Take Me Tomorrow

Take Me Tomorrow by Shannon A. Thompson

My rating: 3.75 of 5 stars

**This book was kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review**

This was truly a unique read! I love my dystopian worlds and while some can blend together, that definitely wasn’t the case in Take Me Tomorrow. The elements of the storyline were enticing and the mystery of all of the unknowns kept me flying through the pages. The little hints of romance were innocently sweet and what blossomed from it left me smiling. And the ending of the book left me completely dismayed (but in a good way)! I can’t even start to imagine where they can all go from here!

Take Me Tomorrow

Take Me Tomorrow by Shannon A. Thompson

My rating: 3.75 of 5 stars

**This book was kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review**

This was truly a unique read! I love my dystopian worlds and while some can blend together, that definitely wasn’t the case in Take Me Tomorrow. The elements of the storyline were enticing and the mystery of all of the unknowns kept me flying through the pages. The little hints of romance were innocently sweet and what blossomed from it left me smiling. And the ending of the book left me completely dismayed (but in a good way)! I can’t even start to imagine where they can all go from here!

The Infinite Sea (The Fifth Wave #2)

The Infinite Sea: The Second Book of the 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

 You say you know how we think? Then you know what I’m going to do. I’ll rip your face off with a pair of tweezers. I’ll tear your heart out with a sewing needle. I’ll bleed you out with seven billion tiny cuts, one for each one of us.

That’s the cost. That’s the price. Get ready, because when you crush the humanity out of humans, you’re left with humans with no humanity.
In other words, you get what you pay for, motherfucker.

Pulse-pounding, heart-throbbing, intense, brutal perfection. Not a moment passed where I wasn’t 100% enthralled in this crazy world where literally no one is immune to death and there is no sanctuary. I must admit that I was terrified I wouldn’t love this book. I read the first book, what, like over a year ago? I was obsessed with it. Consumed by it. But then a year passed and, like with all great book series and movies, I couldn’t see myself falling for the characters so easily again. It’s so hard to do, anymore. But then, this book. This goddamn book. From page one, I was swept into the spellbinding pages of death and destruction, of utter hopelessness and despair. I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that no matter how it ended this time I would not doubt Rick Yancey’s otherworldly ability to capture my soul for the next novel.

Day 21 (The Hundred #2)

Day 21 (The 100 series, Book 2) by Kass Morgan

My Rating: 2 of 5 stars

**ARC kindly provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

They had been sent to Earth as living test subjects, the first people to set foot on the planet in three hundred years. But they were mistaken.
Some people had never left.

This book is…no. Just no. Everything I enjoyed about book one was the glaring problem in book two. It’s like everything amplified until I couldn’t stand it anymore.

It started up somewhat like the other, but this time, they were already on Earth. I liked this. It made me happy that they were somewhat used to the land and were able to just move forward instead of that stagnant fear that kept them from doing too much in book one. But OMG I just could. Not. Do. The Relationship. Drama in this one. Like…Clarke-You JUST met this dude. The title of this book is literally Day 21 and you LOVE him??? Oh, and he can just say whatever he wants to you…right? Then, because it was said in a moment of passionate fury, it’s okay. Hmmm. Riiiiiight. I lost all my respect for Clarke. All of it.

The 100 (The Hundred #1)

The 100 (The Hundred #1) by Kass Morgan

**ARC kindly provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well, that was not what I expected-at all. This has such a low rating and only a small amount of people liked it. I find that I am in the group that found enjoyment out of this. No, it wasn’t a completely action packed dystopian and no there wasn’t a TON that went on, but I guess, for once, the romance was enough.

It would be better to lie. His father would have an easier time believing that Wells had been carrying out a dare. Or perhaps he could try to pretend he had been on drugs. Either of those scenarios would be more palatable to the Chancellor than the truth-that he’d risked everything for a girl.

Some people immediately disregard ARC reviews because they likely feel that we are stretching the truth so we can receive more copies in exchange for our ‘honest’ thoughts-well, I can assure anyone who reads this-I am always honest. I may sometimes not 100% know which solid star to stick with, because there are a lot of gray areas for me, but I always say what I feel in my reviews-I have rated so many books five stars only to add a couple paragraphs of what bothered me with the story, because not many stories are perfect.

Branded (Sinners #1)

Branded (Sinners #1) by Abi Ketner

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

**ARC kindly provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

Out of all the ARCs I was given, I believed Branded was going to be the best. All my friends loved it, it had great reviews and quotes, and it seemed like it had a strong synopsis. And while it started out well with a strong heroine and a sexy, protective hero, it soon started to show signs of all the things I hate in novels: cheesiness.

The beginning started out with the heroine, Lexi, being captured and ‘branded’ as an adulterer, or rather, as one of the seven deadly sins: lust. People judge and chase ‘the branded’, taunting and hoping to gain from that person’s weakness. But what if her Branding is wrong? What does that mean for the Branding system? Once captured, she is supposed to be looked after by a soldier so she isn’t killed or harassed. Cole, while very aware of what she is labeled and tried as, is her mentor-but he grows a soft spot for her. We all know how THAT goes ;).

The Treatment (The Program #2)

The Treatment (The Program #2) by Suzanne Young

My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

 

“I won’t lose you, Sloane,” he whispers. “I’ll kill him if I have to.”

“I’d rather die.”
Realm turns away. “That’s what I’m afraid of.”

I’m mixed on this one-right up front I’ll say that I contemplated quite a bit on what to rate this because I felt like there were two different paces of story going on. Or maybe it’s the fact that I got to read the first half in one chunk so all the emotions were raw and natural whereas the whole second half I was forced to read in bits and pieces when I got the time to do so. Regardless, my feelings are mixed for whatever reason and there was just something that kept me from making it a solid five star.

We’re addicted to each other-no matter what the consequences.

Maybe, upon further inspection, there were many reasons why I gave this a 4.5, the main one being that at the end I never really felt like they weren’t going to make it. I won’t say how it ends, obviously, but I wanted a little more suspense and maybe a lot more angst. I know, right? How much more angst could this author have shoved into the story? But, and I can’t believe I’m going to say this, I needed that angst from the first book/the first half of this book to continue to the end of it all. I know for a fact that it was loud when I was reading, it was annoyingly difficult to focus on the words forming before me, that it inevitably altered my reading experience-and that sucks. I will never know what it felt like to be fully immersed at the finale of this wonderful series. But who has the time (or the willpower to fight tired eyes) to wait until the house is dark and quiet? I sure don’t. So, that effected the end a ton. And that little fact broke my heart. But, let me tell you, the first half of this book?? It’s Phenomenal. The tension was so thick in the beginning half of this book you could cut it with a knife. I had butterflies, I had doubts, I had fears, I was scared to death for them and I physically couldn’t breathe. Literally.

The Program (The Program #1)

The Program by Suzanne Young

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5 stars

Usually when I love a book as much as I did with this one, I normally can’t wait to write a review, things will pop in my head and I even just start writing things down in my notes if I’m busy. With this I couldn’t do either of those things just because of the fact it is so hard to review. I actually feel like this could be the trickiest book to explain, this is because it’s one of the most angsty, twisty, mind fuckery, heart-breaking, depressing and so out of the ordinary books I have ever read.

The Program (The Program #1)

The Program by Suzanne Young

My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

James is the best at hiding the pain, disguising the feelings. He knows what it takes to stay out of The Program. He’ll keep us safe. 

He promised.

Last night I had a million things in my head that I just HAD to say in this review and I totally knew how I was going to lay it all out for people to read…and now, sitting here with a keyboard right in front of me, I’m even more speechless than I was when I finished this two nights ago. This story was special to me, therefore I want to say things correctly and just as I felt them as I read, but that’s nearly impossible. I rarely remember everything I feel during the book when writing a review, but I certainly try. And here, now, I have so much to say all at once that I can’t figure out how to say it. Powerful. Heartbreaking. Soul-crushing. Mind-altering. Beautiful. Controversial. So many things wrapped up into one neat package. And how do you talk about a book that centers on the idea that suicide is an epidemic? I think that’s the other thing. How can I possibly review how much I loved this book and couldn’t put it down? The romance had me choking on butterflies from the minute shit got real, but so much more was going on. How can I possibly do justice to this book that hasn’t left my mind since I started reading it?

It’s the push I need to get through the rest of the period, the fact that he’s waiting for me. The fact that he’s always waiting for me.

The Revealed

The Revealed by Jessica Hickam

My Rating: 4 of 5 stars

**ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

Not too long ago I requested numerous books at once from netgalley and this was the first that got approved. Which, if that’s any indication, this is the book that’s been sitting and waiting to be read the longest. Which, in my mind, means I was the most unsure of this novel out of all the books that got approved. I mean, it has hardly any ratings, I’d never heard of it, yet it’s one of the most requested. Which leads me to my last point-I don’t know why this book has so little recognition and ratings.

And then the kiss is over. The feel of it still lingers on my lips. I know it will fade. I don’t want him to fade from me.