DAY 6. – Book you’ve read the most number of times

The Hobbit.

I first read it when I was a child, maybe 7 or 8 years old. I've read it pretty much every year since then so I've read it a good 20+ times.

I never get bored of it. I always always forget something, or discover something new, or rediscover something I thought I'd forgotten.

It's the book that made me fall in love with reading.
It's the book that made me fall in love with fantasy, that made me fall in love with magic, that made me fall in love with adventure
It's the book that made me realise what amazing and fantastical worlds could be found between the pages of a book.
It's the book that gave me awful night mares as a child
It's the book that makes me want to become a writer.

I really can't say anything less, and I have no doubt I will continue to re-read this every year until I'm dead

Rachel Vincent - Alpha

Rachel Vincent - Alpha
The blurb: The unscrupulous new Council chair has charged Jace, Marc and me with trespassing, kidnapping, murder and treason. Yeah, we've been busy. But now it's time to take justice into our own hands. We must avenge my brother's death and carve out the rot at the heart of the Council.It's not going to be easy, and loss seems unavoidable, but I have promised to protect my Pride, no matter what. With a target on my back and Marc at my side, I'm heading for a final showdown that can--that will--change everything forever. A showdown I'm not sure I'm ready for.But life never waits until you're ready

My rating: 4.5/5
Tagged: urban fantasy, paranormal, shapeshifters, romance
Date I started this book: 31/01/2016
Date I finished this book: 06/02/2016

What did I think? The book is very much all about Faythe, her struggle to grow up and the whole choosing between Marc and Jace. I would have preferred slightly more about the secondary characters - mention of secondary characters felt rushed just to wrap things up. There were parts where I was getting a little sick of Faythe, it was just a little bit too much me me me.

The pace of the book was fast and action packed, it starts with a bang and ends with one, with some really emotional scenes in between.

The book obviously ends with Faythe's choice, who she chooses is pretty obvious to me in the last few chapters which is why I was dreading the end, hoping desperately that somehow she would choose the other guy instead of whats-his-face - which is probably why I didnt like this as much! I am a big Team [x] fan (like I'm gonna give away the ending!)

On the plus side, whilst everything has been wrapped up (the big bad slain, boyfriend chosen...) there seems to be a lot more to tell and I've heard that Rachel Vincent is writing more stories in the 'verse