The Beast found beauty.

Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This kind of books always remind me why I love to read and why I spent so much time around them than with people. You are never wrong of what the book is trying to tell you and it always understands you, giving you advice on how to overcome a dark place in your life. Many girls felt like Beth did..like a Beast. Being able to account all their faults as easy as count 1, 2, 3. I'm one of those girls on bad days. But like Beth you could end up with a life changing situation that brings to you an opportunity to change, to transform yourself, for better of course.

In Beth's case was her being chose to be the soprano soloist in her choir because if there is something that Beth excels at is at singing. She has a voice that doesn´t matches her outter appearance. The only person who truly sees Beth as who she is, is her best friend, Scott. Awkward Scott who doesn't call her mean things and support her when she is dealing with bullys at school. Scott who seems to care for her and not only in a friendly kind of way.

And after the transformation of her life ( a total makeover) Beth and her choir are ready to show the entire choir world what are they made of. What Beth doesn't see coming is that her choir's biggest competition is also her most unattainable dream boy. Derek, mysterious Derek, lead singer of the Amabile Boys Choir is dazzling. Gorgeous guy who posses a voice to die for and a secret...one that he doesn't want Beth to know about because it could change everything.

After the uprising romance begun at Switzerland it moved to theri hometows. Beth with the giddyness of first love and both of them trying to make it work, though Derek seems to be falling apart from her, disappearing for days without notice. And that only complicates her now very awkward relationship with Scott who, after she came back, revealed a secret that she didn't saw coming but inside her knew it was there.

After several months, still Derek disappears but now is different. He missed a very important presentation of Beth's choir and she is not going to get the opportunity go. But when she founds Derek and Derek's ultimate secret she can only understand him now more than ever.









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It really bothered me how jealous Beth was of Derek, her attitude didn't help in me liking her. But you can only understand what she went thorugh. And after finding out Derek is dying, you just can wish for the best, although the ending is no surprise. Derek dies, and that last scene with him makes you cry all over. You feel like losing something very precious. I loved Derek and loved how he encouraged Beth to move on and telling her that maybe Scott isn't a bad choice for her. He always knows he is going to die, what makes his relationship with Beth more painful. Buit knowing Scott will be with her makes him feel relief and hope for the girl he loves. I just love this book, this story, this character. Based on a real life Amabile boy. May he rest in Piece. =) Angela Morrison became one of my favorite authors ever.



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Grief.

Fall for Anything by Courtney Summers

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is the saddest book I've ever read..and I know COurtney Summers would be the only one writing like this, with such grief that wraps you..doubts that constantly wakes you from your favourite dream..loneliness when surrounded by the whole world..and this story is just..I've never lost anybody close to me, thanks God, and not under this circumstances either. But it is just perfect for the one's who, in fact, have gone thorugh it.Grief.The real kind.

If you have lost someone and you read this because you believe a work of fiction will bring you answers..don't waste your time. It won't.Simple as that. But read it becasue it allows you to understand and to learn how other people deal with what you are dealing with. And the story has a great message to it...if you seek answers you'll only find more questions.If you try to understand you´ll only doubt. Just try to shape your life to the outcome of something terrible, something that in a way had to happen even though you didn't want to.

Eddie, who is a girl, has lost her father through suicide and now she wants to understand why. He didn't left any answers, he jsut needed to go. Eddie´s mom s wreck, barely coming out of the bed, always wearing her husband's housecoat, losing his scent, any trace of his existence. Eddie doesn´t know why her father did what he did, did he had a motive? Of course, but what was it? But he was a photographer, an artist, and artists have a different point of view of the world..their senses are sharper..would that be? Eddie was no artist so she wouldn't know what her father felt or sense.

Milo, Eddie's best friend, tries to help her..but to Eddie's eyes he doesn't just get it. She is all by herself. Until Culler Evans come into the picture...literally. A student of her father's..goign through the same things as her. Seeking for anwsers..a why. They have a connection and they feel it.

And then these little pieces of Seth Reeves start to appear..and maybe those are the keys to unravel the mistery behind his suicide.

So many things happen, you just feel Eddie's grief through all the pages. Like she is one of your nearest friends and without needing words or sounds you just know what she is going through.

Milo is a constant rock to Eddie but he is also a human being who also suffers her loss..because he has lost something too..the very same night everything happened. And Culler's part to everything is just key for Eddie to find closure. I liked it very much but just a little warning. After you finish it you'll probably end up a little sad yourself. Don't be scare. It'll go away but you will always know now.

Unforgetable.



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Do you believe in Time Traveling?

Timeless by Alexandra Monir

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I'm still in shock for that ending..and here is why.
Michele..with one L please LOL....has to move with her big Money grandparents, whom she have never seen before after her mom died in a car accident. Life changing experience, and she has no idea HOW MUCH life changing will be. The discovery of a key, the only thing her long lost father ever left and wich her mom never spoke of..is one element of a recurrent dream, one Michele had almost her entire life. And now the adventure begins.
The Time Traveling sensation and the feelings of meeting all those family members in their respective time periods bring Michele to get over losing her mom and helps her explain her awkward relationship with her new found grandparents. But nothing would've been more important than meeting the very same guy from those life lasting dreams of hers.
Now she has a name for him, Philip, and their love will surpass everything, even the complicated laws of Time.

OH.MY.GOD. Though the feelings between Philip and Michele were lacking of some credibility, the story was amazing. I didn´t believe much their feelings toward one another, there was something missing but the way the author allows you to know the story's developement as well to Michele that it leaves you with a feeling of assurance that everything will go well at the end. Some facts were obvious a first but there is a moment were everything is kind of confusing and then the story starts to come out at it's fullest. And if you like to experience a bit of every time period Michele visits you will not be disappointed, the description are rather accurate and the music, though you cannot hear it you can feel it. It just awesome that some authors include some playlists to their stories, cause to books/music lovers like myself love to do that, match some songs with their favorite books, they just save us time.
The last pages just brought me to tears..I have promise not to include spoilers and I will stand by it so the only thing that I will say is that...WOW! It couldn't have ended better than that. Obviously there is a sequel because Michele has so much to discover still, there are some lose pieces here and there that I´m sure will come to end on the sequel.
Best Cliff Hanger Ending Nominee....no way to put it better than that..it just was unexpected.Although you kind of see that coming. There is too much to the story to just do one book. But I just couldn't believe my eyes when the words 'To Be Continued' appeared..awesome. I don't know much about Alexandra Monir..but I will defienitely never forget her name. She is a promising soon-to-be-author in my "Best Authors" list =)



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Never doubt your Amazon.com...LOL

This author form Georgia came up with this singular and captivating story that I´m sure you will love.

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


After months of seeing this book coming up on my Amazon.com researches, you know, to keep up with what is new on the YA literature, one day from out of nowhere a blog of some sort came into my screen showing new deals on movies based on books. And in that list were some of my favorite ones and The MAze Runner was included, so yeah, I'm expectng that movie now, but first...My curiosity on WHAT this book had in order for Hollywood to want it steped up and I decided to read it.

Darkness....where was he? Thomas didn´t know..what are those boys doing in here? What is this all about? And the most important question of all....WHO WAS HE?????
One thing that will definitely appeal to you is the mystery..you never know what is going on, whay things are happening as they are and the writing is just delicious. James Dashner makes you feel IN there with the characters, moving along with the plot.
After getting himself, somehow, into this....how to call it? Questions, questions and more questions and barely a few facts. Once a month a new boy comes with the weekly supplies. The doors close at sunset. And there are the Grievers, ugly creatures that live in the Maze..a maze that surrounds where all those boys are with no way of getting out. All they could do was explore it and try to discover what it is guarding them from..or for. But the very next day Thomas arrived something that in the two years they´ve being living in there has never happen..ever. A girl arrived to their place and she will change everyhing. What is going on? Not even the older ones know..all they could figure out is that their time in the Maze is OVER.
The Maze Runner captvates your adventureside and activates your defenses..you want to help be in there with all of them but at the same time you don't because you are safe at your home. This is a definitely must-have nominee. I loved it. No disappointment whatsoever. I can't believe it took me this long to read it.



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Also by James Dashner:The 13th Reality series,The Journal of Curious Letters.

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A sequel to remember...

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I lOVED it!!!!!!! I just found out it was the sequel to If I stay..How bad of a reader am I? The worst it seems..but still I read it and loved it.
After an accident anything goes back to normal and specially not after THE accident. Adam, aaww Adam, you captivated all girls hearts with your dedication at the last book but wow, this twist of you being the rock star you always wanted to be but not having everything you wanted out of life, specially not having Mia. Yeah that's right, no Mia & Adam and that's what this book is about..The explanation on why they didn't stick together? Where did everything went wrong?
From the very beginning you want to know but you MUST go through the whole journey to understand completely.
The narrative is just exquisite..delicious, delightful, marvelous, amazing. All the pieces of this puzzle that you are not able to see until the author allows you to. I just want a third one but know that this is the end for Adam & Mia, their story is complete, there isn't anything else they have to show us, leaving the space free for a new story to come, a story that I will wait with all the patience in the world.Not really but I'll have to.
Im infatuated by both books, they make you think, make you reflect about EVRYTHING..but also it makes you believe in modern life fairytales. They just dont have the same villans and monsters, those became the characters inner fears, flaws, mistakes they make, wrong decisions made, but Godmother never let us down, and that part is the way out every author offers, the solution of all problems and of course Prince Charming, that one is the ending, the feeling that tells you everything will go well from now on, is the goal we all want to achive, we all want Prince Charming. Perfect! Top on my list!



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Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


At first the idea of a re-tell of Romeo&Juliet was appealing to me.I'm not afraid to try new stuff. And this BIG possible mistake..was pulled really well.
I absolutely fell in love with Ben, who's part you´ll discover throughout the story. Of course it had it's confusing parts, meaning you have to spare some time to really really read it. The Mercenary and Ambassador concept was new for me and it gave the author possibilities to where to direct the plot, giving also the chance to the reader to make false assumptions, making the story even better, because you never know where this will turn, or if it will be right or left, up or down or another.
Although the ending was a little flat, it hadn´t that much emotion or maybe my expectations got in the way but it was the perfect ending. A happy-ending not like the one for the originals Romeo and Juliet =)
I really liked it and I wasn't disappointed. I totally recommend it to anyone who is willing to take a new perspective to the never aging tragedy of forbidden love written by the literatur master, Shakespeare.



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