Switched by Amanda Hocking - Booktalk

Synopsis: The story is told from the perspective of a 17 year old girl called Wendy who suffered a brutal childhood after her mother tried to kill her as she believed her daughter had been switched at birth. After the mysterious Finn turns up at her window and tells her she belongs to a Troll community called Forening, she discovers stolen truths about her childhood as well as duties she couldn't possibly be ready for. All this is sprinkled with a little bit of mind control and a serious case of mixed signals.

SPOILERS

Okay so I'd probably give this book like 3 and a half stars. 

It started out pretty abruptly with the details of Wendy's mothers murder attempt and to be honest I did think to myself 'what have I got myself in for starting this' but I'd paid for the book so I WAS going to finish it.

I didn't actually think the book was all that well written, it was a pretty basic narrative and I just didn't relate to the protagonist, Wendy all that much BUT I did really like the storyline. I thought it was really clever how this small 'Tyrlle' community existed within modern day America undetected from humans, maybe there's a little troll community down by the River Thames which a hot brunette will take me to one day;)

The story was very very similar to The Selection series in my opinion in how Wendy has to learn to be like a Princess and stuff but she doesn't actually want royalty and she thinks she's not cut out for it and blah blah it just rang a few bells in my head! 

Finn wasn't the most desirable love interest I have ever read about to be honest, I still don't really understand why he had to be so mean to Wendy at the school dance, if he wanted to push her away there are other ways to do it! Also he didn't really have very interesting dialogue, his whole 'it's my job' refrain got kinda boring and he just seemed really overly professional all the time never really showing a fun or interesting side... obviously Wendy was only interested because of those eyes she kept going on about.

TEAM RHYS even though that's slightly though not biologically incestuous. He was one of the few characters who seemed to have a personality and actually showed his feelings towards Wendy openly.

I did feel really sorry for Wendy when he real mother, Elora, turned out to be such a b**** I mean she can't really catch a break can she! I was hoping Elora would loosen up but she was still nagging Wendy about everything even when we find out how much the regime relies on Wendy to succeed, just being nice might have made her daughter want to try harder!

My favourite scene was probably the christening-vittra-invasion-dance bit because I was waiting in eager anticipation for Elora's painting to come true and I knew from mid way through the book that it would happen on this night.

The ending was a little disappointing... basically the story just went in a full circle and Wendy ended up exactly where she started just with an extra guest... It's obvious she'll get kidnapped by the Vittra now that she isn't protected so she's basically ensuring her own death sentence PLUS wasn't the reason she left in the first place to protect Matt from the Vittra but now that she's in even more demand she thinks it would be a good idea to put her family in the limelight? Good going Wendy. Oh and also, so Finn basically sacrificed his job, his home and his friends all for nothing then because the only reason he left is so Wendy could become Princess. It was a weird and stupid ending not going to lie but up until the last few pages it was actually really good!

Admittedly I probably won't read the other two books because I read the blurb and know that there's an emerging love triangle in the next couple of books and I hate how some authors assume that all Young Adult's want to read about is bleeding love triangles. I can pretty much predict the ending of this trilogy and so it doesn't overly appeal to me but they are cheap to buy on the Kindle so I'll wait and see!

Sorry if this booktalk has been slightly short and critical, I did actually enjoy this book as a whole so it's worth a read if you're looking for something light to read :)

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare - Book Talk

This isn't like any of my other posts because I'm not reviewing the book just letting loose all my emotions after having just finished it.

By the Angel that was the most frustrating ending.

I read City of Bones a while back but never finished the series, a decision I am now beating myself up about but also thanking myself for making because quite frankly the series is driving me insane...

The ending of City of Glass was so perfect I didn't even want to read this book because I didn't want anything bad to happen in the next book which from reading the blurb I knew was inevitable.

I am so emotionally engaged with these characters thanks to the brilliance that is Cassandra Clare's writing that I literally scream and swear whenever a character makes a bad decision which in this book is CONSTANTLY.

First let me talk about the ending, of course Jace was going to get mad at himself for how he treated Clary but I figured after a heartfelt monologue from Clary he'd get over it, which I think he did BUT THEN WE FIND OUT LILITH IS STILL CONTROLLING HIM THROW SEBASTIAN/JONATHAN and now he's like weirdly bound to Seb because they shared each others blood or something but what I really don't understand is like, will Jace now be part demon? Does this mean if Seb dies Jace will die as well?! ALSO Clary will be devastated now because it's another thing stopping her and Jace being with each other I mean really Cassie GIVE THEM A BREAK its 4 books into the series and they haven't had a chance to just enjoy their relationship yet! 

Obviously in the next book Seb (and maybe Jace now) will be the big super villain which is interesting and I'm intrigued to see how he's defeated (IF HE IS DEFEATED WAHHHH) what with Jace in the picture now as well!

And Jocelyn has even more reason to hate Jace now as well I feel that will be a big hurdle to cross if Clary and Jace do EVENTUALLY start a functional relationship because Jocelyn could get all bad ass and it could be Jace's head she's smashing with a fridge next!

It's sort of devastating also that Jocelyn and Luke haven't gotten married yet, they probably won't now what with everything that is going:(

SIMON AND ISABELLE I SHIP THEM SO HARD! Simon has sacrificed so much and put up with everything that's been thrown at him I feel he deserves to be happy and even though his true love Clary may not reciprocate the same feelings, Isabelle does and I think they can and hopefully will be happy together! 

Oh yeah and I almost ripped the page out of my book when I thought Simon was going to die because he's by far my favourite character of the whole series and it breaks my heart how Shadowhunters automatically dislike him because he's a vampire. Also it really annoyed me when Clary was just going to let Simon die for her! She should have fought harder or even tried to sacrifice herself to save him because he's always been there for her ever since they were little kids!

I'm thinking Magnus will find a way of turning Alec immortal in the next book which will be interesting because I like their relationship and I'm intrigued to see what the price of immortality is!

ALSO... Where is Camille?! What is she going to do now AND the whole mystery with the Seelie Queen still hasn't been addressed I mean why is she so interested in Clary and Jace's relationship and what is this 'untold secret' she's been harping on about?! OH AND the whole prophecy tarot reading bit where Madame Dorothea said Jace would fall in love with the wrong person hasn't been resolved yet and in hoping all these questions are answered in the next book because I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL MAY 14TH OKAY I JUST CAN'T.

Well that's me done I think, I'm gonna hit the hay now and try to sleep with all these feels still going through my head! 

Buenas noches xx