Review'd: Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult

Book Review: 
Title: Between the Lines 
Author: Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer
Published June 26th 2012 by Simon Pulse


Goodreads Summary: 
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her teenage daughter present their first-ever novel for teens, filled with romance, adventure, and humor.What happens when happily ever after…isn’t?     Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book—one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy tale, but it feels real. Prince Oliver is brave, adventurous, and loving. He really speaks to Delilah.     And then one day Oliver actually speaks to her. Turns out, Oliver is more than a one-dimensional storybook prince. He’s a restless teen who feels trapped by his literary existence and hates that his entire life is predetermined. He’s sure there’s more for him out there in the real world, and Delilah might just be his key to freedom.     Delilah and Oliver work together to attempt to get Oliver out of his book, a challenging task that forces them to examine their perceptions of fate, the world, and their places in it. And as their attraction to each other grows along the way, a romance blossoms that is anything but a fairy tale.


DeLibrarie Review: 
This might be the cutest book I've ever read. It was just so sweet! It reminded me SO much of The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley, which I loved as a child. It was really adorable, but that is really all it is. Don't go into it thinking that you'll be wowed, or that you'll be chomping at the bit to find out what happens... it's just not that type of book. It is one that kept me entertained while I was reading it, but I was never pulled into it, if that makes sense. I also think that it might be geared toward the younger side of the YA spectrum. I totally recommend it though, I really enjoyed it. 

Review'd: Rapture by Lauren Kate

Book Review:
Title: Rapture (Fallen #4)
Author: Lauren Kate
Published: June 12th, 2012 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers


Goodreads Summary: 
RAPTURE, the fourth & final FALLEN novel, is the Lauren Kate book the world has been waiting for.

The sky is dark with wings. . . .

Like sand through an hourglass, time is running out for Luce and Daniel. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past, they must find the place where the angels fell to earth.

Dark forces are after them, and Daniel doesn’t know if he can do this—live only to lose Luce again and again. Yet together they face an epic battle that will end with lifeless bodies . . . and angel dust. Great sacrifices are made. Hearts are destroyed.

And suddenly Luce knows what must happen. For she was meant to be with someone other than Daniel. The curse they’ve borne has always and only been about her—and the love she cast aside. The choice she makes now is the only one that truly matters. In the fight for Luce, who will win?

The astonishing conclusion to the FALLEN series. Heaven can’t wait any longer.

DeLibrarie Review: 
It's hard to believe it's the end of this beautiful series. I picked up Fallen because I was so anxious for My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares to be released and I'd noticed that the synopsis' were relatively similar, and by that I mean Practically Identical. So, while I impatiently waited for Brashares's book, I bought Fallen. I LOVED it!!! I loved is so much that when My Name is Memory was released a week later I decided I wasn't going to read it until I was done with the entire Fallen Saga. I've been done with Rapture now for a few weeks and I still can't bring myself to pick up the other book because I don't really want to tarnish my memory of Luce and Daniels story. 


Like I mentioned in a post that I wrote a couple of weeks ago, It is a year of saying goodbye for me. I've said goodbye to Wings, Hex Hall, and now Fallen. While I loved the endings to Destined and Spellbound, I think that the way that Lauren Kate ended Rapture was my favorite. I honestly didn't see it coming, and I'm glad that I didn't because it made it that much more satisfying. I'm not going to go into it because I really don't want to unintentionally spoil anything and it is virtually impossible to talk about it without spoiling the end of Passion or the end of Rapture. 


The ONLY ONLY ONLY thing that this book didn't have that I wanted it to was: a lot of Cam. That's all I'm going to say. It is just really hard for me to talk about any specific plot points without ruining something, and I want everyone who loves this series to have the same experience that I did.