Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Movie!!

Hey everyone! Did anyone see the City of Bones movie? I have seen it twice since it came out a couple weeks ago. It was amazing and followed the plot perfectly. I give it a 5 cat review! 

My favourite characters from the book is Magnus Bane, and of course Clary and Jace. Although my favourite actor from the movie is: 

Alec Lightwood AKA Kevin Zegers. That man is good looking. Go see this movie! 

Cheers,

Jessica 

The Maze Runner

This is getting intense. Surprisingly a good book so far! Check it out. 

Allegiant

I got it!!!!!!!!!!!!

My kitty

This guy here is my Cheshire Cat. Smudgy. But instead of having a grin, I am pretty sure he would have a permanent scowl. He's a bit of a grump. But, I love him anyways! 

Divergent

Awesome book. Here is a little teaser picture. 

The Academy in the stars

 This is a review for The Academy by Emmaline Andrews (5 cat review):

The Academy by Emmaline Andrews was a brilliant, romantic, heart-string pulling YA novel. Set in a post-apocalyptic (or so I assume) world where people live on planets and moons. They call earth 'Earth-that-was'.

Kristina Jameson and her twin brother Kristopher live a quiet existence on Victoria, one of the older fashioned planets. Due to illness when he was young, Kristopher never attended school and was taught by tutors. Girls are not allowed education (grrrr says my feminist side). Although in reality, Kristina did all of his work while he played the violin. Kristopher's dream is to have a chair in the orchestra and almost achieves it when their father declares he is now well enough to go to school. The Academy.

Kristina decided to take his place, posing as a her brother in an all boy's school to avoid the fate her Father has set out for her. Marry her off to an abusive man and have her bear children for the rest of her life. Understandably, this is not what she wants. Kristina thinks if she can complete the two years at the Academy without being caught she can become a Navigator of a star ship in the Private Sector where they don't care about gender. If she doesn't fall in love with her room-mate, and be fed to the school bully in the process...

I loved Kristina, she was smart and didn't take crap from anyone. I liked how she was able to come up with witty retorts and talk her way out of situations. When Broward the bully tried to beat her up, I actually felt scared for her. This guy means business.

North was just amazing. He is one of those swoon worthy male characters that you feel bad for because the protagonist is tricking him. Albeit not intentionally, Kristina gets North to fall for her. Throughout the whole book I felt sad for North because he was questioning his sexuality, thinking he might be gay because he had these feelings for his room-mate, whom he thought was another male!

The writing was good, and character development was very well done. My only problem was that I wish there would have been more description of the planets. Readers only get little brief snippets of the indigo colored grass, and the special features of each planet. Andrews could have created an enticing world if there had been more explanation. From what I did learn, the different places where beautiful and exotic. Somewhere I would want to visit.

Many times I found myself embarrassed for Kristina and I kept thinking that if I was in her situation I would die. Boys can be foul, and from where Kristina was raised, they were absolute barbarians.

The ending to this book couldn't have been more perfect. I recommend this novel for anyone looking for something easy, romantic, and different from main stream YA.

Cheers,
Jessica

The Academy

Hey guys! So, I just read The Academy by Emmaline Andrews. It was amazing! I will have a review up for it soon. 

Cheers,

Jessica 

Tomorrow!!!

Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout comes out tomorrow! Finally! After the heart breaking cliffhanger of Opal, maybe Katy and Daemon can rescue each other. Cannot wait for this. I may just stay up until midnight! Look at that gorgeous cover. *swoon* 

Goodreads

Hey guys! I just wanted to let you know that I am on Goodreads. @Jessicascheshirecat
If you're on there then shoot me a friend request! All of my reviews are on there as well. Here is the link to my profile

http://www.goodreads.com/jessicascheshirecat

Cheers,
Jessica 

Young Love Stupid

This is a review for Young Love Murder by April Brookshire (1 cat review):

This Review Contains Minor Spoilers necessary for my rant:

First here is the Goodreads synopsis: 
First love’s a killer, but so is seventeen-year-old Annabelle Blanc. The teenager was raised to be an assassin and taught to never fall in love. She lives for the job until she meets Gabriel Sanchez, the son of her latest target.

Wealthy, spoiled and self-indulgent, Gabriel Sanchez is a teenage playboy. Setting his sights on the beautiful Annabelle, he's drawn to the mysterious new girl who's playing hard to get. Gabriel also finds himself drawn into a world of deception, violence and murder.

Off-centered for the first time in her life, Annabelle struggles to fight her doomed attraction for the handsome Gabriel.
 

This book was one of those ones that made me want to stab myself just so I didn't have to finish it. It was 50 chapters of pain and suffrage. This book was so long I wanted it to end half way through. Throughout reading it I kept checking to see where I was in the novel. Time seemed to move slower. It was as if every chapter was only 1% of the book done.  No book needs to be this long!

I was very intrigued by the idea of a female assassin. I thought it was going to be exciting and epic. But this...was not.Just...not
.
I swear these kids are sociopaths.You DO NOT love someone after they murder your father. It does not happen. Then Gabriel, being the utter man whore that he is and Annabelle being the crazed black widow murderer that she is, shoot each other back and forth. Literally shoot each other. She's all like:
shoot me if it makes you feel better
and he's all like:
I am a crazy insane person having a mental break down so I am gonna shoot you!

Then there is the constant I love you, then I hate you, then I love you, but wait I hate you again. Its the worst kind of love-hate relationship ever created.

And the constant sex was just gross. Is that seriously all that teenage boys think about?? The only thing I liked about the characters was Jackson and Anna's sibling banter. It was cute and I loved it. It was similar to how my brother and I are.

Rant Over:

Sorry about that jumbled mess of thoughts up above there. It was just how I was feeling at the time and still am, but less angry. Young Love Murder had an intriguing idea and that's the reason I decided to give it a go. My main concern was how long it was. This book takes place over 3, very horrible years. Most books take place over the course of a year or a few months. Not 3 years. It is just too long. Time starts to blur together and situations become unbelievable.

Gabriel was one of the stupidest and egotistical male characters that I have ever read about. All he cares about is sex and finding the hottest girl (ug *puke*). Seriously his life is about as shallow as my cat's milk dish. And that's shallow cause' my cat is fat.

Annabelle, our oh so charming a witty main character (I hate her) thinks she is seductive and alluring when she is about as tempting as cow poo. She goes through life murdering people and not caring about the mess she leaves behind. About 3/4 through the novel, Gabriel corners her in her apartment and takes her right there. After throwing her down a practically raping her. Except she likes it I suppose. For someone who claims that she can take care of herself and won't let anyone best her, she sure gives up easily. Her will power is practically non-existent, especially in sexual situations. She continually does things to make me mad and I wanted to jump into the book and strangle her.

If this is the kind of thing teenagers are reading about and liking it, I am afraid for my generation. Things like this book do not happen in real life. I happen to have multiple guy friends and none of them act remotely similar to Gabriel. The author is implying that all teen boys are like her character-over confident, prone to asshattery, and girl crazy (among other things).

Anna travels a lot during this book and the author makes travel seem too simple. From personal experience, being a 3 time Europe go-er over the years, travel is not easy. You have to go through check in's, security, customs, annoying flight people, and long plane rides. Annabelle and Gabriel country hop like the would take a taxi around. Neither of them show any fatigue or jet lag, even after flying from US to Australia, or where ever the heck they go. Even from a short flight of 1 or 2 hours, I feel tired. It is stressful and it takes a tole on you. This was a big problem for me when reading Young Love Murder, especially since I read it on a plane while traveling!

Please save yourself and don't read this.

Cheers,
Jessica

All Time Favorite

This is a review for Whirl by Emma Raveling (5 cat review):

I love, love, loved this book!!

Whirl was a refreshing, funny, kickass, and action packed novel. I loved it from the very first page, and as soon as Kendra opened her mouth, I knew she was going to be an awesome protagonist. 

Here is the excerpt:
Seventeen-year-old Kendra Irisavie is an ondine, a water elemental caught in the middle of an ancient war with the Aquidae, immortal dark demons who will stop at nothing to destroy the fragile balance of the Elemental world.

Fierce and independent, Kendra has always played by her own rules. Gifted with the powerful magic of Virtue and trained to be a deadly fighter, she has spent her life breaking hearts and getting into trouble.

When her life explodes one violent night in a northern California city, a dark stranger appears, promising answers to her mysterious past. Alone and with no one to trust, she must now navigate through a dangerous new world, face the temptations of a forbidden romance, and remain true to her duty and destiny.
 
The writing was witty, and descriptive. I really enjoyed how Emma Raveling created such a unique and interesting world involving the 4 Elementals This book focuses on the Water Elemental world. Kendra is an ondine, a female that is half magic and half human. Non-royal Ondines can control water, but the Redavi Ondines (royal) have special talents called Virtues and no control over the water. Raveling does not actually say this but only females are Ondine and males are Demilliers. You figure that out through the novel. The demillers cannot have Virtues. It is basically unknown for a male to have any magical talents. Yay for female empowerment!

Kendra is one of those girls that knows she is beautiful and deadly. She uses it to her advantage, and it works for her. After reading multiple novels with female characters with low self-esteem, it was nice to read about a confident, badass girl!

Now lets talk about Tristan. He is good looking, dangerous, and being the Warrior Prince also has its perks. Kendra and Tristan are made for each other in my opinion. There is however, a slight problem. If Kendra mates/bonds with him, she will lose her mortality and become a creepy sea creature or mermaid thing called a dessodione. Oh and he is god knows how old. He was alive when her mom was in high school. I was surprised that never fazed Kendra. But on the other hand, nothing fazes Kendra.

With a twisty, action packed plot, Whirl is a book you should defiantly check out. Its worth your time!
Cheers,
Jessica

Not very happy

This is a review for A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford (2 cat review):

Those kittens up there may look adorable and friendly. So soft and cute. But this book was NOT. This a red alert for F bombs, poor writing, confusion, and a stupid female protagonist. I repeat red alert. 

Okay so here is the ho down on this book (the synopsis from goodreads): 
Eden didn't expect Az.
Not his saunter down the beach toward her. Not his unbelievable pick up line. Not the instant, undeniable connection. And not his wings.

Now trapped between life and death, cursed to spread chaos with her every touch, Eden could be the key in the eternal struggle between heaven and hell. All because she gave her heart to one of the Fallen, an angel cast out of heaven.

She may lose everything she ever had. She may be betrayed by those she loves most. But Eden will not be a pawn in anyone else's game. Her heart is her own.


Okay, okay. SO that sounds cool right? Well its not. Not really. Just a warning for the review ahead- I tend to tell stories and rant on a bit about books I don't like. 

Yesterday was an interesting day for my cat and I. My big, beast of a cat is named Smudgy (commonly referred to as Jerk or Stupid) . He is about 20 pounds. Not because he is fat, its because he is a huge stinkin cat. The size of a small dog. Now, he was sitting there on the deck. My mom had just washed the deck, so it was soaking wet and I had socks on. Smudgy was sitting on the lawn chair, perfectly dry and content. I wanted him to come inside so I could cuddle him and so all that fun stuff. But no, no matter how much I called him, or persuaded him with treats, he refused to do ANYTHING. He just looked at me with his smug kitty grin. 

This is what Eden did through out the whole book. Nothing. She would complain and complain about her situation and all the bad stuff that was happening to her, yet she refused to change it. I hate characters like that. Whats the point in reading a book where nothing happens? I am pretty sure I do more in an average day than Eden did in that whole novel. 

Another thing that upset me was all the swearing and the use of the F word. It was very frequent, as in every sentence. Normal people do not say the F word that much. No one does, unless you are a horrible actor in one of those Italian Mafia movies. I strongly believe that good writing doesn't need swears to make it good. Evidence of a talented writer is when they can use words other than swears to express the emotions in the text. Yes, sometimes little swears can give umph and give more feeling to something, but this was ridiculous. 

I was confused through out the entire beginning of this book. I had no idea what was happening. I can't explain more because I don't know more. The writing was all over the place and where Eden was at the time wasn't clear at all. 

The only reason this book wasn't a 1 star, or should I say 1 cat, is because the idea of the book was interesting. It was a cool idea but portrayed poorly. I was very disappointed in this novel. 

Cheers,
Jessica 

This is a review for Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins (5 cat review):

It is about time I write a proper and fitting review for this fabulous book.

Anna is your typical southern belle. She is sweet, innocent, charming, beautiful and shy. And don't forget that peachy little Georgia accent. She is the ultimate good girl, and has always imagined herself with a good boy. Until she meets the gorgeous, alluring, and unbelievably good looking, Kaiden Rowe. Anna never thought she would fall for someone as bad as him. And believe me....he's bad. His father is the Duke of Lust after all. What's a good girl to do?

I loved this book. So, so much. It was something different from the normal angles and demons. It involved the seven deadly sins, a captivating idea that Wendy Higgins uses brilliantly. Through out the novel, we learn that all the seven sins are in human form. They are called Dukes, and there are 12 of them, the 7 traditional sins (Lust, Pride, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Sloth. and Envy) including 5 minor sins such as Substance Abuse (which, conveniently, is Anna's fathers sin). However, instead of Anna being fully Nephilim like all the rest of the Duke's children, she is only half, as her mother was a guardian angle.  

Now back to Kaiden. He is just to hot for his own good, and he knows it. I really enjoyed his casual and sometimes blush educing batter with Anna. The characters really connected well with each other and the romance between Anna and Kaiden was steamy. I loved it. Blake is one of my other favorite characters. He is funny and the way he easily accepted Anna was a quality I like in a person and a character.

Their road trip to go see Anna's Dad was another great opening for Kaiden drama and the author did such a wonderful job of turning a boring road trip into something hilarious at times and heart warming. The characters shared moments with each other seemed so real at times, that I thought I was right there with them. 

This book was just great! The idea behind the story was very creative and the writing was excellent. An overall fantastic read for any body who enjoys romance, mystery, bad boys, and deadly sinning. 

Cheers,
Jessica

P.S The cover on this book is just so cool!