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THIS IS BOOK 3 IN A SERIES!
Book 1: Matched ( MY REVIEW )
Book 2: Crossed ( MY REVIEW )

My Thoughts:
This review is really late! I read this book weeks ago!

I loved these characters! Reached, the final book in the Matched series, featured points of view from the three main characters: Cassia, Ky, and XANDER! Oh Xander … what can I say about how wonderful he was?! Ky was a great guy too. His life had been difficult, but he showed his strength with his devoted love to Cassia. Cassia learned new things about herself and her society. I enjoyed watching her progress. My only complaint would be that it felt slow at times, but I understand that not every book can be all action and romance.

I have to say that this is the BEST ending to any series I’ve ever read! I’ve never been more happy with the ending of a series. Their lives at the end were definitely not perfect, but I felt that everything worked out like it should. I’m not going to spoil the read for anyone so I’ll just say that during a romantic scene at the end I was totally crying and saying things like, “That is the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard!” as my voice got higher and squeakier. Hahaha you know a romance is beautiful when it makes me cry.

This was a great series! You all should read it!

Content Ratings: highlight between ( ) to view details
Sexual Content: mild ( kissing )
Language: very mild ( d***-7 )
Violence:  very mild ( plague with deaths )

Reviewed by Kathryn Cooper
Creator of Clean Teen Fiction

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Books By Ally Condie  (Click cover to view on Amazon)

THIS IS BOOK 2 IN A SERIES!
Book 1: Possession ( MY REVIEW )

My Thoughts:
This review is really late in coming. I finished this book weeks ago! My wonderful friend Sara bought me the eBook of Surrender after she heard me talking about how much I loved Possession and couldn’t wait to read Surrender. So sweet and thoughtful! Shout out to my girl Sara! Thanks! Miss you!

I didn’t write any notes while reading this book besides the content stuff. Which means I enjoyed it and didn’t want to stop to write notes. The only reason why this book gets 4 instead of 5 stars is because I was confused more than I’d prefer. The world and rules seemed different in this book than in book 1 so I had a hard time following the changes and understanding the settings.

I loved getting to know these new characters Raine and Gunner. They were awesome with their own skills. Vi and Jag from book 1 were side characters this time. I loved them so much from Possession that is was hard for me to want to read someone else’s story actually.

This book was a great addition to the series. I can’t wait for book 3! Surrender was full of stop your breathing excitement and melt your heart romance. A fantastic read!

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Sexual Content: mild ( kissing, boy in front of girls in just boxers, boy and girl kiss in bed, girl witnesses mom- who’s in an arranged marriage- kiss another man )
Language: mild ( h***-24, d***-16 )
Violence: mild/moderate ( kidnapping, forced compliance, punches, blood, human testing, murder )


Reviewed by Kathryn Cooper
Creator of Clean Teen Fiction

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Books By Elana Johnson  (Click cover to view on Amazon)

My Thoughts:
This review is really late! I read this book weeks ago.

This book wasn’t for me, but let’s start with what I liked. The characters were interesting making me want to know what would happen to them. The overall plot also was great with action and suspense.

The problem was that it was a little slow in between the action. I also didn’t like how the narration skipped from character to character. It felt sporadic and all over the place. I don’t mind the POV from 2 or 3 characters, but this was too much with views from lots of side characters and villains. I don’t like villain view points because that normally gives away part of the mystery surrounding the plot. I know these dislikes are my own opinion, and other people enjoy that in a book. I might have missed it, but I never knew how old the main character Ben was. That was just a small annoyance. I pictured him around 20.

With that said, there were some really great entertaining scenes that I enjoyed. If you like books with an overall view of all the characters then try this one out, you might like it.

Content Ratings: highlight between ( ) to view details
Sexual Content: none
Language: none
Violence: mild/moderate ( murder, blood, injuries, sword fights, fantasy creature attacks )

I received the book from Morgun Wolf. Thank you! I am not paid for my reviews. My reviews are solely my opinion.

Reviewed by Kathryn Cooper
Creator of Clean Adult Fiction

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Legend by Marie Lu is on sale today on Amazon Kindle for $2.99 (73% off!). Merry Christmas to yourself!

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My Review of Legend– 5 STARS!

You can pre-order book 2 in the series, Prodigy, now too! It releases January 29, 2013.
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Stacking The Shelves, hosted by Tygna’s Reviews, is a weekly post where bloggers list the books they recently acquired. The books can come from anywhere: publisher, author, giveaway, library, bought.

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Black by Cheree Alsop
Griffin’s Storm by Darby Karchut

Thank You to Cheree Alsop and Darby Karchut for the review books!

Some Other Books by These Authors

Hi my lovely blog friends!! I’m sad that I’ve been really Missing In Action the past few weeks. It’s been 3 1/2 weeks since my last post. How is that possible?! Those weeks flew by. I guess I have Thanksgiving week as an excuse. Anyway, my family always takes priority which means my hobbies- reading, writing, and blogging- have to take a back seat sometimes. I few months ago I decided to reduce the time I spent on blogging so I could focus more of my free time on writing my book which is coming along! I still plan to do fun memes when I have the time and post a review for the books I read.

Since I’ve been trying to cut back there are some books I was given from authors/publishers for review that I won’t get to read anytime soon or possibly at all. The thing is I really think I would enjoy some of these books so I will most likely read them eventually. 🙂

Legend of the Oceina Dragon by J.F. Jenkins

Vala: Agendas by J.F. Jenkins

Battlefield by J.F. Jenkins

The School With Chocolate Air by Jenifer Rubloff

By the Seat of Her Pants by Jenifer Rubloff

Katya’s World by Jonathan L. Howard

The Wind of Life: Vita by Oliver Neubert

I’m participating in the Matched & Crossed read-along! The last book in the series, Reached, comes out November 13th, and I want to make sure I’m totally ready for it. Luckily there’s a big read-along happening just for that purpose!

This is a great chance to get caught up on the first two books, and win some awesome prizes! You can even enter to win just by signing up! Check out the host blogs (Squeaky Books and The Non Reluctant Reader) to find out more!

Come read with me!

It’s time to announce the winners of my 2 recent giveaways! 

Look at the gorgeous new covers for Teresa McCarthy’s The Clearbrooks series!

The Rejected Suitor (book 1) is currently on sale on Amazon for $0.99! CLICK HERE to buy it. I will be reading these books very soon. I can’t wait!

The winner of the Feed Your Reader Giveaway Hop with a choice between the Kindle book of Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke or An Old-Fashioned Romance by Marcia Lynn McClure is . . .

Congratulations! I’ve already sent you an email. There were 178 entries and Ruth was #176. Thank you to everyone who entered!!