7 Wonders: The Colossus Rises

      No one ever asked Jack if he wanted to be a hero. He just has to be one. One kid. One mission. One big problem. The thrills begain in The Colossus Rises, the first installment is the newest adventure from master storyteller Peter Lerangias. The book is 7 Wonders: The Colossus Rises written by Peter Lerangias. Although the plot is gripping and the characters developed the story does not have as much flavor as ones from Percy Jackson or June and Day. The story tells the story of Atlantis and the Lambada. The story telling is quite bland although he fits a joke her and there.

      I would suggest this for myth lovers like Percy Jackson although the story is not written well. If you do not like Percy Jackson or get aggravated by having the proper science not fulfilled I recomend you do not waste time on this. If you are interested in the plot or like adventure and struggle then read away.

      My final opion is bland story writing but a wonderful plot and story.

The False Prince

       The False Prince is an awesome book about a boy who gets wrapped up in a dangerous game to try and save his kingdom. But the question is, is it right to be doing this????? Well find out for your self  and read The False Prince.

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

One of the last books that I read in book club was called The Graveyard Book by
Neil Gaiman. If you like a little bit of fantasy and suspense and, of course, spooky graveyards, you should read this book. There are weird twists and turns on every page. This book is full of surprises! An interesting book, but great for readers who like the genre of fantasy. This book is about a boy named Nobody Owens whose family died and was given the freedom of the graveyard with ghost parents. Who were his really family? Who killed them and why? And is that person still after Nobody Owens? If you want answers to these questions read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

The False Prince

The book I read was titled False Prince and the author is Jennifer Nielsen. The main characters are Sage (a.k.a Jaron), Conner, Tobias, Roden, Mott, Creagan, Imogen, and Veldegrath. In this story, there is a king and queen of a kingdom, called Carthya.  At the beginning of the story, the king, queen and their older son, Darius, are murdered by Conner, a nobleman who is part of the king’s court.  Four years earlier, before the royal family’s murder, the youngest prince, Prince Jaron, was believed to have been killed by pirates.  In order to protect his youngest son from the pirates, the king declared Jaron dead.   Meanwhile the prince, Jaron, goes undercover as an orphan named Sage.  After murdering the royal family, Connor doesn’t have enough power to take over the kingdom.  So his plan is to find someone who looks like Prince Jaron and bring him to court and show the court that the long lost prince is alive.  Then the prince/orphan would be made king and Connor would be the king’s advisor.  Nobleman Connor finds three orphans, Sage, Roden, Tobias.  He educates these orphans on sword fighting and on becoming a gentleman.  Of the three orphans, Connor chooses Sage as the false prince.   To foil Connor’s plan, Sage reveals to the dead king’s advisor a code word that shows that he is the real Prince Jaron.  Connor gets put in prison for the murder of Jaron’s mother, father, and brother.

The literary techniques that were in this particular novel were foreshadowing, flashbacks and plot twists. There was foreshadowing when Jaron knew that someday the countries around his kingdom would attack (the attack isn’t discussed until the second book)  There was also flashbacks because Jaron, at the end of the book, remembers how he escaped the pirates, who were hired by Nobleman Connor.  There is a plot twist when at the end of the book, the reader finds out that Sage, the orphan, is really Prince Jaron.  Sage tells Nobleman Connor that he is the prince and imprisons Connor for being a traitor and for murder.

There was little figurative language in this book. At one point in the book one character said “Connor has probably been to every orphanage in the country.” Obviously Connor did not go to every orphanage in the country. Conner had said to Sage “You have a clever tongue.” This book had lots of plot twists, politics, mystery, and action.

Eona, By Alison Goodman

Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years. Along with fellow rebels Ryko and Lady Dela, she is on the run from High Lord Sethon's army. The renegades are on a quest for the black folio, stolen by the drug-riddled Dillon; they must also find Kygo, the young Pearl Emperor, who needs Eona's power and the black folio if he is to wrest back his throne from the selfstyled "Emperor" Sethon. Through it all, Eona must come to terms with her new Dragoneye identity and power - and learn to bear the anguish of the ten dragons whose Dragoneyes were murdered. As they focus their power through her, she becomes a dangerous conduit for their plans. 

Eona, with its pulse-pounding drama and romance, its unforgettable fight scenes, and its surprises, is the conclusion to an epic only Alison Goodman could create.

I'm only about halfway through the book, but it is already as good as the prequel. 
The books picks up a little after Eon ends, which I think it perfect because it removes all the boring travel time. Eona is trying to harness her new power, but she soon realizes that the dragons of the murdered Dragoneyes are trying to use her as a path back into the world. The power that she can harness with 11 dragons in enormous-but insanely dangerous. 

I would definitely recommend this, even though I haven't even finished it. A lot of authors make a sequel that can't live up to the first book, but Alison Goodman has managed to make the second book as amazing as the first. 

Crossed

Crossed

The book I read was titled Crossed and the author was Ally Condie. The main characters are Cassie, Ky, Indie, Eli, Hunter, and Xander.  In this book, The Society, or the government, chooses whom you can marry or love.  Cassie, a teenager girl, is matched to another boy Xander whom she likes as a friend but doesn’t want to marry him. Cassie runs away from her family and the government so she could be with Ky.  Ky is in a manual labor or death camp. Ky manages to escape from the death camp into a series of canyons where he finds food and books.  Cassie, through friends, finds Ky in the canyons.  While in the canyons, Cassie, Ky, Eli, and Indie meet Hunter who is part of another secret society, The Farmers, that left The Society.  The four teenagers and the adult go on a scouting mission in the canyons and find a secret Society base and steal supplies.

The literary techniques that were in this particular novel were flashbacks and plot twists. There were multiple plot twists, but there was one plot that stood out. It was when the group of teenagers realized that The Rising is real and that there is actually a secret society that exists and is plotting to take over the current tyrannical government.  A foreshadowing that stood out was when Cassie kept remembering her dead grandfather’s words, which were “Don’t go gentle”.  Her grandfather was a part of this secret society which she finds out later in the book.

There are many examples of poetry in this fascinating book. In these poems there are personification, similes, and hyperboles. An example of personification in this story is “Wind having fingers” and this was a poem that was written on a gravestone.  An example of a simile is “They dropped like flakes”. I can’t think of how this is important, I just got them out of a poem someone found. An example of a hyperbole is “The Sahara is too little price for thy right hand”. This was interesting because The characters didn’t know what the Sahara is.. These were all from one poem in the book.

I loved this book because the author wrote it so that as the reader you see Cassie’s and Ky’s point of view. This really helped me to understand what was going on throughout the whole story.  For instance the book kept alternating between Cassie and Ky’s viewpoint. Another trick that the author used was she expertly placed her plot twist throughout the story.  This book kept me on my toes, and it was hard sometimes to put the book away.  Sometimes at night, I wanted to keep reading, but had to get to bed.  I loved this book so much that I can’t wait to read the 3rd book in this series, “Reached”.

Confetti Girl

             Confetti Girl, by Diana Lopez is about a teenage girl name Lina. She live with her dad who love to read. In fact, he reads so much Lina is stuck with no T.V. Lina's best friend is Vanessa. A few years a go Vanessa's dad  got up and left her. Now she lives with her mom. She still gets to she here dad just not very often. The two girls cope with playing volley ball, doing homework together, and talking about cute boys. Like any teenage girl book they both have a crush. Lina tries to be a very independent person. She hates having her dad getting in the middle if her business. You get to follow a typical teenage girl life with all the ups and downs, lefts and rights. The best part about the book is the title. Vanessa's mom loves to make casscarones. Casscarones are confetti find eggs that you crack on your friends and family's heads. If you want to find out how it all rolls out read Confetti Girl, by Diana Lopez.