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My Most Anticipated (New Release) YA Books of 2018 (January)

26032825THE CRUEL PRINCE (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black

Current Goodreads Ratings: 4.38
Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

Hardcover384 pages
Published January 2nd 2018 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers


25446297UNEARTHED (Unearthed #1) by Amy Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Current Goodreads Ratings: 4.08

When Earth intercepts a message from a long-extinct alien race, it seems like the solution the planet has been waiting for. The Undying's advanced technology has the potential to undo environmental damage and turn lives around, and Gaia, their former home planet, is a treasure trove waiting to be uncovered.

For Jules Addison and his fellow scholars, the discovery of an alien culture offers unprecedented opportunity for study... as long as scavengers like Amelia Radcliffe don't loot everything first. Mia and Jules' different reasons for smuggling themselves onto Gaia put them immediately at odds, but after escaping a dangerous confrontation with other scavvers, they form a fragile alliance.

In order to penetrate the Undying temple and reach the tech and information hidden within, the two must decode the ancient race's secrets and survive their traps. But the more they learn about the Undying, the more their presence in the temple seems to be part of a grand design that could spell the end of the human race...

Kindle Edition384 pages
Published January 9th 2018 by Disney-Hyperion


24909347 OBSIDIO (The Illuminae Files #3) by Amy Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Current Goodreads Ratings: 4.68

Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion? 

Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys—an old flame from Asha's past—reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.

With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heros will fall, and hearts will be broken.

Hardcover608 pages 
Expected publication: March 13th 2018 by Knopf Books for Young Readers




Now Reading: Dead Zone by Robison Wells



20452184I am a fan of Robison Wells ever since I finished reading his Variant book and still remained a fan even he disappointed me on the sequel of the Variant, Feedback. My copy of the Dead Zone is one of the books I got from this years Fullybooked Sale (I got a total of 17 books for 900 pesos only). I have read the first book of the series back in 2013 during my first visit in Cebu. If I can still recall it properly, the book Blackout by Wells is the first book that I bought from the Fullybooked Ayala Cebu branch. I have mixed reactions about Blackout (see review here), I somewhat loved it and the same time hate it. Maybe because I just expected too much from the author after he wowed me in his book Variant (see review here). But, overall Blackout was fun and that is why I am going to read this second book Dead Zone. I have seen this book on the shelves of the bookstores for years now, but since I did not really find the first installment spectacular, I refused to pick this one and prioritized the other options. Now, that this is on sale (50 pesos only from 380 pesos), I have no more reasons to not buy this one. 

Book Review: Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

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“How you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love you.” 

OVERALL RATING: 7.5/10
                     THE FEELS: 8/ 10
            ENTERTAINMENT:7/ 10
  
    Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. It is about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. It is split into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose, deals with a different pain, heals a different heartache. milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.

   This book will surely hit your heart and will make you think of things in life that we people always took for granted. This is a very feminist book (for me) and I think that is what really molded the identity of this book. It is not to that quality of Faudets' and Leavs' pieces but this one, by Kaur, is making it's own identity, it's own style. This book will inspire reader to "keep going" . There will be stages in life-- in love--- that will challenge us or test us and this book tells the story of an individual who dipped herself into those tests and rise above them with strength and dignity. The poems in the book will move the readers. The piece is very realistic and readers can easily relate to the contents. A must read for people who wants to be inspired by words and keep moving on in life that is full of unfathomable circumstances. 

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Book Feature:Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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“No one in the world gets what they want and that is beautiful

In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the  OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. When Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.


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Book Feature: Scythe by Neal Shusterman


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"Thou shalt kill."

   A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

   Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

   Two teens are forced to murder maybe each other in the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the "New York Times" bestselling Unwind dystology.  In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ( gleaned ) by professional reapers ( scythes ). Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythe s apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation they must learn the art of killing and come to understand the necessity of what they do.  Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe s apprentice. And when it becomes clear that the winning apprentice s first task will be to glean the loser, Citra and Rowan are pitted against one another in a fight for their lives."

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BOOK REVIEW: DELIRIUM by LAUREN OLIVER

11614718OVERALL RATING: 5 /10
            STORY: 6/10
            CHARACTERS: 4/10
            THE FEELS: 5/ 10
            ENTERTAINMENT: 8/ 10
 
PLOT: 7/ 10

SYNOPSIS: Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't.

If there is one word for me to describe this book and that would be lame. Even a lot of people like this book but, no, not me. First, I hate this book because it has a lame plot. Like ye, its obvious that there would be someone out there, hello, THE WORLD IS BIG! Second, the idea of making

BOOK REVIEW: BLACK OUT by DAN WELLS

17332588OVERALL RATING: 7 /10
            STORY: 7/10
            CHARACTERS: 8/10
            THE FEELS: 7/ 10
            ENTERTAINMENT: 6 / 10
 
PLOT: 6/ 10
SYNOPSIS:   Laura and Alec are trained terrorists.  Jack and Aubrey are high school students.
There was no reason for them to ever meet. But now, a mysterious virus is spreading throughout America, infecting teenagers with impossible powers. And these four are about to find their lives intertwined in a complex web of deception, loyalty, and catastrophic danger—where one wrong choice could trigger an explosion that ends it all.

 This novel is like Alexandra Bracken's The Darkest Minds. Kid's with superpowers and weird stuffs. The plot is so mainstream but still interesting given that I am really immature. I used to dream of having super powers, I mean all of us maybe did that. I read this book because I read Mr. Wells Variant novel which blew my mind so I decided maybe this one will do what exactly what Variant did.

BOOK REVIEW: LEGEND by MARIE LU

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 OVERALL RATING: 8 /10
            STORY: 9/10
            CHARACTERS: 10/10
            THE FEELS: 8/ 10
            ENTERTAINMENT: 7 / 10
 
PLOT: 7/ 10
SYNOPSIS:  What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.

From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets.

After reading all I can say about the book was, "GENIUS!" I salute Ms. Lu for writing such a brilliant book even though it was quite predictable but it still punch something to us readers that this book was written with such tremendous effort that needs to be  recognize.

BOOK REVIEW: VARIANT by ROBISON WELLS

10433900OVERALL RATING: 10 /10
            STORY: 8/10
            CHARACTERS: 8/10
            THE FEELS: 10 / 10
            ENTERTAINMENT: 10 / 10
 
PLOT: 9 / 10

SYNOPSIS: Benson Fisher, a foster boy, thought that a scholarship at Maxfield Academy will be a turning point of his wrecked life. He entered MAxfield, thinking about being a lucky scholar student and studying freely in one of the best school in the world. But, he is wrong.
The very moment when he entered the academy, he then realized that, Maxfield is not just a normal school, but a prison for children like him. Benson realized that he is among 74 students trap inside the school, being watch by cameras at every corner. Their routines are govern and being surveyed. With trackers and lenses around him, Benson realized that his life will never be the same. And every day that he spend inside the academy, he slowly unravels its secrets that will change your lifes perspective forever. Pack with action, suspense and brain teasing page turner. Variant by Robinson Wells will keep you mouth twisting reader all through out the novel. Unique and fresh dystopian novel that will surely give you total satisfaction. Variant is a novel of survival, trust and science fiction that will grab every neurons in your brain.

BOOK REVIEW: IN THE END by DEMITRIA LUNETTA

12157407OVERALL RATING: 5 /10
            STORY: 5/10
            CHARACTERS: 7/10
            THE FEELS: 7 / 10
            ENTERTAINMENT: 6 / 10 
PLOT: 7 / 10

SYNOPSIS: They hear the most silent of footsteps. They are faster than anything you've ever seen. And They won't stop chasing you...until you are dead. Amy is watching TV when it happens, when the world is attacked by Them. These vile creatures are rapidly devouring mankind. Most of the population is overtaken, but Amy manages to escape—and even rescue “Baby,” a toddler left behind in the chaos. Marooned in Amy’s house, the girls do everything they can to survive—and avoid Them at all costs. After years of hiding, they are miraculously rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living in a former government research compound. While at first the colony seems like a dream with plenty of food, safety, and shelter, New Hope slowly reveals that it is far from ideal. And Amy soon realizes that unless things change, she’ll lose Baby—and much more. Rebellious, courageous, and tender, this unforgettable duo will have you on the edge of your seat as you tear through the pulse-pounding narrow escapes and horrifying twists of fate in this thrilling debut from author Demitria Lunetta.

 I was looking for something fresh and exiting to read the time I read the book. Okay let me get straight, the plot of this book is definitely promising but the problem about the author is that she has the idea but she did not deliver------  which results to not giving justice to a potential mind blowing plot. 

BOOK REVIEW: THE 5TH WAVE by RICK YANCEY


OVERALL RATING: 7 /10
            STORY: 6/10
            CHARACTERS: 9/10
            THE FEELS: 8 / 10
            ENTERTAINMENT: 8 / 10
 PLOT: 6 / 10
SYNOPSIS: After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.....
           
          The hype of this book right now is pretty high which made me buy and read this as soon as possible, but sad to say, I am not saying that it’s a bad read its just a disappointment because maybe I expected too much from this book? I don’t know.