Genre: Dystopian

Review: Allegiant (Divergent #3) – Veronica Roth

Review: Allegiant (Divergent #3) – Veronica Roth

I saw some pretty negative star-ratings of Allegiant before I got the time to read it myself, and while I understand where those reviewers were coming from completely, I was actually amazed with this ending to a dystopian trilogy like Divergent, because I thought it really took guts to write it the way Ms. Roth did. I loved seeing how lost Tobias, Tris and their friends were once the factions were completely disbanded in their city. The way they didn’t know which way to turn, and how Tobias was torn between his mother and Tris, and he is the one with the most hesitations, from the beginning to the end. Tris and Tobias managed to leave the city behind, through […]

Posted 31 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Blogtour and Review: Sanctuary – Pauline Creeden

Blogtour and Review: Sanctuary – Pauline Creeden

*I received a free ARC of Sanctuary from IFB Blog Tours in exchange of an honest review* When I read the blurb for Sanctuary, and the bio Pauline Creeden has on her web page, I was intrigued! I don’t read a lot of Christian themed stories, but the few I have read, I have appreciated, and I thought I’d enjoy the inclusion of biblical stories in a young adult dystopian. Sanctuary is about a main character whose name is Jennie, she is nineteen, and at the beginning of the book she’s quite self-involved, as a lot of late teens can be. Even after aliens arrive at Earth, with most of the water poisoned, and one third of the population dead, […]

Posted 1 October, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) – Tahereh Mafi

Review: Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) – Tahereh Mafi

Unravel Me picks up just after Shatter Me finished, and Juliette has a little bit of trouble fitting in. After being shunned for so long, and then in isolation for years, she feels as if everybody is just waiting for her to screw up so they can throw her out in the cold again. She can’t believe there is truly somewhere she can belong, and when Adam starts acting strangely, she thinks it is truly the beginning of the end. When Castle tells Juliette she has to take the first step, and make some friends, she wonders how he can be so smart, and yet so naive all at the same time. Adam is really happy to be at Omega […]

Posted 1 August, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 7 Comments
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Review: Destroy Me (Shatter Me #1.5) – Tahereh Mafi

Review: Destroy Me (Shatter Me #1.5) – Tahereh Mafi

Destroy Me picks up right after Shatter Me, and it is all written in Warner’s point of view. If you haven’t read my review, you don’t know that I really hated Warner in Shatter Me – he hardly even seemed human. A stone-cold heart, only using others to get more power, killing people on a whim, wanting to use Juliette against her own will… I could go on and on. Then, I picked up Destroy Me, and wow. I realized that Warner might have a soul, that the way he is now has everything to do with the way he was raised, and that while he first wanted to use Juliette for nefarious reasons, he actually fell in love with […]

Posted 5 July, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) – Tahereh Mafi

Review: Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) – Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me is a complicated story about Juliette who can kill just by touching someone. Everybody is afraid of her, so afraid that she has been put in an asylum, completely isolated from other people, the world, fresh air and sanity. To survive, Juliette writes in her little notebook every day. She counts the cracks in the wall. She counts the seconds she is awake – sitting very still in a corner while holding on to herself. She misses human interaction, wonders if she still knows how to form words. Juliette can’t understand why she is being kept alive – she is sure death would be much better than her non-life at this point. Until one day, another bed is […]

Posted 3 July, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: The Testing (The Testing #1) – Joelle Charbonneau

Review: The Testing (The Testing #1) – Joelle Charbonneau

*I received a free ARC of The Testing from Houghton Mifflin Books for Children via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Testing starts with Cia’s graduation, and the hope that she will be selected for the testing in the Commonwealth’s capital Tosu City. Several of Cia’s friens think she’ll be chosen, even if it has been a long time since any student from Five Lakes has been chosen. When no government official shows up, Cia tries her best not to show her disappointment, her oldest brother Zeen understands exactly how she feels, though. The next day, a government official arrives, though, and he wants to see Cia and three other graduates from her class. Cia is elated when […]

Posted 23 May, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) – Julie Kagawa

Review: The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) – Julie Kagawa

*I received a free ARC of The Eternity Cure from Harelquin Teen via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Eternity Cure starts a few months after the end of The Immortal Rules, and Allie is on a mission! She wants to make sure she can save Kanin from Sarrin’s death-grip, and follows his blood call on a whild chase through places where she’s never been before. All alone, and learning how to take care of herself, and what kind of monster she wants to be, she travels at night. Allie asks the right questions, and gets what she needs from the people who wouldn’t mind hurting her – if she was a human girl – and she’s not […]

Posted 8 April, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) – Julie Kagawa

Review: The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) – Julie Kagawa

*I received a free ARC of The Immortal Rules from Harlequin Teen via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* I don’t even know where to start in my praise for The Immortal Rules. I loved every single thing about it. The world-building was extremely well done, I could see the gritty, half-rotten buildings in my mind. I could smell the mold, and my stomach was churning with hunger. Both the character-driven story and the way the plot moved forward was expertly done as well. I felt connected to several of the characters, not only the main ones, they were well fleshed out and it was actually possible to understand their motivations. Even when I didn’t agree with their thinking, […]

Posted 9 March, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Review: ‘Til The World Ends – Julie Kagawa, Ann Aguirre, Karen Duvall

Review: ‘Til The World Ends – Julie Kagawa, Ann Aguirre, Karen Duvall

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Posted 24 February, 2013 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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Insurgent (Divergent #2) – Veronica Roth

Insurgent (Divergent #2) – Veronica Roth

Insurgent is a great continuation of Divergent. The characters continue to make sense, and we learn more about the society and why it became the way it is. I loved this book, the way Four and Tris had to deal with the aftermath of the huge simulation war, and wondering what was going to happen next was exciting and kept me firmly attached to my kindle for the whole narrative. Their little stay at Amity was strange to say the least, and Tris had to find out the hard way how things were always seemingly so peaceful there. Again, I love how Tris and Four continue to go to each other to feel reassured, even if they are also both […]

Posted 11 June, 2012 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 0 Comments
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