancers. With each passing day, Atlanta is becoming the latest battlefield between Heaven and Hell.

This is one of the most consistent series I have ever read. Each book is as good and as satisfying as its predecessor. Riley is badass, Beck is just...great! And the narrative is full of twists and turns. You will fall in love with this series. 


3.Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong
The series revolves around The Edison Group, a team of supernatural scientists, and the subjects they have experimented on. 

An incredibly absorbing trilogy that follows Chloe Saunders. Her inner struggle to control her powers and find out who she is will surprise and enthrall you. Armstrong is a well known horror writer and brings aspects of this into these novels to give it a great, scary edge.




2. Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer   
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. 

Follow Cinder as she tried to take down the evil Lunars in these wonderful novels based loosely (incredibly so) on fairytales. The final book Winter is scheduled for release and I am so excited for it, I am going to pee my pants. 


1. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

   
After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. 

 I initially read these books last year on a random whim after grabbing it at Waterstones and I never just buy books without researching first. But I was really glad I did. A year later I have just reread them after the release of The Assassins Blade (Throne of Glass Prequel Novella Bind Up) and it occurs to me that this may be my favourite fantasy series EVER!

I love Celaena so much, in a way that I've never connected to a protagonist before, she isn't simply kick-ass and hard and cold, shes also soft and sweet and goofy and she's real person in the greatest way that a collection of words can be a person, she is so incredibly complex that it doesn't seem possible for her not to be a person. Then there's Chaol who is the weirdest love interest but also seems so incredibly right, Dorian isn't just the typical kind of 'here he is, prince charming' fantasy that people love to read in books. But Chaol gives off the idea of what it's really like to be in love, he is the reality of love rather than the fantasy and I adore that. Sarah J Maas has created real life on the page. I often forget it's constructed and that none of this has actually happened.

The world is beautiful it's like Game of Thrones meets modern day and the way it feels natural to move through. And I normally hate books about Fae, I avoid them because I can't stand them and after I first read this book, the Fae part seemed not that important, it was more to do with how great the story was. The percentages of the book focusing on each narrative felt really good, really natural, it wasn't all about the competition or Elena or the love story or even this kind self acceptance and misery Celaena goes through story, they all flowed naturally and felt like that was how much time should have been spent on each part. I love this book in the weird way that I can love something that isn't real, something that was made up. 

The third book Heir of Fire is out September and luckily there are to be six novels within this series. 


 It's beautiful right! 

I honestly implore you, if you haven't read this series, pick it up. You will not be disappointed, it makes me all ...
 on the inside.