***FINAL RATING: 3.30 STARS***

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I love a good sci-fi series, especially the wild ones. It's not often we get to experience an entirely new planet, and it was fun to try that in this novel. It's fast-paced, almost a thriller, but doesn't quite reach this level. Even so, it's a major page turner that kept me up late into the night. This last installment was just as brill as the two books that came before. This review kind of makes it sound like I didn't love this book, but believe me, I did More...

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"Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

There will be spoilers for Across The Universe and A Million Suns. In this review there are no spoilers for Shades of Earth at all.
You're probably asking yourself: "Why is he quoting the Red Hot Chili Peppers?". I have always wanted to go to space and discover new planets and stars. The likelihood of me going to space is probably is about as likely as me winning the lottery j More...

Updated Version:



LOOK AT THAT UGLINESS!!! I'm exited to read it though :3

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What in the F*** where this people thinking when they made this cover!!!????




Thank You for Ruining My Collection!!! This will just clash fabulously in my shelf! THANKS A LOT!

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AFTER READING:
This was a great ending to the series!!
While I am sad to see the series go... I like the way it concluded.


BEFORE READING:
EDIT NUMBER... WELL...WHATEVER:
The cover doesn't look as bad anymore. I still really really REALLY want a pretty star cover but now this cover doesn't look as flat as before. Am I making sense? Maybe?
Well, I think the cover is okay... (I still don't like the cover changes though)

EDIT NUMBER 5:
WHY ISN'T THE COVER CHANGING!!!!!!!
IT NEEDS TO CHANGE!!!
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Minutes after I finished SHADES OF EARTH:

OH. MY. STARS. I CAN'T EVEN. I SERIOUSLY CAN'T EVEN.

SHADES OF EARTH is seriously one of the best finales to a YA trilogy EVER. So much action, so many secrets, so many betrayals, SO MUCH EMOTIONS. I still can't get over how much I adore this book -- and this series.

Guys, you are going to LOVE SHADES OF EARTH. It's definitely my favorite in this trilogy (and I love all of them), and Beth Revis just made this awesome and epic and wonderful and inc More...

Wow. What a conclusion.

And that's all I'm gonna say until closer to the release date. :)








Hormonal Pre-Review

http://m.wired.com/geekdad/2012/07/ne...

No. NO. FUCK no.
How could Penguin do this?
Those original AtU covers are my favorite covers in the entire world. Out of every book in the world, those two book covers are my absolute favorites. And then they redesign them. Seriously?

We should revolt at Penguin Headquarters. All of us. Let's go! More...

This has been a really great series for me. I've enjoyed watching Amy and Elder's journey since the beginning, and I think the first chapter in Across the Universe is one of the most well-written first chapters in YA. I've been looking forward to Shades of Earth since I finished A Million Suns in November of 2011, and I'm here to say that this book provides great closure for a great series.

First, I think it's important to note that this book is a lot different than the first two in that it doesn More...

3 1/2 stars

I was so prepared to give this series conclusion four stars right up until that cheesy ending. I knew it was going to happen, I was hoping it wouldn't but, deep down, I just knew it would. I've given the first two books - Across the Universe and A Million Suns - four and three stars respectively, the latter rating being mainly because I thought the characters lacked development and personality, despite the fact that I love the idea behind the story. On that front, I think Ms Revis fi More...

Edit 1/4/13

Sadly it didn't turn out as good as I hoped it would be. *sigh*

Review to come.


Pre-review:

So, for Across the Universe we got this gorgeous cover




And for A Million Suns, we were greeted with an equally stunning one




So naturally, I was expecting something FABULOUS *fan girl moments* for the last installment, Shades of Earth. And lo and behold....



TA-DA! Cover reveal!

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That's a joke..... right? please say yes please say yes pleeaassee I beg of you

*waits for response*

What did y More...

OH FREX THAT WAS LOONS!!!! Mind is totally blown!



Maybe I'm just coming off my book high but it is 5am and after not being able to put the book down for longer than to eat and run to the bathroom a couple times I must say I thought it was a fabulously, nerve wracking, intense, epic, mind blowing conclusion!

I was so excited to finally get the Frozens woken up and to see this planet and what is inhabiting it. As expected total epic chaos ensued! Distrust and lies continued. Murders around every co More...

WHY DID I PUT Shades of Earth OFF FOR FIFTEEN DAYS?!!! ARGHHH! Yes. Fifteen days is a long time to put off a book that was number five on your ten most anticipated books of the year. And a book that. Was. Just. Soooooooo. Good. And evil! And Good! No… IT WAS AWESOME!

‘What is in our hearts is real whether we name it or let it exist only in darkness or silence.’

Okay. So. Beth Revis is evil … a genius … an evil genius. Why can’t all YA authors be like her? Seriously. All those other authors need t More...

fantastic

I have many, many problems with this series. Mainly the absolutely unbearable characters and romance. And another problem I've found myself having is how much Amy and Elder's voices mesh together for me. I could read several paragraphs before I realize "Oh wait, this is in Elder's/Amy's POV! Woopsies!" And don't even get me fucking started on the goddamn made-up swear word.

But I do admit that I enjoyed the concept and the plot, and I thought it all ended nicely until that very final chapter that More...

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS BOOK TO COME OUT!

2013???






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Um...what is this cover? I'm not liking it very much. What happened to the pretty stars and Amy and Elder's faces or something? :(

I guess the cover is due to the change in scenery. They're going to be on another planet, i suppose. But still....I don't like the cover so far. Maybe it will grow on me. But for now, I hope it changes and this is just some kind of draft cover. Please?

Please?

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I'm feeling a lot of different emotions now that I've read this book. Across the Universe is one of the first debuts and series that I started reading when I was a baby book blogger, and now it has come to an end. Since reading the first book, I've experienced so much both as a blogger, in 'real' life, and as a reader. I am so happy that such a good series has been with me along the way. Does that sound weird? Probably.

Full review here: http://www.booksofamber.com/2013/01/s...
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Final rating: ★★★★★/★★★★★



"But there’s a difference, isn’t there? Between saying goodbye and death.

One word: omfgthiswassofrexingepicthatihavenowordslefttoexpresswhatithink...
there, i wrote it XD

Anyway. Awesome conclusion to one of my favorite ya sci fi series. I am glad that Beth Revis didn't fail me with all her glorious plot twists and awesomeness. I liked every moment of it, and i just can't help but think that i would love if this book was longer! It seemed to me too short, but still, t More...

2013?!?! As in, NEXT YEAR?!
SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!
There's no way I can wait that long!!!
*Locks herself in cryo chamber*
Unfreeze me when the book arrives.

EDIT

Um, wow, guys. That's just the redesign cover. No need to get upset.
I'm sure there'll another better one. One with beautiful stars and silhouettes. Something that stays true to the other two books.

*gag!
2013? dang!

Wow! What an epic conclusion to a series I have loved. Shades of Earth did not disappoint. It was a complete adventure filled with fighting and mystery and romance and a very high body count. Very high. I'm sad it's over!



Edit: Dec 2011
Shades of Earth! What a fantastic name! I would never have guessed that.

So I actually met and talked to Beth Revis, and the title is definitely in the lyrics to Across the Universe. I only have a few guesses:
A Million Eyes (not likely because book 2 is A Million S More...

Oh my frexing phydus! 2013?!?!? Ok fess up who changed the publication date????? Huh!? That better be changed pronto!!! Ughh shite I'm suffering here!

Update (4/25/12) It's been too long. Is it out yet? NO?!?! Well why the phydus not? Arghhh any longer and I might consider freezing meh-self to save myself from the wait....

FREX! 2013 emerge!

Why can't ANY publisher stay with their original cover design?! Is your opinion on something you came up with yourselves really changing that much in three damn years?!
I'm so not happy with this!

Ale jo, nakonec dobrý.

Těšte se, v češtině vychází v patách originálu!

Great ending to the series,

It’s over. I am so sad. The last of the trilogy! But it was oh so frexing good! This was my favorite of the series. Just wow. So many secrets and betrayals, I don’t think I ever knew what was going to happen next. After the first book I had a hard time envisioning how Revis would keep the series going for two more books, but what she did was brilliant!

Since this is the last of a series, I don’t want to go into the plot to much. I’ll just refer you to my review of book one: Across the Universe. S More...

Its official, this is indeed my favorite young adult trilogy ever. And I mean EVER. The only trilogy that has ever made me want the author to pop out another book. With this one however, I can understand why the author just wanted a trilogy so I think a spin off series would work fine. Just the way this book ends, there has to be more! I mean come on, what happens to Elder and Amy? Do they hybrids and humans live together? Does FRX come and attack them? Is there a war???? It. Can't. Be. Over! I More...

Story: Thrilling and surprising, SHADES OF EARTH is one epic conclusion. Full Review to come soon.

Cover:This cover is very disappointing, on so many levels (thank goodness I'm already a fan of this trilogy, because if I saw that cover in a bookstore I would stroll right by it)....However, so long as the author likes it and it helps her gain more readers, then it doesn't matter. I'm still excited for the story underneath the cover.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

This cover is going to drive my OCD crazy!

(I'm super picky about my bookshelf. It's arranged by genre in alphabetical order. Also, if they are in a series they have to all be either hardcover or paperback and match! Moira Young's Dustlands series did this to me too =( the book Gods are working against me *shakes fist*)

I thought the first two books were sort of iffy, but Shades of Earth totally sucked me in.
In both of the other books something gets revealed that changes everything the characters were originally led to believe. But in this one, everything gets a makeover.
The plot seemed to move faster in SoE than it did in the previous books, as well. I'm not a fan of slow and steady, so that probably helped me enjoy it more too.
Gimmie some action!
I don't think I would have recommended these books before, bu More...

25 June 2012

Augh I want to read this book so badly I could cry. #torture LOL

7 June 2012

Ack. The cover is out. I know they probably made a new cover to appeal to boys, but... I absolutely loved the previous starry and beautiful covers. This? ... Meh.

5 April 2013

An absolutely perfect conclusion to one of my all-time favourite series's. The constant plot twists, action, suspense, plus Amy and Elder's sweet devotion to each other left me completely breathless.

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3.5 stars.

Shades of Earth picks up right where Book 2 ends with Elder and Amy preparing to land on the new planet, so the main difference between this book and the first two is that almost all of the story takes place on Centauri-Earth and not on Godspeed, which was a little odd actually because I'd grown so accustomed to the atmosphere of the ship. I will honestly say that I wasn't able to just dive into this one for some reason as I did with Books 1 and 2, but the last seventy pages or so? Yea More...