Book Review: Love Evolution by Michelle Mankin Rated: PG-13

Nineteen year old Avery Jones can play Guitar better than anyone. She and her brothers musical duo is amazing. After her brothers death, Avery doesn't know what to do. So she lookes for somewhere new to work as a guitarist. Brutal Strength, a hugely popular rock band, is looking for a new lead guitarist, after their previous one dropped out. As a fan of the band, Avery thinks she's struck gold, until she discovers the Band won't hire a female artist. So what does Avery do? She disguises herself as a man, and joins the group anyway.

Love Evolution was... interesting. It's an adaption of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and in at the first page I found it rather cliche, but it does get a little better. The clicheness of it actually adds to the entertainment, but hey, it's based on Shakespeare.  I quite like the lead character, no matter how many times I want to smack her. She does pretty well in her attempt to be a man, no matter how ridiculous it is.

The book has references to drugs, and (Oh No!) Mobsters who threaten little girls. Some people get drunk, some people kiss, a lot, some people kiss, and then freak out because the person the kissed was allegedly a man. Some crude humor, as well as a few mentions of Doing the Do, which no one does actually do, as the main couple are a dude and another "dude" (but not really)there is also a bit of mild swearing

In all I found Love Evolution utterly cliche and entertaining. I would recommend it to people who enjoy Shakespeare and rock and roll. It is not for people who don't find cliche's entertaining, or who don't much care for Shakespeare (I am one of those people)Thanks for reading, Bri π
Rated PG-13 for Mild swearing, drugs, alcohol, intimacy, and for being ridiculous.

Book Review: The Fault in our Stars by John Green rated PG-13

Hazel is a professional sick person. Thats her job. Diagnosed with stage IV thyroid cancer at the age of twelve, Hazel has accepted the fact that she will die, eventually. So, her mother throws her into a support group for cancer teens. It's incredibly ridiculous. Until the arrival of Augustus Waters. Handsom, in remission, and, to her disbelief, interested in Hazel.  And thus starts their attempts to understand, life, death, and the legacy they will leave.


This book was awe inspireing (at least, it was for me). Incredible wit, Spectacular foreshadowing and symbolism, and thought provoking content. It is absolutely beautiful. It shows Cancer patients as they are, not the hero we make them out to be. I also quite enjoy hazels cynical view on the world. Her opinions are just as comical as they are true. Agustus, what can I say about him that will do him justice?  Welll, He's just one big metaphor. The book gives a hilariously poetic look on life.

Even though it is brilliant, I did rate it PG-13. First off, I would like to say, John Green did a very good job of showing how teenagers act, in all their (Im)Mature thoughts and statments. They swear, make crude comments about each other,They make crude comments about other things, they smoke (sort of), They drink, and, yes, at one point they do "It". It's not very detailed, it sort of skips over the actual doing, it's just implied.

But besides all that, this book is still amazing. Tear jerking, comedic, intelligent, and romantic, The Fault in our Stars is a beautifully written novel that will most likely leave you crying and pondering, what is the fault in our stars.
I would recommend this book to people who like romance and comedy. It is not for people who get offended easily or who don't much like rude and crude teens. Thanks for reading! Bri π
Rated PG-13 for: Mature content, drinking, mild swearing, and intimacy

Book Review: Ink by Amanda Sun. Rated PG-13

(Ink will be released in July this year, I have an advanced reader copy)


After her mother's death, orphaned Katie Greene must up root her New York life and move half way across the world, to live with her aunt in Japan. Her new life is full of foreign culture, new language, and of course, cute Japanese boys.  Tomohiro is one such boy, but there's something strange about him. Ink reacts strangely when he's in a room, Drawing almost seem to move. thats a bad thing, because some drawings can cause more damage than just a paper cut...

This book was very interesting to me. I really enjoyed the Japanese culture and language thats put in, along with Japanese folklore and myth, which for a folklore girl like me, is quite fun. There is a glossary in the back, for those of us who don't speak Japanese. There's quite a bit of action and romance, plus a little intrigue. Because one of the main characters is an artist, there are little sketches through out the book, which I found quite nice, I haven't read a teen book with drawing in them in a while. one thing I really liked was an ongoing argument about what makes you human and what makes you a monster (It isn't very deep I would love to see the author go further into that in the next books)

The book does have some drawbacks, One of them being swearing, both in English and Japanese. There's also some bloody injury's, a couple of gun shoot wounds and a sliced wrist, along with other less bloody injury. The romance of the book is mostly kept to kissing, but there are some slightly more passionate scenes, but they get cut short, and of course, there's also a bit of lying to adults and your average teenager total disregard for what ever your guardian tells you.

Ink is part of a series of books by debut author Amanda Sun, called The Paper Gods, Ink being the first of the series. I would recommend this book to Otaku and anyone interested in Japanese culture and mythology. I would not recommend it to people who don't like blood, as it can get quite bloody at times. In all Ink is a great book, with an interesting take on Japanese mythology, a driving romance, and enough action to keep you on your toes.
Thanks for reading my new and improved Review
Bri π
RATED PG-13: Mild Language, Violence, and Intimacy.
P.S. (I'll be posting more Book review over the summer, sorry for not having any in forever! I'll try to do one a week, because, among other things, I am a book Blogger)

Book Review: The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Mary E. Pearson. Rated: PG-13

Jenna has just come out of a coma that took a year of her life away. Actually it's worse than that, it took her whole life away. She remembers nothing of her past, or of the accident that caused the coma. And no one in her family will tell her about it. What happened to Jenna that took her memory away? Jenna is determined to find out, but can she handle the truth?

This is an amazing book. Just amazing. It explores the ethics of future medicine, identity, and faith. This is a christian book, in my opinion. Lot's of christian values. It's beautifully written, keeping you reading. even though there is not any adventure, the mystery is gripping. This book is totally different from anything else I have read, It is thought provoking and leads you wondering what you would do in Jenna, or her parents place. How far would you go?

I rate id PG-13, but just barely. the only things I had a problem with was a bit of swearing, a scene were someone wear there pants very loosely, and a self defense scene in which someone gets racked, but other than that it's a very good book. Not much gore. some of the things that people do is questionable, but that goes along with the whole ethics and moral thing. no inappropriate elements besides, the scenes mentioned above, not even a lot of romance, except maybe two quick kisses, and one real kiss.

So I would suggest this to people who like mystery. A good age to read this, probably at least twelve, thirteen would be better. Not because of the swearing, but because it's, like Matched, rather mature, but not in the inappropriate sense. So thats my review, thanks for reading, Bye Bri π
Rated PG-13 for mild swearing and slight mature content.

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen- Rated PG

 Roy is the new kid, well he's always the new kid. he has moved more times than he can count. now he's in Florida. Roy doesn't think Florida is very interesting, but one day on the bus, Roy finds something he didn't expect to see. A boy with out shoes running away from the bus. Roy decided to follow the boy and see what he's up to. The boy tells him a construction company is hiding a secret, a secret that is totally illegal, and he's out to stop them.  Roy did NOT know what he was getting into.

Hoot is a really good book. I can't even think of were to start, so how about i start with the the nature thing. Roy and the Boy (mullet fingers) are trying to stop a construction project from killing protected burrowing owls, Roy does so in a peaceful way, mullet fingers does not (but more on that later) it's a good lesson on do ing what you think is right, standing up to bullies, and even little things make a difference. It is a great book.

Ok, so there's some law breaking. Mullet fingers trespasses, vandalizes, and is maliciously mischievous (which is apparently a crime) Roy and his friends skip school, Roy and a bully beat each other up a bit, and at one point someone is mooned. People say A** and H*** and God's name is said as an exclamation once or twice. Mullet fingers is attacked by a dog, you only read about his wounds not the attack though.  Lets not even start with the company.

But even with all of that, still a good book, a rally call for nature. I really enjoy it. It is very enjoyable book for all ages. It's good for people who enjoy eco-adventures, mystery, and just plain old fun. This is a good book for kids probably eight and up, It's really good. I rate it PG for illegal acts, profanity, and inappropriateness. Thanks for reading Bri π

Book Review: On The Bright Side. by S. R. Johannes. Rated, PG

Gabby’s life wasn’t perfect but it was pretty good. It would be perfect if she didn’t have to deal with Angela Black, who beats her at everything and is trying to steal her best friend. Then Gabby does something that makes everything turn upside down. She dies. Now Gabby is a Bright in Training (BIT for short) She is going to get assigned to a mortal and watch over and protect them if she’s going to finish her training to become a full-fledged Bright and get her wings. But when Gabby gets her Assignment, it’s a name she wouldn’t have expected in a million years: Angela Black.

It’s a very interesting story concept. The biggest thing that caught my attention was heaven, or Cirrus as it’s called in the book. It was a very imaginative view of heaven. It was interesting because 1) Instead of God or Jesus being in charge of heaven, a goddess is in charge, along with a council. 2) All the things in Cirrus were have a name that has something before it, like Skyphone instead of IPhone, innernet, instead of internet. 3) There are forms of magic that the Brights use to protect/harm humans. 4) The Brights only get to wear whatever they were buried in. The world was well made as created in the book. It was interesting that even as angels or “Brights" people still weren’t perfect. Gabby makes many mistakes throughout the book. The conflict between Angela and Gabby was rather humorous. This is a pretty funny book.  Another relationship is the one Gabby shares with her best friend and crush, Michael. It’s a tragic relationship because Gabby dies, but from her ashes new things are possible.

God and Jesus are mentioned a few times as exclamations, but other than that, not many swear words, mostly things like “crap” and “sucks”. The author was careful to not say “h***”, as a swear word or as a place. There are a few inappropriate comments, mentions of feminine bodily functions and body parts, but nothing too bad. There is a scene in which a bra is important.  There are a few typos, A “he” that should be a “his”, and a quotation mark on the wrong side of the quote.  There is one battle scene; while it’s not particularly gruesome, it is a little scary. Some people get scratched up a bit. When Monsters and Brights are killed either they become dust, like in Percy Jackson, or just sort melt into nothing.  Gabby at one point steals something from a goddess. There are some mildly scary images.

I don’t know exactly where to categorize this, paranormal romance maybe. The books excitement factor was pretty good; I found it a little slow in places. There was lots of talking and following, not extremely exciting. This would probably not be a good book for action adventure lovers or adrenalin junkies, but good for people who like comedy. There’s some sword fighting, Fencing, free falling, and various other action sports.  Obviously there is death; you don’t get much detail on what the death was like.  You only know that Gabby died. I think about eleven would be a good age to read this book. I would rate it with a PG. Thank you for reading my Review, By Bri π

 Rated: PG for Inappropriate comments and scenes. Some scary images.

Book Review: Untracable by S. R. Johannes Rated: PG-13

Grace's dad has been missing for  three months, and there are no leads as to were he's gone. Grace thinks she can find him, after all he taught her how to track just about anything. if any one can find it's got to be her, but for some unknown reason, every one tells her to give up. The police captin, her the phsycyatrist, her best friend, even her mom says she should give up. Grace can not give up. Not on her dad. She can find him, Because No one, not even her, is untracable. Right?

Book Review: Witch & Wizard by James Patterson. Rated: PG.

What would happen, if the government took away your freedoms? Your music, your books, your movies, even your imagination.  This happens when a new political party called the New Order or the N.O. The N.O. takes anyone who shows any imagination, rebellion, creativity, or magic and puts them in jail, where they are tortured and tested on. Whit and Whisty are all these things and more; they are creative, imaginative, and rebellious. And apparently they are magical. They are taken to a special prison, and now they have to survive because they are the ones who are going to save the world from the N.O.

Book Review: Virals, Kathy Reichs, Raited PG-13

 After losing her mother in a car accident, fourteen year old Tory Brennan, the niece of the world-famous forensics anthropologist, Temperance Brennan, moves in with her father, who never knew she existed. She now lives on Morris Island, South Carolina, which is, literally, in the middle of no where. She makes friends with the rest of the kids on Morris Island, who are major geeks just like her. They explore the island of Loggerhead were their parents work in the Loggerhead Island Research Institute (LIRI). One day they find a secret laboratory, in which a young wolf dog hybrid is being experimented on. They rescue the pup and take care of him. The puppy was infected with an experimental strain of Canine Parvovirus, and this one can infect humans.

Book review: Watch the Skies, by James Patterson. Rated: PG-13.

**WARNING: Watch the Skies is a sequel to The Dangerous Days of Daniel X, this review may contain spoilers. Please proceed with caution.**
 Daniel X is in a really weird small town, even weirder than most small towns. It might be because Alien Outlaw number 5  is lose, and it has big plans to turn this town into It's next TV show. Whats so bad about that? Well, because as the finale, the cast gets vaporized. Nice guy, right? Daniel is going to stop this guy before he can  finish his TV show. Oh, and did I mention this town is just the Pilot episode?

Book review: The Dangerous Days of Daniel X, By James Paterson, rated PG-13

Daniel X Is the best super hero ever. Why? Because he can make things. With his mind. Daniel is an alien who hunts other aliens for a living. Evil Aliens. His parents were alien hunters until they were murdered when Daniel was three. Now Daniel is counting down the top bad guys, excuse me, aliens, Till he gets to the number one evil alien of all, and he just happens to be the one who killed Daniels parents. But for now, he's at number six. Number six wants to steal what's on the earth, and kill every one on it too. Daniel has to stop him, even though Number six has the same powers as Daniel, and he can use them better than Daniel can. What could go wrong?

Book review: The Angel Experiment, by James Patterson, Rated: PG-13

 Max doesn't exist, well she doesn't according to the government. She doesn't have parent's. She isn't even human. Not entirely at least. Max is not alone. She is part of the Flock, a group of mutant kids- Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, The Gasman, and Angel. Oh, and did I mention, they have wings? They are a human bird hybrid, Made in a secret lab called the School. After years of being experimented on, They fly the coop, Literally. With the help of one of the scientists named Jeb, they escape and hide from the scientists and the Erasers, Mutants who are half human, half wolf. Jeb has dissapeared and the Flock is all alone. And just when Max thinks it can't get any worse, The Erasers kidnap Angel. Now they have to rescue her, and keep themselves safe at the same time.  That'll be easy. Not.

Book Reiview: Matched-Ally Condie. Rated PG

 Imagine a world were everything is chosen for you. Who you marry, what you will read, what job you will have, were you live, even when you will die. That is how the Society is, and seventeen year old Cassia has always excepted this. She is excited to be matched with her future  husband. As part of the ceremony, she receives a silver box with information on her Match. The next day, when she looks at the information, and see's the wrong face. She tells only her grandfather, who is to die the next day, what happened. As a last gift to Cassia, he gives her illegal poems, that tell her to fight. Now she must chose if she will fight for her freedom, because she's falling in love with someone who is not her match.

Book Review: The Son of Neptune- Rick Riordan, Rated-PG

**WARNING: The Son of Neptune is a sequel, there may be spoilers in this review, please read The Lost Hero before if you don't like spoilers. If you don't care, proceed**

Percy is confused. He has spent the last month trying to get to camp Jupiter. now he's there he thinks he's in the wrong place. he needs to find Annabeth, the only person he remembers from his past. He meets two people who want to help him at this camp, but also several people who want him dead. He and his friends, Frank and Hazel, have discovered something horrible has happened.  The doors of death have opened, and the only god who can fix it is missing. So Percy, Frank, and Hazel must go on a quest to save the god of death, and pretty much the rest of the world.

The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins, Rated: PG-13

 In the land were America once stood, there is a new country called Panem, consisting of 12 districts and a Capitol. The districts are slaves to the Capitol, forced to do their work.  Once a year a boy and a girl must be sent to the Capitol for the Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live television.  Sixteen year old Katniss is a poacher in district 12. She hunts for her sister and mother. When her sister is chosen for the hunger games katniss dos'e  something irrational; she volunteers to take her sister's place. In the hunger games losing is death.  Now she must survive the hunger games, which means twenty-three other people will die.

Book Review: The Lost Hero- Rick Riordan, Rated: P.G.

Jason woke up on a bus in the middle of nowhere. He doesn't know how he got there, or his last name, or who  Piper and Leo are, the people who claim to be his friends. They go to the grand canon were they battle evil storm spirits, and are rescued by two people with flying horses. They take them to camp half blood, were they learn they are the children of the Greek gods and one of them needs there help. Hera the goddess of marriage has gone missing, and she claims she has Jason's memory's, and will only give them back if he frees her. So Jason Piper and Leo go on a quest to rescue Hera (and the world).

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Hey! I am doing book reivews so if there is a book you would like me to review please coment the name and author, also here is a list of book's I plan to review.
 The Lost Hero, The Son of Neptune, The Percy Jackson series , and the Kane chronicles- Rick Riordan,  The Hunger Games trilogy-Suzanne Collins,  Lemonade Mouth-Mark Hughes, Harriet the Spy-Louise Fitzhugh,  The Mediator series, Allie Finkle's rules for girls- Meg Cabot, Clockwork Angle- Cassandra Clare, Scat, Hoot, and Flush-Carl Hiaasen , True (sort of)-Katherine Hannigan. Please I would love to see what books you would like to be reviewed. (No promises though) Thanks, Bri!

Book Review: The Sight, by David Clement-Davies Rated P.G.-13

 Set in the middle ages, The Sight is about twin wolf cubs, Fell and Larka, with a power called the sight. When their evil aunt Morgra tries to fulfill an ancient prophesy that say's Wolfbane (The wolf version of Satin) will come and destroy the world Fell and Larka must step up and seek there destiny.  Along with there pack, Fell and Larka set out to stop Morgra and learn the great secret.

Book Review: Fell, by David Clement-Davies Rated: P.G.-13

**Warning: Fell is a sequel, there are spoilers to the first book "The Sight" in this review. If you don't like spoilers please read "The Sight" before hand, if you don't really care then proceed.**

Set in the middle ages, Fell is about a wolf of the same name, who has a magic power called the sight. It set's him apart from other wolves. His twin sister also has this ability. After his sisters death he becomes a lone wolf. He finds his destiny is linked with a girl named Alina who is accused of being  a changeling. She is disguised as a boy and lives as a servant to a shepherd. When the shepherd turns on Alina, Fell comes to her rescue and they set of to find there destiny.