The Silkaworm by Robert Galbraith

This book is one of the New York Times best seller this week! 

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days-as he has done before-and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.

But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives-meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. 

When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before... A compulsively readable crime novel with twists at every turn, THE SILKWORM is the second in the highly acclaimed series featuring Cormoran Strike and his determined young assistant, Robin Ellacott.

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Good books are hard to find but when you do it's also hard to let go.

The elite (Book 2 in The Selection Series)

In America Singer’s world, a bride is chosen for the prince through an elaborate televised competition. In the second book of the Selection series, America is one of only six girls left in the running. But is it Prince Maxon—and life as the queen—she wants? Or is it Aspen, her first love?
 
The Elite delivers the adventure, glamour, political intrigue, and romance readers ofThe Selection expect, and continues the love triangle that captivated them.

Review

I have to say in most cases after reading book one in a series I end up not liking the second or the third book very much. I always say I love the first one! However, in this case it's different the author surprise me. It was nice to learn more about the characters. The king and his son. The relationship they let the world see in fact was not true at all. Reminded me a lot of the United States politics. I was impressed to see Aspen coming in fighting for America's love I guess the prince has his work cut out for him in the next book. 

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The Selection (YA Fantasy)

The Selection (YA Fiction)

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with...more For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.   

 

Review:

I was told about "The Selection" book by one of my sisters who is as addicted to reading as I am. It didn't take me long to get hooked to this book. As soon as I started I could not put it down. I really loved seeing America to be her true self from beginning to the end. She didn't change her ways to fit in the palace instead she had the palace fit her ways. More than once I felt that it was over for her she was going to get kicked out of the palace for the way she behaved but it didn't happen. The author did a awesome job of keeping it interesting and hooked its readers.

 

The love triangle

In the beginning I wanted America so bad to end up with Aspen but as the story went on I started to like prince Maxon too now I don't know who I want her to end up with. The author did a great job of choosing two different yet good characters. I am hoping in bood two I will know exactly who I would like for her to end up with.