My Top 5 Favorite Series'
The Moral Instruments
This trilogy is about a young girl named Clary who's life is compeltely normal until she starts seeing strange creatures. He life is then thrown into chaos when her mother disappears and she is taken in by a race of peopel called "Shadow Hunters" who live to protect humanity from demons. Clary delves into her past to find out where her mother is, what role Clary has to play, and what she is, because she definately isn't human.
These books were fast paced and suprising which kept me interested. I love the twists and turns.
RIYL: Twilight, Beautiful Creatures, or Divergent.
Movie Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc4CiTvQ-YE
Movie Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc4CiTvQ-YE
The Hunger Games
In this distopian society, the Capital rules over all. This a place, where in order to prevent rebellion, 24 kids are randomly choosen to compete in a competition: A fight to the death. Katniss Everdeen is thrown into the mix when she volunteers in place of her little sister. She must fight to stay alive as well as fall in love along the way.
I love this series. The characters just seem so interesting and dynamic that I can't help but love them. The storyline is completely different from anything I have ever heard of before and is truely captivating.
RIYL: The Mortal Instruments, Harry Potter, or any distopia
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plts4kivGzE
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plts4kivGzE
The Mistborn Trilogy
Born into poorness and poverty, Vin must fight to stay alive, but that seems to be difficult when people like her are hunted. In this distopian world where a mysterious dictator rules over all, there are such people as Mistborn: those who are born with the ability to Alomance or control metals. Vin finds herself taken in by one of the strongest Mistborn there ever was. He agrees to teach her with one contition. She must aid his attempt at overthrowing the government.
I loved this series. I was very suprised with myself though because this is very fantasy and I don't always like that. The characters are so endearing that I just couldn't help cheering them on and the plot was full of some of the most game-changing twists that I have ever experienced.
The Chemical Garden
In a world where men die at the age of 25 and women at 20, everyone must fight to stay alive. Due to an outbreak everyone dies very young. Rhine, a girl just 16 years old, is kidnapped to be married to a rich man who wishes to be happy after the death of his first wife by filling the void with multiple wives. Soon, a plot is discovered as Rhine realizes that his father intends to experiement on her and her sisterwives to find a cure. Time is running out and she intends to leave before he is able.
Having only read the first book in the series, Wither, I found that I enjoyed it imensly. I can tell that this series will be very riviting and keep me on my toes.
RIYL: Hunger Games, mysteries, as well as distopias
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJD_C0eh_K8
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJD_C0eh_K8
The Gallagher Girls
This series is all about spies. Cammie Morgan is a young teenage girl who is like anyone else except for one thing, she goes to Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a school for spies. A mysterious company is after Cammie and no one is sure why. Cammie must look into her past, investigate her father's disapperance, and evade capture, as well as solve her boy drama along the way.
This series was such a fun read. It is comically written but also has an in depth plot that keeps readers wanting to hear more.
RIYL: The Heist Society, espionage books
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTokHWds6rc
Maximum Ride
This series is about a young group of kids constantly on the run from an evil organization known as "The School". The kicker? These kids are part bird, part human. They have wings. Max, the female protagonist must keep her family together while attempting to stay alive.
I love this series. I read it in middle school because the books are directed towards a younger audience but I will always remember how much I liked it. The plot is just so interesting and James Patterson, the author, just gives Max such a funny internal voice that it is so entertaining.
RIYL: Sci-fi books, Artimis Fowl, or Witch and Wizard
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwW3GRvhSfY
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