(Special thanks to Tyler for giving me the idea to do this tag and also happy early birthday)

It’s a very interesting idea! The prompts are good ones and it’s fun wondering what the next day will bring. The journal is shorter than normal book size and the compactness of it makes it even better. It’s a portable, durable and exciting to participate in. It’s a great gift for the holidays (It can be started in the new year) and Instant Happy Journal will definitely be recommended to my friends and family!

"I received this book from Blogging For Books for this review."

The first thing that really struck me about this book was the overwhelming beauty of the writing. It’s so complex and indirect that it paints a vivid picture in your mind. The way that Christie handled mental illness was phenomenal and it taught you a lot about what goes on in the life of someone living with Agoraphobia. The concept of the “Black Lagoon” was interesting and gave more of a shape as to what Agoraphobia is. “Inside”vs.”Outside” was interesting as well, Will sees them as different “objects” if you will. Inside and Outside are two completely different worlds. The names of the rooms in Will’s house like Cairo and Toronto, confused me a bit at the beginning until I figured out his way of speaking. Overall this book was really great but really dense. There was a lot of content in this book so it did feel slow at times but the mystery and the friendship and the discovery and backstory all wind together into one truly beautiful story. ;)

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There is a REASON that this book has 5 stars, I loved the crap out of it the whole time I was reading it! To begin I was a bit confused on some of the words and terms that were used. It really was like you were just being thrust into this world and these problems that were going on under your nose. I had read Fangirl prior to this so I understood (or remembered) most of what was going on.  I do think that it would be best to read Fangirl before reading this book because it will give you a bit of insight on what kind of story this is, but I don’t think it's completely necessary because this book is completely different. Obviously people are going to look at this book and think, This is just really fancy Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy fanfiction, but trust me, it’s not. It’s all it’s own and it’s magical and lovely and everyone will love it. That’s it for the non spoiler section! If you have not read this book then please do not keep reading the review. Thank You! Okay so, Simon and Baz are my new main OTP because why not they’re so adorable!!! I had been told in advance that Carry On was a gay love story and in the beginning, Baz doesn’t even show up and Agatha was really winey so I automatically didn’t like her at all, and I didn’t want her and Simon to end up together. In the beginning, I can’t really explain it, but I was in LOVE with Baz. For the most part of the first 3rd of the book, all Simon thinks about is about all the stuff that Baz has done and how obsessed he is with finding him so in turn, I get obsessed with him too. I’m sitting there in anticipation waiting for Baz to finally show up! And when he does, oh Lord, I could just imagine him throwing open the doors and sauntering in like, “Sup, guys. You thought I was gone? HA!” It was amazing ahhhh! He is my favorite character by far. He’s the sassiest one and the he’s that kind of character that looks like he could kill you but he’s actually just a marshmallow. When I read his first POV, I was dying! He admits he’s in love with Simon and it’s the cutest thing ever! But then I was also scared because what if Simon doesn’t like him? But like I said, I had already heard that it was a love story between Simon and Baz so I was hoping like crazy that they began to like each other. And then… we get to the part where Simon gives his power to Baz and I’m thinking, Is that why Simon can’t control his powers? Is that why he and Baz were brought together as roommates their first year? Because Simon can’t control his power unless he gives it to Baz? And then Baz is yelling to not hurt it and you get to see how both of the characters are under pressure. I think that one of my favorite scenes is when they try the thing again and Baz says Twinkle twinkle little star. It’s like they’re having a moment and they both feel safe with each other and they are able to work together… It’s the first “love” scene as I would put it because I was squealing like crazy. When Simon, Baz, and Penelope all team up to find Baz’s mom’s killer, it feels so perfect, I don’t know how to even explain it just that it feels so right. Baz and Penny really connected I think in the Book Three section of Carry On, like they seemed to accept that they were actually pretty similar. Baz says, “You should come to Hampshire.” (pg. 272) and I immediately start to fangirl because this is basically what we’ve been waiting for the whole time, right? For Baz and Simon to be at home alone together. I got really disappointed and then it got so much better because the first thing Simon thinks to do in the situation where he found more information was, Oh, I’ll just go to Baz’s house, he invited me right? And then Baz says “Snow” and then Simon says “You’re wearing jeans.” The cuteness level goes through the roof. And I began to once more freak out when Baz wanted to die and the whole “you’re flammable” joke got serious. Baz in his head was saying he was going to kiss Simon before he died and then SIMON KISSED HIM!!! It was beautiful and it was everything I was waiting for and they are just the best. Simon is just so comfortable with the fact that Baz is a vampire through all of this. He just knows that Baz wouldn’t bite him and then how he spells a deer to come to Baz so he can drink from it and Simon just stands there grinning while Baz says “Don’t watch.” is just hilarious. The causality of their kissing and talking about vampires is very comforting and frankly ADORABLE. So when The Insidious Humdrum comes and “bewitches” Baz I was kind of really confused with everything that happened afterwards. So the Mage is actually Simon’s father, Lucy is Simon’s mother and she’s dead and she was the second ghost that came to Simon - not Baz’s mom, and The Insidious Humdrum is actually the “emptiness” or the “hole” left behind by the usage of all the magic from Simon? Whew, I think that’s it? I really liked the contemporary feel of the world. They had cell phones and pop culture integrated into the story and I liked the way the magic worked. I mean, when you put meaning and feelings into the words they become magic. So, essentially, words are magic. Which is a really good moral to put into the story and it’s actually very clever if you think about it. When some words or phrases lose meaning, so do the spells, and if you make a word or phrase more “known” then it becomes magical. Okay, so overall I loved the love, the mystery, and just this whole book overall. I don't know what else to say but that Rainbow is a genius and her name is on my most favorite writers list! Please read this book because it is SO worth it and you will love it all the way through.

I read this book in two days flat, nonstop (except to sleep and eat). I don’t even know what to say… The writing was beautiful, like a poem. The characters had strong personalities and they were lovable because they were so different. Juliette was the heroine, Adam was the good-boy, Warner was the bad-boy, and Kenji was the clown. The only problem I had with this book was that I wanted Juliette to be with Warner and not Adam although I liked him, I thought that Warner was the stronger character and I want to know more about him since Adam and Juliette’s backstory is so plainly set out.. Warner reminded me of Loki and Draco a lot so maybe that’s why I loved him so much… When they played off Adam as being the bad guy in the beginning I kind of knew/hoped he wasn’t. But what surprised me was that he wasn’t a part of the rebels because I thought that he already was. Now, Warner is a mysterious character. He doesn't want people to know about his mother for one thing and I think that that will come into play later on in the series. His relationship with Juliette and my view on him was completely changed when I read Destroy Me the Shatter Me novella. You began to understand just how much he cares for Juliette and doesn't want her to get hurt. It just made me love him even more! I thought that the rebels were a bit sketchy. The ending was very abrupt in the fact that they were saved, the end. No, I don’t think it should have ended so good but I do understand that Mafi was trying to set us up for the next book (which I am excited to read soon). I want to know what Adam’s power is and I want to know what Warner’s power is now that we know what happens when he touches her. When Adam was able to touch her I thought yes but when Warner was able to touch her I thought love triangle, double yes! It totally caught me off guard when we found out that a lot of different people also had powers? I thought it was only going to be Juliette so im excited to find out more about that too. Overall, this book was hella amazing and I am super duper excited to read the rest of the Shatter Me series!