Books of Amber

My second It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? post. Like last week, my pace is a bit slow compared to some. I blame school. Agh. I have so much cousrework it’s unbelievable, but I still manage to squeeze in some reading. Do I really need to explain myself? Onto the books!


Last week I read and reviewed (click link for review!):
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (Which I absolutely loved!)


I started reading and plan to finish soon:
Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald


I’m STILL reading:
Tyger Tyger by Kersten Hamilton


I bought:
The Maze Runner by James Dashner (hahahaha, I’ve just realised – ‘Runner’… ‘Dashner’. *facepalm* I’m tired, okay?)
The Dead Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan


I’m crazy, I’m sure of it. I keep buying all these books, and then not finishing the ones I’ve bought before buying another batch. It’s an addiction. I’ve tried fighting it but what can you do? My brother suggested going to a hypnotist. Haha. If only it was that easy.


I’m not planning to read anything else this week, because I have enough to read as it is! I really need to finish TGG before half term. I don’t think it’s going to happen though, as I’m going a bit slowly. I would blame the coursework, but I actually… no. I refuse to blame the YA books. Nope. 

IMM is a meme created by Kristi at The Story Siren. Basically, you just take a picture/make a video showing what you got in the mail this past week. Pretty simple, yes? So, here’s what I got. It was a lot slower than last week, which isn’t surprising because last week I went crazy buying books! 

I bought Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick from Amazon.co.uk. It arrived on Thursday and I’ve read it already. I can honestly say I loved it, and there’s a review on my blog (the post before this one). You should definitely pick up this book!

I also bought Wings by Aprilynne Pike. I haven’t started it yet, but it looks really good! It’s about faeries 🙂 Don’t let the quote from Stephenie Meyer put you off trying it, as I’ve heard great things.

The third and final book that arrived was Iced Under by Nadine Doolittle. I won it from Goodreads.com and it came signed with a bookmark from the author’s local library (!) and a letter addressed to me. I can’t wait to read it. Don’t you think the cover looks creepy? It’s a person trapped under the ice.

As usual, Becca Fitzpatrick knows exactly what to do to get your heart racing. I don’t think I’ve ever been so eager to turn the pages as I have with Crescendo, and during certain scenes I honestly thought my heart was going to explode out of my rib cage. The plot of this book was as, if not more, fast paced as that in Hush, Hush and it started from the very first page. There was no slow build up, Fitzpatrick just threw you in there and let you have it. 


This book is based around more of the Nephilim, who want to take on the fallen angels who have been invading their bodies for centuries. Honestly, I don’t blame them for wanted to do this – who wants your body invaded every year? But this upcoming war means that, potentially, thousands and thousands of humans could get hurt – including Nora. 

Nora and Patch’s relationship is also a main focus in this book, as after the steamy first chapter it takes a nose dive. I think this was the main reason for my near heart failure. Nora became very jealous of Patch and his new found relationship with Marcie and, as usual, Patch kept a lot of things from her. This was the most frustrating part for me, as I honestly do hate Marcie, and I couldn’t understand why Patch would want to spend time with her.

Vee and Nora were, yet again, hilarious together. Vee was a lot less annoying than she was in Hush, Hush and I think that’s a huge plus. I really loved her in this book and her and Nora’s detective skills were amazing. 

As for the main twist of the novel… I saw it coming. Does this mean my detective skills are getting better? Or maybe the twist was just predictable. I don’t know, it’s hard to tell. The ending was very intense and if I had been in a room with my parents they would have probably ask me why in the world I am pulling such weird facial expressions. 

A certain line on the second to last page is very squee-worthy, but that’s short lived due to the ENORMOUS cliffhanger at the end. I don’t know how I’m going to last until next year to read the third book in the series because I am seriously freaking out here. 

Overall, an amazing, breathtaking, suspenseful book. Try to compare it to Twilight now, you haters! If you’ve read Hush, Hush, then you’d be crazy not to pick up this book. What’s holding you back? If you haven’t read this series yet, then I highly recommend reading it – but start with Hush, Hush because otherwise you won’t understand the characters at all – especially Patch. 

I couldn’t decide whether this deserved a five star rating for being absolutely amazing, or a four star rating for annoying the heck out of me and keeping me in the dark for a majority of the book. But, finally, I have settled on five stars because how could I give it anything else?

Rating: A well deserved 5/5

You can buy Crescendo at Amazon.co.uk; The Book Depository or at Amazon.com

Umm… well..  

My day has already been made, even though it’s only 4pm. ‘Crescendo’ has been shipped! That means it should be arriving the day after tomorrow – Friday. And if not, then Saturday! I can’t wait, I’m rather excited. Can you tell? *grins*