Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from August, 2017

The Norm by Ramona Finn

Brief synopsis (no spoilers) Lib continues her quest to take down the AI (named Conie), and block AI's plans to take the Norm off the planet. She and the rest of the Clan experience some heavy losses. Lib pulls together one last big plan, but it will involve all of the surviving Clans working together, and that's no easy task. Category YA Fiction, Dystopian Why I chose this book Next in series My personal opinion (the review) The story itself was excellent- great way to wrap up all of the loose ends and close the series. Well done! But one of the things I liked most about the first two books was that they gave me a clean world to live in for a while. Romance was holding hands, kissing, and thinking wistful thoughts. Goodbye innocence. That was so disappointing. I do not recommend this book. Warnings Language: None Violence: Some, but mild "Adult" situations: Yes, 2 scenes that used mild language, but were quite graphic Death: Yes, mostly minor character(s) Movie rat

The Empties by Ramona Finn

Brief synopsis (no spoilers) Lib continues her quest to take down the AI (named Conie), and block AI's plans to take the Norm off the planet. She built hardware to enhance her senses and physical abilities, but there are members of Clan that don't like the "biogear". Before she even has a chance to fight Conie, she might divide the Tracker Clan beyond any hope of helping her. Category YA Fiction, Dystopian Why I chose this book Next in series My personal opinion (the review) Pretty good. It wasn't as interesting as the first book, but it feels like it's setting up for an action-filled third book, so that's okay. Lib is different, and she's just plain obsessed with her goal, so I found the story extremely repetitive. Meaning, she hashes and rehashes the facts of the situation in her head and then with everyone around her. I can totally understand how half of the Clan got sick of her talking about it constantly! But I like that the story is c

Legend by Marie Lu

Brief synopsis (no spoilers) June is a top-tier soldier in training- she is the only person in the country's history that got a perfect score on the placement test. Day is on the nations Most Wanted list. When Day kills June's brother, she is graduated from the military academy early and set loose to capture the criminal. But maybe everything isn't exactly as it seems. Category YA, Dystopian Why I chose this book Recommended on the Amazon website My personal opinion (the review) Pretty good. The characters have good chemistry, they're mostly credible, and the story line is interesting enough. Oh, and two thumbs way up for no language or adult situations! Way to go! But I didn't really connect with the characters, the plot, or the back story. I think that will get better in the series, so I do plan to continue reading it. But I'll borrow it from the library. If it impresses me later, I'll pay for the series. Warnings Language: Not really, mild if any Violen