The Best YA Books I Read in 2014
One of the best books I have read this year was The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. For those who have not read or seen the movie yet, The Fault in Our Stars tells the story of Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters. Hazel meets Augustus at a support group for kids with cancer and her life is forever changed. The Fault in Our Stars has spent 83 weeks in the New York Times bestseller list.
The Fault in Our Stars film was released June 6, 2014.
Another wonderful novel by John Green that I read this year was Looking for Alaska. The novel is about a boy named Miles Halter, who meets a girl named Alaska at his boarding school. Alaska is different from anyone Miles has ever met.
This year I also read the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas. The first book in Throne of Glass of series is Throne of Glass, followed by Crown of Midnight and Heir of Fire. Each book in the series is better than the next. Throne of Glass tells the story of Celaena Sardothien. Celaena is an eighteen year old assassin sent to do hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes. Crown Prince Dorian offers her a pathway to freedom by making her fight as his champion in the royal tournament. In order to gain her freedom Celaena must win the tournament and work for the palace for a few years.
The Assassin's Blade is an anthology of five novellas that prequel Throne of Glass.
The Divergent series by Veronica Roth is also very good. Divergent tells the story of Beatrice "Tris" Prior a quiet girl from a faction called Abnegation. On her choosing day she finds out that she is Divergent, which means that she does not conform to just one faction, she can belong to many. She transfer to Dauntless where she believes she can be who she really wants to be.
Divergent is followed by Insurgent and Concludes in Allegiant.
Four: A Divergent Collection is an anthology of stories about Four before her met Tris.
The Divergent Movie was released in March 2014.
What was the best book or book series you read this year?