I read 61 books last year, surpassing my goal of 50. At the beginning of this year I set my reading goal at 60. I did well reading in January and February but March has just been a slow month book wise. I got sick at the end of this week so I feel a little bit off/behind. Anyway... I thought I would review the books I have read in March.
1. "Stay With Me" by Paul Griffin
Why I picked the book: I decided to read this because I read Griffin's other book "Burning Blue". I absolutely adored "Burning Blue" and I heard equally great things about "Stay With Me".
Book Basics: Cece lives in a rough area but aspires to be more and go to college on a scholarship. Her, her family, and close family friends work at a restaurant trying to get by. Her older brother goes off to war, which pushes her mother further into alcohol dependence. Cece meets Mack, a young man with greater trials in his life. They quickly start to fall in love, and when all seems to be going right, Mack gets removed from Cece's life.
My Opinion: I had high hopes for this book because I loved "Burning Blue" so much. I didn't enjoy this book as much because it seemed really slow. It isn't that big of a book, it just took a very long time to read. I did like that one of the characters wasn't "perfect". A lot of times one of the characters is flawed and the other has to aide them to perfection, but in "Stay With Me" both of the characters had to work through issues. I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars.
Genre: Realistic fiction
2. "Hush, Hush" by Becca Fitzpatrick
Why I picked the book: My friend Ronnie said she had loved it and that I needed to read it.
Book Basics: Things seemed off in Nora's world, and she couldn't pinpoint why. The mysterious boy from Bio, Patch, is drawing Nora in. He knows everything about her, even things she hasn't told her best friend Vee. Vee wants her to get away from Patch because he seems dangerous, but she can't decide whether to come to him with her problems or run away. **This book revolves (in a way) around angels and fallen angels, however it's not creepy in anyway, it's more just for how the characters get in Nora's life.
My Opinion: I loved this book so much, I read it in four days. It had me on edge the entire time and I was constantly trying to figure out what was going on. This book really got me out of my reading funk. I find it a little funny though because the ending was eerily similar to "Twilight" besides the fact that this book was able fallen angels and "Twilight" is about vampires and werewolves. I would strongly, strongly recommend this book because it was written beautifully and had a great message behind it. I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars.
Genre: Fantasy
I haven't done book reviews in a while. If you've read one of these before, go ahead and share your opinions in the comments.
Until next time,
Taylor xx
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