City of Ashes book review

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father.

To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings — and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.
 
Meh. This book was meh.

Plot: I felt it had too much Jace/Valentine stuff in it. Unlike the first book it lacked demon slaying, mystery and other stuff that I can't remember

Characters: Well we had some interesting new additions to go along with our old favourites such as Alec and Luke. The best additions though was Maia cause she is just what this squad needs which is a girl who can kick butt if needed.

Ships: OH. MY GOD. Cassandra took them to next level. Just

 My  favourite this time was Climon

SO CUTE!Writing Style: Cassandra is a goddess at writing. Enough said

May Favourites

Today I thought I would do May Favourites because it's the end of May and I've been loving loads of products lately, so I thought I would share them with you! Let's get started!

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1) Body Scrubs

    

Strawberry Body Polish from Body Shop - I got this at my friend's mum Bodyshop Party. Now usually I don't buy things from Bodyshop but boy I'm glad I did! Even though I have only started reusing it I've finished it! I also find that it isn't too grainy,which is good for me, cos I don't like the sensations of grains on my fingers.

Superbeauty's Raspberry & Cranberry Scrub- Like the Body Polish it isn't too grainy. It also lasted me a month which is unusual as a body scrub usually lasts me about 2 weeks.

2) Perfume

Superdry's Neon Perfume Set -I have been using the Pink and Blue and OH MY GOD! They smell like heaven! The pink one(which I've run out of) smells like summery flowers and the blue one smells like DKNY, which is the BEST perfume in the world! This is definitely my signature fragrance for this summer!

3)  Haircare Products

Alberto Balsam Shampoo's - I can't emphasis how much I love the smell of these shampoos! Blended with my conditioner it makes the most A-MAH-ZING smell! (Basically it's the scent that attracts me to this product!)

4) Music/Youtubers

McFly- I've been kicking old school this month with these guys. Their songs are so addictive and are much better than this whole club music! (Yes I don't like these new type of song genres)

Dodie Clark & Carrie Hope Fletcher (a.k.a doddleoddle and itswaypastmybedtime) - I been loving these two girls original songs. They're are just so catchy! From Fletcher's 'Boys in Books are Better' to Clark's 'A Permanent Hug From You' I can't stop humming them! I hope one day these young ladies get signed and release an album!

That's it for my May Favourites! I hope you enjoyed it! Sorry it was so beauty-based. I did try to include other stuff but I've just been loving beauty stuff too much! Hopefully I'll do one next month but we'll see!

Soulmates book review

Every so often, two people are born who are the perfect matches for each other. Soulmates. But while the odds of this happening are about as likely as being struck by lightning, when these people do meet and fall in love…thunderstorms, lightning strikes and lashings of rain are only the beginning of their problems.

Enter Poppy, the 17-year-old cynic with a serious addiction to banana milk, and Noah, the heart-throb guitarist; residents of mediocre Middletown, sometime students, and…soulmates.

After a chance meeting at a local band night, Poppy and Noah find themselves swept up in a whirlwind romance unlike anything they’ve ever experienced before. But with a secret international agency preparing to separate them, a trail of destruction rumbling in their wake, (and a looming psychology coursework deadline), they are left with an impossible choice between the end of the world, or a life without love…

WOW! The feels...It was like this book was just written for the feels! Before I write a paragraph dedicated to the feels let's focus on the more positive stuff

I liked the fact that you could see their relationship progressing. Some books just like have one chapter it's their first date then the next chapter is two weeks later and it only gives you one paragraph summarizing what happened in those two weeks. But in Soulmates it gives you a day-by-day breakdown of what happened (except in like later in the book but that's okay cause it was only once, so I forgive you Holly)

I also liked it because it didn't just focus on Noah and Poppy, it also flipped back to Poppy's friends every 5th chapter and how they reacted to what was happening. Also, there weren't any antagonists (Its up for debate but if you think about it Anita wasn't one cos she didn't want to split them up and Rain...well, we all secretly love him )

Ok here comes the feels part...

WHY FRANK? I was literally crying on the inside (I usually never cry on the outside at books or movies) He was in love with Poppy and she broke his heart without knowing. And then there was the Noah thing. Yes THAT Noah thing, but  I won't tell you what it is cos that would be spoiling the book and I feel like I've given away spoilers already, so you''ll have to read the book to find out what it is!

My little heart reacting to the Noah and Frank thing

Anyway all in all it was a great YA romance. I will defo be reading more of Holly's books!

Rating: 5/5 cupcakes