Category: Young Adult readers

Book Review: Veronica Roth’s Insurgent

Book Review: Veronica Roth’s Insurgent

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Insurgentby Veronica Roth dystopian, science fiction in Hardcover edition that was published by Harlequin, HC Children’s Books on May 1, 2012 and has 525 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include DivergentSecond in the Divergent dystopian Young Adult series and revolving around Tris and her friends. In 2012, Insurgent won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Best Goodreads Author; in 2011, it won the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Young Adult Protagonist. My Take This story is a weird combination of good storytelling and stupidity. I don’t know if I’ve been too long a “mature” adult and so far removed from my teens that I can no longer relate or if Tris’ actions are simply part of that annoying trope of the gormless but stubborn “child” who leaps into danger without telling anyone anything — because, sob, no one will believe her or, sob, she’s suicidal or, sob… I got dizzy with all the […]


Book Review: Michelle Sagara’s Cast in Sorrow

Book Review: Michelle Sagara’s Cast in Sorrow

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Cast in Sorrowby Michelle Sagara fantasy in Paperback edition that was published by Harlequin Luna on August 27, 2013 and has 478 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Harvest Moon, Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight, Cast in Secret, Cast in Silence, Cast in Fury, Cast in Chaos, Cast in Ruin, Cast in Peril, Cast in Flame, Cast in Honor, Cast in Flight, Cast in Wisdom, Cast in Deception, Cast in Oblivion, The Emperor’s Wolves, Sword and Shadow, Cast in EternityNinth in the Chronicles of Elantra fantasy series for Young Adults and revolving around Private Kaylin Neya. This is a complex story with lots of ins and outs. I would seriously recommend starting this series from the beginning with the prequel in Mercedes Lackey’s Harvest Moon: “Cast in Moonlight“, 0.5. My Take It’s the most incredible world that Sagara has created. I’ve never read anything like it, and I’m wanting to re-read it already. It’s magic with what […]

Posted January 31, 2014 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments