No. 41 for 2015

Title: Alert (Michael Bennett #8)
Author: James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
Rating: 3/5
Book: 41/50
Pages:  400 pgs
Total Pages: 15,344 pages
Version: Book
Next up: The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave #1) by Rick Yancey

This was an okay book. Not my favourite in the series but still enjoyable. Patterson and his co-authors do need to re-think their naming of characters. The main character in this book is Michael Bennett and one of the villians was Mr. Beckett. Too similar of names in my opinion.

 About the Book:

New Yorkers aren’t easily intimidated, but someone is doing their best to scare them, badly: why? After two inexplicable high-tech attacks, the city that never sleeps is on edge. Detective Michael Bennett, along with his old pal, the FBI’s Emily Parker, have to catch the shadowy criminals who claim responsibility—but they’re as good at concealing their identities as they are at wreaking havoc.

In the wake of a shocking assassination, Bennett begins to suspect that these mysterious events are just the prelude to the biggest threat of all. Soon he’s racing against the clock, and against the most destructive enemy he’s faced yet, to save his beloved city—before everyone’s worst nightmare becomes a reality.

No. 40 for 2015

Title: Opposition (Lux #5)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rating: 2.5/5
Book: 40/50
Pages:  352 pgs
Total Pages: 14,944/15,000 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Alert (Michael Bennett #8) by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

I’m giving this book a 2.5 star rating.

While I really enjoyed books 1 and 2 of the series, book 3 was okay and this was just “meh” to me. I felt like the plot was all over the place and things were wrapped up and resolved too quickly. Also, there was one event in the book that really rubbed me the wrong way. I won’t say what it is but the main character seemed to get over this life changing event without any significant grieving or emotion and it jut seemed unrealistic in regards to the story. Overall, it was an okay read though.

 About the Book:

Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came.

She can’t believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all.

Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal.

They must team with an unlikely enemy if there is any chance of surviving the invasion. But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything— even what they cherish most—to ensure the survival of their friends…and mankind.

War has come to Earth. And no matter the outcome, the future will never be the same for those left standing.

No. 39 for 2015

Title: Origins (Lux #4)
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rating: 3/5
Book: 38/50
Pages:  364 pgs
Total Pages: 14,592/15,000 pages
Version: Book
Next up: Opposition (Lux #5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was stronger than book three was and I definitely look forward to reading more. The addition of the Origins is interesting and I want to know more about them!

 About the Book:

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

All Katy can do is survive.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Together, they can face anything.

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on?

And will they even be together?