Book Blogger Month: Top 5 Addictive Series by Megan!

Hi!  My name’s Megan, and I come from The Book Addicted Girl.  As the name suggests, I am a total book addict, and have been for as long as I can remember.  I set up my blog at the end of 2010, and since then have gone on to triple my pile of books to read and quadrupled the list of books I want to read.  The Book Addicted Girl is a YA book blog, and is where I get to ramble about books for as long as I like! 

But that’s enough of me rambling!  I’m here because the lovely Beverley asked me to do a post on my Top 5 Addictive Series.  After much thought, here they are…

Number One:

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

This is one we’ve all heard of, and I assume most of us have read.  The boy wizard, marked as special as the scar on his face, his destiny locked up with the evil wizard who Shall Not Be Named... Lots of people I know have put their book addiction down to this series.  Full of magic and action and mythical creatures, it is one of the coolest worlds out there – one I bet most of us would give an arm or a leg to get into.  And with the films being some of the biggest earners ever, the characters and story have reached a huge audience – hopefully getting even more people into reading!  But back to why it’s addictive…  Well.  It’s Harry Potter!  Need I say any more?

Number Two:

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

When I first started reading this, I’d only read a couple of vampire series – one being, obviously, Twilight.  So I must admit, going into this I wasn’t sure what to expect.  What I got was a kick-butt lead girl, a totally swoonsworthy guy, the most amazing vampire mythology ever and a world I was fully prepared to leap into now.  Full of action, humour and witty remarks, it was just so amazingly awesome!  I read the whole series in a flash: laughing, crying and totally in love with all of the characters.  To this day, VA remains one of the few paranormal novels that have truly made me properly cry.  And then the spin off series, Bloodlines… Just as amazing!  If you haven’t read these series, I really, really recommend them!

Number Three:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Another one I’m sure most of us have heard of/read.  The film it inspired is coming out this month – YES! – and I could not be more excited about it!  The Hunger Games is set in a future world, where every year two children from each District gets taken into a barbaric game known as the Hunger Games, from which only one gets out alive…  I mean, c’mon!  I was hooked just from the synopsis.  In my review of the first book on my blog, I put: “although it’s very dark, scary, and atrocious, it was funny at times, as well as having me choke up with tears. Literally an emotional roller coaster that was so vivid it left me dizzy, overwhelmed with all I had felt.”  And the characters were all so real as well, the action just non-stop and the world so amazingly padded out.  Though, I wouldn’t actually want to be part of this world.  If I were in the Hunger Games… Yep.  I’d die!

Number Four:

The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Why this one?  A single word: Jace.  Ok, that isn’t the only reason why TMI is one of the most addictive series out there.  Again, for me it’s all down to the world.  With super humans called Shadowhunters, who fight monsters, demons and various other beings, the world is magical, unique and just plain awesome!  I love the action, the snark, the witty comments, all the main characters...  And, as I said before, there’s Jace.  The most sarcastic, hilarious and hot guy out there, it’s no wonder so many of us bookish types have crushes on him!  Of course, all the other characters are wonderful too.  Jace just kind of steals the show!

Number Five:

Cherub by Robert Muchamore

This one might not be as well-known as the others, but I absolutely adore it.  Teenage spies, going on missions, with awesome gadgets?  Surely that’s everyone’s dream?!  Ok, maybe not, but I think it would be awesome!  And with so many loveable characters and awesome missions, this series never gets old for me.  The only one I have to say I wasn’t so keen on was Man Vs Beast, which is responsible for me going vegetarian...  Other than that, utterly addictive, full of action and purely awesome!  The series has finished now [ :( ] but it also has a brand new spin off series!  Yay!  As well as a prequel series: The Henderson Boys.  I just love all fo Muchamore's books!

There are my Top 5 Addictive Series.  But I feel bad not mentioning some of my other favourites, so here’s my Next 5 Addictive Series:

The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa: Faeries, other worlds, hot Princes… I’m there!

Drake Chronicles by Alyxandra Harvey: Seven hot brothers, vamps and an ace world!  Yay!

Benedict Series by Joss Stirling: Yet more hot brothers, super powers and a whole new ‘species’ of paranormal I’d love to be!

Spirit Guide Series by E.J. Stevens: Probably not as well known, but I love this series to pieces!  It’s so cute and fun and awesome! 

Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz: Yes, more spies.  What can I say?  I loved this series!

Thank you so much Beverley for having me – even though I ramble a lot!  I can’t wait to see what comes up next with Book Blogger Month!

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Thank you Megan for writing such a brilliant guest post!  Have you read the books in these series and what did you think of them?  Do you prefer books in series to stand-alone ones?  Feel free to leave your thoughts below :)