New Year Giveaway! ♥

Another amazing year had started. So let's kick start this fabulous year with a bang! I had found some super awesome authors to sponsor my first ever New Year giveaway. Let's see what you can win!

First book up for grabs is Little White Lies, the first book of Mimics of Rune, by Aimee Laine.

When the government needs a body double for a covert operation, they hire shape-shifter Charley Randall. For two centuries, she's played every part from foreign dignitary to office drone. The role she wants most, though, is one she's denied herself three times already.

FBI Agent Wyatt Moreland believes Charley's photographic memory is the key to his latest assignment. He's oblivious to the true extent of her abilities, but he can't deny the sense of déjà vu at their introduction.

Unlike Wyatt, Charley knows this isn't their first meeting.

It's their fourth.

The girl he vowed to love, sixteen years before, stands in front of him in her true form — one he'll never recognize.

With each reconnection, Charley loves him more though she realizes this is her last chance to explain. Only absolute truth can bring them happiness, but can Wyatt forgive her deceptions? Or will lies tear them apart forever?

You can find my review of this book at http://firestarbooks.blogspot.com/2011/12/aimee-laine-white-little-lies-review.html

Second book is Ghost Tigers, the fist book in the Liz Chronicles by D. R. Johnson.

Liz Allister is ambitious. She wants to buy a fast car, move to the Far East, make a movie, write country songs and address the U.N. on the status of young girls. In the endless corridors and dark corners of her eccentric house, Liz learns that the world has even more in store for her than even she imagined.

She finds a secret that will send her on a colossal adventure where she will be required to risk everything including her life.

Liz's quest takes her across the colorful backdrop of Duura, a land of lost tribes, ugly sticks, bed snakes, tidal sand, bouncing bartles, assassins, evil armies, fortified cities and a personable blue war elephant. It is a place where danger lies around every corner and in every stranger's smile. Finding the way into Duura was difficult but finding the way home may be impossible.

The third book is A Bride From Japan by Kristy Pellegrin.

A youth pastor who has been badly wounded by a previous relationship believes he no longer has a chance at love. On a mission trip to Japan, he meets a young woman who wants to escape from a horrible marriage her father has planned for her. The youth pastor agrees to marry her and take her with him to America...never dreaming he could ever fall in love with her. But God works in mysterious ways, and the changes in his life are nothing he could have foreseen.

The fourth book is, Between by Cyndi Tefft.

It just figures that the love of Lindsey Water's life isn't alive at all, but the grim reaper, complete with a dimpled smile and Scottish accent.

After transporting souls to heaven for the last 300 years, Aiden MacRae has all but given up on finding the one whose love will redeem him and allow him entry through the pearly gates.

Torn between her growing attraction to Aiden and heaven's siren song, Lindsey must learn the hard way whether love really can transcend all boundaries.

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A Measure of Disorder by Alan Tucker Review

A Measure of Disorder is the first book of the Mother-Earth series.


Synopsis: (Custody of Goodreads)
High school will be a breeze for Jenni Kershaw — if she lives long enough to enroll, that is.


Jenni's ordinary, eighth grade life becomes a thing of the past when her science class goes on a field trip. Armed with only their notebooks, MP3 players, and wits, Jenni and her classmates are unknowingly transported to another world.


There they encounter amazing creatures, some of which think a kid shish kebab would be a tasty treat. But they soon find the greatest dangers they face may come from themselves …


Follow Jenni and her class on their extraordinary adventures in their fight to discover who — and what — they really are.


My Thoughts:


The story starts out reminding me of Percy Jackson because of the field trip. At first I though this is going to be a copy cat but as they story moves along, was I ever wrong.

First of all, the story moves at the PERFECT pace, not boringly slow but not too fast so that it can include details. The characters are full of characters, whoa that sounded weird. I did not hate any of the characters (and I always hate some characters in a book). I really like juvenile book characters where the book do not focus on relationships with the main girl and guy, but focus on the mystical story. The book focus on the journey, or adventure the main characters have. The plot is so captivating that I couldn't put it down.

I love the setting! It was very mysterious and magical. This was definitely one reason I love juvenile books. The descriptions allowed you to imagine yourself the world full with elemental spirits, goblins, dragons and more.

The story kind of reminds me of Narnia with all the creatures and enchanting scenery. But a better comparison might be the mini 2 part series of Neverland.

I really enjoyed the evil side's POV. To me, it was far more interesting than the good side. It just feel like there was more going on than the good side. The good side just basically walked, not very interesting. But with the evil side, you discover a lot of things which is awesome.

When the children entered the main city, wow, was that an experience! I really loved the writing!

Seriously this book was amazing! It had all I wanted in a book. Even with Michael Scott's books I had to put it down and reread it months after. This is why I am drawn towards books that are for ages 9-12 because I don't want to deal with the crappy relationships and other boring stuff YA books offer me. Brilliant job Alan!

FIVE SHINNY, HAPPY STARS!

Significance by Shelly Crane Review

Significance is the first book of the Signicicance series. The second book of the series, Accordance, came out in September of this year. The third book, Defiance, is coming out May of 2012.

Synopsis: (Custody of Goodreads)
Maggie is a seventeen year old girl who's had a bad year. She was smart and on track but then her mom left, her dad is depressed, she's graduating, barely, and her boyfriend of almost three years dumped her for a college football scholarship. Lately she thinks life is all about hanging on by a thread and is gripping tight with everything she has. Then she meets Caleb. She saves his life and instantly knows there's something about him that's intriguing but she is supposed to be on her way to a date with his cousin. But things change when they touch, sparks ignite. Literally. They imprint with each other and she sees their future life together flash before her eyes. She learns that not only is she his soul mate, and can feel his heartbeat in her chest, but there is a whole other world of people with gifts and abilities that she never knew existed. She herself is experiencing supernatural changes unlike anything she's ever felt before and she needs the touch of his skin to survive. Now, not only has her dad come out of his depression to be a father again, and a pain as well, but Caleb's enemies know he's imprinted and are after Maggie to stop them both from gaining their abilities and take her from him. Can Caleb save her or will they be forced to live without each other after just finding one another?


My Thoughts:
Note: I am not a big fan of contemporary books but I do enjoy fantasy and sci-fi so I decided to give this book a try. If you like contemporary books, with a twist of fate, I think you will love this book.
The story reminds me of the Twilight Saga. It has a tight knit paranormal family while the mundane family is weak and broken. There is also a "bad" group which want to hurt the main girl. Each paranormals have special abilities. For some reason I enjoyed this book more than Twilight.
First I'll mention the things I didn't like about the book.
To begin with I didn't enjoy the emphasis on Maggie's sob story of her family. I really think this contributes to many readers' distaste of whining. I don't enjoy reading other's problems. I have enough problems of my own. Other part of the whining came with Maggie was thinking about what if she and Caleb never imprinted. She was doubting if Caleb would had loved her, but I mean come on, you are a gorgeous, sweet girl. How can he not love you?
Now to the things that I did love about this book.
First I love the abilities of the family! One of the member had the ability of transferring knowledge. It immediately reminded me of the TV show Chuck and how it is the intersect. Images would flash by and the person would gain the knowledge of whatever is passed on. Gold star there!
This book also avoided one of my biggest pet-peeve, which is authors trying to write "teen-like" stuffs. Shelly did a good job of writing teen conversations and reactions. It didn't sound forced. It didn't sound like some old editor trying to think she knows teens and try to put all the "cool" words in.
I read this book in my graduating year and it really connect to me because Maggie was graduating. I found that some books are so unrealistic about school. Most books never mention about grades and other stuff. In my graduating year, all my fellow peers were worrying about grades and universities, not love. I mean of course there were relationships but it didn't dominate most of the life like most books write to be. So when the book mention how Maggie screwed up in her final years and her grades drop and she got to get a job to support herself, I felt that, because I lived a part of that.

Shelly did a fabulous job describing characters. I personally felt that I hated Kyle. He was such a jerk. I mean yes he just got his girl stolen away, but Maggie didn't love him. So basically Caleb avoiding years of heart break for Kyle. Shelly made the characters so real and how their emotions penetrated into me was phenomenal. I felt the anger, the love, the pain. This book was better than I thought. Great job Shelly.

4 out of 5 stars. :)

Fables: Legends in Exile [Volume 1] Review

Fables: Legends in Exile

This is the first book in the Fable series by Bill Willingham.

Synopsis:
When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters have created their own peaceful and secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is up to Fabletown's sheriff, a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf (Bigby Wolf), to determine if the killer is Bluebeard, Rose's ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber.


My thoughts:
This comic was a brilliant read! The murder, the lies, the suspense, and the alteration of our favorite childhood fairytales twisted into 119 pages of comics.

The graphics had the classic comics drawing. Each characters had their own spice. They were all different from the characters we remember as our childhood fairytales. The plot was breath-taking; I was at the edge of my seat. When the murder was solved it had the moment of "Holy crap! I didn't expect that! Look at all the details! How could I not seen that!" Pure magic, kind of remind me of the Detective Conan comics where you just fan girls at the detective skills.
There were gory scenes and sexual contents but it won't be a good comics if there weren't any.

I'm pretty sure the show Once Upon A Time was sort of influenced by the Fables comics. But I personally enjoy Fables better because it is not cheesy and typical. It actually have substance.

I cannot wait until I get my hands on the second book. :)

✩✩✩✩✩ 5 glossy, shiny, golden stars out of 5 stars!

Waiting On Wednesday (2)

Weekly meme hosted by Breaking The Spine.Spotlighting upcoming releases that readers and review bloggers are eagerly anticipating.

My last WOW was a "typical" YA anticipating book, but this week I'm going more adult novels.

The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Pages: 288
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Synopsis: (Custody of Goodreads)
From the New York Times bestselling author of Sarah’s Key and A Secret Kept comes an absorbing new novel about one woman’s resistance during an époque that shook Paris to its very core. Paris, France: 1860’s. Hundreds of houses are being razed, whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently alter the face of old Paris, moulding it into a “modern city.” The reforms will erase generations of history—but in the midst of the tumult, one woman will take a stand.
Rose Bazelet is determined to fight against the destruction of her family home until the very end; as others flee, she stakes her claim in the basement of the old house on rue Childebert, ignoring the sounds of change that come closer and closer each day. Attempting to overcome the loneliness of her daily life, she begins to write letters to Armand, her beloved late husband. And as she delves into the ritual of remembering, Rose is forced to come to terms with a secret that has been buried deep in her heart for thirty years. The House I Loved is both a poignant story of one woman’s indelible strength, and an ode to Paris, where houses harbor the joys and sorrows of their inhabitants, and secrets endure in the very walls...



The second book is
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Pages: 464
Publisher: HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Synopsis: (Custody of Goodreads)
Acclaimed, award-winning author Margot Livesey delivers her breakout novel: a captivating tale, set in Scotland in the early 1960s, that is both an homage and a modern variation on the enduring classic, Jane Eyre.
Fate has not been kind to Gemma Hardy. Orphaned by the age of ten, neglected by a bitter and cruel aunt, sent to a boarding school where she is both servant and student, young Gemma seems destined for a life of hardship and loneliness. Yet her bright spirit burns strong. Fiercely intelligent, singularly determined, Gemma overcomes each challenge and setback, growing stronger and more certain of her path. Now an independent young woman with dreams of the future, she accepts a position as an au pair on the remote and beautiful Orkney Islands.
But Gemma's biggest trial is about to begin . . . a journey of passion and betrayal, secrets and lies, redemption and discovery that will lead her to a life she's never dreamed.


I chose these two books because I ADORE historical fictions! Plus Tatiana de Rosnay is the author of Sarah's Key which my friends at school just fell in love with. And then there's a retelling of Jane Eyre, which I just always enjoy. Taking a classic and manipulated and mould it to what each interpreted. I also enjoy a strong female character, fighting what she believes, which both books have. Therefore, these two books are in this week's WOW.

Anticipated Young Adult Books of 2012 (Part 1)

1. Bitterblue by Kristen Cashore (May 1) - This companion novel to Graceling and Fire follows Bitterblue.

My sister had fallen head over heel with this series ever since it came out years ago. I remember her ranting to me about it, and how she can't wait until 2012 for Bitterblue to come out, and now it is coming soon.

2. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (December) - As she and the shadowhunters try to stop the clockwork army, Tessa must also deal with her feelings for Will and Jem.

How can I not put this on the list, I loved all the books by Cassandra. Now I think I might have to convince my sister to read the series, I mean Victorian London and demons, I hear my sister's name calling. 

3. Heroes of Olympus 3 possibly called The Mark of Athena (September) - Percy Jackson might finally reunite with Annabeth as the heroes from both camps join up for an important quest.

Ok, really, I don't have to say anything, this is going to be the bomb. (Though I haven't read the first two books but it is Rick Riodan, enuff said.)

4. Book Three of the Kane Chronicles (May).

He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos. The Kanes' only hope is an ancient spell that might turn the serpent's own shadow into a weapon, but the magic has been lost for a millennia. To find the answer they need, the Kanes must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician who might be able to lead them to the serpent's shadow . . . or might lead them to their deaths in the depths of the underworld. Nothing less than the mortal world is at stake when the Kane family fulfills its destiny in this thrilling conclusion to the Kane Chronicles.

I read the first book and it was Rick Riodan good. I remember how following the year I read the book, I had a ancient history class and we mentioned a lot of the myth and history in the book. Too bad my teacher didn't know Rick Riodan at all, her lost.

5. Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter (March 3) - Cammie left the Gallagher Academy to protect her friends and family. She awakens in convent with no memory of how she spent the summer.

I always enjoyed Ally Carter's books. I only have to see the word, SPIES, and yup I'm all yours. I don't think there is a better word you can use to control me, maybe other than food.

More to come. :) Happy Reading~

Aimee Laine - Little White Lies Review

Aimee Laine - Little White Lies Review

Synopsis:

When the government needs a body double for a covert operation, they hire shape-shifter Charley Randall. For two centuries, she’s played every part from foreign dignitary to office drone. The role she wants most, though, is one she’s denied herself three times already.

FBI Agent Wyatt Moreland believes Charley’s photographic memory is the key to his latest assignment. He’s oblivious to the true extent of her abilities, but he can’t deny the sense of déjà vu at their introduction.

Unlike Wyatt, Charley knows this isn’t their first meeting.

It’s their fourth.

The girl he vowed to love, sixteen years before, stands in front of him in her true form - one he’ll never recognize.

With each reconnection, Charley loves him more, though she realizes this is her last chance to explain. Only absolute truth can bring them happiness, but can Wyatt forgive her deceptions? Or will lies tear them apart forever?


My Thoughts:
When I first saw the synopsis I immediately fell in love. Once I started reading, I loved it even more! The story itself reminded of the TV show Fringe, very intense and captivating.

I love Charley, a Mimic able to replicate any human female form. Charley was an amazing character, and I loved seeing things from her perspective! She was a fantastic narrator, and so fierce! I saw another reviewer thought of Mystique from X-men when comparing to Charley. I do see that but I think her personalty reminds me of Wonder Woman from DC Comics. The narration also shifts around to Wyatt frequently, and even to another character named Stuart at one point, and I have to say that loved that it shifted to Stuart, it made that part of the book super mysterious! And I love a book that traps me in because of a mysterious character!

The story itself is a literal race against the clock - the secrecy and fate of Charley's extended existence is on the line. Starting on page one, my heart beats start, and I eagerly read on to find out.

It was a fun journey watching Charley and Wyatt's relationship grow, changed, mold and be challenged by circumstances beyond their control. The ending does not disappoint.

Furthermore, I loved the backstory for Charley, and the other Mimics as they called themselves.

Another interesting thing about Little White Lies was how it was organized. The book is split up between three different times where Charley has 'encountered' Wyatt, and I honestly loved that. I didn't expect that at first, but I thought it was a fantastic way to tell this story.

This book is full of action, it's embedded with mystery, and it's emotional all the way through. I definitely recommend this book to others. It was a fantastic story, and I think that fans of paranormal (and even fans of contemporary) will thoroughly enjoy it, it's versatile like that. ;) Aimee Laine has written an amazing story, and I encourage you to get yourself a copy as soon as possible.

5 out of 5 stars.

HUGE BOOK HAUL! ♥

So last weekend my family and I visited a magical place where we got more than 50 books for less than $12 CDN. Here is a list of books my sister and I bought.

Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Alias Grace and Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
Remember Me, The Return, and The Last Story by Christopher Pike
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Mysteries of the Diogenes Club by Kim Newman
Eye of the Whale by Douglas Carlton Abrams
The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
American Empire: Blood and Iron by Harry Turtledove
Dante Valentine: The Complete Series by Lilith Saintcrow
A Sword in Her Hand by Jean-Claude Van Rijckechem and Pat Van Beirs. Translated by John Nieuwenhuizen
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Eden Legacy and The Lost Labyrinth by Will Adams
The Tapestry: The Hound of Rowan by Henry H. Neff
The Girl with the Mermaid Hair by Delia Ephron
Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure by P. B. Kerr
Burning Secrets by Clare Chambers
Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition by Stephen King
The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End by Ken Follett
The Crimson Shadow by R. A. Salvatore
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Sabriel by Garth Nix
The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Hannibal and Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Power of Three by Diana Wynne Jones
Lord of the Rings book 1 and 3 by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan (missing books 1, 9, 11, 12)
Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind (missing a couple of books)

Yup that's a lot of books! I don't even know where to start. :D The power of books has once again stolen my heart. ♥

Waiting On Wednesday (1)

Weekly meme hosted by Breaking The Spine.
Spotlighting upcoming releases that readers and review bloggers are eagerly anticipating.

This is my first WOW! :) Enjoy.

A Million Suns (Across the Universe Series #2)
Release Date: Jan 10, 2012
Pages: 400
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Format: Hardcover, ePub, Mobi, nook, etc

Godspeed was fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos.
It's been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. And everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship Godspeed. But there may just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of the ship. He's finally free to enact his vision - no more Phydus, no more lies.

But when Elder discovers shocking news about the ship, he and Amy race to discover the truth behind life on Godspeed. They must work together to unlock a puzzle that was set in motion hundreds of years earlier, unable to fight the romance that's growing between them and the chaos that threatens to tear them apart.

In book two of the Across the Universe trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis mesmerizes us again with a brilliantly crafted mystery filled with action, suspense, romance, and deep philosophical questions. And this time it all builds to one mind-bending conclusion: They have to get off this ship.



Across the Universe was my favourite book of 2011, how can I not put this in my first WOW! :O I just cannot wait to see what is in the second book! I mean look at the cover! I always adore the mysterious space around earth and looking at the cover just draw me into the book like how a blackhole will drag matter into itself. Beth, I just love you! :P

The Wave by Dan H. Kind (A Short Story)

The Wave by Dan H. Kind was a emotional love story about the waves on the ocean. The whole story was passionate and you feel like you are on a wave, going up and down. The descriptions were soulful and made me want to control the sea. This little short story was brilliant. Great job Dan.

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Saturday night from 10:00pm to 6:30am, my sister and I was watching mini series Pillars of the Earth based on the book by Ken Follett. You might think we were a little crazy but once we started watching it we just couldn't stop! I remember a few years ago borrowing the book from the library and read the cover flap and immediately thought "what a confusing book!" My thought was confirmed when I first watched the first episode on TV. But this weekend my sister and I decided to relax and watch it. Holy mother of all was it good! The acting was delicious! The show was a whole suspense bundle wrapped up in a 8 hours mini series. Ken must really love females, and I say that not in a sexual kind of way. I mean Ken wrote all the female characters as the strong, confident rock that women are. They have sass, power, and control. Watching the females will literally take your breath away. And now on to the male characters. There sure was strong, dominant male characters but there were the "loser" male characters. One particular male character i loved, and it was Jack. He had a face of a model, which immediately gave him bonus points. The love he had with Ariena made them a instant OTP. Now on to Tom Builder. Tom was the type of man that woman want. He is humble, loyal, caring and anything women love. When he first stood up to William (someone that I wanted to punch every time when I saw his face), I was scared for my life but he didn't quiver. *fangirls* Oh this reminds me of a random thought that this shows have the cutest babies and children! I can't believe they found such an adorable cast! Yes there were disturbing scenes but what did you expect out of a medieval series, butterflies? The plot was twisting and captivating. I was at the edge of my seat all wrapped up in a tight bundle bundle because my house refuse to heat up above 18 degrees. In this series you can easily identify multiple symbols and motives, so if you want to read this book for school I highly recommend this. I mean if you have a background on medieval history it was be better but seriously o try it out. You can even cheat like by watching the DVDs, but please note I'm not doing this book for school so it is ok to "cheat". If you are doing or decide to do this book, READ IT! So basically this mini series was out of this world! Discs after discs my sister and I made it through the series.

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Review: The Death Cure Book *Without Spoilers*

The Death Cure is the final book of the Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner.

Synopsis: Thomas knows that Wicked can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.

What Wicked doesn't know is that something's happened that no Trial or Variable could have foreseen. Thomas has remembered far more than they think. And he knows that he can't believe a word of what Wicked says.

The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than Thomas could ever imagine.
Will anyone survive the Death Cure? [Custody of Goodreads]


Review:
I read the first book a few years ago, and did not enjoy it that much. The plot was cool but slow. The ending was too gorry with vivid description of death and battles. Normally I would be go for with battles and actions but everything was overdone.
When I finally got around reading the second book, it was brilliant. Sure, there was few gross head-cutting description but it was suspenseful. I never knew what danger was going to appear in the scorch. To tell you the truth I was scared of reading the book at night, but it was a good kind of scare.
The ending of the second was really good, frustrating but good. I immediatly wanted to read the last book but didn't get a chance until now.

The third book started out REALLY boring. James seemed to force some action into it by describing awesome guns and the fight between the guards and the children. It was not working. :(
When the children finally get to see what the world was like, it was just as boring as the most boring part in the second book, which was when Brenda and Thomas was at that stupid club. BORING! Oh, this reminds me of the stupid back and forth of Thomas' relationship between the two girls. Thomas was such a winer! Oh, I hate Teressa because she betrayed me. Oh I feel for Brenda but I don't know, she betrayed me too. I got sooooo sick of this and that was just few chapters in (this is extremely bad when the chapters are short).
I also did not like how the plot slowed because of Newt. I'm not going to say anymore....
I did not have a connection between the book. When people died, I felt that I did not care at all whether they died or suffered. I have to say that I was caught off guard by the closing section of the book but it didn't make up some of the disappointing parts in the book.
The ending was predictable after it was revealed, if you know what I mean. It was a quasi-original ending. You will think that "oh cool, wait, that is a lot of the Hollywood movie endings...boo?"

There were sad, surprising, and scary parts but overall, it was not as good as the second one but I guess it was ok a book.

3.5 out of 5 stars.

PS: a better trilogy got to be Atherton trilogy by Patrick Carman.

The Death Cure by James Dashner *Spoilers Included*

The Death Cure is the final book of the Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner.

Synopsis: Thomas knows that Wicked can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.

What Wicked doesn't know is that something's happened that no Trial or Variable could have foreseen. Thomas has remembered far more than they think. And he knows that he can't believe a word of what Wicked says.

The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than Thomas could ever imagine.
Will anyone survive the Death Cure? [Custody of Goodreads]

I read the first book a few years ago, and did not enjoy it that much. The plot was cool but slow. The ending was too gorry with vivid description of death and battles. Normally I would be go for with battles and actions but everything was overdone.
When I finally got around reading the second book, it was brilliant. Sure, there was few gross head-cutting description but it was suspenseful. I never knew what danger was going to appear in the scorch. To tell you the truth I was scared of reading the book at night, but it was a good kind of scare.
The ending of the second was really good, frustrating but good. I immediatly wanted to read the last book but didn't get a chance until now.

The third book started out REALLY boring. James seemed to force some action into it by describing awesome guns and the fight between the guards and the children. It was not working. :(
When the children finally get to see what the world was like, it was just as boring as the most boring part in the second book, which was when Brenda and Thomas was at that stupid club. BORING! Oh, this reminds me of the stupid back and forth of Thomas' relationship between the two girls. Thomas was such a winer! Oh, I hate Teressa because she betrayed me. Oh I feel for Brenda but I don't know, she betrayed me too. I got sooooo sick of this and that was just few chapters in (this is extremely bad when the chapters are short).
I also did not like how the plot slowed because of Newt. I mean I guess you will do everything to help out a friend and all but really did you have to spend so much time letting him complain about how he was not ammune? Wow, that sounded harsher than I expected.

Sad Part:
One sad part in the book was when Thomas read what Newt wrote in the letter and that broke my heart! I'm mostly a hard-hearted person but when I read that part in the book, it made me felt guilty when though it was not me. I wanted to turn back time like how I turn back pages and told Thomas to read the letter before hand but I was powerless.

Scary Part:
There was one part that kept me up at night, and it was when Thomas and Brenda was travelling to the Right Arm's base. Ohhhh, that part was scary!! I kept on thinking of Residence Evil or the Walking Dead. Yes it was not good for my school life since I need to wake up early in the morning but that was something that stood out in the book! Brilliant!

Surprising Part:
When Thomas went back to Wicked, and they have to cut this brain, I did not see that one coming!

I enjoyed how the (almost) ending tied back the hold series by a whole circle. The connection back to the Maze was something I did not expect. Pretty cool James.

The ending itself was ok. Don't think it was good enough to conclude the trilogy, but only author geniuses know how to conclude a series so James did alright. The epilogue was unexpected but then I though a little more and realized that it was an obvious ending.

There were flaws in this books but I will give it a 3.5 out of 5.

PS: a better trilogy is the Atherton trilogy by Patrick Carman.

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