Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

The cover jumped at me immediately, I love this! . 
Iv fell upon this book by chance, annoyingly my local waterstones have removed the chart books from a nice organised list on the wall. I had no idea what was new, which books have had good reviews?  . Nothing. 
I was about to leave when I felt myself being drawn back to Red Queen, practically no idea what it was about I bought it.
The best £7.99 iv spent all year.This story is about the reds vs the silvers. The silvers being elite gods with special abilities and the reds, demoralised humans trapped in an endless cycle of poverty. Best described as slaves.  I love how the storyline twists with a pauper, a red girl , being thrown into the silver world as a princess.  The main character is a clever feisty opportunist,  a refreshing change and exactly my kind of girl. The sub conscious battle between what mare knows is right and what mareena is forced to do to stay alive is fantastically written as is the way this writer effortlessly takes your mind to another world.
I havnt put this book down since I started it, I havnt been gripped by a book in a long time,  this was exactly what I needed. Buy it, read it :)
I havnt heard of this author before but I'm hoping there's more to come from her.

The exorcist by William peter blattey

Ok so we all know the story,  a young girl messes around with a ouija board and as a result becomes possessed by the devil.
Looking at this book, even the cover is sinister. I hate horrors as a rule. I'm too much of a big wimp and I'm not exaggerating I watched a film called The woman in black and didn't sleep for a week.  I only agreed to watch it as I thought with having Daniel Radcliffe as leading role that it would naturally be about wizards.
So iv begun reading the exorcist thinking this isn't too scary, I can handle this. I was wrong.  Absolutely terrifying.
Despite knowing the story your imagination runs away from you and although you can't seem to put it down your scared to read the next page.  Then you spend all night reliving scenes in your head. Imagioning all sorts of noises when your home alone, unless that's just me. Iv mentioned before I'm a big wimp but in my opinion a truly disturbing read.
Absolutely thrilling although seriously sinister and the story leaves a lasting eeryness. There's something almost unholy about this book.
Totally recommend it, it's much better than the film and a hell of a lot scarier. This is definitely a book to be read during the day  unless you sleep with the light on, as I now do thanks to reading this book. 👍

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Coming soon... Gone girl

Horrible bosses

So iv woke up and as I'm having my morning brew I thought I'd share a story of my own...a true story
I was reading a piece in Glamour magazine about young women busting thier balls at work for absolute ass****s.
These women were absolutely driven to distraction but not in a good way but in a I'm In the shower and can't remember if iv washed my hair yet, so Il wash it twice type of distraction. Sometimes what we did for these people was just not good enough despite best efforts so it brings me to my experience with a horrible boss.
I was working at a certain pier for a certain guy. I was finding things realy stressful and was absolutely frazzled at the best of times. I thought this guy may actually have been taking private lessons from Miranda Priestly. So anyway I was at the gates of the pier in a skirt suit carrying a laptop, my handbag, important paperwork and my lunch. I go to open the gates, the lock is on the other side to me so I sort of have to stick my hands through and twist my arms round... I drop the keys through the slats of the pier.  The tides in. Right up to the wall.
I'd like to point out at this point in wearing tights and suede shoes...
So great. I wouldn't dare ring my boss and explain for fear of being called all the useless morons under the sun. I'm already late. Another criminal offence in his eyes.
So looks like I'm going paddling. Im wading through the filthy water, sand up to my knees laptop on my head, bag under my arm, skirt pulled up and tights hanging on a post. True Bridget Jones style.
My phone rings so scrambling to answer it without dropping it.. It's my boss
"what are you doing? ..
"Erm.. Well looking for my keys "
"IM HERE WITH THE KEYS, when Youv finished paddling, the bar needs opening " Great... So filthy feet and knees, ruined skirt and a damp bag later I'm still a moron.
But I stuck it out for nearly a whole summer and even though this guy rung me whilst I was half way home to inform me the tap was dripping (I had to go back to work to turn it off)  an hour round trip journey despite the fact he was stood there.
Anyway we had a disagreement regarding drain cleaner a few weeks later and that realy was the straw that broke the donkeys back. I quit.  I can honestly say iv never been happier, walking out the building and away from the stress felt liberating i felt free and the moral of my story is no,  there are certain things I won't do for money. Letting someone push me to the brink of insanity was not actually worth the cash
So if there's anyone out there struggling with a horrible boss,dreading work each morning,  loosing sleep at night ,   tell them to stick the job up thier ass... It realy is a great feeling and I recommend it to anyone

Harry potter series by j k Rowling

I realy didn't want to review these books as thier just too flipping good. Not only are they my favourite of all time I think thier quite possibly everybody's favourite. Who can possibly comment on the work of j k Rowling? ,  an absolute hero in my eyes. Her superbly written books encouraged a generation to believe in magic.
Iv always said if I could time travel I'd go back to the first time I opened 'the philosopher's stone '. Just to experience the whole thing again. I became instantly hooked as did the rest of the planet.I was completely lost in the wizarding world as every page took me somewhere different.I longed to be part of it.For it to all be real and had a secret hope that maybe my letter to Hogwarts was lost in the post or my parents obviously hid it.
  My love of reading came from j k Rowling, Harry Potter being one of the first books iv ever read without pictures as a teen.. It was irrelevant though as I didn't need pictures I could imagine every little detail all by myself.
I was very apprehensive as to whether I should even try reviewing these books as for me I think every reader had a different and personal experience reading these books but they still remain my all time favourites and I'm pushing 30 years old ... The word magical does not even come close to how I would like to describe these books. I don't have words, all I know is that if I could wipe my memory and experience them again for the first time,  I'd do it as often as I could

The girl with all the gifts by M.R.Carey

This book was a strange one for me. I began reading it on the bus after having a waterstones manager recommend it to me. I was desperate to continue reading but not because I loved how it was going, it was because I was curious. Intrigued even.
I just had to know who or what Melanie (a main character)  was? .
Basically there's a virus or spore and the whole planet has turned into flesh eating zombies.. Like I said not my usual read
.A few people still remain and the book is thier story of survival. 
The way Carey captures the spirit of a young girl and her relationship with her teacher is impeccably correct.
I thought the only way the author could have captured this was in fact because they had personally once been a young girl in primary school.
This book has a very abrupt unexpected ending but my advice is stick with it, youl be surprised. It would be a brilliant film.
I since found out on Twitter the authors male.. I was so astonished I tweeted Carey and said "hey! , your male?  "
Well something along those lines.
He graciously replied to my tweet :)

Half bad by Sally green

This book and it's sequel is without doubt in my top 5.  A fantastic story of a young boy Nathan discovering who he is and where he belongs. More to the point though it's about what he's capable of.  As suggested in the title half bad,  is Nathan bad or is he good? . His mother a white witch and his father a powerful dark witch the council are anticipating Nathan is capable of great things.. Dangerous things.
Nathan story grabs you from start to finish, I never put it down.
The only downfall to this book was waiting for the sequel.. Half wild.
Both books ending in cliffhangers leaving you wishing away the next year of your life waiting for the next one... :)
Buy it!