#11 A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb

Stars: ****

Genre: YA, Paranormal, Romance. Urban Fantasy.

Helen is Light, a spirit, a ghost, who haunts people with a love for literature. It's been 130 years since her death and she discovers that someone can see her. It's weird for someone to be able to see her, she is dead, nobody has been able to see her since like forever. At first she is scared of this boy who smiles at her but slowly curiosity makes her come near him. She discovers he was once Light like her, who found the empty body of Billy. 
James, the once Light who has borrowed Billy's body, and Helen slowly start having feelingd for each other, but a ghost and a human was not meant to be, so they look for an empty body for Helen. And they find one. Little by little the lovers discover pieces of their past lives before being Light, and the lives of their bodies.

It has taken me year to finally pick up this book and read it, always wondering if it would be a good buy or a bad one, and I'm glad I picked it up. The story is about ghosts, about life and love, about wrong choices and trying to get it right. James and Helen were great characters, the story was beautiful and the writting lovely.
Some books leave me with a feeling I can not explain, a feeling that I have gotten with the movie Kokuhaku (Confessions) and other books and movies. It left me breathless. I really liked the book but this might be a book some may not like.

P.S: Love the cover, it's probably one of the reasons I bought it.

We got Super Hero Powers!!

Recently, my sister and I have been watching Misfits. Wich brings back memories of movies like Push and X-men. I've always been a fan of the X-men and there powers, so I enjoy reading books with these types of powers. And if you do to, here is a list of books:

• Touch by Jus Accardo (Many)
• Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson (Telekinetic, Telepathy, others)
• Catching Suki by Sarah Alderson (Telepathy, others)
• Hunted by Cheryl Rainfield (Telepathy, others)
• Invisible by Jeanne Bannon (Invisibility)
• Open Minds by Susan Kaye Quinn (Telepathy, mind contol)
• Finding Sky by Joss Stirling (Telepathy, Precognition, others)
• Storm by Brigid Kemmerer (Water manipulation, earth manipulation, fire manipulation, air manipulation.)

Note: Some of these books I have not read, I just put them on the list because thats what they are about.

#10 Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson

Stars: *** and 1/2

Genre: YA, romance, Urban Fantasy, Supernatural, Action.

Seventeen year old Lila has two big secrets, first of all she has a crush (in her case it's considered an obsession) on her brother's best friend and she is telekinetic. 
After almost scrapping someones eye out with her powers she decides to flee England and go to her older brother who lives in the states, where she thinks she will be safe. She promises herself not to use her power again and be normal, at least act it. She soon discovers her brother and her crush work for a secret organisation called the Unit were they hunt people like her. Lila gets involved in the Unit, meets people like her and discovers secrets. 

I didn't like Lila much, she was a bit too obsesive with her crush (her way of making time go faster is thinking of him, and she stole his shirt) but there where great characters in this book, like Suki. Suki was lots of fun.

#9 Touch by Jus Accardo

Stars: *****

Genre: YA, Action, Urban Fantasy, Supernatural, Romance

Dez loves doing extreme stuff, bungee jumping, skateboarding off roofs, anything that makes the adrenaline pump though her body. She also loves pissing off her father so when a mysterious boy with blue eyes lands in front of her on her way home she takes him to her house. Kale, the blue eyed cutie, is weird, he doesn't let her touch him, always jumping away, and he showers while wearing the shoes she lent him. And then her father comes home. She expects him to yell at her but she is suprised to find him with a gun, pointing at Kale, while this boy threatens to touch her. Apparently, his touch kill, but for some reason she is immune to his touch. Also, her father works for some type of secret organisation called Denazen who uses people like Kale, people with special powers known as Sixes, as weapons. Kale and Dez go looking for a guy known as the reaper, hidding from her father. And Dez discovers her father is not the only one with secrets, because she has a secret she has hidden from him all his life, something she could use against him...

Dez was a great kick ass character. She was the one who told the story and it was quite fun making me laugh many times and getting weird looks from my family. And Kale!!! I've read a book once with a boy like Kale, it was a Spanish book that I have as my fav, but Kale is a tiny bit better. If you've seen X-men, Push, and Misfits, you'll like this book because it has those powers, nothing of glitery vamps or hairy weres. And as it hurts to say, the second book to this magnificant series will come out on September 11th, which seem so so so so far :( .
Here's the cover-->

#8 Earth Girl by Janet Edwards

Stars: ****

Genres: YA. Sci-fi, Romance.

It's 2788 and every Norm gets to go through portals to other planets, now only the Handicapped live on earth. The Handicapped are those who can't go to other planets, if they do, they will die. 
18 year old Jarra is a Handicapped and she has always held a grudge against the Norms, especially her parents who abandonned her when she was sent to earth to save her life.
And then Jarra has a great idea, she will invent a fake identity, passing as a norm from a military family, go to a history class on earth with norms who despisse apes such as herself (because she knows what all norms think of her, she has heard all the jokes on the vids) and when all the norms she will tell them that she is an ape and see all their faces.
But Jarra never expected to became friends with the norms or start falling for a boy who loves history just as she does.
And then there's the huge solar storm that strikes earth, making all the norms in her class portal off-world, but Jarra, as an ape girl, can't. Oh, and lets not forget the military ship that will land on earth escaping the solar storm, the first land in 600 years, and its crashing near their shelter.

The story starts off as Jarra telling us (or actually the norms) all the events that unfold to become her story.
Jarra was fun, but a bit though more that half through the story she annoyed me, but I kept reading nervous to see what happened. It was exititng and fun, somthing refreshing. And I love archeology and it was really cool I could read about archeologu in a future view.
So, like history, space stories and great characters? Read this book.

And the Cover!!!!OMG!!! LOVE!

#7 The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams

Stars: *****

Genres: YA, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy, Romance

Seraphina is an Incarnate, a soul that can change bodies. She has been alive since the 1300 and she does not want to continue living any longer bacause for her to live, someone must die. Cyrus is the one who turned her into an Incarnate, he is also the person she once loved and the person whos till holds onto her with an iron grip. And one night, the night she is supposed to take on a new body, she escapes from him and vows to never kill again, even if she has to take her own life. 
But something goes wrong and she finds herself in the body of sixteen year old Kailey, a girl who had been in a car accident. Sera goes on living as Kailey, feeling alive for the fist time in a long time and slowly falling in love with her new neighbour. But Sera knows that Cyrus will be back and those she has started to care will be in danger.

Before reading the book the story reminded me a bit of Beloved Immortal by Cate Tiernan and Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay. What the Alchemy of Forever had in common with Juliet Immortal is that both souls  are able to go from one body to another, and what all three of them had in common is that all three girls are hidding from three dark immortal souls.But I was partley wrongand the story took a diffrent path.
What really suprised me was that when I was at the end of the book the story seemed to take one direction that I did not like, and I was starting to get a bit mad at the book but suddenly, at the last page, everything changed and I couldn't help thinnking what would happen next, wondering and pondering, almost going crazy. I can't wait for the next book in the series!

#6 Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

Stars: *****

Genre: YA, Mystery, Horror, Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, Supernatural.

English---> Kendall Fletcher lives in a small town called Cryer's Cross where everybody knows each other and nothing interesting happens, but all that changes when Tiffany Quinn, a girl from Kendall's school, disapears. 
Everybody looks for Tiffany but they never find her. Months pass and the school starts again and Kendall is exited to start her senior year, coming back to all her rituals and getting her mind out of scary thoughts. And with the new school year comes two new students, Jacián and Marlena Morales. Marlena is nice, Jacián is not. 
And then one day, Nico Cruz, Kendall's boyfriend (and best friend since forever), disapears, leaving no trace (like Tiffany's disapearance) and the police and the press instantly connect the two disapearances. 
Kendall finds friendship with Marlena and Jacián and finds herself with a new rootine, but that does not stop her discover what happened to her friend, even if it seems too unreal.

Español--> Kendall Flecher vive en el pequeño pueblo de Cryer's Cross donde todos se conocen y casi nada interesante pasa, pero todo eso cambia cuando Tiffany Quinn, una alumna del instituto de Kendall desaparece.
Todos buscan a Tiffany pero nunca la encuentra. Los meses pasan y el instituto comienza otra vez y Kendall esta excitada de comenzar su ultimo año, volviendo a todos sus rituales y alejando su mentes de pensamientos que la asustan. Con el nuevo año escolar vienen dos estudiantes nuevos, Jacián y Marlena Morales. Marlena es amable pero Jacián no lo aparenta, siempre callado y inexpresivo.
Y un día, Nico Cruz, el novio de Kendall y su mejor amigo desde siempre, desaparece sin dejar rastro (como la desaparición de Tiffany) y la policía y las noticias no tardan en entrelazar estas dos ocurrencias. 
Kendall encuentra amistad con Marlena, y un poco mas que amistad con Jacián, comenzando una nueva rutina, pero nada la va a parar para descubrir que paso con su mejor amigo, incluso si las respuestas son sobrenaturales y todas la verían como una loca. 

El libro me gusto mucho aunque da un poco de miedo (especialmente si lo lees en mitad de la noche cuando oyes ruidos raros que no sabes de donde provienen). No es mi primera novela de terror y no es la que mas miedo da de las que leído pero todavía estaba bien. El personaje de Kendall, que sufre TOC (Trastorno obsesivo compulsivo) era muy real. Conocí a alguien con TOC y no se si Kendall lo tenia aun peor pero era divertido ver como ese problema le afectaba en la vida cotidiana.
Pues si te gustan las historias de miedo te lo recomiendo.

#5 The Forsaken by Lissa M. Stasse

Stars: *****

Genre: YA, Dystopian, Romance, Survival, Adventure, Action

Alenna Shawcross is a orphan of the UNA (United Northern Alliance, a super country consisting of Canada, Mexico and the US.). Alenna is shy and quiet, never fitting in. And then we have the GPPT, the exam every teenager takes to see if they have a high capacity for brutal violence. If the GPPT says you are capable of brutal violence you get sent to Prison Island Alpha a.k.a The Wheel (a remote island with a life expectancy of just two years.)

Alenna knows she will not be sent to the Wheel, she has never shown any inclination to violence but somehow, after her GPPT she wakes up in The Wheel.

In the Wheel she is taken in by the villagers, a group of kids who are in a war with the drones, the other group in the island. Alenna makes friends in the village and meets a blue eyed boy who seems very familiar and who she is drawn to. 

Slowly Alenna discovers how the island works and about the strange illness that takes some and the weird machines that take others. 

Alenna and her friends go on a search to find a way out of the island, never expecting what they will find.

Alenna starts out as an orphan with no special survival skill, not like Katniss (Hunger Games) who has an incredible aim with the bow and arrow or Saba (Blood Red Road) who can fight and win. Alenna is just a normal city girl and when she is dropped in the Wheel she has to find a way to survive, learning from those around her. 

This book was full of suprises that I never expected. So, if you are a fan of the Hunger Games, or any other dystopian triology, you might like to read this book.

#4 The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Stars: *****

Genres: YA, Romance, Fantasy, Supernatural

On the Island, every start of November there's a race. But this race is not a normal race, in this race, riders ride water horses and try to hold on till they reach the finish line. And in these races anything can happen, you can get first place and win lots of money, you can stay alive till the end ot die, because these water horses are not normal, they are man eating horses who's home is the sea, and if you are not careful, they will take you there, to your death.

And then there are the main characters, Puck Connolly and Sean Kendrick. 
19 year old Sean Kendrick is the returning champion, winner of the four races before. He works for Benjamin Malvern, the richest man on the island, he is a young man of few words with fears hidden deep inside.
Puck Connolly lost her parents because of the water horses and it seems ironic that she would join the races. But she joins the races just to keep her small family together after her eldest brother said he wanted to leave the island and Malvern came to take her house away. Winning the race might get her brother to stay and her house back. 
But Puck and Sean never expected to have their lives entwine.

Four words: I love the book. I am not a fan of Stiefvater's novel Shiver and at first I had my doubts about The scorpio races but after seeing the cover many times I went to read what it was about, and i just had to read it. Horses, races, and island, i just had to have it. And I'm glad I read it. So if you like islands, and horses, you might like this book.
And the cover, OMG, it's amazing. I love the black figure of the girl ridding her horse that over the red looks kind of like a prehistoric drawing on a cave wall.

#3 Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices / book 1) by Cassandra Clare

Stars: *****

Genres: YA, Historical Fiction, Steampunk, Romance, Fantasy, Supernatural.

Tessa Gray travels all the way to find her brother in Victorian England, never expecting to find the Dark Sisters waiting for her, much less kidnap her. 
Tessa spends six weeks in the Dark Sisters' house, forced into shape shiffting for them (a magical ability she did not know she had) and about to marry The Magister. And that is when she meets Will, who saves her from the Dark Sisters and their mysterious Pandemonium Club. 
Alone and in danger, Tessa takes refuge in the Shadowhunters' Institute and discovers a world she never though existed. 
The Shadowhunters at the Institute swear to help her find her brother if she will help them find out who this Magister is and what's his plan. 
Soon, after finding many friends in the institute, she finds herself torn between to best friends, Will, who never let's anybody close with his sometimes horrible atittude, and James (or Jem), fragile and beautiful who hides a dark secret. 
And Tessa realizes that soon she will have to choose between saving her brother or helping the shadowhunters save the world.

I have to admit, I am a sucker for Historical Fiction and if it's Victorian all the better. I love the dresses and the parties and I was not left hanging. I really enjoyed this book and couldn't wait for the second book in this series. This book was funny and beautifully written.

High Fantasy reads.

Recently I went to Cortegana, a medieval faire that takes place around a castle. And because of this trip I started reading books that took place in a medieval land.

The books:

• Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Mass - 18 year old Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan's greatest assasin, but after getting caught on a mission she has had to spend a year in Endovier's salt mines. One day she is dragged to the Crown Prince and given an offer, win a competition to be the king's champion and regain her freedom after four years. In this competition Celaena will go against murderers, soldiers, assasins and thiefs each of them sponsored by a member of the king's council. Celaena works hard in her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Chaol Westfall, but apart from that, court life bores her. But everything becomes interesting when the prince starts showing interest for her and her opponents start showing up dead. The young assasin investigates these strange deaths in secret and discovers a greater destiny than she could have ever imagined.  I really enjoyed the book and was instantly taken into this world since the first page. Celaena is a fun character and I liked very much how she saw everything. I recomend this book to anybody who likes adventure, mystery, romance and a magical medieval world. 
• The Graceling realms by Kristin Cashore - The Graceling realms consist of three books. The first one is Graceling, the second is a prequel to Graceling called Fire and the thrid one is a sequel to Graceling called Bitterblue. And I must say that I am in love with the books.    

#2 El designio del Ángel/Unearthly (Cynthia Hand)

El Designio del Ángel es una novela contemporánea sobre ángeles escrita por la autora Cynthia Hand.

"Clara Gardner ha descubierto

 que es mitad ángel mitad humana. La sangre

 que recorre sus venas no solo la hace más 

inteligente, fuerte y rápida que los humanos,

 sino que también significa que tiene

 un designio, una misión por la que

 ha sido traída a la tierra. Pero descubrir 

ese designio no es tarea fácil. Sus visiones 

de un incendio forestal y un extraño

 la llevan hasta un nuevo colegio. Cuando

 conoce a Christian, que resulta ser 

el chico de sus sueños (literalmente),

 todo parece encajar. Hasta que aparece

 Tucker, quien despierta el lado menos 

angelical de Clara.

A medida que se acerca el día señalado, 

Clara intentará encontrar su lugar en un

 mundo que ya no entiende y descubrirá 

que su designio puede formar parte de

 una lucha mayor entre los ángeles y los

 Alas Negras..." (De la solapa del libro)

Me gusto mucho el libro y sus personajes, en especial Tucker. El libro me hizo reír en partes y en otras me mantenía al filo de la silla preguntándome que pasaría. Si te gustan los cuentos de angeles y los triangulos amorosos este es tu libro. 

#1 Si no despierto / Before I fall (Lauren Oliver)

Si no despierto es una novela contemporánea de Lauren Oliver en la que una chica popular llamada Sam vive su último día siete veces.
Samantha Kingston es la típica chica popular que se ven en las películas y series, la típica que se ríe de los pardillos, quien se divierte en las fiestas y tiene todo (belleza, novio, popularidad,...). El 12 de Febrero, el día en el que celebran el día de Cupido en su colegio (su día favorito), debería haber sido solo otro día en su vida, pero no lo es, es el día en el que muere.
Y tras el accidente que debería haberle llevado a la tumba, Sam se despierta en su cama...el 12 de Febrero.
Sam vive ese día siete veces, dando se cuenta de que la cosa mas mínima puede afectar y causar algo más grande.
Me encanto el libro y me quede enganchada a el por dos días  y una noche, metida en el mundo que creo Lauren Oliver.