Review: Daughter of Smoke & Bone Series by Laini Taylor

Title: Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1)

Author: Laini Taylor

Published: September 27^th 2011

Date Read: May 20^th – 26^th 2017

Read In: English

Title: Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2)

Author: Laini Taylor

Published: November 6^th 2012

Date Read: May 27^th – June 5^th 2017

Read In: English

Title: Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3)

Author: Laini Taylor

Published: April 8^th 2014

Date Read: June 5^th – 24^th 2017

Read In: English

Title: Night of Cake & Puppets (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2.5)

Author: Laini Taylor

Published: November 26^th 2013

Date Read: June 25^th 2017

Read In: English

Review: King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard

Title: King's Cage (Red Queen #3)
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Published: February 7th 2017
Date Read: May 14th – 19th 2017
Read In: English

When the Lightning Girl's Spark is gone,

who will light the way for the rebellion?

Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country – and his prisoner.

As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continues organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare's heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back.

In this breathless third installment in Victoria Aveyard's bestselling series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when blood turns on blood, and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fire – leaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down.

I liked this book a little more than the second one. I don't want to spoil in this review, so I won't say much. It was a great book, so if you liked Red Queen, you shouldn't miss this one.

Review: Morning Star by Pierce Brown

Title: Morning Star (Red Rising #3)
Author: Pierce Brown
Published: February 9th 2016
Date Read: May 6th – 13th 2017
Read In: English

If this is the End, I will rage toward it.

Darrow is the Reaper of Mars.

Born to toil, carved to fight, destined to lead. But he is a broken man.

Exposed as a Red in a world ruled by Golds, he has been captured and tormented until he is something less than human.

And yet, he is humanity's last chance.

In facing a godlike, ruthless enemy, he must call on every last ounce of strength to prove that loyalty, friendship and love are more powerful than any coldhearted machine of war.

He has been first Red, then Gold. Now, he must transcend them all. He must become the hero his people believe he is.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked it a lot more than the second one. The second one gave me some hard time and that's why I waited so long to read the third book, but in the end I really liked this book.

Review: Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs

Title: Tales of the Peculiar (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #0.5)
Author: Ransom Riggs
Published: September 3rd 2016
Date Read: December 19th – 20th 2016
Read In: English

Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales.

Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. The origins of the first ymbryne. These are but a few of the truly brilliant and haunting stories in Tales of the Peculiar – known to hide information about the peculiar world – first introduced by Ransom Riggs in his #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.

Riggs now invites you to share his secrets of peculiar history, with a collection of original stories in this deluxe volume of Tales of the Peculiar, as collected and annotated by Millard Nullings, ward of Miss Peregrine and scholar of all things peculiar.

This book contains 10 stories:

 The Splendid Cannibals

 The Fork-Tongued Princess

 The First Ymbryne

 The Woman Who Befriended Ghosts

 Cocobolo

 The Pigeons of Saint Paul's

 The Girl Who Could Tame Nightmares

 The Locust

 The Boy Who Could Hold Back the Sea

 The Tale of Cuthbert

Some stories were better than others, but i liked this book a lot. It's a nice collection for readers of the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series. The Splendid Cannibals was a great choice for being the first story in this book, because it got me hooked immediately.

Review: Catacomb by Madeleine Roux

Title: Catacomb (Asylum #3)
Author: Madeleine Roux
Published: September 1st 2015
Date Read: September 19th – 23rd 2016
Read In: English

Sometimes the Past is Better of Buried.

Senior year is finally over. After all they've been through, Dan, Abby, and Jordan are excited to think about what will happen when the summer ends. But on their way to visit Jordan's uncle in New Orleans, the three friends notice that someone appears to be following them. Then Dan starts receiving phone messages from someone he didn't expect to hear fro again – someone who died last Halloween.

As the strange occurrences escalate, Dan is forced to accept that everything that has happened to him in the past year may not be coincidence, but fate – a fate that ties Dan to a group called the Bone Artists, who have a sinister fascination with notorious killers of the past. Now Dan's only hope is that he will make it out of his senior trip alive.

The story was okay, but unnecessary like the second book. I thought Asylum was great on its own, and it would have been better if it was a stand-alone book. It felt a bit too much that all this happened to three people.

Review: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Title: Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #3) 
Author: Ransom Riggs
Published: September 22nd 2015
Date Read: December 26th to January 5th
Read In: English

A Boy With Extraordinary Powers.

An Army Of Deadly Monsters.

An Epic Battle For The Future Of Peculiardom.

The Adventure that began with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and continued with Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls. As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he's diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children. They'll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devil's Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. It's a place where the fate of peculiar children everywhere will be decided once and for all. Like its predecessors, Library of Souls blends thrilling fantasy with never-before-published vintage photography to creat a one-of-a-kind reading experience.



It's been quite a time since i've read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Hollow City, but i think i didn't forget too many details of those two books. This one is the last part of a trilogy and even though it's sad sometimes, i'm kind of glad i have finished this series. While i really liked #1, it really took me some days to finish #2. Library of Souls was quite a journey, but i'm not sure if it should have been this long. It's only a few days in the book, but while reading it felt longer. But i still liked this book and i'm glad i've discovered this trilogy by Ransom Riggs in the first place.