On the Fence REVIEW

By Kasie West
Pages: 296
Publisher: HarperTeen

For sixteen-year-old Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, being raised by a single dad and three older brothers has its perks. She can outrun, outscore, and outwit every boy she knows—including her longtime neighbor and honorary fourth brother, Braden. But when it comes to being a girl, Charlie doesn't know the first thing about anything. So when she starts working at chichi boutique to pay off a speeding ticket, she finds herself in a strange new world of makeup, lacy skirts, and BeDazzlers. Even stranger, she's spending time with a boy who has never seen her tear it up in a pickup game.

To cope with the stress of faking her way through this new reality, Charlie seeks late-night refuge in her backyard, talking out her problems with Braden by the fence that separates them. But their Fence Chats can't solve Charlie's biggest problem: she's falling for Braden. Hard. She knows what it means to go for the win, but if spilling her secret means losing him for good, the stakes just got too high.

Easy to read, enjoyable,cliché and romantic. Indeed a nice book to end the summer with! There's not so much to say about this book, other than that it's very sweet and has a nice language. It's a very typical YA lovestory, and I enjoy that kind of books a lot actually.

The Distance Between Us REVIEW

By Kasie West
Pages: 312
Publisher: Harper Teen

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and after years of observation she’s pretty sure they’re only good for one thing—spending money on useless stuff, like the porcelain dolls in her mother’s shop.

So when Xander Spence walks into the store to pick up a doll for his grandmother, it only takes one glance for Caymen to figure out he’s oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and that he’s one of the first people who actually gets her, she’s smart enough to know his interest won’t last. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned from her mother’s warnings, it’s that the rich have a short attention span. But Xander keeps coming around, despite her best efforts to scare him off. And much to her dismay, she's beginning to enjoy his company.

She knows her mom can’t find out—she wouldn’t approve. She’d much rather Caymen hang out with the local rocker who hasn’t been raised by money. But just when Xander’s attention and loyalty are about to convince Caymen that being rich isn’t a character flaw, she finds out that money is a much bigger part of their relationship than she’d ever realized. And that Xander’s not the only one she should’ve been worried about.

I dislike the poor vs rich talk that's going on in Caymen's head. She's very judgmental and I think it has a lot to do with her father. She believes that money changes people, and the richer someone is - the worse. Her mother is even worse. Her beliefs about rich people is so strong that she has even made her daughter believe them. And Caymen just believes it. She's never been friends with someone from the "other side of the road". As I said before, judgmental. And It's quite paradox actually, because she believes that rich people are the snobs and that they are the people who won't be friends with anyone, and she think they are the judgmental people, when in reality she is no better. I don't exactly know why an author would do something like that. It's an embarrassing mistake. 

And then we have the male lead character - Xander. 
Rich in all ways, but he doesn't fit in with Caymen's description of rich. Yes, that DOES make her all kinds of nervous. 

He is nice, considerate and very caring. He has a big heart and I do see why anyone would fall for him. He cares about Caymen a lot. But because of her (STUPID) beliefs she just cannot accept it. She tries to make up all kinds of reasons for him to be playing her. Every slightest single little mistake he does she draw parallels with him being "beyond rich" and that's why he make so unforgetableeee mistakes. Le sigh.

Something I still don't understand is why they even like each other. Or more like, why HE likes her. He is too good for her. 

The story ended very abrupt, like the author just couldn't wait to get it finished. I would have enjoyed another chapter. Xander made The Distance Between Us enjoyable.

Just one Day REVIEW

By Gale Forman
Pages: 400
Publisher: Speak

Allyson Healey's life is exactly like her suitcase—packed, planned, ordered. Then on the last day of her three-week post-graduation European tour, she meets Willem. A free-spirited, roving actor, Willem is everything she’s not, and when he invites her to abandon her plans and come to Paris with him, Allyson says yes. This uncharacteristic decision leads to a day of risk and romance, liberation and intimacy: 24 hours that will transform Allyson’s life.

One of the weirdest books I've ever read in my entire life.
And I'm old.

or at least I am according to my 5 year old cousin.


I've never met a more annoying and stuck up character than Willhem. He doesn't seem to care whether or not he hurts Allyson aka Lulu and is just so insensitive. She doesn't deserve what he did to her. At all.

Allyson is as nice as a person can get. Very lovely. I love her journey, it's very intresting to follow her trough this and see her develop as a character. It's a very important book about finding yourself, and Forman really emphasis the fact that we are always lost. We just handle it in different ways. Where some see unknown streets others see a new adventure.

I went in to this book expecting a nice light summer read, but that was not what I ended up with. This book got me thinking a lot about depression, which wasn't exactly he subject I wanted to think about on my vacation in Crete. But I don't regret reading the book.

This book makes me want to discover Paris all over again. And just discover the world with different eyes.


You should not read this book if you are looking for a funny contemporary book. This is not it.

Tempting the Player REVIEW

By Jennifer L. Armentrout
pages: 200
Publisher: Entangled

He's a player on and off the field...

Chad Gamble, all-star pitcher for the Nationals, is one of the best players on—and off—the field. And right now, the notorious bad boy wants Bridget Rodgers. But with her lush curves and snappy comebacks, the feisty redhead is the kind of woman a man wants to settle down with…and that’s the last thing Chad needs.

When the paparazzi catch them in a compromising position, Chad’s manager issues an ultimatum: clean up his act or kiss his multi-million dollar contract goodbye. To save his career, his meddling publicist says he'll have to convince everyone Bridget isn’t just his flavor of the week, but his girlfriend.

Being blackmailed into a fake relationship with Chad Gamble isn’t easy, especially when the sizzling physical attraction between them is undeniable. With a month to go on their arranged pretense, it's going to take every ounce of willpower they have not to fall into bed together...or in love.
AAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWW WHAT A CUTE LITTLE BOOK!

Seriously. Super mega cute.

I can't help but falling in love with Chad. He is one hawt player.
Everything about this book screams romance and fun.

I love it when Armentrout writes from a guys POW, because their minds are just more dirty and more entertaining to be in.

Not even ashamed to admit that I like it. Nope.

I didn't to like it as much as I did, and that ending was just so freaking beatiful. a solid 4 star indeed.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1) REVIEW

By Jenny Han
Pages: 288
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE OMG I'M IN LOVE WITH THE LOVE! Uuugh, just thining back at this book gives me butterflies and heartache. This book was perfection in it's most eternal form - youth. I cannot get over how beautiful this is. I've only been in love once before. Once. But what I felt for this book....What I FEEL. That's true love. I'm in love. I'm so deeply in love. Our time on this planet is counted, We're all going to die eventually and I will gladly spend all my days loving this book, that's how adorkable this book by Jenny Han is. It's a true contemporary masterpiece filled with so much love and joy, I haven't been this happy in a loong time. The characters are so freking loveable, even the ones you dislike, and the narrator is such a breezy, cute and big-hearted person, and she is so hilarious! I laughed trough the whole book, and she just makes my stone-heart all warm and fuzzy with her innocence. It's so freaking nice reading about a normal teenager once in a while, I mean, always reading about brave characters like Tessa, Katniss, Tris and Anabeth can make you feel a bit useless hehe.... All I can say is that this is definitely one of the best (if not the best) contemporary books I've ever read in my whole 18 year old long life. Way to go Jenny Han, can't wait for the sequel!

Pappersstäder / Paper Towns REVIEW

Av John Green
Sidor: 367
Förlag: Bonnier Carlsen

Quentin Jacobsen har älskat den iögonenfallande och äventyrslystna Margo på avstånd i hela sitt liv. Ända sedan de som grannbarn lekte tillsammans. Så när hon öppnar fönstret till hans rum och klättrar in i hans liv igen och övertalar honom att följa med på en genialiskt hämndaktion följer han med. 

Efter deras natt tillsammans kommer Quentin till skolan för att upptäcka att Margo - som alltid varit något av en gåta - nu har förvandlats till ett mysterium. Hon brukar försvinna ibland, men aldrig så här länge. Kan hon vara död? Men snart upptäcket Quentin att Margo lämnat subtila, smarta ledtrådar bara för honom. Budskapet är tydligt: Hitta mig om du kan! 

Vägen mot gåtans lösning är vindlande och tvingar Quentin att inse att ju närmare han kommer Margos gömställe desto mindre vet han egentligen om henne. Och kommer han att hinna fram innan hon försvinner igen? 

Vilken besvikelse till bok. 
Den kan lika gärna heta Alaska Town eller något sånt. Om ni har läst Looking for Alaska kan jag säga att denna bok innehåller samma koncept men karaktärerna har bara andra namn. 

John Green är känd för sina komplexa karaktärer men vad är vitsen med att skriva om trasiga ungdomar om man inte kan skildra dem på olika sätt i sina böcker? 

Början var intressant och spännande, deras äventyr höll ett bra tempo och stämningen var allmänt skön.
Men efter att Margo försvann förändrades hela historien (vilket var förväntat).
Vad som inte var lika förväntat var Quentins besatthet av Margo. Hela hans dagar och nätter kretsade kring henne, han vart arg så fort någon utav hans kompisar försökte leva sitt liv, försökte njuta av sina sista dagar i high school. Quentin var egentligen inte ens självcentrerad utan han trodde att han var tvungen att sluta leva sitt liv för att hitta någon som sprungit iväg av en anledning. Han slösade bort sitt liv på en besatthet.

Som nämt innan så handlade boken egentligen bara om en sak - att hitta Margo.
Detta gjorde dialogerna väldigt konstiga och metaforerna orelevanta. De var liksom för djupa för handligen och gick inte ihop med resten. 

Jag vill dock hylla bokaraktärerna litegrann, enligt min mening var de de enda som var värda att läsa om. De var roliga och väldigt kloka, kloka på ett sätt som var trovärdigt. Jag tyckte speciellt mycket om Ben, har var så oförutsägbar och fick mig att skratta flera gånger. Han lyfte upp boken ur dess mörka vrå lite grann.

E N G L I S H

Author: John Green
Pages: 305
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows.

After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues - and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Q gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew.

What a disappointment to book. 
It may as well be called Alaska Town or something. If you've read Looking for Alaska, I can say that this book contains the same concept but the characters just have different names.

John Green is known for his complex characters but what's the point of writing about the broken youth if one can not depict them in various ways in his books?

The beginning was interesting and exciting, their adventures kept a good pace and the mood was generally pleasant.
But after Margo disappeared the whole story changed (which was expected).
What was less expected was Quentin's obsession with Margo. His whole days and nights revolved around her, he became angry whenever any of his mates tried to live their life, trying to enjoy their last days in high school. Quentin was not really even self-centered, but he thought he had to stop living his life to find someone who ran away for a reason. He was wasting his life on an obsession.

Like I said before the book is only about one thing - finding Margo.
This made the dialogues very weird and strange metaphors that were irrelevant. They were like too deep for the plot and did not go with the rest.

However, I must say that I loved the supporting characters.

 In my opinion, they were the only ones worth reading about. They were funny and very wise, wise in a way that was believable. I especially liked Ben's was so unpredictable and made ​​me laugh several times. He picked up the book out of its dark corner a little bit.

xoxo Lihini

Colin Fisher / I Huvudet på Colin Fisher REVIEW (English & Swedish)

Av Ashley Edward Miller och Zack Stentz
Sidor: 223
Förlag Bonnier Carlsen
Finns på Adlibis

Löser brott - ett ansiktsuttryck i taget!

Colin Fischer tål inte beröring. Han gillar inte färgen blå. Han använder sig av kort för att tolka ansiktsuttryck. 
Colin är fjorton år och lider av Aspergers syndrom. Han gillar inte att någon rör vid honom, inte ens hans föräldrar. Han kan inte tolerera höga ljud och han har svårt att tolka ansiktsuttryck. Däremot har han ett fantastiskt minne och en extraordinär slutledningsförmåga. 

När en pistol hittas i skolmatsalen, och avbryter en klasskamrats födelsedagsfirande, är Colin den enda som kan lösa fallet. Det är upp till honom att bevisa att Wayne Connelly, skolans översittare och Colins frekventa plågare, inte förde med sig vapnet till skolan. För när allt kommer omkring så hade Wayne inte glasyr på sina händer, och det var vit chokladglasyr som återfanns på den rykande pistolens handtag... 

YES, YES YES, VILKEN HÄRLIG BOK!
Vad mer kan man förvänta sig från skaparna till Filmen X men: First Class och Thor?

Åh, nu vet jag varför jag läser böcker. Just för den saliska känslan som jag ännu en gång fått lyckan att känna, jag trodde jag tappat hoppet om bra böcker för alltid men sen så dök denna magnifika berättelse upp!
Vart ska man börja...

Låt mig säga en sak om Colin Fisher. Han är en dröm "with a cherry on top". Aspbergers eller ej, hans ärlighet, hans sätt att förmedla sina tankar, dv.s. rakt på sak, gör hela berättelsen förbaskat magnifik!

Colins karaktär är väldigt härlig. Han växer verkligen som person genom boken, och när skottlossningen äger rum så får man ta del utav hans fulla kapacitet som individ.

Det enda riktiga störmomentet jag fann var deras ålder. Ungdomarna i boken verkade inte alls vara 14, minst 17 år skulle jag säga. Jag kunde aldrig riktigt se dem framför mig som små barn.

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By  Ashley Edward Miller and  Zack Stentz

Pages: 227

Publisher: Razorbill

SOLVING CRIME, ONE FACIAL EXPRESSION AT A TIME

Colin Fischer cannot stand to be touched. He does not like the color blue. He needs index cards to recognize facial expressions.

But when a gun is found in the school cafeteria, interrupting a female classmate's birthday celebration, Colin is the only for the investigation. It's up to him to prove that Wayne Connelly, the school bully and Colin's frequent tormenter, didn't bring the gun to school. After all, Wayne didn't have frosting on his hands, and there was white chocolate frosting found on the grip of the smoking gun...


YES, YES YES, WHAT A DELIGHTFUL BOOK!
What more can you expect from the makers of the film X men: First Class and Thor?

Oh, now I know why I read books. Just for the Salic feeling I once again had the good fortune to feel, I thought I'd lost hope of good books forever but then  popped this magnificent story up!
Where do we start ..

Let me say one thing about Colin Fisher. He's a Dream "with a cherry on top". Asperger's or not, his honesty, his way of conveying his thoughts, that is, bluntly, makes the whole story damn magnificent!

Colin's character is very lovely. He really grows as a person through the book, and when the shooting takes place, you get to take part out of his full capacity as an individual.

The only thing that really disturbed me was their age. in the book did not seem to be 14, at least 17 years I would say. I could never really see them before me like little kids.

xoxo Lihini

Elanor & Park REVIEW (Swedish and English)

Av Rainbow Rowell
Sidor: 330
Förlag: Berghs Förlag
Finns att köpa på Adlibris

Två ovanliga människor. En oemotståndlig kärlek...Parks tråkiga tillvaro förändras när Eleanor hamnar bredvid honom på skolbussen. Rödhårig, storvuxen och konstigt klädd passar hon inte in. Men de funkar tillsammans. De möts i musiken, i serierna och en längtan bort. En oförglömlig berättelse om den första kärleken mot alla odds!

Vilken annorlunda berättelse. 
Vilket vågat drag.
Vilken kärlek.
Rowell följer inte alls mallen för hur en Unga Vuxna kärleksbok "bör" vara - alls.
Eleanor & Park handlar om den första, men ofullständiga kärleken, men för alltid oförglömlig.
Det är en väldigt fin berättelse. 
Man blir helt varm i kroppen när man läser Elanor & Park. Det är lite som att vara kär i deras kärlek.

Fick berättelsen ett lyckligt slut? Skulle jag verkligen inte påstå. Men det var det som gjorde hela boken. Som en borttappad pusselbit.

Jag rekommenderar denna bok starkt till alla kärleksfanatiker därute, och gamla som unga, för vår första kärlek är inget vi kommer glömma.

Värt att nämna: Översättningen är KANON, bra gjort Carla Wiberg!

ENGLSH || ENGLISH ||ENGLSH || ENGLISH ||ENGLSH || ENGLISH ||ENGLSH || ENGLISH ||ENGLSH || ENGLISH ||

By Rainbow Rowell
Pages: 328
Publisher: St. Martins Press

Set over the course of one school year in 1986, ELEANOR AND PARK is the story of two star-crossed misfits – smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you’ll remember your own first love – and just how hard it pulled you under.

What a different story.
What a daring move.
What a love.
Rowell does not follow the template for how a Young Adult love story "should" be - at all.
Eleanor & Park is about the first, incomplete love, but forever present.
It's a vivid and quite beautiful story.
You become all warm inside when reading Elanor & Park. It's a bit like being in love with their love.


I highly recommend this book to all love fanatics out there, and old and young, for our first love is not something we will forget.

xoxo Lihini

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares REVIEW

“I want to believe there is a somebody out there for me. I want to believe that I exist to be there for that somebody.” 

By David Levithan & Rachel Cohn
Pages: 260
Publisher:  Knopf Books

“I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”

So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the bestselling authors ofNick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?

The snow is falling outside our hotel-room.
The TV is showing the Idol finale (on mute ofc ugh...) 

And in my hands I'm holding this beautiful book. 'Dash and Lily's Book of Dares'
I absolutely loved this because of five reasons. 

1. The Christmas feeling this book gives. If you are like me and LOVE this time of the year aka CHRISTMAS TIME you'll love this book. Im serious. Love. 

2. Dash and Lily are so smart, I'm talking The fault in our stars smart, and that's saying something. 

3. The red notebook. I really don't have to say more. 

4. The writing style. This book is written by David Levithan AND Rachel Cohn and as a reader I can really see that the collaboration went well, the writing style doesn't change the way it can went it's duo authors, everything is very smooth. 

5. They are both book nerds. I don't know about you, but when I read about characters who loves books just as much as me I get ecstatic because I can really RELATE to that love.

6. The book is H I L A R I O U S. I laughed so much while eading this book, didn't matter that I was sitting on a bus with people around me, I just couldn't stop laughing. I bow down to the authors. Well done!


xoxo Lihini

Wild Cards REVIEW

By Simone Elkeles
Pages: 342
Publisher: Walker Books

After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek’s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else’s family drama.

Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about leave without a backward glance. A football scholarship would finally give her the chance to leave. So she pours everything into winning a state championship, until her boyfriend and star quarterback betrays them all by joining their rival team. Ashtyn needs a new game plan, but it requires trusting Derek—someone she barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart on the line to try and win it all?

And she have done it again. 
Simone Elkeles does this all the time, she leave me with no words!
Her books are easy to read but they are yet so powerful and strong, the way she writes is just magic.
She manages to make ME feel what the characters feel, every single time. It's like it's happening to me, and to be able to do that is what I call skills. Knowing how to use the alphabet.


Wild Cards was so heartwarming, so beautiful and just oooh so perfect. I fell in love with the narrators after 20 pages in, they just captured my heart without warning the way her characters always does. 
Simone Elkeles books really show that just because the book is easy to read and fun doesn't mean it can't be emotional at the same time. I really like that.

I got this book from Simone Elkeles herself as a 'get well' gift, because my friend Linnea told her about my surgery, and  after that she contacted me via facebook. To be able to say "my favorite author cares about me, she is my friend" is just so surreal. She is the the most nicest author out there, no questions 
about that <3

xoxo Lihini

Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss #2) REVIEW

Fanart from Google

By Stephanie Perkins
Pages: 338
Publisher: Dutton Books

Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion...she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit--more sparkly, more fun, more wild--the better. But even though Lola’s style is outrageous, she’s a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood.

When Cricket--a gifted inventor--steps out from his twin sister’s shadow and back into Lola’s life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.

This book took me with storm!
I didn't think I would like it as much as I did, didn't like Anna and the French Kiss THAAAT much but this one was seriously adorkable. 

Lola actually inspired me to buy my own wig, I'm actually looking for a pink bob hehe :)

I've never met a more interesting character than Lola to be honest. She is so different and I love it! All the characters are exciting and fun to get to know, and they stand out in their own way. I think creating interesting characters is one of the hardest things to do and Stephanie did well in that department. 

The story itself wasn't WOOOW, nothing really huge happened, but I was more than okay with that, because this book is more about the characters than anything else. 

9/10 books

~stay smart, STAY CHIC
xoxo Lihini 

Frigid (Frigid #1) REVIEW

By: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Pages: 252
Publisher: Hill Contemporary 

For twenty-one-year-old Sydney, being in love with Kyler isn't anything new. They'd been best friends ever since he pushed her down on the playground and she made him eat a mud pie. Somewhere over the years, she fell for him and fell hard. The big problem with that? Kyler puts the 'man' in man-whore. He's never stayed with a girl longer than a few nights, and with it being their last year in college, Syd doesn't want to risk their friendship by declaring her love. 

Kyler has always put Syd on a pedestal that was too high for him to reach. To him, she's perfect and she's everything. But the feelings he has for her, he's always hidden away or focused on any other female. After all, Kyler will always be the poor boy from the wrong side of tracks, and Syd will always be the one girl he can never have. 

But when they're stranded together at a posh ski resort due to a massive Nor'easter, there's nothing stopping their red-hot feelings for each other from coming to the surface. Can their friendship survive the attraction? Better yet, can they survive at all? Because as the snow falls, someone is stalking them, and this ski trip may be a life-changer in more ways than one.


I can't believe I'm rating a JLA book 1 stars. 
She is one of my fav authors.
But I am.

You will nothing positive in this review, just so you know.

They have been friends since they were both little kids. And now they are twenty something. And they are both in love with one another. 
That right there is messed up because


1.  They don't act like that. Especially Sydney, she is always so weird around him, her jealousy is so obvious it's almost sad. 

2.  ONE DOES NOT HANG OUT WITH THEIR CRUSH FOR TWENTY YEARS WITHOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
rage 

Sydney could have been Bella Swan's sister, she cried all the freaking time, she is so insecure and it's depressing to read about. And she is doesn't value herself at all!


Kyler is a womanizer okay. He's been with half the woman population according to Syd, and she want's what the other girls have been getting from him 
Oh, okay. he's been with every single girl you know, and you still want him? He's never showed you interest in that way but you still want him? And better yet, you want to be another one of his girls? 
Oh no, I see nothing wrong in that. 
Not at all. 

And the writing! It's duo POV's and since WHEN do people use the same weird words when they think? Like Jesus H. Christ and stuff like that. They are two individuals. 
This book just made me angry, and the plot twist was so predictable it almost made me laugh. Almost.

Bittersweet REVIEW

By Sarah Ockler
Pages: 378
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Once upon a time, Hudson knew exactly what her future looked like. Then a betrayal changed her life, and knocked her dreams to the ground. Now she’s a girl who doesn’t believe in second chances... a girl who stays under the radar by baking cupcakes at her mom’s diner and obsessing over what might have been.

So when things start looking up and she has another shot at her dreams, Hudson is equal parts hopeful and terrified. Of course, this is also the moment a cute, sweet guy walks into her life... and starts serving up some seriously mixed signals. She’s got a lot on her plate, and for a girl who’s been burned before, risking it all is easier said than done.

It’s time for Hudson to ask herself what she really wants, and how much she’s willing to sacrifice to get it. Because in a place where opportunities are fleeting, she knows this chance may very well be her last...
2/5



two things I hate 
1. crap ass love triangle
2. crap ass whining Bella-like main-characters.

And I believe this book got it all!

The main character, Avery had a lot going on in her life OK, I'm surprised she got time to sleep, and her "friends" were not really friends but more like Regina and her friends from Mean Girls, well Ok, Avery didn't have that many friends, well she had one, but she was really weird, and not very supporting. 

Then Avery goes and get herself involved in the hockey teams training and all of a sudden that guy, Will, she shared a kiss with ages ago seems to like her, but she likes another guy, but she justcan't tell Will to stop kiss her, how could she, that would be rude 

I'f you are going to make a love triangle MAKE IT GOOD, take notes from Cassandra Clare (not that a lot of authors will ever be as good as Cassie) 

You might ask yourself, "why Lihini WHY did you give this book two stars, you seem to hate it!?"

Well, I happen to like cupcakes and this book talks a great deal about em'


xoxo Lihini

The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never #1)

By J.A. RedmerskiPages: 426Publisher: Creatspace
Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart.Determined not to dwell on the negative and push forward, Camryn is set to move in with her best friend and plans to start a new job. But after an unexpected night at the hottest club in downtown North Carolina, she makes the ultimate decision to leave the only life she’s ever known, far behind.With a purse, a cell phone and a small bag with a few necessities, Camryn, with absolutely no direction or purpose boards a Greyhound bus alone and sets out to find herself. What she finds is a guy named Andrew Parrish, someone not so very different from her and who harbors his own dark secrets. But Camryn swore never to let down her walls again. And she vowed never to fall in love.But with Andrew, Camryn finds herself doing a lot of things she never thought she’d do. He shows her what it’s really like to live out-of-the-box and to give in to her deepest, darkest desires. On their sporadic road-trip he becomes the center of her exciting and daring new life, pulling love and lust and emotion out of her in ways she never imagined possible. But will Andrew’s dark secret push them inseparably together, or tear them completely apart?

What a ride!

How to read this book:
Make yourself some tea

Bake some cookies to have with the tea

Find a cozy corner with lot's of pillows and blankets

Now sit down and enjoy this roadtrip!

I thought this book was a bit different from other NA books, this book had a lot of other stuff going on a part from the romance, We have tragedies, death, love stories being shared and a lot of arguing about all kind of random stuff people argue about!

I fell in love with them both quickly. This book had some sweet moment's some very intense moment's and some moment's that left you like 

Overall this was a great book that makes me long for summer 2014 more than I should because it's so for away!

I'm quite jealous of Camryn, I wan't to go on  roadtrip with  hot, nice, funny, sweet guy like Andrew too...

The only negative thing I could think about to say about this book is the language, the language wasn't so subtlety.

that's why I'm giving this book 3/5

The second book in this series is coming out in November!

Oh, and this book is recommended for people 17+ But I'f you are younger and used to reading NA, go ahead!

xoxo Lihini

Try Me (Take a Chance #1) REVIEW

What happens in Vegas...can lead to romance.

It took one wild night for Sergeant Jeremy Addison to realize that Vegas? Was a bad idea.

Bloody. Bruised. Dehydrated. Abandoned in the desert, and left to stagger down the road. The only way this leave could get worse was if his savior was his ex-best friend's sister...and the girl he'd loved since childhood.

The last person Erica expected to find on the roadside was her high school crush. She hadn't seen Jeremy in seven years—ever since the night he said he loved her, and she ran away. Losing him then had been a mistake, but wanting him now could be catastrophic if he discovered the secret that chased every other man from her life. But with a tall, tattooed Marine determined to prove he's always been faithful, can Erica resist his advances...or will she surrender ground and give love a try?

yeah, a very very amatour written book with no plot twist really and crappy characters.
I don't even no how this book made it through publication, Everything was just so unbelievable, It's a short story, yes, I'm sure she finished this one in like 2 hours, but there are better (much better) short stories out there. 

(yes the cover was the reason I picked this book up)

1/5

~read it but I didn't recommend it
xoxo Lihini

Underbara Helvete / Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful #1) REVIEW

                         Travis                                                     Abby

This is Their Story.

Av Jamie McGuire
Sidor: 363
Förlag: Kalla Kulor Förlag (tack, hoppas att uppföljaren översätts!)

Abby har lämnat sitt mörka förflutna bakom sig, fast besluten att aldrig återvända. Tillsammans med sin bästa kompis America har hon flytt till Eastern University för att börja ett nytt liv. Hädanefter ska hon vara en duktig flicka. Men så möter hon Travis, killen som slåss för pengar på illegala slagsmålsklubbar och som alltid har ett koppel av tjejer efter sig.

Abby lovar sig själv att aldrig falla för Travis och istället inleder de en vänskap. En vänskap som med tiden fördjupas och intensifieras tills den plötsligt har förvandlats till just det Abby med alla medel försökt undvika. Hon vet att de inte är bra för varandra, ändå kan hon inte hålla sig borta ifrån honom.

Deras relation blir snart alltmer kaotisk, destruktivt hänförande och fullkomligt underbar. Samtidigt smyger sig Abbys förflutna allt närmare och hotar att rämna hela deras värld.

Det där var en rejäl berg- och dalbana. Vilken kärleksfull, stark, passionerande, irriterande berättelse!
I början kunde jag inte lägga ifrån mig boken. Boken vart min drog. Jag läste i timmar för att jag ville avsluta boken så att jag bara kunde älska den o krama den. Boken hade starka karaktärer som man antingen älskar eller hatar. Personligen - älskar. 
Can vi bara ta en sekund från våra liv för att prata om Travis Maddox? Han har sina problem, vi behöver inte sopa undan det under mattan, och han är väldigt försvarande om Abby. väldigt försvarande jag säger inte att det är rätt att beté sig som ett psyko ibland, men ingen är perfekt, och Abby var också lite psykad. Enligt min mening är det vad som gör denna bok så bra. Ingen utav dem är perfekta.

Abby och Travis är så underbara tillsammans, det fanns några väldigt söta stunder i boken som fick mitt hjärta att svämma av varma känslor, och jag kan svära vid att jag vid vissa tillfällen kunde känna de exakta känslrna Abby kände. Det är så du vet om en författare är bra - författaren ska få dig att KÄNNA.

Det vore fel av mig att inte tala om Amerika (Abbys bff) och Shep (Travis kusin / Americas pojkvän)
De spelar en stor roll i den här boken, och de båda påverkar Travis och Abby mycket. Ingen av dem skulle kunna stå på egna ben utan Amerika och Shep. Bandet Amerika och Abby delar är okrossbart, har de varit med om allt, men Amerika aldrig lämna Abbys sida.
Vänskap, svek, familj och kärlek. Denna bok har allt. 

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By Jamie McGuire
Pages: 418
Publisher Atria Books

Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

That was one hellova roller coaster. What a, loving, strong, passionate and irritating story!
In the beginning I couldn't put it down. The book became a drug, I could read for hours because i wanted to just finish it and love it. 
The book had some really strong characters that you either loved or hated. Personally - Loved. 
Can we just take a second from our lives to talk about Travis Maddox? He got his issues, no need to deny that, he have a temper and he is very protective of Abby. very protective I'm not saying that it's right to act like a psycho at times, but no one can be perfect, and Abby is pretty Fd up to. I think that is what makes this story so good. none of them are perfect. 

Abby and Travis are so sweet together, there were some great moment's in the book that made my heart warm and fuzzy, and I swear that sometimes I felt the exact things that Abby was feeling. That's how you know the author is good - she gotta be able to make you FEEL.

It would be wrong of me not to talk about America (Abbys bff) and Shep (Travis cousin / Americas boyfriend) 
They play a big part in this book, and they both affect Travis and Abby a lot. None of them would be able to stand on their own feet without America and Shep. The bond America and Abby share is unbreakable, they have been through everything but America never leave Abby's side. 
Friendship, betrayal, family and love. This book has it all.

~Stay smart, stay chic
xoxo Lihini