Lost in Time--a review by Nallely Saavedra

Lost in Time by Melissa De La Cruz
*** Stars

"Gabrielle's daughter will lead us back to salvation. She will lead the Fallen back to Paradise."

They say love is stronger than any feeling.

In some cases it is..in others it's the destruction of something bigger than love itself.

After a long time of fighting, tears, yearning, and love...Schuyler Van Alen and Jack Force have bonded. The biggest mistakes of their lives was falling in love.
That doesn't stop them from trying to be happy. Forced to fled their homes and leave their families behind, together they go to Egypt, looking for answers to everything Schuyler has been told. It's her legacy to save the Blue Bloods..yet everything she's been told..turns out to be a lie. Allegra Van Alen went into a coma years ago, leaving behind Schuyler and her "sister" Bliss. Leaving Schuyler with the only clue to how to save her kind and her love. "My daughter I am in you. Never forget that." Ever since finding out she's a Blue Blood, unique to her kind, Schuyler has had nothing but trouble in her life and just when she starts to relax along side Jack Force...they are forced to separate and this time they don't know if it's forever.

Will Schuyler save her kind? Will she ever find the happiness she's always wished for? Will Jack still love Schuyler?

Mimi Force has always hated Schuyler Van Alen. But now all she wants is to save her true love, Kingsley Martin. And to do that..she has to go to the ends of Hell to get him back. Risking her soul to save him..what will be the outcome of the Force Twins?

I rated this book a 3 stars because it is very confusing if you haven't read the first 5 books in the series. I had a lot of trouble coming up with a review...anyways I really didn't enjoy this book because personally I believe it should have ended at like book four. But so many questions weren't answer and hopefully they will be in the FINAL book, The Gates of Paradise. I like Schuyler but sometimes she is naive and I disliked how she abandoned Oliver, her best-friend, all because of Jack. I also dislike the whole "bonding" thing..like just call it marriage please! This book really confused me because some chapters went back to Schuyler's mom, Allegra(Gabrielle) and I don't see the point in that because she wasn't a protagonist in the first 5 books, although she was mentioned a few times. I also dislike this book because the ending...just made me really mad. X<. I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Overall I feel like it could've been way better but I'm definitely going to read the last installment.

Blue Bloods Series: Blue Bloods #1, Masquerade #2, Revelations #3, The Van Alen Legacy #4, Misguided Angel #5, Lost in Time #6, & Companion books The keys to the Repository & Bloody Valentine. Also the finale of the series will be The Gates of Paradise. If you wish to follow Bliss' story read Wolf Pact, to be published in 2012.

-Nallely.

Perfect reviewed by Molly Varney

By Ellen Hopkins *****

What would you do to be perfect? For four high school students, they can't seem to find perfection. Cara's brother, Conner was put into Aspen Springs after he tried to kill himself and she was left at home with their parents. While dealing with her mother, who expected nothing but perfection from her, and her father, who offered no emotions whatsoever, she found herself dealing with her feelings for another girl, Dani. Sean was Cara's old boyfriend before she left him and felt like the only thing he could do was play baseball. His problem was steroids- lots of them. After Cara broke up with him he started to do more than he normally would. Andre finally found the one thing he was good at, which was dance. Although his parents disproved of it he wanted to pursue his dream. His new girlfriend, Jenna was a bit of a problem. She was beautiful and liked showing it off, but she was getting into a bad habit of drinking away her problems and Andre felt compelled to help her. Kendra thought that her whole life revolved around winning pageants and eventually becoming a professional model. She doesn't know how far she will take it to get to the top though. She already had an eating problem and her mother ignored it because she also wanted her to accomplish her dreams, at any cost. All four of these teenagers are trying to be perfect, but how far will they go?

I gave this book five stars because I love all of Ellen Hopkins' books, although all of them are pretty depressing. Perfect is the companion to Impulse and I loved both of them. The way all of the characters know each other, one way or another, was really cool. I also really liked how the book is set up, so you really know all of the characters. The books are really sad near the end, but the stories of all the different characters are really interesting.

October Book Club

We will meet during Teen Read Week on Tuesday, October 18 during Advisory SSR to discuss the book, The Adoration of Jenna Fox. The discussion leader will be Nallely Saavedra.

Feel free to bring a drink or snack to the library with you during the meeting and you are welcome to stay on if you have first lunch for further discussion. 

Here is a link to a great book trailer and examination of the book.
http://www.whoisjennafox.com/


Ms. C.

Willow reviewed by Molly Varney

By Julia Hoban *****

"It's hard to keep a secret when it's written all over your body" After a horrible accident killed Willow's parents, she was forced to live with her brother, David, and his wife and daughter. She soon found out after living with David and not feeling any love from him because of what happened, that she could numb herself to any more feelings by cutting herself. After a while, she met Guy, who found out about her secret. When Willow finally made him promise not to tell David he decided to stay with her and try to help her. Willow at first tried to reject any help from him, but after a while she couldn't help but start to have feelings for Guy. As Willow tried to sort out her feelings for Guy she also tried to get her relationship with her brother back to normal.

I loved this book. I thought that Guy's character was realistic because he acted like almost anyone would if they found out someone they knew was cutting themselves. I gave it five stars because I really liked how the story was set. It wasn't a perfect ending because in real life it never is, but it never lost my attention. There were a few parts that I didn't really like because of the cutting but there wasn't too much. Over all I really liked it and I enjoyed reading it.