Review: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

When Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder. Much less a murder commited by three teenagers covered with odd markings. This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons-and keeping the odd werewolves and vampires in line. It's also her first meeting with gorgeous, golden-haired Jace. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in an ordinary mundane like Clary? And how did she suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....

Author: Cassandra Clare
Published: April 2nd, 2007

                                                            This book has received 3/5 stars!

Alright, okay! I've been putting off reading these books for such a long time, but I finally dove into the first one, City of Bones, and here I am! I gave this book 3/5 stars, because the end of the book was what disappointed me.

I love the way Clare built the world. I love the idea of shadowhunters, and demons, and the forsaken. I hear a lot of people complain about how Clare took Harry Potter, and just essentially changed around the names. I didn't feel that way about this book at all when I was reading it, and believe me, I did search for the resemblances whilst I read. I don't particularly recall anyone in Harry Potter going around and slaying demons as a job, or searching for the mortal cup that turned regular men into shadowhunters. I just didn't see that.

The character of Clary was iffy with me. On some occasions, she was independent and wanted to go her own way with what she had to do, and she wouldn't listen to anyone. And she certainly didn't have anyone telling her what she could and couldn't do. But on other occasions, she was extremely needy, and unable to fend for herself. She was the damsel in distress a little more than I would have enjoyed. She constantly needed Jace to be there for her, and that annoyed me.

The character of Jace was amazing. Now I know that I might get a little crap for this, but I love when main male characters have this arrogant air about them, and they constantly bully the girl they like, and in all reality they're just scared little boys who need someone just as much as some people need them. I don't know why I love this so much, but I just do! I guess it's just my hamartia. If you get my drift. I just loved how much he cared about Clary, and how afraid he was to show her how he actually felt. Up until the end..then I just wanted to hit him SO bad.

~~~Insert witty and sarcastic spoiler~~~

My FAVORITE part, was when the two main characters, Luke and Leia, find out that the super evil, super bad, Darth Vader, is their father! And that Luke and Leia are actually brother and sister! Even after they have made out!..oh wait...that was Clary and Jace..

This is the ONLY reason the book lost two stars, and that is a sad point. Like, come on, Clare, you can do better than that! And if you're going to plagiarize, at least use a less obscure piece of work, yeah?


All in all, I did enjoy this book. I will be reading City of Ashes, and typing up a review on that one as well. So stay tuned!

Read and Conquer!

Kat xx

Review: Perfect by Ellen Hopkins

"Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there. 


Cara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. 


Kendra covets the perfect face and body—no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. 


To score his perfect home run—on the field and off—Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back.


 And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he’ll be living a life his ancestors would never have understood


. Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be perfect? A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling Impulse, Ellen Hopkins's Perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves."


Published: September 13th, 2011
Publisher: Margaret K Elderberry Books
Author: Website   Twitter

                                                                                                                            This book has received 5/5 stars!

You see, no matter who we are, we are all striving for our own idea of perfection. Suppose it means losing the last ten pounds, or gaining the next ten marks on that assignment. We all have that idea of perfection that we want achieved. 

I have read all of Ellen's books, and I have a general feel for all of her characters. But this book just surprised me! The characters were worded differently, and they were wonderful. This book is beautiful in it's entirety.

How do I put this book into one word...hmm...Poignant. That's exactly what it is, so beautifully sad. This book just touches your heart, and makes you empathize with the character you enjoy the most. 

This book is written from the view of four people, and each person has their own idea of perfection. Each person is willing to do anything and everything to get there. Cara, thinks perfect is defying her parents wishes. Andre thinks perfect is dancing. Sean thinks perfection is Cara. And Kendra things perfect is looking...well, perfect! Each one of these characters goes through hell and back to get what they want, and watching their adventure was a heartbreaking experience. I am not one to cry whilst reading books, but this book did make me tear up a little bit. 

The cover, the storyline, the everything, oh so perfect! I adored impulse, so a companion book? Oh so FREAKING perfect!

I read all 622 pages in four hours, and it was so lovely. I anticipated the character of Kendra the most, for unknown reasons, but found myself interested in Andre more.

Either way, I suggest you all go pick up this book, and Impulse and read read read! :D

Edit: Another thing I noticed, these characters were a little bit more believeable than some of her other stories. Their stories and backgrounds seemed a little more...natural and real.

So, Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidas to those who don't celebrate Christmas. I had such a wonderful time with my family this holiday, and it was filled with rich food, nice drinks, and lots of laughter. I recieved many wonderful presents, and I'm super excited about them all. I'm not bragging in any way over what I got, and I would love for you guys to show me what you recieved! 

For those who don't want to watch the video, there will be an photographic update of all I recieved later on. Possibly an edit to this post.

So have a happy holiday, and a wonderful new year.

Keep Reading!
Kate. 

Bonjour!

Hello! My name is Katherine, and I am your newest addition to the blogger book community! 

First, I'll tell you a small bit about myself, then I'll proceed to tell you where I plan on going with this blog. First off, you already know my name, so I shall jump to the random things that I tell everyone I meet. I'm a Canadian lass, seventeen years old, and in my High School's graduating class (Due to graduate in t-minus 5 and 1/2 months). I have a very lovely family, a loving boyfriend, and a very handsome kitty cat. 

I consider myself a photographer, so you can expect a lot of photographs in my posts, usually very pointless things, or photos of books! I also write a lot, so do expect many rants and sad attempts at poetry. I live a fairly calm life, but I do have a knack for adventure. I always want to be doing something interesting, and that includes the people I call my friends. So if you ever want to talk to me, go ahead, I will talk back, but if you really want my attention, tell me a story, or something completely and totally random! I'm all ears. I love music, it has saved my life on numerous occasions, I swear. I'm fairly friendly, so don't be afraid to talk to me!

Here's a random photo of an Emu that I took!

So now, let's get down to the blog business. I have a lot of things planned for this blog, I plan on making this one of my main priorities. I have been reading since I was three years old, and from then on I was never seen without a book in my presence. It's crazy how long this has stuck with me, and here I am, my life still revolving around books. So, here's some things I would like to do with it;

- I will be doing weekly updates. This includes what I have read during that week, and what I plan on reading for the week after. 

- I will also be doing monthly wrap-ups, which will be more detailed than the little 

-Once a month, I will do a little blurb on someone from the book community that I admire, or I want you guys to see. (I'll be calling this the Bold award)

- I also have a youtube account, which I will be using along with this. Meaning that if I post a new video I will link it here, with a mini blurb underneath it.

-Review, Reviews, Reviews!!

I have a whole world of things planned for this blog, and it's going to be so great, I promise! 

Stick around, you'll see!

-Keep on reading!, Kate.