A review... but not

There's this book that I recently finished that I absolutely adored, but couldn't decide whether or not I should post a review on it. You see, the book is an adult novel, and this blog is definitely centered around YA. So I decided to compromise and leave you with a high recommendation. So here it is:

The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale

"Mormon housewife Becky Jack is seven months pregnant with her fourth child when she meets celebrity heartthrob Felix Callahan. Twelve hours, one elevator ride, and one alcohol-free dinner later, something has happened…though nothing has happened. It isn’t sexual. It isn’t even quite love. But a month later Felix shows up in Salt Lake City to visit and before they know what’s hit them, Felix and Becky are best friends. Really. Becky’s husband is pretty cool about it. Her children roll their eyes. Her neighbors gossip endlessly. But Felix and Becky have something special…something unusual, something completely impossible to sustain. Or is it? A magical story, The Actor and the Housewife explores what could happen when your not-so-secret celebrity crush walks right into real life and changes everything."-Goodreads.com

Such a cute and amazingly well-done story! Shannon Hale is laugh-out-loud hilarious and the dialogue alone was enough to keep me reading.

Very high recommendation to anyone even remotely interested. You won't regret it.

Graphic Novels

Kin by Holly Black

Kith by Holly Black

Avalon High: Coronation by Meg Cabot

Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale

Black is for Beginnings by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Desert Tales: Sanctuary by Melissa Marr

Dessert Tales: Challenge by Melissa Marr

There's also a rumor going around that they are in the process of turning the Mortal Instruments Trilogy by Cassandra Clare into grphic novels too. Graphic novels are huge these days, particularly in YA lit.

Thoughts on it? Yay or nay?

Forest Born by Shannon Hale

"Rin is sure that something is wrong with her…something really bad. Something that is keeping her from feeling at home in the Forest homestead where she’s lived all her life. Something that is keeping her from trusting herself with anyone at all. When her brother Razo returns from the city for a visit, she accompanies him to the palace, hoping that she can find peace away from home. But war has come to Bayern again, and Rin is compelled to join the queen and her closest allies—magical girls Rin thinks of as the Fire Sisters—as they venture into the Forest toward Kel, the land where someone seems to want them all dead. Many beloved Bayern characters reappear in this story, but it is Rin’s own journey of discovering how to balance the good and the bad in herself that drives this compelling adventure." -From Amazon.com

Overall: 3/5

As a huge fan of Shannon Hale's other work, particularly the first three Books of Bayern, I had high expectations of this book. Which is prabably the main reason I was disappointed. Don't get me wrong, the book was good. Just not as good as I thought it would be.

All the favorite characters from previous books in the series were there, continuing their own stories as Rin told hers. It was a cute story, though pretty depressing at times. I felt like threre were still loose ends that hadn't been wrapped up by the end of the story, and I was a little disappointed with how, by the finish, it seemed that not a whole lot had changed for Rin.

Maybe she's plannin on going further into some of those details in a later book. I hope that's it. And I do look forward to that next book, whatever it turns out to be.

Characters: 4/5

Plot: 3/5

Writing: 3/5

Ending: 3/5

Cover: 2/5

Other titles by this author: The Goose Girl, Enna Burning, River Secrets, Austenland