Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Goodreads rating: 5/5 stars

Recommended: If you're a fan of... The Dustlands Trilogy, or The Hunger Games.

Review:

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. 

Her name is Celaena Sardothien. 

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass--and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world

I want to be Celaena Sardothien, or at least her best friend. But I certainly do NOT want to be her enemy. 

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan - AWESOMEAUGUST WEEK THREE

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by
John Green and
David Levithan

"IF you don't say the honest thing, it never becomes true"

Goodreads rating: 5/5 stars

Recommended: if you like contemporaries, this is an amazing one.

Review:  If you ask me to describe Will Grayson, Will Grayson to you, (from here on to be referred to as WGx2 because that is so much simpler) I seriously struggle. Over the past few months though, I’ve been managing to simply say:

“It’s told from the perspective of two different guys named Will Grayson. Alternating chapters for each Will, one written by John Green, and the next by David Levithan. Then they meet. That’s all I’m going to tell you.”  

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - AWESOME AUGUST WEEK 2

HELLO WELCOME TO THE FIRST DAY OF AWESOME AUGUST WEEK TWO!!!

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Goodreads review: 5/5 stars

Recommended: Highly recommended! If you are a Fangirl, then this is obviously the novel for you. Great characters and heartwarming story. 

Review: 

You probably won’t be able to find a bigger Simon Snow fan than Cath. You can try, but her massive following on her Fanfiction, Carry On, Simon, will probably beg to differ. Cath just gets the characters. College, not so much. It doesn’t help that her roommate of forever, her ‘built-in best friend’ always there twin sister, Wren, decided that she wanted a change this year and is rooming with someone else. She’s left feeling completely alone in a brand new environment, with a new roommate, and her new roommate’s ever present boyfriend. The only constant in Cath’s life is Simon, but when her favourite professor disses fanfiction, Cath isn’t even sure she can count on Simon anymore. 

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness AWESOME AUGUST WEEK ONE

AWESOME AUGUST DAY 3!!!!

The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness

5/5 stars on Goodreads

Recommended: If you liked the Dustlands series by Moira Young and sci-fi 

Review: 

"The Noise is a man unfiltered, and without a filter, a man is just chaos walking."

Todd Hewitt lives in Prentisstown, a town where privacy is impossible. Every resident in the town of all men can hear each other’s thoughts. It’s not as simple as hearing the inner dialogue of everyone as if they’re talking; their thoughts come out in a choppy, unorganized stream of Noise. One afternoon, Todd and his dog Manchee (whose thoughts Todd can hear) come across a peculiar patch of Noiseless quiet in the swamp, and their lives change dramatically as they uncover dark secrets about Prentisstown and the men that live there. 

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

5/5 stars on Goodreads.


Recommended: You have to read the first five books before you read this one. AND it's recommended (by me) that you read The Infernal Devices series first as well. As Bryn puts it, 'it enhances the experience. It's like IMAX for CoHF.'

Review: Ahhh... at long last, the highly anticipated finale to the Mortal Instruments series. May was crazy with book releases, and this was the last one that I was waiting for, since it came out near the end. Unfortunately, it came out at a really crappy time with exams and everything, and it took me SO LONG (2.5 weeks ish) to read it! To some, that doesn't seem that long, but to ME that is forever. (Side bar: I also paused to read The Archived after chapter one because I needed it done for my book club.)