16-year-old Deka lives in fear of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she’s “pure” and able to stay in her village or not. However, on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold showing that she’s impure. Soon after, a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice to either stay in her village and face a punishment worse than death or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls like her called alaki. Deka decides to leave her old life behind and journeys to the capital to train.
City of Glass is the third installment of Cassandra Clare's series, “The Mortal Instruments.” In this book, Clary travels to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters to help find a cure that will help save her mother. She uncovers new truths about her family that reveal shocking truths about all she’s known.
Legacy by Shannon Messenger is the eighth book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities fantasy series. In this book, Sophie and her friends are done with the lies. If the leaders of their world won’t give them the truth, they will find it themselves. When new truths are brought to light, Sophie must wonder who is still on her side. When she discovers her abilities are not everything she once thought they were, she knows she must risk it all to protect her friends.
My rating for this book is a 2 because the book is bland in my opinion and does not have intensive detail. This book failed to get my interest and I believe the main reason was not enough detail and the plot was very predictable.
Summary:
This is about a girl Lola. Her father is missing and everyone says that he died. Lola in disbelief starts trying to find him. She then has a story which is created that will be unique throughout her life.
Flashback by Shannon Messenger is the seventh book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities fantasy series. In this book, Sophie and her friends realize that some of their old strategies have become too predictable. When Sophie and some of her friends get attacked, she realizes she must do more to protect who she loves. Sophie is fighting back and preparing for battle with some of her new bodyguards. Sophie begins to realize that her old strategy of “one problem at a time” is no longer working.
Nightfall by Shannon Messenger is the sixth book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities fantasy series. In this book, Sophie and her friends are fighting back, but sometimes their fighting isn’t enough. With the Neverseen getting stronger, and the Black Swan getting weaker, Sophie begins to wonder if she should try something entirely different. Is it time to trust the enemy? And if she trusts the enemy, will they be able to pay the price?
Rating: 4 My rating for this book is a 4 because the book is bland in my opinion and does not have intensive detail. This book failed to get my interest for the most part and I think that is mostly because of the sci-fi aspect of the book.
Summary: Regan and Eliot are paired up in a top secret program that pertains to time travel. They both have known each other and they don't have a really strong bond. In fact, it is more hesitant and both of them look down on each other. They find out about a disaster that will ruin everything and race to save the Academy.
Six of Crows, the first in a fantasy duology by Leigh Bardugo.
Summary: Kaz Brekker, an infamous criminal and the commander of a gang, has just been offered the greatest heist he’ll ever get in his life. It’s enough money for him to seek out the revenge he has been waiting for all his life. There’s just one problem: the target is in the Ice Court, the most secure building in the world. In order to pull off this heist, he needs a team.
Eli Frieden, Amber Laska, Tori Pritel, Malik Bruder, and Hector Amani find out that they and six other kids in their perfect town of Serenity, New Mexico, are clones of criminal masterminds as part of an experiment called ‘Project Osirisʼ through a note that Eliʼs friend, Randy, left him after his parents sent him away to a boarding school. The objective is to see if people have evil in their genes or are born evil. The townʼs motto is “Honesty, harmony, and contentment”.
The Hunger Games is back and follows the main protagonist Katniss Everdeen. After previously winning the last hunger games Katniss sparked rebellion against the capital. She is now faced with a new challenge and forced to return to the hunger games to fight against previous winners. How will Katniss escape this time?
