REVIEW: SHADOW AND BONE by Leigh Bardugo

Title: Shadow and Bone
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Series: The Grisha #1
Genres: YA, Fantasy, Paranormal
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Source: Physical copy
Pages: 358

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SYNOPSIS:  Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

Shadow and Bone is the first installment in Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy.

Why I don't think Red Queen is that special anymore?

The recently released and very highly loved Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard has been not just yours but one of my favorites too. More precise, it was till yesterday. You may ask why? It is very simple. I have heard people saying that the Red Queen is not as original as everybody thinks but all these comparisons to Hunger Games and Divergent...I did not buy it. For me almost every ya book for last few years is similar to Hunger Games and Divergent. It is just the thing about books, if you read many you will definitely see similarities in them. It is just how it is and you cannot escape it.

However... 

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REVIEW: FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell

Title: Fangirl
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Series: -
Genres: YA, Contemporary, Fiction
Publisher: MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Source: Physical copy
Pages: 470

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SYNOPSIS:  A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love.

Cath is a Simon Snow fan.

Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan...

But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.

Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this?

Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?

And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?

REVIEW: THE FORBIDDEN GAME by L.J.Smith

Title: The Forbidden Game: The Hunter, The Chase and The Kill
Author: L. J. Smith
Series: The Forbidden Game Trilogy
Genres: YA, Fantasy, Romance
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Source: Physical copy
Pages: 750

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SYNOPSIS: When Jenny buys a game for her boyfriend, Tom, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the guy behind the counter. There is something mysteriously alluring about Julian's pale eyes and bleached-blond hair. And when he places the Game into her hands, she knows their connection is something deeper.

But as Jenny and her six friends begin to play the Game at Tom's birthday celebration, a night of friends and fun quickly turns into a night of terror and obsessive love. Because the Game isn't just a game - it's the seven friends' new reality, where Julian reigns as the Prince of the Shadows.

One by one the friends must confront their phobias to win the Game. To lose the Game is to lose their lives. And that is only the beginning...