So now that my summer holidays are officially over and I am now back in school, I thought I would share with you the books I read over my 7 week break ( I live in England and our education system is a bit weird!) In total I read 8 books in my time off including some books I read in my summer recommendation post, side tracking slightly if you want I can do an autumn recommendation for you! WARNING!! This post WILL contain SPOILERS for certain books, do not read if you do not want these books spoiling! Each books I read will have the heading in large so you can skip it if you want/ are reading that book.
So lets bring on the books!
Firstly I would like to say that I am going to be using a rating system for each of the books I talk about, I am going to rate them out of 5- 1 being I hated it, 5 being I loved it.
Beautiful Chaos
The first book I read was the third installment in the Beautiful Creature series and is called Beautiful Chaos, the story still follows Ethan and Lena and how their relationship has progressed and how their relationship is threatened by the supernatural, I loved the way this book was written and how you could connect with all the characters even the ones you didn't like. The world that the authors created so real, you literally felt like you were being taken along with them on their crazy adventures and that you knew every side of most characters. It also had some real plot twists and the ending was a cliff hanger if ever I saw one, filled with suspense!I rate this book a solid 5/5!
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| Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl |
Beautiful Redemption
This was the final installment in the Beautiful Creatures and I have to say was my favourite book in the series. It followed the events from the previous book and Ethan's journey to get back from the dead to get back to Lena. I loved how the book was split into 3 sections, two being told from Ethan's point of view and one being told from Lena's. I would have to say I have mixed feeling about the ending as I loved it but I felt like it was a bit disappointing. Basically, Amma (A friend of the family) sacrificed herself to get Ethan back which was really sad as she was the sassy grandma figure everyone wants and all the couples end up together. It was a very good book but I wished Amma hadn't sacrificed herself.
I give this book a 4.5/5!
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| Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl |
All The Bright Places
Next I read All The Bright Places by Jenifer Niven. The premise for this book was "she learns to live from a boy who wants to die". The stories protagonists were a boy and a girl called Finch and Violet who met on the schools bell tower while both attempt to commit suicide for various reasons, Violet who cannot see a way out after her sisters death nearly a year ago, Finch because he finds his life too difficult. Many people on Amazon said that the characters where too annoying and the ending was predictable. I have to agree that the ending was predictable (Finch goes missing and ends up dead) but I found both the characters sensible and Violet's reaction was expected and reasonable.
Overall I rate this book, 4/5
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| All The Bright Places by Jenifer Niven |
Red Queen
Next we have the Red Queen, which I had wanted to read since watching several BookTuber's videos where this book has been mentioned. I absolutely love it! I would have to say that it has been my favourite book that I read in my 7 weeks off. The book is set in a fictional land where the citizens are divided by blood- you are either a high class Silver or a low class Red. The main character, Mare Barrow a 17 year old Red, is discovered to have some unusual powers ( Silver's are the ones with powers) and some how she ends up betrothed to one of the Princes (you'll have to read to find out how this happens). It has so many plot twits and is written really well, I highly recommend you read this and I can't wait for the second book.
I rate this 5/5!
The second to last book I read in my summer was the second book in the Harry Potter series, which if you were wanting a cool fact about me is my least favourite in the series-although you do meet one of my favourite characters (Dobby!) but anyway, I like the story and how the characters develop but I just can't get into it like the other books, in my personal opinion it drags whereas the others have so many ups and downs I feel like the books are glued to my hands!
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| Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard |
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
After the Red Queen, I read the first Harry Potter book- I would like to say I have read the series before when I was little but wanted to read it again when I might fully understand it and appreciate it. I have watched the movies before and I wanted to read the books behind them. The first book lays down the foundation for the rest of the series. It was really interesting to see how different the movies where to the films. I have to say that the first book is one of my favourite in the series (after the Prisoner of Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix). I really enjoyed the adventures that Harry, Ron and Hermione went on and how their friendship began.
I rate this book 4.7/5!
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| Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by JK Rowling |
Moriarty
After Harry Potter, I finished reading Moriarty- which I had started to read earlier in the month but put to one side when I started to read Harry Potter. I have to say this was my least favourite book that I read this summer. I enjoyed it right up until the end where it ended up going of in a completely different direction to what I had thought it would go. I loved the characters in it, and although the author wrote that they were in their 40's I couldn't help but seeing them as young men. Although, I didn't like the ending- the rest of the book was amazing and I do recommend you read, it may just be me who doesn't like it.
I rate this book a 3.5/5!
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| Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
I rate this book a 4.3/5!!
I did read the third installment in the Harry Potter series (I am going through a Harry Potter phase!), but when I took these I hadn't finished reading it so it was not on the list. This (Prisoner of Azkaban) is my second favourite in the series (after Order of the Phoenix). I love this book so much as you learn more about the older characters in Harry Potter and you get to see Harry have a father-son interaction with Sirius. I cannot rate this but because I am rating the books I will give it a 5/5!
So that's it for the post on my summer reads, I have a few posts planned so keep your eyes peeled for something slightly different. If you have any autumn/fall/Halloween post requests PLEASE email them to me on my BUSINESS email itscarenzab@gmail.com
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Carenza x
