leaving paradise by simone elkeles

recommended: i love this author. she has yet to let me down. yes, her books can be viewed as cheesy teen novels, but really, they're not cheesy. they are real....with cheesy undertones. i think a lot of teens can relate to her books because she can really write from a teen perspective. this one was about a boy who goes to jail for driving drunk and hitting a girl with his car. the books goes through the boy and girl's healing process separately and together. i like books that consider the effect on family life.

i also discovered that i love book with old grouchy ladies in them. they make me laugh because they really aren't grouchy. they are these tough old ladies with spunk and gumption. i think if i were to write a book, i would put an old grouchy lady in my story. i hope that when i get old, i will be an old grouchy lady with gumption.

ink exchange by melissa marr

no recommended: ok, so i gave this author another chance because she truly has a creative side that deserves my time. the story line is always great and creative, but her execution is always a couple inches away from being amazing. she has some great potential, but after reading her bio at the back of the book, it's almost like she has some growing up to do, which is weird for me to say because i'm young, but she could mature in her writing. not that the story is immature, but the quality of the writing and execution is immature. there were so many time where she just lost me. at first, i thought it was just me...that maybe i was not paying close enough attention to the details, but it was happening too often. it was like she was trying to be coy and leaving the details up to the reader to figure out but it just left me confused.

lover unbound by j.r. ward

recommended: another good one in this series. this one is about vishous. it has a few unexpected suprises, but not my favorite. hard to beat zsadist. i did like the girl in this one.

wicked lovely by melissa marr

for the second time....i read this one again because i am about to read the second one so i wanted a refresher. i liked it better the first time, and i still like it and will continue with the series, but i may not keep this one anymore.

the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde by robert louis stevenson

recommended: i would recommend this to anyone! this shed some serious light on the true story. hollywood has definitely skewed the originality of this story. the actual story is very dark and the characters are very different from what hollywood has portrayed. mr. hyde is not a huge character. he is actually shorter than dr. jekyll. i wish that i did not know the end of the story, but even though i did, i was still enthralled by the story. this is a great piece of literature. i think hollywood could really take hold of the original story and make a wonderful dark movie.