Tim

I normally don't read books like this - I don't even really know what genre "I Am Princess X" is. I don't know why this seemed an interesting book to me. But it was. In fact, this is probably one of the best non-fantasy/sf books I've ever read. It's wonderfully written, the plot is fantastic - really, as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing wrong with this book. This is SO GOOD.
Oh - and there really is a site iamprincessx.com. Also, when you read this book, somewhere there'll be another reference to an internet site - you can try that one too... That's all I'm saying.

So, with "Judged", "The Blackhart Legacy" has come to an end. Such a shame this is only a trilogy.
I'd been afraid for a while, because I'd read somewhere that De Jager had 'changed the ending', and I was worried that it maybe wasn't the one I'd liked it to be. Thankfully, it was.
With this book, De Jager gives us another wonderful look at Kit's world, and rounds off everything that started in the other books. This series really is a must-read!

The end of the "Lunar Chronicles" has come: "Winter". 823 pages of pure, absolute bliss.
I already gave "Cress" five stars in the rating, so I couldn't go for more with "Winter", but the book definitely deserves that. There is really only a very small part which I thought wasn't as good as the others, but the rest was practically perfect. (I don't think there really exists a 'perfect' book, but this one comes close.)
Meyer spins a wonderful tale of war, love, friendship, action and so much more.
This truly is one for your must-read list!

The first thing anyone wonders when they know Percy Jackson but not this series must be, "So weird that Magnus' surname is the same one as Annabeth's." Yeah, OK, that's because they are family. And I don't think it's such a big spoiler to say that Annabeth does have her own small role to play. Until now, this is really the first actual reference in Riordan's book series that they are set in the same world and age (not counting the short stories of Percy, Annabeth and the Kanes). The second thing I noticed was that there was a chapter in which he names Jason Grace, which makes me wonder what will happen in the other four books. (He already revealed that Annabeth will appear more than once.)
Riordan sort of turns his back to the 'Heroes of Olympus' books because in 'Magnus Chase' he just uses a singular I-character (Magnus, of course), like he did with the Original 'Percy Jackson' novels.
Apart from Magnus - he's fantastic - there's my ultimate favourite for this series (it took me about one paragraphs, even before her name was said): Sam. She is so enormously wonderful. I really don't know how to say what I'm thinking - in my opinion, she's one of those kick-ass heroines of this time.
So, the Gods of Asgard. Those are the Norse ones. Probably one of the things that I love about Sam is that she is a Valkyrie - I mean, can you imagine it: women, chosen by the highest god to reap dead men's souls who died a hero's death, with their weapon in their hands. Just one of my favourite mythical 'humans'. In fact, I just like the entire mythology, I don't know why. It really speaks to me and the images it puts in brain when I'm reading about it are amazing. An enormous tree that encompasses nine worlds!
And even if you're not all that interested in the Old Norse myths - oh my god, just try this one. Riordan is a master weaver of stories, and he doesn't drop a stitch here.

645 pages of absolute, blissful heaven. That's what I call "Queen of Shadows". 645 pages of unexpected twists, world and character building and so much more.
This is probably the best book in the "Throne of Glass" series up to now. It's amazing that somehow, Maas keeps on getting better at this.
Book 5? Where are you?

[Note: This is a review for the entire "Skulduggery Pleasant" series, from Book 1-9 and all the short stories, spin-offs and novellas.]
In total, the entire series about the living skeleton and his student/partner is more than 5000 pages long. That's an awful lot.
Derek Landy is probably one of very few YA authors who actually succeeds in getting about ten different genres in one single book. Not imagine what he does with about ten books. It's amazing, really. There aren't many authors who can do what he does, and actually pull it off.
5000 pages of text mean a lot happens. When you've finished the series (I succeeded in reading it in one week) you'll probably have forgotten about half of what happened in the first books. The list of characters keeps on developing until right at the end - if anyone would count them, they'd probably strand someone above one hundred, I guess. And those characters have enough time to develop, which means there's always something happening. Certainly since Landy has a lot up his sleeve and you can never be entirely sure when someone is really dead or not. When he starts with gods, portals, human-possessing 'things' and parallel worlds, anything becomes possible - especially with Landy's own, personal writing style.
It's virtually impossible to say anything about it without spoiling, so you'll just have to read it. It's really worth it - I doubt I've ever read anything like it.
I'll just say this - it's a good ending. It really is. I was afraid of it, but there's no need to be.

"The Invasion of the Tearling" continues the story of "Queen", and also follows part of the life of Lily Mayhew, right before the Crossing.
Therefore, it wasn't only the story of the Tearling and Kelsea that gripped me, but the one in the past as well. After reading rather a lot about it in the first book, I was very curious as how it all worked, and I wasn't disappointed.
Apart from that, there are also some interesting secrets that come out, especially at the very end. It's not specifically said, but anyone who can read understands what is implicated, and it's really good.
After the ending, I can't wait to read the ending of Kelsea!

Sometimes, there are these debut authors who blow your mind.
Johansen is one of those. I devoured "The Queen of the Tearling" - a book of almost 500 pages with not the easiest writing style in one day; not bad.
The style is really marvellous, Kelsea Glynn is amazing and the plot as well. This is one of those series of the moment. Emma Watson has said she's "obsessed" with it, making clear she wants to direct the film and play Kelsea - that means something, and I understand her completely.
If there's one adult fantasy series of this time you have to read, it's this one.

Well, anybody who has read one or book(s) by Eoin Colfer knows he's one of the best - there are not many authors who have such a specific, recognizable, writing 'signature', let's just call it that.
"The Forever Man" is the third and (already - *deep sigh*) final book of the W.A.R.P. series. As always, Colfer does what no one else does: he makes the impossible possible, and the unbelievable believable. That's probably the most important thing when you're an author: make sure the readers believe what you're saying and they'll love your book.
I won't say this book is better than "The Last Guardian" (the 8th and last book of "Artemis Fowl"), because for me it isn't.
But he still did an amazing job. It's so good - there's really nothing wrong with it, I believe. At about ten pages before the end, you think 'He can't be serious - is he really going to do that?' Then, ten pages later, you can easily breathe out, glad of what he did. In just ten pages, he turns the ending 180 degrees.
Why are you still reading this? You should be reading the book!
And, let's be honest, if you look at all the "Artemis Fowl" and "W.A.R.P." books: this cover is the most awesome!

"A Court of Thorns and Roses" - what a wonderful title! - is the first part of a trilogy that is truly unique.
People who've read the "Throne of Glass" series by Maas might be a little surprised with the fact that ACOTAR, as this book is also known, seems to be written for a slightly older age group. It's really obvious when you're reading it. That's something I, personally, didn't think was so interesting about the novel, which made for the first 100 and last 100 pages really good. The middle was a little more 'basic', as far as that's possible. Nevertheless, there are some really good pieces in the novel and it's worth the read.

"Fairest" was included by Marissa Meyer as being a kind of prequel to the Lunar Chronicles in which we see the young Queen Levana of Luna take form and change her into the being she is in the series.
The most interesting - and good - thing about the book is probably the fact that some of the reader's assumptions throughout "Cinder", Scarlet" and "Cress", the most noticeable being the things we hear from Selene's mother. Those things make "Fairest" truly enjoyable.
A downside of it is that the novel is only 220 pages thick and I couldn't shake the feeling that Meyer could have taken her time a bit more. Sometimes it goes rather quickly.
Another good element, however, is that a lot of the other characters are 'introduced' here - since the action takes place before the other books and a lot of them are recognizable. That's very nicely done and came to me as a surprise.
Now we're just waiting for "Winter", of which the first three chapters are already included in this book!