Fallen by Lauren Kate
Synopsis: Seventeen-Year-Old Luce is a new student at Sword & Cross, an unwelcoming boarding/reform school in Savannah, Georgia. Luce s boyfriend died under suspicious circumstances, and now she carries the guilt over his death with her as she navigates the unfriendly halls at Sword & Cross, WHERE every student seems to have an unpleasant even evil history.
Review: I liked this one, it's a YA book and well you can tell that the book is aimed towards a younger audience than me. The story is interesting and the characters well-written and compelling. It's a bit reminiscent of Twilight with two guys both fighting for one ordinary girl, or so it seems. It's a bit slow in the beginning and t doesn't really end when the book ends. There will be a squeal at the end of the month I believe.
Even though I like this types of books it was not my favorite one. I have higher hopes for The Hunger Games which is also a YA book that I bought on my trip!
I give it: 3/5
Five People you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
Synopsis: From the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie comes this long-awaited follow-up.
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It s a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie s five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his meaningless life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: Why was I here?
Review: I loved this book, it's such a lovely notion that this is what happens when you die. I'm not a religious person but this had me smiling as I read it. Albom is a great storyteller and deals with a difficult subject in a brilliant way. Eddie is likable and I think you can relate to him no matter your age, gender or religious view.
It defiantly made me think about who I would meet and how one person can affect others without knowing it.
I give it 5/5