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2) Kingdom of Ash -Sarah J. Maas

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"Aelin smiled, and Goldryn burned brighter. "I am a god."  She unleashed herself upon them." Last fall, while procrastinating my school work in the library, I picked up the first book to this series, Throne of Glass, having no idea what adventure was in store for me.  I miraculously had never heard of the series before and thought it was going to be a stand alone novel, but boy was I wrong.  These books have been the most intense and magical things I perhaps have ever read.  The characters of this story each have a place in my heart.  Now, it's time to wallow in my sorrows of post book blues.  After the first two books, this series completely transformed into a whole new somewhat concept.  There have been many opinions in whether the story got better or worse from this, but I think it got a whole lot better.  Not only was this the introduction to so many new and amazing characters but, it was also the beginning of character development to the main thre
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1.) The Book Thief -Markus Zusak

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"One was a book thief.  The other stole the sky." This is a popular book and after seeing all the good reviews, I decided to give it a go.  Let me tell you, this story has left me speechless.  It is no where near what I was expecting.  Historical fiction isn't usually at the top of my genre list, but the satisfaction of this amazing book is encouraging me to read more.  The narration of third person, Liesel (the main girl character), and Death itself already drew me in quickly when I first picked it up.  I love the style of how this book is told, incredibly interesting and unique. On the way to her new foster parents, Liesels younger brother doesn't make it.  After his funeral she finds a book dropped by a gravedigger and takes it, which begins the story of the book thief.  I easily fell in love with the characters in this book: Liesel was able to easily connect and make such good relationships with others, even though she had gone through so much on her own
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