The Sub-Domain

 Hey! For some reason lately I've really been into espionage fiction - and when my Audible credit came up I chose this book. This is also, coincidentally, the first not-fantasy book I've read for a while, and it was nice to take a break from the genre. The cover looked pretty cool and who can miss out on such a diverse cast of main characters? I was not let down by any of it. City Spies was so fun and thrilling that I made up a joke to describe the ride to my friends. Joke below. Me: I should really get some sleep. Ten hours at least. Also me at three in the morning: OMG THIS BOOK IS SO EXCITING SLEEP IS OVERRATED Yeah. That pretty much sums up the awesomeness of this book. City Spies has characters from all around the world (France, Nepal, Brazil, Australia, and America) and I could not NOT read it. They all range in age as well - twelve to fifteen years old. The stakes are high - although not you're-dead-if-you-don't-do-this-right high - and I was absolutely thrilled ...

 Oh, look, Gambler's not purple after all. Lol, if you're a newcomer to my blog and this is the first post you see, don't worry, I'm not crazy. *maniac smile* I'm book-crazy. Anyway, The First continues the trail that The Last left off, starting with our five main characters on their sort-of-road-trip. I say road trip because that's the only way I can describe this. The First is just as good as its predecessor. We finally get some big, epic revelations *dramatic music builds up*, a dIsCoVeRy, and explanations to things that I had thought plot holes in the first book. Khara finally gets some backstory (EEEEEEEEEEE YAY AND IT IS SOME REAL AWESOME BACKSTORY TRUST ME) and I finally receive the reason why Renzo has joined them. For some reason I burst into hysterical laughter when I realized why, and my brother was just staring at me like o.O Tobble is still as cute as ever, but like Gambler says, he asks some big questions that need to be answered. Those questions a...

 OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH a new fantasy series to LOVE YAY! I've actually had this book for a few months (the signed first edition) and have loved it. I got the second one on Audible, and the third...well, it's coming out in March, which is so far away *sobs*. Buuuuut I have to review this one because I can't wait to go crazy over it. I had already heard of Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan, so I decided to give this book a chance (anyway, who can pass up a signed first edition? Have I already mentioned this?) and I was not disappointed. The Last, despite being a first book in a series, is brilliant. The worldbuilding is just *dramatic flourish* and so are the characters. Byx was a very interesting perspective, as I had expected a human's. It was enlightening to see the world from someone whose species is endangered, possibly extinct. The fact that the book opens with a quote from Silent Spring pretty much conveys the message it is trying to give - what are w...

Hello! I am now twelve years old and have been reading books for nine years *grins*. Aaaand of course I got this book for my birthday. I knew the author was getting better. And I was right. Serafina and the Splintered Heart is a wild, unexpected, exciting journey. This series probably isn't up there with The Green Ember and A Series of Unfortunate Events in my eyes, but it's still better than certain other books I've read. And I suppose that's all it needs. Seriously, just look at that gorgeous cover. It's the prettiest in the whole series. This isn't quite a Grand Finale, but it's definitely a finale. It's pretty hard to review this book because there's an author's note at the end, which says not to reveal certain elements of the stories, and those elements are central to the plot. All I want to say is that the story starts right where the other book stopped...and it doesn't. In Serafina's mind, it does, but in the real world, it doesn...