Hot? Or On Fire?!?!?! The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

What can I say? It just gets better as we realize the trials are NOT over to find the cure for the Flare..... I ended up sleeping next to my pup a couple nights... I ended up being scared from the vivid pictures my mind portrayed of these poor souls losing their minds.... the world essentially falling apart in front of us. I wanted so bad for these groups to find a cure or get away from WICKED...

Be ready to say goodbye to some characters you may have fallen in love with... a great second to this book series. Cannot wait for the third...

kiss approved :***** 5/5
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A Maze? Or Just The Run Around?!?!?! The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Maze Runner By James Dashner

There's no question as to how great a book this was! The dialect.... the emotion... the thrill...
If you like dystopian mixed with mystery and a bit of sci-fi zombie-ism this will do it!
I started this book after watching the movie, and I will stand behind that I thoroughly enjoyed both, but the book was by far better. A riveting run through a messed up maze of scientific experiments and trials on mere children. But to follow these kids as they create their own mini society and law within was simply intriguing. I cannot wait to read the second book that I just downloaded.

What a break to read two great books back to back. I thought for sure I was in a dry boring reading spell, BOY has that turned around!!!!!! 

kiss approved :***** 5/5
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Sand? Or Just A Thing Of Dirt?!?!?! Sand By Hugh Howey

Sand by Hugh Howey 

Certainly a slow start, as sand itself moves sometimes. I was quite leery if I would even be able to get into this story and connect with these people. 

It honestly took a few weeks for me to get very far between life and not being drawn into this book... but suddenly the tides changed and I was swept away into this world of sand and sand divers even when I didn't understand what Hugh meant with certain words or phrases. I couldn't tear myself away from knowing what was going to happen. 

Beautifully written in irony, idioms, similes, and prose. I was taken aback at how intricate every part of the characters' stories were intertwined with sand. This book ties itself to each character's view point within this post-apocalyptic type of world. 

Prepare to be thirsty in this desert world for more!!! 

kiss approved :**** 4/5

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Hidden? Or Obnoxiously Apparent?!?!?!?!

A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter

I love vampire stories.... whether it's like the 'Lost Boys' back in the 1980s/ Anne Rice's 'Interview with a Vampire' or even the newer 'Vampire Diaries'/ Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' series.

HOWEVER..... I cannot stand the unbelievable -"I....I know what you are............ a Vampire" DUN DUN DUUUUUN. = LAME!!!!

This novel starts exactly like that. I wanted to like it... wanted to fall for the sexy Vampire characters. But it was rather foolishly written. Many things were complete opposite of what you'd expect, don't get me wrong obviously you want surprises in a thrilling book... this was just so much of so that events and character traits did not make sense to what the true characters would do, react, or be.

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Armed? Or A False?!?!?

Mediocre at best... I wanted to fall in love with this story. This novel feels young, written from the authors mind and that is it. When we read we want to feel as if the characters are real, vulnerable, like we are the fly on the wall. The author is like the puppeteer and in this book all I see is strings and all I hear is her voice. I'm sad to say there's nothing to attach you to the unbelievable characters within. And the storyline really couldn't stand on its own due to the lack of character so I won't be moving forward through this series as much as I may have wanted to.
D- 1/5

My Soul To Save... The Third And As Far As I Go....

..... And the ball was now fumbled. The story lost its small momentum in this book that was slow to build through the last two. I started to skim rather than be ensnared into the story with the characters. So sadly I won't be spending any more time reading this series.
D-  1/5

To Save Them? Or To Let Them Go?!?!?!

My Soul To Take by Rachel Vincent

Not exactly what I had been hoping for but I'm into it nonetheless. It felt almost cliche with the whole; young teen finds out they have something different about them.... befriends similar teen.... lalalala.

I pictured Kaylee staying in the psych ward and somehow breaking out and then we learn from there that she is different etc etc. Personally, I'm wondering what happened to the girl she met inside there...that's really when  we realize that there was a paranormal essence to her story. My other pet peeve in this book is that Kaylee refers to her few days in the psych ward as if it were months..... get a grip.

I do however see this series, with slight tweaking becoming a cool TV series like Teen Wolf, or something similar. Not as psychological as I had wished but definitely paranormal so I'll go forward. I would say this book would be geared toward more of the younger teens just getting into paranormal.
kiss approved
-D :*** 3/5