The Darkest Part of the Forest

Darkest Part of the Forest
Holly Black
239 pages

Direct from Holly Black's website: http://blackholly.com/books/darkest-part-forest/

Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for.
Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.
At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointy as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.
Until one day, he does…
As the world turns upside down and a hero is needed to save them all, Hazel tries to remember her years spent pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?

My Opinion:
This book just hooked me in and didn't let me go until the last page. Hazel and Ben are amazing. Jack is wonderful. And Serevin is the perfect fairy prince. There is a mystery but it slowly and surely unfolds. I can relate with Hazel: wanting to save her town and protect her loved ones at all cost. Even the point about boys. Relationships aren't something i am good at. Hook up and leave.
Fairy tales and mysteries are my favorite types of stories. Fairies are known for their  good and bad deeds and well this town knows them both. The blessing of a fairy sounds wonderful, but magic always come with a price. I would love to be able to play music like Ben, but the price of the music being too strong seems like too much. This world is wonderful and pulls me in so much. I was deeply affected by each page and i couldn't turn the pages fast enough. At the end tears of joy were brimming up about to fall over, all of the characters got a happy ever after. And that's all i ever ask for.
I recommend you read this story. It was GREAT! Now do you think there will be a sequel?

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We were Liars

We were Liars
E. Lockhart
225 pages

Direct from E.Lockhart's website :  http://www.emilylockhart.com/books/we-were-liars

A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate,
political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

My Opinion: 
This book was amazing. Each new part of the book revealed more and more. The revelations got me. I never would have gotten the ending when i first opened the book, but after going through this journey with Cadence i see the puzzle pieces connecting more and more. Andddd itttssss soooo sad. I finished the book during my lunch and i just wanted to cryyyy. I recommend this book to others. Its wonderful. We were liars is very short. It took me only a couple of hours over the course of two days to finish it. When i had a chance to read,i just wouldn't put it down. I loved all the characters and all the assumptions i had about them in the beginning were thrown out at the end. I see each character a little differently after both Cadence and I found out the truth. Please read this wonderful book and expect the unexpected. The bonds surrounding the Sinclair family are hard to break. Its crazy as we unravel them one by one into a glorious finish. I'm telling you now that E. Lockhart has an interesting mind to come up with this intricate of a plot. Its like a bowl on ice cream with sprinkles. You consume the story quickly until the last scoop is there. And once you have consumed that scoop as well, then the mystery is unraveled  bare before you and you wish you had savored that innocence  and ice cream a little more.

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P.P.S. This is a Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl book.