Fallen in Love by Lauren Kate Review

This book is an 'inbetweeny' in the Fallen series by Lauren Kate. 

It is the book the is told from other peoples perspectives when chasing Luce through time. 

There are some romantic aspects to this book as you can probably tell from the title. It was not the romance that turned me off this book. It was the constant reminder that it was set around valentines day. It gave the whole book a cheap feel. Not because it was on valentines day , but because of the way it was portrayed in a way that made it obvious, that the book was created with the sole purpose of making a profit on valentines day. 

To be completely honest there wasn't much that happened in this book that moved the plot along and this book is not entirely a must read to carry on the series. 

As far as i can tell the history element is valid, but I'm not a historian so don't hold me to that. 

It still has Lauren Kate's same writing style, nothing has changed about that which is good for me because i can't stand it when an authors writing style changes completely in the middle of a series. Definitely a pet peeve of mine. 

For these reasons i gave this book a 4 i think on Goodreads because i do love her writing style, she is one of my Auto-buy authors and i appreciate all of her works. 

I do not recommend this book to you,however, if the only reason you are going to buy it is because you want to carry on the series, seriously , go straight to Rapture. But if you like all that mushy stuff then this will be quite a nice read for you.

David Levithan, the realm of possibility Review, no spoilers

I borrowed this  book from  friend when i was bored one day, not realising that it was written by David Levithan.

 This was an extremely quick read but i found it quite hard to keep up with what was going on at times. Not that the story is confusing as such but more because it is broken up by very cryptic poetry.

 This is a story that embraces the teenage mindset and is told from a variety of characters point of view throughout the book. It explores how people use their exterior to put up a front to protect themselves but in reality they are all just as vulnerable as each other . I think that this is a good message to send to young people, because i know from my school days that it can be quite lonely having to pretend to be somebody else, in order to either keep friends or protect yourself from other peoples view points. 

It also looks at issues such as self confidence and how everybody suffers with insecurity about something. 

I probably would not reread this book, as it does remind me about a lot of things from school that i would rather forget and it is quite hard for me to follow, this is why i gave it a 3 on Goodreads. If that isn't something you are to bothered about or you are a young person in school this book will be an interesting read for you so i do recommend it.

Angelfall by Susan Ee Review

Angelfall was a good read. I'm still unsure as to whether i want to read the next in the series, or just pretend that it is a stand alone.

 Your feelings about this book will definitely depend on how strong your maternal instinct is. Something happens in this book that involves children, and if you have a very strong maternal instinct, or have lost or nearly lost a child you may not want to read this book. 

Angelfall is about a girl called Penryn, who's sister gets taken away in the apocalypse type setting. Penryn goes through thick and thicker to get her back, and is forced to form alliances with an angel. Enemy of the humans in this world.

 They each have something that the other can help them get but don't trust each other very much.

 One thing that i did really like about this book was that the romance is there, but it takes a back seat only popping up now and again. 

This book explores the concept of mental health also. Whether it is executed well is not for me to decide however as i have been lucky enough to have never had to experience it. 

Angelfall was quite vanilla for the majority.. until i got to the end. The ending of this book is quite peculiar, and as far as i know, unique. I certainly haven't read another book with an ending similar to Angelfall.

 The only thing about this book that i really didn't like was that the personalities of some of the characters clash with my own, so i had trouble seeing things from their perspective. But everybody is different so i will recommend this book, and rate it a 7/10 because it had a good ending, but because of the characters I'm unsure as the whether to go on and read the next in the series.

October TBR :)

My October TBR list consists of very short books to make it easier to get through as many as possible that i actually want to read in a busy month. This will make it easier for me to fit them around my new routine and studying. There is only one fashion based book which is surprising as i initially thought the majority of the list would be made up of books from this genre. These are the books i would like to complete in October... although this may not be achieved. 

The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald-  192 Pages

The Surreal Body:Fetish and Fashion by Ghislaine Wood-96 Pages

Fallen in Love by Lauren Kate- 201 Pages

AngelFall by Susan Ee-288 Pages

September Wrap Up

I did not complete all of the books on my TBR as i had anticipated but i plan on spacing my reading out more that i have done in the past to find a nice balance between study and reading time. This month i also began reading The Great Gatsby and AngelFall. Both of which i will finish reading in October. Many of the books in my October TBR will be either course related or books left over from September that i have not started nor completed. I plan to have this up in the first week of October. 

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Passion Lauren Kate Review

This book is by far the best in the series so far! 

The pacing is great and the character development which was almost non existent in the first two is huge in this one. The plot twist at the end will screw with your mind. it is a honker!

 I can't wait to read fallen in love in rapture now! I can't even fathom what is going to happen. 

Luce does a lot less grimacing and Miles and Shelby only make a brief appearance. 

Bill is not all he seems! That is the only spoiler i am going to give you. I am super excited to keep reading this series. I will definitely be rereading this one.

The time travel in this book seems realistic enough for me but history is definitely not my strong suit.
My only issue with this book is that the chapters are set out strangely. By which i mean there is a long chapter (about 20-25 pages) and then a short chapter (about 8-14 pages) which is very off putting when you only have a few minutes and absolutely have to finish a chapter like myself to avoid constant irritation. Overall this book was good, could have been better in the sense that it was sometimes hard to follow. i gave this 4 stars on goodreads i think.

Torment by Lauren Kate Review

This book is very repetitive of the first in the series. Luce goes to  new school, theres a snooty girl and a boy that creates difficulties for Luce and Daniel and then at the end there is a lot of drama that Luce has trouble getting to grip with. 

I am fairly unimpressed with this series so far because this book followed the same structure as the previous, in the sense that it was extremely slow and hard to keep reading for the majority and then the pace picks up towards the end, and everything happens in the last chapter and you have to read the next book even though you know how excrusiating slow it is. This book did leave a cliff hanger unlike the first one which hints rather strongly that the next book will be very different than the first to however so i will give it a try and if i don't like it after that one this is just going to be one of those series that i just don't finish. 

I am also unimpressed about the typo (there is only one that i came across), there is simply no excuse when it comes to spelling when you are writing at a professional level for me! I'm sorry but there isn't, you have been learning it since you were 4 years old, how does all that knowledge dissipate as soon as you start writing a novel?

 I'm not a big fan of how the story is centred around the romance of Luce and Daniel but thats just my personal preference. Shelby's language also bugs me at times, at one point she uses the word 'spaz' in a negative context, not only is the word offensive slang in itself but young adults don't use this word anymore. It gives the book a less authentic feel to it. 

The character development in this series is okay so far but Luce is seriously taking her time with this maturity thing, she needs to stop expecting everybody to hand her everything on a silver platter like you would expect of a child and go after what she wants, accept the consequences and stop taking orders Daniel! This is not the book to read if you like a strong female lead like myself but hopefully this will pick up as she becomes more independent in the next book.

 I would say that i am fairly unimpressed by this book but i also believe that there has to be the bad book of the series to keep the balance so i am hopeful that the next ones are going to be the best yet.

IT by Alexa Chung book review

This book is ammaarrrrzzing!!!! 

Absolutely hilarious, a very down to earth book that discusses the everyday trials and tribulations of being a female young adult in the 21st century. 

In this book Alexa discusses how she used celebrities and characters from films to form her own style. This book is an absolute must for anybody even remotely interested in fashion. It is a very visually interesting book that has a lot of drawings and photographs so even if you are one of those people that don't like to read and think it is boring you will still adore this as much as i do. 

This is definately one that i will read over and over. it was a riot from start to finish. The kind of book you take on a short train ride.

 I will be giving this 5 stars on Goodreads. I recommend this book without a doubt. Took me maybe an hour and a half to read. 

I don't usually read anything real, I'm definitely more of a fiction person but when its funny and about fashion i can't keep my hands off it...and the cover is absolutely beautiful.

September TBR :)

 I am about to finish my first book of September so i decided not to include it in this TBR, instead i decided just to put the rest of the series in, this of course is the fallen series by Lauren Kate. I am going to start uni this month so I'm almost definitely not going to get through it all.

I was browsing book tube for YA earlier today and came across this book. The youtube was so excited about it that is was kinda contagious so I'm really looking forward to reading this. As you can probably tell from the title its a supernatural angel type themed book and i will be reviewing it as soon as I'm finished reading it so look out for that.

This was recommended to me by one of my college friends a few months ago, i saw it on eBay when i was looking for Angel fall for almost half the price it retails for and i could not pass on that deal.

Unfortunately i forgot to change the address on my eBay account before ordering them so I'm not sure when ill get to reading those because my parents will have to bring them when they visit. I should fly through IT as i am lead to believe it is quite short and has quite a lot of pictures in it.

AN FYI: calling all students! Waterstones do a 10% student card that you collect 10 points for every pound (each point worth a penny) and then you can use your points to buy books when you have no money left :D its amazzziinnggg!! 

Fallen by Lauren Kate review (spoiler free)

So, i just finished reading fallen by Lauren Kate for the second time now. I did buy it when it first came out but i repurchased when i got all the other books in hardback because it was driving me crazy! For those of you that dont know this book is about a girl called luce who gets blamed for the death of trevor and gets sent to a reform school, here she meets new people, some she likes more than others. She then discovers their hidden secret (or part of it anyway)  and then starts being generally nosy and confused about her past. This book has the romance aspect to it but if you dont like love triangles steer clear of this one! Just by looking at the cover you can see that this is a supernatural young adult book,  it is actually for 12+ but this could just be an easy read for somebody like myself who is 18 or if you just want to bring yourself out of a reading slump. The cover is beautiful,  as is the spine and it will look gorgeous on any bookshelf. There are 2 things that I didn't particularly like about this book either time i read it. The first one being that it is very slow in the first two thirds which makes it quite hard to get into, but if you get to the end where the plot twist is you will want to read the second book. The second one being the constant repetition of the word ' grimacing '. Luce must have grimaced atleast every 5 pages which actually really annoys me but I bet will make a great uni drinking game! This also carries on to the second book torment which I am currently rereading. I think I gave this a 4/5 on goodreads but that was right after reading the plot twist. Now that I have thought about it i would probably give this a 3 just because it is so slow and I like fast paced books. 📖📚