Monday 29 April 2013

Review ~ Mila 2.0 ~ Debra Drizer




Title: Maya 2.0

Author: Debra Driza

Published:  March 12th 2013

By: Katherine Tegen Books

First line: Beyond the eastern border of Greenwood Ranch orange poured across the skies, edging the clouds like flames.

Last line:  Maybe forever.




I actually finished this book a few weeks ago but decided to hold back on writing the review.  The reason for this?  I read this book on the back of two others that had been on my most anticipated of the year list and I felt that a review of this book would end up being a comparison process rather than a review in its own right.  Now a few weeks have passed, I’ve revisited Mila and I think it’s time!

Mila 2.0 is, not surprisingly about a girl called Mila who is starting over in a new town with her mother following the death of her father.  After a series of strange events it emerges that Mila is actually an android and that people have been looking for her and her mother since her mother absconded with her.  What happens next reads more like a thriller as Mila and her mother flee the underground government bodies who are responsible for Mila’s creation.

There was a lot of hype around this book and as it’s a sci-fi read I knew it was one I wanted to get my hands on, but whilst the other reviews have raved about Mila I didn’t seem to be able to engage  in the same way. Don’t get me wrong, I do love the idea behind the storyline.  The plot does continue through the entire story at quite a pace and there are some good action scenes in here.  There are also times where Mila really takes control of everything unfolding around her, particularly as the story progresses and so I did like the evolution of her character. What bothered me however was that I didn’t seem to be able to connect with the other characters.   Mila seemed to be majorly crushing on Hunter although the level of their involvement didn’t, in my mind, seem to warrant such a reaction. That said, he was a sweet character and I think had there been a bit more to their friendship it would have made for a more realistic read.  I would also have like to have read more about Mila’s mother earlier as I felt this would have added more depth to the plot. Kayleigh (her best friend) did nothing more than annoy me, although from her behaviour in the book I guess that was kind of the point.  I guess at the end of it all I felt as though Mila wasn’t particularly attached to anyone which was kind of sad.  I wasn’t surprised at the ending particularly but it does leave you with a sense that there could be a lot of potential for the second book and the potential friendships and relationships therein. 

Will I pick up the second book? I’ll certainly be looking out for it to find out where the plot goes.  Would I recommend the book? If you like sci-fi then this may be the one for you. 

Rating: 3/5.  There were certain aspects of this book that really showed potential and I hope that this continues into book two.  If that is the case then the sequel could be a really good read.  Unfortunately, Mila 2.0 just didn’t rock my world.

Sunday 28 April 2013

Stacking the Shelves #45


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Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tyngs's Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your   shelves, may they be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

We love sharing our books with you each week but more importantly we loving see what you add to your shelves. All links added here will take you to goodreads.

Well we've had another cracking week here at Midnight Reads!  Our beloved Bungle is finally on the mend and having spent a week looking after four children I have now planted my head fully back into my books! Fingers crossed normal services will be resumed soon and we'll be firing reviews at you from left, right and centre! In the meantime...

Bungle's shelves


This week has been brill yet again! For review I was sent No Where by Jon Robinson from Puffin & it sounds brilliant!! Also for review Doubleday (Random House) sent Lockwood & Co. The Screaming Staircase by the amazing Jonathan Stroud. It sounds & looks fantastic!! Now for books I bought, Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn which I've been intrigued by ever since I first found out about it. I got Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore which my boyfriend will steal AND the best of the bunch for me this week, If I Should Die by Amy Plum!!!!!! Everyone knows I'm a big fan of this series & Amy, Die For Me was actually the first book I reviewed here on Midnight Reads & I can't wait to finish this series :) Thank you to the publishers who sent books for review.


Tom & Laura Clempson totally made my week & sent me an AMAZING chocolate fudge cake! I'm not going to lie, it didn't last that long! These two people are fabulous & know how to cheer a poorly girl up! They are truly talented & you should read Toms books if you haven't already & you must must must visit Laura's website & learn all about Cupcakes for Clara & all the amazing crafty pieces she creates for you to make. (I was not paid in cake for saying any of this, they really are fab!)


Sally's shelves


It's been another cracking week for me too! I've now got a real - life paper copy of The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) by Julie Kagawa to decorate my shelves with! I did get a galley of this book for our review which you can find here,  but there's nothing better than having something on your shelves that you run your finger over. And then dust.  I also got a copy of Half Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout.  I've really enjoyed the Lux series so I have high hopes for this one. Plus the picture on the cover actually looks like my tattoo! :D


So, that's us for this week.  I've got another cracking week coming up as three, yup, three of my most anticipated reads for 2103 turn up in the post tomorrow.  So relieved that there's a bank holiday weekend ahead of us!  

Anyhoo, that's enough about us, what have you been up to this week?


Sunday 21 April 2013

Stacking The Shelves #44

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Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tyngs's Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may they be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

We love sharing our books with you each week but more importantly we loving see what you add to your shelves. (sorry no links this week).
 
 
Bungle's shelves
 
So this week I haven't been able to get out as I'm still not fully fit :( so my books come in the form of free ebooks this week. They were, UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn, Prince of Wolves by Quinn Loftis, Kindred by Erica Stevens and Turned by Morgan Rice. Love the look of all of them and I can't wait to get reading!
 
Sally's shelves
 
I've taken a step away from the real world this week and I'm looking after my sister's four,yup, that's right, four children!  What can I say?  I now realise how easy a life I have!  Anyhoo, in the midst of all this I have bought two books,  however, they are being added to my sister's shelves.  I bought two copies of Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith for my eleven year old twin nephews having heard Bungle say so many fab things about it! They are really getting stuck into it and so far this week we've jumped on them, shredded pages into ribbons and covered them in lemon curd and hot dogs!  It's gotten them away from the PS3 and getting mucky! Absolutely brilliant!
 
 
UnEnchanted (An Unfortunate Fairy Tale, #1) Prince of Wolves (The Grey Wolves, #1) Kindred (The Kindred, #1) Turned (The Vampire Journals, #1) Wreck This Journal
 
 
So that is our week in books. Happy reading!
 
 
 


Sunday 14 April 2013

Stacking The Shelves #43

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Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tyngs's Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may they be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

We love sharing our books with you each week but more importantly we loving see what you add to your shelves.  All links will take you to goodreads.
 
 
Bungle's shelf
 
So this week I received some amazing books from Hodder which I was not expecting at all and it made my week to be honest!! The first book this week was Anarchy by James Treadwell, I have book one but not yet read it, hearing loots of good things so when I can read properly I'll be get to them. The second book this week was Angelfall by Susan Ee which I know a few of you also got. It's soooo beautiful, as you can see I even love the envelop it came in!!!! I really really can't wait to read again! I also download an ebook which is Magyk by Angie Sage, I see a lot of people buying this series at the shop and I have seen you all talk about it via twitter so I wanted to see what all the fuss is about. I got this as a free download from ibooks/tunes as it was chosen as book of the week.
 
 
 Magyk
 
Sally's shelves
 
So this week I got a new bookshelf to display my wares on.  Unfortunately, having moved the books that I already own around it's now full so I'm already on the hunt for another one! I did find space to fit in three new books though.  This week I got my hands on Immortal City  and Natural Born Angel by Scott Speer which came in a fab little two book pack.  I also bought Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire.  I loved Travis Maddox in Beautiful Disaster so I'm really looking forward to reading things from his perspective.
 
Immortal City (Immortal City, #1)  Natural Born Angel (Immortal City, #2) Walking Disaster (Beautiful, #2)
 
So that's it from us this week, we hope you had a good book week. We're off to have a nosey. Happy reading.
 
 

Sunday 7 April 2013

Stacking The Shelves #42

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Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tyngs's Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may they be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

We love sharing our books with you each week but more importantly we loving see what you add to your shelves. (Sorry but no links this week!)
A bit of a bumper week this week with 13 new books here at Midnight Reads so we'll get right to it!

Bungles shelves

Still trying to kick the illness & no answers as for yet :( A brill week for me with books though!! My boyfriend bought me Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes and Deadly Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock as Easter presents as well as some cute little eggs :) I bought myself Immortal City & Natural Born Angel by Scott Speer as a 2 pack for just £3.50, what a bargain right!?! As for review books this week I received Lost Worlds by Andrew Lane from Macmillan which looks fab and you can even bring the cover to life! I was also sent Noble Conflict by Malorie Blackman from Random House, loving this proof cover! And Sally and I were both sent copies of The Beautiful and the Cursed by Page Morgan and Paper Aeroplanes by Dawn O'Porter from Hot Key Books. I love HKB and the staff there and so lovely and you can tell just how passionate they are about their jobs and the books they represent! And I paid just 99p for Amy Plum's Die For Her novella, I love me some Jules. Get this ebook novella NOW!!

 
Die for Her (Revenants, #2.5)
 
 
Sally's shelves
 
I've got three new reads and they're all from the same series! This week I got Obsidian, Onyx and Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I love dystopian series but I haven't read much by way of aliens amongst us in the here and now. What can I say? I love Daemon! I've already read two of the three and I'm on the third one now. There's a fourth coming out in September too I believe called Origin which makes me so happy! I'll also be taking Daemon as one of my plus ones to my sister's wedding. Just need to remember to put the book down during the service. I think I should get away with it... I'll also have Jem with me as I'll be wearing my book necklace that my friend Sarah gave me. So, attending a wedding surrounded by book boyfs! Bring it on I say!
 
 
 
 
That's it from us this week, a brill week we think! Happy reading everyone
 
 
 

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