This book is LONG

GoT is a long ass book and I have exams so that sucks. But the story is still basically the same so far and I like it!

We have good reasons

Naminé and I are entering a science competition (not together but the same one) so we've been hella busy for the past few weeks. Like no-lunch-times-and-all-free-time-spent-on-this-one-thing busy. 

Science is hard and this competition wasn't easy. But everything is finished and we only have tomorrow left and then WE ARE DONE WITH IT. 

Personally, I can't wait. I'll be sad 'cause it's actually a lot of fun but stress levels were way too high.

ANYWAY, books. I'm currently reading Game of Thrones (as in I'm like 100 pages in but I've been busy) and I really love it. It is a little hard to read but I was expecting worse the way people were going on about it. So I think, if they're the kind of books you're into, you should read it. It isn't for everyone and there is sexual content and mature themes. The show is a good depiction of the book.

Basically not for the young or people who don't like these certain mature themes. (They can be triggering and that isn't something that be skimmed over. They do contain sexual assault and violence)

But good books. I like it and I love the TV show so I kinda knew what to expect. 

As I read, I'll try to keep you updated!

Later angels,

For Tessa

Hello human life forms!

Tessa has been begging me for this, so here it is her song, in my opinion!!

....Except I couldn't think of one..... (DON'T HURT ME)

I randomly thought of Ari's so.... Just wait until I stumble upon one...

So, instead, is simply a message for Tessa in the form of a song:

Thank Naminé

Re: Broken Skies

I (luckily) received an ARC from Theresa Kay for her novel Broken Skies (for an honest review) and let me tell you, it was wonderful.
This is the GoodReads page of the bookand here is how you can buy it online. (b/c you should buy it and leave an honest review of the book. It helps everyone {and more people will fall in love with it that way})
 {What I just posted was my GoodReads review. This, if you have read any of my previous reviews, will be more babble-y and strange. Hey I must keep up my rep, okay?}
As always, anything like this contains (slight)spoilers.

Anyway, the blurb;
Thirty years ago, civilization collapsed. Few survived.
Ten years ago, the aliens arrived…and stayed.
One year ago, I killed two men and went a little crazy.
Today, the aliens took my brother and I will do anything to get him back.

In seventeen-year-old Jax Mitchell's world, humans are nearly extinct and alien settlers have arrived.

Until recently, the E’rikon have remained segregated in their city and ignored the few humans who have tried to engage them… but now they have taken Jax’s brother. To rescue him, she forms an uneasy alliance with a teenage E’rikon left stranded in the woods. She agrees to guide him to the city if he sneaks her past the human-proof barrier. Too bad it’s not that simple.

Jax, who cannot stand to be touched, finds that’s she’s drawn to the alien boy with bright green hair and jewel-like scales down his back. And he’s equally affected by her, the courageous redhead with haunted eyes. But she doesn’t know the alien’s true motives and he has no idea that she is much more than she seems.

In this world where alien and human are at odds, the connection forming between the two has consequences. What started off as a rescue mission sets a chain of events in motion which threatens not only the remaining humans and the growing alien society, but Earth itself.

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My rating out of 5;  4.75
           My reason for it not being 5/5, you ask? I think Jax could have gone deeper into Lir and Jace's minds. Seen the truth...  

Random sentences explaining my emotions

Prepare yourself for the biggest book hangover of you life.

I can't think of things to say in a proper way after finishing this book. My mind is melted, in a good way. 

Utterly brilliant and unbelievably amazing, this book will make itself a new home on your favourite shelf. 
I can't think in coherent sentences anymore.  Brain=mush
The twists that happen in this book are not only surprising and unusual, but they leave you wanting more and in all honesty they hurt. 

Jax herself is so broken, yet strong and willful. She's not to be messed with and she falls apart. She isn't a 'three dimensional' character, she's an enigma of reality. She shows that people can break under simple things (her case when touched) but she shows that people can fix themselves with a little help. She needs other people to help her no matter how hostile she is to people in general. Jax embodies the broken mind of someone fighting to be whole again. She's a badass without meaning to be, and lives in extremes. Jax is a real character with real and confusing emotions.

 Lir 

Jax's (the books narrator) views on people gave me the impression of how people seem in real life. They way that every character is written is simply beautiful.

Personally, I would have liked if Jax had been angrier at Jace towards the end. I think it would have been a bit more realistic. I know she wasn't acting how she was before with him, but I felt like more anger would have been appropriate. 

Ari

Also if you ever wanted to know what I think of Ari then here it is:

Rule no.1: She is awesome.

This is what I think her theme song for life is... (at least when she's being herself this is what I think of)

A message to Ari now:

See you guys soon, if I'm not dead!
Thank Naminé

Schedule and Life

People of Earth and the Internets,

I apologise for my absence. Although in future I will not be apologising because I was busy due to life and I will not apologise for that. I will try to post a review this weekend, I just finished a book so I will start writing it soon!

You guys should know also that all three of the crew here will be going on holiday on the 21st of April so we won't be posting that week. I will do my best to post a review at least once a week with maybe a few fun things dotted here and there. I also need to tell you guys that I will hopefully be working over the summer on placements and stuff so there won't be too much from me then. I have a portfolio to prepare for college for December too.

I am currently reading Tempest by Julie Cross and I will then be reading Lost Worlds by Andrew Lane. The review this week will be of Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell! I will tell you now, ah-mazing!

Thank Naminé

Review: Broken Skies

Broken Skies by Theresa Kay
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

**Received ARC from the author for an honest review**
I warn you I'm bad at reviews, but here goes nothing.

Beware of the book hangover that will last a lifetime. No words can describe my feelings for this book. Everything about this book will make you fall in love and fall into a pit of hate at once. I can't think of anything to say about this book without screeching 'IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING' every few (coherent) words. I NEED the next book like I need food.

The book is about Jax,and her quest to find her twin brother Jace after he was kidnapped by the aliens that settled on Earth 10 years ago. She is determined to find and save her twin, even it it means teaming up with the unknown and beautiful alien. The story (mainly) follows Jax and Lir
as they travel back to the unknown city that holds her brother.
The pair begin an uneasy truce, which leads to friendship, and then flows into something more. Though the love story is an under current within the novel, not the reason for the story. The trust is built slowly and when their relationship is on the rocks, they seem to work it out (mostly).

The characters that Kay has written are not only entertaining and engaging, but real. The characters have flaws that make them human and all the more real. They don't have these 'half-flaws' (like arrogance hiding pain and the other overused, cliched flaws that are normally written about). The characters have flaws that only make them better.
Jax herself is so broken, yet strong and willful. She's not to be messed with and she falls apart. She isn't a 'three dimensional' character, she's an enigma of reality. She shows that people can break under simple things (her case when touched) but she shows that people can fix themselves with a little help. She needs other people to help her no matter how hostile she is to people in general. Jax embodies the broken mind of someone fighting to be whole again. She's a badass without meaning to be, and lives in extremes. Jax is a real character with real and confusing emotions.
All the other characters are well developed and thought through, from Emily to Stellan. I love how they were all written, and the relationships between different characters made the book even more enjoyable.
Lir is... Well he made me sad. He's so perfectly imperfect and him through Jax's eyes shows his, well his humanity. He may be an alien, but he has some very human characteristics. I can't wait for Fractured Suns so I can see how they handle everything.

All in all; a fantastic read, great story line, well written characters, and something that just leaves you wanting more

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