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Time Riders (Book #1)

by Alex Scarrow

 

Liam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.
Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.
Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.

Yet moments before death, someone mysteriously appeared and said, ‘Take my hand ...’

But Liam, Maddy and Sal aren’t rescued. They are recruited by an agency that no one knows exists, with only one purpose—to fix broken history. Because time travel is here, and there are those who would go back in time and change the past. That’s why the TimeRiders exist: to protect us. To stop time travel from destroying the world..

REVIEW: 

I bought this book from the New Delhi Book Fair 2014 at a discount. After reading this book, I realised I wouldn't have mind paying more for it either!

This is a young adult novel, the first of 9 (!) books, perfect for sci-fi fans. It is the story of how three different people saved from death, from three different time zones come together to make a team that polices time! Liam O'Connor, from 1912 was saved from the TITANIC. Madeline "Maddy" Carter, from 2010 was saved from a plane that was about to be bombed by terrorists and Saleena "Sal" Vikram, from 2026 was saved from burning to death in a fire. And these three find each other in the year 2001 in New York. What happened in New York in 2001 in the month of september? Aaaaand that is not it. We also go to the year 2066, 1963 (John F. Kennedy's assasination), pre and post World War II era (Hitler) and the end of the world !!!!!
So many time frames!
Phew.
 


And here I thought this book will be about to save a certain girlfriend/ wife/ husband from dying in an accident.

The author wasn't kidding when he said that if you mess with time, the world you know will become a world you don't.

There are people from the future who are messing with time travel and changing everything you can find in your history text books. For example, what would have happened if John F. Kennedy would have lived longer? The job of these three is to see that no one alters a major event because "what goes around comes around".
   
I was hooked to this book. It was so thrilling and so so clever with many twists and turns enough to keep you open mouthed. The author made the characters go through a lot and a certain death scene at the end was disgusting and painful. 

My favorite character from the book was Superman Ironman Fantasticman God Bob. I felt he was the (non living) character/ android who which developed the most in the course of the book. His super strength, super intelligence and super "straight face" one liners save the day. I am feeling really bad for Liam though. Maddy should tell him the truth asap. 

You just don't see what is coming up next in this book. Rather series because I've been told the second book has dinosaurs in it! See open- mouth, right?   
RATING:             3.5 /5 stars

Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson

"Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: How he was Kidnapped and Cast away; his Sufferings in a Desert Isle; his Journey in the Wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he Suffered at the hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called: Written by Himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson."

                                                       

The plot, though predictable by the name itself,still had me expecting some deep mystery and thrill in the course of my reading but what I found out was that the story was meant to be quite simple with no dark secrets to be given away when you reach its end. None the less it was an adventurous tale revolving around the selfless friendship of two young, brave men. It had elements such as shipwreck, murder, escape...which are described in such a way as if they are happening there and then, in front of your eyes.

The book is a first person narration by the protagonist David Balfour, a young lad in his late teens.It is easy to identify with him and appreciate his self-righteousness because he shines out as man of principles throughout.
The strong emotion of friendship between Alan and David is portrayed so well that you as a reader want them to never quarrel or part from each other.  

The best part about the book is the historical element it has to it, connected with the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

As is my habit of doing some research before putting up any review, I found out that some of the events in the book are real and were controversial at the time. I also discovered that some of the characters described are not fictional but existed in reality.
Thus I am more than convinced that the book is not a mere simple tale of adventure but also has a hint of reality attached to it, the history of which makes it all the more interesting than what pages of the book allow.

Rating



                                              

Origin (Lux #4)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

 

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

All Katy can do is survive.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Together, they can face anything.

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on?

And will they even be together?

REVIEW: 

Dear Jennifer,

You ma'am were one of my favourite paranomal authors. But now, after reading Origin, you are a part of my list of My All Time Favourite Authors, genre no bar. You are so talented with words, dialogues, plots, twists, villians, characters and cliffhangers (Opal :'( )

Dear Katy,

#Respect 

Dear Daemon,

Marry me ! ummmm....

Origin is the best book in this series (till now!) and hands down one of the best books i have read this year (till now!). It has loads of action and loads of romance and loads of fun in it. I devoured this book in one go. Something or the other will happen on every page that will completely blow your mind away. Its like the author erased any wrong thing that had happened in the previous books, added so much to the good parts and wrote a plot that was  different and complex and out of this world awesome.

Katy is with the DOD and Daemon is doing EVERYTHING to protect her even if it means --------------.

The war between the Luxens and the Shadows and the Humans gets a new twist and I am sure a major war is going to happen in the finale! Can't wait! Also dual POVs <3. I could have differentiated between Daemon and Katy's POVs even if the author did not mention it at the top! Its so them, their personalities and their quirks.

Katy is so much stronger than what i expected her to be. She is a fighter and a survivor. Daemon melted my heart in this book. Their scenes are what fantasies are made up of. 
We say goodbye to some old characters in this book and that was so out of the blue. :'( We also have some new entrants in the series and i just can't wait to know more about them, especially Archer. I am also glad Dawson and Dee became more of their original selves in this book. There is NOTHING wrong with this book. Read the entire series for this. 

PS- You won't believe what Origin actually means !!! 

RATING:    

4.5/ 5 stars

Opal (Lux #3)

 
 

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

 

After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.

Together we’re stronger... and they know it.

REVIEW:

I think I was expecting explosions from this book because after reading Onyx, i refused to settle for anything less. I got explosions, that is true and I got them from Daemon and Katy but not from the story (except the last 50 pages- more on that later!)
I just felt the plot was stalling in the beginning and the middle part of the book, with no major action happening and the failed attempts (ouch!) 

 But don't get me wrong. The book is still great.

Daemon and Katy are finally together and trying to do things the right way *wink*. But that gets tough as many problems crop up.Daemon shows more of his hot side than the cold one in this book (How can I ever date a human guy now?). Katy is amazing and stronger than ever. One awesome book heroine.  Dawson is back but he is not our Shadow's Dawson anymore. He is grim and hell bent on saving Bethany from DOD (problem #1). Dee, my heart breaks for her. Adam's death changed our alien version of Tinker Bell and she kinda blames Katy for it, so, its not friendship day for these two in this book. DOD is laying a trap (problem #2) and some douches make a comeback (problem #3)

Read this book for:

1) Jennifer L. Armentrout's very youth oriented writing.

 “His dinner included three hamburgers and two orders of fries. I had no idea where those calories went. To his ego, maybe?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Opal
 
2) Daemon and Katy's scenes. These two are the pillars of this series.

3) To find out whether Daemon's says those three words. 

4) The ending- which was plain evil. Those last 50 pages *sobbing* made me clutch the book so tightly! 

Was that even necessary? And now I can't wait to read Origin (Lux #4) because I feel a happy ending is overdue for all of them. 
Rating:      

3/5 stars