Showing posts with label Putnam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Putnam. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Waiting on Wednesday (8/14/13)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
 
The book I am eagerly anticipating this week is....
Frozen (Heart of Dread, #1)
Title: Frozen
Author(s): Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston
Genre: Dystopia/Science Fiction
Publisher: Putnam 
Expected Publication Date: September 17th 2013
Synopsis (via goodreads): 
From New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston comes this remarkable first book in a spellbinding new series about the dawn of a new kind of magic.

Welcome to New Vegas, a city once covered in bling, now blanketed in ice. Like much of the destroyed planet, the place knows only one temperature—freezing. But some things never change. The diamond in the ice desert is still a 24-hour hedonistic playground and nothing keeps the crowds away from the casino floors, never mind the rumors about sinister sorcery in its shadows.

At the heart of this city is Natasha Kestal, a young blackjack dealer looking for a way out. Like many, she's heard of a mythical land simply called “the Blue.” They say it’s a paradise, where the sun still shines and the waters are turquoise. More importantly, it’s a place where Nat won’t be persecuted, even if her darkest secret comes to light.

But passage to the Blue is treacherous, if not impossible, and her only shot is to bet on a ragtag crew of mercenaries led by a cocky runner named Ryan Wesson to take her there. Danger and deceit await on every corner, even as Nat and Wes find themselves inexorably drawn to each other. But can true love survive the lies? Fiery hearts collide in this fantastic tale of the evil men do and the awesome power within us all
 
Check out more about this book over at its Goodreads page. 

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Review: The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
Title: The 5th Wave
Author: Rick Yancey
Series: The 5th Wave #1
Pages: 457
Genre: Science Fiction/Dystopia
Publisher: Putnam
Publication Date: May 7th 2013
Source: Library
 
“I had it all wrong," he says. "Before I found you, I thought the only way to hold on was to find something to live for. It isn't. To hold on, you have to find something you're willing to die for.”
―
Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave
 
Review:
 
I know most people will probably disagree with me but I am going to be honest and come out and say that I was very disappointed with The 5th Wave.

I was told that this book was an action packed intense read but I beg to differ. For me a lot of the book just kept dragging on. First of all I thought the first part of the book took too much time talking about the past to give us background. But even once we started talking in present day I still found parts of it very dull. I personally thought that the pace didn't pick up till almost the last 100 pages.

If you are planning on reading this book I am warning you that it is written in alternating voice. I have no problem with alternating voice, actually I love it. But nobody told me the book was written this way and there was no way it was indicated in the book so all of a sudden one minute I'm reading one story and then I was transported to a whole different plot line and I was very confused until I figured out that it was a different narrator.

There are so many different concepts in this book to do with the alien invasion. Once I got all of the concepts I was fine but while I was still trying to figure them all out, parts of the book were confusing to me. For example like I said earlier they spent a lot of time on background information, I mean A LOT of time on it. In other words there was a lot to digest in this book.

The characters however ended up growing on me. They were well thought-out and as a result came across very real. Cassie was a great heroine for the book. She was brave, tough, smart, but was motivated by love. My favorite character though was by far Evan. Evan is the love interest in the book and I sure LOVED him. The scenes between Evan and Cassie were my favorite in the whole book. They were also the only ones that caught my full attention.

I will read the sequel for the book but it will honestly only be so I can find out what happens with Evan and Cassie.
3 Stars ***