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Warcross by Marie Lu
5.0
Edit: Since this comes out tomorrow and is the reason why I'm in a major reading slump right now..
Review You can read my review on my blog as well!
Received this arc from Edelweiss in exchanged for an honest review.
Five freaking stars!!
This book!
Lawd This book!
The hype is truly real for this book.
I can't even describe how utterly amazing this book was for me to read. Ok! It took me almost a month to read it but it not the book fault but mines. I sometimes I have the tendency of dragging my feet in book even if I enjoying it. lol
Everything from the characters, the character development, the world building , the plot and everything else in between was freaking solid. This is my first time reading a Marie Lu book so I didn't know what to expect from her. I've been dying to read her books but I never got around to her but let me tell you. I think I just found me a new author to love so I will be reading her other books. lol
The world building in this book was absolutely amazing. They were a couple of times it was iffy towards the beginning cause it felt like we should have known what Warcross was in like the first chapter and not like three chapters down. That should be established first and foremost since it's the essential plot of the book.
The writing in this was amazing as hell because I'm not a big fan for 1st POV because you are only limited that person head. In this one, even tho I was limit to only Emi's head, it didn't feel closed and limited but open and vast. I feel like I was in freaking movie most of time with the Warcross Matches.
THE DIVERSITY IN THIS FEEL ORGANIC AND NOT FORCED! PRAISE!! Well When the main character is Chinese American, the secondary main character/love interest Japanese, three of her team members are LBGTQ , PoC ,and disability rep which felt organic while Warcross in itself is played by people all around the world? Yeah Diversity for the win.
Emika Chen is everything I love in a badass female character. She's intelligent, sassy , can sometimes make reckless and sometimes unmoral moves but all and all a strong, caring person. She's a character that I enjoyed being inside her head and seeing what drives and motive her to do the things she did in this book.My heart broke for her at the end because the choices she probably have to make in the second one is going to be hard. I can see that her heart and head are probably going to be butting heads in this. She maybe between a rock in a hard place but she's going to find her way out and make everything right. She's also the only person I know that can probably rock rainbow-colored hair and look mighty badass. lol
Hideo, Hideo, Hideo. What I can I say by him? That he's a true book boyfriend? Oh hell yes he is. I was swooning hard for that boy but I some time didn't fully trust him. Regardless on how I feel about certain unmoral choices he made in this book ,he was such an amazing character to see Emi interact with and to see why he made certain decisions before the start of the book and during. I honestly don't know how everything going to play out cause what you learn at the end,he could suffer some major major consequences for his actions. I do ship him and Emi together since their relationship was so amazing to see develop throughout the book with flirty, witty banter and steamy make outs! Will they be endgame? After that ending and what's been reveled... That's so up in the damn air but I hope so! Spoiler(
I loved all side characters but one in this but I hope in the next book they get more development. I loved Emi's Warcross team ( Asher, Hammie, and Roshan was freaking awesome) but I want to know more about them. (Side Note I ship Asher and Hammie together. lol )
I actually have to say that I love the villain, Zero in this cause he was freaking sinister but at the same token could be mortally grey. You think at first that his plan was simple but then you realized how complex it is. It's going to be very interesting how he plays will probably play a bigger role than he already does in the second one since he's true identity been revealed. ( Yeah I guessed it but it still was a shock!)I think it's so much more to the story that what we actually think.
The end of the book would make you question " Is there really a right or wrong to something? Is everything actually morally grey?" Certain choices that certain characters made in this book cause been seen ethically wrong but law standards but you can understand the person motives behind what they did. The choices they made were morally grey at best. It's going to be pretty interesting how everything plays out in the second book next year. ( cries)
All in All This book lives to the book hype that I have seen with it in the past couple months. I can't wait until everything gets to read it on September 12! I need the sequel in my hands ASAP!
Do I recommend this?
Yes If you love SciFi and gaming mixed in together!! I'm going to go out on a limb and say this probably one of the best books of 2017.
One more thing before I wrap this up.
I LOVE THE COVER AND DON'T CARE WHAT YALL SAY! After reading the book, the cover fits it perfectly!
So this is still me Right now
and probably will still be me until 2018..
Review You can read my review on my blog as well!
Received this arc from Edelweiss in exchanged for an honest review.
Five freaking stars!!
This book!
Lawd This book!
The hype is truly real for this book.
I can't even describe how utterly amazing this book was for me to read. Ok! It took me almost a month to read it but it not the book fault but mines. I sometimes I have the tendency of dragging my feet in book even if I enjoying it. lol
Everything from the characters, the character development, the world building , the plot and everything else in between was freaking solid. This is my first time reading a Marie Lu book so I didn't know what to expect from her. I've been dying to read her books but I never got around to her but let me tell you. I think I just found me a new author to love so I will be reading her other books. lol
The world building in this book was absolutely amazing. They were a couple of times it was iffy towards the beginning cause it felt like we should have known what Warcross was in like the first chapter and not like three chapters down. That should be established first and foremost since it's the essential plot of the book.
The writing in this was amazing as hell because I'm not a big fan for 1st POV because you are only limited that person head. In this one, even tho I was limit to only Emi's head, it didn't feel closed and limited but open and vast. I feel like I was in freaking movie most of time with the Warcross Matches.
THE DIVERSITY IN THIS FEEL ORGANIC AND NOT FORCED! PRAISE!! Well When the main character is Chinese American, the secondary main character/love interest Japanese, three of her team members are LBGTQ , PoC ,and disability rep which felt organic while Warcross in itself is played by people all around the world? Yeah Diversity for the win.
Emika Chen is everything I love in a badass female character. She's intelligent, sassy , can sometimes make reckless and sometimes unmoral moves but all and all a strong, caring person. She's a character that I enjoyed being inside her head and seeing what drives and motive her to do the things she did in this book.My heart broke for her at the end because the choices she probably have to make in the second one is going to be hard. I can see that her heart and head are probably going to be butting heads in this. She maybe between a rock in a hard place but she's going to find her way out and make everything right. She's also the only person I know that can probably rock rainbow-colored hair and look mighty badass. lol
Hideo, Hideo, Hideo. What I can I say by him? That he's a true book boyfriend? Oh hell yes he is. I was swooning hard for that boy but I some time didn't fully trust him. Regardless on how I feel about certain unmoral choices he made in this book ,he was such an amazing character to see Emi interact with and to see why he made certain decisions before the start of the book and during. I honestly don't know how everything going to play out cause what you learn at the end,he could suffer some major major consequences for his actions. I do ship him and Emi together since their relationship was so amazing to see develop throughout the book with flirty, witty banter and steamy make outs! Will they be endgame? After that ending and what's been reveled... That's so up in the damn air but I hope so! Spoiler(
Spoiler
If he takes you to see his parents and cook for you he's a keeper.)I loved all side characters but one in this but I hope in the next book they get more development. I loved Emi's Warcross team ( Asher, Hammie, and Roshan was freaking awesome) but I want to know more about them. (Side Note I ship Asher and Hammie together. lol )
I actually have to say that I love the villain, Zero in this cause he was freaking sinister but at the same token could be mortally grey. You think at first that his plan was simple but then you realized how complex it is. It's going to be very interesting how he plays will probably play a bigger role than he already does in the second one since he's true identity been revealed. ( Yeah I guessed it but it still was a shock!)I think it's so much more to the story that what we actually think.
The end of the book would make you question " Is there really a right or wrong to something? Is everything actually morally grey?" Certain choices that certain characters made in this book cause been seen ethically wrong but law standards but you can understand the person motives behind what they did. The choices they made were morally grey at best. It's going to be pretty interesting how everything plays out in the second book next year. ( cries)
All in All This book lives to the book hype that I have seen with it in the past couple months. I can't wait until everything gets to read it on September 12! I need the sequel in my hands ASAP!
Do I recommend this?
Yes If you love SciFi and gaming mixed in together!! I'm going to go out on a limb and say this probably one of the best books of 2017.
One more thing before I wrap this up.
I LOVE THE COVER AND DON'T CARE WHAT YALL SAY! After reading the book, the cover fits it perfectly!
So this is still me Right now
and probably will still be me until 2018..
A Strange Hymn by Laura Thalassa
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
DNF @ 56% You can also read it on my blog!
I have no desire to go back to this book at all after reading half of the book yesterday.....
After enjoying the first book,this was a complete let down to the max. Instead of everything and everyone getting better,everyone but Temper got worse.
Caillie went from being a straight badass siren P.I. to this whiny special snowflake who can't put two and two together and whines about training even tho she said she wants to learn how to be a nightmare... . Guys I can't tell you how much it ignores me when I figure out something like two pages before the MC does and I have to keep myself from saying " duh" aloud. I did this a couple times with Callie and it's madding.
Des went from being an ok dude who respected Callie wishes and saw her as an equal to a overbearing ,protective ,who can't tell her shit about about his past, and would rather bang her on a cloud or tree horndog.. Their realtionship went from having some substance to straight up to an unhealthy dose of "how many places can we bang and talk nasty?" God I hate alpha males. Especially when they found who their mates are and go 0 to 100 if someone breathes on their girl wrong. I'm really starting to dislike the whole mate thing as well.
The plot was still nonexistent and still wasn't enough side characters to help the plot along.It still to much of Caillie and Des trying to get it on in different places and not really nothing each other like they thought they did in book one and not enough about them solving the case or the missing men soldiers and comatose woman soldiers. Yes It was some world building but it was just enough to say that it were some.
So in all honestly, just read the first one and don't even think about reading the second one.
I have no desire to go back to this book at all after reading half of the book yesterday.....
After enjoying the first book,this was a complete let down to the max. Instead of everything and everyone getting better,everyone but Temper got worse.
Caillie went from being a straight badass siren P.I. to this whiny special snowflake who can't put two and two together and whines about training even tho she said she wants to learn how to be a nightmare... . Guys I can't tell you how much it ignores me when I figure out something like two pages before the MC does and I have to keep myself from saying " duh" aloud. I did this a couple times with Callie and it's madding.
Des went from being an ok dude who respected Callie wishes and saw her as an equal to a overbearing ,protective ,who can't tell her shit about about his past, and would rather bang her on a cloud or tree horndog.. Their realtionship went from having some substance to straight up to an unhealthy dose of "how many places can we bang and talk nasty?" God I hate alpha males. Especially when they found who their mates are and go 0 to 100 if someone breathes on their girl wrong. I'm really starting to dislike the whole mate thing as well.
The plot was still nonexistent and still wasn't enough side characters to help the plot along.It still to much of Caillie and Des trying to get it on in different places and not really nothing each other like they thought they did in book one and not enough about them solving the case or the missing men soldiers and comatose woman soldiers. Yes It was some world building but it was just enough to say that it were some.
So in all honestly, just read the first one and don't even think about reading the second one.
The Witch's Kiss by Katharine Corr, Elizabeth Corr
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
DNF @ 40%
Another book that I though I was going to like bite the dust.
I can't finish this at all. I'm not going to even rate it.
The premise of it being Sleeping Beauty but in the reverse with witches was so promising but it fell flat. What brothers me about this book is the villain motive into turning evil. In none spoiler way (haha) basically he was friendzoned ( I hate using that word so much) by the princess that he love (which he felt like he was entitled to since he saved her from an evil sorceress) but didn’t feel nothing but brotherly love to him becasue he never made his intentions since he left for a couple years. He blames her for leaning him on which she didn’t do at all and pretty much punish her by cursing her son to be his henchman for his evil plot to take people hearts who are in love when he turns 18. I was liking this book until that backstory come out and the book has went down hill from there. Also the main protagonist is kind of whinny since really don’t know how to do magic but her brother is pretty cool. ( Probably the one cool character besides the Grandma in this book. ) I found myself skipping pages and even skipping a chapter because it got boring after that backstory. So I don’t think I’m going to brother and finish this…
Another book that I though I was going to like bite the dust.
I can't finish this at all. I'm not going to even rate it.
The premise of it being Sleeping Beauty but in the reverse with witches was so promising but it fell flat. What brothers me about this book is the villain motive into turning evil. In none spoiler way (haha) basically he was friendzoned ( I hate using that word so much) by the princess that he love (which he felt like he was entitled to since he saved her from an evil sorceress) but didn’t feel nothing but brotherly love to him becasue he never made his intentions since he left for a couple years. He blames her for leaning him on which she didn’t do at all and pretty much punish her by cursing her son to be his henchman for his evil plot to take people hearts who are in love when he turns 18. I was liking this book until that backstory come out and the book has went down hill from there. Also the main protagonist is kind of whinny since really don’t know how to do magic but her brother is pretty cool. ( Probably the one cool character besides the Grandma in this book. ) I found myself skipping pages and even skipping a chapter because it got boring after that backstory. So I don’t think I’m going to brother and finish this…
Queen Heir by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
DNF @21%
I can't deal with the MC acting like she's the biggest shit in that place and everyone is beneath her but sing her praises. Also the writing is not that good if the narrator of the audio book can't bring it to life. Also if I hear the phase " My queen" one more time...
Also
This book is set in New York aka one of the most diverse cities in the world so why in the world everyone is pretty much whiter than copying paper? Yeah the MC if from the Brox but is white as hell This just like the selection all over again! It's no excuse for lack of diversity in a city were you know that city is very diverse.
I can't deal with the MC acting like she's the biggest shit in that place and everyone is beneath her but sing her praises. Also the writing is not that good if the narrator of the audio book can't bring it to life. Also if I hear the phase " My queen" one more time...
Also
This book is set in New York aka one of the most diverse cities in the world so why in the world everyone is pretty much whiter than copying paper? Yeah the MC if from the Brox but is white as hell This just like the selection all over again! It's no excuse for lack of diversity in a city were you know that city is very diverse.
Nocturne by Syrie James
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
DNF @Fourth Chapter
My sister rec this one to me so I was going to give it a try but it's boring as fuck so far. Also my instalove senses are tangling hard in this one so pass......
My sister rec this one to me so I was going to give it a try but it's boring as fuck so far. Also my instalove senses are tangling hard in this one so pass......
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
DNF @6% I don't have time to be bored out of my mind waiting for this to pick up.