Guest Review: Uglies by Scott Westerfield

My first guest review! And it's only proper that my BBB (Best Blogging Buddy) is the reviewer. If you didn't know, "she" is Lisseth over at Read-a-holicz and she's made of awesomesauce! So taken from the blog itself...here's an intro to Lisseth:

Hi I'm the creator of this amazing blog. I am a senior in High school. Im 18. Going off to college in september. New York City is my home. I love to read. I write when I can. Poetry calms me. Singing makes me happy. I also discovered that I am addicted to blogs. I just can't stop joining them.lol.Im also a business woman,thats going to major in English Literature. Funny,right?

I took on blogging just this year. Hopefully I'll have success like many other bloggers I follow.

Ok, onto the review!

Goodreads Blurb

Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.  

But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

5/5 Stars
Okay so I read this book like 5 years ago it was my first ya series book that really got me into reading. I was also surprised that it had come out way before the hunger games or twilight and not many people know about it and there all published by the same house, scholastic.

The world
The world of uglies really fascinated me I mean at 16 you get a mandated operation that turns u into a pretty. How cool is that. There is only one bad part, it turns u into a bubbly head. A pretty who just has fun, no opinions, or thoughts/ conscience. Plus the society is messed up since they don't feel anything but happy thought no anger or rebellion. Let's just say it may not b a good thing.

The characters
That's we're Shay and Tally come in. There friends who are close to turning. They have this sorta love hate relationship that gets more developed in further books. Tally is the quiet, submissive, typical ugly. Shay is not. She knows the risks of being a pretty. David oh David. He isn't really in the book a lot but he is a key player. He recruits for the smoke. Paris is briefly mentioned and is the only complain I had. I really wanted to to lean more about him, thought he is in the second book a lot more.

The smoke
It's the rebellion of uglies who don't Want to b pretty because they know wat will happen. They live without technology which is the big change in the book. They have books and I'd the setting for the third part of the book. They plant, take showers in the wild, And actually do manual labor.

The action
Tally goes into the wilds alone and has some really adventurous/ survivalist journey. There is a lot of action scenes throughout the book that makes you want to take part too.
There is a lot more that what I am saying. Just trust me, THIS BOOK IS GOOD! There is also some, actually, a lot of romance between two certain epic characters.which I will not tell you because YOU  NEED TO READ IT!

Hackers

I've been hacked. How? I have no clue. My "sidebar" is at the bottom of the blog under the posts, my fonts have been messed with, a few posts have been deleted, and pages are askew. The blog is now on hiatus until further notice for repairs. EDIT: This is the third time I've writtent his post. Whenever I post it, my blog goes back to normal. If I delete it, my blog is messed up. So no, the blog is not on hiatus.

Cover Reveals!

There have been some amazing cover reveals this week so I decided to just put them  all in one post.

Mind Games by Kiersten White

 In a world where psychics and mind-readers are the ultimate tools in corporate espionage, two teen girls try to save themselves and their future.

 

Soul Screamers Vol. 2 by Rachel Vincent

This collection includes MY SOUL TO KEEP, MY SOUL TO STEAL, and for the first time in print, the novella REAPER!

 

Tiger's Destiny by Colleen Houck

With three of the goddess Durga's quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tiger's curse. But the trio's greatest challenge awaits them: A life-endangering pursuit in search of Durga's final gift, the Rope of Fire, on the Adaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick

Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean that they will always be enemies, but there is no turning her back on him. But now they face their biggest challenge. Can their love survive a seemingly insurmountable divide. And in the end, will there be enough trust left to rebuild what has been broken? The lines are drawn - but which sides are they on?

It's a race against time--and the evil sorcerer Lokesh--in this eagerly anticipated fourth volume of the bestselling Tiger's Curse series, which pits good against evil, tests the bonds of love and loyalty, and finally reveals the tiger's' true destiny once and for all.

A smart  phone tag code on the back cover links readers to the series website.

Awesomesauce Giveaway

Giveaway over at Live to Read! And it's definitely awesomesauce. Go enter, but if you're good, DON'T. Trust me, I desperately want to win. ;) lol.

http://livetoread-krystal.blogspot.com/2012/06/bea-giveaway_12.html?m=1

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An Anti-Twilight? Richelle Mead?

So it's been going around that Richelle Mead is the "anti-twilight" which may or may not true. You can draw your own conclusion.

But it might help to read this article the Sun Sentinel wrote that definitely helps put things in perspective. I'm really not a giant fan of Twilight, but LOVE Richelle's books. It's not hard to guess what I think. Well have fun!

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Rapture by Lauren Kate

Goodreads Blurb

The sky is dark with wings . . . .Like sand in an hourglass, time is running out for Luce and Daniel. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past they must find the place where the angels fell to earth. Dark forces are after them, and Daniel doesn’t know if he can do this—live only to lose Luce again and again.
Yet together they will face an epic battle that will end with lifeless bodies . . . and angel dust. Great sacrifices are made. Hearts are destroyed. And suddenly Luce knows what must happen.
For she was meant to be with someone other than Daniel. The curse they’ve borne has always and only been about her—and the love she cast aside. The choice she makes now will be the only one that truly matters.
In the fight for Luce, who will win?
The astonishing conclusion to the FALLEN series. Heaven can’t wait any longer.

Rapture. Such an appropriate title. This book absolutely stole my breath away and made me cry while my throat was clenched tight. In other words—I was raptured, reading the fourth and final installment in the Fallen series.

Luce has just come back from the past bearing bad news. Lucifer is planning to wipe away millions of years of history. To bring them back to the one event that started it all—the Fall. But if that happened, Luce and Daniel wouldn’t fall in love over centuries. Everything would come apart. So they, along with their angelic (and demonic) friends are on a race against time to find the three relics that will lead them to the site of the Fall where everything and anything is revealed. Including the secret revelation that sparked Lucifer’s rebellion in the first place.

Rapture made me love the Fallen series. In the beginning it was just something to read. But now I’m making it my number one priority to re-read every book all over again with new eyes. Rapture left my crying so many times and made me love Lucinda more than ever. (Notice how I use her full name.) We encounter new characters like Dee and Olianna and revisit with old ones. Either way, each one is essential to this story and most (excluding a certain few…) of them now have places in my heart.

The writing was beautiful and the plot never left you bored. Fast paced and filled to the brim with action, I couldn’t tear myself away and found myself reading deep into the night and finishing it in one sitting. Even the parts that are usually written awkwardly, the heaven descriptions, were wonderfully described, giving me the sense of angelic propriety.

Daniel seemed incredibly bossy and a bit merciless so I’m definitely Team Cam. I didn’t like the way he reacted to certain angels’ deaths even if they were his friends. I wanted to pull out my hair. Luce, on the other hand, seemed way more mature than in Fallen when we met her as a whiny girl. It was absolutely relieving when I realized that she was a better heroine than before. Whew!

It was a great angel read, although not as dark I prefer, but it was still awesome. The way Lauren Kate finished off Luce and Daniel’s story was absolutely fitting and I loved it, although it was a bit saddening. I cried when I read the last line, it was absolutely touching. It was absolutely 100% beautiful and is definitely one ending I hadn’t even imagined.

And the quote is half of the last sentence. No, it’s not a spoiler since it can mean so, so many things. None of which will even be close to what happened.

Pages: 432

Series: Fallen #4

Genre: Paranormal/Romance

Publisher: Delacorte Books

Released: June 12

Rating: 4 stars

“…leaving a moment’s brilliant flash of light behind them as below, Luce and Daniel fell in love for the first—and last—time.”