Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican centers on St. Michael's, a school that now accepts questionable students and highly religious students which is not a good mix. There is lots of bullying going on. I really enjoyed the character of Father Mercedes and Sister Maria. I thought Brutal Youth has good action and it held my interest throughout.
(Gerard's review, 5 stars)
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Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica centers on a charitable woman named Heidi who helps stray cats. One day she sees a teen girl holding a baby at a train station and decides to take her in for just one night, assuming she's homeless. This novel is told by multiple points of view which I thought made the story that much better. The real good thing is the multiple story lines. You do not really know what to expect next! This is a page turner that is well worth reading, enjoy!
(Gerard's review, 5 stars)
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica is a contemporary psychological thriller that is sad and heartbreaking. This novel combines the sad stories of Heidi Wood, a married woman with a 12-yr.-old daughter and Willow, a homeless teen girl with a baby. Their paths cross and Heidi opens her home to Willow and the baby in spite of objections from her husband and daughter. The reader is gradually given bits and pieces of Heidi’s and Willow’s pasts as the current events unfold which culminate into a good ending. I liked Heidi at the beginning but as the book went along, I liked her less and less. I liked Willow though and felt sorry for her throughout the book. This book portrays the social worker as incompetent and totally repulsive behavior on the part of Willow’s foster dad. This book was very disturbing to me because of the content. I thought it was an interesting read and didn’t have any clue as to how it would end so wanted to keep reading.
(Karen's review, 3 stars)
See our review of The Good Girl by Mary Kubica which we both liked.
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Here is my Booktube spoiler free review of Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas:
The Assassisn’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas is amazing! It has action, betrayal, romance, humor, and shows a softer, caring side of Celaena that I wish I had known going into the Throne of Glass series. This book is about two assassins, Celaena and Sam, who like each other in spite of being competitors. We also see Hamel Arobynn’s dark, cruel, mean side--he's a real scumbag. There are five novellas that comprise this book that were all very good. I particularly liked the first three better than the last two just because the last two are so heartbreaking and so sad. After reading this book, I like Celaena even more than I already did. This book is a page turner that had me from start to finish. I liked this one even more than those I’ve read in The Throne of Glass series because this book does not have any magic in it, just action and a lot of character development. I enjoyed this book very much and wish I had read it before starting the series so I knew Celaena better. I think Celaena and Sam should have went back to the Red Desert and worked for the mute assassin when they decided to leave Arobynn. In the second story about the healer, I found the self-defense lesson by Celaena very interesting and liked how she was willing to train Yrene, the barmaid at the White Pig Inn, how to defend herself. In the third story, Celaena finally finds a friend in Ansel and has some fun for a change. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy adventure, action, and well developed interesting character interaction.
(Karen's review, 5 stars)
The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Mass is made up of five short stories that give background on Celaena, the main character in The Throne of Glass series. This collection could have easily been a novel because the stories follow in chronological order. The three big things I got out of this book were: (1) I got to see a different side of Celaena; (2) Got to know Sam and about his relationship with Celaena; and (3) got to know more about Arobynn Hamel (the guy who trained her to be an assassin).
Wow! This book is fantastic! The stories are very good and filled with twists and turns. I LOVED IT A LOT! I would recommend reading this first before the Throne of Glass series although I didn't do it that way and still enjoyed it. I just think reading this one first would give you helpful background on Celaena going into the next books.
(Gerard's review 7/22/15, 5 stars)
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This sounds so much fun, plus they have daily fun challenges as well with chances to win free books! Today's is to create a reenactment of a scene from a book that is less than a minute long. I wish I was on vacation this week so I could fully participate, but I will try to do as much as I can in spite of my full-time job. You are allowed to use one book to combine several challenges if you need to such as reading a book with blue on the cover that is also a book you really want to read. For me that is The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas.
CAN YOU COMPLETE THE CHALLENGES?!
The challenges:
1// Read a book with blue on the cover
2// Read a book by an author who shares the same first letter of your last name
3// Read someone else's favourite book
4// Read the last book you acquired
5// Finish a book without letting go of it
6// Read a book you really want to read
7// Read seven books
The actual truth was bad enough. Vickler knew he wasn't coming down again.
From page 16 of Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican.
All this scuttles through my mind in the split second I wonder what to do. Help the girl. Get on the train.
From page 13 of Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica.
Karen's:
Celaena took the barmaid into the alley, if only because she didn't want to wake the other inn guests and get into yet another fight. She didn't really know why she'd offered to teach her to defend herself.
From page 104 of The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along, so I thought I would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.
