Opinião: A Court of Mist and Fury de Sarah J. Maas

Olá!

Hoje vim falar sobre o segundo livro numa das minhas séries preferidas, o A Court of Mist and Fury! 

Já tinha o livro cá em casa há alguns meses, mas entre a escola e o resto das coisas que tenho para fazer, só consegui lê-lo o mês passado, e é óbvio que superou todas as minhas expectativas! 

Título: A Court of Mist and Fury

Autor(a): Sarah J. Maas
Editora: Bloomsbury Children's

Páginas: 624

Sinopse: Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people. 

Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world torn apart.

Série A Court of Thorns and Roses:

Livro 1 - A Court of Thorns and Roses

Livro 2 - A Court of Mist and Fury

Livro 3 - Ainda sem título

Compre o livro aqui!

A minha opinião está no vídeo e como já devem saber, a primeira parte do vídeo é sem spoilers e a segunda é com spoilers, por isso, quem ainda não leu este livro, pode ver o vídeo!

Review: Because I Love You - Tori Rigby

Hi!

I got a copy of this book via Netgalley for free in an exchange for an honest review, so here's my review of this book!

Thank you Blaze Publishing!

P.S. I'm sorry to all of my Portuguese viewers, but I will talk about this book in my August Wrap-up.

Title: Because I Love You

Writer: Tori Rigby

Published by: Blaze Publishing

Pages: 330

Summary: Eight weeks after sixteen-year-old Andie Hamilton gives her virginity to her best friend, “the stick” says she’s pregnant.
Her friends treat her like she’s carrying the plague, her classmates torture and ridicule her, and the boy she thought loved her doesn’t even care. Afraid to experience the next seven months alone, she turns to her ex-boyfriend, Neil Donaghue, a dark-haired, blue-eyed player. With him, she finds comfort and the support she desperately needs to make the hardest decision of her life: whether or not to keep the baby.
Then a tragic accident leads Andie to discover Neil’s keeping a secret that could dramatically alter their lives, and she's forced to make a choice. But after hearing her son’s heartbeat for the first time, she doesn’t know how she’ll ever be able to let go.

Buy the book here! 

P.S. This review contains spoilers!

Because I Love You was a book that caught my eyes because of the storyline: a sixteen-years-old girl that gets pregnant. I've never read something similar to this, but since I want to start reading more diverse books I decided to give it a try! And I can say that I really enjoyed it!

I decided to start this book in the beginning of August out of curiosity, nothing more, but after a few pages, I was hooked into the story and the characters. I couldn't put it down, and in two days time I finished it! 

Opinião: Outlander de Diana Gabaldon

Olá!

Hoje venho falar sobre um livro já queria ler há anos, mas que por várias razões fui adiando a sua leitura. No entanto, este ano decidi que iria lê-lo, e assim o fiz!

Espero que gostem!

Título: Outlander

Autor(a): Diana Gabaldon
Editora: Cornerstone

Páginas: 864

Sinopse: What if your future was the past?
1946, and Claire Randall goes to the Scottish Highlands with her husband Frank. It’s a second honeymoon, a chance to learn how war has changed them and to re-establish their loving marriage. But one afternoon, Claire walks through a circle of standing stones and vanishes into 1743, where the first person she meets is a British army officer - her husband’s six-times great-grandfather.
Unfortunately, Black Jack Randall is not the man his descendant is, and while trying to escape him, Claire falls into the hands of a gang of Scottish outlaws, and finds herself a Sassenach - an outlander - in danger from both Jacobites and Redcoats.
Marooned amid danger, passion and violence, her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.


Sinopse em português: Claire leva uma vida dupla. Tem um marido num século e um amante noutro…
Em 1945, Claire Randall, ex-enfermeira do Exército, regressa da guerra e está com o marido numa segunda lua-de-mel quando inocentemente toca num rochedo de um antigo círculo de pedras. De súbito, é transportada para o ano de 1743, para o centro de uma escaramuça entre ingleses e escoceses. Confundida com uma prostituta pelo capitão inglês Black Jack Randall, um antepassado e sósia do seu marido, é a seguir sequestrada pelo poderoso clã MacKenzie. Estes julgam-na espia ou feiticeira, mas com a sua experiência em enfermagem, Claire passa por curandeira e ganha o respeito dos guerreiros. No entanto, como corre perigo de vida a solução é tornar-se membro do clã, casando com o guerreiro Jamie Fraser, que lhe demonstra uma paixão tão avassaladora e um amor tão absoluto que Claire se sente dividida entre a fidelidade e o desejo... e entre dois homens completamente diferentes em duas vidas irreconciliáveis.
Vive-se um período excepcionalmente conturbado nas Terras Altas da Escócia, que culminará com a quase extinção dos clãs na batalha de Culloden, entre ingleses e escoceses. Catapultada para um mundo de intrigas e espiões que pode pôr em risco a sua vida, uma pergunta insistente martela os pensamentos de Claire: O que fazer quando se conhece o futuro?

Compre o livro em inglês aqui ou em português aqui!

Série:

Livro 1 - Outlander (Outlander - Nas Asas do Tempo)

Livro 2 - Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander - A Libélula Presa no Âmbar)

Livro 3 - Voyager (A Viajante)

Livro 4 - Drums of Autumn (Os Tambores de Outono)

Livro 5 - The Fiery Cross

Livro 6 - A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Livro 7 - An Echo in the Bone

Livro 8 - Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Livro 9 - Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone

A minha opinião está no vídeo e como já devem saber, a primeira parte do vídeo é sem spoilers e a segunda é com spoilers, por isso, quem ainda não leu este livro, pode ver o vídeo!

Review: Monstress Volume 1: Awakening - Marjorie Liu

Hi!

I got a copy of this graphic novel via Netgalley for free in an exchange for an honest review, so here's my review!

Thank you Diamond Book Distributors!

P.S. I'm sorry to all of my Portuguese viewers, but I will talk about this graphic novel in my July Wrap-up.


Title: Monstress Volume 1: Awakening
Story By: Marjorie Liu
Art By: Sana Takeda
Published by: Diamond Book Distributors
Pages: 192
MONSTRESS #1-6

Summary: Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.




I was provided with the six single issues of this graphic novel because the collected edition came out on July 13th. If you want to buy the collected edition, buy it here.


Monstress Volume 1: Awakening caught my eyes because of the sentence "Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia", and also because of the astonishing artwork that Sana Takeda did.
Sadly I didn't see a lot of historical references but I should had expected since it clearly says "alternate". Despite that, the artwork was beautiful and I couldn't love it more!

I am not the biggest fan of graphic novels because, in my opinion, they usually lack in the world building department and I never truly relate with the characters.
With that said, Monstress Vol.1 was a bit of a disappointment but also a good surprise.

Review: Glass Sword - Victoria Aveyard

Hi!

I got a copy of this book via Netgalley for free in an exchange for an honest review, so here's my review of this book!

Thank you Orion Publishing Group!

P.S. I'm sorry to all of my portuguese viewers, but I will talk about this book in my July Wrap-up.

Title: Glass Sword

Writer: Victoria Aveyard

Published by: Orion Publishing Group

Pages: 464

Red Queen #2

Summary: From the NEW YORK TIMES number one bestselling author of RED QUEEN.

If there's one thing Mare Barrow knows, it's that she's different.

Mare's blood is red - the colour of common folk - but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court wants to control.

Pursued by the vengeful Silver king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join the rebellion.

But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

Red Queen Series:

Book 1 - Red Queen

Book 2 - Glass Sword

Book 3 - King's Cage

Book 4 - Untitled

Buy the book here! 

P.S. This review contains spoilers!

I read 'Red Queen' in the beginning of this year, and even though it wasn't the best book I've ever read, I did liked it, and the ending made me really excited for 'Glass Sword'. Well, let's just say what a disappointment...

Don't get me wrong, 'Glass Sword' had good moments and there were some parts when I was really enjoying it, but overall I don't think it was as good as the first one. Actually I can summarize this book with one simple sentence: Mare, Mare and Mare.

Opinião: (SÉRIE) The Winner's Trilogy de Marie Rutkoski

Olá!

Hoje venho falar um pouco sobre uma série que terminei recentemente, e que no próximo dia 18 começará a ser publicada cá em Portugal, com a publicação do primeiro livro, The Winner's Curse ou A Maldição do Vencedor.

Então, a série em questão é The Winner's Trilogy da Marie Rutkoski, e eu posso já dizer que a adorei! Mal posso esperar pelo próximo livro desta autora!

Espero que gostem. 

Título: The Winner's Curse ou A Maldição do Vencedor

Autor(a): Marie Rutkoski 

Páginas: 368/320

Sinopse: As a general's daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. Kestrel has other ideas. One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in Arin, a young slave up for auction. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him - and for a sensational price that sets the society gossips talking. It's not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin. But he, too, has a secret and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for him is much higher than she ever could have imagined. The first novel in a stunning new trilogy, The Winner's Curse is a story of romance, rumours and rebellion, where dirty secrets and careless alliances can be deadly - and everything is at stake.

Sinopse em português:

Kestrel, jovem filha do poderoso general de Valoria, tem apenas duas opções: alistar-se no exército ou casar-se. Ela tem, no entanto, outras aspirações e procura libertar-se do seu destino, rebelando-se contra o pai.

Num passeio clandestino pela cidade, Kestrel vai parar a um leilão de escravos, onde se depara com um jovem, Arin, que parece querer desafiar o mundo inteiro sozinho. Num impulso, ela acaba por comprá-lo — por um preço tão alto, que a torna alvo de mexericos na sociedade.

Arin pertence ao povo de Herrani, conquistado dez anos antes pelos Valorianos. Além de ser um ferreiro exímio, revela-se também um cantor extraordinário, despertando a curiosidade de Kestrel. Arin, contudo, tem um segredo, e Kestrel não tardará a descobrir que o preço que pagou por ele poderá custar muito mais do que aquilo que alguma vez imaginara.

Título: The Winner's Crime

Autor(a): Marie Rutkoski 

Páginas: 416

Sinopse: Lady Kestrel's engagement to Valoria's crown prince calls for great celebration: balls and performances, fireworks and revelry. But to Kestrel it means a cage of her own making. Embedded in the imperial court as a spy, she lives and breathes deceit and cannot confide in the one person she really longs to trust ...While Arin fights to keep his country's freedom from the hands of his enemy, he suspects that Kestrel knows more than she shows. As Kestrel comes closer to uncovering a shocking secret, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. Lies will come undone, and Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them in this second book in the breathtaking Winner's trilogy.

Título: The Winner's Kiss

Autor(a): Marie Rutkoski 

Páginas: 496

Sinopse: Following the intrigue and danger of The Winner's Curse and the revolution and romance of The Winner's Crime, Kestrel finds herself in the tundra's mines and Arin has sailed home. The empire seems unstoppable. Lies will come undone, and Kestrel and Arin will learn just how much their crimes will cost them in this third and final installment in the heart-stopping Winner's trilogy.

Série:

Livro 1 -  The Winner's Curse ou A Maldição do Vencedor

Livro 2 - The Winner's Crime

Livro 3 - The Winner's Kiss

A minha opinião está no vídeo seguinte e como já devem saber, o início do vídeo é sem spoilers e depois eu anuncio quando houver spoilers, por isso, quem ainda não leu esta série, pode ver o vídeo!

Beijinhos, Ana!

Opinião: Me Before You (Viver Depois de Ti) de Jojo Moyes

Olá!

Hoje venho falar sobre um livro que li muito recentemente, devido ao filme estar quase a sair, e que foi maravilhoso em todos os sentidos!

Esse livro é Me Before You ou Viver Depois de Ti (título em português) da Jojo Moyes!

Título: Me Before You

Autora: Jojo Moyes

Editora: Penguin Books

Páginas: 512

Me Before You #1

Sinopse: Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.

What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane.

Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that.

What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.

Sinopse em português: Louisa Clark é uma jovem com uma vida banal - um namorado estável, trabalhador e uma família unida - que nunca saiu da aldeia onde sempre viveu. Quando fica desempregada, vê-se obrigada a aceitar um emprego em casa de Will Traynor, que vive preso a uma cadeira de rodas, depois de um acidente. Ele sempre tinha vivido de um modo trepidante - grandes negócios, desportos radicais, viajante incansável - agora tudo isso ficou para trás.

Will é mordaz, temperamental e autoritário, mas Lou recusa tratá-lo com complacência e em breve a felicidade e o bem-estar dele tornam-se muito mais importantes do que ela esperaria. No entanto, quando Lou descobre que Will tem planos inconfessáveis para a sua vida, ela luta para lhe mostrar que ainda assim vale a pena viver.

Em Viver Depois de Ti, Jojo Moyes aborda um tema difícil e controverso, com sensibilidade, obrigando-nos a refletir sobre o direito à liberdade de escolha e as suas consequências.

Compre o livro em inglês aqui ou em português aqui!

Série:

Livro 1 - Me Before You (Viver Depois de Ti)

Livro 2 - After You

A minha opinião está no vídeo e como já devem saber, a primeira parte do vídeo é sem spoilers e a segunda é com spoilers, por isso, quem ainda não leu este livro, pode ver o vídeo!

Review: This Is Where It Ends - Marieke Nijkamp

Hi!

I got a copy of this book via Netgalley for free in an exchange for an honest review, so here's my review of this book!

Thank you Sourcebooks Fire!

P.S. I'm sorry to all of my portuguese viewers, but I will talk about this book in my December Wrap-up.

Title: This Is Where It Ends

Writer: Marieke Nijkamp

Published by: Sourcebooks Fire

Pages: 292

Summary: 10:00 a.m. The principal of Opportunity, Alabama's high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.
10:02 a.m. The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.
10:03 The auditorium doors won't open.
10:05 Someone starts shooting.
Told over the span of 54 harrowing minutes from four different perspectives, terror reigns as one student's calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival.

This book comes out on January 5th! You can pre-order here.

‘This Is Where It Ends’ is a book about a huge and critical problem (that takes place frequently in the U.S.) which is school shootings. I’ll be honest, I had no expectations going into this book and I think that worked out really well for me because I adored it!

Sure I have one or two things that I would’ve liked to had seen in the book but besides that I can say that I totally loved it!

Review: Passenger - Alexandra Bracken

Hi!

I got a copy of this book via Netgalley for free in an exchange for an honest review, so here's my review of this book!

Thank you Disney-Hyperion!

P.S. I'm sorry to all of my portuguese viewers, but I will talk about this book in my December Wrap-up.

Title: Passenger
Writer: Alexandra Bracken
Published by: Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 464

Summary: In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years from home. And she’s inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she’s never heard of. Until now.

Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods—a powerful family in the colonies—and the servitude he’s known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he can’t escape and the family that won’t let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, Nicholas’ passenger, can find. In order to protect her, he must ensure she brings it back to them— whether she wants to or not.
Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods’ grasp. But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are play­ing, treacherous forces threaten to sep­arate Etta not only from Nicholas but from her path home . . . forever

Passenger Series:

Book 1 - Passenger

Book 2 - Passenger #2

Book 3 - Passenger #3

This book comes out on January 5th! You can pre-order here.

As I said before, I requested this e-ARC from Netgalley and I was sure I wasn't going to get it... but I did, and I was so happy about it that I had to immediately start this book!

Alexandra Bracken is well known in the BookTube and BookBlog community for her previous series, ‘The Darkest Minds’ series, and while I haven’t read that series I always wanted to read something written by Bracken and this was my chance! And a great one, I might add because the concept of this book is about time travelling which I love! And with all of this, I can honestly say that I had high expectations for ‘Passenger’.

But I was disappointed…

There were a lot of things that I didn't like about this book, and I think I will start with those since this list is bigger than the list of things I actually did like.

First of all, I didn't enjoy Alexandra Bracken’s writing. In the beginning, I was struggling with it because, as a non-native English speaker, there were words and expressions that I couldn’t understand even though I’ve read a lot of books written in English.

Bracken’s writing is really meticulous and she tries to make it as beautiful as possible which doesn’t make it any easier to understand. And you can say that is not the author’s problem, that it is my problem because I am the one who wasn't born in any English speaking country, and I agree with you!

The thing is, in the beginning, the writing was difficult to understand but after a while it got better and I could follow it completely, but then it got boring…

There were a lot of parts that I think it could had been cut out such as internal thoughts that did not lead to anywhere.

Opinião: Queen of Shadows de Sarah J. Maas

Olá!!
Hoje venho dar como terminado o #SetembroMaas (mesmo que hoje seja 1 de outubro), com a minha opinião do livro mais recente da Sarah J. Maas, que inspirou esta série/rubrica, Queen of Shadows!
Adorei falar sobre todos os livros desta série e espero que vos tenha incentivado a lê-la!
Espero que gostem.

Título: Queen of Shadows
Autora: Sarah J. Maas
Editora: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Páginas: 648
Throne of Glass #4

Sinopse: The queen has returned.
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past…
She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.
She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.
The fourth volume in the New York Times bestselling series continues Celaena’s epic journey and builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.

Série Throne of Glass:

Livro 0.1-0.5 - The Assassin's Blade
Livro 1 - Throne of Glass
Livro 2 - Crown of Midnight
Livro 3 - Heir of Fire
Livro 4 - Queen of Shadows
Livro 5 - Sem título
Livro 6 - Sem título

Compre o livro aqui!

A minha opinião está no vídeo e como já sabem, a primeira parte do vídeo é sem spoilers e a segunda é com spoilers, por isso, quem ainda não leu este livro, pode ver o vídeo.

Opinião: Heir of Fire de Sarah J. Maas

Olá!!
E mais uma vez, num domingo, assim como prometi, vim trazer-vos outra opinião de #SetembroMaas, que já está quase a acabar sendo que só me falta falar mais de um livro, o Queen of Shadows! Mas isso, será só na próxima quarta-feira!
Hoje, trago-vos a minha opinião sobre Heir of Fire, o terceiro livro da série Throne of Glass!
Espero que gostem!

Título: Heir of Fire
Autora: Sarah J. Maas
Editora: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Páginas: 562
Throne of Glass #3

Sinopse: She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one.
Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth...a truth about her heritage that could change her life—and her future—forever.
Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena must find the strength to not only fight her inner demons but to battle the evil that is about to be unleashed.
The king's assassin takes on an even greater destiny and burns brighter than ever before in this follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Crown of Midnight.

Série Throne of Glass:

Livro 0.1-0.5 - The Assassin's Blade
Livro 1 - Throne of Glass
Livro 2 - Crown of Midnight
Livro 3 - Heir of Fire
Livro 4 - Queen of Shadows
Livro 5 - Sem título
Livro 6 - Sem título

Compre o livro aqui!

A minha opinião está no vídeo e como já sabem, a primeira parte do vídeo é sem spoilers e a segunda é com spoilers, por isso, quem ainda não leu este livro, pode ver o vídeo.

Opinião: Crown of Midnight de Sarah J. Maas

Olá!!
Hoje vim dar-vos mais uma opinião para #SetembroMaas, e desta vez essa opinião será do segundo livro da série Throne of Glass, ou seja, Crown of Midnight!
Espero que gostem!


Título: Crown of Midnight
Autora: Sarah J. Maas
Editora: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Páginas: 418
Throne of Glass #2

Sinopse: "A line that should never be crossed is about to be breached. It puts this entire castle in jeopardy—and the life of your friend."
From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil.
Keeping up the deadly charade becomes increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. As she tries to untangle the mysteries buried deep within the glass castle, her closest relationships suffer. It seems no one is above questioning her allegiances—not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel heart.
Then one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. As Celaena's world shatters, she will be forced to give up the very thing most precious to her and decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie... and whom she is ultimately willing to fight for.

Série Throne of Glass:

Livro 0.1-0.5 - The Assassin's Blade
Livro 1 - Throne of Glass
Livro 2 - Crown of Midnight
Livro 3 - Heir of Fire
Livro 4 - Queen of Shadows
Livro 5 - Sem título
Livro 6 - Sem título

Compre o livro aqui!

A minha opinião está no vídeo e como já sabem, a primeira parte do vídeo é sem spoilers e a segunda é com spoilers, por isso, quem ainda não leu este livro, pode ver o vídeo.

Opinião: The Assassin's Blade de Sarah J. Maas

Olá!
Hoje, em continuação com a série #SetembroMaas, vou publicar a opinião do livro The Assassin's Blade, que é o livro que junta as cinco novellas que antecedem os eventos de Throne of Glass.
Eu preferia, e recomendo, ter lido este livro logo depois de ter acabado Throne of Glass, o que não aconteceu, mas isso não quer dizer que não vos possa recomendar a ordem cronológica que eu prefiro para ler esta série, que é: primeiro, Throne of Glass e depois The Assassin's Blade!
E agora, vamos lá ver a minha opinião!

Título: The Assassin's Blade
Autora: Sarah J. Maas
Editora: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Páginas: 448
Throne of Glass #0.1-0.5

Sinopse: Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan's most feared assassin. As part of the Assassin's Guild, her allegiance is to her master, Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. In these action-packed novellas - together in one edition for the first time - Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and seeks to avenge the tyrannous. But she is acting against Arobynn's orders and could suffer an unimaginable punishment for such treachery. Will Celaena ever be truly free? Explore the dark underworld of this kick-ass heroine to find out.

Série Throne of Glass:

Livro 0.1-0.5 - The Assassin's Blade
Livro 1 - Throne of Glass
Livro 2 - Crown of Midnight
Livro 3 - Heir of Fire
Livro 4 - Queen of Shadows
Livro 5 - Sem título
Livro 6 - Sem título

Compre o livro aqui!

A minha opinião está no vídeo e como já sabem, a primeira parte do vídeo é sem spoilers e a segunda é com spoilers, por isso, quem ainda não leu este livro, pode ver o vídeo.

Opinião: Throne of Glass (Trono de Vidro) de Sarah J. Maas

Olá!
Hoje decidi começar uma nova "série", intitulada de #SetembroMaas em que vou falar de todos os livros que já li da série Throne of Glass, em comemoração ao quarto livro, Queen of Shadows, ter saído no dia 1 deste mês, por isso, não fiquem espantados quando começarem a ver imensas opiniões no canal!
Por mera coincidência, hoje mesmo vai ser publicado o primeiro livro da série Throne of Glass cá em Portugal, com o título de Trono de Vidro, e até é engraçado o facto de ter de publicar a minha opinião sobre esse livro no dia da sua publicação cá no nosso país.
E eu tenho a edição inglesa, por isso vou publicar todas as informações em inglês, mas caso queiram saber mais sobre a edição portuguesa, podem ver aqui.
Espero que gostem!

Título: Throne of Glass
Autora: Sarah J. Maas
Editora: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Páginas: 404
Throne of Glass #1

Sinopse: After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.
Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

Bom, não consigo resistir e vou ter de colocar a capa portuguesa e a sinopse portuguesa!

Numa terra em que a magia foi banida e em que o rei governa com mão de ferro, uma assassina é chamada ao castelo. Ela vai, não para matar o rei, mas para conquistara sua própria liberdade. Se derrotar os vinte e três oponentes em competição, será libertada da prisão para servir a Coroa com o estatuto de campeão do rei - o assassino do rei. O seu nome é Celaena Sardothien. O príncipe herdeiro vai provocá-la. O capitão da Guarda vai protegê-la. Mas um halo maléfico vagueia no castelo de vidro - e está lá para matar. Quando os seus concorrentes começam a morrer um a um, a luta de Celaena pela liberdade torna-se numa luta pela sobrevivência e numa jornada inesperada para expor um mal antes de que este destrua o seu mundo.

Série Throne of Glass:

Livro 0.1-0.5 - The Assassin's Blade
Livro 1 - Throne of Glass
Livro 2 - Crown of Midnight
Livro 3 - Heir of Fire
Livro 4 - Queen of Shadows
Livro 5 - Sem título
Livro 6 - Sem título

Compre o livro aqui em português ou aqui em inglês!

A minha opinião está no vídeo e como já devem saber, a primeira parte do vídeo é sem spoilers e a segunda é com spoilers, por isso, quem ainda não leu este livro, pode ver o vídeo!

Review: World After - Susan Ee

Hi!
I got a copy of this book via Netgalley for free in an exchange for an honest review, so here's my review of this book!
Thank you Amazon Children's Publishing (Skyscape)!
P.S. Sorry to all of my portuguese viewers, but once I finish this series I will record a video talking about the books!

Title: World After
Writer: Susan Ee
Published by: Skyscape
Pages: 314

Summary: In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world.
When a group of people capture Penryn's sister, Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken.
Penryn drives through the streets of San Francisco looking for Paige. Why are the streets so empty? Where is everybody? Her search leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans where she catches a glimpse of their motivations, and learns the horrifying extent to which the angels are willing to go.
Meanwhile, Raffe hunts for his wings. Without them, he can't rejoin the angels, can't take his rightful place as one of their leaders. When faced with recapturing his wings or helping Penryn survive, which will he choose?

Penryn & the End of Days Series:

Book 1 - Angelfall

Book 2 - World After

Book 3 - End of Days

Buy the book here! 
P.S. This review contains a lot of spoilers!

After reading the first book of this trilogy I wanted to jump right into this next one because 'Angelfall' was amazing!
And I was really excited to see what would happen to Penryn and Raffe in this book, but I'm sorry to say that even though I enjoyed it, 'World After' didn't amazed me as much as 'Angelfall'.

The first thing that I have to point out is the fact that the first half of this book was so slow paced and not that interesting. Maybe it was because Raffe wasn't there to make me laugh and maybe that was Susan Ee's point: make us realize how Penryn would interact without Raffe.
In any case, I didn't like it.
And when Raffe and Penryn met again, the book took a completely different speed and it was so rushed, like everything was happening so much faster until the book ended!
I didn't like the contrast between the first half of the book and the second half of the book, and I think it would been better if it was in the contrary: the first half faster and the second half slower.

With that being said, I really liked this book!
It was so much darker and intense than the first one and that's not a bad thing at all.
The things that we discover were so different from what I was expecting! It seems like Susan Ee's imagination doesn't know how to stop or when to stop creating a plot that's completely bizarre but also open-mouthed!

Opinião: Maybe Someday de Colleen Hoover

Olá!!

Há uns meses, li um livro de uma autora que já há muito tempo desejava ler. Autora essa, que é muito bem falada por imensos leitores, por isso, estava com as minhas expectativas bastante altas.

Mas infelizmente, não gostei assim tanto da minha primeira experiência com a Colleen Hoover, com o seu livro Maybe Someday...

Título: Maybe Someday
Autora: Colleen Hoover
Editora: Atria Books
Páginas: 367

Sinopse: At twenty-two years old, Sydney is enjoying a great life: She’s in college, working a steady job, in love with her wonderful boyfriend, Hunter, and rooming with her best friend, Tori. But everything changes when she discovers that Hunter is cheating on her—and she’s forced to decide what her next move should be.

Soon, Sydney finds herself captivated by her mysterious and attractive neighbor, Ridge. She can't take her eyes off him or stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. And there’s something about Sydney that Ridge can’t ignore, either. They soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one. 

A passionate tale of friendship, betrayal, and romance, Maybe Someday will immerse readers in Sydney’s tumultuous world from the very first page.

Compre o livro aqui!

------Sem spoilers!-----

Devido a ter ficado doente na altura, o livro nem me demorou 24 horas para acabar.

A primeira parte do livro foi bastante boa, isso é verdade. Eu adorei o Ridge, sendo ele a minha personagem favorita, mas as outras personagens também eram bastante boas, o que era uma grande vantagem!

Mas depois, as coisas começaram a ficar fora do controlo e eu comecei a perder o gosto por esta leitura.
Mas o pior para mim, foi mesmo a personagem feminina, a Sydney! Ela irritou-me tanto na segunda metade do livro, e explico o porquê na parte com spoilers.
E é por isto tudo, que não dei mais estrelas a este livro, porque se os problemas que tive não estivessem lá, eu com certeza que teria dado uma classificação maior.

                           

------Com spoilers!-----

Review: MANGA CLASSICS: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Po Tse, Stacy King

Hi!!
I got a copy of this book via Netgalley for free in an exchange for an honest review, so here's my review on this manga!
Thank you Udon Entertainment!
P.S. Sorry to all of my portuguese viewers, but I will talk about this book on my May Wrap-Up video.



Title: MANGA CLASSICS: Pride and Prejudice
Writer: Jane Austen, Po Tse, Stacy King
Published by: Udon Entertainment
Pages: 377

Summary: Beloved by millions the world over, Pride & Prejudice is delightfully transformed in this bold, new manga adaptation. All of the joy, heartache, and romance of Jane Austen's original, perfectly illuminated by the sumptuous art of manga-ka Po Tse, and faithfully adapted by Stacy E. King.

Buy the book here!

This was my first attempt to read a manga and I enjoyed it. In the beginning, reading from the end to the beginning and from the right to the left was hard but after a couple of minutes, it wasn't a big deal.

I've read the actual 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen and I love that book, so it wasn't surprising that this year I was wanting to read it again. When I saw this manga on Netgalley, I though it was a great way to reread the story but in a much  faster way.

I really liked Po Tse's illustrations! They were elegant and sophisticated which gave a nice touch to the book and to the story. But I would have preferred if they had colors, because I think the black and white illustrations didn't helped readers understand and enjoy this manga at its full potential.

Opinião: (SÉRIE) Shatter Me de Tahereh Mafi

Olá!

Há pouco tempo acabei a trilogia "Shatter Me" da Tahereh Mafi e hoje, decidi contar-vos o que achei.
Esta opinião é um pouco diferente porque não é só sobre um livro mas sim, neste caso, três livros.
E se ainda não começaram esta trilogia, recomendo que comecem porque é fantástica!
Mas infelizmente, ainda não foi publicada cá em Portugal.

Review: Angelfall - Susan Ee

Hi!!
I got a copy of this book via Netgalley for free in an exchange for an honest review, so here's my review of this perfect book!
Thank you Amazon Children's Publishing (Skyscape)!
P.S. Sorry to all of my portuguese viewers, but once I finish this series I will record a video talking about the books!


Title: Angelfall
Writer: Susan Ee
Published by: Skyscape
Pages: 288

Summary: It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night.
When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back. Anything, including making a deal with Raffe, an injured enemy angel.
Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they journey toward the angels’ stronghold in San Francisco, where Penryn will risk everything to rescue her sister and Raffe will put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.

Penryn & the End of Days Series:

Book 1 - Angelfall

Book 2 - World After

Book 3 - End of Days

Buy the book here! 

This book will possibly be the best book I have read this month! I have heard so much about Susan Ee's books but I never decided to pick it up until I received the copy from Netgalley.

'Angelfall' was such a delightful read, and I enjoyed every single word in it!
The best way I can describe this book is that it was like eating a cake and an ice cream, at the same time because it had nice and fluffy parts like a cake but it also had frosty parts that could actually frozen your brain, like ice cream does sometimes.

This book is about one girl named Penryn, who is trying to survive with her family after the apocalypse. The world is really cruel and dark, and she's trying to keep everyone safe, including her. But one day, an angel flies away with her younger sister, and she does the only thing possible: negotiate with another angel to get her back.

And as I said, the world is really dark and cruel, since it has suffer with tsunamis and fires because of the angels and besides that, everyone is trying to survive so it's basically every man for himself.
But this didn't stop me from loving the book! Susan Ee wrote a frightening version of the Earth, but it also wrote the most fantastic characters and the most fantastic story line, so that you couldn't literally take your eyes off this book!

Review: Finding Audrey - Sophie Kinsella

Hi!!
I got a copy of this book via Netgalley for free in an exchange for an honest review, so here's my review on this amazing book! Thank you Penguin Random House UK Children's.
P.S. Sorry to all of my portuguese viewers, if you want I can also make a portuguese review of this book ok?


Title: Finding Audrey
Writer: Sophie Kinsella
Published by: Delacorte Books
Pages: 288

Summary: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Shopaholic series comes a terrific blend of comedy, romance, and psychological recovery in a contemporary YA novel sure to inspire and entertain.
An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey’s daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus, her brother’s gaming teammate, she is energized. She connects with him. Audrey can talk through her fears with Linus in a way she’s never been able to do with anyone before. As their friendship deepens and her recovery gains momentum, a sweet romantic connection develops, one that helps not just Audrey but also her entire family.

This book comes out on June 4th! You can pre-order here.

I really enjoyed this book! Sophie Kinsella proved with 'Finding Audrey' that she can write the most horrible topics, and still have a humor and delight story.
And that was one of the million things I really enjoyed about it!

This book deals with a fourteen-year-old that suffers from anxiety and depression. And we get to see how it is to deal with those problems.