Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery Book Review!

Anne's House of Dreams is the fifth book in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Normally when I read a series I would review all the books in order, but I don't own books four and six so I just going to skip them for now. WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS INCLUDING THE DEATH OF A CHARACTER!!!

After three years of waiting, Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe are finally married. They move away from Avonlea to Four Winds to their house of dreams. Gilbert is a successful doctor. Anne befriends with Leslie Moore, a young woman who keeps to herself. The book shows the first three years of Anne and Gilbert's marriage.

It's a little sad that Anne moved away from Avonlea, but Four Winds is also very pretty. Out of all of Anne and Gilbert's neighbors I liked Captain Jim the most. He told some interesting stories, and he was very sweet. I'm happy is life book was written. And the fact that he died after finishing it, and when Gilbert said Captain Jim had crossed the bar made me cry.

I do't really like Miss Cornelia. She kind of reminds me of Rachel Lynde. She doesn't seem to like men very much and whenever she talks about them she the sentence by saying "Just like a man." I find this a little ironic because at the end of this book Miss Cornelia marries Marshall Elliott.

I like Leslie. She is quiet, and is very privet about her life. Leslie sometimes is jealous of Anne because Anne has a loving husband and a baby on the way. Leslie and Anne become good friends, and she marries Owen Ford. Leslie is a good character and I do like her friendship with Anne and I like that they stay friends in the future, but their friendship kind of makes me miss Anne and Diana's friendship.

Another part that made me cry was when Anne gives birth to Joyce, but Joyce doesn't survive. That whole part was just heartbreaking.

I like that we also see some familiar faces such as Marilla, Diana, Jane Andrews, Miss Lavendar, Charlotta the Fourth, Paul Irving, and even Phillipa Gordon

Even tough this isn't my favorite book of the series, I enjoyed it.

Uprising by Shelly Crane Book Review!

Today I'm reviewing Uprising by Shelly Crane, which is the second book in the Collide series. WARNING: SPOILERS!!!

So much happens in this book. Sherry and Merrick's little group is getting bigger and bigger, and the Taker is getting creepier and creepier. The Specials getting strange powers for no apparent reason (This technically happened in the last book, but I forgot to mention it).

What makes this book different from the last one is that we get Cain and Lillian's POV's, not just Sherry and Merrick's. I love Cain and Lillian! We also get the Taker's POV sometimes, too.

Shelly Crane really pulled on my my heart strings this time. Cain and Lillian are so cute! They are so good together that you can't help but ship it. And Jeff and Marissa finally got together! The are so cute and everyone finding out was hilarious. If you're anything like me then you'll have four or five OTPs by the end of the series.

Cain at one point admits that he is in love with Sherry. I disliked that part not because I didn't like Cain, but because I really don't like love triangles. But Cain is a really good guy and doesn't act on his feelings toward Sherry. All in all I really like Cain's relationship with Sherry and Merrick.

I also like Lillian and Sherry's friendship. In the last book Lillian was in, like,one part (she may have been in more but I don't remember). After her husband's death, Lillian is trying to move on and seems to really drawn to Cain. I really love the part when Lillian goes to rescue Cain. 

And then Shelly Crane did a thing that broke my heart. The part in which Merrick asked Sherry if she was cheating on him with Cain. That part and the few chapters after that just broke me. I knew Piper was behind it! Shelly Crane really had me worried. 

Danial is interesting. He's a Lighter but goes from bad to good after seeing Lillian. He also helps out Sherry at the end of the book. I like Danial, but He's not my favorite.

And then there's Lily. Lily is three year old girl whom Sherry and Merrick adopt. I love the cute family moments they have.

Two characters have birthdays in this book. Sherry turns twenty and Calvin turns twelve, I think.

I like that all the Specials have super powers. Cain's power is especially awesome.

I love this book. Shelly Crane is amazing.

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Book Review!

Shatter Me is the first book in the Shatter Me trilogy by Tahereh Mafi. Warning: SPOILERS!!!

Juliette is a girl who's touch can kill or fatally injure a person, kind of like Rogue from X-men. Then her world changes when she finds out that the two boys who are in love with her can touch her without getting injured. 

Juliette is a really awesome character. When I read the book (or listened to the audiobook if you want to get technical about it) Juliette came across as shy, quit, and reserved, which she is, but she also can morph into a kick-butt character when needed, like when she threatened to kill Warner (at least I think it was Warner) I was like 'Whoa Juliette!' which you can't really blame her for. All in all, Juliette was a great lead character.

Now let's talk about Adam!!! I really love Adam SO much! He is so sweet, and loyal, and respectful. Pretty much through out the whole book I was think 'Why can't he be real?!' And the parts with him and his ten year old brother were so sweet. My heart melted when his brother came to him when he had a nightmare. Did anyone else experienced this or is it just me?

Now for Warner. I'm gonna be honest, I felt nothing for Warner through out this book. If you're a fan of Warner please don't get mad at me, this is just how I felt. I thought he was a real pansycake (Divergent reference!), when he just shot that guy in front of everyone without a second thought, or when he put Juliette in that room with the toddler, he just gave me reasons not to like him. But, then again, my opinion of him could change, I haven't read Unravel Me or Ignite Me, or even the novellas yet, so bare with me. 

Kenji is amazing! I wish there was more Kenji in this book! But I don't really like how he swears a lot, but other then that I love him.

CassJayTuck was right: the ending was like X-Men! And I am a huge X-Men fan. My favorite parts are all the one with Adam (surprise, surprise). 

I really didn't expect to love this book. Tahereh Mafi did a fantastic job!

Crossed by Ally Condie Book Review!

Hi!  

I'm now going to review Crossed by Ally Condie, which was fantastic! Contains some spoilers of the end of the book.

In this book Cassia goes to the Outer Provinces trying to find Ky with the help of her new friend Indie. Meanwhile, Ky and his friends Vick and Eli try to find the Rising.

One of the best things in this book is Ky's POV. I said it before and I'll say it again: I love Ky!!! Ky and Cassia aren't the same people they were in Matched. They've changed a little bit been since they've apart from each other, not a lot but a little bit, and I'm totally fine with it.

Indie, Vick, and Eli are great characters. I like Cassia's friendship with Indie. Cassia really didn't expect Indie to stay and help her, but she did. Without Indie Cassia wouldn't have found Ky. I liked Vick. I didn't expect to like Vick as much as I did. And I love Eli!

I didn't really like that Ky and Cassia were apart for most of the book, then at the end when they separated again.  My favorite parts of the book were when Ky and Cassia were together.

That's all for now.

Bye.

Matched by Ally Condie Book Review!

I am finally gonna review Matched by ally Condie! Yay! Iove this book so much!

I had this review all written out was about to post it, but then I pressed the backspace button and it took me back a page and I lost everyting, so I'm not gonna write the summary I had again. Sorry. If you the summary here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7735333-matched

On of the things I like about Cassia is that she's not like Katniss (the Hunger Games),

or Tris (Divergent), or June (Legend), etc. She's not really a fighter, which is okay. 

I LOVE KY!!! He's so sweet! I love him with Cassia! I ship it! He's awesome!

Xander is okay. I din't ship him with Cassia, but I like him. this is actually the only love triangle I like, and if you've been reading my reviews you know I don't like love triangles.

Another thing I like about this book is the righting style. It's so beautiful, and poetic. I remember listening to the autiobook and thinking that this sounds so pretty.

I also like that this series is different form the other dystopian books that I've read. There no fighting, or guns, etc. It's a nice change of pace. 

I love this book. I definitely recommend it. 

Wide Open by Shelly Crane Book Review!

I'm FINALLY reviewing Wide Open by Shelly Crane. This is the sequel to Wide Awake and Wide Spaces. You can read this book by it self but I recommend reading the other books first. Warning: SPOILERS!!!

This book is about Mason's brother Milo and a girl named Maya. Milo is a drug addict who's been clean for two years. Maya is also an addict who's been clean for four years, and works as a counselor for kids who have problems with drugs. The book is about them falling a love and learning trust each other, running into a whole lot of heartbreak along the way.

When we first meet Milo in Wide Awake he was rude, and we only saw him for a second in Wide Spaces to see Mason's and Emma's wedding. He was also rude to Mason and Emma in the first chapter too. But skip two years into the future and Milo is a completely differently person who I never expected to love so much. He meets some people who helped him get clean. Milo is actually a really sweet person, and you can't help but love him. 

Maya is also very awesome. Maya's back story is very sad. Her mother died and that got her into doing drugs in the first place, and then her father helped stop and then he died, and to top it off: her brother is dying of cancer. Yeah, it's hard not to cry when reading Maya's POV. I'm also proud of Maya for not giving in and taking the drink even though she wanted to. She didn't want to throw four years of being sober down the drain, and she didn't want Milo and her brother to be disappointed in her.

I love Milo and Maya as a couple! It's sweet yet heartbreaking at the same time. I love that Milo always calls Maya sweetheart, and I love their thing with fortune cookies. If you read Wide Awake and Wide Spaces you'd know that Mason and Emma's thing is the books full of useless facts, Milo and Maya have fortune cookies and it's so cute. My favorite fortunes in the book are "I cannot help you, for I am just a cookie." and "The best feeling in life: to love and be loved.", and Maya's fortune was beautiful and is one of my favorite quotes of the book.

I don't think I've ever cried at a Shelly Crane book. Ever. I was crying mostly at Maya's parts then I did at Milo's parts. I cried at the part when they're going to see the new baby and Maya said that she always be there for him with her arms wide open to welcome him home, and Mason and Milo's reunion, and Will dying, and the ending. 

I don't do drugs and I never will, but I knew some stuff about drugs and addicts before reading this book, but reading a story told by people who went through it really snapped things into perspective. Like when I read The Fault in Our Stars, I knew about cancer but I didn't really know about cancer until I've read about someone who is going through it. That's how i feel with Wide Open because I know about drug abuse and such but I didn't know until I read this book, because all Milo and Maya want is to be forgiven for the things they did in the past and they feel like they can't be forgiven. And Mason tells Milo that all he ever wanted was for him to come back home (excuse me while I cry).

All in all, this is a fantastic read. I highly recommend it, but I suggest you have tissues ready.

Guitar Notes by Mary Amato Book Review!

I stayed up all night finishing Guitar notes by Mary Amato, and now it's time to review it. Warning: Spoilers!!!

Tripp loves to play guitar, but when his mom takes it away to get him to socialize he signs up to use one of the school's practice rooms to play the guitar. Lyla is a cellist who doesn't really like playing the cello but does it to make people happy. Tripp and Lyla end up sharing the practice room, Tripp gets it on odd days and Lyla gets it on even days. They start leaving notes for each other and from an unlikely friendship and write all sorts of songs together.

I love Tripp. He's so funny. Some of the stuff he pulls on his mom are funny like when he replaced the coffee grounds with dirt or when he put her check book in the freezer because she froze his bank account. I don't condone what he does but it's funny.

I also like Lyla. To be honest I liked Trips POV more than Lyla's. Don't get me wrong, I love Lyla, but there moments where I wish she'd say 'no' to her dad and Annie about some things. I know she didn't want to disappoint them but still.

Maybe the reason I didn't love Lyla's POV as much as Tripp's is because I don't like Annie. I disliked Annie the whole book. She was so pushy and rude and annoying. She was always like "You think you're better then me" or "You hate me" and it really got on my nerves!

Another character I didn't really like was Tripp's mom. She takes his guitar while he's sleeping and left him a note saying he would get it back at the end of the semester if he gets good grades and if he tries to be more social. Are you kidding me?! She doesn't even discuss it with him. She could have handled the situation way better than she did. It would be like my parents taking my books away.

I love all the moments when Tripp and Lyla are together. I like the part when they stole the blasty rug and gave to the little boy, and when they talk on the phone, and text; it was just really sweet. Yeah, I kind of ship tripp and Lyla.

I also really love the songs Mary Amato wrote for the book. My favorite, I think, is Lucky Me.

And now for the ending. I was so afraid that Lyla wasn't going to wake up, and I was just crying and crying and crying some more. And then she wakes up the sound of Tripp singing and I was so relieved and happy!!! I can't tell you how happy I was. Some people say that the ending was rushed and that's true I guess, but it really doesn't bother me.

I really love this book. My one problem is that it leaves me wanting more.