Books I've Read Lately

Dear you,

I've been reading about a book every week lately, a great improvement over last semester and I've read some really amazing books and some sub-par ones. Here's my thoughts on all of the ones I've read lately starting with my favorite...

Pawn

This was my favorite out of the list because even though it didn't have any huge problematic romantic plot line, Carter managed to create a dystopian society (you'll notice a theme of these in this post) with enough action to be perfect all on it's own. She expertly concealed information in a realistically unrealistic way: took an unrealistic world but the characters had perfectly realistic responses to every twist and turn. 

I would definitely recommend this book and I'm really excited for the next book to come out in November. Carter also has a series called Goddess Test, with a much more pronounced love story which I loved all the same, especially with the Greek Mythology base. She may be my new favorite author. 

The Selection

This was another dystopian (of course) and I thought it started out slow but I got more into it later on. It definitely divulges every little girls dream to become a princess but shows the readers a more realistic girl competing for the crown. It is a whole different world of course and I know that nothing like this would ever happen but I couldn't help but want to be put in this corrupt world. I enjoyed how well Cass made the reader want to relate to the story. 

I would easily recommend this to a girl because of the heavy romance and princess themes throughout the book. 

Legend

This is far more of a gender neutral book than the other two, not like that many guys read but still. This book had far more to do with the corruption of politics and government than my usual books but I still enjoyed it immensely. I couldn't help but envy one of the main characters, June, for her bravery and cunning, I related to her strongly which doesn't always happen for me. 

I think books should be recommended in relation to the reader because while I know many who love dystopian, the lack of romance and slow parts wouldn't strike well with some while the action and politics would take well with others. 

Matched

I'd heard about this one being popular for years and I finally got around to reading it but I wasn't particularly impressed. It was your average dystopian novel, the society wasn't all that interesting, the characters lacked much development, and the plot was slow at best. 

Teardrop

I think the premise of this book could have been good but I didn't enjoy it. The plot was confusing and skipped around a lot, some parts of the fantasy side weren't that well explained. However I did like the love story, it's creepy in the necessary-to-the-fantasy-side way but nice all the same, but I wasn't fawning over the characters like I did in the Goddess Test series so it's all relative.

(I would totally take fun, artsy pictures of these books but I only checked out e-books from my library's system so... yeah)

Those were my thoughts on these books, I've loved reading them and am currently in the middle of Divergent in preparation for the movie this week (!!!)

What books have you been reading lately? Tell me in the comments below!

Thanks For Reading!

Mia B