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Traces: Final Lap - Malcolm Rose

  This was a great read. I first thought that it was the last installment of the Traces series but as I have now found out, it is not the final lap for our favorite forensic investigator as i can confirm; there is another book after this! Yay! The book had quite a few unexpected turns, and I think that a lot of the happening in this book could set up some in the next. We'll have to see if I'm right but if I am then a lot of excitement is o come... 8/10 Got something to say about this book? ell us in the comments...

Quarry - Ally Kennen

  It started off well but the stories soul kind of left during the final chapters. Almost like a dementor entered another series of books now that we are back in the Potter mood. (J.K Rowling is currents writing a screenplay adaptation of her book: Fantastical Beasts and where to find them, Review coming soon, watch this space!) So yes, the book made you think about different characters in different ways once you read different parts of the book. Which is quite interesting. Until the book stops suddenly at a dead end in the last few pages. I felt that the ending actually came about in the previous chapter. Like the final chapter would reveal the last piece of the jigsaw, hat told me the point of the book- Only there wasn't one. The last jigsaw piece remained under the sofa, the runner fell on the final sprint, the story for me, remained incomplete.   4/10 Do you think differently to me? What are your thoughts on this novel?...

The Journal of Curious Letters - James Dashner

  James Dashner is quite a familiar author to The Olly Book Blog, He won the book of the year award with The Maze Runner which is a YA book, unlike the journal of curious letters, which is written for younger readers in the children to preteen's section. I really enjoyed this book, especially as it is written about a subject that particularly interests me. Brilliant! 9/10 Remember to comments below!

Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men - Derek Landy

Derek Landy is back and better than ever before! Okay, the title might be a bit weird for people who haven't read the Skulduggery Pleasant books before but after reading this novel the title will be a lot more understandable. Away from the title and onto the book, I was worried that this would be the last book in the series but no! The next book (title to be released at a later date) is coming in September 2014. So fans, it isn't over, not yet... The story was really good with a different setting to the last ones, I also felt that there were more twists in this book than in any of the others. There is a special gold foil edition of this book at WHSmith in the UK. (There may be WHSmith in other countries but I wouldn't know) 10/10 What do you think about this book? Why not tell us in the comments...

Shadow Wave - Robert Muchamore

  The last book in the series! A short part at the start of the book is a continued mission after the events in Brigands MC. After that it turns into a story about a journalist reporting about some people who lived on an island being taken away (For the full summary of 'taken away', please read the book.) Unlike any other mission a group of Cherubs turn against the Police. Very different to any of the other books and in my opinion a great end to the series. 10/10 Anything to say, oh come on the Cherub books have finished! Hasn't anyone got anything to say? Yes, oh right. Tell us in the comments.