tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42574421404704838082024-02-19T01:38:27.244-05:00YA Book Reviews with Lauralauraaelisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07518777444229548957noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257442140470483808.post-27827585346422826292012-02-26T08:09:00.000-05:002012-02-26T08:09:45.391-05:00Clockwork Angel Book Review<br />
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Cassandra
Clare is known by her Mortal Instruments Series, Cassie’s new series it’s a
prequel! You don’t need to read the Mortal Instruments for starting with the
exciting Infernal Devices but you’ll be pleased if you’re already into the MI. This
is the first book I’ve read about this author and what a journey!</div>
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beginning of the story I thought that this was just the kind of book that
everyone is hyped about because of the fame of her other series. But through
all the reading I discovered how talented Clare is!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The story
starts with Tessa Gray leaving New York to find her brother in England. Instead
of finding her brother and being happily ever after she’s kidnapped by two
witches, because<span style="background-color: #f1c232;"> Tessa is not the average girl, </span>she’s a kind of shape shifter
but her powers are way more powerful than just a simple shape shifter, what she
can do it’s just incredible. The thing is that she didn’t know about powers or
magical creatures so all this things are strange and scary for her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This book
is about Tessa discovering who she really is and how someone wants to use her
powers for his benefice. She’ll meet the Shadow hunters and she’ll focus in finding
her brother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has a lot of action <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">but a really slow beginning</span></b>. I needed 200 pages before I
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">I felt that he last 150 pages saved this book,</span></b> it was all about action
and I felt that towards the end Tessa was showing more personality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sincerely I expected more from this book because of all the things I’ve
heard about Clare’s series but definitely I’m going to give a chance to the
next book in this series Clockwork Prince.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #4c1130;">This read what a 4 stars read </span>taking in consideration the Pros a listed
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the last half of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i><b><span style="color: #20124d;">"One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and
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about Marco and Celia they were chosen and trained by their mentors Hector and
Alexander for competing in an epic duel. Both of them didn’t know when or who
they were going to face in the duel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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circus </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">is not the average circus</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, arrives without warning, the tents are black
and white, no color at all and it’s only open at night. It’s a magical place
full of tents that will blow your mind and the descriptions of each tent are so
perfect. When I was reading I felt I was in the circus, I even felt the smell
of popcorn and candy apples augh yumm.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">My problems was </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I didn’t buy Celia and Marco’s love :( , they
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the cinema to watch the next one I was lost. Thumbs up to my great memory lol. <b><span style="color: #073763;">-_-</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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AMAZING! There are no words that can express how wonderful it's this world, </span>J.k.
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he was little. He sleeps in a closet; the Dursleys treat him more like an
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Harry's eleventh birthday,<b><span style="color: #7f6000;"> things change when a letter arrives</span></b>, inviting him to
attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He couldn’t believe
anything that was happening to him, when he arrives there his known by
everyone, a bit uncomfortable at first but the story behind his fame is unknown
until Hagrid, the gamekeeper of Hogwarts, tells him about his family’s background
and the story behind the scar on his face. The story focuses in Harry’s first year in Hogwarts,
sort in Gryffindor, meeting his friends (Hermione and Ron) and all the mystery behind
sorcerer’s stone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fan of fantasy and magic this book goes beyond. BTW, I recommend you to start with
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which it's perfectly understandable because its really hard to portrait every single
detail from a book to a movie. I know this was made a while ago but still has
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twitter account :D LOL</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So I bought
this book 2 weeks ago in El Hombre de la Mancha which it’s a bookstore near my
home, I was looking for something to entertain myself while I could find the 4<sup>th</sup>
book of the vampire academy –which stills sold out- so I found this book and
what attracted me was that the story is about two sisters and how they dealt
with changes. I immediately thought about my sister and me because we had the
same ages as them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #990000;">A little bit about the story:</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The story begins
with <b><span style="background-color: yellow;">Michaela and Katya Wilder</span>;</b> they attend a renowned dance school together.
Katie is 14 and she’s going to be a freshman in high school, Michaela is 17 and
going to be a senior. Michaela is the great ballerina with a promising future
in Julliard while Katie has to try really hard to be as good as her sister.
Then, her mother got a job in Fir Lake which it’s the opposite of New York. Now Katie is lost on her own, trying to fit
in a new school while her sister transforms into the queen bee of the social
scene; Michaela doesn’t seem to miss New York at all. By the time they got
there she immediately had a clique and a few weeks later she was dating the
hottest guy in school and now her best friends don't include Katie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The two of
them always shared secrets, but now Michaela barely talks to her sister and
she’s keeping big weight things from her. So Katie feels stung by Michaela’s betrayal.
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<span lang="EN-US">I was
expecting a light and lovely reading but this turned out a frustrating instead
of enjoyable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">I had 3
problems…</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The lack of development in the plot:
In the middle the story got stuck, really boring. It was the same thing over
and over… -Katie complaining and Michaela being a social butterfly-. Fortunately
the last 70 pages were kind of exciting because you’ll find out what were all
Michaela’s secrets about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The ballet references, because they
talked about a lot of ballet movements and obviously this was one of the main
topics covered in this book. This made
the reading process a little bit heavy for me because I don’t know a lot of ballet and I don’t like it that
much as well. If you are into ballet just ignore this point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The thing that was painful through
the whole book was the sisters’ attitude especially Katie’s she was complaining
in almost every single page. And it got really annoying. Seriously… it got to
the point I wanted to quit the reading.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> I understand her anger, sorrow
and pessimism. I’ve been there through
my school years changing school 3 times. I know how hard is to leave your
friends and all the things you are used to. I wished she was a little bit
open-minded and showed some fortitude but was at the very last pages of the
book, maybe we all have a little bit of Katie inside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">One thing I
did like is that this left me thinking about my relationship with my sister and
I think it might do the same for other girls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The overall
message of the story is that everything can change in just a second and we need
to treasure every single moment with the ones that we love, things change, but
no matter what, your family will be always there for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I thought
it would be deeper, I feel that a lot of things were incomplete and I wasn't satisfied
with the ending at all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">So I’ll
give this book<b><span style="color: #741b47;"> 3 of 5 stars</span></b> because it took me a week to finish it, the plot
wasn’t as engaging to make me want to finish the book in one seat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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