Review: His Kiss by Melanie Marks

His Kiss

Author: Melanie Marks
Pages:130
Publisher: Thunderstruck Publishing 
Release Date: November 3rd 2011
Author Website 
Available for Order: Amazon

Source: Bought

Ally’s world was totally on track: the right boyfriend, the right school committees, the right plans. But then she kisses the school “bad boy.” And now nothing is right. Nothing! Because all she can think about is … His Kiss.

My Take:
What happens when in order to save your boyfriend you have to kiss someone would you do it? What if said kiss was the most passionate kiss ever and left you day dreaming all day. Ally's life was perfect, she had the perfect boyfriend and was involved with school committees, what changed was when she was kissed by the school's bad boy Griffen "the griff-master". In order to spare her boyfriend Aiden, Griffen agrees only if Ally gives him a kiss. The price for the safety of her boyfriend never seemed so easy, but when a kiss leaves lingering thoughts what's a girl to do. Over time the kiss just is just left that way, because her boyfriend is on the hockey team Ally must attend a party with him. But when he is all too flirty with a 'lab partner' Ally is not having a good time at all. While at the party Ally can't help but want to leave the party but since she needs to be a good girlfriend and show a front, and with teens the only game that is interesting is three minutes in heaven. But when Aiden decides to not disappoint his team mates he goes into the closet without his girl. Yup that scum bag, but when Griff gets picked his choice shouldn't have been a surprised right, wrong. Every head turned to see what the good girl would do. She went for it, and for her it felt so wrong and oh so right. 


After that a kiss can linger on a mind for awhile, and with Aiden being the jerk he is and saying they grew apart, its Ally that decides that the kiss is something. Griff of course is the gentleman kinda, he knows to leave her be from time to time but also he knew what he was getting himself into. I fell for this because Ally really felt that first kiss and with her crush on 'The Griff-Master" a girl can only dream that a guy like that can look towards you. Griff is not a bad guy though, he maybe known to be over aggressive but when he is with Ally the whole thing eats your heart out. 


This was the cutest little story that I really enjoyed and I couldn't myself but telling Ally that Aiden was a jerk and she of course deserved better. The best kiss of all time, yup this only happens once in a lifetime and with Griffen yeah like that would ever happen, maybe in like a million years. Ally is a lucky girl, and all she had to do was share a kiss and instantly bam!! she was his even if she didn't want to admit it. I can't wait to re-read this like soon because it was that amazing. This was the story that pushed me to believe in the power of a kiss. Plus with lips like his who wouldn't want him.


5/5 stars

Review: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Forever
Author: Maggie Stefvater
Pages: 386
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Release Date: July 12th 2011
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The thrilling conclusion to #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy from Maggie Stievater
In Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER, Grace and Sam found each other. In LINGER, they fought to be together.

Now, in FOREVER, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.

My Take:
This one was emotional for me because I  had gotten used to all of the characters. I went along with Grace, Sam and Cole, their journey was emotional because I felt right there feeling the exact same things they were. The title says it all to how I finished this story, it took me forever and I am glad because I was able to have the story in life just a little longer. Of course I felt it ended well and the ending was beautifully ended well I really enjoyed the trilogy. The wolves of Mercy Falls will forever be in my life their story may have ended on paper but the story has just begun Maggie is an amazing person/author she really is the one to given the standing ovation for letting us enter the world of Mercy Falls Wolves.

5/5 stars

Review: Shiver and Linger by Maggie Stefvater

Shiver
Author: Maggie Stefvater
Pages: 392
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Release Date: August 1st 2009
Author Website

 the cold. 


Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—watches back. He feels deeply familiar to her, but she doesn't know why. 

the heat. 
Sam has lived two lives. As a wolf, he keeps the silent company of the girl he loves. And then, for a short time each year, he is human, never daring to talk to Grace...until now. 

the shiver. 
For Grace and Sam, love has always been kept at a distance. But once it's spoken, it cannot be denied. Sam must fight to stay human—and Grace must fight to keep him—even if it means taking on the scars of the past, the fragility of the present, and the impossibility of the future.

Linger

Author: Maggie Stefvater

Pages: 360

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Release Date: August 1st 2010
Author Website

In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other.  Now, inLinger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack.  And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole.

At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love -- the light and the dark, the warm and the cold -- in a way you will never forget.

My Take:

From the moment i picked up Shiver I knew it was going to be one to remember forever. I fell for Grace, Sam and their love is really beyond words. In Shiver, you get why the wolves are important and how Grace and Sam come together. You get the access you need to see that true love is beyond just a kiss it can even be a wolf's thought. I fell for Cole in Linger, he just came in and totally blew me away even though he came in as an ass he was a cute smart ass. I loved that too you got see Sam be Sam again but of course when one thing is good their has to be trouble. It couldn't have come at a worst time too but Grace was getting weaker, and not feeling like the Grace we all knew. Later on you know why and it hurt so much not only did I feel her pain but I also felt his pain. It was hard to get past it but over all these two books have told me one thing love it every where even though it comes in a different form.