Review: Mind Readers by Lori Brighton, Bound by CK Bryant, Hematite by Stefanie Olar

Posted by bkristin on Oct 11th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review: Mind Readers by Lori Brighton Cameron has hidden her secret her whole life, but everything changes when she meets Lewis. He shares her secret and offers to tech her the truth- but is that what he really wants? This book started off and ended very similarly. It made the book feel complete. This is an excellent example how to craft the beginning and ending to leave a reader happy. In both instances, Cameron is telling the reader about her crappy ability, but the ending is more of a hint to what will come. It worked perfectly. This ending was one of the much better endings I have read that still...

Review: Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, and The Death Cure by James Dashner

Posted by bkristin on Sep 21st, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review: Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, and The Death Cure  by James Dashner Without his memory, Thomas is thrown into a world full young men trying to find their way out of the bad life they are living in. Unfortunately none of the boys have their memories and all they can do is run the maze outside the walls of their compound to find a way out.  Inside Thomas mind is hidden the clues that he must put together in time to save everyone from the horrendous machine/animal grievers wanting to feast on them. First book Thomas along with all the Gladers has no memory of why he is there or what they are...

Review: The Warrior Heir, The Wizard Heir, and The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

Posted by bkristin on Aug 31st, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review: The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima Jack takes medicine to help his heart, or so he thinks. Instead he finds out rather unexpectantly that the medicine represses the warrior stone in his chest and he is now a chess piece in a game he never intended to play. This book is filled with what is now the norm cliché for YA books. Unknown hero in small town suddenly has powers- his nerdy friend and sporty friend cannot be told the truth, but his ex-girlfriend tries to sell him to the highest bidder and his new love interest is not everything she pretends to be. That being said, this book was...

Review: Forbidden Mind by Kimberly Kinrade, Wings of Arian by Devri Walls, Soulkeepers by GP Ching

Posted by bkristin on Aug 29th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review : Forbidden Mind by Kimberly Kinrade Sam has been waiting her time to turn eighteen and get away from the establishment that has been raising her and renting her out to rich people that need someone that can read minds. Unfortunately, freedom is an empty promise at the facility. This was a good paced book. Everything read really quickly. I think the biggest downfall of this book was that it was over. I felt like there was so much more that needed to be told. I would have liked more put into the story (but that is what sequels are for these days). Compared to some of the books I have read...

Review: Tiger’s Voyage by Coleen Houck

Posted by bkristin on Aug 17th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review: Tiger’s Voyage by Coleen Houck Kelsey is caught still trying to forget Ren but cannot. She is in more than a love triangle as every young man on the boat practically is throwing themselves at her. She is trying to find feelings for Kishan, but still loves Ren too much. Oh yeah, and there is still part of the curse to break. This book spent a lot of time focused on the relationships- Kelsey, Ren, Kishan, Texas scuba boy, and Ren’s floozies. It didn’t really get into anything too in depth and Kelsey finally did what Ren wanted, only to find he didn’t really want that. Now she is committed and...

Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Posted by bkristin on Aug 10th, 2012 in reviews | 1 comment Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth Tris and Four (now going by Tobias) are left on the run trying to find out what the secret is that caused the two factions to attack the other faction. They know that her former faction was not destroyed just to take over the other groups but for some piece of information. The only questions are:  can Tris find the information before the factionless destroy everything and will Tobias trust her and her gut feeling. I would have to say, this book felt a bit slower in pace than the first book. But how could it not be? Divergent was action from start to finish. In this...