September Wrap-up!

This month was a pretty exciting month for books. I read 6 this month, and they were all sooo amazing. Let's get started!

1. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

This book was definitely one of the best books I read this month. It's about a 17-year-old named Jasper Dent who is the son of Billy Dent, the nation's most infamous serial killer. When another serial killer known as The Impressionist, who tries to be just like Billy and mimick his killings almost exactly, shows up to town, Jazz wants to prove to not only himself but the people around him that he won't become his dad by trying to solve the case. The suspense in this book kept me going and it was so fast-paced, I flew through it. I give this 6/5 stars because I can. It was that great.

2. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

I read the first book in the Infernal Devices trilogy last month and it was amaaaazing. I can't tell you about the plot of this book without spoiling anything, so go look at my August wrap-up for the plot of the series. I give this book 4/5 stars mostly because even though it was perfect in every way, the beginning was kinda slow compared to the first book, but overall it was still great.

3. The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich

This book was sooo interesting. It's about a girl named Carly Johnson who is in an asylum, and is getting ready for her next year at school. She has split-personality disorder with her "other side" being Kaitlyn. When Kaitlyn comes out, she does a lot of bad things to cause trouble and even harm to people. I feel like I'm making the plot sound kinda childish but I'm not entirely sure how to explain it. Just read it, it was awesome. You won't be disappointed. (Unless you're not into creepy books.) 5/5 stars.

4. The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow

Okay, here's the thing. I recieved this as a digital ARC from the publisher and sadly, I didn't finish it. (Sorry!) I ended up having to read a book for my book club so I didn't have time to finish it. What I read though was a really good start!

5. Dark Rising (I forgot the author's name, sorry) *received as an ARC from NetGalley*

I had some problems with this book. It was good, but it's actually a sequel which I didn't originally know, so I haven't read the first book. I can't tell the plot without giving away spoilers. So anyway, I actually thought this book was really good, but it was confusing and hard to get through without having read the first book, sadly. 3/5 stars, I'd probably give it more if I'd read the first book.

6. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Whew! This one was definitely a wild ride. Red Queen is about a girl named Mare Barrow who lives in a world divided by blood, the Reds with red blood and the Silvers with silver blood. Silvers are the elite and have special abilities, while Reds are poor and serve the Silvers. Mare is a Red and is about to be conscripted, but she meets Cal, and gets a job working as a servant at the king's palace. There, she realizes she's different, that she's a Red with abilities, and the king and queen turn her into a Silver princess to hide the fact that she's actually a Red from other Silvers and Reds. This book was a teensy bit slow at the beginning, but then stuff started going down and it was so exciting and fun to read. I loved the world-building and the action sequences, although I sorta feel like some characters might be a little underdeveloped. Other than that, it was super-duper awesome. I can't wait for Glass Swords. 4/5 stars. Brb while I go read the prequel novellas.

August wrap-up!

I didn't exactly read as many books this month as I'd hoped to, but I read a few. Let's get started so I don't waste time.

1. Eleanor and Park

This book... I can't even describe how much I loved it. It was so amazing. The story's set in the '80's and follows an Asian kid named Park who listens to punk rock and reads comics, and a chubby redhead named Eleanor who wears boyish, geekish clothes every day and lives in a bad household. She's the new girl, and when she shows up on the bus, everyone automatically makes fun of her. Park is the only one who lets her sit down somewhere, and this is the beginning of how they spark a relationship. This book was so adorable and sad and perfect and everything in between, except bad. It was nowhere near bad. 10/5 stars, I loved it so much.

2. Clockwork Angel

Yeah, I guess I'm a little late on the Infernal Devices train. I read the Mortal Instruments a couple years ago and absolutely loved that series, and for some reason I just kinda strayed from the Infernal Devices, mostly because it got quite a bit more hype than the Mortal Instruments. But I noticed everyone seemed to love it more, so I picked it up. The book is about a girl named Tessa who finds out that she has a certain power: shape-shifting. But when she changes, she can access the person's emotions. She ends up in the Institute, which is basically a shelter for Shadowhunters, Nephilim who make it their mission to rid the world of demons and other evil things. I really enjoyed this book, it was fast-paced and gave you a lot of insight to London and it was just awesome. 5/5 stars.

3. Nightfall

*I received this as an electronic ARC from the publisher on First to Read* This was an interesting story. I liked it a lot! It's about a girl named Marin and her brother Kana who live on an island that changes. Every 28 years, light comes, but it causes the ocean's tide to roll in so they have to leave before it happens. But Kana and Marin's friend goes missing so they have to do everything they can to find her before the island changes. I give this book 4/5 stars.

4. City of Boneheads

*I received this as an e-ARC from the author Steve Lookner* This book is a parody of City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, which is the first book in the Mortal Instruments series. I'm not really gonna bother with the summary considering that I'n pretty sure most of you readers have already read the Mortal Instruments series, so if you enjoyed it or even if you didn't, definitely go pick this up! It was hilarious and I promise you will enjoy basically any Steve Lookner parody. Always great! 5/5 stars.