The Scorch Trials

This week I read The Scorch Trials by James Dashner. It is the second in the Maze Runner trilogy and I loved it! I highly recommend the Maze Runner, and the second which I just read. I really don’t want to give too much away, but here goes. THIS IS A SPOILER IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE FIRST BOOK. Thomas and some other Gladers are now in a place called the Scorch. Their mission assigned by WICKED, is to walk one hundred miles across the Scorch and well, not die. Supposedly at the end awaits a cure to a disease called the Flare, which they all have, so they really need to succeed. There are a lot of plot twists and betrayals, false betrayals, lots of deceit, and of course adventure! I can’t wait to read the third and if you don’t like these books I think you are crazy.

TBR List:

The Death Cure

The Runaway King

Throne of Glass

Grandmaster

The Secret Life of Bees

Cuba 15-Talia

Unbroken-Gavin

All the Truth thats in Me

170 pages made this book a quick read, but I wouldn’t recommend it. It is realistic fiction based sometime in the 1800’s, and I am not exactly sure where. There was not a whole lot of background information, or a lot of surrounding or character descriptions. It starts out with Judith as a little girl, and then she starts to grow up. Most of it is based on how she has a crush on another boy in town that is a few years older, and it has a little mystery at the end. It was pretty confusing but everyone is trying to figure out who murdered Judith’s childhood friend Lottie, and who kidnapped Judith for two years. It really isn’t that inappropriate, but there are a few parts that might be. In general it was really hard to follow, so that is all I can give you! I really didn’t like this book for a bunch of reasons, but you are welcome to try it.

TBR List:

The False Prince

Ready Player One

The Scorch Trials

My Mother the Cheerleader-Sophie

Cuba 15-Talia

The Maze Runner

This book is by James Dashner, and is the first in a series. It starts out with Thomas arriving in a place called the Glade that is surrounded by a maze; no one knows who put them there or why, but for the past two years they have been trying to find a way out. Ever since Thomas arrived things have changed. The next day a girl shows up, the first girl ever to appear. This isn't the only thing that has changed, and no one can figure out what it means, or who Thomas is.
This was an amazing book and I recommend it to everyone. I must say it is kind of boring at the beginning and it doesn't get too interesting for a while, but I think it is worth it. It was well written, and had a great plot line. There were a few plot twists, but they only made it better. I know there is a movie coming out about this book, so that is why I read it. I will not read a book after I see the movie no matter what, so I decided to give this book a try before it was too late. I recommend this book to anyone who likes slightly dystopian/Sci-fi books. It isn't as dystopian as The Hunger Games or Divergent, but its pretty good.

TBR List:
The Adoration of Jenna
Grandmaster
Everybody Sees the Ants
Boys of Blur
My Mother the Cheerleader
Cuba 15

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Clockwork Angel

Clockwork Angel is the first book in The Infernal Devices series, and is amazing! Cassandra Clare is the author of this series, and a few others including The Mortal Instruments and The Bane Chronicles. Clockwork Angel is about a sixteen year old girl who goes to London in 1878 to visit her brother after her aunt dies. When she arrives at the docks, two strange looking women claim to know her brother Nate and are there to escort her to him. She thinks she is visiting Nate, but she does not know that her life will change forever. Throughout the book and the series she learns about her family, her new life, and who she really is. That might have sounded a little cliche, but it is an amazing book. There is a lot of magic and fantasy, and I would recommend this book to anyone who likes that kind of genre. I must warn you, this has a lot of graphic violence because they fight demons and stuff like that.
I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did!

I also recommend that you read this book/series BEFORE The Mortal Instruments series because it will make a lot more sense and help when you read the next books.

TBR List: (not in this particular order)
1. Grandmaster
2. Ready Player One
3. The Secret Life of Bees
4. Everybody Sees the Ants
5. Uglies