Mini Review: Hide and Seek (The Lying Game #4)

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Introduction/Summary
Hello, everyone! I know it has been a while. I just finished reading, the fourth book in The Lying Games series and I thought I would do a quick/mini review.

I have reviewed briefly the other three books in the series, and maybe at some point i'll edit them a bit and post them on here! For now, they are just on my goodreads account.

If you want see these and other reviews, which aren't on my blog i'll post a link at the end of this post.

I'm sure many of you have heard of "Pretty Little Liars" both the television show and the book series. Well, "The Lying Games" is also, a television show and a book series as well. Both, are book series written by Sara Shepard; they both revolve around "teenage girls" with "secrets" and other things revolving around "lies" and such.

For those who you who have never watched, "The Lying Games" or read the book series I'll give you a little bit of a background to the series. (Note: I have never read the "Pretty Little Liars" books or really ever watched the show. Though, I am a fan of "The Lying Game" Show. I'm not going to explain the differences between the books and the series in this book maybe at some point I will.)

The book series, revolves around two twin sisters: one named Emma Becker and the other named Sutton Mercer. Sutton Mercer: grew up wealthy, with a loving family, close knit group of friends, being popular and noticed in school. Pretty much Sutton Mercer was living every teenage girl's fantasy life or the "teenage dream". Emma Becker, on the other hand has a bit of a tougher up bringing: She never really had a home, She was never popular, only had one best friend, and grew up living from foster home to foster home.

Now, this where things get a little more complicated. (The story line, is different in the tv show!) In the book series, Sutton is dead. Yes, you read it right dead. So Emma travels from her home in Las Vegas to Arizona where Sutton "lives" because she receive a message on facebook from "Sutton" telling her she wants to meet her. When, she get to Arizona she discovers that Sutton is dead and is threatened, that if she doesn't "Play along" that she will be killed. So, she pretends to be Sutton all the while trying to figure out who Sutton's killer is. (Also, Sutton is a ghost who pretty much floats around and follows Emma without her knowing and kind of narratives the story)


So, this is my "quickie" summary of the series now on to the review.

Review
It took me a while to actually finish this book, book number three on the other hand I finished rather quickly. Granted, I am one of those people who reads more than one book at a time and I do have other things going on in my life but I admit I got distracted away from this book and over all I wasn't as into the book as I was at first like I was in the previous books.

This book was a bit repetitive at first, typical Emma trying to figure out who the killer is and making unnecessary assumptions who the killer actually is. So far, in the series every book there is a person in which Emma thinks is the "killer" and so far none of her "assumptions" have turned out to be true. I am excited that there are only two more books in the series (not counting the two novellas) so I can freaking find out who the killer is!!!!!!

This book, to me at least didn't really start "getting good" until about half way towards the end. When, the repetitiveness got "shaken up" a bit. There defiantly were some surprises in this book towards the end (so different from the tv show, which I must add I watched before reading the books)

I won't spoil to much about what happened but I am defiantly excited to read book number six and like I said find out who the killer is!

Over all, I rate this book three and half stars out of four.

Thanks for checking out my blog and happy reading guys,

Kylia aka Alaska Book Girl!

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Book Review: The one (selection #3) *Mini Review of the Entire Series*

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Introduction
First let me say that I was so supper excited to read this book! I did review the other two books, on goodreads.com I'll post a link to both of those reviews so you guys can check them out!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/833011032?book_show_action=false
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/834768627?book_show_action=false
I will say that they are both brief reviews and are not nearly as long as this book review will be.

Summary
So like I stated above this is the third and final book in the "Selection Series". I know that many of you have probably read the series already and maybe some of you haven't read the series at all.

I won't spoil anything as always, for any of you out there who might want to read this in the future.I'll give some information as a whole what the series is about.

The series takes place, in the future in what use to be The United States and now is called Illea. In this country, everyone has a number of sorts called "castes" when you are in a "castes" it pretty much limits you to certain jobs you can do, if you will be wealthy and so and so forth.

In comes the competition The Selection! It is a tradition where many different young women both rich and poor get entered into a competition to ultimately "win the princes heart" and become rich and famous during the process.

Enter, our lovely main character America. Unlike most of the other girls in the selection she doesn't really want to be a "princess" in fact she would like nothing more to just marry her "secret boyfriend" Aspen who is a lower caste then she is and live a poor and happy life.

She enters the competition not really wanting to and of course "gets selected" to come to the palace and compete for the young princes heart.

Through out the series, there is a bit of a love triangle going on between Aspen, her first love and Maxton the Prince.

The series is almost like the bachelor really, only the winner becomes and princess. There are lots of twists and turns along the way in the series.

Especially, in this last book. There are so many unexpected things that happen in the book! I won't say much because I really don't want to give too much away.

Review
This was such a great book! I absolutely loved this book! I give it 5 out of 5 stars!
I really decided to read the first book in the series on a whim and I have really enjoyed the entries series as a whole.

I think Kiera Casss, did an excellent job bringing the series to a close. She gave us readers exactly what we wanted from the start. (I won't say what but you all can probably guess)

Spoiler alert, if you don't want to know skip reading this part!
I was saddened, of course by many of the events in the series! So many deaths. :( I was happy to see Celeste change her colors in the end and become friends with America of course it would have been nice to see her at the wedding so sad!

It was awful when, Queen Amberly and America's Father passed away as well. The wedding scene was very cute as well and very much enjoyed reading it!

I like how Lucy and Aspen ended up together in the end too! (Though I must admit it was bitter sweet and of course I was always Team Maxton all the way)

I also, enjoyed the meeting some of the rebels and seeing them work together with American and Maxton.

I was pretty surprised that Kriss was rebel all along! I did not see that coming.

Some parts, I was so mad at Maxton! So freaking, indecisive when obviously he wants America! Like how he was going to choose Kriss instead! Come on man noooooo!


Read Here, no more spoilers.
I have checked out some other review for the book and I do think some parts were a bit rushed but like I said I do think this was a good ending.

So much was going on in this book, not to say that nothing happened in the others but at some points it felt "off balance" in comparison to the other books in the series.

I am sad that series is over because I really enjoyed this series! I hope maybe in the future this series could turn into a movie or a tv series. I would love that but then again I might hate who they pick for America.(That always happens in series when there go from book to tv or movie to me any way)

Defiantly, check this series out if you already haven't such a great book series!

Kylia aka Alaskan Book Girl

Book Review: A Connecticut Fashionista in King Arthur's Court

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Introduction
I came across this book at my local used bookstore. I thought the title sounded catchy and as I read the back and flipped through the pages; the book seemed utterly entertaining!

A "prissy" "fashionista" or "diva" stuck in Medieval times without starbucks, designer high heels and especially no in door plumbing!

Really, my first impression was that it would be just a really fun read! This book defiantly exceeded my expectations!

Summary
I don't think I will do a "super" long summary of this book because really I just want to get the good part the review! (Plus I don't want to spoil it completely for all of you guys and dolls!)

As, I said above the main character Katherine or "Kat" is a twenty-nine year old woman from New York. I am not exactly what year this book "takes place" but from the pop culture references in the book, I think around 2005. Kat works at a fashion magazine and some what dissatisfied with her job because, her boss is constantly making her do "filler" assignments instead of ones she truly wants to do.

While covering a Medieval, "Resonance Fair" she just so happens to stumble into a tent were a "gypsy" women (whom she deeply offends) puts a curse on her and sends her back into time.

Right off the bats see meets and falls of The Knight Lancelot, (There is a almost instant attraction there) she also meets Guinevere and becomes close friends with her and some what acquaintance with King Arthur.

Now, I won't spoil anything for you guys but a few other characters which are in the story are: Merlin, and Morgan (King Authors Sister), The Lady of the Lake, and a few other characters as well.

Now, like I said I really don't want give to much away because I really encourage all of you to read this book!!!! :)

Review

I was so pleasantly surprised with this book! I think this is probably one the first books that I've read in a while that I really enjoyed and just "captured" putting me into another world.

With this book I think through out the story, it just keeps getting better and better! At first, when I was reading it I did find Kat a bit annoying. Well, I am I can understand she was thrown into another point in time. One thing that was really funny was when she would talk in normal "twenty first century" lingo. She would say things like "dude" and " that's cool" and no one would have any idea what she was saying.

More than anything I love, love the relationship between Kat and Lancelot. I mean who wouldn't want an ultra romantic guy who: literally speak poetically about how beautiful you are and how much he loves you, and also, is protective of you and saves you from being kidnapped and other awful things!

Also, the sex scenes yummy! ha ha What I liked about the sex scenes is they weren't over detailed, it left some parts to the imagination. The way the Author used imaginary you could really feel the passion between the two characters.

I really enjoyed this book, I really hope there is a sequel! (I haven't checked yet) If not I think I will check out some more of this Authors books. I really am sad to say this book is over because I enjoyed it so much.


Kylia aka Alaskan Book Girl