Series ending. Hearts breaking. Bittersweet 2012.

Now I don't know about you guys, but I'm very sad to see my favorite Young Adult series are ending this next year, 2012.

I feel like I'm saying goodbye to all of my childhood friends. All this series have a very special place in my heart because they are among the very first YA books that ignited the flame that led me to be the HUGE teen-books junkie I am today.

Now let us take a trip down memory lane, and pay a little tribute to those especial series that we have all come to love.

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Ah HH. How can I begin to describe this series?

Much like its author it is full of funniness and southern charm.

The characters are all very well-shaped and they really come to life. I want Sophie to be my BFF, she kicks major butt and is such a teenager! I love teenagers, they can be dramatic but they're a blast to read about!

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

I don't know if there are ay Wings fans here, but I HAD to include it in the list.

Even though the series had been going downfall for me, I still buy every book as soon as it is out. Because in book 1 ---->

I found the story to be fascinating, how different these faeries are, and all the journey Laurel went through with accepting her true nature AND how this book has THE MOST ROMANTIC SCENE I'VE EVER READ.

I'm not kidding, my heart still skips a beat every time I read it.

The Ghost and the Goth by  Stacey Kade

I really love this one. I know this series is not really that famous, but what lacks in fandom it has in awesomeness.

I kid you not, it is funny and sexy and light and has the perfect amount of angst and an intese relatioship that progresses in a very realistic approach. It is everything a teen book should be.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Technically, it is not a series; but whoever is not sad to see the inter-connecting story of these three lovely girls: Anna, Lola and Isla, is seriously wrong in the head.

Perkins has a way with story-telling, and it certainly helps that her books always have the most amazing settings, her books are captivating and I certainly hope she continues writting amazing books like these 3.

Paranormalcy by Kristen White

Now, I'm not the biggest fan of the this one, but I figured it needed to be recognized aswell, its huge crowd of fans is not for nothing :)

Like I said, it wasn't my cup of tea. But it indeed has formed a culture based on lockers and pink tasers, that takes serious love and decication from White's fans.

I'm sure some series are escaping my mind right now, but I'm too sleepy right now and my brain does not works well on friday nights (which is my free night, which I usually spend sleeping)

But I really want to dedicate this post to all of those series that leave us this next year. The departure of our favorite characters and the inevitable end to their adventures is bittersweet. The good thing about book though?

You can revive all those good times with a short trip to your bookcase.

Review: The Ghost and The Goth by Stacey Kade

Title: The Ghost and The Goth
Author: Stacey Kade
Hardcover, 281 pages
Published June 29th 2010 by Hyperion Book CH
Goodreads description.

I LOVED this book! I don't know if I have a soft spot for ghosts (yeah, right) or for KICK-ASS characters, or something but lucky for me, this book happens to have both.

I randomly found the book description in goodreads and was blown away by how

similar it sounded to The Mediator my all time favorite YA series. And opposite to what others might do,

going like "Aw there's no way this is as awesome, I'm not reading it!", I'm open-minded

and was glad to find something similar so I decided to give it a try, and went and get the book by all means

-begging, crying and acting like a 2 year old- and oh man! I'M SO GLAD!

PLUS: JUST LOOK AT THE COVER! I don't think I've loved a cover so much, like, EVER! (I'm thinking about getting a full back tattoo of it) I loooove how accurate it actually is,

it's like THOSE are Alona and Will, they're exactly like that, clothes and everything.

Since the very first chapter things are attention grabbing and I find myself immersed in the story, it starts when Alona, the queen bee of her high school, seemingly perfect in every way possible... *gasp* DIES!

But despite what people like to think about her, and what you're already imagining (snotty bitch), she's not! far from the truth!

GIRL IS FIERCE! she's a fighter and has the master mind of Brain

from Pinky and the Brain, no really, she could totally take you in a 'guess the murderer' contest.

Not that there's a murderer in this book, just tons of hilarious, interesting, sad, hot, fun, and kickass moments. I can't complain here, cause I got everything I was asking for, so I will just continue summarizing the plot,

so yes, Alona dies ):

but hey! stop sobbing, girl is not going anywhere for now, and that is because (if you ever read a ghost's book or have been going to the movies/ watching tv this past 20 years you already know this) :

she has unressolved issues.

And what's her to do, she doesn't know anything about being dead, and no one can help her, right?

WRONG! There's someone out there...

someone who can help Alona with her newly acquired troubles...

and that someone is Will Killian! aka Will Kill, you might recognize him as the pseudo-goth guy sitting in the farthest cafeteria table that apparently talks to himself out loud and wears his hoodie over his head all the time

to keep the voices out.

Yeah, Alona thinks that too: NO WAY I'M GETTING NEAR THAT FREAK.

But the only other person who she knows can communicate with the dead is in Puerto Vallarta and I mean it's a long walk to Mexico D: .

So Alona and Will make a deal, he would teach her everything he knows about ghosts, death and moving on If she serves as his bodyguard, that is, keeping the other ghosts off of his face so he can finally have some peace and quiet after years and years of ghosts 'haunting' him.

I bet you can guess where that leads...

me= fun fun fun,

Will & Alona= *headdesk* *headdesk*!

Despite what you might think after reading this (that is if you're still with me after all this babbling) :

"Oh but it sounds SO clichéd!" I have only one thing to say about this, okay two:

a) what's not cliche these days?, I mean, come on! nothing is 100% original now, after all this is 2011.

and b) Cliche can be FUN.

Besides, it's the characters who truly take an story to the next level. This book is infinitely entretaining and with very real (and funny) main characters,

a realistic MALE teenager and a realistic GIRL teenager, and that's not easy to pull off let me tell ya, not everyone can portray a boy and a girl so relatable.

So yeah this book is ALL ABOUT THE FUN (plus some twists you might have not seen coming).

If you just came back from a trip to a child's hospital, got out of jail, witnessed an animal massacre, got your heart broken, read Mockingjay or lost your favorite lipstick at the mall and are SO DEPRESSED you can't take it anymore, I suggest you read this, it won't dissapoint IT'S MADE OF FUN, no seriously, read the tag it says it's made with the same stuff SIX FLAGS is made of.

4 hearts and a kidney.