COVER OF THE WEEK - MARCH - WEEK 3

Right so Cover of the week this week goes to Mila 2.0. by Debra Driza. I am absolutely in love with this cover and even more with the story. For those of you who don't have the heads up about this go read the blurb! It sounds amazing! I love the colours in this cover. I like how theres a lot of dark blue and then the pop of skin as well as the green eyes and text. I think the particles effect on the girl is insane and definitely represents the story and that tagline... well i need this book. Fantastic cover!

BZRK - MICHAEL GRANT - REVIEW

Book: BZRK
Author: Michael Grant
Publisher: Electric Monkey
ISBN: 9781405259958
Rating: A

An epic new page-turner from the writer who gave us GONE. A global war is raging. You can't see it. It's inside you. And it changes everything. Sadie McLure wants to find her family's killers. Noah Cotton needs to know what drove his brother insane. Their search for answers will throw them into the astonishing world of the nano - where biots and nanobots battle for supremacy, and the twitchers who control it all fight to stay sane. It's a fight for free choice. Every day could be their last. They've never felt more alive. Escapism doesn't get more thrilling than this.

Right so I had incredibly high expectation for this book and it's not that it didn't deliver, because it did but it wasn't quite what I expected. I mean wow. Grant takes us to a whole new world with this and when he said it would be down and under he meant it. God, some of those chapters made me squeam but at the same time I was kept locked in interest! I felt it was very different but I cant quite place my finger on it. Maybe it's because it was more focused on technology and things that could actually happen or maybe because his writing has changed completely but it was definitely a good different.

The story in this is pretty darn amazing. At first you haven't the slightest clue what's going on but thats the magic of it. It makes you want to read more. And this story is brilliantly crafted, and I can honestly say I haven't ever read a single thing like this. Nanotechnology is a new world to me and I love the way Grant showed it. The plot just kept on going. There were twists and turns and although there were a fair few characters they all spent time in the limelight and had twisted and unexpected stories to them. The story definitely was refined to every itty bitty detail and everything was explained an surprisingly simple to understand.

What I like about the book this time Is that it still held a large connection to reality and what is happening around us, because lets face it. In ten years time the contents of this book could be true. Now I definitely feel like the writing in this book was different to Grants writing in the Gone series, but thats not a bad thing because it seemed to suit the book very well. It became a lot more hard hitting and focused more on what was happening than thoughts and mind tracking which was nice. So many book spend time talking about feeling what you want to get down into the juice of the book. Or in this case the eye.

This is something I do want to praise Grant on. To be able to make a whole alien world out of an eye and spend chapters describing whilst keeping me interested. Well thats quite something and he has really impressed me with this.

The characters. Now there are two main characters but that put aside there are a fair few more. Although there are quite a few characters I felt as thought the limelight was shared equally, each character having a moment of climax and key parts in this story. And what I loved was that each individual character was so different and unique, with a different story to tell. Every character was just built up so well and perfectly that I cant wait to find more out about them.

Emotion wise I think it was hard hitting. Although I guess you could say it was a happy ending it's one of these book where it follows the 'Power Theory' as I call it, which focuses on that fact that there is no good or bad, only power. I find this a bit struggle in the book and Grant is extremely clever in doing this as both sides are good and bad leaving you in a contestant struggle to pick sides. Also I admit there is a fair amount of death and although it is an emotionally draining book it was well worth the read.

Overall a stunning read that I couldn't put down. An electrifying story and I can not wait for the next.

DIVERGENT - FANART

Just a Divergent movie poster! Yay or nay? Comment!

DELIRIUM - FANART

I read this quite a while ago and recently theres been a lot about this book so heres's a movie poster! Fan made of course.

GIRL OF NIGHTMARES - UK VS US COVER + COVER OF THE WEEK - FEBRUARY - WEEK 3

So recently my Cover of the Week has been tied in with other things such as cover reveals, but this cover is so stunning I'm going to tie it in with a Uk vs US cover.

UK------US

Right so lets get started. When Anna dressed in blood was released there was no questioning it. The UK cover won, but this time round I really stuck. Obviously the main image is the same but the way they have been done are completely different. So lets take the covers apart one bit at a time. The tagline. The UK has the tagline Spellbinding and romantic, whereas the american just has spellbinding. I find that the single word quote works for me better. With the US tagline I like how it is smaller and doesn't stand out too much but I think it's too low down, whereas the UK tagline is higher up. So overall I think the US tagline just wins. Author title. Right well this is draw, because although the UK author title is a tad big for my preference the us one has patterns that are rather distracting. Main title. Well they're the same, so it comes down to the image and colours. Putting all of this aside, looking at both the covers you cant help but think, my god they're beautiful, but back to business. I don't know, I think the idea of having some parts red and some parts grayscale on the uk cover is very clever but something about it seems off to me. Maybe it the fact that her lower skin has colour but her upper doesn't?  And also the glow around her hair on the UK seems a little too pretty fairytale for a horror. And then the US. Migod. The whole red effect creates a completely magical feel. A very fairytale feel, but the kind of this-is-about-a-blood-thirsty-i'm-gonna-kill-you-ghost fairytale. And the red to me just screams blood. This is mega hard for me cause they are both beautiful and theres not to much difference but I think US has to win.

Cover of the week:

Well pretty much says it above.

VORTEX - JULIE CROSS - REVIEW

Book: Vortex
Author: Julie Cross
Publisher: PanMacmillan
ISBN: 9780230757165
Rating: B

Jackson Meyer has thrown himself into his role as an agent for Tempest, the shadowy division of the CIA that handles all time-travel-related threats. Despite his heartbreak at losing the love of his life, Jackson has proved himself to be an excellent agent. However, all that changes when Holly--the girl he altered history to save--re-enters his life. And when Eyewall, an opposing division of the CIA, emerges, Jackson and his fellow agents find themselves under attack and on the run. Jackson must decide between saving the love of his life and the entire world ...

Sorry this is incredibly late but it's one of those books I was struggling to put into words and I wasn't sure whether that was for good reasons or bad. In fact I'm still not sure so I'm just going to go through my overall opinion in this review.

Lets start of  with where this started. It follows on from the previous book, and basically I'm not going to try and sum it up because there is too much.

The storyline in this was varying. It kept me interested and reading non-stop but something you have to be careful with when writing about time travel is how confusing it gets, now i don't if this is just me but i found myself a tad lost with the ins and outs of it. However don't let that stop you from reading it, because it really doesn't have that much of an effect. The story is still incredibly clever and witty and I love the direction this sequel has taken. In fact there are many incredibly surprising twists and turns in this that will leaving you wanting so much more. The plot is layered with so many subplots and stories that it's just such a thrill ride to read.

The writing was actually really pleasant to read. I didn't find it too whimsical or to actiony but just simple. And I'm so happy the writing was the way it was because otherwise the book would've dragged out, and i can honestly say for this story the novel was the perfect length. The dialogue and description balance was perfect and I admit, Cross does a fantastic job as writing as teens. I couldn't find a single fault.

The characters pretty much stay the same in this and once reading this you see eery character in a whole new light. Backstories are revealed, subplots are told and the foundations of the characters grow much stronger. But there's more than that. Characters you one loved you know hate, and the line between good and evil is gone. Theres no black and white now, just grey.

My favourite character this time round was Kendrick. A new character but nevertheless, one that it there to be liked. You'd have a hard time hating her. I found the she kept balance between so much that went on the books, and out of them all she was the most sane. It was nice to have a little sanity whilst reading this back, just to keep it grounded and real.

Overall I did really like this, though I still have mixed feeling. It did keep me captivated and wanting, and my final thoughts on the book were, Sequel? Because I want to know what happens next.

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES - FANART

Some fanart for Beautiful Creatures in the spirit of release. I disagree with the ethan they have chosen and was just playing with different Lena's!