The Last Dance by xoStardust

OKAY THIS IS MY FAVORITE NON-PUBLISHED BOOK OF ALL TIMES!

The Last Dance by xoStardust is just completely mind blowing with the words and the plot. This was the first book I read when I joined Wattpad. When the book ended I cried tears of happiness because of the ending and that it ended!

The link: http://www.wattpad.com/story/3484-the-last-dance

Prince John's biggest fear? Becoming King, and everything to do with it, from the sheltered life, to someday having to get married. Celia, a lady knight, minus the 'Lady' if she can help it, is not looking forward to coming of age and attending the High Ball which she thinks is nothing more than a market for single girls. The two have hated each other since childhood, but when the stress gets to John and he does something drastic, Celia's the only one who can help.

The absolute plot is cliche but it is very well written which I applaud to. This book has been viewed or read over 16 million times. Now it is shocking that it has not been published yet. When Celia fights with Prince John you can just sense the tension (sexual tension that is) between them!

Rate: 10/5

Always. Always. Always will be remembered and I look back to this book when I am deeply sadden or just bored!

The Bad Boy's Girl by JessGirl93

Okay so today's blog post is a bit different because the book is not a published one. Yes I know it sounds weird but I had discovered a website that people post stories on. A favorite of  mine is The Bad Boy's Girl by JessGirl93. Now this isn't the typical cliche where the girl is in love with the boy and they live happily together with no obstacles.

The link: http://www.wattpad.com/story/2376933-the-bad-boy%27s-girl

“Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most. Of everything. They make you feel so alive that you’d follow them straight into hell, just to keep getting your fix.”

—         Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever

Tessa O’Connell is a girl as ordinary as they come-or so she thinks. Her aim for senior year is to keep her head down yet somehow manage to convince her childhood love Jay Stone to love her back. What she isn’t prepared for is for Jay’s brother, Cole to return to town and change the life she’s always been seemingly content to live. Tall, gorgeous as all hell and a bad boy with ocean blue eyes and the perfect edge of adorability, he was her greatest tormentor, her number one enemy.But the guy that’s come back is like no one Tessa’s ever come across. He challenges her, he tests her limits, he forces her to bring out the girl she’s long ago buried under a veil of mediocrity and most of all he compels her to consider that perhaps the boy that infuriates her to the point of no return might just her guardian angel.

Warning: The story comes with a bad boy notorious for making you swoon, inducing hysterical laughter and making you question whether you could purchase a clone on ebay.

As mentioned above in the summary, the book has many funny points in it and the writing is very clear. Tessie is such a sweet character that has been through so much. I honestly hope that this book will catch your attention as it did to mine. I fell in love with the pranks and the bickering between Tessa and Cole.

Rate: 5/5

Definitely one of the best books ever and should be published one day for everyone to read and see.

Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay

As a teenage girl, I was never really interested in the whole Romeo and Juliet play by William Shakespeare but reading this book sparked my interest. This book is so well written and plot is planned out wonderfully. This comes onto my list of my top #5 favorite books of alltime. 

Juliet Capulet didn't take her own life. She was murdered by the person she trusted most, her new husband, Romeo Montague, a sacrifice made to ensure his own immortality. But what Romeo didn't anticipate was that Juliet would be granted eternity, as well, and would become an agent for the Ambassadors of Light. For 700 years, she's fought Romeo for the souls of true lovers, struggling to preserve romantic love and the lives of the innocent. Until the day she meets someone she's forbidden to love, and Romeo, oh Romeo, will do everything in his power to destroy that love.

There is a sequel came out named Romeo Redeemed. I will soon review it after I have finished the book. I am actually reading more than five books surprisingly. So this book had caught my attention when I was just wandering in Barnes and Noble. The beginning of the book had captured my attention immediately. It began with an accident and Juliet's voice was just so clear. 

Rate: 5

Definitely on my top books to read during anytime of the year. I am going to read this during the summer on my flight. 

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Now I am pretty sure almost every teenager has read this book or watched the movie. If you haven't, well then READ IT! The book was finely written by Rick Riordan. If you have been living under a rock for the past 7 years then here is a summary of The Lightning Thief:

Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school... again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus' master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus' stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

The summary itself wants to make any fiction reader want to read it within hours. Yet there are some things that make the story unrealistic (even though it is a mythological and fiction novel) because Percy is fighting huge killer monsters and a Greek god. Many compare this novel to Harry Potter and there's so many similarities between them yet they both have distinctive features to their plot. 

Rate: 4 Stars 

Slightly because of the similarity between this and Harry Potter. Another thing was the character development.  

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

By far my favorite author would be Laurie Halse Anderson. Her books are so relatable or the reader could imagine how it would be to live the character's life. This particular book captured such a sadness and darkness about an eating disorder. I was able to relate to it after having a binge eating disorder and EDNOS. Anderson accurately wrote down how an anorexic thinks.

The summary on the back of the book is:

Lia Overbrook and Cassie Parrish have been best friends since the third grade, but as they grow up, both develop destructive obsessions with body image, dragging each other down because each is afraid of dealing with her demons alone. Lia is anorexic, while Cassie is a victim of bulimia, and when the going gets too tough in the months before their senior year in high school, Cassie breaks off the friendship, leaving Lia devastated. Six months later, after not having communicated with her ex-friend in ages, Lia receives thirty-three phone calls from Cassie in one evening, but she refuses to answer. When she discovers the next day that Cassie has died a grisly death brought on by her own excesses alone in an isolated motel room, Lia realizes that Cassie had been calling for help, and she is wracked by guilt. Lia's parents, divorced and absorbed in their own careers, are unaware of the severity of their daughter's torment, and Lia keeps them, along with her father's new wife, at a distance, adeptly concealing her inner turmoil and maintaining an appearance of normalcy. Lia's fragile hold on health and reality is tenuous at best; haunted by Cassie's ghost, she finds herself losing control of her life, sinking into an abyss of cutting and self-imposed starvation that can only end in her own destruction.

The way that the book starts off is mysterious and confusing. It catches the attention of the reader, allowing them to continue on reading. This book was a difficult read at first, having felt so many negative emotions in such a short period of time. The conflicts between family and Lia’s inner thoughts from herself are relatable to certain extent. Whenever I read this book, I have to prepare myself emotionally. A unique thing that Anderson did was including the calories to everything Lia ate. Another thing that was touching was the love that Lia had for Emma, her stepsister. Lia survived everything all for Emma. 

Rate: 4.5 Stars

This book was very well written as always from Anderson. The book is a good read for the weekend. I would recommend this book for 8th graders and up because of the graphics of the self-harm, attempted suicide and anorexic thoughts.

The D.U.F.F. by Kody Keplinger

I had bought this book around two years ago and it still looks brand new surprisingly. It had been $8.99 at Barnes and Noble when I bought it. Usually I don't buy books that aren't sale (yes I am a cheap person and I am proud) but I had a giftcard that I wanted to use desperately. The title of the book had caught my attention The back summary of the book seemed like the typical cliche 'I hate you but actually I love you' type of book. 

Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn't think she's the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She's also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her "Duffy," she throws her Coke in his face.

But thing aren't so great at home right now, and Bianca is desperate for a distraction. She ends up kissing Wesley. Worse, she likes it. Eager for escape, Bianca throws herself into a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with him.

Until it all goes horribly awry. It turns out Wesley isn't such a bad listener, and his life is pretty screwed up tpp. Suddenly Bianca realizes with absolute horror that she's falling for the guy she thought she hated more than anyone.

Yet, when I started to read the first few pages the writing language Keplinger was relatable. There is a considerable amount of cursing in the book and some sexual scenes between Bianca and Wesley. The book does relate greatly with teenagers in high school. It includes almost everything a moody sarcastic teenager feels and thinks of. 

The title is an acronym that ties in with the book. DUFF stands for:

(D)esginated
(U)gly
(F)at
(F)riend

Rate: 3.5 Stars

I have only read this book twice and I am planning to reread it this month soon. A lot of girls in highschool can relate to this book because many girls can feel insecure and feel like the Duff in their group of friends.

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

When I first got Poison Study at Marshalls for only $6.99 I thought it was a great deal for such a good book. Reading the summary sparked my interest instantly. The summary on the back of the book is:

Murder, mayhem and magic ... 

Locked in a coffin-like darkness, there is nothing to distract me from my memories of killing Reyad. He deserved to die - but according to the law, so do I. Here in Ixia, the punishment for murder is death. And now I wait for the hangman's noose.
But the same law that condemns me may also save. Ixia's food taster - chosen to ensure that the Commander's food is not poisoned - has died. And by law, the next prisoner who is scheduled to be executed - me - must be offered the position. 

What caught my attention was the first 3 words. The alliteration captured my mind and told me to continue on. The whole plot of this story is interesting and unique. Snyder had kept the mystery really well from beginning till the end.

The characters slowly evolved as I read more into the book. 19 year old Yelena, had her mysterious past revealed slowly throughout the book yet her whole story was not revealed. The detail was marvelous with all of the practice scenes and the fighting scenes. Emotions of the main character had been accurately described. The words on the page of the book could make you want to cry or scream from anger. The slow build up of sexual tension between Yelena and her instructor Valek was absolutely frustrating, but it had paid off in the end.

I would rate this book PG-13 (even though I read it when I was 10 years old) because of the fighting scenes in the book. There is no foul language in the book or racy love scenes. The book includes magic, death, action and love. Why wouldn't it be good? 

The genre of Poison Study is fantasy and young adult fiction.

Rate: 5 Stars
The details, how the characters were developed, the dialogue and the unique plot.