adolescence

She’s So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott

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Summary

“Perfect, picturesque Orchard Hill. It was the last thing Ally Ryan saw in the rearview mirror as her mother drove them out of town and away from the shame of the scandal her father caused when his hedge fund went south and practically bankrupted all their friends. Now, two years later, Ally’s mother has landed a job back at the site of their downfall, and they’re not exactly receiving a warm welcome. One bright spot, however, is gorgeous, intense Jake Graydon. But it won’t be easy for Ally to be with him—not if his friends (her former friends) have anything to say about it. Ally was hoping to have left all the drama in the past, but some things just can’t be forgotten….”

– Amazon.com

Review

This book was completely different from I thought it would be. I thought it would be more mushy mushy and more romance, but there was a whole lot more then that. The author, Kieran Scott, made the reader feel many different emotions. My main emotion was anger because of everything which Ally had to go though and how her friends were such jerks. But this book was so good. I finished it in less than a week and I am about to start the next one in the series, He’s So Not Worth It.

This was definitely a YA book because there was drinking and some bad language, but that is expected. I would recommend this book for anyone over the age of 14 because of some of the things which happened. This was definitely not a good role model book though because of everything happening due to Ally’s father, but this book was good anyway so it is still a definite read.

The story was set in modern-day and the sentences were not what I would call challenging so it was what I would consider an easy read – 304 pgs with quite big print. Nothing which a teen could not handle.

Kieran Scott does have pen names so you may have read other books by her. She ask goes by Kate Brian and Emma Harrison. She wrote the Cheerleader Trilogy and the He’s So/She’s So Trilogy which this book is the first one of.

This was a great book and I will be checking out some other books by this author under all of her pen names. Hope that you check out some of her pieces of writing.

Red Riding Hood

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Starring

Amanda Seyfried – Valerie
Gary Oldman – Solomen
Billy Burke – Cesaire
Shiloh Fernandez – Peter
Max Irons – Henry

Review
Woah. Woah. Woah. Hold up. This movie is PG-13? Uh, check the rating again please. This movie was not ok for 13 year olds at all. This was a movie for 16 year old’s.  The movie was quite steamy in some places (parents I am sure you know what I mean) and there was quite a lot of blood.

There was the love scene between Valerie and Peter. That was ok. But for 16 year olds. Not 13-year-old. There was also chopping off of hands, stabbing, and crunching of bones – everything yucky. Also at the end it was hinted at that the wolf had turned grandma into a stew and Valerie was eating the stew. Uhhh. Disgusting.

The movie overall was a good storyline, good acting, and everything, but I feel that it was a little too gruesome in some parts.

Valerie, played by Amanda Seyfried was the beauty of the town. She was to be married to Henry. But as all love stories go, she loved someone else. This story was touching to see how Henry tried to get her to love him but saw that Peter was still winning.

Please also check out CommonSenseMedia.org ‘s review of this movie. It will give you a better understanding of what happened.

Check the movie out and see what you think.

Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly

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Summary

“Willow knows she’s different from other girls, and not just because she loves tinkering with cars. Willow has a gift. She can look into the future and know people’s dreams and hopes, their sorrows and regrets, just by touching them. She has no idea where this power comes from. But the assassin, Alex, does. Gorgeous, mysterious Alex knows more about Willow than Willow herself. He knows that her powers link to dark and dangerous forces, and that he’s one of the few humans left who can fight them. When Alex finds himself falling in love with his sworn enemy, he discovers that nothing is as it seems, least of all good and evil. In the first book in an action-packed, romantic trilogy, L..A. Weatherly sends readers on a thrill-ride of a road trip – and depicts the human race at the brink of a future as catastrophic as it is deceptively beautiful.

They’re out for your soul . . . and they don’t have heaven in mind.”

-Amazon.com

Review

I have to say that I thought that this was a very good book. I think that it is up there with Tigers Curse and Tigers Quest. It was a very good book. A few reasons why I liked this book is because it had some action (which I like in every book), romance, and a very good story line.

The characters in this book were described very well. I could picture the story in my head and not just what was happening but what the characters looked like and everything. Alex was the type of bad boy boyfriend which every girl wants to have. He saved the world and he fought evil. He was muscular, tall, strong, and good-looking. Willow was the type of girl who was an outcast and got the most drop dead gorgeous guy you could want. A guy who should would think would not be attracted to her at all. Willow was a beautiful blond who can look into your mind and predict the future and who can also fix cars.

This story is the first in the trilogy. I am not sure if the other two books are out yet but I am definitely going read them.

I though that this was a wonderful book and would definitely recommend people to read it.  Please go to your local library and check this book out.

Fever by Robin Cook

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Fever by Robin Cook cover via Amazon

Summary

“Charles Martel is a brilliant cancer researcher who discovers that his own daughter is the victim of leukemia. The cause: a chemical plant conspiracy that not only promises to kill her, but will destroy him as a doctor and a man if he tries to fight it…”

-From Amazon.com

Review

Yes, the summary is short, but that really sums the entire book up. This book was a really good book. I would have to say that its content was for more mature readers. There was nothing inappropriate, but it was long, and there were some things which younger people may not understand or pick up.

I chose this as one of my summer reading books for my school. Some people at the school recommended the book and so I decided to try it out. I loved it. The book did start off a little slow but once you got into it, it was much better.

The story was about this researcher, Charles Martel, who was a cancer researcher. His daughter was diagnosed with leukemia and Charles just kind of lost it. He had lost his wife a few years earlier so he was married to Cathyrn, the stepmother. Cathryn was a very supportive character in the book. She would always back him up and she would always be there for Rachel, Charles’ daughter. There were two other big-ish characters in the story. There was Chuck and Jean Paul. They were Charles’ sons. Chuck was about as annoying as you could get, but Jean Paul was more understanding when it came to things. He stood on the sidelines and watched. Yes, he would annoy his sister from time to time, but otherwise he was a gentle soul.

Towards the end of the book Charles started to lose his mind. His mind itself was perfectly fine, but with all the stress he just started to have some weird thoughts – thoughts that were irrational.

The characters in this book were not extremely well described but they did not have to be. You got all of their personalities. You did not really need to know what they looked like. Also there was so much going on, it would have been a bit too confusing. I liked how the characters were not described, because with all that was going on, I got to use my imagination.

The personalities of each character were…

Michelle – loving, caring, has lots of responsibility as she took over the female role after her mother died, cares about everyone else before herself

Charles – a smart researcher, easily angered, sharp tongue, wily, wants Chuck to follow in his foot steps

Cathryn – arbitrator, loving, caring

Chuck – annoying, easily annoyed, quite strong, doesn’t want to follow his fathers footsteps

Jean Paul – loving, brother-like (has the moments when he picks on his sister, but cares too), quiet

I would recommend for you to go and check this book out of the library. It is for older readers like 15 and up, but otherwise this was a really good book.