Heist Society

This is another of Ally Carter's wonderful books!! I, like so many others, have read ALL of her other spy series, and LOVED Heist Society just as much as I did Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover. This book however follows a whole different set of characters, from the intoxicating Katarina Bishop, to the eccentric W. W. Hale the fifth. Ally Carter delivers another of her wonderful stories in this book just as well as she does her others. While Katarina has been off at boarding school for the last three months, she hadn't realized just how far behind she had gotten. After she meets with a powerful mobster Arturo Taccone who accuses her father of stealing five of his priceless paintings, she sets off with a two week deadline, a crew of teenage thief's, and a lot of hope, that will hopefully be enough to recover those paintings in time to get her father off the suspect list of Taccone and Interpol, while still making it back in time for soup at her Uncle Eddie's. This book follows Kat and her friends from one side of the world to the other and back again. And with each step it just gets better and better. Overall grade, A- of course!!

Some Girls Are...and some girl's aren't??

Super popular Regina Afton has it all, the friends, the boyfriend, she's a member of the all-girl clique at Hallowell High The Fearsome Five, well, she was part of it. That is until rumors about her and her best friend's boyfriend start going around, by none other then the girl she mercilessly teased until she was popping diet pills like candy and becoming bulimic. Now her ex-best friend, Anna, is out for revenge in the worst ways. That's when Regina starts taking solace in the "bad boy with a hardened past" Michael Hayden, one of the people she herself used to bully. Soon she starts to see that Michael just might start being more then a friend, but that's only if the Fearsome Foursome don't break them both first as they have done to so many others. Ending with more then just an explosive conclusion to their senior year we'll see who is left standing, and who's been taken down a peg, or maybe even more. After reading this book I was blown away by how Courtney Summers did it again, actually this time she may have even done it better then the first time with the AMAZING book Cracked Up To Be, it shows the true inner workings of high school's, maybe not all, but a lot of them. I LOVE Courtney Summer's novels and cannot WAIT for her next one!! I'm sure it will be even better (if possible) then her first two!! So of course, overall grade A!!!

The Dust of 100 Dogs

When I read this book I was AMAZED. I loved the back story involving Emer and the current story about Saffron. Emer's story takes place in the 17th Century and starts of in Ireland, it then continues on her journey through France and across the seas all the way to Jamaica. Saffron's story takes place in America and then also in Jamaica. I absolutely loved Emer, from the beginning where she was just a innocent girl to when she fell in love with Seany Carrol, to her lives as one hundred dogs. The same goes for Saffron, when she makes her way to Jamaica. Sadly there is not much more I can say about this book without giving to much away except to say READ IT!!!!!! It was so good and I would definitely read it again!! This book is a great read, though is extremely sad at parts. I loved it SOOO much so of course, overall grade...A+!!!

The Big Empty

Though this book was published back in 2004 (wow, it feels so long ago sometimes!!) it kind of pertains to what we are involved with right now. A lot of conspiracy theorists are afraid of a "super virus" that will kill over half of the population, and they think that the government is cooking it up right now or something silly like that. The thing about this book is that for anyone who has read or watched Stephen King's The Stand knows that there are fears of a super virus and this book more then just puts it perspective for the reader. This book occurs about a year after the virus Strain 7 killed three quarters of the human race. This book follows seven teens through the abandoned zones through the Big Empty to the secret community of Novo Mundum. On the way each teen somehow or another meets up with one another and some even fall in love (or out of it) with each other, causing some serious tension in some places, and their journey really shows how life could be if this ever happened. I loved this book as well as the next books in the series. It was suspenseful as could be and had a great story line that was easy to follow and kept you extremely interested the whole time. Overall grade A-

Candor

I read this book and though I have seen a LOT of really good reviews for this book, and I would have agreed while reading most of the book, the farther into it I got, the more predictable the ending became. Sadly that made me kind of lose interest, though I still wanted to see how everything would end up, and sadly I was right about my predictions. This book revolves around Oscar Banks. His father owns and runs Candor, Florida. He controls everyone, even his own son, or so he thinks, using subliminal messages. Oscar however, discovered these messages and started making some of his own. He would help get some teens out, but for a price, and then when Nia comes to town, he has to make a choice, either let her become another Candor teen, or help her escape and lose her forever. When Oscar gets closer to her, he starts giving her his own messages, keeping her like she is while making sure she won't rat him out. When Sherman, the most annoying kid in the history of fictional characters, fails to leave Candor when he's supposed to and gets caught trying to run away, Oscar must make some quick decisions as to whether his love for Nia is worth the risk of being sent to the Listening Room, where all his messages he made for himself, all his memories of Nia, and so much else, will be erased. Overall this book was good but not the best, I did like so so my grade will have to be a B.

Third Warped Musing

I was reading the book The Sky Always Hears Me And The Hills Don't Mind the day before I had my audition at UWF and the night I got home I had this very odd dream. I couldn't remember all of it but what I did somehow made me connect the book and what happened before my audition. I kept thinking "why do this sound so familiar?" I thought about how I was sitting there waiting for my audition and I kept going over my monologue and kept going up to where my mom and friend were waiting and kept coming back down, and one time I came back down wearing a different shirt, pretty early on actually, and this guy started talking to me. He told me how I was going to do great and I had nothing to worry about I knew he was a musical theatre major and I told him how of course he'd say that, he's not only a guy auditioning for theatre but also for musical theatre!! It's not like there are a ton of guys comfortable enough to sing and act!! At the time I didn't think anything of it, but I realized he'd been on the campus tour with me and went to FTC with me as well!! Then it dawned on me that (if I get accepted) I'll be seeing him a LOT next year as well!! For some reason my brain connected this to The Sky Always Hears Me And The Hills Don't Mind when it came to Morgan and Rob!! The thing is, someone asked me "who do you like right now?" And I had to seriously think about it, not knowing who, and turning out there wasn't any!! Then I thought of this random nice guy I met, the one who's name I didn't even know, and realized that maybe the reason he kept smiling at me and reassuring me was because he thought that when I see him in the fall he'll remember me and I'll remember him and not only will I have already made a friend, but an important one since I'll be so involved in theatre and so will he. So in a way (no matter how weird) my brain connected how Rob and Morgan worked together and ended up a couple and so somehow with enough time apparently my brain says so will this guy who's name I don't know and me. The saddest part is that I only know he's from Miami and what school he goes too!! I don't even know his name!! What's even worse is that he knows mine (and how to pronounce it correctly) and what area of theatre I went out for...including my private tour of the theatre that blew me away!!! This theatre is AMAZING I can't imagine going anywhere else!! It is just PERFECT for me!!

Darklight

This book out the first book to shame, it was just that AMAZING!! The ending alone was just so heart-wrenching and sadly enough, AWFUL because no one would want it!! I think I speak for almost everyone who read this book in saying WHY can't Sonny and Kelley be together!! I love their love story, and I love what Sonny would do if Kelley ever died. The thing is, I can't wait to read the third book, but I wish that the ending to the second one hadn't been so heart-wrenching sad. Overall though, this book was AMAZING, and I loved how you got to see into the Faerie world so much more, plus you learned SOOO much about Sonny, and surprisingly, about Mabh as well. So, without further ado, Much has changed since autumn, when Kelley Winslow learned she was Faerie royalty, fell in love with changeling guard Sonny Flannery, and saved New York City from a rampaging Faerie war band. When a terrifying encounter in Central Park sends Kelley tumbling into the Otherworld, her reunion with Sonny is joyful—but cut short. For they have been plunged into a game of Faerie deception and wavering allegiances in which the next move could topple a kingdom...or part them forever.

Fade Out...Morganville Vampires #8!!

Over the last year or two I have read every single Morganville Vampires Book. They have all been very suspenseful and just plain wonderful!! This book is no exception, it starts out right where book seven left off where Bishop was finally gone. So now without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their new found freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again…Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the local theatre company. But when one of Eve’s cast mates goes missing after starting work on a short documentary, Eve suspects the worst. Claire and Eve soon realize that this film project, whose subject is the vampires themselves, is a whole lot bigger—and way more dangerous—than anyone suspected. That doesn't even include how Myrnin's pet Ava is acting stranger then usual, or how oddly Amelie is acting as well. This book is AWESOME and I can't wait for the next one!!

Lament

When I began this book I didn't know if I was going to really enjoy it, but overall I really did. It was a fantastic novel and I cannot WAIT to read the sequel!! This book started off strong, and only grew in intensity leaving you with a heart clenching cliff hanger. It follows a brilliant Harpist Deirdre Monaghan and the mystical boy she meets Luke Dillon. Caught right alongside her is her best friend James. When she gets caught in the crossfire of faeries Luke is there to save her, or is that really what he wants to do?? Deirdre wished her summer was less dull, but maybe she's getting a bit more then she can handle. It only gets worse when the sinister faerie Aodhan shows up, thirsting for Deirdre's blood as well as the beautiful Eleanor another of the deadly Faerie Queen's minions. The plot thickens even further when James as well as Luke go missing, leaving behind blood, Luke's car, and a strange concoction of Deirdre's grandmothers.

Demon Princess: Reign or Shine

I just finished this book and could NOT STOP SMILING!!! It just made me so happy inside!! This book was happy, sarcastic, suspenseful, and so much else!! It made me want to read the next one IMMEDIATELY!! I cannot wait till June to read the next one, but anyways, this book follows recently-turned sixteen Nikki Donovan. She thinks she just this ordinary teenager until the surprisingly sexy Michael turns up telling her that not only is her father alive and wants to see her, but is also a demon. A demon king to be exact. And that, of course, makes her a demon princess, but also a Darkling, which is a half-demon, and she's the first one in over a millennium. Add the fact that her father is dying and since she's his only heir wants her to be queen of the Shadowland, well, you can guess that she doesn't really believe him (or want the job) right away. After a trip to the Shadowland and an assassin trying to kill her, and Nikki just might start to like her dad a bit more. But then again, she starts to like Michael a LOT more as well, which just so happens to be forbidden. Michael is a Shadow, a servant to the demon's like herself, and her father seems stuck in the old ways, even though he broke the rule about having human-demon relationships when he got Nikki's mother pregnant!! Nikki is just trying to survive high school and a new step-father, but of course it wouldn't be that simple!! I LOVED this book and cannot WAIT to read the sequel, so overall grade...A!!

Kissed By An Angel

At first glance Kissed By An Angel by Elizabeth Chandler looked like any other book, but when I read the back cover, I knew immediately that it wasn't. Though there have been other books that involve Guardian Angels, I hadn't read any that involved "A love beyond life." Ivy and her boyfriend Tristan are in a horrible car crash, and Tristan is killed, killing Ivy's belief in Angels, even though now, Tristan is one too! He's been kept back because Ivy's in danger, except he doesn't know who or what is out to hurt her. He must complete his mission and save Ivy, but when he does and his mission is finished, won't he lose her all over again?? First published in 1998, this book follows Tristan's and Ivy's journey as they try to piece together the accident that just might not have been, and Ivy's new stepbrother, who seems to like Ivy a bit TOO much. This book is a three in one, but is still suspenseful as can be. Also, it's depressing as can be. It starts off with the accident killing Tristan, then goes back in time to show how Ivy and Tristan fell into a love that really would do anything, even die, for each other. Using the help of a deceased film star, Tristan discovers his powers that help him influence other's actions, materialize his voice and parts of his body, and maybe even save Ivy from not only her unweilding grief, but from the killer who's out to get her. Overall grade...B-

The Everafter

This book may have been another debut novel, this one by Amy Huntley, but it was nothing but amazing. This book is unlike any other I had read. This book was absolutely amazing. An A+ doesn't even begin to cover it. Amy Huntley more then just outdoes herself with this book. Though you know from the very beginning that that Madison Stanton is dead, you don't know how, why, or anything else about her for that matter, until she goes on a trip to find all the things she's lost over her lifespan. It shows the beauty of how important the little things can be, how important things people take for granted everyday can be, whether it's a first kiss, a charm bracelet, or even physics homework, it's what happens because of these things, what happens around these things that makes this story come to life, in a way that Maddy can't anymore. This story blew me away and there is absolutely nothing that should be changed about it, from the first word to the epilogue, the story is just spun so well, so precise, that it is as close to perfect as anything can be. This story puts beauty to shame, it makes the reader appreciate more of life then ever before, and it was definitely a novel no one would be able to put down from beginning to end. The most beautiful thing about this book was Maddy's journey to find how she died. This book made me cry my eyes out for sure. This book takes you on a journey to find all the things Maddy lost throughout her life and relive them, over and over again if she wants. Though if in the end of the memory she finds something, she can never go back. The best part is when Maddy shares a memory with people she knew before she died. Though some people said it made them hopeless of the future, I think it made even more hopeful. To be able to go back through parts of life, and accept that you've died. This story is heartwarming and touching in every way. It is a wonderful book that is definitely an A+ all the way.

Second Warped Musing

Last night around 11:56 EST I finished the MASSIVE book This Is All by Aidan Chambers. I had started this book in August of last year, then in about October, after stopping several times to read other books, I just quit it altogether, I was about halfway through and just frankly got bored. Then a week or two ago I picked it up and read about twenty pages, instantly interested again. Though I stopped and read something else again and again. But after I finished other books I would read a few pages (well more then a FEW) and eventually just got so sucked in that while reading another book, whenever that book got to be to heavy in the sadness department I would pick up This Is All and lose myself in Cordelia's world all over again. It got to be that I HAD to finish the other book I was reading, so the moment I was done I picked up This Is All and went to town. I managed to finish half of book three, all of four and almost all of five by the time I needed to "go to bed" last night. Then, since I just couldn't sleep, I stayed up and read until 11:56 PM EST and finished This Is All. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. Partially because I just didn't want it to end, and partially because it was just the saddest story I had ever read. This book (not including the afterword and glossary) is 808 pages. In every since line of text you learn something new about the way Cordelia thinks. You learn something about life, or love, or relationships, or friendship, or about why girl's behave the way they do, you learn something in every line. I have read books that are "sad" or "heartbreaking" but NONE even begin to compare to this book that I have read. It may be because I relate to Cordelia when she's younger and sometimes when she's older, or because I have never been able to know a character as well as Cordelia, but I think the main reason why this book touched me in such a distinctive way was because Cordelia felt more real then any other character, it felt like you were reading words from a real person. To me at least. I know for a fact that I have never cried with such abandon or as hard as I did during the entire sixth box of this book, except for the very last page, page 808. When I got to page 808 my tears had finally stopped flowing (as well as my nose THANKFULLY) and as I read the last words it felt as if the book had finally come full circle, it was finally, truly over, in ways no other book has ever been. You know exactly what happened to Cordelia, and you know nothing can ever change it (though she's fictional) and by page 808 you had accepted the fate that had befallen her and you had your closure (or whatever you want to call it) and you felt GOOD again, because you finished it, because it was over, but most of all, because nothing could have changed it, nothing could have happened differently, and you went through all stages those silly stages, and accepted it. Once and for all. "To live is to remember, to die is to forget."

The Lonely Hearts Club

This book starts off with a BANG! This may have been Elizabeth's Eulberg's debut novel but it was still excellent and, since I am a hardcore Beatles fan, just like Miss Penny Lane is in the book, got a kick out of all the wonderful Beatles references that kept popping up throughout the book. Penny becomes sick and tired of boys and dating after her lifetime friend Nate betrays her and breaks her heart. She forms a club, The Lonely Hearts Club, named after Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band, and soon enough her club of one turns into two, three, and then soon enough so many girls in her school that the boys get jealous!! One in particular, who was scorned badly after Penny started her club, Todd, starts spreading nasty rumors and comments. So do a few other people as well, even club members!! What's even worse for Penny is that she's falling for Ryan, a boy at her school who had broken up with one of her fellow club members. What is Penny to do?? She formed the club, so how can she go back on her word not to date any one?? Even someone as wonderful and as sweet and Ryan?? This story was cute and sweet (just like Ryan) and would warm anyones heart!! Overall grade...A of course!!

Swoon...I sure did!!

At first glance the book Swoon captured my interest. Reading it though, captured more then my interest, how about my heart and soul until the last page fell. Actually for a while after that as well. For some reason a lot of people didn't like this book that much while I LOVED it so much!! It was one of my favorite books and I can honestly say I cried so hard reading it. It follows Dice from her posh apartment in New York City to Swoon, Connecticut, the land of the cookie cutter house, wives, and kids. After her cousin Penelope falls from a tree and inherits more then just a bump on the head, how about a soul?? His name is Sinclair Youngblood Powers. And he's out for revenge, and maybe to fix Dice's broken heart?? When Dice accidentally sets Sin loose he starts to wreak havoc on the whole town rather then just Penelope. The biggest problem though, is that she's in love with him, and seems to be unstoppable. The story continues to show you not only why Dice had to leave New York but also, just who helped murder Sin back when he was first alive. In this twisting tale of love, lust, and rage, you will discover a part of yourself awakening in ways you never thought possible as you fall head over heels for Sin, maybe as much as Dice does...This book captured my heart and soul, even after the story was finished so I have to say, overall grade...A!!

The Secret Year

This book was good, it had situations that many people want while at the same time they think they want but really don't. When you begin this book Colt had been dating a girl named Julia for a year and she had just died, then it goes on to explain how he felt about her, what she felt about him, tons of other things, mainly about his trying to sort out not only his feelings he still had for this dead girl but feelings for others around him, especially when her younger brother gives him her journal about all the nights they shared together. In a way you can both love and hate Colt. You can love him for falling for someone, but hate him for not giving it up, getting past it, moving on, but that's only because we do the same. The best part about this book, is that anyone who has ever loved, or even just liked someone from afar, up close, anything, and lost them somehow, feels the way he does, even if it's just for a moment, and that is what made me like this book. Though at times this book drove me nuts and had me wanting to throw it, it was only because I knew that if I loved someone, the way Cole did, and they died unexpectedly, or if they were with someone else while with me, I'd act almost the same way. We do crazy things when we're in love. We just can't help ourselves. Overall (and because we can all relate) I'd give this book an B+ mainly because he just wouldn't let her go and it drove me nuts.

Captivated By Captivate!!!

Captivate by Carrie Jones is the sequel to the amazing book Need. It follows Zara on her continuing journey of finding that she's part Faerie, has a shape shifting boyfriend as well as Grandmother, that no matter where she goes in this town will be haunted by her father, and now a new Faerie king as well. One who wants to kiss her pretty badly. This new king, Astley swears he and Zara are meant to be together, that he's one of the good guys, but Nick isn't buying it and Zara isn't sure about anything, except her feelings for Nick, anymore. This book comes with laughter, heartache, tears, a lot of tears, and TON of new twists that you won't see coming at all!! The only hint I'll give is Valhalla might not be that far off for more then a few people in this book, and that can only end badly. This book is definitely an A, and if it hadn't been for all the tears you shed, an A+, you just can't help but get sucked into Zara's world and hope for the best.

Undead Much?????

The sequel to the awesome You Are So Undead To Me, Undead Much continues to follow Megan Berry and her (hottie) boyfriend/fellow settler Ethan. This time however, things are getting hotter (and better) then ever!! If it's not between Megan and Ethan it's between Megan and the undead psychic hottie predicting that there's going to be a zombie apocolypse!! What's a girl to do?!?! You can't forget the turf war going on between the cheerleaders and the pom squad!! And don't forget all the secrets going on!! Whether it's the ones Megan is keeping that could land her in settler prison, or the one's others are keeping from her, that might just land her in more trouble then she's already in!! This book, i'm sad to say, surpassed You Are So Undead To Me sooooo much, it was just THAT good!! I loved it, and so will almost anyone!! One of the BEST things about this book though is that it's not like ANYTHING else out there today. It's a fun read that has a serious side that will attract almost anyone, I can't wait to find out what comes next!! Overall rating A+++!!!

Dreamland...who's been lately??

The first Sarah Dessen book I ever read was an ARC copy of Along For the Ride. I really enjoyed it, then I read a few of her other books and realized that most of the time they have a very common factor. A girl find this quiet, shy boy, or the guy people want but can't have bad boy types, and ends up with them. Every time. Dreamland however was different. Caitlin got the boy in the beginning. She may have landed a drug dealing psychopath but she still got him. While reading about Rogerson hitting her though, I couldn't help but think about how almost every girl has been used, abused, or something of that sort by a guy. Every time a guy cheats, doesn't call, dumps us, something like that, the poor girls of the world experience just a slice of what Caitlin felt. For those who have been abused, whether physically, verbally, or whatever else, they knew why she never said anything, they knew why she never spoke up. The thing is this wasn't one of her best books, it was good and hits home for a lot of people, but it just had parts in it that could have been better. Mainly because she was still in love with Rogerson all the while he beat her. He was a psycho and yet she kept with him, and she let him beat the snot out of her over and over. Overall I'd give this book a B-

First Warped Musing

So I never realized just how hard it would be to make a header and a background and make sure everything look REALLY good on your blog. THANKFULLY I had a BIT of help along the way from my awesome step-sister who has her own blog and websites from experienced bloggers. If you couldn't tell by now, I LOVE books a LOT, they are one of my favorite things and besides my cats and dogs, and friends and THEATRE they are my LIFE!!! So of course last night I stayed up until THREE in the morning finishing this AMAZING book called Fat Cat by Robin Brande and t came out in Oct. 2009. I have to say, at first I didn't think I would LOVE it, I know I shouldn't judge books by their cover but I did, and I was SOOOO wrong!! This book was awesome. It follows this girl Cat, o her journey to no only lose a LOT of weight and compete in the Science Fair at her school, but to discover why she felt the need to go on a kick butt diet. It may seem odd at first glance but is DEFINITELY worth reading!! I loved how a lot of people in high school today can relate to Cat, since our whole society struggle with weight and appearance everyday!! This book hits home for a ton of people, not only or weight issues, but also because so many people (girls and boys alike) struggle with liking themselves daily. High school puts a TON of pressure on EVERYONE, from appearance, to grades, to how you act, so many things!!This book really shows how to overcome your fears and just be yourself, since that's the only way you're going to like who you are.

The Lost Summer

This is something that most girls around Helena's age has experienced. That summer before "growing up" and feeling like you are leaving parts of your old life behind. For some of us it happened much earlier, and some much later. But in the end, it happens to everyone. We may not realize that we have grown up and are leaving things behind, but we do it's inevitable, and sometimes it can be very hard. For Helena this was seen all during her weeks at camp. Especially whenever she was around Ransome (what kind of name is that!!!!) and talking about what she was doing as a counselor while her best friend Katie Bell was still a camper and having a better time then Helena was by a long shot. Helena kind of turned into one of those girls who thought she had to rely on a guy to fix all her problems, but that ended up getting her friends even more angry with her then they already were which isolated them from her even more so. Thankfully Helena isn't stupid, so she realizes this and tries to fix it. The Lost Summer was about heart ache and break, life-long friendship and so much else. It showed you that a summer crush can become a summer love (well, maybe) and that most of the time, friends are always worth more then the guy of the moment is. Who else is going to be there with the ice cream and chick flicks after you break up?!?! Teen romance almost never lasts forever, and actually, maybe it's better that way, especially some of the ones in here. I liked this book since it had the real feeling of camp, and of the last summer, and overall I'd give this book a B.

Dirty Little Secrets...we all have some!!

This book took place in just one day. Well, actually, a little over twenty fours hours I'm pretty sure. It was amazing though, I loved it from the very beginning and did not want to put it down for a second!! The main character is Lucy, and since her father left when she was about five, her mother has been a hoarder, a collector, a nut-case. When Lucy comes home to find her mother dead under a giant stack of national geographics she starts to dial 911, but then realizes what would happen if she did, all her friends, and her crush Josh, her neighbors, everyone, would find out her dirty secret. What would everyone think about her? How could she stand to live in that filth for so long? She has been without hot water or a door for years, plus she has been living in a mold-infested house as well. She can barely move through her house, so how could the paramedics get through? She decides to do something about it, to not call until she has time to clean everything up, but what will happen if she can't clean everything up in time?? Her sister Sara may be turning into her mother, and her brother is no help now that he has a new life in college with a girlfriend he loves, Lucy's the last one left, so what's a girl to do?? Her mother is dead and not coming back. So how far will one girl go to keep her dead mother's dirty little secret?? Overall grade will have to be an A!!!

Envy...somebody's green with it

And that somebody would be one Penelope Hayes, oh wait, sorry that is now, one Penelope Schoonmaker (have to say though, what kind of name is THAT???), the girl who stole poor Henry from his beloved Diana Holland!! Here's the issue, Henry used to be engaged to Elizabeth, Diana's older sister, before Elizabeth ran off to California to be with her love Will Keller, and after they returned to New York and got (legally) married, Will was shot and killed. THEN Diana slept with Henry, which in the early 20th century, just wasn't done!! It would have RUINED Diana, and Henry couldn't have that, soooo he married Penelope who found out. So now that we are pretty much all caught up, Henry is STILL in love with Diana, who is still in love with Henry but is burning all the letters he is sending without reading them because she's angry with him, Elizabeth is grieving for Will and feels awful every time she feels the least bit happy since she is still in love with Will, Penelope is pissed because Henry won't (and hasn't gone to) "bed" her in the two months they've been married, and the real kicker is the girl who sold out Diana, Carolina Broad (little Lina Broud) is still under the watchful caring eye of an old unmarried bachelor who's health is failing. This book was AMAZING, and I LOVED it, and cannot WAIT to read the final conclusion!! After all these wonderful characters, along with Leland, the man Carolina has a hardcore crush on, Grayson Hayes, Penelope's older brother, and Henry's friend Teddy Cutting join them, the group is off to Florida!! That's where Grayson, because of Penelope, falls for Diana, Teddy expresses his true feelings for Elizabeth, and Henry comes truly clean to Penelope that he pretty much hates her. And don't forget about Lina!! She goes off with Leland and falls even harder for him!! And of course, he starts falling for her too...I have to say, I really hate Penelope, but only because I want Henry and Diana to be together, but I think because Lina screwed everything up between Henry and Diana, I think I like her less then even Penelope!! But, without further ado, overall grade...A+