July Wrap-up and TBR

Hey Everyone!


So this month has definitely been a busy one but somehow this happened....

Yup- that's eight books in July- don't even ask me how that happened?!

So the first book I read was Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare, the first book in The Infernal Devices. For those of you who don't know much about this series, it's a tie-in/prequel trilogy to The Mortal Instruments and is set in the same Shadowhunter world but in 1878.

I really  enjoyed this book, as you can probably tell, and went on to give it an 88%. To learn more about Clockwork Angel and to see my full booktalk here: Booktalk: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

I love Cassie Clare's writing and the Shadowhunter world and would definitely recommend this and all her other books. I also went ahead and read the rest of the series later in July.

In between reading the first two books in The Infernal Devices however, I read Blood Promise by Richelle Mead which is the fourth book in the Vampire Academy series. Since it's in the middle I'm not going into too much detail about the plot but I can say that it picks up a couple of weeks after the events of Shadow Kiss (the previous book).

It's another great book that I'd recommend reading if you haven't already so I gave it a 92%. Read my full booktalk here: Booktalk: Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

If you haven't  read any of Richelle's book yet, check out my booktalk for the first book, Vampire Academy: Booktalk: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

After that, I went back to The Infernal Devices and read Clockwork Angel. Once again I'm not going to say anything about plot of characters or anything to not spoil you so if you'd like to hear more about it, read my booktalk here : Booktalk: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Later, I finished Clockwork Princess which I thought was absolutely amazing and will have a booktalk up soon for.

( Update: The booktalk is can now be read by clicking here - Booktalk: Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare )

I also went ahead and read Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, the second book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. I know I'm incredibly late to the PJO bandwagon and will get around to doing a booktalk soon which I'll link once it's done. But for now I'm giving it an 88%.

( Update: Booktalk can be read here - Booktalk: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan )


As a sort of "in between" book I read Where She Went by Gayle Forman, the sequel to If I Stay. At first I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy it and it seemed a little depressing at ( also, side-note I didn't realise that it was narrated by Adam rather than Mia, awkward!). But I did get into it at about halfway and loved the end. I'd say probably about a 78% for me.

And lastly I finished Spirit Bound, also by Richelle Mead, which for me, was a step up from the other books and I absolutely flew through it. Again, I'll have a booktalk up for that soon. Oh and a 95% for me.

Read the full booktalk here: Booktalk: Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

So these were the books I read this month:


Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan*
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

*Okay so this one's a little bit of a lie- I started it just before July but finished it on the 1st. Also I had to give it back to the library 


To be read...

As for what I'm reading next it'll definitely be Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead, book six and the last in the vampire academy series. I'm also -hopefully- getting City of Heavenly Fire so if I do that'll be amazing.. There'll probably be a few random light contemporaries to get be through those book mourning periods after finishing both the TMI and Vampire Academy series.


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Bye for now,

Amber xxx