Emo & Jes E-Book Talk Tuesday: Favorite Books

From: Jes
To: Emo
Subject: So what is your very, very favorite book you have read. The one you will re-read until you're, like, 57 years old and can not stand to read it anymore, so you read it again??


Ice by Sarah Beth Durst

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From: Emo
To: Jes
Subject: RE: So what is your very, very favorite book you have read. The one you will re-read until you're, like, 57 years old and can not stand to read it anymore, so you read it again??

Haha! Even more difficult...

I think I'm going to say Ice by Sarah Beth Durst. I loved that one so, so much. And it is my favorite fairy/folk tale- East of the Sun, West of the Moon- so it has that going for it. The author is brilliant. I love all of the characters and the spin on the traditional tale. It was great. And I have re-read it time and time again and will continue to do so.

Sun, Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

Also Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George is a great retelling of the story.

And, you are already aware of my relationship with the novel Scorpio Races. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

But Ice wins... :)

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From: Jessica Ellis
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 1:45 PM
To: Emily Peters
Subject: RE: So what is your very, very favorite book you have read. The one you will re-read until you're, like, 57 years old and can not stand to read it anymore, so you read it again??

The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce

Oh yay! Love Ice it is like the greatest you are right. I think it is thus so far that I have read my favorite re-telling of a fairytale. It’s so good! I think my favorite has got to be, and you may not like this but, The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce. I really, really love this book and that series. It’s so fracking awesome I may re-read soon!!

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From: Emo
To: Jes
Subject: RE: So what is your very, very favorite book you have read. The one you will re-read until you're, like, 57 years old and can not stand to read it anymore, so you read it again??

Really?! I might have to re-read them then. Give them another chance if you loved them so much. Mom was just talking about them too, just the other day. How funny!

 

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From: Jes
To: Emo
Subject: RE: So what is your very, very favorite book you have read. The one you will re-read until you're, like, 57 years old and can not stand to read it anymore, so you read it again??

Oh Em! I love them. They are so good, it’s like at one point I just want her to kick his butt, tear off one of his wings and then the next I’m like ohh but you love him, go marry him!!

Yeah no those are definitely my favorite the author *Meredith Ann Pierce* did a fantastic job!!!

 

 

 

Also Mentioned:

 

Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Just Around the Corner: Indelible by Dawn Metcalf

(THE BLURB)

Some things are permanent.

Indelible.

And they cannot be changed back.

Joy Malone learns this the night she sees a stranger with all-black eyes across a crowded room—right before the mystery boy tries to cut out her eye. Instead, the wound accidentally marks her as property of Indelible Ink, and this dangerous mistake thrusts Joy into an incomprehensible world—a world of monsters at the window, glowing girls on the doorstep, and a life that will never be the same.

Now, Joy must pretend to be Ink’s chosen one—his helper, his love, his something for the foreseeable future...and failure to be convincing means a painful death for them both. Swept into a world of monsters, illusion, immortal honor and revenge, Joy discovers that sometimes, there are no mistakes.

Somewhere between reality and myth lies…

THE TWIXT

Indelible will be published July 30, 2013 by publisher Harlequin Teen and I can't fracking wait!!

(The link to amazon.com)
Indelible by Dawn Metcalf

A Review: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.

Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another.

Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.


The Review:

Wow. wha wha wha wow!!
I loved this book. As said when I purchased this book I am not a person who is big on historical fantasy, but this was so good!
So according to the author her inspiration was a twisted take on Cinderella. Now I'm not sure I got that or not, but I did not care.
As far as I am concerned Celaena Sardothien is one of my very favorite YA heroines ( YES I dare to say favorite). When we first meet her she has been imprisoned in these mines, but she does not let that dampen her spirit not one bit. She is quite the lippy little thing which provides a great amount of humor to the story. 
It is here after being escorted by the Captain of the Royal Guard Chaol Westfall, that she meets prince Dorian, who wants her to be his Champion in, what proves to be a deadly, competition to become his fathers, the king, royal assassin. If she wins it means freedom, after 4 years of services that is, but losing means being sent back to the mines. So what does she do, why she accepts the offer of course. Little does she know that darkness surrounds these competitions and something very deadly lurks the halls of the glass castle killing off the competitors one by one. 
Oh, this was such a good story. It never strayed anywhere where I did not want to follow, never one second was I bored wishing myself ahead of the story, there was always something intriguing going on! 
Celaena was such a lovable character, despite her profession. She was just really at the end of the day a girl. A girl who loves parties and dresses, maybe even a little romance as well, but can also fashion a knife with soap and sewing needles. Who is scared of letting people in but does it anyway and above all values her freedom. By the end of the book there is still so much to discover about her and much of the other characters that I cannot wait for book two.
This book also provides a slew of interesting characters: A brooding captain of the guard, a charming prince, a princess from another kingdom, a very suspicious duke, a conniving courtier, and a very dangerous king are just among a very select few. 
I should probably mention something about the romance in this book because it does very much so contain it, I have some very strong opinions about it actually, but it's not what kept the pages turning for me (okay that's a little lie it did keep the pages turning sometimes), I loved the idea of this competition, the tests and trials and how it molded and changed all the characters (some changed for the better, some for the very worse)  and some of their views on what it means to be a honorable person.
I cannot wait for book numbro  2!! I am so happy to give this book a rating....................
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...........My Purchases..........

Today when I was out and about I stopped at a little bookstore called Half Priced Books. This place is like my new book haven I love it! I don't know about you, but I love the character of a used book, like, you just know that someone has held this book and formed their own opinions and own attachment or possibly detachment to the book. I think it gives the book a different kind of life. I don't know maybe that may be a little cray cray, but it doesn't hurt that they are literally half the price you would pay for the book at say B&N and the condition of the books are very good too!
Now onto the books (Links to amazon.com and blurbs are below):

Rampant by Diana Peterfreund:
Forget everything you ever knew about unicorns . . .
Real unicorns are venomous, man-eating monsters with huge fangs and razor-sharp horns. Fortunately, they've been extinct for a hundred and fifty years.
Or not.
Astrid had always scoffed at her eccentric mother's stories about killer unicorns. But when one of the monsters attacks her boyfriend—thereby ruining any chance of him taking her to the prom—Astrid finds herself headed to Rome to train as a unicorn hunter at the ancient cloisters the hunters have used for centuries.
However, at the cloisters all is not what it seems. Outside, the unicorns wait to attack. And within, Astrid faces other, unexpected threats: from the crumbling, bone-covered walls that vibrate with a terrible power to the hidden agendas of her fellow hunters to—perhaps most dangerously of all—her growing attraction to a handsome art student . . . an attraction that could jeopardize everything.

Tyger Tyger by Kersten Hamilton:

Teagan Wylltson's best friend, Abby, dreams that horrifying creatures--goblins, shape-shifters, and beings of unearthly beauty but terrible cruelty--are hunting Teagan. Abby is always coming up with crazy stuff, though, so Teagan isn't worried. Her life isn't in danger. In fact, it's perfect. She's on track for a college scholarship. She has a great job. She's focused on school, work, and her future. No boys, no heartaches, no problems.
     Until Finn Mac Cumhaill arrives. Finn's a bit on the unearthly beautiful side himself. He has a killer accent and a knee-weakening smile. And either he's crazy or he's been haunting Abby's dreams, because he's talking about goblins, too . . . and about being The Mac Cumhaill, born to fight all goblin-kind. Finn knows a thing or two about fighting. Which is a very good thing, because this time, Abby's right. The goblins are coming.

The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze:

Happily ever after is a thing of the past.

A series of natural disasters has decimated the earth. Cut off from the rest of the world, England is a dark place. The sun rarely shines, food is scarce, and groups of criminals roam the woods, searching for prey. The people are growing restless.

When a ruthless revolutionary sets out to overthrow the crown, he makes the royal family his first target. Blood is shed in Buckingham Palace, and only sixteen-year-old Princess Eliza manages to escape.

Determined to kill the man who destroyed her family, Eliza joins the enemy forces in disguise. She has nothing to live for but revenge, until she meets someone who helps her remember how to hope--and love--once more. Now she must risk everything to ensure that she does not become...

The Last Princess. 

 

 

 

Emo & Jes E-Book Talk Tuesday

From: Jes
To: Emo
Subject: So what is your very least favorite book ever? A book you were, like, "OMG I can't believe I just read that, it was bad"...................

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From: Emo
To: Jes
Subject: RE: So what is your very least favorite book ever? A book you were, like, "OMG I can't believe I just read that, it was bad"...................

 

Oh my. That's a tough question...

The only one that is coming to my mind is that book called Hopeless by Colleen Hoover.... I mean, when I began it, it seemed like it had potential. But too many crazy turns and it left me with a creepy feeling. I would not recommend it for just being a terrible story. Like bad. Even after everything was (somewhat) resolved I was still left thinking "Ew!" So... yeah... But would I say it was the worst? IDK. I'll probably think of a really good one in a little while. Haha!

But I've found that I don't like the new older YA genre... the in-between of YA and Adult fiction (where they are in college and in 'adult situations' but are still incredibly immature)...and this was nearer to that than true YA.

 Also... That Boy by Jillian Dodd... didn't even finish this one. It was just terrible-writing, story, characters. Everything.

 Also, I hate to say that cause she's our Avett fan and her other book 'Slammed' was great.

 

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From: Jes
To: Emo
Subject: RE: So what is your very least favorite book ever? A book you were, like, "OMG I can't believe I just read that, it was bad"...................

 Wow! Not what I was expecting you to say. And yeah, disappointing because I did like “Slammed”.  I don’t know how I feel about the New Adult books (I think that’s what they call them), you are right they seem extremely immature, worse so then some Ya novels. I say some because not all are bad.

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From: Emo
To: Jes
Subject: RE: So what is your very least favorite book ever? A book you were, like, "OMG I can't believe I just read that, it was bad"...................

Very true... Not all are bad.

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From: Jes
To: Emo
Subject: RE: So what is your very least favorite book ever? A book you were, like, "OMG I can't believe I just read that, it was bad"...................

My least favorite is “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” by CS Lewis because and this may seem silly, but I read the first four books of the Chronicles of Narnia just fine no problem, this book every time I picked it up no matter day or night, I fell asleep. It was like I would read one sentence and then I was just out.  For that alone I am naming it my least favorite book!

 

BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS POST (and links to Amazon.com) :

That Boy by Jillian Dodd 

Slammed by Colleen Hoover

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover 

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just Around the Corner: Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay

(The Blurb)

In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra is raised merely to sacrifice herself someday to ensure her people's vitality. In the desert outside, Gem, a mutant boy, fights to keep his people from starvation. Neither dreams that together they could return balance to their world. Isra, a Smooth Skin, bound by magical covenant to the city of Yuan, wants to help the Banished people of her city, second-class citizens despised for possessing Monstrous traits the blind princess believes she also possesses. One night, Gem is captured while trying to steal the city's enchanted roses, and he becomes Isra's beastly prisoner from the desert. But when Isra enlists the aid of Gem to help her grow herbs that will prevent mutation, she discovers just how human he is, and she begins to question everything she's been raised to believe. As dark secrets from the past are revealed and Isra's sight returned, she will have to choose between duty to her people and the beast she has come to love.

This is to be released July 23, 2013 by publisher Delacorte Press.

So I know this is more than around the corner, but this just sounds bananas (that means crazy friggin awesome). I love a good fairytale retelling and this just sounds so promising!!! Link to amazon.com below:

Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay @ Amazon.com

............What I Have Purchased This Week.............

Well actually I have not purchased anything this week. I did however purchase a book about a year ago that I have failed to read ever since I got it. I don't know why I never read it, but I know why I purchased it. The COVER! and the BLURB! were just amazing. I thought that it just sounded and looked fracking spectacular! So I have decided to give it another try!
Link to Amazon.com and Blurb are below:

Shadow and Bone (Grisha Trilogy (Shadow and Bone) by Leigh Bardugo

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

(I know exciting right??!!??)

Emo & Jes E-Book Talk Tuesday

From: Jes
To: Emo
Subject: So how goes North of Beautiful?

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From: Emo
To: Jes
Subject: RE: So how goes North of Beautiful?

 

Well... It went smoothly for a while... then sputtered to a stop when I picked up Scorpio Races again.
 
I really liked it. It had its moments of greatness, humor-wise. And it's poetic, y'know? But I feel like it tries a bit too hard. Too many metaphors. Too many references to maps. And there were inconsistencies with the characters.
 
I might be being a little nit-picky.
 
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed what I've read of it so far, and plan to finish it soon. But it wasn't my favorite. And I now know why you had a hard time remembering if you read it.  I do wanna finish it though.

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From: Jes
To: Emo
Subject: RE: So how goes North of Beautiful?

Yeah, it is hard to get around the map stuff, but I liked it enough to finish it. But it definitely went through one ear and out the other so to speak, because I read it not listened to it, you know what I mean?

 

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From: Emo
To: Jes
Subject: RE: So how goes North of Beautiful?

 

Haha! In one eye and out the other just doesn't make much sense either. And I wanna finish it, but distractions. I've got less than 50 pages left of Scorpio Races then I am definitely picking it back up.

 

Check it out @:
North of Beautiful be Justina Chen @ Amazon.com

 

Just Around the Corner: Ink (Paper Gods, #1) by Amanda Sun

So I have read and re-read this blurb like a million time (exaggeration) and I can't help but find the idea behind this book so creative and inspiring! Plus I kind of love Japanese culture and legends! The blurb and cover are below:



I looked down at the paper, still touching the tip of my shoe. I reached for it, flipping the page over to look.

Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench.

A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness.

And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and her inky eyes glared straight into mine.

On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks, and she can’t seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building.

Then there’s gorgeous but aloof Tomohiro, star of the school’s kendo team. How did he really get the scar on his arm? Katie isn’t prepared for the answer. But when she sees the things he draws start moving, there’s no denying the truth: Tomo has a connection to the ancient gods of Japan, and being near Katie is causing his abilities to spiral out of control. If the wrong people notice, they'll both be targets.

Katie never wanted to move to Japan—now she may not make it out of the country alive.


Ink by Amanda Sun is to be published by Harlequin Teen on June 25, 2013.
Find it at:
Ink (Paper Gods, #1) by Amanda Sun @ Amazon.com

A Review: Stung by Bethany Wiggins

(The Blurb again!)

There is no cure for being stung.

Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she opens her eyes, she discovers her entire world has been altered—her house is abandoned and broken, and the entire neighborhood is barren and dead. Even stranger is the tattoo on her right hand—a black oval with five marks on either side—that she doesn’t remember getting but somehow knows she must cover at any cost. She’s right.

Those bearing the tattoo have turned into mindless, violent beasts that roam the streets and sewers, preying upon the unbranded while a select few live protected inside a fortress-like wall, their lives devoted to rebuilding society and killing all who bear the mark.

Now Fiona has awakened branded, alone—and on the wrong side of the wall.

My Review:
Oh, Stung, Stung, Stung. Sigh.....
Where to start?
So I have been really excited about reading this book since about late January. It's not so much that it disappointed me, it's just some things I found a little strange, so I guess I'll start with the main characters:
Fiona- I just really love her name. Also I felt for her, she wakes up alone in her home which is abandoned and falling apart (which is not how she remembers it) only to be attacked minutes later by a creature who turns out to be her twin brother. I can't think of anything that really bothers me about her character, I'm super grateful she wasn't a complainer even when sometimes she definitely could have been, but sometimes she was a tiny bit naïve and very quick to pull the trigger (sometimes that was literally). Plus I wish she was more of a fighter (not like skilled but just spirit wise) I guess it came in spurts.
Arrin-Oh Lord this one angers me. I was all the time torn between liking her (or maybe him?) or if I totally wanted to slap her in the face. I definitely made up mind be the end and so did her gender. But I will give her /him credit she was such a scrapper even when I did not like her for it!
Bowen- Oh Bowen, I know some reviews gave him hell for hitting a girl, but one he did not know she was a girl, but a fec who could probably handle it (they are usually super strong) and, okay, so I don't have a two except for he has a bunch of built up anger issues which are understandable and plus he is stuck with this job he does not want and with a creature he is afraid of, still not good reasons for hitting anybody, but I just like him and after a little while he kind of opened his shell and became the guy in  a book where I skip ahead a few pages to make sure he is coming back soon then go back to where I was at so I don't really skip anything but know in ten pages I will have more Bowen! Also he has one of my favorite lines in the book!
I really liked the idea of this story and the bee aspect was pretty cool and I think the author did execute it pretty well.
Now the BAD:
(Disclaimer! If anyone ever shoots me I will NOT, I repeat, will NOT be forgiving them three seconds later without even an apology and apology aside it will be years before we are square again, I'm just saying.)
I don't have many complaints with this story other than sometimes it could be a bit cheesy (romantically and otherwise), sometimes things went by without an explanation or I guess a second thought (see disclaimer). I'm sorry but that one really shocked me and I felt not enough was said about it!
Other thing is the ending felt a bit rushed like maybe it could have been dragged out a bit longer (I never say that about a book usually but....)
The ending does leave a cliffhanger so I am sure there will be another book to the story and I am sure I will be reading it. All and all I liked it! Now this story is not a 4 more like a high 3 so I will round:

                                                                         My Rating:

Favorite Line: "You might as well have eaten my heart straight from my living body. I would rather die a thousand times at your hands than see you captured. Even if you eat my heart. Because you already own it." ( I find this extremely hilarious and maybe sweet at the same time, maybe...)

Favorite character: Jonah (read the book you will know why)

 

 



 

............What I've Purchased This Week............:

                                  Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

                                   (The Blurb)

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.

Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another.

Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

(So I don't typically like fantasy-ish books(every once in a while there is something that comes along and I love it, but it's so rare), but this one sounded pretty good + the cover is kind of boss, that lady looks like she is kicking butt and taking names, except she's too busy to take names so she is just kicking butt! Love it!)
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas @ Amazon.com

Emo & Jes E-Book Talk Tuesday: The Sweetest Spell by Suzanne Selfors

From: Emo
To: Jes
Subject: So... I finished The Sweetest Spell book...

 

It was really funny. Kinda cheesy, but not in a bad way. Haha! Now to begin North to Beautiful.

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From: Jes
To: Emo
Subject: RE: So... I finished The Sweetest Spell book...

What was it about again??

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From: Emo
To: Jes
Subject: RE: So... I finished The Sweetest Spell book...

 

Hmm... It's historical; in the kingdom of Anglund (I know! Ha!), where chocolate is only a legend, the daughter of a poor dirt-scratcher must journey to free her father from captivity.
 
Because of her deformed foot, she was cast aside after she was born and left at the edge of the forest to be eaten or stolen by wood spirits. But, 4 cows wondered up and protected her. She was found the next morning and given back to her family. From then on she's been viewed as unnatural. And cows follow her around.
 
The men of the town were called to a draft and she was left alone, then a flood washed away her village, and she was washed down river. Then, another cow saves her (sort of).... it's hysterical.
 
Along the way she meets a lot of wonderful characters, that you can't help but love, not to mention the handsome son of a dairyman.
 
It was hilarious. If anything, it made me laugh.

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From: Jes
To: Emo
Subject: RE: So... I finished The Sweetest Spell book...

 

LOL that sounds hilarious 4 cows follow her around ha J

 

 

 

You can check out The Sweetest Spell by Suzanne Selfors by clicking the link below:

The Sweetest Spell @ Amazon.com

Author Spotlight: Carrie Ryan

I just want to start by saying this woman's books scare the heck out of me!
But that is a complete compliment :)
When I read this author's first book I was creeped out to the max, I legitimately thought that her book "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" was following me around my room when I could have sworn I put the book up on my book shelf and there it was right next to my bed again. I remember constantly checking out my window shades to make sure nothing was out in my yard lurking in the dark.
But after I got over my creep out factor I realized that she had an amazing gift as a story-teller! Her characters were just so completely real and reading it felt like I was watching a movie! I could feel the characters desperation and the hopelessness of their situation. Gosh my chest never ached so much reading a story.
I did not realize the book was about zombie's when I first picked it up, I swear that this is the only zombie book I've ever heard of that never once uses the word zombie to describe the not living characters! Can you say clever? That really impresses me for some reason!
Also I have to just say that even though these are zombie books, the zombies really just do become background noise. These books are all about the characters!
Then I read her second book in the series (well I'm not sure it is a series, book one could stand alone, but two and three must be read together!!) and wow! Just wow!
Again just blown away, the romantic tension (Gabry and Elias! Be still my heart), the despair, and the fight that drives these characters had me reading into the night! Instead of being completely scared this time though I could not read fast enough, I needed to know how the story ended and when I finished it I was sad because I had to play the waiting game for the last book to come out *sad face*
And can I just say that the last chapter of that book had me sitting up, back tense, brow furrowed with stress and literally I was screaming at my book! But that is only a further example at how marvelous of an author she is to create a world I completely despise and find so without hope but I have to come back again to know how the story ends because I'm so completely attached to these characters.
 And OMG when that final book did come out I thought my head would spin off my shoulders with the huge 360 degrees my brain had just preformed. I have no idea how she at one time made me completely love a character and then hate them within the matter of one sentence! It was my favorite book in the series/ may not be called series ever!
After reading her amazing stories I cannot wait for her next full length YA novel. I think she has just this wonderful ability as author at creating the character and world building you can't help but be intrigued by. You can visit her website if you follow this link: Carrie Ryan.
On her website you can find additional links to her blog, join the email list to get the latest update on books, also a link to the authors books, and FAQ!

Books mentioned in my post: (Links take you to Amazon.com!)


The Forest of Hands and Teeth (Book 1)
The Dead-Tossed Waves (Book 2)
The Dark and Hollow Places (Book 3)