Love & The Zombie Apocalypse Review

4/5☆☆☆☆

All Rachel Cole wanted was to get her little sister away from their horrible foster home,

Even if it was only for a few weeks, she was glad to have Morgan away at science camp,

where she would be safe from the beatings of their foster dad. 

Everything was as good as it could get for her, knowing that her sister would be safe

and having fun with other kids her own age. 

If only she had known how incredibly dangerous things where about to get for the both of them.

The dead are rising and attacking the living.

All it takes is ONE bite.

One bite and you're infected.

Once you're infected it's not long before you die and become one of the undead. 

It doesn't take long for Rachel to realize that in order to stay alive you have to fight back. 

With a bat and determination as her only weapon Rachel is on a mission to get 

to Michigan and rescue Morgan.

On her way she meets a few survivors who decide to help her

and that would be great if one of them weren't 

Cage Vincent, the local high schools golden boy.

Their attraction towards each other is undeniable, but 

The end of the world is hardly the time for falling in love.

Especially not when she has to be focused on saving her sister.

If it isn't already to late.

***

Here we have a Badass bat-swinging zombie-killing heroine

who knows how to take care of herself instead of hiding out in someones closet

till help arrives.

Rachel is smart, strong, and determined

but so is Cage, who despite all that he is going through is still determined to 

have Rachel by his side and help her find her sister. 

The book also tells  the stories of  other characters 

and what they've all been through up until they all meet up together 

which I fell is very import, because it helps us all understand the characters better and allows us to see how much they have grown or changed since their first encounter with the virus. 

If you are a fan of Love & Decay like I am you will definitely enjoy this book.

You can get it on Amazon for $2.99 Or you can read it for free with Kindle Unlimited  on your tablet, computer or smart phone like I did.

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk

Survival Review

 2/5 ☆☆

 There were many times where I wanted to smack my head against my nook. 

 Yes there were times when I was like "oh this isn't that bad."
 But no way Can I give this book a full three stars. 

It' made my head hurt through most of it. 

I was completely annoyed and multiple times thought about giving up on the book

But I won't lie I am interested in what happened Next.

Maybe I am Just doing some useless hoping here
 but I feel that the next book will be better that this one.
I hope.

About Maddie Pearce 

I get that she is clumsy, but God if her clumsy behavior is nothing more that just that
and not some horrible effect from some magic or paranormal (plot) twist or whatever
 I am going to blow my own brains out.
Yes it is funny sometimes, like when she almost burned the house down,
but I think her clumsiness was over played.
 It got old and annoying real quick.

Was it really that necessary for her to be a walking disaster?!

I can't really think of anything else I want to add. 

It was funny and all, but I am just so disappointed. 

I feel this could have been much better than what it was

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk

Uglies Review

4/5☆☆☆☆

In a world where everyone gets to become pretty at the age of sixteen,

where everyone undergoes surgery to become the ideal image of beauty

and no one - except those who are underage - has to deal with 

the harshness of being ugly, 

how could anything possibly go wrong?

Tally Youngblood can not wait until her sixteenth birthday to finally have the operation
 so that she can be with her friend Perish in New Pretty Town
where all the new pretties live. 

Where everyone has big eyes, plump lips and high cheek bones and perfect skin. 

In New Pretty Town everyone's only job is to have fun.

It's been Tally's dream for as long as she can remember 

and in only a few weeks she'll be there partying with all her old friends
who have already gotten the operation.

All she has to do is keep out of trouble for a few more weeks
and she and Perish - her best friend - will be together again. 

Except Tally's new friend, Shay, doesn't want to become pretty.

She's convinced that the operation takes away more than just your ugly features.

Days before their birthday Shay decides to runaway

and take her chances outside the city to live
among other uglies who, like her, refuses to be made pretty.

When Tally is taken to New Pretty Town for her operation
she's exposed to a very ugly side of the pretties
working in special circumstances and  is given an ultimatum:
Find Shay and turn her and the other runaways in,
or stay ugly forever.

***

This book really shows how obsessed society is with looking a certain way.
It shows how cruel we can be to one another just because someone simply looks or acts different.
We give each other nicknames that point out our flaws just like the characters in the book
for example: Stick, Squint, Nose etc.
We make ourselves believe we are nothing because we are "ugly"
and most of us would risk our lives by going under the knife
and go through a massive surgery just to become "pretty",
to become accepted, without fully understanding
that we are just being brainwashed into thinking a certain way.
Being tricked into thinking that big eyes, a thin nose and full lips and a certain height
is what makes a person pretty.

I've read a few reviews before finally reading this book
and a few of the people who wrote them were upset because they
felt that this type of society is unbelievable, but I disagree.
 If you pay attention you can see how society judges people who look different
and they're telling people they have to look a certain way to be beautiful
and there are many people out there who would do anything
just to become "pretty".

Maybe if more of those people can read this book
or books similar to this they can see how wrong they are
and change some of their minds.

xoxoxo
Natasha Blaxk

Possession Review

4/5☆☆☆☆

Once again we find ourselves in a controlled society where not everything is as it appears.

We have goodies who aren't really good,

Baddies who really aren't that bad,

Thinkers who can get into or control people's mind,

Creepy robots, and

A rebellion on the rise.

Walking with a boy 

Out past curfew

Wearing contraband

Not plugging in to her transmission at night

and Cutting and dying her hair

Yeah Vi has always been a rule breaker

A free thinker

You'd think that would be a good thing right?
(Being a free thinker I mean, not a rule breaker.)

Not in the City of Water.

Violet has gotten up to seven offenses.

It's off to prison for Vi after being spotted past curfew with a boy-
 even if he is her match or that Zenn is as good as they come. 

While in prison she meets Jag. 

A baddie.
 Probably the worse kind with his tanned skin and jet black hair.
You can tell, just by looking at him that he's a rule breaker.

At first Violet could not stand Jag
but soon they learn to depend on one another
and develop a close bond. 

They have to stay together to survive

But can she really trust a baddie?  

With all the lies, half truths, spies and betrayal
it's a wonder she can trust her self.

***

I loved this story
but damn 

Goodies

Badies

Thinkers

Come on! There could have at least been a little more creativity with the names here.

Oh well what's done is done.

The main reason why I love this book is because
Violent is a very strong  free thinking individual.
She refuses to be controlled and put into a category.

She's presented with many choices:

duty or death

Zenn or Jag

Left or right 

control or don't control

alone or together

But it seems to me that Violet is always fighting for a third option
 because she understands that not everything is either good or bad.
Somethings just don't fit in either category.

I also love how Jag isn't one of those guys who hides behind a mask - at least when it comes to Vi.
 The fact that he cries in front of her or let's her see when he's vulnerable has got to be the sweetest thing ever. Even if he is supposed to be this big bad ...Badie?

xoxoxo
Natasha Blaxk

The First days (as the world dies) Review

5/5  ☆☆☆☆☆

Another amazing Zombie Book !

The First Days is the first book in the As the world dies trilogy.

 Here we have Katie and Jenni - two women thrown together in this new world of death and mayhem.

Jenni watched her abusive husband eat her children 

and stood in horror as she watched them both die and came back to life.

 No, not life.

 Whatever they were they weren't living.

 They were vicious creatures with an intense hunger for human flesh and their main course was their own mother and wife. 

Katie was attacked on her way to work by a man who had his guts hanging out, but the real trauma for her was when she fled home only to witness that her beautiful wife had turned and was savagely attacking their mailman. 

Together these two completely different women develop a strong bond.

They do everything  they can to survive in this new world and soon find out that although they would do anything to have their old lives back, where everyone they love is still alive, they were

Made for this world.

 Jenni is pretty great with a rifle and a bit trigger happy. 

Katie too seems to have adapted to this new world doing all that she can to survive and protect her new home, and yea she's also handy with a gun. 

In this story you'll meet a bunch of characters each with different personalities and each struggling in their own way to over come the losses they have all suffered.

Together our survivors learn to accept new friendship, love, tragedy, and all the complications that comes along with the end of the world.

     

***

Yes! Slow clap it out for Rhiannon Frater pleeease. 

This book is fan-freaking-tabulous!

Seriously there is no way this book could disappoint you. 

I mean I waaassss hoping for a three way romance between - 

well you'll see when you read it .

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk

          

Shiver Review

4/5 ☆☆☆☆

by Maggie Stiefvater

Grace has always been fascinated by wolves. 

Despite being pulled of her tire swing and being attacked by a pack of wolves she can't help her obsession with them, especially for the yellow eyed wolf who saved her life.

Sam is a boy with a troubled past, a complicated life and an even worrisome future. When Sam was just a kid he was bitten by a wolf which in time turned him into one. Through out the summer and warm temperated seasons he is  allowed to live his life a human, but when winter comes and the air is cold the wolf comes out. 

He can't control it and there is no cure and worse of all this may be his last year turning into a human.

    Like all shifters Sam is running out of time. 

Every shifter has an expiration date- when they stop going back and forth between human and wolf. It's a curse he cant escape but at least as a wolf he can watch over her.

     From the edge of the woods in her back yard he is there, watching her. He's there during the winter days watching, but so is she. She knows he's out there. her wolf. The wolf that saved her six years ago. He is always there

.

     When a local boy dies and the wolves are threatened Sam ends up on Grace's back door wounded with a bullet hole in his neck. Grace should be scared of this stranger in her backyard, but one look into his eyes and she knows it's him. Her wolf, only he isn't a wolf any more.

     Together they fight against unbeatable odds, a jealous wolf and the possible exposure of what Sam is. Can their love get them through the chaos of Sam's world and even more importantly can they hold of winter to keep Sam from changing back into a wolf permanently? 

***

I have no idea what to say other then READ THE FREAKIN BOOK!

This book was pretty interesting. 

A whole new side to this werewolf-thing-a-ma-jig.

Here is a story where the curse of the wolf is actually a curse.

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk

I was asked if I remember the first time I cried because of a book/character.

I was asked if I remember the first time I cried because of a book/character. 

*Sigh*

If you must know...

*sniff*

...I..

*sniff*

..I..do remember

*wipes away tear*

Tara Brown's

The Born trilogy 

was the first to make me cry and I have been crying ever since.

Just thinking about the last book 

and my OTP has me like

TARA BROWN YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT! 

HOW COULD YOU!?

UM ... So ... yeah

So.. I'm going to go cry

xoxoxo

-Natasha Blaxk

We're all stories in the end ...

                                  " We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

-The Doctor

http://not-all-the-prayers.tumblr.com/post/85941384110/were-all-stories-in-the-end-just-make-it-a-good

xoxoxo

-Natasha Blaxk

Tomorrow Land Review

4/5 ☆☆☆☆

Holy futuristic zombie apocalypse! 

Secret government agents

Flesh eating zombies

Betrayal 

Heartache

Addiction

Cybernetic implants

Gladiators

Love

&

a boatload of innocent children

This trip through futuristic zombie land will be a walk in the park,

 or rather a walk to Disneyland.

With an important code saved locked away in her head 

Peyton and Chase make their way across dangerous territories

with a group of orphaned children to Disneyland where Peyton's 

father awaits her arrival.

After being locked underground for four years she is on a mission to save what is 

left of the human race, but can she make it in time before the cybernetic implants,

created by her own father, fails and her body starts breaks down?

Will traveling with Chase, her former love, complicate her mission?

and how can she travel to Disneyland, fend off zombies and protect a group of mostly children safe from a fate worse than death while her only capable companion is constantly putting them in danger?

….

Sometimes finding a good Zombie Apocalypse book is hard to come by

because after a while they all start to sound the same, but I can say for sure that this book was like nothing I have ever read before.

The back and forth between chapters, going from the present to the past repeatedly, was extremely frustrating, but by the time I got to the end of the story I could not have imagined this book being written any other way.

This book was absolutely fantastic!

xoxoxo
-Natasha Blaxk

Matched Review

3/5 ☆☆☆

Only a few paragraphs into Matched by Ally Condie 

I got really excited about the story.

 I am great a multitasking and I am always either cleaning

or cooking while I am reading,

but WOW

I was so absorbed by this book that I suddenly found myself in my bed wrapped up in a blanket unwilling to separate myself from this story.

Unfortunately though by the time I got to chapter eight I was pretty much 

half dead due to boredom 

But I pushed through it and realized that it wasn't that bad.

The story is a bit slow paced *eyeroll*

 but other than that it's OKAY. 

I wish there was a bit more drama in the story and that Cassia wasn't so 

dang indecisive about who she wanted to be with

but who knows maybe the next book will be better.

I am really upset though.

I honestly thought that this book would be more than what it was

 but all of that put aside the story is really good.  

Also if you enjoy this book or have already read it then you might also be interested in reading Delirium by Lauren Oliver, which I also expected more from but do not let my slight dissatisfaction keep you from reading this book. After all there is a reason I gave this book 3 stars.

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ORIGINAL SYNOPSIS

Cassia has always trusted the society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate… until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.

The society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow. 

xoxoxo

-Natasha Blaxk

PODs Review

3/5 ☆☆☆

                                                        

ORIGINAL SYNOPSIS

Seventeen-year-old Eva is a chosen one. Chosen to live, while others meet a swift and painful death from an incurable virus so lethal, a person is dead within days of symptoms emerging. In the POD system, a series of underground habitats built by the government, she waits with the other chosen for the deadly virus to claim those above. Separated from family and friends, it's in the PODs she meets David. And while true love might not conquer all, it's a balm for the broken soul. 

After a year, scientists believe the population has died, and without living hosts, so has the virus. That's the theory, anyway. But when the PODs are opened, survivors find the surface holds a vicious secret. The virus mutated, infecting those left top-side and creating... monsters. 

Eva and David hide from the infected in the abandoned PODs. Together they try to build a life--a new beginning. But the infected follow and are relentless in their attacks. Leaving Eva and David to fight for survival, and pray for a cure.

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NAT'S REVIEW

Usually I like my Zombie apocaplyse novels to have a bit more ... Oh I don't know … Zombies in it! But this was still a good read. The story had a pretty interesting start but by the time I got to the middle of the book I was dying for some undead villains to arrive.

The romance between Eva and David was TO-DIE-FOR!

No really! Those two were beyond head over heels for each other. The fight they put up to be together is what kept me going for the first half of the book. Well, that and Eva being a total bad ass!

Go head and tell Eva she doesn't need a weapon in a post zombie apocalyptic world because that is what the men are there for and see if doesn't knock your rotting head of your shoulders with a bat!

Anyway if you need a book to read to pass the time on that long train ride home or something else to do when you should be doing your already late homework assignment you should really give PODs a shot.

XOXOXO

-Natasha Blaxk

I'm thinking I need to buy some more books.

Even with the one that I have on my nook I feel like this is not

enough!

-Natasha Blaxk

Alienated Review

5/5☆☆☆☆☆

Sacred Mother!
What on earth did I just read?

The absolute best book in the entire universe that's what!
Gahhh!!!
Please give me a moment while I fangirl a bit.
…
asdfghjkl
…
Helloooooo! Where can I find myself a L'eihr
God (he's not a God) named Aelyx ?
I want me some Aelyx.
**sigh**

Alienated is absolutely brilliant!
Melissa Landers, thank you.


At first I thought
"Oh.My.Freaking.Paranormal.Gods.
this is going to be like Obsidian"
but NO WAY!
This is a whole new kind of sexy, sweetness, and danger.


Ever wondered what it would be like
if aliens were to visit our lovely planet?
Well Melissa Landers Alienated gives us all a sneak peak at what it could
be like if they ever did visit our planet (if you believe they exist)


Find out if humans and L'eihrs can overcome their differences and co-exist
go to your nearest book store and buy this book NOW!

Bless the Gods and the Sacred Mother for Melissa Landers.

Uninvited Review

 

4/5 ☆☆☆☆

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really enjoyed reading Uninvited.

Davy Hamilton has the perfect life.
She has the perfect jock boyfriend that every body wants. The perfect best friend to help her with her calculus class and homework. She’s a musical prodigy attending one of the finest schools in the country with a bright future at Juilliard ahead of her. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

Or can it?

One phone call from her mom and her world is flipped upside down. Davy has been tested positive for HTS (Homicidal Tendency Syndrome) - a code in her DNA that says that one day she will kill someone. That she is a killer.

Poor Davy has never hurt a fly yet everyone she knows turns on her - afraid that one day she might attack one of them. Now she is all alone with no friends, no boyfriend, and NO JUILLIARD! Everything she has ever known, everything she has worked for has been taken away from her. Being an HTS Carrier means being treated as a criminal even though you have never done anything bad in your life. Being an HTS carrier beens being thrown in a cage. Being an HTS carrier means you are dangerous and one day you will kill someone and Davy Hamilton, sweet Davy Hamilton, gets an up close and personal view of the real world outside the comfort zone of her cozy life as a musical prodigy. Where HTS carriers like herself are braned as dangerous and are treated like animals. Whether they have hurt someone or not it does not matter. It is in their DNA. It will happen eventually. All HTS carriers are dangerous. Or at least that’s what they say.

Will Davy end up a killer like they say she will?

Or what about Sean ? The super hot HTS carrier who is always protecting Davy.

Xoxoxo

Gawwwwd ! Do you know how hard it was to not give out some major spoilers asdfghjkl …. well it doesn’t seem like Davy’s story is over so I am totally looking forward to the next book ♡♥

-Natasha Blaxk

Uninvited

"…Davy test positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome aka 'the kill gene' … her parents are now afraid of her - although she's never hurt a fly. Davy doesn't feel any different, but her genes don't lie. One day she will kill someone." - Uninvited 

              "YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR DNA … EVEN WHEN IT SAYS YOU'RE A MURDERER." 

- Uninvited 

"Uninvited asks the question: Will you let the world define who you are or will you choose to define yourself? Put simply, I loved this book!" -Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of the Forest of Hands and Teeth series

When one of your favorite authors says that she loves a book then I say that book is definitely worth reading. Right? 

Right.

I came across this book at Barnes and Nobles and after reading the summary I thought "hmm… this seems a bit interesting" but honestly it was Carrie Ryan's review that made me take it home. I love her books and if it is good enough for her then it is good enough for me. 

I hope you enjoy it just as much as I did. 

xoxoxo

This is my first real blog and book review so please take pity on me.

                                                                                                                              -Natasha Blaxk