Reviews for Matched and The Forever Trilogy!

It's been a few days since my last post but I just haven't had anything to write about or the time! Unfortunately that might be the case a lot more now because I got a job babysitting for my sister in law a few days a week while she's at work. Although I'm not gonna lie... I would rather be holding my adorable baby niece Ari than writing blog posts! She's so stinking cute! Anyway, onto the reason for this post! I've been spending a lot of time reading lately so I have a few books to review! So let's get started!

Matched by Ally Condie

I LOVED this book! And I honestly can't wait to go back to the library to get the sequels. I finished this book in about a day because I just couldn't put it down! This book actually reminded me a little of Delirium in the beginning, but once I got further I realized this book was completely different! And the best part of this book?! Completely clean. I can't remember a single swear word and there is no violence or sexual content! And yet it's still romance! Like Delirium, this book is also about a futuristic dystopian society where the government controls everything from who you marry to what job you have. It follows Cassia, a 17 year old girl as she finds out who she will be matched with, what she will be doing, and is forced to make some difficult decision as she seeks the truth and lies in what she thought was a safe world. You can find the full description here.
I would definitely recommend this book for everyone and it is appropriate for any age! So go read it!

The Forever Trilogy by B. Alston and Q. Ramey

I really enjoyed reading this trilogy! I was surprised by how good this book was and by how much I enjoyed the story line. It did have some typos but that's to be expected with books by new authors. I'd say the thing that really interested me about this book was that it's about witches, warlocks, and vampires, but ties in different parts of the story of Anastasia! I loved comparing what was in the book with what was historically accurate and I thought it added a nice twist to the story. This book is the story of 15 year old Anastasia Adams who after being attacked by a vampire, discovers that not only is she a witch, but that she is royalty in the haven where her grandmother resides. And of course no story would be complete without a love triangle right?!  But I'll just let you read about that on your own here. Although I was disappointed with how short the second books was, it was a fun quick read and I really enjoyed it. I'm having a hard time remembering but I think it had a few mild swear words and mild violence. As far as sexual content goes, no sex scenes but there is a small amount of sex talk throughout the book and its mentioned that one of the main characters in the second and third books was kept as a sex slave by the main evil vampire. All in all not terribly inappropriate but I would suggest it for only older teens. It's only 3.99 for the whole series on Amazon kindle right now so go check it out!

Mariasha

Delirium: Book Review

I recently got a library card... again... after not being able to use my other library cards due to large fines... which I won't really get into the details about. Ahem. Anyway, now that I can check out library books again and don't have to buy all my books on kindle, I've been reading quite a bit more. One of the books I checked out recently was Delirium by Lauren Oliver. I actually own this book on kindle and have read it before, but haven't had the time to sit down and read it again, so when I saw it on CD at the library I checked it out! First of all can I just say how much I LOVE books on tape?! I can actually still have a clean house while doing my usual amount of reading (aka- 2 books a week... excessive, I know).

But moving on. I loved this book the first time I read it, and I loved it even more the second time! SO good! For those of you that don't know, Delirium is about a future post-apocalyptic society, in which scientists and the government, have decided that love is a disease. They create a procedure in which they can remove the part of your brain that makes you fall in love, and then choose your career, partner, and even how many children you have, for you. The book centers around the life of Lena, a girl who is awaiting her 18th birthday, when she will receive the procedure. She, her best friend Hannah, and the mysterious Alex... an older "cured" boy... set out to find the truth about whether or not Amor Deliria Nervosa (love) is in fact a dangerous disease, or if there's more to the story than what the government is telling them.

This book has a little bit of everything; love, action, mystery, adventure. It's definitely something that would appeal to all types of people. Lauren Oliver is an amazing writer and executed the story line and characters perfectly. It's exciting right from the very first page, and never once did I have the urge to skip over the boring parts... because there weren't any! Another thing I really loved about this book, is that it covered a large span of time without skipping important details. A lot of times with young adult books, I feel like the story and characters are underdeveloped. Everything happens so quickly that you don't get to feel the relationships develop between characters, especially those with a romantic relationship. I mean, come on! Every girl wants to believe in love at first sight, but falling in love and going through a million crazy adventures in one weeks time and then pow! You're gonna be together forever? It's just kind of unrealistic and there's no substance to the relationship that way. The nice thing about this book is that Lena doesn't fall in love with Alex right from the beginning. I mean sure she finds him attractive and intriguing  but she's skeptical. She doesn't trust him. Because everything she's ever been taught, teaches her that those feelings of "love" are dangerous and deadly. That is what I love about this book. Alex has to actually do something other than run a hand through his auburn hair and bat his long lashes before Lena gives in. What a concept right?!

All in all would I recommend this book?
Definitely. 100%
For all ages?
Ehhh... maybe not. Just as a warning... The "F" word is used 3 times in an argument towards the beginning of the book. Other than that not really any more swearing. There are not any sex scenes, however there is a small part in the book where she has her shirt off in front of him. It does have some violent parts to it but nothing as bad as what you would read in The Hunger Games.
I would probably say it's on a mature young adult reading level.

But like I said, I totally recommend it. So amazing, and I will be listening to the sequel this weekend!

You can check out Delirium on Goodreads or on Amazon!

Mariasha