New Rating System + Mini Book Reviews: Reboot + Losing Hope + Ten Tiny Breaths

Welcome to my new rating system! What I did was, I chose five things that make up a story for me. So now, instead of a simple 5 STAR rating, you get this:

Basically, the characters is how much I like all of them as well as how much development there is. The plot pace is how fast the story went by for me. The predictable is the predictability because I love a story who drops bombshells. The writing depends on how much I liked it as well as how unique it was. Then finally, the emotions is how much of the feels the book gave me, the good feelings and bad feelings.

This is my very first Mini Book Review post. The reason I'm going to be doing these posts is so that I can catch up on my reviews. I'm so behind! I never would've thought that I'd read faster than I'd be able to post reviews. Also, this is going to be the first time I use my new rating system! Are you excited? YES?! These reviews will be, of course, mini. Maybe a paragraph or so just summing up all my thoughts rather than expanding on them. Continue reading to see my mini reviews on Reboot by Amy Tintera, Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover and Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker.

Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, and less emotional. The longer Reboots are dead, the less human they are when they return. Wren 178 is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas. Now seventeen years old, she serves as a soldier for HARC (Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation).
Wren’s favorite part of the job is training new Reboots, but her latest newbie is the worst she’s ever seen. As a 22, Callum Reyes is practically human. His reflexes are too slow, he’s always asking questions, and his ever-present smile is freaking her out. Yet there’s something about him she can’t ignore. When Callum refuses to follow an order, Wren is given one last chance to get him in line—or she’ll have to eliminate him. Wren has never disobeyed before and knows if she does, she’ll be eliminated, too. But she has also never felt as alive as she does around Callum.
The perfect soldier is done taking orders.

I read Reboot because there was like A LOT of hype around it. I was really excited because the concept was really good. The characters didn't have extremely good detail but I can tell that the author is building a base. It was pretty predictable because it's basically a classic Dystopian but I honestly believe that the second book will be a blast. The writing was good too, it was just bland, nothing too special about it for me. It did evoke quite a few emotions though, there was a lot of pity, and quite a few giggles here and there as well.

Reboot by Amy Tintera | Goodreads | Book Depository | Amazon

In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared, and no memory forgotten, but Holder’s past remained a mystery.
Still haunted by the little girl he let walk away, Holder has spent his entire life searching for her in an attempt to finally rid himself of the crushing guilt he has felt for years. But he could not have anticipated that the moment they reconnect, even greater remorse would overwhelm him…
Sometimes in life, if we wish to move forward, we must first dig deep into our past and make amends. In Losing Hope, bestselling author Colleen Hoover reveals what was going on inside Holder’s head during all those hopeless moments—and whether he can gain the peace he desperately needs.

Losing Hope was an emotional train ride, heartbreakingly beautiful and extremely poignant. The letters in this stories were really sad. Because this is a retelling of the first book in the Holder's point of view, it was really predictable but it did show a different perspective on a few things. The writing was amazing because there was so much dramatic irony. You'll meet new characters that weren't in the first book. My heart just broke over and over, all over again. The good thing though, is that at the end, the story gives you the closure you didn't get in the first book. 

Fave quote:

"What if the afterlife is worse than the life your running from?"

Fave scene:

"So how are you liking Sky?" my mom asks. She's seated at the kitchen eating her breakfast and reading the paper. I'm surprised she remembers her name. I only mentioned her once. I shut the refrigerator door and walk to the bar. "She's great," I say. "I like her a lot." My mum puts down the paper and cocks her head. "She?" she says with an arched brow. I don't understand her confusion. I just stare at her until she shaes her head and laughs. "Oh, Jesus," she says. "You've got it bad." Still confused. "What do you mean? You asked how I liked Sky and I answered you." She's laughing even harder now. "I said school, Holder. I asked how you were liking school."

Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover | Goodreads | Book Depository | Amazon

Kacey Cleary’s whole life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Now she’s working hard to bury the pieces left behind—all but one. Her little sister, Livie. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle; she can stop herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. She just needs to keep it together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
But when Uncle Raymond slides into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Armed with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried. She can handle all of them. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in apartment 1D.
Kacey doesn’t want to feel. She doesn’t. It’s safer that way. For everyone. But sexy Trent finds a way into her numb heart, reigniting her ability to love again. She starts to believe that maybe she can leave the past where it belongs and start over. Maybe she’s not beyond repair.
But Kacey isn’t the only one who’s broken. Seemingly perfect Trent has an unforgiveable past of his own; one that, when discovered, will shatter Kacey’s newly constructed life and send her back into suffocating darkness.

So good. Just wow. It was so amazing that I cried. The ending was so beautiful that I just bawled. So there were tears but there were also giggles. Swoon after swoon after swoon. I loved the characters and I loved the romance. It was super faced paced and I'm quite sure the effortless writing contributed to this. The only problems I have are, one, I hate it when the girl is being an asshat and she can't see how amazing the guy is. Two, it was REALLY predictable. I feel like the big bombshell was clear from the start. I'm SOOOO excited to read the next book.
Fave scene:
"Forever's a long time."
Trent's arms squeeze around me. "Forever's not long enough when it's with you."

Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A. Tucker | Goodreads | Book Depository | Amazon | Audible

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