Yeah, well I usually do not read book summaries because they sometimes contain spoilers so I did not know anything about a book except that it's ya paranormal with mythology theme. I requested it because of mythology I even told them in my request how I adore those subjects, so now I feel bad that I gave it low grade. :/

My generation had one transfer student in high school and two in college. As you said, not so much. But then I'm from little country in Europe. What do I know, maybe in USA people move around all the time. LOL

Yeah those are some of my pet peeves too. Especially insta-love. :/ In the end, I'm going to stop reading ya paranormal genre completely.

I skipped writing reviews for some books because I felt uncomfortable writing more negative than positive things about it. But I'm relaxing slowly. And as you said, the most important thing is to be honest.

Don't rely only on me, I'm a picky reader for ya books. I didn't like some books that had a lot of hype. Like: Twilight for example. So better check some more sources before crossing it from your tbr. ;)

Thanks, Dragana, but actually, I'm relying on your review & my experience with YA :) I haven't read Twilight (and never will, I know I won't like it), but some of the well-loved & praised YA books I've read, I didn't really like, or they were quite average reads for me, so I've learned to choose carefully what to buy &/or read. And this sounds that will be one of those reads, all those things you didn't like, I won't like, too, so that's why I'll probably pass.

Well then rely on my review. :D I guess I'm a newbie blogger and still feel guilty when I say something negative about the book and people say they won't buy it - like I did something wrong to the author/writer. I should look at it from the brighter side: I saved someone from reading a book that he/she probably will not enjoy.

I have also problems with reading ya books that are very popular and finding them average (or worse). Don't get me wrong, some of them I loved but some where just.... blah... meh... whatever...

Yeah, I know what you mean, but in the end everyone decides for themselves, we just share our thoughts. Not every book is for everyone, so don't worry :)

And I am a really choosy reader, I love & read all genres & for all ages, but I guess I have high demands ;) and I rarely give up on books, so I'm picky about what I'll start, and there are those I wish I haven't read, so I've also learned to follow my intuition (yeah, sometimes I get a feeling that I won't like a book, and when I haven't listened to it, and read that book because everybody loved it, I have made a mistake) - intuition about books - that's weird, right? ^_^

Anyway, there are plenty of popular YA books I've loved, but yeah, there are those that just aren't that good, but the trick is how to choose what to read ;) And in the end I think it depends on our reading experience a.k.a the books we've read before :)

My intuition for books is silenced with greedy bookworm instincts: I want to read them all! Uuuu shiny cover! etc. I used to read all the books until the end, but I started dnf-ing more since I got a Kindle. Life is too short to waste on bad books - and the next one is just a click away. :)
I am so jealous that you have book intuition. Sounds great! :D

Thanks. When I was correcting spelling errors on my review and thinking about what illustration to add, the idea just popped into my mind. :)
If you like the idea of book related recipes than you should check out Review-cipes by Carissa Taylor if you have not already seen them. They are so fun.

Sometimes using ya cliches work, sometimes not so much. My main problem here was the heroine. I really didn't like her. The girl offends her and she thinks how she would like to rip-off her arm. WTF?

Yeah, when you don't like the MCs or you can't connect to them, then that definitely influences our enjoyment of the story.