Devi knows she shouldn't trust the new employee at her favorite used bookstore. Sure, he's funny, smart and hands down the sexiest guy she's ever met, but something dark lurks behind his unassuming smile and sinful green eyes.
Still, a girl can't always afford to be picky. When an angel abducts your twin brother it should come as no surprise that the one person who can help you get him back is a demon--and only if you're willing to pay his price.
This book is a Pubit book from Barnes and Noble, so I was prepared for the amateur writing and plot. I liked the subject of this story, which is angels and demons. That part was very interesting and written in a unique way. That is probably the reason I kept reading. Oh, and the fact that I really liked Oz, the guy from the bookstore. He was definitely the best written character. Devi was... kind of whiny and obnoxious. Not my fave. For $0.99, it really wasn't bad. But I'm also not sure if it was worth my time. Overall, two out of five stars for this one.
The human race is all but extinct
after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to
humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands
by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is
immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long
Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the
Partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to
RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out.
Kira, a sixteen-year-old
medic-in-training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM
ravage the community while mandatory pregnancy laws have pushed what's
left of humanity to the brink of civil war, and she's not content to
stand by and watch. But as she makes a desperate decision to save the
last of her race, she will find that the survival of humans and Partials
alike rests in her attempts to uncover the connections between
them—connections that humanity has forgotten, or perhaps never even knew
were there.
I definitely liked this book. It's a great dystopian novel with a little sci-fi and a tad of romance. Maybe because the book was written by a man, I found that the main character, Kira, was very different from your average teen character. There were moments when I thought,"OK, no girl would ever say that", but overall, she was a strong, smart character that I liked reading about.
At points this book reminded me of Mockingjay (the third novel in The Hunger Games series), but for the most part, it was a nice breath of fresh air. The plot was complex and captivating. The characters were very well written. I cannot wait until the next book is released! Overall, I would give this book four out of five stars.
Lastly, I read The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. It's one of my mom's favorites and I decided it was high time I read it. Here's a summary:
Four mothers, four daughters,
four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on
who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent
immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong,
and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call
themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose
to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish
back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already
unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue.
I really enjoyed reading this book. There were times I got very confused with the eight different narratives, but I just kept flipping backwards to remind myself who was who. Amy Tan is a great writer and the stories told by the mothers and daughters were captivating, humorous, and heart-breaking. I only wish it had gone on, to tell exactly what happened to each character. If you haven't read this book, it is definitely one that should be read at least once by everyone. Five out of Five stars.
Love,
Cait
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