Transitive Verve

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. OKAY. Before I get into the thick of it, let me explain, for the uninitiated. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries  is a vlog-style Youtube-based modernization of Pride and Prejudice,  and it was amazing and won an EMMY, and  I LOVE IT , and... and... JUST WATCH IT OKAY. If you love Pride and Prejudice , you just HAVE to watch it. Even though it's been over for years now, I have still been holding out hope that someday the creators will give us SOMETHING, some sort of scraps of our generation's version of one of the greatest literary couples of all time, Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Well.... *deep breaths*... that someday was TODAY.

Thoughts at a glance: **** (I really liked it) Summary:  Frankie Devereaux wishes she could forget witnessing her boyfriend's murder - except that due to PTSD, she can't remember enough of it to help catch the killer. In the months since, Frankie has seen her life slide downhill - once a Stanford-bound straight-A student at a wealthy private school, Frankie lands herself in some hot water which leads to her getting sent to live with her father on the "bad" side of town. At her new public school, good girl Frankie is immediately drawn to bad boy Marco Leone, who participates in some very illegal activities. Their chemistry is undeniable, but so are their differences, especially considering that Frankie's father is an undercover cop. And when he finds a lead that connects to Marco, things get really complicated.

Thoughts at a glance:   ***** (It was amazing!) Summary: This is the second book in a series, so please be forewarned that this review contains spoilers for book 1, An Ember in the Ashes . You can read my review for that here . Picking up right where Ember  leaves off, Laia and Elias are now the Empire's Most Wanted. They're both supposed to be dead, but instead, they are now escaping through the tunnels underneath Serra, with the Commandant, the Masks, and the new Blood Shrike - aka, Elias' best friend Helene - hot on their heels. Laia and Elias have a treacherous journey ahead of them as they attempt to travel to Kauf prison, to break out Laia's brother Darin, whom may or may not even still be alive at this point. Along the way, not only do they have to dodge the entire Empire (Martials, bounty hunters, etc), but apparently some otherworldly beings are after them as well, with some alarming consequences. A new narrator for this book, Helene Aquilla has sworn...

This book was provided to me for free through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thoughts at a glance: ** (It was okay) Summary: Britta is all alone this world - her father, bounty hunter for the King of Malam, was murdered two months ago, and the only other person who cared about her - a boy who apprenticed with her father - left without a word well before that. Starving, with her home on the verge of being seized by the government, Britta is then caught poaching in the King's forest. It's a death sentence for sure - until she is offered a deal: her life will be spared if she can hunt down her father's murderer. Who happens to be Cohen, the very boy whom she had grown to love and who had broken her heart when he had disappeared from her life. With Royal Guards in tow, Britta must hunt down the boy she loves and kill him in exchange for her own life. But as they travel through the country, which is on the verge of war, Britta realizes that things are not w...

Thoughts at a glance: ***** (It was amazing!) Summary:  Natasha is all about facts and science; Daniel is all about poetry and philosophy. Natasha is practical, sensible; Daniel is daydreamy, passionate. Natasha believes in choices; Daniel believes in fate. Natasha is twelve hours away from being deported back to Jamaica with her family; Daniel is on his way to an interview for Yale because his Korean immigrant parents really want him to go there and become a doctor. Natasha doesn't have time to fall in love with this wonderful, adorable boy whom she's just met on the street; Daniel knew after one glance at Natasha that they were meant to be. Over the course of a day, it seems as if the universe is conspiring, according to Daniel. Or, as according to Natasha, is everything just a series of coincidences?

Disclaimers: while my blog post itself does not contain any sexual content, this book does. This is a review for a book that is meant for mature audiences, and therefore is unsuitable for minors. This book was provided to me for free through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thoughts at a glance: ** (It was okay) Summary:  Miranda is struggling to put herself through school, cleaning hotel suites by day, and studying and bartending by night. But she's proud of what she's accomplished, and she isn't interested in any romantic entanglements. Until she meets Jake Birch, professional hockey player and practically a professional womanizer. Jake has never met a woman like Miranda before, and he's intrigued. But they come from two different worlds (she cleans his hotel room, for crying out loud), and when some added past drama comes into the mix, the complications start to grow.