Graceling, Kristen Cashore

Before I say anything about this book, I must confess that it was not my first time reading it. Now I can start.

Graceling is about a girl, named Katsa, who lives in a world where some people have what is called a grace. A graceling has an extraordinary talent and is easily identified by the graceling's two different color eyes. In Katsa's country, gracelings are feared by many people and all gracelings that are born must be given to the king. Katsa of course has a grace, a killing grace, which the king, who happens to be her uncle, takes full advantage of. She meets Po, a prince from a different country who is also graced, and the two become friends and then go on an awesome adventure to solve a mystery. But the book is way darker than what I just wrote, and way cooler than my description.

Katsa is a main character I can actually admire. Very very very often, main characters come across as too independent or too dependent. Katsa is the perfect mix with her own unique touches. There will never be another character like her (though she could be compared to Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games, but Katsa is cooler). She manages to be hard and tough while making you take her side.
The villian is a villian to the utmost degree and was created perfectly, so that as soon as you realize his evilness, there is no doubt or heartbreak and you just want him dead. Like, seriously, you want him dead and gone and away from all the innocent people in the world.
And as a last note, the one character I would like to meet in real life is Bitterblue. She is the sweetest and most dangerous 10-year-old ever.

5 stars



The Best Day of Someone Else's Life

A girl named Kevin (don't worry, she's called Vi) is a chronic bridesmaid, spending altogether over 50 grand on other people's weddings. She is obsessed with her own future wedding, but doesn't have the guy to go with it. I skimmed through the book so I don't really know too many details, but she meets the perfect guy, they have a dream romance until she finds out that he doesn't want to get married--he wants to be with her permanently, just not with a big white celebration of their love. She, of course, is heartbroken and breaks up with him. (Everyone in the book breaks up on this day.) Now, let me ask you, why would a girl break up with a guy who is a. she is in love with, b. is perfect, c. is in love with her, d. is perfect and Irish? Oh, right. He doesn't want a big party. He wants to marry her, just not with a giant party. The author, who is not named so I don't feel too bad about insulting her, somehow managed to go on for 430 pages with this. How, I have no idea. I couldn't even bear to read the book, I don't know how she could write it.

One of the worst things about this book was its cliches. One after another after another after another, they didn't stop coming. And that was only in the first chapter! Since it would be way to messy to write this in a paragraph form, here is why it was so (pardon my usage of this word again) cliche:
Language: The conversations were filled with pop culture references that no one even cares about. The descriptions were the same ones I'd read in countless other books, and did I mention that this went on for 430 pages?
Characters: I already said that the guy was perfect. Well, he was. The main character was one of those that claims she thinks she is nothing special but really has an ego the size of Texas and is of course beautiful, smart, funny, talented and extremely nice. The best friends are all different in personality and looks but identical in that it must be so boring and repetitive to be friends with them. There is even the totally unnecessary necessary gay best friend! And the guy that the main character didn't end up with is the guy she thought was awesome at the beginning but later proved himself to be a grade a jerk.
Plot: Everything you think will happen happens. She is crazy about an ex and boom! she suddenly meets him and they reunite. Ex proves himself evil and boom! she meets perfect guy who she is destined to be with. You can make up the rest of the story from there.

I give this book .0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 of a star--and that's because I don't want to go negative.



Last Sacrifice, (Book 6, Vampire Academy), Richelle Mead

In this last book in the Vampire Academy series, Rose is causing even more trouble and boosting her selfish ego even higher (but the second one is only my opinion. and Adrian's). She runs off to try and find the person who blanked blank and the lost illegitamate child of Blank Blank who is Someone's sibling. Maybe my first book post shouldn't have been about the last book in a series.

A good end to a mostly good series. The story dragged on and on over 6 long books without any of them ending with satisfying solutions, merely cliffhangers which left me salivating for the next one. I am a tad upset over Adrian's conclusion, but I have a talent for rooting for the guy you know the main character won't end up with. They always seem so forlorn and unloved, I can't help but want to jump into the book and comfort them, and Adrian was no different. The ending was solid however, and the plot twists kept me intrigued and in the book. But honestly, the only reason why I can guess this book was on the bestseller's list this week is because of its similarites to Twilight, a book I refuse to talk about.

4.7 stars



Welcome to Alphabetical Situation!

Hi. I've always wanted to start a blog and what better to do it on than books? I have been mildly obsessed with books since I learned to read (even before that actually), and enjoy books of many different genres, some more than others. Mostly I just like what catches my eye. Please enjoy my random selection of books which shall be updated whenever I am in the mood. Although I highly doubt anyone will actually bother to read this.