5 Words - The Passage by Justin Cronin

5 words I would use to describe this book: post-apocalyptic, vampires, experimenting with medicine, epic, survivors

I finally finished this book.  I feel like I've been reading it for a year now.  It was highly recommended on a few blogs I read, but I have to say it wasn't one of my favorites.  The first half of the book kept me on the edge of my seat and I LOVED it, but the second, post-apocalyptic half really dragged for me.   I guess I didn't find the characters in the last half of the book as interesting.  There was some great character development in the first half of the book but I kind of felt like it didn't really go anywhere.  For example, I really liked reading about Carter in the first part of the book but his mentions in the second half of the book made me wonder why he was so built up in the first place. 

I still think I would give this book 3 and a half or 4 stars because I loved the first half of the book so much.

5 Words - Cloaked by Alex Flinn

5 words I would use to describe this book: fairy tales retold, adventure, magic, romance, flordia

I just finished this book last night, and I have to say it was my least favorite book by Flinn.  This one felt a little more childish than the previous two that I've read (Beastly and A Kiss in Time).  I have to admit the 'She's beautiful and rich so I guess I have to marry her' attitude that Johnny has in the beginning of the book was really grating on my nerves so I almost didn't make it through this book.  Once the adventure picked up though, I found Johnny to be a little more likable and I really enjoyed trying to figure out which fairy tales were in the story.

5 Words - Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

 

5 words I would use to describe this book: romance, paris, high school, young love, family/freind relationships

This was a sweet little book that I finished in about 2 days.  I loved the romance of Paris and the build up of Anna's relationship with Saint Claire, but the book was pretty predictable and focuses pretty strictly on their romance.  That being said, it was a fun, light reading kind of book. 

5 Words - Horns by Joe Hill

Since I can't seem to find enough time to make sufficient 'book thought' posts, I thought it might be fun to try making posts where I try to explain a book I've recently read in 5 words.  I've come across this on a few other blogs and I thought it was pretty neat so I'll give it a whirl.  I'm going to make another post right after this one because I finished 2 books this week, so sorry for the  back to back posts.

 

5 words I would use to describe this book:  anti-hero, love story, horror, revenge, mystery

Love story is technically 2 words, I hope you will let that slide.  

I really loved this book.  It made me laugh, it made me cry and I was dazzled by how every little piece of the story fit together.  I can honestly say that I didn't see any of the twists coming.  I'm definitely picking up Heart Shaped Box after I finish the audiobook I started right after this book.  I feel that this book is in the same sort of category as The Gargoyle, where I found myself cringing or really uncomfortable reading parts of it, but the outcome was totally worth all of it.  I added this book to my favorites shelf and will probably re-read it in the future.