Because it's story time. And what's story time without milk and cookies.
Here we'll talk about books on the bestseller list today and either rip them apart or love them to shreds.
I'll start with Marie Lu's Legend, book 1, because I just spent the weekend sleeping with it. It's hard to judge a trilogy before reading all 3 books because all of us YA die hard fans know how depressing it is to start a great series and get addicted and then end up crying into our pillow when it didn't treat us right.
...We'll take it as it comes. Kind of like fast food.
What is this book about: Legend starts off with two 15 year old protagonists in a dystopian Los Angeles: June Iparis, part of the 'rich' sector of town, whose older brother Metias is a lieutenant for the government, known as The Republic. And Day, the Republic's most wanted criminal, a sizzling bad-boy/heart-breaker, breaking into banks by day and scaling walls by night.
At the same time, there's this bubonic-style plague infesting the city, and the vaccination is only affordable to the higher ups.
June is sassy, hot, and apparently a prodigy, since she passed The Trial with the highest possible score, a military test everyone takes when they're 10 years old to challenge their physical and mental skills.
Being cast/worlds apart, June and Day would never have met. But one fateful night, Day barges into a hospital in an attempt to steal the plague cures for his dying family. (Aw.)
Metias happens to be there on guard duty. Day causes a raucous, a chase ensues, and in a desperate attempt to escape, Day kills Metias...
June shows up at the scene not long after, and the Commander assigns her as detective to the case, literally as Metias' body is cooling.
And the hunt begins.
What I think about this book: It's fast. It's crisp. It's fiery. There aren't any long pauses or dull moments. You barely even get time to catch your breath because you're always running along with the story. And that's one of the main appeals of teen books, how they manage to bag you in the first chapter. We're junkies but we don't care. We just want our next fix.
June, although a bit of misandrist at times, is a bad ass heroine. She has a Sherlock sense of observation, a fighter jet's body, and is pretty damn fearless. For a fifteen year old, she hardly ever cries and handles pain like a champ.
Day is one cocky kid. He says anything to anyone, starting from the day he was 10 and hit a policeman with a paper puck. On the other hand, he's a softie for pretty girls, fights for injustice, and has a heart for his family.
Who should read this book: Action junkies, romance saps, stubborn teens and rebellious adults.
Here we'll talk about books on the bestseller list today and either rip them apart or love them to shreds.
...We'll take it as it comes. Kind of like fast food.
What is this book about: Legend starts off with two 15 year old protagonists in a dystopian Los Angeles: June Iparis, part of the 'rich' sector of town, whose older brother Metias is a lieutenant for the government, known as The Republic. And Day, the Republic's most wanted criminal, a sizzling bad-boy/heart-breaker, breaking into banks by day and scaling walls by night.
At the same time, there's this bubonic-style plague infesting the city, and the vaccination is only affordable to the higher ups.
June is sassy, hot, and apparently a prodigy, since she passed The Trial with the highest possible score, a military test everyone takes when they're 10 years old to challenge their physical and mental skills.
Being cast/worlds apart, June and Day would never have met. But one fateful night, Day barges into a hospital in an attempt to steal the plague cures for his dying family. (Aw.)
Metias happens to be there on guard duty. Day causes a raucous, a chase ensues, and in a desperate attempt to escape, Day kills Metias...
June shows up at the scene not long after, and the Commander assigns her as detective to the case, literally as Metias' body is cooling.
And the hunt begins.
What I think about this book: It's fast. It's crisp. It's fiery. There aren't any long pauses or dull moments. You barely even get time to catch your breath because you're always running along with the story. And that's one of the main appeals of teen books, how they manage to bag you in the first chapter. We're junkies but we don't care. We just want our next fix.
June, although a bit of misandrist at times, is a bad ass heroine. She has a Sherlock sense of observation, a fighter jet's body, and is pretty damn fearless. For a fifteen year old, she hardly ever cries and handles pain like a champ.
Day is one cocky kid. He says anything to anyone, starting from the day he was 10 and hit a policeman with a paper puck. On the other hand, he's a softie for pretty girls, fights for injustice, and has a heart for his family.
Who should read this book: Action junkies, romance saps, stubborn teens and rebellious adults.
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