Author: lamakenzie

New moon is the second book in the Twilight series, and it starts with the main characters Edward and Bella in the small rainy town of Forks, Washington. Edward and Bella are happy and secure in their relationship but an unforeseen event with Edwards family leads him to believe Bella would live a better life without him. Broken without him Bella fell into a deep depression for months pushing all her friends away, having nightmares etc… After a while of falling into a depression Bella finds herself craving friendship again and attempts to reach back out. Although they were hurt they accepted her back into there circle with ease, and Bella even found herself becoming close friends with someone unexpected. She had taken comfort in hanging out with Jacob Black, a family friend who she could just hangout with without worry. Somehow in the midst of this friendship Bella found herself to be a little bit of a adrenaline junky just to hear Edward’s voice in her head. Bellas new found hobby leads her to make some bad choices that almost change her life for the worst. I think that Stephenie did a really good job on not rushing this book. I felt like we got to know the characters a bit more and was just overall able to relate to the book more. For some reason I really dislike the character Jacob, I just don’t like the way he was written and how he fills in for Edward. I kinda wish that Stephenie had chosen a different path for Bella after the breakup instead of having her run to another guy to fill the void.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is a romance book with a mix of fantasy. The book follows a young girl in high school and the dangers of love. The story follows Bella Swan the main character of the book and she has just moved to Forks Washington to live with her dad while her mom traveled with her boyfriend. Bella is 17 and a junior in high school, and she hasn’t lived with her dad since she was a baby and her mom and dad divorced.Bella easily makes many friends on her first couple days of school but her main friends were Jessica, Mike, Angela, and Eric. She also became friends with one of her dads friends sons Jacob who lived on the other side of town. On the first day a boy named Edward Cullen caught Bellas eye and ignoring her new friend’s warnings she starts a complicated relationship. I really like this book and I think it’s perfect for kids around the ages of 12-15 as like an introduction to YA. This was one of my favorite and one of the first YA books that I read when I was younger. Some of my favorite things about the book are the way that Stephenie made the book have an aspect of fantasy but also somehow make it realistic. I also like how she added the details of Bellas dad trying as hard as he could to fix there relationship with little things like getting her a new comforter etc… What I didn’t like about the book is how fast paced it was. I feel like the relationship escalated a little fast when she could have added a little more in between them getting together. On the same note I think this makes it a little more realistic to a teenage relationship. I also didn’t like the ending to this book in particular, I feel like she could have done something better than the prom especially after Bella was adamant on not going.

Mockinjay by Suzanne Collins is a sequel to her two other books The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. The book follows Katniss as she faces the guilt of (slight spoiler) leaving Peeta in the hands of the capitol after the 75th games. Katniss isn’t alone though as Finnick Odair, Beetee, Effie and Haymich were also rescued. Finnick is from district 4 and was the winner of the 65th Hunger games at age 14, he along with Beetee from district 3 were two of the allie’s that Katniss and Peeta had in the games. Peeta was captured after the games and take. to the capital as well as Johanna Mason and Annie Cresta. Johanna is from district 7 and won the 71st hunger games , and was one of there allie’s. Annie however was captured because she was Finnicks lover but, she had won the 70th hunger games. After the capture of Peeta and there allie’s  Katniss is faced with the choice of leading a rebellion against the capitol or staying quiet in hopes to keep Peeta unharmed.

              After seeing what the capital had done to district 12 the answer was clear to Katniss on what she had to do, Katniss became the face of the rebellion.     This book is easily my favorite although there’s some sad deaths and twists in it. The story ends on a note that I didn’t really expect but still made total sense. I think that Suzanne did a really good job at making Katniss stay true to her character in the end and that the book series ended perfectly. Even though in the ending Katniss went back on her words Suzanne still managed to make it make sense on why she did.

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins is the sequel to the book The Hunger Games. The book follows Peeta and Katniss as they have to face the victory tour after their big win in the games the previous year. Katniss and Peeta are faced with the challenge of making the districts believe in their love story to keep rebellions at bay. In hopes to make the districts believe in there love after a mistake in there speech at district 11 Katniss makes the decision that her and Peeta should engage, but (slight spoiler) due to their failed attempt to make the districts believe in there love story the two sadly find themselves forced to play in the games against 22 previous victors for the quarter quell. Katniss and Peeta are faced with the task of trying to find tributes they trust to form an alliance with in the games, and with only a short amount of time to decide Haymich has to step in to help out.             The book has a lot of twists and turns that surprise you, and even a twist in the love story that I didn’t expect. It’s one of my favorite books I’ve read and it kept me on my toes the whole time. I think that Suzanne did a really good job at introducing all the new tributes so that you got a slight idea of who they were before the next games started. I think she also did a good job at portraying how alliances would work in a situation like this and showing all the different emotions of being thrown back into the arena. I think she did a really good job at pacing the whole book out so that we got to catch up with Peeta and Katniss before they were thrown back into the games. I think this book series is perfect for anyone who likes dystopian romance that’s more slow paced but also isn’t just focused on the romance aspect.