I do love a good fairy tale retelling/mash-up and JDG's books are very good. Love the cast of characters she created in the first book, and of course the new addition to this book. Even with so many characters she does a good job keeping it simple and non-confusing by letting just a couple different characters be the 'leads' in each of the books.

The book takes the reader in quickly and is very engaging.

Apparently I'd already read this book. As I started reading I kept having that I've read this before feeling, but I couldn't remember what happened in the end so I decided to just finish it again. To me that's the sign of a not very good book, if a book is good I'll remember having read it and how it ended. It wasn't terrible just lackluster, Amelia's other books are much better.

I love Zits. I would swear there is a camera in my house and that the character of Jeremy is based solely on my younger brother.

I think she better stick with writing for adults. I had a hard time getting into this book, and for once I don't plan on picking up the sequel. She was all over the map; nuns, monks, witches, werewolves, robbers, the end of days, secret religious orders. It's like she tried to make it more interesting by cramming in a lot of genres, but it didn't work. Nothing in the book was racy or mature so I think it could be read by tweens, but I doubt they'd like it. Also, it was far to predictable; I knew that the brother was lying scum (you should have asked to see the will!), I knew that the nun was full of it, I knew the true nature of the werewolf so the whole time they're investigating all I'm really thinking about is "com'on don't you know it's ------".

It gives the reader insight on what it is like to be a gay male high school student. Humorous.

I don't understand how there hasn't been a movie made out of this yet!

Some of the short stories seemed like they would appeal to adults more than teens. Some were very original and well-written; some were so-so.

Very well written.

Interesting fantasy with a different view of dragons

This book was SO MUCH FUN.

I love this series. Any fan of the theater, especially Shakespeare, will love all the references. Even without them it's a fun story with a great cast of characters.

Starts off slow, but is very good by the end.

The audio book has an excellent reader.

Something of a Cinderella Story. It can stand on it's own, but I think a fan of fairy tales will appreciate the little nods to Cinderella here and there.

I love a female lead who can kick butt. Celaena delivers.
Sprung from a labor prison to be the prince's champion in a competition held by the king. A chance to win her freedom. Should be easy for a renowned assassin, but then the competition starts turning up - dead.

I'm not sure what it is about this series but I ate them up. Though mainly romances they threw in a dash of everything else which made them a real breeze to read.

Definitely not for younger teens, but for your mature teens who are watching R rated movies, this is a fantastic series. Recommend to teens interested in Anonymous-style activism and misanthropic anti-heroes.

Cinder was a fast read with a great climactic plot, but then it just ends and leaves you hanging. I need book 2 immediately!

Took about half the book before I got into it, but then it got better. I was conflicted about how much I liked the characters due to some heavier content.

Let me tell you, this is a great book.

I found myself torn by this book. On the one hand, it was a quick read, I finished it in two days because I found myself wanting to know what would happen. On the other hand, the relationship between Will and Zoe made me incredibly uncomfortable. Will has just turned 18, and Zoe is 15. FIFTEEN. And no amount of "but she's mature" can make up for the fact that she is a fifteen year old who is emotionally stunted by her own childhood trauma. Because of this, I find it incredibly difficult to sympathize with Will. Despite his fervent wish for the relationship to be equal partners, his constant refrain of "taking care of Zoe" just hammers in how incredibly unequal this relationship is. Do I think teens will be bothered by this as much as I was? Probably not, no. But as an adult, I found myself uneasy by the one thing I was supposed to believe in when reading this novel. Oh well. My teens will probably love this obsessive, tragic love story.

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