Marissa Meyer: Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles, #2)
5/5

The fates of Cinder and Scarlet collide as a Lunar threat spreads across the Earth...

Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner.

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Another great book from Marissa Meyer.
The book starts with an introduction of our new character Scarlet, who is looking for her grandmother and meets this mysterious guy Wolf. I was little bit more conserned about Cinder and Kai, but pretty quickly I started to wonder how Scarlet fits into story, and how she and Cinder would meet etc.

And stroy is pure genious. There are so complex and deep story and flawless backstory. Everything fits together perfectly and we meet to new characters along Scarlet; Thorne and Wolf.

And just as in Cinder, here too Meyer has takes classic Little Red Riding Hood story and makes it completely her own. The base is there and then she has really shaken things up and the final product is perfect. And again, there are some funny details like Scarlets red hoodie.

I really must confess that this was one of those books that I just couln't stop reading. I was reading like a madwoman and I just needed to finish it. And it was great. It was amazing. And the ending... GO, CINDER, GO! Yes! It's unbelievable that she's just sixteen. She is a teenager who has been through a lot and she has managed to grow such a great and strong character and I can't wait to see how she's going to beat Levana.


Please, please, please.. I need to get Cress like NOW. Like yesterday. I would to anything to get ARC. Do you hear me? Anything!

Ps. Kai, I love you. No matter what happens. I L-O-V-E YOU!

Marissa Meyer: Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1)
5/5

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This is actually my second time reading this book. First time was in august and now I wanted to read these fisrt books of this series as I'm waiting for next book to be published (I can't wait). I didn't review this book after first time and maybe it's good, cos after second reading, the book opened to me in whole new way and I liked this book even more than.

I can't believe it that I haven't read this book before. I mean, it took over year for me to find this book. But maybe it isn't such a surprise after all, I usually don' really like cyborgs and androids etc, they're too much scifi for me. But that wasn't the case with this book, cos when I sew the cover and started reading, I couln't help, but to love this book.

Meyer has taken the traditional Cinderella story and using it as a base, she made the whole new world and story. These are many familiar elements, like evil stepmother, two stepsisters, tha grand ball and the glass shoe (except in this story its actually Cinders fallen cyborg foot). There are also many funny little details and stuff that you can remember from the original Cinderella. Like Cinders "getaway car". “It looks more like a rotting pumpkin.” There are our heroines magic pumpkin carriege.

There are also clever mentions about upcoming books. They mention quenn Levanas stepdaughter Winter (Snow White) and Cress (Rapunzel) who lives and a satellite. I think that they are things that tells, that Meyer has really thought this story and upcoming books a lot. Considering that this is only first book in this series. She doesn't mention a lot, I think that she doensn't even mention Cresses name and Winter is just queen Levanas stepdaughter.

But what should I tell about this book without telling too much... Its really well written, and the story is smooth. Cinder is lovely, smart and strong femalelead, who has been through a lot. I loved Iko and her personality, it really was something. x) Prince Kai is wonderful. He is so fair and righteous and... I just love him. He will be great emperor who has to do some really tough choises. Queen Levana is really The Evil Queen, so cruel and wicked and ruthless.

This is absolutely one of my favourite series all time and I absolute recommend it to everyone. Even if you really donät like scifi. This book has mystery, action, romance and everything you can want. And it's scifi without being too scifi.

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In finnish:
Luen tätä kirjaa itseasiassa jo toistamiseen tämän vuoden aikana. Ensimmäisen kerran luin kirjan elokuussa, ja nyt ajattelin lukea sarjan ensimmäiset osat uudestaan odotellessani seuraavan osan julkaisua (jota en malta odottaa). Ensimmäisen lukukerran jälkeen en kirjaa arvioinut ja ehkä hyvä niin, koska toisen lukukirjan jälkeen kirja avautui täysin uudella tavalla ja pidin kirjasta jopa vielä enemmän kuin ensimmäisen lukukerran jälkeen.

Uskomatonta, että tämä kirja oli jäänyt minulta lukematta niin pitkään. Toisaalta se ei ole ihme, koska yleensä kyborgit, androidit yms. on hieman liian scifiä minulle. Perun puheeni kuitenkin täysin tämän kirjan kohdalla, koska kun näin kirjan kannen ja aloitin lukemisen ja todella ymmärsin mistä tarinassa on kyse, en voinut kuin rakastua kirjaan.

Meyer on ottanut perinteisen Tuhkimo-tarinan käsittelyynsä ja sitä runkona käyttäen muotoillut täysin uudenlaisen maailman ja täysin uudenlaisen tarinan. Monet tutut elementit tarinasta löytyvät, kuten kamala äitipuoli, kaksi sisarpuolta ja pudonnut lasikenkä (tässä tapauksessa kuitenkin kyse on tietenkin kyborgin jalasta). Tarkka lukija huomaa myös pieniä yksityiskohtia, jotka eivät ole niin selkeitä, mutta kuitenkin tuttuja perinteisestä Tuhkimosta. Itseä huvitti esimerkiksi Cinderin "pakoauto", jonka ulkonäkö oli kuin pilaantuva kurpitsa. Tässä siis tarinamme Tuhkimon kurpitsavaunut.

Kirjassa pohjustetaan myös nokkelasti jo tulevia kirjoja, kun mainitaan kuningatar Levanan tytärpuoli Winter (Lumikki), sekä satelliitissa asuva Cress (Tähkäpää). Tämä kertoo siitä, että kirjailija on hyvin suunnittellut sarjaa jo paljon eteenpäinkin, vaikka kyseessä on vasta sarjan avausosa. Kovin paljoa näistä hahmoista ei kerrota, Cressin nimeä ei muistaakseni edes mainita, vaikka hän muuten tarinassa vilahtaakin ja Winteristä taas kerrotaan vain, että tämä on Levanan tytärpuoli.

Mutta mitä kertoisiinkaan itse kirjasta ja sen tapahtumista paljastamassa kuitenkaan liikaa... Tarina etenee hyvää tahtia ja asioita on selvästi mietitty tarkkaan, koska itselleni ei ainakaan tullut mieleen mitään epäloogisuuksia. Cinder on hurmaava, nokkela ja vahva naishahmo, joka on kokenut kovia elämässään siltikään lannistumatta. Sivuhahmoista mieleeni jäi kaikkein parhaiten androidi Iko, jonka persoonallisuus todella on aivan omaa luokkaansa. Prinssi Kai on oikeudenmukainen ja reilu tuore keisari, joka joutuu tekemään paljon vaikeita päätöksiä pelastaakseen maansa ja kenties koko planeettamme. Kuningatar Levana on juuri sellainen kuin ilkeä kuningatar kuvitelmissani voisi olla, armoton ja julma.

Tämä on ehdottomasti yksi sarjoista, jotka olisivat todella upeita elokuvana. Suosittelisin sarjaa ehdottomasti kaikille toiminnan, mysteerin ja romantiikan ystäville. Ja vaikkei scifi ja kyborgit eivät olisikaan suosikkityyliesi listalla, älä tuomitse kirjaa pelkän aiheen perusteella. Kirja on scifiä olematta kuitenkaan liian scifiä.

435 words.

Sarah J. Maas: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
5/5

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OMFG! That should say it all! This just might be the best book I've read this whole year. Really. The best.

I just can't wait to see what happens next and the next book comes out next year. Next year?! No!! And it doesn't have even a name yet. This wait it going to be soooo long.



But this book. I don't even know how to explain it. At first I wasn't that impressed. But then there was some actions and the plot start to thicken and there are mysteries after mysteries and you just can't stop reading. You just have to know what happens next. The characters are so amazing, they're so detailed and everything works. I'm still rooting for Celeana and Dorian, I just can't see Chaol and Celeana together. But I think that this just might be one of those series that the main lady doesn't need any man. She can make it on her own. Caleana is one of the strongest female characters and I just can't wait to see her next move. It could be that she doesn't end up with anyboby in the end. I could certainly see it happen.

And I really can't make up my mind about Chael. I don't know where his loyalties lay in the end. The ending was pretty confusing, I think. He know the truth now, but what is he going to do with that knowledge? It remains to be seen. I think that I need to read this book again and really think things again.

Richelle Mead: The Fiery Heart (Bloodlines, #4)
5/5

First of all... Sorry Richelle Mead, but I don't like the cover. I just don't like it. But luckily I love all your books, so I'm willing to forgive you. But just so you know, the cover is horrible. I know that there are lots of people who love it, but I'm not one of them.


Secondly.. I'VE BEEN WAITING THIS BOOK SO LONG AND IT'S FINALLY HERE. Yej!! Finally!!











I couldn't wait, so I read it as soon as possible. It took me only few hours. And now it's over and now I need to eait yet another book.. Nooo... But maybe I can manage, I have to.

But about this book. Sydrian. Finally. Love it, love it, love it! The plot thickens and things start to really heaten up and I think that things are just waiting to explode. And as you can see, it happened. The ending was so tradig. So sad. Awful. No, no, no!!I think I need a little moment to really cry.


But the book was absolutely amazing. I have no other word for it. I loved every minute of it. The ending was pretty sad and awful and everything, but it did it's job. I just can't wait to read next book. The waiting is going to be torture. Really. I love this series so much.

Molly Harper: Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
4/5

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"I made a sound not quite human and ended up clinging to the ceiling, my fingernails dug into the plaster like a frightened cartoon cat."





Jane Jameson is a former librarian, who gets shot by a drunk driver and then turned to a vampire. She struggles with her new immortality and place in her new worlds. And of cource she makes some enemies, even if she doesn't even know it herself (at first).

I loved it. It was hilarious. I loved it so much and it was so funny, that I couln't stop laughing while reading. I propably looked like a lunatic. There were so many so funny things, that there weren't many moments when I wasn't laughing.


First I thought that this was little bit like Sookie Stackhouse series, but I was wrong. This is so much better. SO MUCH. And it was that similar after all. That was just a first impressions.

And the ending was quite surprising. At least I thought so. There were moments when I had pretty strong suspect, but I wasn't really sure, so the things that happened in the end were surprising. So what more should I say.. This was really refreshing book to read, it's been a long time since I've read this funny book. It was great to really laught once a while.

This is the first book in Jane Jameson series, and I'm pretty sure that I'm going to read the rest of the books too. The writing is really funny and frest and just great. What more can one say?

Jennifer Lynn Barnes: Raised by Wolves (Raised by Wolves, #1)
3/5

Adopted by the Alpha of a werewolf pack after a rogue wolf brutally killed her parents right before her eyes, fifteen-year-old Bryn knows only pack life, and the rigid social hierarchy that controls it.  That doesn't mean that she's averse to breaking a rule or two. 

But when her curiosity gets the better of her and she discovers Chase, a new teen locked in a cage in her guardian's basement, and witnesses him turn into a wolf before her eyes, the horrific memories of her parents' murders return. Bryn becomes obsessed with getting her questions answered, and Chase is the only one who can provide the information she needs.

But in her drive to find the truth, will Bryn push too far beyond the constraints of the pack, forcing her to leave behind her friends, her family, and the identity that she's shaped?

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The book is well written, characters are great and the story is good. But still.. I just didn't click for me. There wasn't really anything wrong and the story got better minute by minute, but still it didn't "compel" me, like usually happens with really great books. I think that I'm pretty obsessive reader and usually I read the whole book in one sitting. This took me few days and it wasn't really difficult to part with this book. Even when I needed to pause in a middle of a scene. Something was missing. Normally I would've read this book even if that woudl've ment no good night sleep. But not this time. Not with this book.

The story was interesting, even if there wasn't really anything new to the werewolves. But it wasn't the problem. I've read so many werewolf-books that it's usually wonder if there something new. That the downside being really compulsive reader, new points of view are pretty rare.


Bryn as a character was great. She was witty and strong and all that. She had answer to everything and she was funny. But isn't it always so.


I don't really know what to say about this book. It was well written, gharacters were smart and the story was good and well thought. There just was something that didn't compel to me. But still I would recommend it to others. There wasn't anything wrong, so maybe it was just me. Maybe it was missing romance, there were hardly any romance. Maybe that was the thing that I was missing. I don't know.

Tammy Blackwell: Time Mends (Timber Wolves, #2)
5/5

After a tragic accident leaves her battered, heartbroken, and alone, Scout Donovan would rather hide in dreams than face reality. But things are changing quickly in Scout's life. Soon she's pulled back into the world of Shifters and Seers, with her best friend's fate depending on Scout's ability to protect her. Can Scout pull it together in time to save Talley, or is the past too much to overcome?

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Another great story from Tammy Blackwell.

This series keeps surprising me. This is one series for a long time, that I can't think anything bad. It's written wonderfully and the characters are amazing. Everything is nicely balanced.

The beginning of the book is almost debressing. Thing just don't look very good. But not in a bad way. At first (and very long after too) I was sure that Alex really can't be dead. I kept waiting for him to pop up somewhere. Because that just can't happen. One of the main characters can't just die. They always come back. Not this time thought. Alex really is dead. And it's good. I mean, I love Alex as a character, but this was really refreshing. The supposedly dead characters usually just come back somehow and everything is just one big happy moment. And even if Alex is dead, he was still part of the story. Still dead and not coming back, but beautiful part of the story.

The plot is clever combination of everything I want from great book. Characters are well written and everyone has their own role. The story just gets better and better. In a way it's sad that the next book will ne the last in this series, 'cos this is one of the best in a long time.

 Suzanne Wright: Feral Sins (The Phoenix Pack, #1)

5/5

"If your inner wolf and your body react rather enthusiastically to a psychotic Alpha male who’s own wolf has a tendency to turn feral, it can’t be a good thing, can it? Entering into a bargain with him wouldn’t be good either. Unfortunately, Taryn Warner, a latent wolf shifter, doesn’t have many options open to her right now. Okay, she has no options. Basically it comes down to whether she’ll do what it takes to escape the arranged mating with the sick SOB that her father set up. As the answer in this case is yes, it looks as though she’ll have to agree to Trey Coleman’s deal…she’ll have to mate with him instead. "

Wow. Just wow. Unbelievable. Hot. Sexy. Sometimes even too sexy and hot. I'm not complaining, but I can say that there is this one scene that I think went a little overboard. Just a little.

But I loved, loved, loved the characters. And the story is amazing. I would compare this series to J.R. Wards Black Dagger Brotherhood. They're pretty similar series both. So my absolute favourites. In this series there are werewolves and BDB is about vampires, but you get what I mean. But the wibe was similar and they're both really hot. And sexy. Did I mention that already? HOT HOT HOT!

The next book is my absolute next-to-read book and I really hope that this series has bright long future ahead. And many many many more books.  ♥

If there any downside, it's the cover. I think that it's absolutely horrible. Just awful. Ok, there are hot couple, moon, wolf and mountains. All fine elements.. But together? Mess. Awful mess. But don't judge this book just because the cover is horrible. If you want something steamy, something sexy and if you like BDB, this series is MUST read!

Tammy Blackwell: Destiny Binds (Timber Wolves, #1)

5/5

"Scout Donovan is a girl who believes in rules, logic, and her lifelong love of Charlie Hagan. Alex Cole believes in destiny, magic, and Scout. When Alex introduces Scout to the world of Shifters, men who change into wolves or coyotes during the full moon and Seers, women who can see your most private thoughts and emotions with a mere touch, the knowledge changes everything and everyone Scout thought she knew."

This book hooked me right from the start. Balanced combination of mystery, action and romance. Many times characters in these kinds of books are just plain stupid and naive, when they don't realise what happens right around them, when it's so obvious. Not in this book. I think that characters seemed real, and genuine. I didn't get this feeling, that I should just shout, "Idiot! Why can't you see what's happening?!"



I loved almost every character; Scout is amazingly strong female lead and Alex is just HOT etc. I don't like Jase, he's a completely moron. And I really felt sorry for Charlie.

There just enought information and cliffhanger that I really need to read the next book as soon as possible. I need to know what happens next and how Scout fits in the whole supernatural scenario.