REVIEW: The 100 by Kass Morgan

The 100 by Kass Morgan

RATING: *****

RELEASE DATE: 3/8/13

SERIES: The Hundred #1

GENRE: YA dystopia

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In the future, humans live in city-like spaceships orbiting far above Earth's toxic atmosphere. No one knows when, or even if, the long-abandoned planet will be habitable again. But faced with dwindling resources and a growing populace, government leaders know they must reclaim their homeland... before it's too late.
Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents are being sent on a high-stakes mission to recolonize Earth. After a brutal crash landing, the teens arrive on a savagely beautiful planet they've only seen from space. Confronting the dangers of this rugged new world, they struggle to form a tentative community. But they're haunted by their past and uncertain about the future. To survive, they must learn to trust - and even love - again

MY THOUGHTS:

I absolutely love this book!! Arghhh! Get me the next book now! The 100 is one of them books that you become addicted to, even after you have read it. I found myself crying, screaming and laughing at this book - all the feels. 

When I first saw the cover, I predicted a futuristic maybe dystopian book. I automatically compared it to Across the Universe by Beth Revis as it has the similar space feeling. Once linked to this, I had some negative feelings towards this, expecting to take a long time to read it as it possibly couldn't live up to Across the Universe. However, I was so wrong! This book is better than Across the Universe!

This story is told from four different perspectives:

CLARKE was arrested for treason, though she's haunted by the memory of what she really did.

WELLS, the chancellor's son, came to Earth for the girl he loves - but will she ever forgive him?

BELLAMY fought his way onto the transport pod to protect his sister, the only siblings in the universe.

GLASS managed to escape back onto the ship, only to find that life there is just as dangerous as she feared it would be on Earth.

I love these different chapters with different POVs. It helped to create a great sense for each character. Every character has different thoughts about the situation they're in and these are really powerful as they are expressed individually. After reading the blurb (which included the character descriptions), I thought I had an idea about why each character was confined. How wrong I was. There is so much mystery in this book! Along with the great plot, this sense of mystery meant I could easily read 100 pages and not realise. I just wanted to read on to find out the end. But the end... oh the end. A CLIFFHANGER! I normally am not bothered by cliffhangers in series. Not when I have to wait ages for the next book! ARGGH!! 

The romance in this book was fantastic. I loved the multiple triangles and changes in the relationships. There are many points when I thought - 'NO! You picked the wrong boy!' . There was enough romance to make me happy but not too much to over power it.

Overall, a fantastic, superb, and amazing book that everyone should read!

EXTRA:

Once I had finished the book and did some research, I discovered this is going to be made into a TV series in America. I am in the UK so I am not sure I would be able to watch it but I really want to watch it! Here is some sneak views of the series. Enjoy!

REVIEW: The Fallen (Enemy #5) by Charlie Higson

RATING: ****

First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets, hunting human flesh.
The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across London and made it to the Natural History Museum alive - just. But the fight will never end while the Enemy lives, unless there's another way. . .The kids at the museum are looking for a cure. All they need are medical supplies. To get them means a journey down unknown roads. Roads where not only crazed, hungry sickos hide in the shadows.SUDDENLY IT'S NOT SO CLEAR WHO - OR WHAT - THEY'RE FIGHTING

I’m going to start off by saying OMG I absolutely love this cover! The green and black really complement each other and the black pages give it an eerie feel. Great work! This book is the fifth book in the series and is written by the great minD of Charlie Higson. It follows the story of a group of kids who are looking for a 

cure as all the adults have been turned into zombies. 

I have delved straight into this book without reading the ones before it so many of the background stories went straight over my head. However, the detail and great descriptions put into the book enabled me to read it with understanding of the current plot line. I love post apocalyptic books and have read many books where adults are no longer present such as the Gone series by Michael Grant. I find these series are always very fast paced and The Fallen is no less than this – a definite page turner right from the beginning. The unique factor of the adults turning into zombies set this book apart from other “kids only” novels however sometimes I did feel some features were very similar to those in the other books. This book is set in London, England – my home country. I love how the busy city of London has been turned into chaos in this book with the adults taking over Buckingham Palace, Clock Tower and all the other famous landmarks. This series is a very addictive one but at times I felt the plot had been dragged out with unnecessary parts added into it to create more books. This saddened me as I would rather read a short series or trilogy that is all relevant than a longer one with ramblings. 

Overall, it was a great fast paced book with amazing development but sometimes irrelevant parts - a definite read for those who loved Gone by Michael Grant.

AMAZON:http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fallen-Enemy-ebook/dp/B00BWF59OE/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381065899&sr=1-1&keywords=fallen+by+charlie+higson

GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17402901-the-fallen?ac=1#other_reviews

EXTRA: A few months ago, Charlie Higson launched a competition to create a book trailer for The Fallen. The competition ended at the end of August and this entry was the winner:

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Undone by Cat Clarke

Wow!
Jem Halliday is in love with her gay best friend. Not exactly ideal, but she's learning to live with it. 

Then the unspeakable happens. Kai is outed online ... and he kills himself.

Jem knows nothing she can say or do will bring him back. But she wants to know who was responsible. And she wants to take them down. 

Blood Red Road by Moira Young

This is on my TBR list!

Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba's world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back.

Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of the world outside of desolate Silverlake, Saba is lost without Lugh to guide her. So perhaps the most surprising thing of all is what Saba learns about herself: she's a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. And she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack and a gang of girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.

The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda

Check this out! I can't wait to read it!

Don’t Sweat.  Don’t Laugh.  Don’t draw attention to yourself.  And most of all, whatever you do, do not fall in love with one of them.

Gene is different from everyone else around him.  He can’t run with lightning speed, sunlight doesn’t hurt him and he doesn’t have an unquenchable lust for blood.  Gene is a human, and he knows the rules.  Keep the truth a secret.  It’s the only way to stay alive in a world of night—a world where humans are considered a delicacy and hunted for their blood.

When he’s chosen for a once in a lifetime opportunity to hunt the last remaining humans, Gene’s carefully constructed life begins to crumble around him.  He’s thrust into the path of a girl who makes him feel things he never thought possible—and into a ruthless pack of hunters whose suspicions about his true nature are growing. Now that Gene has finally found something worth fighting for, his need to survive is stronger than ever—but is it worth the cost of his humanity?