On The Shores Of Darkness, There Is Light By Cordelia Strube Review, Rating, And Storyline
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Book: On the Shores of Darkness, There is Light
Part two is about Irwin at age 14 trying to deal with the loss of his sister, Harriet (ooopss she killed herself More on that later). What I loved about the book is that you don't know why the author got inspired to write such a story till LITERALLY the last page.
Harriet committed suicide with the assistance of drug and alcohol use (keep in mind sh'es only 11) She ran out to the balcony and saw angels calling out to her telling her to fly and that she's a good person that never ment to hurt Irwin when she stopped trying to help him during a seizure. She jumped and sadly fell and died but Her heart and other organs were in fine condition to be donated and they were.
Part two is also about Irwin fighting with the idea weither or not to see whomever had Harriet's heart and in the end he was glad to have met Oliver, an artist with similar work to that of Harriet's and also with her heart.
Author: Cordelia Strube
Published: April, 1, 2016 (recent!)
Rating: 5 stars
Age Group: Young Adult Fiction
Series? : Nope!
Spoiler Free? : Yes!! YAYY
Published: April, 1, 2016 (recent!)
Rating: 5 stars
Age Group: Young Adult Fiction
Series? : Nope!
Spoiler Free? : Yes!! YAYY
A long title but a beautiful one neverless! Now just a warning before I go on to those of you who are a little bit on the sensitive side I don't recommend this book but if you're up for cuddling up and grabbing some ice cream and kleenex once in a while, this one's for you.
Now I know rating a book 5 stars is a little extreme but a great book shouldn't be defined by it's genre. For the type of book that it is, OTSODTIL is really good! (again, the title is a bit of a hand sore to type
😂)
The main protagonist is Harriet. A young 11 year old girl that lived in the GTA (ayeeee) with a troubled mind. Now, she wasn't always this troubled. Before her disabled brother, Irwin, came along. She used to be a normal kid, going to Canada Wonderland every summer, hanging out with her friends and her Mom and Dad until things started to go downhill. Once her mother had her brother, Irwin, things changed. Because of his disability, his mom was always with him in the hospitals and taking care of him to the point where Harriet started to think that her injures were non-significant to those of her brother.(Specifically speaking, her brother would get seizures and had an abnormally sized head.)
Through the good times (Before Irwin) and the bad times (after Irwin) she was a great artist. Before Irwin was born, Harriet and her Mom would always go to the craft's store together to grab her mixed-media and art supplies. But after Irwin was born, you can only imagine what kind of stuff she started to paint. She loved her brother truly and it wasn't like she'd do anything to get rid of him it's just that her faimly got ripped apart as soon as he came along and getting another sibling and having to share your parents is hard enough.
Now that Harriet was getting troubled because of her loss of time with her mother and her Mom and Dad splitting up (It was too much stress and work for the Dad and Mom to try and be a happy couple under the circumstances), her paintings became more troubling. Her mother started to tell her how awful she was because shes painting such grousome things.
The book is split in two. Part one is about Harriet and Part Two is about Irwin.
Through the good times (Before Irwin) and the bad times (after Irwin) she was a great artist. Before Irwin was born, Harriet and her Mom would always go to the craft's store together to grab her mixed-media and art supplies. But after Irwin was born, you can only imagine what kind of stuff she started to paint. She loved her brother truly and it wasn't like she'd do anything to get rid of him it's just that her faimly got ripped apart as soon as he came along and getting another sibling and having to share your parents is hard enough.
Now that Harriet was getting troubled because of her loss of time with her mother and her Mom and Dad splitting up (It was too much stress and work for the Dad and Mom to try and be a happy couple under the circumstances), her paintings became more troubling. Her mother started to tell her how awful she was because shes painting such grousome things.
The book is split in two. Part one is about Harriet and Part Two is about Irwin.
!!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!!
Harriet committed suicide with the assistance of drug and alcohol use (keep in mind sh'es only 11) She ran out to the balcony and saw angels calling out to her telling her to fly and that she's a good person that never ment to hurt Irwin when she stopped trying to help him during a seizure. She jumped and sadly fell and died but Her heart and other organs were in fine condition to be donated and they were.
Part two is also about Irwin fighting with the idea weither or not to see whomever had Harriet's heart and in the end he was glad to have met Oliver, an artist with similar work to that of Harriet's and also with her heart.
Red Queen
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Book: Red Queen
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Published: February 10, 2015
Rating: 4.9 stars!
Age Group: Young Adult Fiction
Series? : Yes! First Book
Spoiler Free? : Yes!! YAYY
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Published: February 10, 2015
Rating: 4.9 stars!
Age Group: Young Adult Fiction
Series? : Yes! First Book
Spoiler Free? : Yes!! YAYY
This exciting book is DEFINITELY for you old-meets-future book lovers. The story "Red Queen" is based on a future where there are two different types of human beings, ones with Red Blood, and ones with Silver Blood. Silver Bloods are born with magical or supernatural abilities whereas Red Bloods are regular humans like you and I. However, discrimination has segregated them as slaves and people of less value than them.
The reason why I said that it's especially for you old-time lovers is because since they think the Red Blood's lives are worth less value than that of the Silver Blood's, they are cast and sent off for the war that is caused by stupid Silver's wanting a metre or so more of land than the other.
We then meet our protagonist, Mare Molly Barrow. A simple girl that lives with a family that chooses to accept their "less valuable" lives. To help out, she steals. We later find out how significant this is to the plot but hey, I said no spoilers!
At this era, the Queen is chosen by selection of the Prince (*cough**cough* The Selection throwback*cough**cough*) and they must be of noble blood (different abilities have different abilities) so that the children are of Silver Blood.
For reasons we cannot explain, Mare gets the rare opportunity to work at the palace. While the girls are being selected, they had to place themselves in front of the Prince and show off their talents. A girl by the name of Evangeline shakes the metal boxes that each nobel and red servant were holding causing Mare to fall and make a shield of lightning. From there, they discovered her power.
I really would love to explain more to you guys but at this point if I do, I'll be spoiling and nobody wants that! Please PLEASE check out the book as you will thank me and if you do, drop a comment down below and let me know how it was, how you feel, etc...
Bye Digital Divas!♡♡♡
Book Review!: Ten Thousand Skies Above You By Claudia Gray
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Book: Ten Thousand Skies Above You
Author: Claudia Gray
Published: November 3, 2015
Rating: 4 stars!
Age Group: Young Adult Fiction
Series? : Yes! Second Book
Author: Claudia Gray
Published: November 3, 2015
Rating: 4 stars!
Age Group: Young Adult Fiction
Series? : Yes! Second Book
Ten Thousand Skies Above You is a fast-paced unputdownable second novel of the Firebird series (the first book being A Thousand Pieces of You)
The Firebird series focuses on a girl named Margaret and the extraordinary invention of her parents'. The Firebird. The Firebird paved the way for a whole new possibility, literally.
Dimensions are different possibilities. They're a dimension where Hitler won, there's one where your parents are dead, there's even one that you chose chocolate over vanilla ice cream and some thing in your day or life completely changed. Firebird allows you to experience these possibilities. However, while using the Firebird to live that experience, you inhabit the body of that version of you, which can lead to BIG problems.
For one thing, you can totally forget you're in another person's body. 'Cause hey, they look like you! (most of the time. Unless you visit some dimension where you're a fitness guru!) Except for Margaret, she doesn't need a reminder. Oh! Reminders are little shocks that remind you you're in a nother person's body so you don't do something you normally wouldn't! (How ironic, I almost forgot to mention reminders) Also, you need to keep in mind that your SOUL is traveling.
In the first book, Margaret was chasing down this guy named Paul Markov. Supposedly, Paul Markov cut the brakes on her father's car which caused him to veer off a bridge and die. However, they never found a body.
SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST BOOK DO NOT SCROLL!
I warned you....
Her Dad never died though. But hey, you know that already because you've read the first book. Right?! Now that they've found her Dad in another dimension, that the evil company against the Firebird, trapped him in and yah she fell in love with Paul when she found out he wasn't the bad guy. If you've read the first book, you'd know that there's another inventor that works with her parents named Theo. And she's stuck in between but we know who she picked, Paul.
That same evil company also split Paul's soul into four and in order for her to get him back, she must ruin the chances for the Firebird to be invented in four different dimensions.
♡♡That's all I'll be telling you lovies for now because no-one likes a spoiler, right? ♡♡
♡♡That's all I'll be telling you lovies for now because no-one likes a spoiler, right? ♡♡
Book : Me Earl And The Dying Girl By Jesse Andrews
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Book: Me Earl and the Dying Girl
Author: Jesse Andrews
Published: March 1, 2012
Rating: 3.5 stars
Age Group: Young Adult Fiction
Series? No
Me Earl and the Dying girl is a humorous, heart-warming book that truly shows an insight of High School and teen lives. Unlike most young adult books, Me Earl and the Dying girl isn't filled with romance or complications. Actually, there was 0% romance in the book, and for some young adult readers, this was a turn-off. For me however, I loved it. The book is written from Earl's POV which helped give us a true look on how he laid low throughout high school (like most) only to realize that doesn't do anything, anything but keep you from finding and connecting with people that really mean something to you and don't make you feel like you're alone.
Sorry for the really short Review guys! I promise I'll pump out those other ones by next week!
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