Delirium

Last review for today and probably for a few weeks. I'm moving tomorrow, out of the country actually and where I'm moving school starts on monday , so I first have to settle down before I'm able to review anything. I hope you can understand that :)

The "Delirium by Lauren Oliver" book review

They say that the cure for Love will make me happy and safe forever. And I've always believed them. Until now.
Now everything has changed. Now I'd rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years smothered by a lie..........................................................................................................................

I actually heard so much about Lauren Oliver. Yet I have never read one of ther novels. But then I came across this book and just by reading the back of the book I wanted to eat and drink the content of this book. This storyline is amazing, out of this world, this is so sick I can't even.....Sorry but I think that Lauren is a real genius, who comes up with these ideas?

Ok, so Lena, short for Magdalena lives with her aunt and her uncle and their children. Her father was taken away when she was very little and her mother killed herself. Because of the disease. The disease is amor deliria nervosa and that means that love is an actual disease. If you fall in love with anyone, you are infected. When you turn eighteen you get a procedure done that makes you immune, I guess the part of the brain that controls emotions will be cut out. After that you don't love, you just live this life without emotions. Before you get this procedure done you get tested. And your test results will decide what kind of life you will live. You will be married to someone who has about the same results as you have and who has the same interests. You then have children....etc.. Of course there are the people who don't want to do this procedure. They are the Invalids. They live out in the wild and they normally organise protests against the procedure. Lena doesn't want to end like her mother, so she is very eager to get healed. But then she meets Alex. He is an Invalid and he shows her what she will be missing out on if she has this "operation". They fall in love and they even plan on running away together, but then something goes horribly wrong.......

I'm not going to say too much, but the ending is horrible, it's not badly written or anything, it just really killed me. And like always in a trilogy it's a cliffhanger. Why???? I'm so eager to read the next two books. Like I said the storyline is just absolutely, magnificent. And at every beginning of every chapter there is this quote from books that describe what amor deliria nervosa is, what the symtoms are or all the damage it can cause. I also liked the way Lena developed as the story continued. At first she was this shy girl, that was self-conscious and that wanted nothing to do with love, but she transformed into this girl that wants more of life , that finds herself beautiful and that thinks that love can destroy but it can also be so wonderful. I highly recommend this book to you. It was such a good read and I'm so excited to see how the story continues.

4.5 out of 5 cupcakes 

The 100#3

The "Homecoming by Kess Morgan" book review (The 100 #3)

Weeks after landing on Earth, the Hundred have managed to create a sense of order amidst their wild, chaotic surroundings. But their delicate balance comes crashing down with the arrival of new dropships from space.
These new arrivals are the lucky ones—back on the Colony, the oxygen is almost gone—but after making it safely to Earth, GLASS’s luck seems to be running out. CLARKE leads a rescue party to the crash site, ready to treat the wounded, but she can’t stop thinking about her parents, who may still be alive. Meanwhile, WELLS struggles to maintain his authority despite the presence of the Vice Chancellor and his armed guards, and BELLAMY must decide whether to face or flee the crimes he thought he’d left behind.
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I think that Kass Morgan has become my favourite author of young adult science fiction books. I seriously cannot say that any book in this trilogy was bad or made you hate this series. It's the opposite. With every book I loved the series a bit more. Every book was unique but it still had the same structure and it started where the other book left off. This time the story begins with a disaster, because all of the dropships crashed and not so many people survived. Wells realizes that his father is still in a coma on the spaceship and he knows he will never see him again. This is also sad for Bellamy, because as we learned earlier: Well's dad had an affair with Bellamy's mum. As the former 100 try to help the victims of this accident the chancellor and his guards take control of the whole camp. Bellamy gets caught and because he accidently shot his dad in the first book he is sentenced to death. Clarke, Wells and Bellamy manage to escape to the village of Sasha, but they soon realize that they can't get away from the chancellor without destroying him. Meanwhile Glass and Luke are all alone on earth and one event makes Glass the one that has to rescue Luke. There were lots of sad parts in this book, but also a lot of happy and romantic parts. I will seriously ship #Bellarke forever. Clarke may find her parents.....there may be an epic battle ......the ending may be beautiful af......I may have cried happy tears, but I'm not going to give spoilers. There was even more action, heartbreak and adrenaline in this book than in any of the books in this trilogy. I loved it and I'm so sad that this ended, but I'm also so happy that I got to read this.

 4.5 out of 5 cupcakes

The 100 #2

The "Day 21 by Kess Morgan" book review (The 100#2)   

No one has set foot on Earth in centuries -- until now.
It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Facing an unknown enemy, Wells attempts to keep the group together. Clarke strikes out for Mount Weather, in search of other Colonists, while Bellamy is determined to rescue his sister, no matter the cost. And back on the ship, Glass faces an unthinkable choice between the love of her life and life itself .....................................................................................................................................................................

The sequel continued at the point where the first book ended. I liked this because I didn't have the feeling I missed an important part and I didn't need any time to get into the book. The way the first book was written carried on with this book , which I really liked as you might know if you have read the review, of the last book, that I wrote. In the last book the space ship didn't have enough oxygen anymore, so they shut the gate between the Phoenix and the two not so wealthy ships, Arcadia and Walden. This is actually  Well's fault, because he destroyed the thing that kept the oxygen inside the space ship. He did it to save Clarke and I love him for that, but I also hate him, because think of all the innocent people that might have to die because of him. Glass escaped and made her way to the Walden. The place where Luke lives, together they want to open the gates to save the people. Meanwhile on the earth the group imprisons a teenage girl named Sasha that has lived on the earth with her people before anyone. Pretty soon Wells discovers that Sasha is not evil and she even shows Wells, Clarke and Bellamy her village. But there is also a group of people that has seperated from the village and they don't want any humans from the space ship to live. Bellamy is scared that Octavia was taken by them and he does anything to find her. Meanwhile Clarke discovers that her parents might be alive. I think I loved this book a bit more than the first one because this is the book of the truth and because of #Bellarke and #Washa ! There are so many surprises at the end and  Clarke tells Bellamy about the experiments of her parents and Glass tells Luke, why his best-friend was really killed. And of course the end is in a cliffhanger just like the first book because the people of the space ship come home.....

4 out of 5 cupcakes

All the light we cannot see

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The "All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr" book review

Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.

In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge.

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This is the second book, that I've read this summer that had the perspective of the French in World War II. I liked that very much, but overall it was pretty hard in the beginning to continue reading this book. More than once I wanted to put it down and I had to force myself to keep reading. This was proven to be a good choice because after a few chapters I started enjoying the story. 

If you start reading this you have to know, that this is not a book you can read in a day. It requires your attention and you have to understand it.

I liked the way the chapters were sectioned. They were usually about three to four pages long. The chapters were in a section and this section was titled with a date. So the story kept going on between past and present and as the story continued, past and present started to combine.

At the beginning there was the point of view of Marie-Laure and Werner, but it was told in a third person narration. But as the story continued more perspectives joined the story.

I'm not going to say too much about the plot. If I would, this will be a very long review. But at first there are these two seperate worlds of Marie-Laure and Werner. Marie-Laure is blind and lives with her dad. She loves reading and she is very interested in the sea world. Werner is an orphan boy that lives in an orphanage with his sister.He is very talented in repairing electronic devices and he is very skilled in math and physics. It actually takes forever till both Werner and Marie meet in person. And it's pretty much at the end of the book, but they have met each other before, they just don't know it yet. In the end Werner  rescues Marie from a man, that wanted something that her father had been hiding for a long time. And when he rescuses her you think, that they will have a happy ending just because they would be such a cute couple and also because you have waited so long for something to happen between these two. But NOOO this book has a very sad ending. I couldn't  cry. Even my tears were shocked.....Ok, besides the ending I liked the book. It was interesting, educational and good to read but I have to say that I had pretty high expectations when I started reading this story. Booktube, bookinstagram and goodreads have been  buzzing about this book for so long and I thought it would be a very good read, if everybody made such a big fuzz about it. I was a bit disappointed. This is still a good book, but as I mentioned earlier it was hard to continue reading sometimes. I liked the storyline and I liked the characters. War makes a person do things they don't usually do in real life and even if some of the characters changed and did pretty stupid things, I still liked them , because I imagined how they would be like in a world without war.

3.5 out of 5 cupcakes

The SPOLAFS ;)

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The "Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith"book review

Four minutes changes everything. Hadley Sullivan ,17 misses her flight at JFK airport, is late to her father's second wedding in London with never-met stepmother. Hadley meets the perfect boy. Oliver is British, sits in her row. A long night on the plane passes in a blink, but the two lose track in arrival chaos. Can fate bring them together again?...................................................................................................

Ok, so this is a cutesie romance book. I don't know why I have been reading so many contemporary books lately. Maybe because it's summer, maybe because I need them, so I won't suffer of a book slump. I don't know. I was really pumped to read this book, I mean it sounded like a math problem but also like a really nice feel-good book. I liked the storyline. Boy and girl meet in a plane. Then they lose track of eachother. The girl has problems with her family, because her dad is getting married to another woman and the boys has much bigger problems with his dad....not giving away spoilers...............Although I liked the plot, I wasn't feeling it. I normally have like an endless high when  I read this kinds of books. They fix my soul after it has been torn apart by a fantasy novel. But this book did nothing. Maybe I had a bad day or something.....but yeah. But I think I will try to read more books of Jennifer E. Smith. 

I'm sorry if this is really short and if you liked this book I'm sorry if this is an unsatisfying book review, but I've said it once and I will say it again. When I have read a book that I did not enjoy I normally don't have much to say about it.

 2.5 out of 5 cupcakes

Legend

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The "Legend by Marie Lu" book review

What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths—until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets. 

I finally started to read one of Marie Lu's books. For months I kept telling myself I should start reading them...and I did. Well one of them. And I really liked it! At first I was pretty confused, because there's not really an introduction of the situation but as you continue reading the story you start to figure out everything. Due to the book being a dystopian young adult fiction, readers of the Hunger Games, Divergent or perhaps even the 100 would love to read this book. It explores social and political structures that might even become reality. There's the poor part of town and of course the wealthy part of town.
June lives in the wealthier part of town, she is a prodigy because she has passed the test every child has to take as a ten-year old with a total score of 1500 points.Which makes her the only one who has ever passed the test with such a high test score. She is being raised by her brother due to the sudden death of her parents.
Day is a criminal that should have been killed due to his low test results. Because that's what happens to those who score any lower than 1000. Yet he has survived. He is the most wanted criminal in his country. Yet he only steals stuff to keep his family and himself alive. He has never killed anyone. But on one particular day he breaks into the hospital to steal medicine for his little brother who has been infected with a virus and during his escape he kills Metias, June's brother. June wants the murderer of her broher to suffer and she thinks it's her duty to seek revenge. When her mission is accomplished  she finds out that her brother was killed by someone else. She also discovers that the death of ther parents wasn't an accident and she realizes that the Republic has been lying all along. She and Day have to find a way to escape......will they make it....????

Dammm...dammm ....dammmm I really loved the book , it was full of action, love , secrets, surprises...etc. I like the constant change of point of views. I don't like it when a book is only told in one perspective, that's just plain boring. But this was refreshing. I didn't like June at first because of her opinion of things but I learned to like her because she has developed soo much as the story continued. I also like the fact that both, June and Day  are 15. Most characters of young adult fiction books are from 16 to 20 years old. This was something different. I'm looking forward to reading the next books in this series soon !

4 out of 5 cupcakes

The Catastrophic History of You and Me

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"The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg" book review

Dying of a broken heart is just the beginning.... Welcome to forever.
Brie's life ends at sixteen: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart—literally.
But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend has been keeping a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost—and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul . . . who just might hold the key to her forever after.
With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on. But how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces? 
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Ok, I'm not going to lie when I read the back of this book, the description was more than cheesy, like really..... dying of a broken heart? But I began to love this book. I loved this book till the very end and I still love it now. You just have to read it. I mean the whole storyline is just out of this world. To take a disease that millions of girls and guys suffer from and to transform it into a cause of death.... who would have thought of that?
This is not your typical cutesie romance smoochie smooch kisses romance novel. This is original and extemly funny! I laughed so many times and I cried and I got angry. This was just a hurricane of mixed emotions. 
Ok, so the story doesn't begin with Brie's beginning it actually starts with her death. But it goes back in the past to give the reader a better view of the situation. And there are chapters but they are in sections. I'm not going to say too much but these are stages that Brie is going through that Patrick introduces her to. Patrick is a 17-year old teenage boy that helps Brie to get through everything FYI: he is also dead. But as the story carries on you realize that Patrick is sooo much more than someone Brie just met. This story honestly had so many plot twist I had to close this book only to check if I was still alive. You also discover why Jacob broke Brie's heart. In the beginning you hate him and when Brie tortures him you're cheering, but when you discover the truth you really feel bad. 
Also the amount of cheese jokes that were in this book, because of Brie's name were soo hilarious.  
In the beginning of every chapter was a line of a song lyrics. Most of the songs were from the 80s. And you might not know this about me , but I'm an absolute super-doooper fan of the 80s. One more reason to love this book. This book is not only LOL-worthy or nice to read, it actually makes you think about life and about the people you love. Bravo Jess Rothenberg. Standing Ovation. This will always be one of my favourites. Thank you!!!!

5 out of 5 cupcakes

The Lavender Garden

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The "Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley" book review

La Côte d’Azur, 1998: In the sun-dappled south of France, Emilie de la Martinières, the last of her gilded line, inherits her childhood home, a magnificent château and vineyard. With the property comes a mountain of debt—and almost as many questions . . .
Paris, 1944: A bright, young British office clerk, Constance Carruthers, is sent undercover to Paris to be part of Churchill’s Special Operations Executive during the climax of the Nazi occupation. Separated from her contacts in the Resistance, she soon stumbles into the heart of a prominent family who regularly entertain elite members of the German military even as they plot to liberate France. But in a city rife with collaborators and rebels, Constance’s most difficult decision may be determining whom to trust with her heart.
As Emilie discovers what really happened to her family during the war and finds a connection to Constance much closer than she suspects, the château itself may provide the clues that unlock the mysteries of her past, present, and future. 

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I have read one Lucinda Riley book before. It was the girl on the cliff. I love that book and I still read it occasionally. I was really excited to read another one of her books, because boy can she write........ If you have never read a book by her you are seriously missing out on a spa day for your soul. I normally don't relax when I read books. I'm so engrossed in the story that I forget to eat, sleep or do all the other things a normal human being would do. I couldn't put this book down neither but Lucinda Riley's stories are sooo relaxing and soothing. These are the kinds of stories that make you want to travel. 

They are always told in a place that is soo beautifully described that you just want to buy a ticket and fly over there.

I'm not trying to give away too much of the plot. But as you might have read above: Emilie de la Martinières is the last heir of her bloodline. After the death of her mother she has to take care of everything and she is quite overwhelmed.  A stranger comes into her life and helps her get through everything. His name is Sebastian. You kind of don't trust him and I was so mad at Emilie that she did....I don't know since Cassandra Clare created "Sebastian" I don't trust people with that name...JK ;)

Ok so he helped her and they start getting closer and then they marry and Emilie moves into Sebastian's house in England. But while she lives there she meets his brother Alex who is disabled and who has been harassed by his brother ever since he was a little boy. 

Emilie slowly gets to know more about Sebastian and about his grand-mother Constance who accidently came into the De la Martinières family. I love the way that Lucinda Riley can start with two totally different stories of people both in completely different times and as the story continues she combines them so that  they make sense. I also liked that the story in the past evolves around the second world war. I really like historical fiction and I have read a lot about the first and second world war and it was interesting to read it from a different pont of view!!!

Read this book you will not regret it!

4.5 out of 5 cupcakes

Black Blade #2

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The "Dark Heart of Magic by Jennifer Estep" book review

As a thief, I stick to the shadows as much as possible. But when the head of the Sinclair Family picks me to compete in the Tournament of Blades, there's no escaping the spotlight--or the danger.
Even though he's my competition, Devon Sinclair thinks I have the best shot at winning what's supposed to be a friendly contest. But when the competitors start having mysterious "accidents," it looks like someone will do anything to win--no matter who they hurt.
As if I didn't have enough to worry about, mobster Victor Draconi is plotting against Devon and the rest of my friends, and someone's going around Cloudburst Falls murdering monsters. One thing's for sure. Sometimes, humans can be more monstrous than anything else... ..................................................................................................................................................................

I finally managed to read the second book in the Black Blade series. I kind of dreaded to read this book because I didn't really love the first book. It was enjoyable but I didn't love it. So I thought that if I didn't love the first one , I would really hate the second one. Because that is normally the case. Surprisingly I liked this book a little bit more than the first one. The story line is still amazing. The book is full of fantasy and if you like books in that genre this is definitely a book I would recommend. The reason why I liked this more was that now that I  knew all the characters of the story I could focus more on the plot. 

The plot of this book kind of reminded me of the Hunger Games. It's actually completely different but some elements like the Tournament of Blades are similar to that particular plot. I still love the main character Lila. She so fierce and sassy and she literally gives no effs what people might think of her. She is supposed to be the bodyguard of Devon Sinclair, who is like the heir of the Sinclair family. From the first book on I shipped Devon and Lila soooo hard. And at the end of this book #Dila finally happened. This part actually annoyed me about Lila that she couldn't make a commitment for soo long. I'm not trying to give away too much of the story, but I can tell you that there are many surprises and one plot twist. It's not a major one, but I was still mindblown. The story also doesn't really focus on the Tournament, this is more part of the "facade" of the book. The major part is the search for the murderer of the monsters. You kind of see it coming who it was but it's still a big surprise. And again the Sinclairs try to figure out what Victor Dragoni plans to do. He's trying to destroy the Sinclair family. Lila still seeks revenge , because he is the reason why her mother is dead and she thinks it's her duty to kill him and she won't stop until she finally gets what she wants.

This was a very nice read. I'm really excited to read the last book soon!

4 out of 5 cupcakes

The 100

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"The 100 by Kass Morgan "book review

Ever since a devastating nuclear war, humanity has lived on spaceships far above Earth's radioactive surface. Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents -- considered expendable by society -- are being sent on a dangerous mission: to recolonize the planet. It could be their second chance at life...or it could be a suicide mission.
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? Reckless BELLAMY fought his way onto the transport pod to protect his sister, the other half of the only pair of siblings in the universe. And 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.
Confronted with a savage land and haunted by secrets from their pasts, the hundred must fight to survive. They were never meant to be heroes, but they may be mankind's last hope. 

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So I was a bit sceptic about this book. There's a series of that book that might go into a different direction than intented and if I as a reader am really caught up with the plot and I start watching a series that is based upon this novel I might feel betrayed if the plot will turn out very different. But it's all fine, because I will of course read all the books first ( update: this is not true) 

Although I was sceptic at first , the second I read the description of this book I instantly fell in love. The storyline is just genius. This book is a dystopian young adult fiction, so people who have read Divergent or the Maze Runner will definitely like this book as well. 

So imagine that a nuclear war contaminated the earth and the survivors of this war now live on a spaceship. There's one spaceship , but it's divided into three sections. There's the Phoenix, the Walden and the Arcadian. The people that live on the Phoenix have a pretty good life. They have enough to eat and to drink and have never had to suffer. The Walden and the Arcadian are like the "District 12". The people barely have enough to eat or even enough water to keep themselves clean.

So to make sure everything goes well, there are these rules that you have to follow. For example you are not allowed to have more than one child. There's only about enough food for only a specific number of people. You are also not allowed to start a relationship with somebody who is on the Walden or the Arcadian, when you're on the Phoenix. Besides that there are many other rules. If you break these rules you will get send to prison and you will most likely be executed.

So there are suprisingly many teenagers in prison. They would have been executed at the age of eighteen, but they can consider themselves as lucky because they are given a second chance. They are send to the earth to see for themselves if life on earth is possible.

So about 100 teenagers are send down to the earth. The main characters Clarke, Bellamy and Wells  are included. There's also a girl called Glass that is one of the narrators but she can run away in the last second possible , so she doesn't have to go to the earth. Basically Clarke discovered that her parents did experiments on children with radioactive rays. They are being forced to do so. Clarke dicovers their work, but keeps quiet about it. The only person she tells  is Wells her boyfriend and the son of the chancellor. He thinks that he can help her by telling his dad(!) . Unfortunately Clarke is also sentenced guilty because she didn't say anyting about the work of her parents. So her parents were executed and she had been in prison before she was sent to earth. Great job Wells, real great. When Wells realized what he had done he tries to save Clarke, he also overhears a conversation of his father and the vize-chancellor that the spaceship is running low on oxygen. So the trip to earth would have been in a year. But due to the fact that Clarke would have been 18 by then Wells does another bad life choice and he damages the shield that basically keeps the oxygen in the spaceship. Then he almost burns a tree,(a very sacred tree, on purpose) and  gets send to earth too. 

Bellamy actually wasn't intented to be send to earth but his little sister was, because she stole pills, because she's a bit of a drug-addict. Bellamy doesn't want her to go alone so he almost kills the chancellor and sneaks on to the ship that brings the people down to earth. In this time Glass sneaks off and she actually gets pardoned of her sentence. She and a boy of the Walden named Luke had a relationship and a baby (which she lost ;( ) But she realizes that there is also a big problem on the spaceship because due to her genius best-friend Wells they might all die due to the lack of oxygen . Meanwhile on earth everybody slowly discovers that they are not alone......

Dam..dam..damm....I really liked this book, not only because of the amazing storyline. I also liked the way the book was written. Every chapter had a different length , which I found very nice because it sometimes annoys me that most of the chapters of books are always the same length. And every chapter was written in a different point of view of the main characters. There always was this flashback, so you learned about the past and about the crimes the characters did, but only as the story proceeded. In the beginning I loved Wells,Octavia,Clarke and Glass and I totally shipped Wells and Clarke. But as the story proceeded I noticed what a complete douche Wells is and I was soo mad at Octavia for being a drug-addict and lying to her brother. I liked Glass till the very end but then in the last chapter or so you realize that she did some really bad sh** as well. The only ones I still liked were Clarke and surprisingly Bellamy. And I totally ship them. #Bellarke

But this is also the part of the stoy that fascinates me. Kass Morgan has written a book that introduces you to characters who have done some  bad life choices. They are not heroes and they might even be bad people, but they all have done these things because of a reason and you as a reader still like the characters although of their actions. But hey who's perfect, right?.....

I really liked this book and I'm really excited to read the next one. Definitely read this book if you haven't already done that.

4.5 out of 5 cupcakes

The Secret Keeper

Last review for today...I hope you enjoy (contains spoilers)
  

The" Secret Keeper by Kate Morton" book review

During a summer party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is happily dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and watches as her mother speaks to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime. A crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy—her vivacious, loving, nearly perfect mother.
Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress living in London. The family is gathering at Greenacres farm for Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this may be her last chance, Laurel searches for answers to the questions that still haunt her from that long-ago day, answers that can only be found in Dorothy’s past.

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I have to admit this is not the kind of book I would normally read. This is a book that contains romance, drama but it's also a bit like a thriller, a genre that I normally never read. But I'm open to everything so I thought why the heck not and I started to read this book. I have never read a book by Kate Morton, so I didn't know what to expect. I started reading this story about six months ago. But after reading the first twenty pages I was kind of bored. So I stopped . A while ago I started reading the book again, but I stopped after about the same amount of pages like the last time. About two weeks ago I started again and after I pushed myself a bit  at the beginning I started to like it .

 As you might or might not have read the description above: This book is about a teenager, that witnessed how her mother killed a stranger. Over the years the girl-Laurel tries to forget what she had seen. She focuses on her career. But fifty years after this traumatic event, Laurel is forced to face her past again. Her mother's life is coming to an end. Dorothy, her mother gives away information in a weak moment that attracts Laurel's attention. She then also gets help from her little brother, who was also a witness of the murder. He was a baby, but he always seemed to know that something was off. 

Laurel learns about the past of Dorothy. When Dorothy was young she always wanted more in her life. She moved to London to fulfill her dreams only to realize that life is a lot harder than it seems. Although her career doesn't work out Dorothy is in a happy relationship with a photographer called Jimmy. He's also not really successful, but it's war and he's lucky with a roof over his head. One day Dorothy meets Vivien Jenkins. She's the wife of a successful author who is twice her age and they live in a big house opposite the house Dorothy works in. Dorothy feels a connection between her and Vivien, both have lost their families due to tagic events and she believes that they are the best of friends. One day, she visits Vivien in her house, but she doesn't seem to recognize her and embarasses her in front of her husband Henry. Dorothy is filled with rage and because of that she wants Vivien to have a taste of her own medicine. She pressures her boyfriend Jimmy into getting to know Vivien. Because of the love Jimmy feels towards Dorothy  he does what he is told and he starts to get to know Vivien. But she is nothing like Dorothy told him she would be. She is kind and selfless and he slowly starts to fall for her. Dorothy gets what she wants and she takes a picture of an intimate moment between Jimmy and Vivianne. She sends a letter to Vivien that pressures her into giving her money. Unfortunately the letter is opened by Vivien's husband. And the thing that nobody knows about him: he is abusive towards his wife and considers her as"his". He doesn't like to share and he doesn't want his wife to have friend or kids because then he would have to share. That explains why Vivien acted the way she did towards Dorothy. It was an act of protection. After almost killing his wife Henry tells her that he has taken care of Jimmy by drowning him. Vivianne who can barely walk makes her way to Dorothy's to tell her that she is in danger and that she has to go somewhere far away. While they talk a bomb hits the apartment of Dorothy. And this is the part that I never saw coming. Dorothy dies due to her injuries. But Vivianne survives and in the right moment she says that her name is Dorothy. She goes to the place that Dorothy wanted to go to and lives a happy life as "Dorothy". She gets a second chance- meanwhile everyone back in London believes Vivien is really dead-including her husband who wants to seek revenge on the real Dorothy. When he finds her he notices that "Dorothy" is actually his wife, but before something can be done he is killed. I had to read this part over and over again because I couldn't believe that this actually happened?! Also if you wondered : Jimmy survived, after almost drowning, barely, but he survived. He also lived a happy life, which he deserved, but he was the first to discover that Vivien was "Dorothy", because he went to see her one time to see if she was doing ok.

It's quite interesting how the book is sectioned. One section includes several chapters- The section begins with the name of a character, for example : Dorothy. The story will evolve around this person, but only a small part is written out of their point of view. So it also includes the point of view of the people around the person. If the section was about Dorothy, the point of view could have also been Laurel's who is searching for Dorothy's past or Jimmy's P.O.V. Another interesting thing is that the story is constantly junping between past and present. At the beginning it was pretty confusing, but after a while you actually started to like this change and this type of writing never gets boring. I was pleasantly surpised how the story turned out and the plot twist completely blew me away! Although this is not my usual type of read I 100% enjoyed it and I will definitely read more books that are written by Kate Morton! Which you should do too ;)

4 out of 5 cupcakes

Slammed

Next review....I hope you enjoy (careful might contain spoilers)

The "Slammed by Colleen Hoover" book review

Following the unexpected death of her father, 18-year-old Layken is forced to be the rock for both her mother and younger brother. Outwardly, she appears resilient and tenacious, but inwardly, she's losing hope.
Enter Will Cooper: The attractive, 21-year-old new neighbor with an intriguing passion for slam poetry and a unique sense of humor. Within days of their introduction, Will and Layken form an intense emotional connection, leaving Layken with a renewed sense of hope.
Not long after an intense, heart-stopping first date, they are slammed to the core when a shocking revelation forces their new relationship to a sudden halt. Daily interactions become impossibly painful as they struggle to find a balance between the feelings that pull them together, and the secret that keeps them apart. 

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I don't know why but every time I  finished a Cassandra Clare series I have always started to read a book by Colleen Hoover. Colleen Hoover doesn't write cutesie-romance books without meaning and she actually also breaks your heart. But her books are like a soothing medicine to me. After clockwork angel I was devastated and I went on for days without reading, because I was just feeling numb inside. But her book kind of helped me to get back on track. So thank you! This book is actually really sad. Layken, the main character just lost her dad and is forced to move due to financial problems. Right after the move she attracts the attention of her neighbour Will. They both have an instant connection. They start falling for each other. Will shows her slam poetry and they both get along perfectly. On her first day of school Layken gets hit by shocking news: Will is a teacher at her school and not just any teacher, he's her teacher. You slowly learn more about Will's past. He had to start working at a really young age, because he has a younger brother to take care of due to the sudden death of both of his parents.
Layken and Will try to stay away from each other, but it's not possible. Layken also needs his support because her mother has been keeping from her that she has been diagnosed with cancer. And that she will die. Layken is devastated. After loosing her father she is going to lose her mother too and added to that her brother , because her mother doesn't trust her with raising him. 
Will supports her and after a while they no longer ignore their feelings for each other. They embrace them. After a long talk with her mom she promises Layken that she can "keep" her brother. The epilogue of this story is showing an event in the future: Layken's mom has died and Layken and Will are celebrating their first Christmas together and Layken is celebrating her first Christmas without parents. They both share the responsibility of raising two children and due to the help and love of Will, Layken slowly starts to process her loss.

I seriously love the books of Colleen Hoover. First of all like I have mentioned it there's never just a basic romance story. Her stories are difficult and twisted, but I wouldn't want it any other way. Second of all they have some kind of creative theme. In Maybe Someday there were these song lyrics that Colleen actually wrote herself. In this book there were two things that were like that. The first one were short parts of songs of "The Avett brothers" at the beginning of every chapter.You can check them out on Youtube , they are amazing!  The second part was the slam poetry. I have always been amazed by slam poetry and I love to watch people slam and it just completely mindblown me how Colleen has managed to write such amazing and heart-breaking slam poetry. Due to the creative magic that Colleen always manages to connect with the story line there's this story that touches your heart in a strange way. And I just love that feeling. I can't wait to read the second book and I definitely recommend you to read a book written by her if you haven't already done that!

4.5 out of 5 cupcakes

Clockwork Princess

Hey guys, I'm back. I'm finally on break, school is finally over and now I have lots and lots of time to read a lot of books and of course to write a lot of reviews. This review is really late, but I have finally written it...sooo enjoy ;) (careful contains spoilers)

The "Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare" book review

A net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. Mortmain plans to use his Infernal Devices, an army of pitiless automatons, to destroy the Shadowhunters. He needs only one last item to complete his plan: he needs Tessa Gray.
Charlotte Branwell, head of the London Institute, is desperate to find Mortmain before he strikes. But when Mortmain abducts Tessa, the boys who lay equal claim to her heart, Jem and Will, will do anything to save her. For though Tessa and Jem are now engaged, Will is as much in love with her as ever.
As those who love Tessa rally to rescue her from Mortmain’s clutches, Tessa realizes that the only person who can save her is herself. But can a single girl, even one who can command the power of angels, face down an entire army?
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So the last book ended with an unexpected visitor........the unexpected visitor is Cecily the younger sister of Will. She ran away from home to find Will and to convince him to come back home to them. I don't know about you but Cecily just reminds me of Isabelle soo much...but we will get to that later. Tessa and Jem are engaged to be married and Will is still madly in love with Tessa, but he thinks that she doesn't love him back which makes him pretty miserable. In the beginning of this book something happens while Tessa tries on wedding gowns. You still remember Gideon and Gabriel , right? Well Gideon was staying in the Institute and Gabriel with his father, who has the demon pox. Well, Benedicte Lightwood actually transformed due to his illness. He transformed into a massive worm. When Gabriel tries to tell his brother what has happend the scene is so similiar to the scene when Simon gets transformed into a rat and Izzy tries to tel her brother what has happened. They defeat the worm and Gabriel now stay permanetly at the Institute. Gideon and Sophie start getting really serious and Gabriel really likes Cecily. This is soooooo cute!!!! Meanwhile Council Wayland, who actually supported Charlotte , wants Gideon and Gabriel to spy on her! I kind of started hating the Wayland family a bit because of him. Gabriel and Gideon actually do it, but they write things that aren't true , because they don't want to spy on Charlotte. Eventually Gabriel really spies on her because he is desperate and he starts writing a letter , but he doesn't send it. But seriously I was so close to changing my opinion about the Lightwoods. 

Meanwhile the inhabitants of the Institute try to find out more about Mortmain, when they are brutally attacked by  Mortmain's automans. Jessamine 

who has been sent back to the Institute, dies  and you really feel bad for her, because she never had an easy life, but I was happy that Will actually was by her side while she died and she could tell him where Mortmain stayed. But she's not really gone...she actually transforms into a ghost and is like a protector of the Institute. In City of Heavenly Fire the London Institute is attacked by Sebastian but there was a force protecting it. I finally got what that was all about. Ok, so back to the attack: Tessa was actually taken away by Mortmain and Will and Jem want to go save her, of course, but Jem is really sick. He has taken a lot of yin fen , just because he thought that Tessa is happier when he's energized and healthy. So due to this stupid action his medicine is gone and there's nothing left, because Mortmain has been using it all up. Jem allows the others to look for a cure but shortly after that he  forbids it again.  Will asks Magnus for a cure and also confesses his love for Tessa.  Jem overhears this coversation and asks Will to save Tessa.

  On Will's journey he suddenly feels the parabatai rune bleeding: Jem is dead. I almost died myself when I read that....how? Why Cassie?! The part when Will describes how he felt how Jem died was even worse. But Will keeps going, although he is full of sorrow he wants to find Tessa. Tessa meanwhile discovers what Mortmain wants her for. He makes her transform into his father, the warlock who finishes the spell on the automans. So now they are half -robot and half-demon which basically means that they are indestructible. He also tells her that her mother was an unmarked Shadowhunter,who was switched with a human at birth*1 and her father was a demon. So Tessa is a warlock but she can have children. While Tessa is alone she also discovers something else. Inside her clockwork angel-necklace is a real angel who has been trapped there. It's Ithuriel. I was so sad when I read about that, because Ithuriel was also the angel who was later trapped inside the basement of Valentine and who then died;( Will actually arrives on time to save Tessa and tells her about Jem, which devastates her. But then she and Will confess their love for each other and then they actually get all serious by "making love"*2( call it what you want)           Tessa, what were you doing?! Don't get me wrong I love Will too, but Jem, your soon to be weeded husband dies and you actually sleep with his best friend/brother?????!!!!!!! 

They get caught by Magnus who came through a Portal that Henry created. Henry is such a genuise. Nobody believed in his inventions but then they are all used in the future. He came with the other inhabitans of the Institute and three Silent brothers. And OMG brother Zachariah is JEM!!!!!!!! He was turned by the others brothers . So now everyone fought against these indestructible automans and Henry almost got killed. I was praying that Henry wouldn't die and thankfully he didn't. Tessa actually saved everyone by transforming into Ithuriel and killing the bad guys with this massive blast of heavenly fire. 

After the fight life goes on. Henry and Tessa and everybody else slowly recovers. But Henry is unfortunately tied to a wheelchair ;( 

Jem aka brother Zachariah leaves without saying goodbye to finish his transformation.But he still comes back from time to time to visit. Everything turns out great. The relationships between Gabriel and Cecily and of course between Sophie and Gideon are a real thing now . That's why Isabelle reminded me of Cecily , she's related to her! Sophie had a ceremony for the transformation into a Shadowhunter which was performed by Charlotte herself, because she is the Consul now, cause Consul Wayland has died during an attack (I was doing a happy dance when that happended)  And of course Tessa and Will finally get together and the ending is quite nice because Will asks Tessa to marry him and later they visit his parents. Now as a reader you think this is it. I was happy with that ending, but then there was the epilogue. And this just killed me. The epilogue is about Tessa. It's the year 2008. And at first you're totally confused. What happended? And then Tessa starts to explain. Will died. They were married for such a long time. They were happy, they loved each other and they had two kids, but Will is not immortal like Tessa and at the age of 78 he died. I was wheeping at this point. I was sitting on the floor of my bedroom and I was just crying hysterically. I cried for about 30 minutes before I was able to continue reading. So, Tessa is actually waiting for someone. That someone is Jem. Jem and Tessa actually met every year on Christmas morning. But this year Jem meets her in his true-human form. And this is the part where you can finally connect all the events of COHF. They kiss and they decide to travel the world together.

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Tessa's mom was the grand-daughter of Aloysius Starkweather.

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Tessa notices that her clockwork angel has left a mark on Will. Do you remember that mark ? Jace has the same one. So every it's a Herondale thing. This killed me when I realized it.

I know this is a really long review, but this book was just sooo good. I love all the books that Cassandra Clare wrote. But this one really killed me.This is the type of book that makes you think about life, especially the last part. My heart was broken after this , but I finally got all the realations between the books. This is such a great series and you know that I love the Mortal Instruments. But I seriously can say that I worship the Infernal Devices and I will definitely read the books again, because I still haven't really processed everything!

5 out of 5 cupcakes

Clockwork Prince

I'm sorry if I forgot to mention anything important in my review of Clockwork Angel and I'm sorry if I'm going to forget anything important in this review. But reading this series was so overwhelming and heart-breaking for me that writing this review is hard because I'm reliving all the emotions I had while reading the books! I hope you will still enjoy this review!

The "Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare "book review

In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street—and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa’s powers for his own dark ends.
With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move—and that one of their own has betrayed them.
Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, but her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will—the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?
As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart. 

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In this book Tessa is getting much closer to Jem. They do so much stuff together, and she tries to ignore Will as much as possible. Which made me so mad. I mean yeah, Will was such a dickhead, but I honestly love him so much. I love Jem too....but somehow I like Will a tinsy tiny bit more. While the love triangle still causes confusion in Tessas head the Institute has to deal with bigger problems. In the last book they thought that a powerful vampire called DeQuincey was the Magister, because he was in the Pandemonium Club (does it sound familiar to you), which is a powerful organization of humans, vampires, fairies , demons and warlocks. The organization had fun with killing innocent humans and DeQuincey was a "servant" of the Magister. NOT the Magister. So the Shadowhunters killed him anyways. A few people of the Enclave think that's because Charlotte is not fit for ruling the Institute. Especially Benedicte Lightwood thinks that she shouldn't be the leader because she is a woman ?! Like what.......did that a****** seriously say that? So they have to find information of the place where Mortmain is hidding and they only have time for two weeks.
 In that time Tessa and Sophie are being trained by Gabriel and Gideon Lightwood. I think if I hadn't read the Mortal Instrument and if there hadn't been Gideon I probably would have hated the Lightwoods. And it's funny that Will and Gabriel hate eachother so much and that Jace and Alec are just like brothers. So while training them you also get to see Sophie a lot more. She works as a servant, but nobody looks at her that way. She is very kind and very beautiful. She has a very large scar on her cheek , because she once worked for a bastard who wanted her , but she didn't want him and he did that to her face so that "no man would ever look at her again, because if he can't have her, no one else can" She then lived on the streets until she met Charlotte who gave her a place in the Institute. I love Sophie. I think she is still very beautiful and  she slowly gets a voice and she starts building her confidence ,but it's sad that she is in love with Jem, but unfortunately that love isn't returned. But she and Gideon start to grow closer which is soooo cute. Meanwhile the people of the Institute discover that Mortmain was raised by warlock parents who were killed by Aloysius Starkweather, the head of the York Institute . Tessa, Will and Jem go on a journey to get more information and they realize that Mortmain's revenge was caused by deep sorrow. On their ride back home they pass a manor in Ravenscar and Will sees his little sister Cecily, which completly makes him lose his mind, because he is confronted with his past. But more to that later. They then discover that the manor was offered to them by Mortmain, yet the still don't know where he could be. Meanwhile Sophie discovers that Jessamine is sneaking out every night. She and Tessa then find out that she has been meeting with Nate, the brother of Tessa who betrayed her and that she has been working as a spy. Tessa shapeshifts and goes on a ball with Nate and discovers that they have married. Jessamine is taken to the Silent City. Tessa then meets with Nate again of course as Jessamine, but he has discovered that it is Tessa and he tries to kill her with the automans , Mortmain has created. In the end Nate is defeated and dies ;( ............sad......but he was kind of a b****

 At that time we also get to know why Will behaves the way he does. When he was little he accidently opened a box where a demon was capured inside (what kind of parents leave a box like this lying around for a little boy to play with?!) . By opening that box , the demon was freed and put a curse on Will, that all the people he will love will be destroyed*. His older sister stepped in front of him and send the demon away, but she died the same day. That's why he left his family and is so mean to everyone, he just tried to protect them. So Will asks Magnus to summon this demon. By accident he finds the demon himself and summons him. But the curse was never really a curse.That means he can love without destroying. His sister only died because she was poisoned by the demon. So Will goes to confess his love to Tessa, but she tells him that Jem just proposed to her and Will is very shocked. This part was very confusing, because how can you not notice that someone who is like a brother to you has feelings for the girl you love? So Will let's his parabatai have the girl but I never really had the feeling that Tessa loved Jem as much as Will. When he proposed to her, she thought about Will and had to convince herself that she loves Jem. And she could not say no...because I don't know...maybe because she didn't want to hurt Jem...or maybe , ok that's a really mean assumption but maybe because Jem is sick and doesn't have that long to live? In the end everyone seems happy....(except Will) ..................Jem and Tessa, Charlotte and Henry, who have confessed their love for eachother and who are expecting a child. They can keep the Institute because they have discovered that Benedicte Lightwood also served Mortmain and that he had demon pox?! I was so happy when I read that because Will always made these jokes about it but everyone kept telling that there is no such thing as demon pox ;) So they blackmailed Benedicte and Charlotte could stay being the leader of the Institute .And in the end there's an unexpected visitor ;)

* Did you realize that the curse of Will was like the motto of Jace :"To love is to destroy and to be loved is to be the one destroyed "?! I was sooooo mindblown!!!!!
 5 out of 5 cupcakes

I hope you enjoyed this review, I know it was a long one, but the Infernal Devices deserve that much attention!

Clockwork Angel

Hey guys ,I finally managed to write this review....I hope you enjoy
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The "Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare" book review

 The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters—including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them.

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I read the books.....WHY DID I NOT READ THESE BOOKS BEFORE..........OMG THEY ARE SO FRICKIN' GOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do not know where I should start. Reading this was so overwhelming for me because so many things happened and so many finally cleared up for me and now there are so many connections..........Ok let's start at the beginning. So Tessa, short for Theresa is a 16-year old girl, who doesn't have any parents, because she lost them in a carriage accident. She lived in New York with her aunt, who died of an illness. She also has a brother-Nate, who lives in London and who wants her to come there too. Shortly after she arrived , she isn't greeted by her brother , but by two really weird women who claim, that they were sent by her brother. So Tessa goes with them and after a while she reallizes that something went terribly wrong because the two women keep her hostage and they want her to shapeshift. Tessa doesn't know what shapeshifting is supposed to be but after a while she figures it out. Shapeshifting is the ability of her ,transforming into a different person while holding something personal of them. When she is the other person, she can touch their mind and can access their thoughts. She can even speak like these people. This ability is trained by the "Dark sisters" who are both warlocks and who serve the Magister. He is the master of them and her wants Tessa to be his wife because he needs her ability. After having tried to escape countless times, Tessa is rescued by William Herondale, who is a Shadowhunter. He lives in the London Institute for Shadowhunters . Charlotte Branwell born Fairchild, 23 is the head of the Institute with her husband Henry Branwell. Henry doesn't really care about the leadership of the Institute. He loves inventing things, but we will come to that later. There is also Jessamine, a very pretty girl who hates , that she had to become a Shadowhunter. Then there's Agatha the cook, Sophie the maid and Thomas , the carriage driver. They all have the Sight , which makes it possible for them to see the Shadow World. And lastly there's James Carstair, short:Jem. He has a peculiar look, because he has silver hair and silver eyes. But it's pretty obvious that he is of chinese heritage. He is very ill. As a child he was poisoned with a demon poison , which can also be used as a drug. He has to keep on taking this poison, which is slowly killing him. If he doesn't take it he'll die immediately. The poison is called yin feng and it is silver...that's the reason for the colour of his hair and his eyes.Will and Jem are parabatai, and they love eachother like brothers. When Tessa is staying at the Institute she slowly gets to know both Jem and Will. They are very different. Will is very sarcastic and with his little jokes and rude comments he never let's anyone near him. Jem is kind and open-hearted. But there's one thing that they share: They both start to develope feelings for Tessa. Tessa also starts liking them, but she also has different problems. She needs to find her brother , who is probably being held hostage by the Magister. With the help of the Shadowhunters and a warlock called Magnus Bane she finds Nate. The others also think that they know the identity of the Magister. But they are all very wrong. The Magister is someone else and Nate is  a spy who betrays Tessa,-his own sister . The Magister has been building an army of robots-also called clöckwork creatures. Soon Tessa , Will and Jem have to fight and have to choose between life and death.

So, I tried not to give too many spoilers .But after reading this book, there were so many things just flying around in my brain. There are so many connections and so many hints, that made me wish that I read these books first. For example Will. He is so much like Jace. Or the other way around. They both are afraid of getting close to people and they both are so sassy and sacastic I can't even. But Will looks completly different. He's not blonde. He has black hair and blue eyes, which is the way Alec looks. When I got to that part I got the comment of Magnus when talking about Alec. And speaking of Magnus: I love him so much more now, because you get to see him in a different way in this book. In this book he is in a relationship with Camille -the vampire. Then there's Henry with his inventions. He is always inventing something new and nobody believes it will work because his invention often go wrong. But for example in this book he works on a sensor that can track demons, which doesn't work but in City of Bones ....boom Jace uses a sensor and it works perfectly.There are also connection between Clary and Tessa because first of all they are both 16 or nearly 16 when they discover the Shadow world and they are both so fierce and stuborn and they are both so selfless. They show you that love is the most powerful thing in the world! There's also a love triangle in the book , a little bit different but Cassie has managed it again, that it's almost impossible that this love can ever happen. But just like in city of bones there was a major plot twist at the end. And just when you think Will and Tessa can be in a relationship, Will is really mean to her so that she is finally done with him. But there's a reason for his attitude, but when you're finished with this book you still don't know what the reason is, which almost kills you and makes you want ro read the second book immediately!

5 of 5 cupcakes

I know that this a very long review, but there's just so much to process. Tell me in the comments which team you're on... Will's or Jem's??????