Jessi Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) So I didn't do one of these last year, but think it is high time I did. My aim for the year is above 48 books which was my total in 2009. However, I would really love to read above 60. Edited (16 July 2010): New Target on account of already having finished 54 books (Woop Woop!) - 100 books is now my aim Thats the utimate goal... so here we go... Read in 2010... 1. Poison Study - Maria V Snyder 2. The Tales of Beedle The Bard - J K Rowling 3. Magic Study - Maria V Snyder 4. Becoming Queen - Kate Williams 5. Double Cross - Malorie Blackman 6. Living Dead In Dallas - Charlaine Harris 7. Splendour - Anna Godbersen 8. Theodore Rex - Edmund Morris 9. Mayflower - Kathryn Lasky 10. Blitz - Vince Cross 11. Uneasy Lies The Head - Jean Plaidy 12. An Utterly Exasperated History Of Mordern Britain - John O'Farrell 13. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 14. Frank - Annette Dunlap 15. Evermore - Alyson Noel 16. Edward VII - Christopher Hibbert 17. Club Dead - Charlaine Harris 18. The Last Grand Duchess - Ian Vorres 19. The Last Station - Jay Parini 20. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini 21. Voyage on the Great Titanic - Ellen Emerson White 22. Last Voyage of the Valentina - Santa Montefiore 23. Winston and Clementine: The Personal Letters of the Churchills - Mary Soames 24. Fire Study - Maria V Snyder 25. Quidditch Through The Ages - J K Rowling 26. Sally Hemings - Barbara Chase Riboud 27. Missiles in Cuba - Mark White 28. Traitors of the Tower - Alison Weir 29. Dead To The World - Charlaine Harris 30. Queen Alexandra - Georgina Battiscombe 31. Anastasia's Secret - Susanne Dunlap 32. Thirteen Days - Robert F Kennedy 33. Europe Since 1870 - James Joll 34. Kissed by an Angel - Elizabeth Chandler 35. The Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko 36. Cuban Missile Crisis Documents from University (3x) = 291 pages 37. The Roosevelts - Peter Collier 38. Burned - PC and Kristin Cast 39. The Crusades - Christopher Tyerman 40. Dark Continent - Mark Mazower 41. The Kings Secret Matter - Jean Plaidy 42. American Adulterer - Jed Mercruio 43. St Thomas's Eve - Jean Plaidy 44. Jackie, Ethel, Joan - J Randy Taraborrelli 45. The Pearl - Douglas Smith 46. Katherine - Anya Seton 47. The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner - Stephanie Meyer 48. Inkheart - Cornelia Funke 49. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J K Rowling 50. The Carrie Diaries - Candace Bushnell 51. Marley and Me - John Grogan 52. Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris 53. Dear John - Nicholas Sparks 54. No Place Like Home - Pen Farthing 55. The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks 56. Tinkling The English - Dara O'Briain 57. No Place Like Home - Pen Farthing 58. Franklin and Winston - Jon Meacham 59. One Dog at a Time - Pen Farthing. 60. Alice - Stacy A Cordery 61. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 62. Englands Mistress - Kate Williams 63. Transported - Goldie Alexander 64. The Romanovs 1818 - 1959 - John Van Der Kiste 65. The House of Special Purpose - John Boyne 66. Lord Robert - Jean Plaidy 67. Divine By Mistake - PC Cast 68. Patriot Hearts - Barbara Hambly 69. A Rhyming History of Britian - James Muirden 70. Mill Girl - Sue Reid 71. A Dog Year - John Katz 72. Unbroken - Beverley Callard 73. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks 74. Jack Duckworth and Me - Bill Tarmey 75. The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien 76. The Shadow of the Pomgranate - Jean Plaidy 77. Coronation Street Saga - Katherine Hardy 78. The Gilded Chamber - Rebecca Kohn 79. The Italian Matchmaker - Santa Montefiore Edited December 20, 2010 by Jessi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) To Be Read List: History: 1. De Courcy, Anne: Debs at War 2. Battiscombe, Georgina: Queen Alexandra (Finished: 2 Apr) 3. Campbell, Christy: Band of Brigands 4. Foreman, Amanda: The Duchess 5. Fraser, Antonia: Marie Antoinette 6. Fulbrook, Mary: Europe since 1945 (UNIVERSITY) 7. Garfield, Simon: Our Hidden Lives 8. Gristwood, Sarah: Elizabeth and Leicester 9. Guy, John: My Heart Is My Own 10. King, Edmund: Medieval England 11. Hibbert, Christopher: Edward VII (Finished: 16 Feb) 12. Hobsbawn, Eric: The Age Of Extremes (UNIVERSITY) 13. Massie, Robert: Nicholas and Alexandra 14. Mazower, Mark: Dark Continent (Finished: 21 May) 15. McCullough, David: 1776 16. O’Farrell, John: An Utterly Exasperated History Of Modern Britain (Finished: 31 Jan) 17. Rees, Laurence: Behind Closed Doors 18. Smith, Douglas: The Pearl (Finished: 5 Jun) 19. Soames, Mary: Clementine Churchill 20. Soames, Mary: Winston and Clementine: The Personal Letters of the Churchill’s (Finshed: 7 Mar) 21. Williams, Stephanie: Olga’s Story 22. Weir, Alison: Henry VIII 23. Weir, Alison: The Six Wives of Henry VIII Fiction: 24. Anderson, Hans Christian: Anderson’s Fairy Tales 25. Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women 26. Alexander, Goldie: My Story, Transported (Finished: 13 Aug) 27. Austen, Jane: Emma 28. Austen, Jane: Mansfield Park 29. Austen, Jane: Northanger Abbey 30. Austen, Jane: Persuasion 31. Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice (Finished: 5 Aug) 32. Austen, Jane: Sense and Sensibility 33. Bronte, Charlotte: Jane Eyre 34. Boyne, John: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 35. Burnett, Frances Hodgson: The Secret Garden 36. Cross, Vince: My Story, Blitz (Finished: 25 Jan) 37. Dunant, Sarah: In the Company of the Courtesan 38. Emerson White, Ellen: My Story, Voyage on the Great Titanic (Finished: 1 Mar) 39. Fforde, Jasper: The Eyre Affair 40. Furnivall, Kate: The Russian Concubine 41. Funke, Cornelia: Inkheart (Finished: 19 June) 42. Gaskell, Elizabeth: North and South 43. George, Margaret: Helen of Troy 44. Gee, Sophie: The Scandal of the Season 45. Gregory, Philippa: The Other Queen 46. Gregory, Philippa: The Queens Fool 47. Gregory, Philippa: The Favoured Child 48. Godbersen, Anna: Splendour (Finished: 15 Jan) 49. Gilbert, Henry: Robin Hood 50. Grahame: The Wind in the Willows 51. Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the D’Urbervilles 52. Kaye, Marilyn: Gifted 53. Kohn, Rebecca: The Gilded Chamber (Finished: 15 Dec) 54. Lasky, Kathryn: Mayflower (Finished: 22 Jan) 55. Lawrence, D. H: Lady Chatterley’s Lover 56. Lee, Harper: To Kill A Mocking Bird 57. Lewis, Hilda: I, Jacqueline 58. Martin, Lee: Gangsters Wives 59. Mayo, Stephfordy: New Moan 60. McIntosh, Fiona: Royal Exile 61. Montefiore, Santa: Last Voyage of The Valentina (Finished: 5 Mar) 62. Montefiore, Santa: The Swallow and the Hummingbird 63. Montefiore, Santa: The Butterfly Box 64. Montgomery, L.M : Anne of Green Gables 65. Nesbit, E: The Railway Children 66. Niffenegger, Audrey: The Time Traveler’s Wife (Finished: 6 Feb) 67. Noel, Alyson: Evermore (Finished: 13 Feb) 68. Plaidy, Jean: The Kings Secret Matter (Finished: 23 May) 69. Plaidy, Jean: Saint Thomas Eve (Finished: 30 May) 70. Reid, Sue: My Story, Mill Girl (Finished: 20 Sept) 71. Ryan, Robert: Early One Morning 72. Sewell, Anna: Black Beauty 73. Sheers, Owen: Resistance 74. Sittenfeld, Curtis: American Wife 75. Sparks, Nicholas: Dear John (Finished: 13 July) 76. Steel, Danielle: Silent Honour 77. Stevenson, Robert Louis: Kidnapped 78. Thackeray, William Makepeace: Vanity Fair 79. Thomes, Rosie: Isis and Ruby 80. Tolkien, J.R.R: The Silmarillion 81. Tolkien, J.R.R: Unfinished Tales 82. Zusak, Markus: The Book Thief To Be Read: 82 (8 January 2010) Edited December 20, 2010 by Jessi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) Wish List: Anderson, Laurie Halse: Chains Anthony, Evelyn: Imperial Highness Anthony, Evelyn: Victoria and Albert Brodie, Fawn: Thomas Jeffeson: An Intimate History Beer, Edith Hadn: The Nazi’s Officers Wife Croft, Christina: Most Beautiful Princess Dreifuss, Jerome: The Romance of Catherine and Potemkin Eastland, Sam: The Eye Of The Red Tsar Feldman, E: Lucy Gregory, Kristiana: Catherine: The Great Journey Gulland, Sandra: Mistress of the Sun Harris, Charlaine: Grave Sight (McRecommends) Hill, Lawrence: The Book of Negros Hough, Richard: Victoria and Albert Jenoff, Pam: Almost Home Kirwen, Anna: Victoria (My Royal Story) Lasky, Kathryn: Marie Antoinette Lasky, Kathryn: Elizabeth Larsson, Stig: The Millennium Trilogy Montefiore, Santa: The Affair Morrow, James: The Last Witchfinder Nagel, Paul C: The Adams Women Plaidy, Jean: Louis the Well Beloved Plaidy, Jean: The Thistle and The Rose Rohan, Zina: The Officers Daughter Sebba, Anna: American Jennie Tufft, Ron: Red Cloth, Yellow Cloth Williams, Charles: The Last Great Frenchmen Whittle, Tyler: Albert's Victoria Wish List of book yet to be released: Morris, Edmund: Colonel Roosevelt (Released: 23 Nov) Edited September 6, 2010 by Jessi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) Bought in 2010: January: Brands: Traitor to his Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Cast, P.C: Divine by Mistake (Finished: 2 Sept) Cordery, Stacy A: Alice (Finished: 1 Aug) Collier, Peter: The Roosevelts (Finished: 10 May) Dunlop: Frank: The Story of Frances Folsom Cleveland (Finished: 7 Feb) Hall, Coryne: Little Mother Of Russia Harris, Charlaine: Club Dead (Finished: 17 Feb) Meacham, Jon: Franklin and Winston: A Portrait of a Friendship (Finished: 21 July) O’Toole, Patricia: When Trumpets Call Pakula, Hannah: An Uncommon Woman Snyder, Maria V: Fire Study (Finished: 10 Mar) Van Der Kiste, John: The Romanovs 1818 – 1959 (Finished: 29 Aug) Vorres, Ian: The Last Grand Duchess (Finished: 20 Feb) Williams, Kate: Emma Hamilton (Finished: 13 Aug) February: Byatt, AS: The Children's Book Chandler, Elizabeth: Kissed by an Angel (given to me by a friend) (Finished: 27 April) Dean, Debra: The Madonnas of Leningrad Dunant, Sarah: Sacred Hearts Hosseini, Khaled: A Thousand Splendid Suns (Finished: 24 Feb) Kurnivall, Kate: Under A Blood Red Sky Parini, Jay: The Last Station (Finished: 23 Feb) Tolstoy, Leo: Anna Karenina Tolstoy, Sofia: The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy March: Dunlap, Susan: Anastasias's Secret (Finished: 12 Apr) Harris, Charlaine: Dead To The World (Finished: 28 Mar) James, Eloisa: Desperate Duchesses Kennedy, Robert: 13 Days (for Uni) (Finished: 23 Apr) Hamley, Barbara: Patriot Hearts (Finished: 11 Sept) Hosseini, Khaled: The Kite Runner Lovell, Mary S: The Mitford Girls Lukyanenko, Sergei: The Night Watch (Finished: 30 April) Lukyanenko, Sergei: The Day Watch McTaggart, Lynne: Kathleen Kennedy - Her Life and Times Mercurio, Jed: American Adulterer (Finished: 29 May) Mitchell, Margaret: Gone With The Wind Morrow, James: The Last Witchfinder Plaidy, Jean: Lord Robert (Finished: 31 Aug) Plaidy, Jean: Madame Du Barry Pollard, Eve: Jack’s Widow Seton, Anya: Katherine (Finished: 7 Jun) Weir, Alison: Katherine Sywnford Weir, Alison: Traitors of the Tower (Finished: 27 Mar) Wilson, Dorothy Clarke: Alice and Edith April: Cast, P.C and Kristin: Burned (Finished: 13 May) Mantel, Hilary: Wolf Hall Norton, Elizabeth: Jane Seymour Snyder, Maria V: Storm Glass (given to me by my aunt) Taraborrelli, J Ranndy: Jackie, Ethel, Joan (Finished: 3 Jun) Weir, Alison: The Captive Queen May: Boyne, John: The House of Special Purpose (Finished: 30 Aug) Clarke, Stephen: 1000 Years of Annoying the French O'Briain, Dara: Tinkling the English (Finished: 19 July) June: Arnold, Gayner: Girl in the Blue Dress Bushell, Candace: The Carrie Diaries (Finished: 4 July) Campion, Emma: The King's Mistress Cheek, Mavis: Amenable Women Erikson, Carolly: Great Catherine Harris, Charlaine: Definately Dead Harris, Charlaine: Dead as a Doornail (Finished: 10 July) Harrods-Eagles, Cynitha: Anna Hibbert, Christopher: Victoria – a Personal History Meyer, Stephenie: The Second Short life of Bree Tanner (Finished: 14 June) Motley, Annette: Men on White Horses Plaidy, Jean: Plantagenet Prelude Plaidy, Jean: The Shadow of the Pomegranate (Finished: 25 Nov) Schlink, Bernhard: The Reader Smith, Douglas: Love and Conquest Weir, Alison: The Lady in the Tower July Leroux, Gaston: The Phantom of the Opera Farthing, Pen: One Dog at a Time (Finished: 23 July) Farthing, Pen: No Place Like Home (Finished: 13 July) Sparks, Nicholas: The Last Song (Finished: 18 July) August Cast, PC: Divine by Blood Cast, PC: Divine by Choice Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist Figes, Orlando: Natasha’s Dance Ibbotson, Eva: The Secret Countess Kerr, Judith: Out of Hitler Time Lauren, Kate: Fallen Lieven, Dominic: Russia Against Napoleon Stiefvater, Maggie: Shiver September Adams: The Letters of John and Abigail Adams Burstein, Andrew: Jefferson’s Secrets Duff, David: Alexandra: Princess and Queen Erickson, Carolly: The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette Furnivall, Kate: The Jewel of St Petersburg Gill, Gillian: We Two Gregory, Philippa: The Red Queen Katz, Jon: A Dog Year Katz, Jon: A Home for Rose McCullough, David: Mornings On Horseback Murden, James: A Rhyming History of Britain (Finished: 16 Sept) Romanov, Olga Alexandrovna: 25 Chapters Of My Life Van Der Kiste, John: Edward VII’s children Van Der Kiste, John: Queen Victoria’s children Westin, Jeane: His Last Letter Withey, Lynne: Dearest Friend October: Callard, Beverley: Unbroken (Finished: 10 Oct) Clark, Mary Higgns: The Christmas Collection Goodwin, Daisy: My Last Duchess Hardy, Katherine: Coronation Street - The Complete Saga (Finished: 13 Dec) Montefiore, Santa: The Italian Matchmaker (Finished: 20 Dec) O'Grady, Paul: At my Mothers Knee Smith, LJ: Night World Tarmey, Bill: Jack Duckworth and Me November: None December: Follett, Ken: The Pillars of the Earth Morris, Edmund: Colonel Roosevelt Edited December 20, 2010 by Jessi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) Poison Study By Maria V Snyder 4.5/ 5 I was given this book for my birthday by my aunt, who had read it and loved it. We have similar tastes in reading and I am so glad she did give it to me – it was a superb story and different to a lot of the fantasy I have been reading lately. I found it had solid characters and a strong heroine who still manages to keep that strength when she fell in love with the very charismatic hero, who I fell for too. After reading this I went straight on to Magic Study, which is the second book in the trilogy. Edited January 3, 2010 by Jessi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I recently read and enjoyed Poison Study too and plan on getting hold of the sequels in the near future. Unexpectedly great writing when I was expecting a quick, non-challenging read. A really tight plot with great characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Magic Study is great too from what I've read so far (230 pages in). The series is better than what I thought it'd be too. A pleasent surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 You got the same 2009 total as me! Good luck with your reading in 2010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 You too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J K Rowling (4/5) REREAD! Easy, quick and fun to read, The Tales of Beedle the Bard are supposedly the tales many of our favourite Harry Potter characters grew up with. I got this book last Christmas and had not read it since last New Year so picked it up again and really enjoyed it once more. I think reading this at the beginning of the year is going to become somewhat of a tradition for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I enjoyed Tales of Beedle the Bard when I read it. I found it a nice addition to Harry Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 As did I. I thought it was fantastic and the little additions by our Headmaster himself just made the whole thing even more superb. I think I might have to re-read this at some point in the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Make sure you do Ben, if anything, I enjoyed them more second time about! I continue to be amazed by Rowling's creativity! You can just tell how much she has thought it all through. I think my favourite tale is the Fountain of Fair Fortune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 That was my favourite too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 It's been a while but I remember enjoying that one as well, and I will definitely get around to reading them again now you recommended them so highly when read for a second time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) Great minds lexiepiper Magic Study by Maria V Snyder (4/5) The plot may be more complicated than that of its prequel, but Magic Study continues with the same fast paced plot with old and new characters. Yelena leaves Ixia for the initially sunnier climate that Sitia provides and although her parents welcome her back without question, the same cannot be said of her brother. Then arriving at the Keep, twenty year old Yelena is a stranger among a younger set of people as she learns about her magic. But soon enough, she is embroiled in a hunt for a mass murderer, bringing the same action that Poison Study provided. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend the study series if you like fantasy with a dash of romance! Edited January 7, 2010 by Jessi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) Becoming Queen by Kate Williams (4/5) I started this a few months ago. Historical biographies always seem to take me much longer to get through than fiction. However, I wanted to finish this book over the holidays (along with Theodore Rex... well one out of two isn’t bad, right?). I am really glad I persevered with this book, it turned out to be a cracking read. Having seen The Young Victoria and then a TV special by Kate Williams, I was thoroughly inspired to buy this book. It tells the story not only of Queen Victoria by also her ill fated cousin, Princess Charlotte, who had she not died in childbirth, would have been queen of England. For me what made the book so interesting was that it spanned the transition period from one age to another in British history, from the extravagant Georgians to the forward thinking Victorians. This was really well written and I am definitely going to keep my eye out for anything else Kate Williams writes, as well as getting my hands on a copy of her book, England’s Mistress, about Emma Hamilton. Edited February 17, 2010 by Jessi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Whoa! Jessi! that is waaaaay too organised, man! Good work! Mine's just a big pile of OMG that I plunge into, chucking books everywhere until I find one I want. I need thrashing, really. A damn good thrashing, I tell you. Anyway. Hope you're well. Toodles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Haha - I am beginning to regret it now Mac. When I started typing up my TBR pile, it seemed like a good idea, but I honestly didn't realise just how many books I have! At this rate, I won't be buying any books this year (yeah, right!) because I am going to feel too guilty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Now, you see, my problem is that I cannot walk past a bookshop. It's draws me in like it has a tractor beam or something. I then simply cannot leave until I have a shiny new book in my hot, sweaty mitts, clutched to my breast like a suckling babe. Hmmm...dubious imagery, there... So, my piles are bigger than yours... Piles, anyone? PILES?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 So it isn't just me! I hate walking passed book shops, I feel as if I am going to miss out on something if I do! I also get trapped on amazon for hours looking at books! So I just finished and I have 82 books to read! Ahh!!! My bookshelf is overflowing and I have piles on it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 You have some great reads coming up, Jessi! I look forward to reading your thoughts on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Crumbs, Jessi. There's loads on there that I haven't even heard of! I prove myself an ignoramus. If you like, check out my thread McReccomends (I'm not sure how to make a link to it, but if you do a quick search, you'll find it) and have a look at some of the things I think are cool. You might agree with me. You might not. Ain't that the great thing about this site?!? Happy days. Oy oy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) Thanks Kylie Will do Mac - it is! I'm really enjoying hanging out here! Its a great board. Still... I don't I hope like too many of your McReccomends! I really don't need to add any books to the TBR pile right now, LOL! Edited January 9, 2010 by Jessi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Double Cross – Malorie Blackman (4.5/5) Having read the other books in the Noughts and Crosses series, I had to finish it up the series. I must admit, I had my reservations about it. I was worried there wasn’t going to be a happy ending up until the last page. Having read the previous novels, I needed Callie and Sephy to live happily ever after. After all the twists and turns of the previous books, this one follows in similar fashion. Callie Rose is much more central to this book than her mother as is her relationship with childhood friend Tobey, who ends up narrating most of it. After the two of them finally come to terms with the fact they don’t only want to be friends, tragedy strikes as gang war fair takes over Tobey’s life. Events spiral out of his control, and he is force to confront how the gangs influence harms his nearest and dearest, but can he escape unharmed and not end up in jail? While not being as enthralled as I was by Sephy and Callum in Noughts and Crosses, Callie and Tobey’s story is romantic, passionate and about fighting for what you want even when you don’t best know how to do it. As well as this, the teenage awkwardness of first love radiates off the book (he tells her he smells like biscuits when they both know she wearing the perfume he gave her!). The romance is played out realistically and sweetly, even if I did want to whack Tobey about the head a couple of times. I laughed out loud and I cried at the end. I was not disappointed by this well written book and am glad I finished this series. It was a brilliant read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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