Book Review: The Light Between Worlds

                                                     The Light Between Worlds Review

The Light Between Worlds is about two sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell who were sent to a magical world called the Woodland along with their brother on a night where they were hiding from a bomb raid that was going on in their home world of world war II era England. The story deals with how the sisters deal with being brought back to the real world after having lived in the woodland for several years. Evelyn basically can't function in her home world at all and she actively tries to not find anything that connects her to it because she wants to go back to the Woodland one day which leads to everyone around her worrying about her mental health. Philippa throws herself back into her home world and overall does a good job at reconnecting with it but she endlessly worries about her sister and ends up making herself so sick with worry that the people closest to her suggest she studies abroad just so she could get a break from taking care of Evelyn.

Overall I didn't really like this book it was slow and boring most of the time, the premise was interesting but I didn't feel like the book executed it well. Evelyn was a character that I couldn't really connect with or understand despite being in her point of view for half the book so I didn't sympathies with her plight. Philippa was a better character than Evelyn but still not one that I found terribly interesting either. Please tell me your thoughts about this book in the comment section down below. 

Book Review: Maybe This Time

                                                        Maybe This Time Review 

Maybe This Time is about a seventeen year old girl named Sophie who works for florist in her small town that she wishes to leave to go to New York for college to go to school to become a fashion designer. This book is told through a series of events that Sophie has to attend in order to her job of dropping off the flower arrangements. At each of the events that are shown through out the book Sophie has to deal with Andrew Hart who is the son of a famous chef who is mentoring her friends father's catering business for the year. Sophie doesn't get along with Andrew from the start since he tried to hit on her by stealing a flower from one of the arrangements that she made and she just generally thinks he is a jerk and looks down at her, and Andrew dislikes Sophie because she keeps insulting his dad. 

As the book goes on Sophie and Andrew get to know each other better and begin to realize that they actually like each other despite how they didn't like each other at first. The two of them end up opening up to each other as time goes on and this leads to them falling for each other. As the story goes on Sophie also starts feel doubts about her dreams of going to New York and she also starts to understand why her mom and best friend are uncertain about her moving so far away to go to college in the next year. 

Overall I really liked this book, I liked the characters and the relationships that they have with each other and I thought that the overall story was interesting as well. Please tell your thoughts on this book in the comment section down below. 

Book Review: Renegades: Supernova

                                                              Supernova Review 

Supernova is the third and final book in the Renegades trilogy, this one starts off shortly after the end of the last book with Ace arrested, Nova having stolen Ace's old helmet, Max in the hospital and a large part of headquarters being destroyed. Nova now has to continue to pretend to be a renegade which is something that she wasn't planning to do after stealing the helmet which makes her more in danger of being discovered than ever before since she left clues behind she wouldn't have if she thought she would be sticking around after her mission was complete. Nova using Agent N when she stole the helmet alerts the renegades that Nightmare is working as a double agent in their organization which increases the odds Nova being found out. Some of the renegades loosing their powers because Agent N ends up causing problems for the renegades with how the fallout from this incident shows how unprepared they are for their enemy to get a hold of a weapon that they created or how deal with their heroes once they don't have powers anymore.  Another thing that makes Nova's life more difficult is that Adrian now wants to capture Nightmare more than he ever he did before since he believes she tried to kill Max. 

In this books both Nova and Adrian's secret identities are revealed and they both have to deal with how they feel about that and the consequences of the other people on their sides knowing the others secret identity. Nova finally figures out what kind of person Ace is once she succeeds at bring him back to power leads to a battle that is more like a slaughter.

Overall I loved this book it was a good conclusion to the series and it ended up with the characters in a place that I was happy with. There were problems that I had with this book despite loving such as Nova's naivety about Ace, Nova being far too willing to let Adrian be tortured and murdered and  Adrian being far too forgiving of Nova for this, and there not being enough time at the end of the book to deal with the emotional fallout of everything that happened in the last half of the book. Please tell me your thoughts on this book or series as a whole in the comment section below.

Book Review: American Panda

                                                         American Panda Review 

American Panda is about a seventeen year old Taiwanese girl named Mei who graduated early and is attending college at MIT. Mei wants to maintain her traditional parents approval which means that she has to become a doctor despite the fact that she's a germaphobe and can't stomach the idea of dealing with anyone's bodily fluids, and maintain her parents approval also means giving up her dreams of teaching dance and opening a studio. Another area of Mei's life in which her parents get a say and she doesn't is her love life which is something she'd rather put off at having at all since she's not interested in the guys that her mother thinks is right for her. 

Mei uses the freedom of living away from home to get a job teaching dance as a part time job, meeting up with her brother that her family had disowned several years ago for dating someone they didn't approve and having a flirty friendship with a Japanese boy named Darren who she knows her parents wouldn't approve of. Keeping so many secrets from her parents is something Mei hasn't done before which makes her very stressed now that she is keeping so many from them whenever she talks to them. 

Overall I really liked this book, I think this book told a good story about Mei figuring out when to stay true to herself and I like that she was able to build a stronger relationship with her mother by being honest about what she really wanted. I also liked the romance in this book but it took up less time than I was expecting it to. Please tell me your thoughts in the comment section below.