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Her Revolution by Caroline Cavendish is a Sci-Fi novel. It centers around an 11 year old named Innocence. She is a genetically created child in this future world. Innocence is also the leader of the Republics army, which is composed of all kids from the ages of 6 to about 12. The story tells of her going on campaign and trying to squash rebellions that have been uprising that threaten her Republic.

I thought this book was awful. So much of the book did not make sense. There was a prologue in this book that had nothing to do with the book at all and just seemed to focus around a sexual exploit the author had. It was very confusing and didn't seem to be necessary. Next I have an issue with the ages of the characters in this book. I like stories that have a prodigal main character thats younger that is going to go on and lead but the characters in this book are ridiculous. Innocence starts leading the army at 6 years old creating complex military stratagems and all various other sorts of complex ideas that children of that age can't even begin to comprehend. Innocence is supposed to be 11 and has done so many things for a republic just seems unbelievable. This also makes the story really hard to get into. Next point of issue is the technology. The author talks about how these people have all this advanced technology, to include weapons that will literally turn armies into dust, yet everyone still carries a smart phone with them. The flow of technology just seems wrong. My last main issue with this book is the authors use of music. Music is supposed to be outlawed in this world, but Innocence has some device that she can listen to music on. The author then lists the names of the songs that she is listening to. The author chooses music from when I was a kid that this 11 year old in the very far away future would be listening to. It just seems unbelievable that for starters anyone would still have any of those songs still on a device thats playable and two that she wouldn't of chosen music from a more recent time period. I would only give this book a 1/5. I had too many issues with this book for it to be any good.

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Everything, Everything is about a girl named Madeline. She is half Japanese half African-American. She also has this rare disease called SCID (bubble baby syndrome). It basically reduces your immune system so much that anything could set it off and kill you. She lives inside of her specially filtered house under constant supervision. A new family moves in next door with a son, Olly, about her age. They end up corresponding back and forth via emails and soon fall in love. The story then focuses around their blossoming relationship.

I thought this book was pretty good, but it is a very short read. One of the things that i didn't like about the book was the author, Nicola Yoon, creates these really short chapters that consist of 1 or 2 sentences and that's it. To me it felt like that was something that could have been left out. I really enjoyed the character Olly though. He has a real snarky attitude and is very relatable to a lot of people. I was not expecting the twist at the end which I think was done wonderfully. The author does a fantastic job of keeping it hidden while still giving reasons why it would have happened the way it did. I don’t think Maddy would make the same choices if she was really someone who had been sick her whole life. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes contemporary books though. Its light and quick read makes it enjoyable for YA and up. I give it 3/5.

I’d love to hear other peoples thoughts. Whether you liked it or hated it. Or just want to talk about certain parts of the book. And what book I should read next and post a review about.

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So I have just finished reading Deathnote Black Edition I. It is a manga centered around a high school boy from Japan named Light. He discovers a notebook called a “Deathnote”. The deathnote causes the persons name whose is written inside of it to be killed. There are restrictions and more information regarding these deathnotes. The deathnotes come from shinigami, gods of death. Light then decides to use the deathnote he finds to kill off criminals and create a utopia free from criminals. The police become aware of the all the sunburn deaths of criminals and put L in charge of catching the person responsible. It becomes a game of catch me if you can between L and Light.

This is the first manga I have ever read. I have to say I fell in love with it immediately. The story flows smoothly and keeps you wanting to read from page 1. It also makes it hard decide if you should root for L or for Light. Rooting for Light leaves a moral gray area of whether or not you are okay with the death of criminals. They committed violent crimes and can be considered a menace, but should they really die? And if you root for L it’s like giving the criminals a reprieve. I think that the story is fantastic. As a fan of anti-hero’s it definitely leaves me wanting more. However given the material I wouldn’t recommend it for a immature audiences. I would give it a 4/5.

I’d love to hear other peoples thoughts. Whether you liked it or hated it. Or just want to talk about certain parts of the book. And what book I should read next and post a review about.

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So this is the first time I’m doing a book review. And I’ve just read Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. Throne of Glass is a YA high fantasy series. So far there are 8 books in the series. (I’m counting the novellas and the book that comes out in Oct as being apart of the series.) The book is following an assassin named Celaena Sardothien. Shes supposed to be the best assassin in the world and only 18 years old. She has been selected as the Crown Princes champion in a tournament created by the king to kind of figure out who will be his “justice”. During the competition other competitors end up dying mysteriously. Celaena has to kind of figure out why, and stop it before she too ends up dying. I read this book after The Assassins Blade novellas and I enjoyed this a lot more than the assassins blade. I feel as though we get a better development of Celaena. This book moves forward at a decent pace. I didn’t struggle trying to get through certain parts which was nice. and closer to the end of the book I ended up going okay I can read 10 more pages before i go to bed just to see what happens. and then by the end of the book I was wanting to read more. Maas does have a love aspect in the book with Celaena and Dorian. It didn’t feel like insta-love like it did in the assassins blade book and I really enjoyed that. It developed over the course of the book. And none of the romance was too overbearing where it was like omg why let me just get through this. I did enjoy this book and would recommend it for someone who wants to get into a fantasy series. Its not dark or difficult to read. and it has a strong female lead. Id give this book 3/5. Its definitely not my favorite book, but i do think its worth a read.

I’d love to hear other peoples thoughts. Whether you liked it or hated it. Or just want to talk about certain parts of the book. And what book I should read next and post a review about.