Sunday, 8 November 2015

Monthly Recommendations: Trilogies

Monthly Recommendations is a Goodreads group created by Trina (Between Chapters) and Kayla Rayne. The theme for the month of November is trilogies!

I was so excited when I saw that the topic was trilogies and I thought it would be easy to come up with a list of recommendations! Only to come to the realisation that I didn’t have as many as I thought I did to recommend. Quite a few are longer series rather than trilogies, and I also have numerous unread trilogies sitting on my bookshelf that I just have not gotten to yet! Nevertheless, here are my favourite trilogies! - Jen

I also have a problem with having more longer series than trilogies, but I apparently have an issue with not finishing series, so there’s a few trilogies I can’t recommend because I don’t know how they end! Anyway, here’s some that I have finished and enjoyed! - Mel

Dystopian
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
This series will always be special to me as it was the very first dystopian series I ever read and was what got me hooked onto this genre.
This is definitely one of my favourite dystopian series! (It may also have been the first one I read). I love the characters, the world, the plot, everything! There was quite a bit with Mockingjay that annoyed me a little, but I could still read the series over and over, which is why I recommend it.

Legend by Marie Lu
Legend (Legend, #1)Prodigy (Legend, #2)Champion (Legend, #3)
This is another fast-paced and action packed dystopian series. I read the entire trilogy in a matter of days because I just could not put the books down.  

The Testing trilogy by Joelle Charbonneau
The Testing (The Testing, #1)Independent Study (The Testing, #2)Graduation Day (The Testing, #3)
This series has been criticised for being too similar to The Hunger Games, and while I can see the comparisons, I still thought that this was an excellent series and I really enjoyed it. For those who are interested, I have included a link to my review of The Testing


Fantasy
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
This is probably one of my all time favourite series. I loved the characters, the historical setting and the storyline was fantastic.
This series takes third place in my list of favourite series ever, only after Harry Potter and Throne of Glass. I love it so much that I named my cat after one of the characters!

The Precious Stone (Ruby Red) trilogy by Kerstin Gier
Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1)Sapphire Blue (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #2)Emerald Green (Precious Stone Trilogy, #3)
This is a fantastic time travel series that is a mix of modern and historical settings, has an intriguing storyline and great characters. 

Starcrossed trilogy by Josephine Angelini
Starcrossed (Starcrossed, #1)Dreamless (Starcrossed, #2)Goddess (Starcrossed, #3)
This is a great fantasy series about demigods with a modern spin on the Helen of Troy myth. I love the characters, the world and the overall storyline is excellent.

Dark Heart Forever trilogy by Lee Monroe
Dark Heart Forver.jpgDark Heart Rising.jpgDark Heart Surrender.jpg
This series has vampires, werewolves, faeries and a bunch of other fantasy creatures and was such a breeze to read. What’s not to love about that?


Contemporary
The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy by Jenny Han
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3)
This was such a great YA contemporary romance series. The characters could get a little annoying at times, but I sped through the entire trilogy in 24 hours because I could not put the books down. If you’re looking for a quick summertime read then I highly recommend this series.

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