September Wrap Up 2017 | BookTube

Hello Book Lovers!!!

I have for you today a very late September Wrap Up! I had a really good September reading month so I wanted to share with you everything I have read. I hope you had a great reading month in September and I hope you enjoy the video!

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx

Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han - Review

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I've finally finished my first book of October and it was Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han. I really enjoyed this book and I'm glad Jenny Han decided to write another Lara Jean book after this was originally going to be a duology. As this is the third and final book in the series there will be spoilers for the previous two books so if you don't want to be spoiled then look away now!

In this chapter of the story we follow Lara Jean and Peter's relationship in their final year of high school. They are applying for colleges to begin in the new academic year and both of them have their hearts set on places they would like to go.

Peter gets into the college he's always dreamed of going to but when a surprise twist happens to Lara Jean she's left unsure on what to do and whether her relationship with Peter will be able to continue when the two of them start college.

This is a really cute story of love, friendship, family and growing up and I think Jenny Han did a great job in writing an unexpected third book to the series.

As the series has developed I've loved each and every one of the characters more and more. In the first book I wasn't a fan of Lara Jean and found her annoying and immature but I feel like I've seen her develop from an immature teenager to a young adult ready for a new chapter in her life.

Peter also grew on me a lot throughout the series as I found him really full of himself originally but in this book I loved his character and how his and Lara Jean's relationship carried on developing.

The sister element to this series is something I've always loved and it was great to see all the sisters reunited in this story and see the incredible support they have for one another through all the ups and downs they face.

It was also lovely to see the girls' dad in a new relationship and find out much more about that relationship in this story. It was really nice to see their dad happier and I really felt a sense of development and moving on from this side of the story.

The storyline and writing were easy to follow and I never felt like I was getting lost. I felt at times like I was in the story and I was actually part of their lives and living through their eyes.

Overall I think this is a great read if you want something fast paced, cute and contemporary and I definitely recommend this whole trilogy.

Rating /5

4

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart - Review

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I finished reading We Were Liars by E. Lockhart and I did enjoy it but nowhere near as much as I was hoping to. This book gets a lot of hype and I think my expectations were just too high going into it.

I can't really explain too much about what this book is about without spoiling it so I'll just say that it's about a girl and her family and friends, and there is something mysterious happening where the girl feels like she is being lied to and everyone apart from her seem to know what's happening/what has happened.

Like I said I can't really talk about this book in detail without spoiling things so that's all I'm going to say about the synopsis.

I thought that this book began quite well and I was engaged quite quickly however I did struggle working out who each character was and how they were linked to the main character. There was so many people to follow and even though there is a family tree right at the beginning of the book I still struggled with keeping up. This did hinder my enjoyment to the story a bit as I love to get attached to characters but this wasn't something I was able to do in this story.

I found the writing style to be something a bit new to me. Although I found it fairly poetic this was also something that took me a while to get used to. Once I was used to it however I did start to enjoy this element to the book a lot more.

The ending of the story I really enjoyed and this was what brought my final rating up a little bit. I found that the build up to what was happening exciting and I wanted to know what was going to happen as quickly as possible. And when I did find out I thought it was a good finale to the story.

Overall I did have quite a few issues with this book and I do think it gets a little bit too much hype, however I can also understand why other people might love this book. I'd recommend it if you like mystery elements to stories but be warned that keeping up with the characters can be quite tricky!

Rating /5

3

Happy Reading!!!

xHannahx