My Exciting Day! (Not Really)

Hello blog readers! :) I'm sure only a handful of people are reading this but I'll share it anyway!
So much has happened today yet nothing has happened. I'm sure you're thinking I'm delusional at this point. OH WELL! Anyway, I'd like to share some of the amazing news that I discovered!

My favorite author of all time, Richelle Mead, is coming to my local bookstore on June 19 to promote her new book, The Golden Lily, that's scheduled to release in August! When I discovered this on Facebook, I screamed and jumped up and down crazily. I then proceeded to roll around on the tiled floor (disgusting, I know, but I'm a teen so don't blame me) and then started to talk unintelligibly. I was THAT excited.
I never dreamed in a million years that Richelle Mead, THE Richelle Mead, would be coming to my city! I expected to grow up one day and just come to her house to get her autograph. Kind of creepy but I'm creepy so who cares?
I am planning on doing something really special to just express my love for her work. Although her work is based on vampires, which are totally overrated these days, I am in love with her writing.

I am in possession of an Insurgent ARC (Lucky me!) and have been holding out on it, partly because I don't remember for the life of me, anything that happened in Divergent, and am too busy/lazy to reread Divergent. Luckily, Veronica Roth recently made a blog post recapping everything in Divergent! How convenient for me! So I was so grateful for her to take her time and recap everything for her readers, which helped me tremendously.

I also received my new glasses today and my prescription is pretty high. :( It's dizzying and unflattering on me so I have switched back to my old one for the time being.

Like I said, not much happened today but just the fact that Richelle Mead is coming has filled my day with joy. I just thought to share that with y'all. :)
Below this is a Wordle I made to express my love for her work!

Short and Simple: Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins

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Spell Bound - Rachel Hawkins

This book is the last in a trilogy, Hex Hall. I just LOVED the first two books, so I couldn't wait for this one! But, it unfortunately disappointed me... :(

My Review: 
This book was pretty good! I found this book to be a tad disappointing though.
Firstly, real teens do not talk like Jenna and Sophie. I should know since I am one! We don't joke around at every second. We can be deep. So, I felt the dialogue in this book was forced. :/ Plus, the humor just wasn't hilarious anymore. :(
Second, the writing seemed a little amateur-ish. Maybe it's because I've been reading mature books, but it seemed like this book was for children. That's how bad it got. (Even though there were some cuss words in there and suggestive stuff...)
The love triangle in this one was disappointment. (Seems to be a recurring word!) Let's be honest- Cal never stood a chance. I hate pointless love triangles so much!!! :( I felt Rachel Hawkins took the easy way out too... and I'd love to explain how but it's a major spoiler. Let's just say that I felt no need to do that and there could've been a better solution.
I also found myself easily distracted from this book. It took me FIVE days to finish... that's saying something! The ending didn't tie up all of the loose strings unfortunately so it left unsatisfied.
The action was pretty well done and the twists were nice as well :)
DESPITE all of my complaints, it is a good book and it's worth reading!

RATING: 3.5 STARS!

xx Jennifer

Short and Simple: Dreaming Awake

Synopsis of the prequel can be found here and this book's synopsis can be found here.
My Review:
I found this to be a huge improvement from Falling Under! Her prose was incredible. Her writing flowed so well and it was hard to step away from the book! The romance was so incredibly steamy which is good once in awhile, if you know what I mean. ;)
I forgot most of Falling Under (the prequel) but Gwen Hayes managed to refresh me on all the necessary events that occurred in the previous book, which is crucial to the whole book's development!
My only fault in this book was that this whole plot/story seemed totally unoriginal. I mean... bad boy likes girl but could potentially kill her, tries to stay away, can't resist, end up together... Doesn't that sound like most YA these days? Ugh. Despite the imitative story line, her prose was amazing and I'm definitely reading her future books! :)

Short and Simple: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

Hi everyone :) This is my first review, so here we go...

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Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver

Boy oh boy did I love it! *Takes deep, deep breaths*Lena was so strong and brave, which is a relief these days. I found it easy to connect with her, as well as Julian. Julian was really easy to love, even with all of his silly beliefs at first!
The plot was excellent! I was on the edge of my seat, waiting for what would happen next, throughout the whole book!
The layout of the book was confusing at times, switching from one timeline to another. But other times, it was pure genius! I felt the "Now" and "Then" were two separate stories and whenever I had to switch to the other one, it would usually leave me at a cliffhanger- just pure genius! This layout made the reader read more, you just couldn't!
The writing was lyrical and stunningly beautiful. In Before I Fall and Delirium, I didn't love the writing to be frank. The descriptions were so long, and it was just too easy to skim and get distracted. But in this story, there was definitely more action and dialogue to keep the reader enraptured and interested!
There was one thing I felt the author should have focused more on. She needed to really recap everything that happened in Delirium. Because some readers, like me, forget EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING in the prequel. Coming into this, I did not know the main character's name (Lena) and the love interest. Or the premise. So, when the author referenced these different places and events from Delirium, I was SO confused.
Other than that, this book was stunning!
5 stars!
I recommend this to dystopian and romance lovers. :)
(WARNING: Please be ready for a stunning cliffhanger and be prepared to be on some emotional roller coasters. Thank you.)

xx Jennifer