Thanks to Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas, my book reading this month has been terrible, I've had the worst book hangover and spent all but a fortnight reading and re-reading the Throne of Glass series. I have no regrets. I did however read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher and loved it (controversially) and It's not summer without you by Jenny Han.

Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas 5/5 Stars (FAVOURITED)
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 4/5 Stars
It's not summer without you by Jenny Han  3/5 Stars

I tried very hard to read Landline by Rainbow Rowell but I struggled to get through the beginning, but I will try and get through it in September as I'm sure I will love it. The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan is being put on hold for now. I haven't quite gotten over Percy yet so I am not ready to start this new series.

Now onto my TBR for September, I am leaving it up to a surprise, my TBR's have been failing recently and I think because I've been feeling too much pressure to finish them and not letting myself read the book I've been wanting to read after buying them. This month I bought Isla and The Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins so I would love to get into that this month or even The Finisher by David Baldacci. But I'm letting myself be free this month. I will however still pick from my TBR Jar when I start University again on the 22nd.

So what is your TBR?
Are you having a free month?
Will it help or will I need direction to read more?
Let me know what you think.

ARC ALERT!
Warning: Spoilers! (duh.) seriously like so many spoilers!

 Lost and broken, Celaena Sardothien’s only thought is to avenge the savage death of her dearest friend: as the King of Adarlan’s Assassin, she is bound to serve this tyrant, but he will pay for what he did. Any hope Celaena has of destroying the king lies in answers to be found in Wendlyn. Sacrificing his future, Chaol, the Captain of the King’s Guard, has sent Celaena there to protect her, but her darkest demons lay in that same place. If she can overcome them, she will be Adarlan’s biggest threat – and his own toughest enemy.

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 mean look at it, it's beautiful. I was fortunate enough to get an ARC of Heir of Fire and my god is it incredible, like seriously it's gonna blow you away. Sarah J Maas is the queen of shock endings and characters development.

We find Celaena far away from Rifthold in the land of her ancestors and family. To say that she is struggling with the events of the last book is a complete understatement. It was really hard to read her being so lost and without hope. She had literally given up on everything and it was a very hard thing to read about.

The story gets split into about three/four parts. We follow Celaena as she is basically kidnapped by her evil Aunt and forced to learn to control her Fae powers (which gives such an awesome ending) We follow Chaol as he joins the rebel forces and Dorian as he falls in love again. But most amazingly we follow Manon Blackbeak as she learns to rides Wyverns and serve the king.

Let me just say it Manon Blackbeak was nothing like I expected from excerpt we were given a few months ago, her entire narrative was heartwarming and very How To Train Your Dragon. But I liked her, which Celaena being broken and not herself for the first half of the book, Maas knew we needed that badass character who takes no prisoners and is arrogant as hell. And not only did Manon do that, she also didn't just become a carbon copy of Celaena. We really learn alot about the Witches and it's really written ingeniously because I feel like anything even slightly mentioned in the previous books is attended to in other books. Nothing is throwaway information and that's incredible.

Chaol meets Aedion, Princess Aelin's (Celaena) cousin and apparent traitor as he is a general to the King of Adarlan. Of course this all turns out to be fake and the two begin working together for the rebels. I still adore Chaol and I want him and Celaena together so bad, like I just loved them. But we start to get a lot of their couple flaws in this book and it's heartbreaking to understand that Chaol is actually kind of scared of Celaena. He's scared of her power and the blood lust that comes from her Fae side and he can't pick and choose what parts of her to love. He joins the rebels and yet not until the end does he finally draw a line of where his allegiance lies. He spends so much time bouncing between teams, working for the king, protecting Dorian and yet plotting for Aelin. As they say you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything and Chaol finally makes his choice in this book.

I will admit I was worried that Chaol would be forgotten by Celaena when we met Rowan, they definitely had a connection and there were moments where I thought something might happen but I'm glad it didn't. Celaena is clearly not ready for anything like that, I mean if something had happened it would've felt like the entire series was about finding her a lover. We also finally get the choice of what she plans to do about who she is and when she uttered the phrase "Then we will rattle the stars."I was basically happy dancing in bed. PRINCESS AELIN IS ALIVE!

Now to Dorian, I really wasn't that invested in his story, he basically dated this healer who turned out to be a spy and got beheaded. I don't know why I just wasn't sold on her, she was meek and kind of boring. I couldn't see what he was seeing in her. It felt like he loved her because he wanted to. I don't know maybe she was exactly what he needed at the time. When the king finds out about his power, a very interesting thing happened, he put a mind control magic collar on him and then it ended, like the next book is gonna be so awesome.



I don't know what more I can say, how much more I can plug this book more. This entire series is one for the ages. It can capture every part of you until you can't think of anything else. The book hangover from this is gonna be real bad. READ THIS SERIES! DEVOUR THESE BOOKS! DO IT NOW!

If I could give it 100 stars I would!

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.