Hitler's Secret

I missed my original blog’s anniversary last week only because I was feeling extremely lazy and didn’t want to do anything except go on Netflix and watch TV (Which are essentially the same exact thing). I didn’t even want to walk to the computer in the next room except to play minecraft. This is the story of why I did not do a happy anniversary post when I desperately wanted to.

My blog technically has two anniversaries. One for my original blog which was on my other email address that got deleted. And then there’s one in May for my new blog that was created after I did a lot of messing around with my old email address and created a new one.

The cover-

A boy and a girl were hired by the British government for a very special project called Wolfsangel. Their mission, capture the one person that could bring the fall of the Nazi Empire. They don’t know anything about each other. They come from two completely different places, but within Germany. But the question is, why them?

Told to masquerade as brother and sister, the boy and girl are Otto and Leni, traveling children from Salzburg. Their mission is so dangerous it may cost their lives to complete it. And failing results in war between Great Britain and Germany. They have to rescue a girl named Angelika from the convent where she is held prisoner. And escort her to the Swiss border so she can be taken safely back to England by plane.

Both children aren’t so sure about this, but they take the challenge, knowing it will help them save their mother land before it is swallowed up by Hitler’s ideas.

Along the way, Otto and Leni question everything. How real the danger is and how they will complete the mission in the time they are allowed. If the hatred of Jews that Hitler proposed was really necessary. If they can still live a normal life after this. And most of all, who is this Angelika girl and how important this child is to the problems in the world around them.

In this new world, no one can be trusted and some are just to be kept a wary eye on because you never know if they’ll backstab you. With a mission this hard, they are unafraid to kill and will do absolutely anything to make sure that Angelika gets to Switzerland. Even at the cost of becoming fugitives and an enemy to the nation.

My thoughts- (CONTAINS THE MAJOR SPOILER THAT REALLY RUINS THE BOOK SO I SUGGEST NOT TO READ THIS BEFORE YOU READ THE BOOK. REMEMBER THAT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU NOT WANTING TO READ THE BOOK BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE MAJOR TRUTH! GOT IT? GOOD. NOW READ IT THREE MORE TIMES SO YOU DON’T BLAME ME!)

It was a very good book. I really admired the way that the whole plot was written. He never lost track of his world and everything was in place. It’s hard to believe that Angelika was Hitler’s daughter.

There is a historical note at the end of the book clarifying that Angelika is indeed a fictional person and there is no evidence that Hitler ever fathered a child. Also Otto and Leni are fictional characters, but there were thousands of displaced children from the countries that suffered most that came to live in Great Britain.

I was really surprised to find out that MacPherson was also a fictional character. He seemed so real and I thought that he was real.

Angelika died at the end of the book when she tried to save Otto. How sad. I really felt bad because I’d come to like her throughout the course of the book. She was an innocent nine year old who didn’t really know much about the world, but was happy enough with what she had. Which was Otto and Leni.

Recommended for ages 12-14
Some violence and historical context.

((There’s a sequel called Hitler’s Angel. I wonder what Otto and Leni’s next adventure is!))

The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave Trilogy Book #1)

As I said in my previous review, I did decide to curl up with a good science fiction book. Which wasn't that bad of an idea.

This is a book that's been coming up a lot in the hands of a lot of people I know. So I decided to check it out and see if it was actually worth it or just a fad that would disappear soon.

Something exciting will be happening two weeks from now! It'll be the first anniversary of this blog. I know that if you go far enough back or on my blogger profile, it'll say member since May 2014. I had to delete my original blog for various reasons, but that one was activated during the February break last year.

The cover-

The first wave was an EMP, knocking out all the electricity and transportation all over the world. Anything that flies or drives all over the world is stuck. Next was the disease. Taking over people's brains and making them zombie-like. Except the worst thing is that you can't tell someone who is infested apart from someone who isn't.
Many say there won't be a fifth wave, but Cassie isn't so sure. She's one of the lucky ones that made it through the four before. Living off her instincts, she's like a wild animal. A wild animal with a promise to fulfill. That she'd save her brother before the evil aliens took him away from her forever.
Everything seems to be going just fine until she was thrust into a close encounter with death when she was shot in the leg by an unknown person.
Suddenly, she wakes up in the home of Evan, a loner who has taken a liking to her. He nurses her back to health and they eventually fall in love. Evan has a dark secret he doesn't want Cassie knowing about. And he will do anything to make sure that she doesn't find anything wrong with him.

Zombie is a child soldier recruited as the last hope against the Outsiders. He can't find anything wrong with his monotonous life as a soldier, not until the mysterious Ringer is put into his group. She plants new ideas in his head about what the society is actually doing to them. That they aren't soldiers. They're slaves to the Outsiders. And that they'll be used to destroy all the remaining humans.

Cassie and Zombie receive a blast from the past and find that there really was hope that the human race could come back. And the fate lies in their hands.

My thoughts-

It's definitely better than I thought it would be. I honestly thought that it would be a boring book about the world ending (don't I just love books about the world ending?), but I was way off. Sadly, I had to return the book before I finished it, but I was at the very end. Maybe one day I'll read the end. ((You know what, I'll ask my friend for her copy and find out.))
I liked that the drama between Cassie and Evan was kept to a minimum. The one joke that I enjoyed was when Cassie realized that Evan liked to watch her sleep (not in a creepy way. Just to make sure she was alright). So she kept her door locked and devised a system for them. One knock if he was standing outside her door and making sure that she was sleeping or two knocks if he wanted to come inside.
There was a lot of dark comedy to break the sad theme of the book. Even though it was dark, it was still much needed comedy. I found myself laughing sarcastically to their sarcastic jokes about life. Though if I was thrown into a post-apocalyptic world like that, I'd feel the exact same way.
It's awfully thought provoking and makes you realize that you never know how much you need something until you lose it.

Recommended for ages 14-16
Violence. Some graphic scenes. Dark humor. Some mature themes and strong language.

((I found out that on January 26, 2016, there will be a movie for the 5th Wave. I can't wait. Actually, I can. From the skull on the cover poster, I know that I'm too big of a coward to watch it.))