Thursday, February 25, 2010

Don’t Judge A Girl By Her Cover by Ally Carter

I just read the third book in the Gallagher Girl series, Don’t Judge A Girl By Her Cover by Ally Carter. The book began when the main character, Cammie, was thrown into an attempted kidnapping. After she barely escapes she devotes the rest of the book trying to uncover the truth about who they were trying to kidnap and why. Cammie goes to a top-secret school for teenage spies. While I was reading the book I kept getting extremely excited because so many things were happening that I never saw coming. This book was really good and I would recommend this series to others. It is not a typical girl book because the characters are different, they are spies and their whole life is about facing disaster and overcoming death and of course boys. It was a page-turner and easy read with a fun plot to keep the reader interested.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Seventeenth summer by Maureen Daly

I just read Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly and loved it. It was so descriptive and had a sweet and innocent feeling, which I thought was what made it so good. I couldn’t believe it when I found out that it was written in the 1940’s, it seemed as if it could have been written last year. The feelings the characters have and the situations they go through would be the same even if it were written recently. In this book shy, naïve Angie Morrow falls for the handsome popular Jack when they meet at the local hang out. Suddenly Angie is feeling all these new intense feelings that come with first love and she begins to realize the truth about adulthood. With college looming in the fall Angie must uncover the truth about Jack and their blooming relationship. I loved how innocent the book was and how truthful. In the end I wanted to know about the future for Angie and Jack. I wished that they would meet in the future and rekindle their love, they were perfect for each other and I would defiantly recommend this book to others. It was a lovable story and rewarding read.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Belong To Me by Marisa de los Santos

I read Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos this past weekend. Immediately, I was drawn to the characters, they were descriptive and as the novel went on I learned a lot about them. I loved how Teo and Cornelia had known each other since they were little. I thought it added to them and it was just the perfect happily ever ending to have them married. Also when you discover, in the end, that Dev was Teo's son I found it interesting because Cornelia and Teo had been with each other since they were little kids and even though she believed she knew everything about him I liked how she didn’t. It made the book more realistic and relatable. I liked the character of Lake she was very complex. Throughout the book you learn about her and her son Dev but you never really know the truth. Their story is not very clear from the beginning and therefore I figured that in the end there would be some sort of huge twist like the one that occurred. I loved how in the end, Piper got her happily ever after, she managed to survive the death of her best friend, divorce, and social rejection. I would recommend this book to others who want a good book with an interesting compelling storyline. It was not one of my favorites but I defiantly want to read another book by this author in the future.