My Wishlist Wednesday (12)

A person can never have enough books. So it doesn't matter how many books I have on my shelves (or my kindle) I always want more. In this segment of my blog you can find out which books are on my wishlist.

Young Adult: Angel Fever (Angel #3) by L.A. Weatherly
As you might have read in last friday's Filling Up The Weekend, this is a series I would recommend to all of you. The third book is coming out soon and I can't wait until I can get my hands on it!

New Adult: Stripped by H.M. Ward
Now that I've finished reading about one of the Ferro brothers, I'm ready for the next one! This book is about Jonathan Ferro, the youngest brother. I'm glad it's gonna be a full length novel instead of a novella, like the Arrangement books. Stripped comes out at the end of August.


Young Adult: Requiem (Delirium #3) by Lauren Oliver
I'm embarrassed to admit I still haven't bought this one yet. The first book in this series blew me away and even though the second one wasn't as great, I still love this series. Requiem is the third and final book. The one where we will find out how it all ends..

Chick lit: Every Girl Does It by Rachel van Dyken
I can keep my explanation for wanting to read this book very short: It's written by Rachel van Dyken.

Review: Talented by Sophie Davis

Title: Talented (#1)
Author: Sophie Davis
Pages: 316
ISBN: 9781618429940
Genre: Young Adult
First Published: January 2012
Buy It: Amazon

When Talia Lyons was just a child, her parents were murdered before her eyes. Offered a choice between accepting their fate and exacting revenge, Talia trains to become one of the country’s deadliest assassins in order to kill the man responsible for their deaths: Ian Crane. Luckily, Talia was born with a gift- the ability to read and influence the minds of others. At sixteen, Talia is poised to graduate from the McDonough School for the Talented, where she learned to control her abilities. Now there is only one obstacle standing between her and the retribution she craves... Talia herself.

She must regain the single-minded determination that has brought her this far, or it may cost Talia her life when she finally faces Crane. And even after being molded in to a weapon of war, she’ll still have to find the strength it takes to pull the trigger.

Talented hooked me from page one. It's an original dystopian story about a world in which a lot of people are born with a talent. Talia has mind power but there are also people who can morph into animals, or people whose brains are faster than the best technology. Talia has two teammates, Henri who's a morph and Erik, who's a mimic. He can copy the talent of people around him. Pretty awesome talent right? And the guy himself is pretty awesome too. I was team Erik from the start. Unfortunately Talia and her boyfriend Donovan have been dating since they were kids so that's a bummer. There's just something about Donovan that irks me. And the ending of the book only made it worse. Talk about a cliffhanger!

There's something about me that should know. I loooooove big books. It's just that, if I read a big book, I want it to keep me hooked. Talented couldn't always do that (and it's not even thát big). There were a lot of moments in this book where Talia was training alone or with Henry and Erik and I felt like the writer could have skipped some of the training to keep the story interesting. 

Nevertheless I enjoyed this book very much. I don't read a lot of dystopian but I'm glad I read this one. The cliffhanger left me wanting for more, and I can't wait to read more about Erik. And Talia of course!

Review: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Title: Uglies (Uglies #1)

Author: Scott Westerfeld

Pages: 310

ISBN: 9781442419810

Genre: Young Adult/Dystopia

First Published: February 2005

Buy it: Bookdepository

Tally Youngblood is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait for the operation that turns everyone from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to party. But new friend Shay would rather hoverboard to "the Smoke" and be free. Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world and it isn't very pretty. The "Special Circumstances" authority Dr Cable offers Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

I just finished the book, like, 5 minutes ago and my thoughts are still all over the place. I have so many things to say about this book, so I hope I will get them all out in the right way.

First of all, the story started kind of slow. It was only after I was about halfway through the book that it started getting more interesting and I really wanted to keep reading. Part of that was because of all the shallowness in the beginning of the book. I get that Tally was raised thinking she was ugly, but at some point it just became annoying. Basically, everyone is ugly before they have an operation when they turn sixteen, that makes them pretty and makes them want to party and have fun all the time. The perfect life for a teen right? But the thing is, all the people who are ugly, look like you and me. Normal people. But three hundred years in the future, the way we look now is considered ugly. Oh, and they think of us as Rusties. Also, their towns have these awesome names like: Uglyville, New Pretty Town, and Crumblyville (because when you're old you're crumbly, get it?). I mean seriously? Was Westerfeld out of inspiration or something? Maybe some people like it but to me it just sounds silly.

Also, I was a bit annoyed that some things aren't really explained to you at first. Like, what happens when you turn from a littlie (when you're a kid) to an ugly. You turn twelve and then all of a sudden you're not cute anymore? And where the hell are your parents when you're an ugly? I mean, where do they live? I didn't get the new pretty, middle pretty thing at first either, but some of my questions were answered eventually.

Anyway, it get's better once you get used to all that. To my surprise, the story got pretty good in the end and made me curious about the next book: Pretties. I hope it's not as slow as this one. I already have it on my kindle so I will probably read it soon. As for Uglies, because it got better eventually, I'm gonna give it 3 stars.