The Merciless

The Merciless

author: Danielle Vega

published: June 9th 2015

pages: 279

my rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned

Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.

Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.

Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls . . . unless she wants to be next. . . .

This was another book I read for the BookTube-A-Thon. I didn't use it for any particular challenge but I did find out about it through BookTube. And although I heard many great things about it, I had little to no idea what it is about before reading it and I think that's the best way to get into this book.

BookTube-A-Thon Wrap Up

I know, I know, the BookTube-A-Thon ended a while ago already but I'm still going to post my wrap up now.
Like I already thought at the beginning of the read-a-thon I didn't read seven books and the ones I did read were mostly really short but I still think I did OK. In total, I read five books and completed four challenges. I also started the other two but since I didn't get far with either of them they don't really count. If you want to know more about my thoughts for any of these books just click on the title.

These are the challenges I managed to complete/ the books I managed to read:

1. read a book with yellow on the cover – Alpha Drive 
2. read a book you discovered through BookTube – Highly Illogical Behavior
3. read a book by one of your favorite authors – Tales of Beedle the Bard
4. read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation – Sapphire Blue
5. read seven books (a book of your choice) – The Merciless 

These are the challenges I didn't complete:

1. read a book only after sunset – We Awaken
2. read a book that is older than you – Interview with a Vampire

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Tales of Beedle the Bard
author: J.K. Rowling
published: December 4th 2008
pages: 109
my rating: 4 out of 5 stars


The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers’ attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger’s new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales: “The Wizard and the Hopping Pot,” “The Fountain of Fair Fortune,” “The Warlock’s Hairy Heart,” “Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump,” and of course, “The Tale of the Three Brothers.” But not only are they the equal of fairy tales we now know and love, reading them gives new insight into the world of Harry Potter.


I obviously love Harry Potter and so I was more than excited to read this companion book that is introduced as a story book for children in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. And it did not let me down. Of course it's not comparable to Harry Potter at all but I still love everything that takes place in the wizarding world.

BookTube-A-Thon tbr

I decided to participate in the BookTube-A-Thon, the second read-a-thon I will have participated in. The first was a bit of a fail I only managed to read three books instead of the planned five. But since I am four books behind on my goodreads reading challenge and this sounded fun I just decided to give it a go. 

Here are the challenges and the books I chose for each of them:

1. book with yellow on the cover – the Alpha Drive by Kristen Martin
2. read a book only after sunset – We Awaken by Calista Lynne
3. book you discovered through book tube – Highly Illogical Behaviour by John Corey Whaley
4. book by a favorite author – Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
5. book that is older than you – Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
6. read and watch a book to movie adaptation – Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
7. read a total of 7 books – The Merciless by Danielle Vega

Sorry for the bad image positioning, but I'm having some problems moving them the way I wan't to.

The Challenge starts on Monday the 18th and finished on Sunday the 24th. I probably won't complete all of the challenges but I'll try nonetheless.