Me Before You - Jojo Moyes

Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.

What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane.

Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that.

What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.

Well, this is interesting. I am not going to write much in this review because sometimes even if you liked a book, there is not much you can say which will not spoil the fun of the book for somebody else and  because there is not much I can say except that I loved this book. I loved this book with all my heart. I loved how it changed my outlook of life from existing to living. From just taking it a day at a time to taking it in a giant leap. I loved how it changed my outlook on taking one's life.
Lou was just looking for a job. She had a steady boyfriend, a loving family, she was just looking to make ends meet. Fate landed her with Will. A quadriplegic who lived in a wheelchair after a horrific accident. What makes it worse was that Will was extremely active before the accident and now he was helpless which made him bitter.
However, Lou made him see the light and she brightened up her day but, sometimes even being faced with pure love is not enough and Lou loved him and he loved her. They found love in the most unlikely of circumstances. Patrick had no time for her and she was spending day and night with Will. There were going to be some feelings emerging. Thats exactly what happened.  
I think this book was inspiring even though it had a sucky ending. I think we all expected it not to work out though because honestly who would want to live the way Will was living. I don't blame him. I honestly hope that Lou gets her happy ending because she deserves it after all the heartbreak she is going through and honestly Lou as well as we should thank Will, because Will taught Lou to live to her heart's content and in the end, thats all that matters.

☂☂☂☂

I'll Give You the Sun - Jandy Nelson

A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell 

Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else—an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant novel from the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

I must say I was not very eager to read this book when I first started reading it. It took me some time to get used to the overload of thoughts and emotions that were overwhelming this book. However, I loved how the story was told in two parts by the different twins. It gives a sense of suspense and anticipation as well as mystery of what happened before to make it happen this way. It is interesting to see how these twins had split so far apart and yet were never far from each other. Never in the sense of position could they bear being away from their twin sibling. Whether it was protecting them through another person. Whether it was sneaking around, stealing stuff that was in their twin's possession, they never stopped loving each other and looking out for each which I found really sweet.
Jude and Noah couldn't be more of a different set of twins. They were complete opposites in every way. But, in a year when everything changed, they grew apart. They became acquaintances and their personalities changed completely making the other twin wanting their old personalities back and making them completely lost in who they were trying to be.
After all that they had been through, they deserved a happy ending and I am so glad they got one. I am so glad everything worked out for the better and they realising who they were and were confident in themselves. Being with them through the journey was amazing and so enlightening. This book tackled issues like gay rights, bullying, art, drugs and drinking, sex. All in one book and not even by tackling the issues specifically, just by bringing it up and making us understand how important and life altering these issues are.
All the secondary characters, Brian and the Italian sculptor and Oscar and how everything was interconnected was unbelievable. This book was all about thoughts and therefore you knew everything through Jude and Noah's eyes and that made everything so much.

☂☂☂☂☂

Court - Cat Patrick

Court was a book written in four point of views.  This got me a bit confused as I kept on jumping back and forth.  I liked all four characters to a point.  I started sympathising with Haakon in the middle of the book and hated him by the end.  I liked the way Cat ( the author ) developed the characters.   There were no black and white characters in this book.  They were all shades of grey.   There was no definite villain and you did not trust anybody in the beginning of the book.  Everyone was suspicious and kept up the suspense.   The book certainly kept up the suspense.   However, I think the book ended on an incomplete note, I think it was too open ended and we still want to know what happens next? Some people might like an open ended book but, I personally don't.  Thats my opinion.
The plot was basically about this country which was a monarchy in the middle of modern United States.   I found this a bit too unbelievable.  How could no one have found out about this different country.  Wouldn't someone have got suspicious?  I just don't think this is realistic.  Its not like a fantasy fiction where non - believable things are encouraged.  This is a dystopian fiction that is set in the modern world about a country which is hidden in one of the most developed countries in the world.

The Characters
Haakon - Haakon was an interesting character.  He vowed not to be like his dad when he becomes king and he changed the most from the beginning to end.   He was a bit of a player and he let drinks and drugs cloud his judgement as well as grief.  He was brainwashed very easily by people who did not want the best for the monarchy.
Alexander - Haakon's best friend who struggled going against the beliefs and the orthodox ways of the people in the monarchy.   He hated what his best friend had become and stood up against him.  I think Alexander needs to be developed further.  I wanted to know more about him.
Mary - A commoner in the monarchy whose mom left to go to United States leaving her and her father to fend for themselves.  I loved Mary's character.  I loved her bravery, her dealing with grief and her courage to stand out no matter what other people thought.  I commended her throughout the book for having a strong head on her shoulders and not believing everything that was thrown at her.
Gwendolyn - I was a little confused about Gwendolyn's character.  She had a bit of a insta love and I found her to be very chic - lit type, running away from her parents and her arranged marriage with Haakon.  I thought her friends in the democracy were her true friends and that got turned around.  In the end she suddenly got courage.  I don't think Gwendolyn's character was developed well.

All in All it was an ok book

I gave it three umbrellas

☂☂☂ 

Lailah - Nikki Kelly

Lailah - Nikki Kelly

This book was interesting.  It was basically about a girl who was very different from what she thought she was.  She had lived many lifetimes so she knew she was different.  She just didn't know how different.   There was a love triangle in the book.  However the author made it pretty clear who she wanted the main character the end up with.

The Characters
Lailah - Lailah was a confused girl in a confused surrounding, slowly finding out who she is.  I found her to be a strong character but she had lapses in judgement that made her more real to me.  Nobody can be perfect after all.  She was in a situation where there were vampires and angels.  Nobody can get their head around that in one sitting.  She constantly tried to be someone else during the course of the book but then realised there is nothing better than being herself.
Jonah - Jonah was the vampire that Lailah did not want to have feelings for but did.  She was forbidden but he ended up falling in love with her all the same.  I liked Jonah.  I found that even though he did not know the whole truth about Lailah and who exactly she was, he still managed to get under her skin.  He loved her for her and I loved him for that.  He was misunderstood during the entire book and I felt bad for him but that made his character grow stronger.
Gabriel - Gabriel was an ok character to me.  He was an angel who Lailah had always dreamed about but then they found each other.  I found Gabriel to be annoying truthfully.  He kept a lot of secrets from Lailah which he did not have to keep from her.  I think he molly coddled her and treated her like she was weaker than she was.  She was must stronger than he gave her credit for

All in all this book was a fast paced read.  Even the secondary characters who I have not written about in detail were well developed.  This was not a black and white novel.  There were certainly shades of grey.  A lot of them in fact.  It is a good book to pick up and I recommend everyone who has read this review to give this book a try cause thats what it deserves.

☂☂☂☂

The Truth about Forever - Sarah Dessen

This book took me on a thrill ride! The feeling I got when I finished this book was just bliss!

This book was a coming of age book.  I felt like

I was growing up with Macy while she was finding out who she was and where she belongs.  Macy was a girl who never stepped out of line, had the perfect boyfriend or so she thought and lived life organised and basically boring.  She did not know that life could get any better

Then she met Wes.  Wes who lived on the poor edge of town.  Who was exciting and fun and so different then anybody she usually hung out with.  Wes showed her that chaos is not always bad and there's always organisation in mess.  Wes is the boys parents tell you to stay away from but as Macy got to know Wes, she just couldn't stay away.  

This story shows the world what it's like to see the world with open eyes for the first time and realize how much you enjoy the view.  Take chances, take risks and never forget who you are for somebody else's benefit

The truth about forever is to live now and think about the future later.

☂☂☂☂☂

Unravel me

I have no idea what is going through my head right now, I am absolutely in shock, my mind is running at 100 miles a minute.  This book got me so confused about characters about people, my trust shifted so fast.  The entire book I was gripping my seat wondering what the hell was happening.  I was Team Adam all the way, I didn't even know there was a Team Warner.  He was a monster , a abomination and then the author can't make us happy can she? Nope, she has to kill us 400 times and bring us back to life still feeling the pain of all the kills.  She makes sure that Adam and Juliette's love hurtles to a stop then she decides to make Warner a completely different person.  What!!! Is going on?  I didn't even know if my eyes were working.

There were so many times in the book I got so frustrated with Juliette.  I wanted to be there and scream at her Get it together girl!! You are so strong , stop wallowing in your self pity then I realised the reason I was frustrated with her was because she was just like me, forgive easily, trust easily, fall easily and live every emotion to the fullest and when broken down completely gone.  Most teenage girls are like that and the author actually made me discover my own character.

I want to read the next book so bad you have no idea.  Ignite me here I come and I am completely befuddled which team I am on by the end of the book.

☂☂☂☂☂

Shatter Me

This book was absolutely amazing!! It blew my breath away. I've been waiting for a book like this !! Finally it blessed me with its presence.

When I read a book, I want to feel every emotion, every feeling and this book did just that.

In the first part of the book, Juliette was feeling so dejected I found myself feeling dejected too.  I wanted to save her from the pain she was going through and I felt so helpless.  Her shock her fear her disbelief her betrayal it all cut through me like I was there and feeling it with her but somehow I also knew that I would never feel the exact emotion.  I have no idea how the author did it but she did

And omg the romance, it took my breath away.  The feelings that coursed through me when Adam made her feel wanted when he showed her she was worth it, when he showed her that she was not a monster she had a gift.  He made her feel whole and made me feel whole.  How I want to be loved by a man like that.  Every teenage girls biggest dream.  Her determination grew and made me feel more confident, it made me feel like you know what they are actually going to pull through this, they are going to manage it.  But the author wouldn't leave us in a safe haven for too long.  She made me gasp, almost cry but by the middle of the book Juliette had become a fighter and she would do anything to save the people she cared about.

That made her up on my list in female male characters, she was strong, not dependant to the point it became painful, she was different and most of all she was a fighter and I respect that.

Adam was the perfect male lead.  He was handsome, he was dependable, he scared us sometimes with doubts through Juliette's head but which male lead doesn't, he had his own character and his own story and he was not overshadowed.  And both of them loved each other and made me cry about how strong the power of love is.

And when Juliette found Hope which had been missing her entire life, I think that was the favourite part of the story.

☂☂☂☂☂