Stories Are Perfect

With the end of summer comes a brand new, and hopefully better, reading season! I thought I would kick off fall by SUMming up my SUMmer reads! (I hope you all appreciate that wordplay as much as I do.)


The Young Elites by Marie Lu:

Complicated. Confusing. Different. Cool. Meh.

















If you follow us on Instagram, like you should, you might have seen that I mentioned that Makayla and I are doing something very special for all of our followers in November! I know it seems far away right now, but it really isn't. So.... I've decided to tease you guys with a clue!
Hint: MPHFPC
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Short but sweet review!

Two boys, an older sister, a lie, an ex girlfriend, and five letters...
Great, cute, and relatable contemporary! Jenny Han never fails to create a well written and very cute master piece of a contemporary.  If you're wanting to read a light and cute contemporary this is the one to pick up. This book is full of diversity, real life situations, and cute moments.
Lara Jean the middle child and shadow of her older sister who is practically perfect in every way, and soon moving away to Scotland for College.  Randomly all five of her old middle school 'love' letters get sent to the boys she used to love and suddenly she has to deal with boys, friendships, love, and the responsibilities of growing up.
I thought the writing was wonderful and easy to read, the chapters were short which helps when you are in a slump like me and not reading much, but that being said, I couldn't put it down! I just wanted to know what happens next, what drama is to come? Is this just pretend or real?*wink wink* and of course the most important question WILL KITTY GET A PUPPY??? Lol.

Jenny Han on the 'set' of To All The Boys I've Loved Before cover photo shoot test.

☆☆☆☆4/5 stars Follow our bookstagram for more bookish posts! IG | @ourstoriesareperfect

Non-Spoiler Review 

When I started this series I went in with totally no expectations. My best friend loved it and I'd though 'yeah maybe I'll get to it eventually.' and I started the first book and I just wasn't that interested and got half way through and put off finishing it... Well here I am, after forcing myself to finish the series before Y'all Fest I am pleasantly surprised! I believe I have read this entire series in under twenty days by listening to the audiobooks and reading some of it when I could.
I really enjoyed the last book, it perfectly wrapped up the series with a subtle but fulfilling ending. I liked the fact that it was a bit vague as a lot of YA novels tend to have very complex epilogues with 'too happy endings'. But this, this left me satisfied. Ignite Me was the perfect ending, answering questions and more character development it lead you to keep wanting to know more.


Minor-Spoilers Review

I've always had a problem with Juliette, she seemed like she could never make up her mind and was always whining, but I was so happy for her development in this book. She became a bad-ass warrior and leader and stopped caring so much about what others thought and finally let herself go for a chance. She opened up to herself and not only stopped being blind to her feelings, but she overcame her insecurities and learned to control her power. Everyone knows I am not a fan of Adam he is especially selfish and cruel in this book, not to mention childish. (How many times did she have to break up with him???) BUT I have to say I enjoyed the brotherly moments toward the end. Also, DID EVERYONE JUST FORGET ABOUT JAMES ABILITY? No one seemed to mention it or help train him just for something to do, I was hoping he'd flourish more with his abilities. Kenji, oh Kenji, I don't care what he does he'll always be my favorite no one gives him enough credit. He's hilarious, and caring, and sarcastic as hell and all I want is for him to be my best friend. I would've wished to get to know him more but I think his mysteriousness adds to his awesome factor. CAN WE TALK ABOUT WARNER? I LOVED his character development, he's so misunderstood and not even I realized his terrible deeds weren't so terrible until he had to explain himself but I mean come on who would've guessed? But I will say I shipped the two from the moment he came back and honestly didn't need an explanation I was cool with it, totally forgotten. No need to explain to me. You two can you just get closer? Maybe kiss? Yes kissing is good. I was always wanting to yell at the other characters to stop thinking he's a cruel monster when all he wanted was to help his mother and overcome his stupid abusive father.  In conclusion I really enjoyed all the twists and turns of the story and how every moment there was yet another surprise.

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Short Review-
(no spoilers)
I can without a doubt say I enjoyed Unravel Me more than Shatter Me, and there is definitely more going on in this book than the first. I enjoyed most of the book, but I've had a problem with Juliette since the first book with her being a very bipolar character. One minute she's happy go lucky and the next she's throwing a fit and accidentally hurting someone. I love the books and characters but Juliette could be so much more if she didn't whine and throw so many fits and just do what Kenji or Castle says to help strengthen her. As for Adam he is more of a background character at this point with Kenji taking up the spotlight, Adam, oh Adam, he cries as much as Juliette does and it really annoys me. If you wanted to figure out a way to be together stop crying about it, and do your research and figure it out. Warner has minor development in this book, we see two sides of him but he's so insecure and afraid to put himself out there, but he doesn't realized he's already changing, and with the way I'm pulling he better straighten himself out fast. I think that this book was much smoother to read, and made a lot more since and I can't stress this enough, If you like X-Men You'll love these books! But after all I've said don't get me wrong I loved the book and you will too as long as you can get past Juliette's constant whining but then again there are a lot of books with whiny protagonist and people still love them. These books are just one of those where you either absolutely love them or just despise and hate them and it all depends on your reading style and what you like to ready. I do love them and I'm glad my friend forced me to read them!



Messy but relatable review with spoilers!

I loved the scene with James and Juliette, when she tells him the story and he says he sorry for being mad at her, I thought it was really sweet and heartwarming. I don't know how I feel about Castle yet, he seems like he is a good guy but I just have this President Coin vibe every time I he comes up. I don't know maybe it's just me, but I don't fully trust him. I really wanted Juliette to bond with the girls more (crap see they call them the girls so much I can't ever remember their names... Wait wait wait, I remember, Sonya and Sara. ) because she honestly needs more friends, the only people she's managed to talk to are Kenji, Adam (on again off again), and the two guys that got kidnapped, and just barely Castle, Sonya and Sara. If she would just tell people how she feels they would understand and I'm sure the girls would love talking to her... By far my absolute favorite character is Kenji, he's not only hilarious, but he's not afraid to speak his mind, and one of my favorite moments of the book was when he gave Juliette and ultimatum basically saying 'You aren't the only person in the world with problems'.  But here's what everyone wants to know right... Who do I ship Juliette with??? Hmmm... Well... You see...
Here's the thing I really dislike Adam... At first I was all for it but things just went downhill. But then we start to see Warner's other side and I have to say I love rooting for the bad guys. But here's the thing, it makes so much more since for her to be with Warner, his power complements her, they strengthen each other where as she drains Adam. Warner, whether he believes it or not has already started to change and again whether Juliette sees it or not she fallen already. It really pissed me off when she just stopped what she was doing and was like "No I'm in love with Adam." she broke Warner's heart! He was giving himself to her, showing her a side of him no one has seen and she has the nerve to tell him 'Oh sorry you know, I just can't do this because I actually can't decide who I want to be with but I'm going to choose Adam because he's the safe choice'.
But to wrap things up, I enjoyed all of the action in this book. and want to start the next book ASAP. I just hope things start working out in SOMEONE'S favor because otherwise everyone's gonna die or be held captive.