THE THIN EXECUTIONER By Darren Shan

I enjoyed reading this book over the holiday break because it was easy to go through, and made me think about the context of the book and the lovely message it contained even after I had finished turning the pages.

The plot and the characters overlap each other so seamlessly that it just seems like one loooong chapter. Do not get me wrong, sometimes this can be a bad thing (most of the time actually) but I felt that with this book it just really clicked and made you appreciate the story more. The setting descriptions, and the way all of the religions/people where described and portrayed was very nicely done, and also transported me into the book, and made me feel I was part of the story.

The characters in this story where AMAZING I loved how we got to see them develop from the beginning to the end, and I might even have to stay that Jebel's transformation may be the most I have seen a character change for the better in a single book in a long time.

The ending of this book was pretty awesome too, and I really loved how Jebel finally realized what love truly was and who actually cared for him.
This book also has a lot of underlying messages about faith, religion, and about self acceptance, and courage that where very interesting and that will stay with you, and maybe s=change your outlook on a few things.

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ALLEGIANT By Veronica Roth

The end to the Divergent trilogy is here and I don't know how to deal.

I am pretty sure I am still in denial about everything that happened in this book, an I will probably  spend the rest of my life waiting for the fourth installment.
The book pretty much starts where we left of in Insurgent and picks everything up from there.  I believe that the start was good, intriguing, and kept us wondering what was happening and what was true and what was a lie. I sadly report that along the middle of the book I felt the writing and the plot got a little muddy with all of the characters and all of the new information that Veronica started to reveal to us through the book. All in all the book was a little choppy at parts, but that didn't take away from the emotion and the pain that we feel in the book.

The characters in this book also started out very strong, taking into consideration that almost everyone in Insurgent was wither dead  or close to being dead at the end of the book. There were so many cute and fluffy Four/Tris moments that my heart was melting, but BECAUSE SOMEONE SPOILED IT FOR ME I think I didn't enjoy them as much as I would have not knowing the outcome. One thing I didn't like about the relationship was that, even though I realize that Veronica wanted to portray a real life scenario and real life romance, Tris and Four fought WAAAY too much even for a normal couple. Every time Four would try to think for himself, and make a decision on his own Tris would become all controlling and crazy and tell him that what he thought was wrong. I also found Tris to be very unnerving and annoying. She would take every opportunity to be brave and selfless and act like she was above everyone else. I am not saying that being selfless and brave is a bad thin, but the repetitiveness of Tris being the ONLY ONE to save everyone and the ONLY ONE to have emotional trauma, and be the "leader" of the group of friends get tiring and irritating.

The ending was heartbreaking though, but I feel like the way she died (Not specifying who because SPOILERS) was too meh.

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INFERNO By Dan Brown

I have high expectations for Dan Brown being that I have read all of his previous novels, and loved every single one of them, and Inferno broke those expectations and created a brand new category of its own.

Dan seems to have a basic formula in his books that basically consists of main character, something life threatening happens, insert good character, super villain, world organization gets involved, race against life, every one you thought to be good is bad and vice versa, and so far it has worked really well for him, and this is no exception.

I loved how you just got the feeling that you where right there next to Langdon the entire time and could feel all of the mixed emotions dripping off of him through the entire book. Another thing I really enjoyed was the the way you could just fly through the book. I am not saying the plot was uninteresting or easy to follow, but its not the most complicated of Dan's books, and once you read about 3 of his books you start understanding faster, and being able to read it faster.

the characters where phenomenal in this book. With Langdon, like I already stated, I could easily read all of his emotions as if they where my own. I felt confused when he did, betrayed all of the times he got betrayed, happy, sad, etc. I really loved this because it made me connect with his character and made me enjoy the book a little bit more. With Sienna the story is different. She was hard to read and understand, for obvious reasons, but I still felt like I could connect to her to a certain point on an emotional level because of all she had been through and for being underestimated and misunderstood. All of the other supporting characters including Bernard did an amazing job at creating the suspense and vagueness of the book and to transmit all of the feelings that Dan wanted us to feel at certain times.

Like any other Dan Brown novel Inferno is a must read and apart from leaving you guessing on every page it will also teach you a thing or too.


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THE COLLECTOR By Victoria Scott

I feel so proud of finishing and liking this book because I met the author and she signed it for me! eeeekk!

coming into the novel I had the feeling that it was going to be a common, cheesy romance novel, but it is so much more. It is a roller coaster made up of adventure, supernatural beings, romance, mystery that will have you turning pages until you are done.

Dante. His name is enough to send the most pure girl into sin (see what I did there?) but his confidence and overall attitude will entertain everyone and will always en up making you laugh. It was very entertaining to see everything through his point of view and get to experience everything first hand, and really feel that we where back stage and were in on some sort of secret that the rest of the characters don't know. Its the first time I have ever felt that way with a book.
One very big transformation was Charlie. At first I saw her as everyone else did. Pathetic, awkward, thin, little teen who probably spent her weekends watching doctor who (so basically me). At first I thought her annoying, but a few chapters in I realized that there was much more to her that met the eye, and the way she developed until the end of the book, faults and all, was pretty fantastic and exiting to read about.
Their romance was realistic I think. For Charlie it was love at first sight (obviously), but for Dante it took some time for him to see how Charlie was beautiful from the start, and even get to miss the original her once she started changing.

With plot twist being thrown at you from every direction you are always trying to figure out who is who and who does what, but in the end the result will leave everyone shocked.


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