UnSouled by Neal Shusterman

UnSouled by Neal Shusterman
Rating: 4/5 stars

I have 3 papers due this week so I'm going to keep this one short and to the point.

This is one of those books where you can put it down for a while and when you pick it up again, you get right back into it. When I started this, I honestly forgot a lot of the characters and their storyline but once I started reading their POV chapters, I remembered right away who they were.

I’m not a fan of changing POV chapters but I’m used to it when it comes to the Unwind series. I think it actually helps you keep track of the characters and their storyline since there is so much going on. If there weren’t different POV chapters for this series, I have no idea how it would turn out.

One thing I loved about this book is how Wil is mentioned a lot even though he is gone. I honestly thought he was just going to be in that novella “UnStrung” but he was a big part in this book. If you did not read “UnStrong” but read this, you might be a little confused so I definitely recommend reading that first.

The whole idea behind this series is so disturbing but it is honestly so much better than it sounds. Not my favorite out the series but it is still worth the read. I was planning on this being the last book but I’m so glad Neal decided to make one more because if he ended with this book, it would have been rushed and there would be a lot of unanswered questions. And now, the wait for Undivided begins…

Champion by Marie Lu

Champion by Marie Lu
Rating: 4/5 stars

For some reason, I honestly have no idea what to say for this book so I’m just going to keep this short. Plus, I finished this over a week ago and I forgot what I wanted to originally say. Opps, this is what I get for putting this off.

The reason I started reading this series is because I went the library one day and just picked up a random book that sounded interesting and I’m SO glad that I picked this one. This series is great and will be greatly missed.

This book does not pick up right after Prodigy, it’s about 8/9 months after which was annoying. I usually don’t like books that don’t start right after the previous but it worked with this series. It had a lot of action but at the same, not as much action as the previous books. It had a lot more politics and war, which would get boring and confusing.

Throughout the book I wanted to give it 5 stars but the ending made me give it four. I have mixed emotions about the ending. It felt extremely weak to me. It reminded me a lot of Mockingjay, It wasn’t horrible but it could have been A LOT better. The only thing that made me happy was that Andun and June gave dating a try, even though it doesn’t go into details. I wish there was more of him; I didn’t love him as much as Day but I would have loved to see how him and June were like in a relationship.

Overall, this book was not a disappointment. Marie Lu has really grown as a writer and you see it in this book. I loved all three books, which is surprising because there is usually one book that is not as great as the others. I will miss this series but I am really looking forward to Marie Lu's next series The Young Elites!