A YA Book Review: Wasting Away by Theodora O. Agyeman-Anane

YA Book Review: The Elite by Kiera Cass

I’m pretty sure I said it when I wrote a short review for The Selection, but I cannot believe I like these books so much! Maybe it’s because I don’t like the TV show,  The Bachelor. I’m giving all the credit to Kiera Cass’s talent to write romance. Which is 5 stars. The Selection books leave me needing to know the end (even though I’m pretty sure I know how it’s going to end), because what I don’t know is how they get there. And I want to know. Every. Darn. Detail.

I ate up The Elite (The selection) (associate link) like it was candy. And I just couldn’t stop eating.

The Elite moved at the same quick pace The Selection did—I finished reading it in two days! The character’s desire is palpable, and I felt caught in the drama. I honestly don’t have much to say except I want more.

4/5 Stars.

Other Book Reviews:
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan

J. E. Hunter is the author of the Black Depths Series. Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch, and Black Depths, the first two books of the series can be found on Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords. The third book, Dark Shores, will be released March 28th, 2016. The fourth and last book of the Black Depths series will be released by the end of 2016.

A YA Book Review: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

I had been hearing about this series forever, but hadn’t even read the back cover. Finally, after requesting it through my ebook library, I got it following a four month wait. Obviously a popular book. Well, I didn’t have enough time to finish the book during my two week loan period, but I was so into it when my loan ran out that I bought it.

What I liked about this book was the overarching mystery, and also the semi-anti-hero main character. However, I did have a slight problem with the main character being an Assassin, yet you never see this in action in the book. Instead, she spends a lot of time wearing dresses…

That said, it’s still a good,  solid, epic fantasy book. Which you don’t see a lot of in the YA world, at least in my opinion. I’ve read that this is loosely based on Cinderella, but I didn’t see that at all. Except for maybe the castle and the dresses. Celaena is definitely not cinderella, but a tough, young woman who has had a very difficult life so far.

I’m hoping for good progression in the following book. And, as usual for me, I’m hoping things get a lot darker.

I like dark.

I like it a lot.

4/5 Stars.

Other Book Reviews:

J. E. Hunter is the author of the Black Depths Series. Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch, and Black Depths, the first two books of the series can be found on Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords. The third book, Dark Shores, will be released March 28th, 2016. The fourth and last book of the Black Depths series will be released by the end of 2016.

Wow. I’ve been really quiet on here lately. Sorry about that. I’ve been busy working on Dark Shores, Book Three of my young adult fantasy series called, Black Depths. This follow-up to Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch and Broken Tide is going to be simply amazing. I’ve come up with a temporary cover for the release. Which is below. I like it, but I’m worried about how it will print. I’m hoping to order myself a proof copy for review this week, so I’ll see when it arrives if this is the design I’ll be going with for the first edition.

However, I have found a wonderful artist to do some cover art for me. Her name’s Leah Keeler and she’s been wonderful. Below you will find the new and much more amazing cover art for Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch. I’ve decided to shorted this to Sea-Witch in all of my future postings. It’s a beautiful cover. What do you think?

I’ve also been very busy with reading, and will be swamping you all with some young adult book reviews in the next couple of days.

Last but not least, it is my birth month (yes, I do celebrate a birth month because I cannot contain all the joy that is me), so I’ve been pretty busy with that!

All in all, the self-publishing experience has been fun. The most difficult part, which I’m still struggling with, is getting the word out to all the young people in the world! So if you’ve read my book and enjoyed it, please do not be shy in saying so. I’ll appreciate you always!

JEH

The burnt forest

What happened to the forest? How does it feel? Describe its pain. Be the forest…

Hey look at that, I’m posting on time this week!  Maybe because I’m taking a short break before finalizing Dark Shores….

A choice of two:

1) Who is one stage and what are they singing about?
2) Who is watching, why are they there, what are they feeling?

A bit delayed this week. I’ve been having too much fun!

I’ll give a couple of options today. Write for at least seven minutes.

1) On top of the alter was written…
2) She couldn’t sit down on the bench because…
4) He took a seat and…

A YA Book Review

Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan

This is on I borrowed from my ebook Library. I liked the simple cover and the refreshing title but didn’t really know what it was about. I was guessing love story, but that was more or less wrong (though there was a little bit of love). Mostly it’s about Apple finding her place in the world when her Mom returns after abandoning her as a child.

I really liked this book. I thought the character of Apple was well done, and that of the Mother and Rain. I did think that the Grandmother could have been given a bit more motivation. But overall, a caring and heartwarming coming of age story. Beautifully written and very entertaining. The main character is only 14, so it falls into a bit of a lower age category, but I think any teen would really enjoy living through this characters struggle with self.

4/5 Stars (I really need to come up with some cool pictures for my rating system).

Have you read this book? What did you think?

Other Book Reviews:

J. E. Hunter is the author of the Black Depths Series. Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch, and Black Depths, the first two books of the series can be found on Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords. The third book, Dark Shores, will be released March 28th, 2016. The fourth and last book of the Black Depths series will be released by the end of 2016.