The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

**Book 1 * Book 2**

I got horribly wrapped up in the end of this book. So much so that I finished reading the book at 2 am. Yeah. That doesn't happen to me very often.

Anyway, this book is the conclusion of the Millennium series. Lisbeth is in huge amounts of trouble and Mikael is trying desperately to save her. But there is a huge conspiracy that is fighting against the two of them. Certain people within the government are out to protect Lisbeth's father, a Russian spy who defected in the 70s. The problem with this is that these people are committing huge crimes in order to protect the secret of Zalachenko.

I haven't had a book really affect me the way that this one did. I was shaking because I was so excited and had so much anticipation built up in me. I just had to know what would happen.

All in all, a very satisfying conclusion to a relatively good series.

The Girl Who Played with Fire

**Book 1**

This was an interesting book. I really learned the reason I try not to read mystery books. I found myself up really late one night because I was sucked into the mystery of this story.

This book has the same prominent characters that the first one did. Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. But, unlike the last book where they, for the most part, worked together on one major mystery, this time they worked very separately, and for two very different causes.

You really learn about Lisbeth's past. The reason she ended up in a psychiatric clinic, the reason that she doesn't trust people of authority, all of it. And it is a great story. She is not quite a confusing character with the revelation of a single pivotal event from her past.

However, she's suspected of murder. Three murders to be exact. Mikael is initially working on a story about sex trafficking, but spends most of the book trying to discover who shot two of his friends - a man who was employed by Millennium magazine and his girlfriend. The two were very pivotal regarding exposing a bunch of people who had exploited through this sex trafficking.

I just found this book enthralling. On to the next!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

When I started this book, I was slightly dubious. It did not appeal to me at all in the first few chapters. I mean, really, what's so interesting about a finance reporter who is convicted of libel?

Then, the mystery began. I got totally sucked into the story. This reporter, the one who usually reports on companies and financial what-not, is being paid to solve a 40 year old mystery of a missing girl?

I so badly wanted to know what had happened to Harriet Vanger. I was devoted through all of the evidence. But there are a few twists that you don't see coming, and those twists are what kept me going through this book. At one point, I swore I knew what had happened and that I had solved the case. But, alas, I was terribly wrong.

Through all of this, there is the story of a broken girl who is able to access information on just about anyone given the chance. I thoroughly enjoyed Lisbeth Salander.

I'm excited to read the next book.