1. Goddess of the Night, By: Lynne Ewing
There's a very special place in my heart for this book. Goddess of the Night was the book that got me into reading in the first place. I was one of those people that was like "You're reading? For FUN?" Then my mom grounded me for something in the 7th grade, and to pass the time I borrowed this book from my sister and loved it. I've been reading like crazy ever since.
2. I Do, By: Elizabeth Chandler
I loved I Do. It looks corny, but it was totally awesome. Jane and Adam are still one of my favorite fictional couples. If you haven't read Elizabeth Chandler, I recommend you do so now.
3. Divergent, By: Veronica Roth
After the success of
The Hunger Games, I wasn't at all surprised when a bunch of post-apocalyptic books, movies, and TV shows came out. It's the same thing that happened with
Twilight and vampires. I expected to like
Divergent, but I actually LOVED it. It's smart, unique, and exciting. I loved the characters, and I loved the sequel,
Insurgent. It's also set in Chicago, so big points from me there.
4. Breathing Underwater, By: Alex Flinn
Breathing Underwater was assigned reading in my freshman English class, so of course I expected to dislike it. Not because I think all the books they assigned were bad (but a lot of them were), but because I hate being told when to read a book. It's so hard for me to get into a book that way. Also, the book is about abusive relationships. I thought that would make me hate the abusive characters, but it didn't. They were written so well I couldn't.
5. Double Standards, By: Judith McNaught
My cousin lent me this book on a camping trip, and started my love of romance novels. It was a huge change from any of the other books I had read. Double Standards isn't my favorite romance novel, but it did start me on Judith McNaught's books. That makes it pretty special to me.
And here are five books I thought I'd like more than I did...
6. Crescendo By: Becca Fitzpatrick.
I really thought I would love this book, especially after Hush, Hush. I thought Hush, Hush was pretty great, and was extremely excited to read the following books in the series. Sadly, I went from really liking Nora and really liking Patch to really disliking Nora and REALLY liking Patch. She was such a smart character in the first book, but she finished the series off making me really wonder why Patch and all the other characters thought so highly of her. I mean, she did some pretty dumb things.
7. First Grave on the Right, By: Darynda Jones (
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I was reeeaaaalllly looking forward to reading this book, and I hated how disappointed I was. It picked up later in the series, so I'm still glad I read it. But as a stand alone book, I was very disappointed.
8. Breathe, By: Abbi Glines
My friend recommended this to me, and this was the only book she recommended to me that I didn't like. The writing was just so stiff. I mean, I don't think there were more than five contractions in the whole thing. But the cover is still crazy beautiful.
9. Somebody to Love, By: Kristan Higgins
I didn't dislike this book, I just thought I would like it a lot more because I really like The Best Man. It's probably pretty stupid, but I couldn't get past the age thing. Stupid, right? Parker was five years older than James, and that just made me uncomfortable. Especially since James acted childish sometimes. It would have been cute if the book was about a few 18 or 20 year old kids. A 30 year old guy and 35 year old woman with a five year old kid? Eh. Not into it.
10. Ginger Bread, By: Rachel Cohn
I don't remember a lot about this book since I read it so long ago, but I remember really disliking it. I was surprised about that, because I really enjoyed
POP Princess. This book just didn't do it for me.
