The Well of Ascension- Brandon Sanderson

Book 9 of My Summer Reading Challenge

My rating: 5/5 stars

Normally in a trilogy, I am faced with a boring second book which is added to fill up the story which can be kept going so that it sets up the third book for a wild ride. I did not get that with this book. I absolutely loved the story of the first book and I was not disappointed at all with how this book played out. My emotions went through a up and down ride as I read this story and there were so many events which I didn't see coming and were a complete shock.

This is a brilliant example of a book which you pick up and you never want to put it down. Every spare moment I had was taken up by the adventures of Vin and the gang and when I was not captivated in this world, I was wishing that I was.

I still miss Kelsier, this book just felt weird without his presence. All the time, I was just wishing that he would pop up and save the day to tell them all where they were going wrong and how to put it straight again.

Throughout this book, I just kept wondering "Where the hell is Marsh?" he just vanished near the beginning and he never showed up until the end. he better have a good reason for doing what he did. Poor Sazed.

I feel so sorry for Sazed. He has got to be one of my favourite characters in these books, he is just so sweet. How could Sanderson do that to him?! He finally manages to get someone whom he loves and they are happy and they he rips her away from him! It made me so angry and sad at the same time.

I was really starting to like OreSeur as well, him and Vin were just getting a connection, and it turned out to be TenSoon! I suppose TenSoon also had a connection with Vin since it was him all along and in the end he helped her against Zane.

Zane, lets talk about Zane.

I don't know where to begin. I was starting to like Zane as a character! and then he dies. The thing that got to me the most was he thought that he was insane and the last thing that he hears from the 'God' in his head was that he wasn't insane at all and it left me with so many questions that were not answered BECAUSE HE IS DEAD! That really played with my emotions.

Now that I have finished this book, The Hero of Ages is calling me from my bedside desk, and I shall not delay before being sucked into the Mistborn world once more.

The Final Empire- Brandon Sanderson

Book 8 of My Summer Reading Challenge

My rating:  5/5 Stars

Honestly, this book took me a while to read, not due to the large size of the book but because I had other things to do and I originally had this book on the kindle which I find harder to read.

Anyhow, this book was even better than I was expecting! As soon as I got into this book towards the end, I ended up reading a large section of the book in one sitting as it kept me intrigued and I just couldn't put the book down.

Everything about this book was great, the storyline was so original and I have never read anything like this before. Even all of the character developments were well written through out of the book (Especially Ham, Breeze and Marsh who were probably my favourite characters). I really enjoyed learning about all of the different metals which the Mistborn were able to use and the abilities which they got from the metals.

Throughout the book, there were so many twists which I really wasn't expecting to happen which made me love this book even more as it left me with so many questions. Normally the endings of books can be predicted but I honestly was not expecting that.

I must admit that when Vin met Elend (Even thought I loved the characteristics of Elend with him being one of the nobles but not wanting to live like he was while all of the Skaa were suffering and the fact that he spent all of his time reading really appealed to me) I groaned. As soon as this happened I assumed that the whole book would be consumed by the fact that they would be in love and everything would go wrong because of their love for each other and that there would be a typical love triangle with Spook. I was really surprised that this book hardly revolved around the love between them and it was in the background.

I really was not expecting the death of Kelsier and when it happened I was expecting him to not be dead somehow and him to come back into the story to help with the killing of the Lord Ruler. However, I was pretty upset about finding that Marsh was dead and that was the death I thought would be final which obviously wasn't and was really surprised when he returned.

This is the first Brandon Sanderson book which I read, and I shall certainly be reading more, especially of this series. I have already borrowed the rest of these books and I really would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of the fantasy books as this is one of the best fantasy books which I have read.

Rebel Heart- Moira Young

Book 7 of My Summer Reading Challenge

My rating: 4/5 Stars

It is no secret that when there is a good book at the beginning of a series, this causes the sequel to be disappointing. However, I feel like this didn't happen with this book. There was still so many twists and turns with surprises along the way which kept me on my toes and it pushed me to read further.

The only reason that this book did not get 5/5 stars, is due to the fact that I thought that it wasn't completely up to the standards which was set from 'Blood Red Road' even though I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I just found that it was slower-paced than the first book and there wasn't as much going on.

The Jack story was interesting as throughout the book, I constantly kept changing my mind as events occurred. "He obviously got forced into it" or "He has some reason for doing this and has a plan."

Let me tell you one thing, I was expecting there to be a love triangle somewhere in this book, because main characters are never able to have a happy relationship without something coming in between them at some point but I definitely was not expecting there to be a love square. That was an interesting touch.

The characters have developed so much in this book, such as with Lugh who actually has a main part in this book and he obviously has some secrets which he is keeping which just makes him more intriguing.

I would like to read the next and final book of this trilogy, but I do not currently own a copy and I will not go out of my way to get one, so if I manage to find a cheap copy of this book in the near future, I most definitely will purchase it to find out what happens in the end. especially with DeMalo.

Blood Red Road- Moira Young

Book 6 of My Summer Reading Challenge

My rating: 5/5 Stars

If truth be told, I didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I did, especially when starting the book with the bad grammar which I found hard to read and understand what was being said but as the book progressed I found that I was able to understand it better and I was reading it as I could read a normal book and I thought that it was a god way to get the feel of the character.

Nero is one bad ass crow. By far my favourite character of this book. without him they would be most likely dead, he is just so cunning and is almost like a human. From the start, I knew that he would have some significance and a larger part to play later on in the story.

I do not feel that this was one book as I look back on the story. there just seems to be that so much happened and it all managed to fit into the book perfectly without having it rushed and crammed in so that the writer is able to get down all of the story that they want. For this I say well done to Moira Young. the book was fast paced and there was always something that was going on which had me sitting up straight on the edge of y seat wanting more.

Needless to say that it was hard for me to put this book down as I started and I managed to finish the book in two large parts. I had to be physically be brought away from the book because I just wanted more and to see what the outcome would be at the end.

With most stories, the first book is amazing which causes the second book not to be up to standards. I shall be starting the second book tomorrow and I just hope that the standards and the storyline can live up to the high expectations which I have due to this book being brilliant.

It isn't hard for me to say that this book deserves the film which it is receiving from Ridley Scott, because it certainly well does. Think about all the books which have been made into films such as The Hunger Games, this book was much better than The Hunger Games and therefore, without a doubt deserves all of the praise which it is getting.

Ike :'(

The Scorpio Races- Maggie Stiefvater

For some reason, this book review was not published as it is was not updated and was still a 'draft' in my posts, so I have updated this review and re-posted it. (If it ever got posted in the first place.)

Book 5 of My Summer Reading challenge

My rating:

Okay, so I am attempting something different in this review as I am going to do a day-to-day review on what I have read and what I thought.

Started this book on 29th May 2015

29.05.15: Page 51 (Chapter 7)
Okay, so far I am not really sure what to think of this book, I find the whole story line kind of interesting and I would like to see how it carries on. This is my first Maggie Stiefvater book so I have no books which I am able to compare too meaning that this is a total shot in the dark for me. It could be a great book or completely terrible. I am still trying to wrap my head around some of the things which are happening and I am slightly confused at this point, (Mainly because I wasn't paying too much attention to the book as I was reading it) but I am willing to put that aside from now on and see where this book takes me.

30.05.15: Page 286 (Chapter 38)

After spending a few hours reading this book it has allowed me to really get my head around what is going on and what it is all about. There are still a few things which I would like the book to mention, especially how the Scorpio Races were created which will allow me to get my head around why it is done. Surely they just wouldn't think one day "Hey, lets race these really dangerous water horses down the beach and see how many people die."? And where is the race? I am more than half way through this book and all that has happened is Puck training a few times and a race with Sean. I was expecting a series of races but hopefully this will come later on in the book. Just need to wait and see.

"No one notices what the third sister, Annie, looks like because she's blind."

Okay, so what is the deal with that? I got so confused. So no one knows what she looks like because she cant see people or because she doesn't come out of the fist floor which is mentioned later on in the book? I think Maggie needs to explain this when it is mentioned and not later on.

31.05.15: Page 339 (Chapter 44)
At this point, the races still haven't happened and I cannot help but feel disappointed about this as I would feel that this is the main part in the book and would be a good area of the story. There are also parts where I feel that Maggie has only added parts to this book so that the book will be longer and dragged out and some of the parts of the story are irrelevant.

01.06.15: Finished
Now that I have finished the book, I can give my overall opinion. Throughout the book, I couldn't help but feel disappointed that the story of the races took a long time to actually come about and the fact that the races lasted for all of 10 pages was so disappointed due to the fact that I expected it to be much longer. However, even thought I found some parts of this book disappointing, I gave this book 4/5 stars just for the fact that the chapter of the race was so thrilling and I was sitting on the edge of my seat refusing to move until I found out the outcome of the race.

I love the idea that Puck has to overcome the fact that she is a woman and she wants to take part in the races which is mainly dominated by men. It really shows what a woman needs to go through to be accepted in some areas of life.

Another reason for my high score of this book is the ending. I found it so touching and I actually felt tears welling up in the corner of my eyes. and it was so different to the ending of books which I have read before. Also, the fact that the relationship between Sean and Puck isn't a main factor in this book really appeals to me as many YA books do.