22. Zombies Don't Cry

If you believe, full-heartily, that the zombie apocalypse is coming fast and soon: read Zombies Don't Cry by Rusty Fischer! Maddy Swift was your ordinary 16 year old girl: living under the shadow of a popular and beautiful best friend, crushing on the new popular kid Stamp, and dealing with a curse in Home Economics class with two girls already dead. Oh, and don't forget the fact she was turned into a zombie!

4 of 5 stars! There were minor spelling and grammar errors as well as mismatching details inside the story. Sometimes I got confused by what was going and was like- how did this happen? I would have to re-read some pages several times before it made sense, but it was still a good book.

21. Ashes of Dearen: Book 1

I must say this first: Wow! Ashes of Dearen: Book 1 by Jayden Woods far beat any expectations I had for it. As a free book from B&N's marketplace (I know, I know, I complain about the stories there often enough), I expected to rate it no higher than a 3!

It takes place in the smallest of the three nations in Dearen. There are actually four MC: Princess Frya (it opens with her- and I was like "Purple hair? Is this some kind of fanfiction! Ugh!"- and her younger brother Kyne overlooking the city of Dearen and the safra haze that cover it), Sean (a Wolven assassin who's mortal enemies are the Volveni aka the rulers of Dearen), Picord (the son of the Kahn- ruler of one of the three nations- and a safra addict), and Elenor (King-wife of Yamnir- I hope I spelled that right). It weaves a magical story of love and deceit and plots of stealing the ancient recipe for Safra, joy incarnate.

5 out 5 stars! I give this rating gladly. I found little to no spelling/grammar errors and the story was just- wow, amazing! It contains a few racy scenes including several homosexual ones!

20. Fifty Shades of Gray

I kept hearing great things about E.L. James's Fifty Shades of Gray and, one day, was like,  "Why not try it?" So, even though I'm not big on erotica I bought the first book.

I have to say this, if you read it you will either love it or hate.  I was more than shocked to say it actually had a plot!!! And it wasn't so heavy on M&S play that I was sickened. So I feel complied to give it:

5 of 5!!!!! What is this? Second or third 5 stars?  Not to sure... keep an open mind and read: the plot starts off very slow and quickens in the middle!!! If asked in the middle of the book what I rate it,  I would have said a 3 :)

So what changed my mind? You may ask... the ending, in truth. The MC, Ana Steele, finally stood up to enigma Christin Grey. I liked that and it was well written, believable too.

19. The Selection

I got my Nook Color in the mail on Monday :) I decided to celebrate by buying myself several novels. One of which, I finished today- The Selection by Kiera Cass was a surprisingly easy read. I really like young adult novels and this one is on my list for favorites (not THE favorite, but, ya know, its hard to top the Harry Potter series). The idea is derived from both the Bachelor and the Hunger Games: you can see it instantly. 35 girls are chosen by lottery to become the prince's bride. the MC, America Singer, is one of them. Unlike the others, she's none to happy about it. She is in love with another despite his lower ranking than her. So, of course, there is a love triangle, but unlike the Hunger Games, it has not been as obnoxious.

4 of 5 stars- I don't like how it ended in the middle of the selection and the rebels knocking on the door. :( and the second books won't be out for awhile. Lol, I wonder if I will even remember this series by that time?

18. Diamond Eyes

Diamond Eyes by Jennifer Perry is another novella from B&N's free marketplace. It was actually decent. The plot revolves around 16 year old Bella (reminds me soooo much of Bella Swan- gag me!) and Hans as they travel from the US to Britain in the 50's. It's a first love story with mystery, thievery, and murder mixed into one. A good debut work (at least i believe this is her first work), but still shaky. I felt no emotional attachment to the characters and their love felt- well, like nothing.It was rushed, they meet one moment and within hours are kissing and the fact she forgave him so easily- gah! Such a silly girl.

For better or worse 3 of 4!!!!

17. The Vow

I saw this movie with my friend several months ago and I was IN LOVE. I made it my priority, and I mean my priority, to read the book. So, I stole my mom's IPad (okay, okay- I didn't steal it; I just sat at the kitchen table and read it and, lucky for me, out internet was down do to construction and, so, my mom had no problems with me reading as she would any other day we were both off from work) and read it. My first though was WOW!!! And not in a good way.

I will say this, I am an atheist, have been since I was 10 years old (I know, I know quite young to fade from the path but I was going through a hard time and "god" was not with me and I really needed "god" to be; it was myself and my friends and family who helped me through not an all-knowing being up above.) so this may come up basis. I felt like Kim, the narrator, was shoving his fate down my throat. I swear not a page went by where "god" wasn't mentioned. God give me strength, god performed a miracle and while I think it's  a moving story- I felt tears prickling at the back of my eyes several times, though it was ruined when "god" had a helping hand- however I can't help but think of all the people "god" hasn't helped. Like Avery, the little girl who recently passed for SMA type 1; why save a grown woman but give a small child a disease and little to no chance to live?

I give it a 2 of 5 stars.

16. The Price of Longing

The Price of Longing by Amber Marshall is a dark, twisted story of Rapunzel: right up my aisle. It brings both sympathy and hatred for the old witch that stole her away from her family and I was moved to tears by the ending. But beware! There is no happy ending for the young woman and her prince.

I give it 4 out of 5 stars: I have to say I'm a sucker for happy endings and the ending left me hurting more than anything. On the plus side, it tells more of how Rapunzel ended up in the tower and it delves deeply into her feelings.