Paper Towns

Title: Paper Towns 
Author: John Green
Main Characters: Quentin, Margo
Setting: Florida 
Book Length: 305 Pages
Summary: After an amazing night together with Margo, Quentin discovers that she has disappeared- again. Everyone else thinks that this is typical Margo, and they are just going to wait until she comes home. Quentin thinks otherwise. He journeys to find her through the various clues she left behind, and he realizes that he is the only one who can bring her back. 

Yay! Another John Green book :) Just like the others, it was amazing and told a complete story. You fall in love with these characters, and you honestly feel that you are on the journey with them. This is a good book to read when you are on a road trip, it has that adventure feel to it. 

 3 out of 5 stars!
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The Whole Thing Together

Title: The Whole Thing Together 
Author: Ann Brashares
Main Characters: Sasha, Ray
Setting: New York
Book Length: 306 Pages
Summary: Sasha and Ray are on opposite sides of the same family- but due to the raging family war, they have never even met. This book details their journey parallel to each other. 

Buckle up, it's about to get real. This book was SO FRUSTRATING! It jumped between POVs too quickly and (in the e-arc at least) didn't give much hint into what POV you were now reading. Plus, there were way too many side characters given unrelated POVs and that distanced me from the characters. I felt I couldn't become close to any of the characters because out of nowhere it would be someone else's POV! It was extremely predictable, contained sexual-like incest, and just wasn't very interesting. 

* Warning: There are abundant curse words throughout the novel. Read at your own discretion. *
 1 out of 5 stars!
Don't go near this book!

Heartless

Title: Heartless
Author: Marissa Meyer
Main Characters: Cath, Jest
Setting: Wonderland 
Book Length: 453 pages 
Summary: This is the origin story of the Queen of Hearts. All Cath wants to do is own a bakery. But, her parents want her to marry the King, who is much older and is someone who Cath can't imagine herself falling in love with. Whilst being courted by the King, Cath meets the mysterious Jest, who she falls in love with. However, who knows how this story will end, for, in Wonderland, nothing is ever as it seems.  

YAY! Okay so I read this as an ARC and I absolutely loved it. It had the perfect balance of fluff and angst (for me at least) and it had an actual conclusion. No cliffhangers here. Highly recommend!
 4 out of 5 stars!
Put at the top of your TBR!

The Rest of Us Just Live Here

Title: The Rest of Us Just Live Here 
Author: Patrick Ness
Main Characters: Mike, Jared, Mel, Henna
Setting: unnamed town 
Book Length: 317 pages
Summary: This group of friends are not the typical stars of any story. They are the boring, background characters that never get to share their side of the story- until now. Their stories are told parallel to the 'indie' kids and somehow they never manage to intersect. Something magical happens, these normal kids find out that ordinary can be extraordinary if you let it. 

Ness does this incredible thing where he makes his characters organically relatable. It is amazing. Other than that, it was a decent storyline. A worthwhile read for sure.

 3 out of 5 stars!!

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Daughter of The Burning City

Title: Daughter of the Burning City
Author: Amanda Foody
Main Characters: Sorina, Luca
Setting: Gomorrah Festival
Book Length: 384 Pages
Summary: Sorina is a girl who can see without eyes. She can create illusions just by thinking them. Her family is made up of these illusions and, somehow, these illusions are being killed one by one. Sorina has to find out who is causing their deaths before any more of her family slip away. 

Wow! I loved this book so much!!! I honestly don't think my summary does it justice. It has amazing characters filled with complexities and it includes LGBT+ characters, and the main character even suffers from panic attacks. The storytelling was amazing and it was (and I do not say this often) completely unpredictable. Foody had you looking in one direction and then she hits you with a completely different answer. It was absolutely amazing!!! This one is worth buying just for the amazing art, but you will honestly fall in love like I did with both the characters and the story. 

 5 out of 5 stars!!!

Drop what you are doing and go read this book!!!