City of Heavenly Fire (the Mortal Instruments #6) REVIEW

THIS IS THE LAST BOOK IN THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS SERIES, DO NOT READ THIS REVIEW IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE PREVIOUS FIVE BOOKS.

By Cassandra Clare
Publisher: McElderry
Pages: 733

Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures out of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell.

The embattled Shadowhunters withdraw to Idris - but not even the famed demon towers of Alicante can keep Sebastian at bay. And with the Nephilim trapped in Idris, who will guard the world against demons?

When one of the greatest betrayals the Nephilim have ever known is revealed, Clary, Jace, Isabelle, Simon, and Alec must flee - even if their journey takes them deep into the demon realms, where no Shadowhunter has set foot before, and from which no human being has ever returned...



Wow.

can we just take a moment to.... wow.
it's over. The Mortal Instruments. it's actually over.

I'm not going to talk about how much I love these characters because you can read about that in every other TMI review. I won't even talk about Cassandra Clare's way of writing, because I've mentioned how captivating it is a dozen times before.

I'm simply going to talk about my love for this whole saga. And how this end affected me.

They say that you can fall in love with someone at first sigh. That's what I did - with City of Bones. And for each passing day, my love just grew stronger and stronger.

TMI has taught me so much. I never knew that I could become so close friends with fictional characters, as if they were real. Which they are, to me.



I remember when I first came across City of Bones in my local library. The book was thick, I wasn't used to reading that heavy books. But something just pulled me to it. Something made me borrow it at take it home with me. That pull I felt towards City of Bones is something I've never felt for a book before. Like I was destined to find it.

No one taught me more about life or myself than Clary did. I could relate to Clary so much, and from the moment I got to know her I knew that she'd make me a better person. And she did. Clary taught me about sacrifice, and about love, and to fight for what you love. She taught me to never give up, ever. I've followed her through six books, and with each book she grew. She became this beautiful woman, and I too, grew with her. Just like a parabatai.

Every time I visit the shadowhunter world I feel loved and happy. That's where I go when I want to escape the real mundane world. That's my safe haven.
I will miss them all so so dearly, but I think there's no secret that I love Magnus Bane a that bit more. I have a thing for gay guys. And Magnus Bane is the sassiest f**king freewheeling bisexual of them all. He is probably the most beautiful character that Cassandra Clare has ever created. He is just so full of everything. May it be happiness, joy, adventure, wisdom or love. And he feels so deeply. He burns so bright, it's almost hard to look at him straight (HAHAHAHAHAHA).

his whole being is just so capturing. He is so hard to understand, and that fascinates me. I've never been so hooked to a character as I am to Mr. Bane. I will never forget him, for he will be my joy when I need it the most.
They all will. The whole city will. I can't believe it's over. It was a beautiful ending. One that I actually can live with.


Thank you Cassie, you gave me something I'll cherish the rest of my breathing life.



xoxo Lihini

Cursed REVIEW

Ember

Hayden

By Jennifer l. Armentrout
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Pages: 304

Dying sucks
...and high school senior Ember McWilliams knows firsthand. 

After a fatal car accident, her gifted little sister brought her back. Now anything Ember touches dies. And that, well, really blows.

Ember operates on a no-touch policy with all living things--including boys. When Hayden Cromwell shows up, quoting Oscar Wilde and claiming her curse is a gift, she thinks he's a crazed cutie. But when he tells her he can help control it, she's more than interested. There's just one catch: Ember has to trust Hayden's adopted father, a man she's sure has sinister reasons for collecting children whose abilities even weird her out. However, she's willing to do anything to hold her sister's hand again. And hell, she'd also like to be able to kiss Hayden. Who wouldn't?

But when Ember learns the accident that turned her into a freak may not've been an accident at all, she's not sure who to trust. Someone wanted her dead, and the closer she gets to the truth, the closer she is to losing not only her heart, but her life.

For real this time

“Hunger gnawed at my stomach, but I was afraid someone would be in the kitchen again. So I found myself staring at the front door. Freedom seemed just a doorknob-turn away.

When I did open the door, freedom didn't wait — a half-naked Hayden did.”

I WILL finish this book today!

UPDATE
I did!

Great read by one of my favorite authors, Very sad that it's a stand alone book but what the heck, you take what is given.

I think this is her FIRST BOOK ever where the male character is not a total badass and I loved it! Don't get me wrong, I love badasses, but this just proves that she isn't one to follow a pattern. It makes her books interesting. Make them different.

I think Laurmentrout's signature thing when it comes to her books is that there is always passionate love in them. Weather it's teen, ya, NA or adult she always makes my heart melt with the love and adoration.

~stay smart, stay chic
xoxo Lihini

Obsession REVIEW +

400th post! and what a great blogpost this will be too.
I wan't to start of by saying that this freaking book should be in a series. Now let's begin.

By Jennifer L. Armentrout

Kindle Edition, 370 pages

Published May 31st 2013 by Entangled Publishing, LLC (Covet)

He’s arrogant, domineering, and... To. Die. For.

Hunter is a ruthless killer. And the Department of Defense has him firmly in their grasp, which usually doesn’t chafe too badly because he gets to kill bad guys. Most of the time he enjoys his job. That is, until he’s saddled with something he’s never had to do before: protect a human from his mortal enemy.

Serena Cross didn’t believe her best friend when she claimed to have seen the son of a powerful senator turn into something... unnatural. Who would? But then she witnesses her friend’s murder at the hands of what can only be an alien, thrusting her into a world that will kill to protect their secret.

Hunter stirs Serena’s temper and her lust despite their differences. Soon he’s doing the unthinkable—breaking the rules he’s lived by, going against the government to keep Serena safe. But are the aliens and the government the biggest threats to Serena’s life… or is it Hunter?

A.D.D.I.C.T.E.D

that's the best word to describe after oh so 25 pages. I was addicted. 

this stand alone spin-off novel of the Lux Series was truly amazing. It all takes place in a more adult world so I would not recommend this book to anyone younger that fifteen. 

Im not gonna lie, what really captured me was the heat between these two. And the way Armentrout describes things, oh God, she makes me all warm with her scenes! She can make the ugliest warehouse seem beautiful...

My way of seeing the Arum really changed, and how I saw the Luxen too. This book really shows that there is no real such a thing as "good" and "bad".

Like I said before I really think this book should be a part in a series, but Jennifer have confirmed that we will be seeing  Hunter and Serena in Origin, the last Lux book!

5/5

~stay smart, stay chic 

xoxo Lihini

Book releases: June +

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MONTH!
2th June we had our hottest day so far here in Sweden, I was on my way to a blog/ EF Language school event and omg, never in my life have i sweated that much I smelled like a PIG!
enough about that.

New month, New books. Publisher don't publish as much during the summer because a lot of people are on vacation and don't buy a lot of books then (they think) but here are a few books coming out!

The Moon and More

by Sarah Dessen

Hardcover, 435 pages

Published June 4th 2013 by Viking Juvenile

Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. He and Emaline have been together all through high school in Colby, the beach town where they both grew up. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.

Enter Theo, a super-ambitious outsider, a New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. Theo's sophisticated, exciting, and, best of all, he thinks Emaline is much too smart for Colby.

Emaline's mostly-absentee father, too, thinks Emaline should have a bigger life, and he's convinced that an Ivy League education is the only route to realizing her potential. Emaline is attracted to the bright future that Theo and her father promise. But she also clings to the deep roots of her loving mother, stepfather, and sisters. Can she ignore the pull of the happily familiar world of Colby?

Emaline wants the moon and more, but how can she balance where she comes from with where she's going?

FUN FUN FUN! I soo need this book for the summer!!

Im not Sarah's biggest fan but im willing to give this one a try

Gameboard of the Gods (Age of X #1)

by Richelle Mead

Hardcover, 464 pages

Published June 4th 2013 by Dutton Adult

In a futuristic world nearly destroyed by religious extremists, Justin March lives in exile after failing in his job as an investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims. But Justin is given a second chance when Mae Koskinen comes to bring him back to the Republic of United North America (RUNA). Raised in an aristocratic caste, Mae is now a member of the military’s most elite and terrifying tier, a soldier with enhanced reflexes and skills.

When Justin and Mae are assigned to work together to solve a string of ritualistic murders, they soon realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger. As their investigation races forward, unknown enemies and powers greater than they can imagine are gathering in the shadows, ready to reclaim the world in which humans are merely game pieces on their board.

I wrote a review of this book 4 months ago (perks of being a bloger; you get to read books before everyone else)

you can find it here

Ink (Paper Gods #1)

by Amanda Sun

Paperback, 377 pages

Expected publication: June 25th 2013 by Harlequin Teen

 On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks, and she can’t seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building.

Then there’s gorgeous but aloof Tomohiro, star of the school’s kendo team. How did he really get the scar on his arm? Katie isn’t prepared for the answer. But when she sees the things he draws start moving, there’s no denying the truth: Tomo has a connection to the ancient gods of Japan, and being near Katie is causing his abilities to spiral out of control. If the wrong people notice, they'll both be targets.

Katie never wanted to move to Japan—now she may not make it out of the country alive.

This is supposed to be a fantasy/mythology book and I for one, LOVE myths, im a HUGE greek mythology nerd (proud one too).  The fact that this book takes place in Japan just makes it all much more exciting, just think about the majestic scenes...

~stay smart, stay chic

xoxo Lihini

Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices #3)

By Cassandra Clare

Hardcover, 568 pages

Published March 19th 2013 by Margaret K. McElderry Books

click here to read a review of infernal devices #1

Danger and betrayal, secrets and enchantment in the breathtaking conclusion to the Infernal Devices trilogy. 

Tessa Gray should be happy - aren't all brides happy?
Yet as she prepares for her wedding, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute.
A new demon appears, one linked by blood and secrecy to Mortmain, the man who plans to use his army of pitiless automatons, the Infernal Devices, to destroy the Shadowhunters. Mortmain needs only one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. And Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa's heart, will do anything to save her.

My facial muscles are sore after all crying, I’m not even sure I will be able to write a proper review. I have tried to write a review now 3 times but I just start crying every time.

I have begun this sentence to many times, and erased it just as many times. For once I am truly utterly, shockingly speechless. I don’t know what to write, because every English, Swedish, Spanish word I know will never be able to describe what I am thinking about this book, because this is a book that cannot be described, only felt.

I don’t know where I should begin, I am feeling so many emotions right now, I didn’t even know I could feel this many emotion’s all at once. I have never cried this hard during a book either, I cried myself to sleep yesterday. This book will dance on people’s emotions, know where to press.

This book, as you might know by now, takes place in the 1800, a time I’m pretty sure Cassandra Clare have never lived in, but yet somehow, against all odds she managed to describe it all so well. Every room, every character, every spoken word, every scenery was a masterpiece, Clare have this way of describing things that not many authors have, she uses the perfect words to describe things, no scene is the other alike, no room, no character is the other alike. Everything is special, everything is unique.

There is a love-triangle, Jem-Tessa-Will. I hate love triangles, but this was no ordinary love triangle, the love they felt for each-other were heartwarming, and yet so heart breaking. In every love triangle you ask yourself, who will she/he choose? But not in this one, because I loved each character equally much, they all deserved to be happy. I never questioned her ability to love to people at once, because I understand her. How can you not love someone who shows you such a great amount of love back?

I began to understand Will more and more, and in the end my heart was arching for him. No one thinks about it, but he has gone throe so much. A heart can only be broken so many times before it starts to build walls around itself.

It’s no secret that Jem is dying. And fast. I have loved Jem since day one, never have I “met” a kinder, loving, sweet person. He has every reason to hate life, and yet he does not. He endure it, he see the world for all the good things it has to offer him. Like Tessa.

Every character touched my heart, Tessa, Jem, Will, Sophie, Gideon, Bridget, Cicy, Gabriel, Magnus, Church, Henry, and lastly but not not least, Charlotte. Charlotte is probably a character I will look up to for a long long time. She lived in a difficult era where women didn’t have so much power. Men didn’t believe in women either. But she was so strong, she never bent down, she did what she always taught was right, she didn’t let some men hold her back. She had an admirably confidence that a lot of people lack and that is why I look up to her. Because no matter the odds she always fought back.

There wasn’t really a special part where I cried, I cried from the beginning to the end, because this book is packed with events, I’m not kidding when I say that Clare wrote a whole life story on 600 pages, and she didn’t forget a thing. It’s like I have lived a whole lifetime in 3 days. That’s the magical thing with books.

The epilogue was so incredible. I cried and laughed, and smiled, and OOOOOOOOOOH IT WAS JUST AMAZING OK!?!?!?!? It was perfect. Simply perfect.

This in no ordinary book, this is a book I will always remember, I will never forget Jem, Tessa or Will. ever.

One day I wish to find someone I would die for. Someone who will make me a better person, someone who will show me what life is about when I don’t see it myself. Someday I want to find that one person who will be more than a sibling to me; we will have a bond that is “greater than blood”. Like Jem and Will had. Someday I will find my parabatai.

-          “there is more to life than not dying”

-          “Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.” 

-          Endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.” 

-          “Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.” 

-          “Do you even care where I’m going?” he said. “What if I were going to hell?”
“I’ve always wanted to see hell,” Cecily said. “Doesn’t everyone?

well deserved 5/5