Waiting on Wednesday

If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you love most, would you do it?

The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose.

Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantments.

Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the final installment of the bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy. 

I think it's safe to say most people are pretty excited about this one. While I love this series, for me, it's not as good as 'The Mortal Instruments'- but almost. I know there's all kinds of drama about Cassandra Clare and plagiarism and whatnot but I still love her and love these books! 

In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil, that will decide the fate of humanity: Sister, who discovers a strange and transformative glass artifact in the destroyed Manhattan streets, Joshua Hutchins, the pro wrestler who takes refuge from the nuclear fallout at a Nebraska gas station; and Swan, a young girl possessing special powers, who travels alongside Josh to a Missouri town where healing and recover can begin with Swan's gifts. But the ancient force behind Earth's devastation is scouring the walking wounded for recruits for its relentless army, beginning with Swan herself.

I completely loved this! It's a huge, huge book, probably one of the longest I've ever read but it didn't feel that way. The writing was beautiful and descriptive and vivid. The characters had depth and real connections to each other. However, I'll admit it was a little slow to start off and there wasn't a lot of explanation regarding some of the characters and their backgrounds but that did come along about a quarter of the way through and it didn't stop or slow down once after that. If you love apocalyptic novels with great characters that stay with you long after you finish, this is the book for you.

4 bookmarks out of 5

Being connected to daemon Black sucks...

Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon's determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I've sworn him off, even though he's running more hot than cold these days. But we've got bigger problems. Something worse than the Arum has come to town...

The Department of Defense are here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we're linked, I'm a goner. So is he. And there's this new boy in school who's got a secret of his own. He knows what's happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon and stay away from him. Like that's possible. Against all common sense, I'm falling for Daemon. Hard. But then everything changes....

I've seen someone who shouldn't be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he's never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them- from me?

No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies...

So here's the thing, I LOVE alien stuff. I'd probably never admit that to anyone but the thought of other life out there in the great unknown, is just so cool to me. Now, I don't think there are actual people living on Mars or Pluto but I don't think we're the only living THINGS out there. But that's not what this is about. I read 'Obsidian' a while back and as creepy as these covers are, I fell totally in love with every single person in them! The banter between Daemon and Kat (or Kitten as he loves to call her) is so, so, so good! They're quick and smart and sharp with each other- enough to just sting. Which makes the attraction between them that much hotter! Like, you can feel it coming off the pages it's that hot. And that's just book one!

'Onyx' starts off right where 'Obsidian' left off and you really need to read it first since Armentrout doesn't take the first three chapters to fill the reader in- I secretly love when writers do that. I read this in two sittings (hey, a girl's gotta work in order to buy these books) and it was just as great as the first one- better even! A few twists, a few surprises and oodles and oodles of chemistry! Ugh! So good! Even if you're not a fan of sci-fi or you're having an issue getting past these totally weird and unworthy book covers, PLEASE pick this up and read it. Well worth the few bucks you'd have to spend.

5 bookmarks out of 5