Fantasy & Magic
Review:I really enjoyed this fantasy series. I could not put it down. Thank you for helping me through my recovery from surgery. I was thoroughly entertained. I believe those 12 and above would
love this series. I'm 43 and I absolutely love it. Can't wait for more. Truly, thank you for writing this. Read more
Review:This book has all the ingredients of a great read. Well written, great story, terrific characters and unexpected twists and turns. Basically it's about 4 boys from an elite high school studying ley lines (supernatural energy highways) in search of a lost kings burial cite. Along the way they meet a girl from a family of psychics who, while not psychic, is full of energy and helps the boys enhance their search. Lots of twists regarding some of the boys, secrets and revelations. This is not a ... Read more
Review:For a YA werewolf collection, these books weren't actually too bad to read. I enjoyed most of it, although I do have a few complaints.
My biggest complaint was the lack of awareness about canine/lupine biology. There is no need for the human knees to turn backwards. Canine legs may look different, but they have knees that face the exact same way ours do. Dogs and wolves walk on their toes. The backward part of the legs is the equivalent to our heel. That annoyed the hell out of me every time ... Read more
Review:I was pleasantly surprised on the story of this book. It contained themes that were easily relate-able to me and possibly to others such as bullying and the feeling of loneliness, etc.. The main character, Suzie, was one that I enjoyed seeing this strawberry-smelling land of a world through. She didn't grate my nerves on how she dealt with the hand she was given. She persevered through harsh times with the help of some friends she meets right away. I was grateful for the genuine relationship bet... Read more
Review:Hunter by Eden Summers is an entertaining book that will have you hooked from the first words until the last. The plot is engaging, well written and the characters so well written that a connection is almost instantly formed. Once you start reading this book, it's practically impossible to put it down. In what can be considered a monotonous world of romance, Eden Summers brings a fresh, gripping, up beat and at times heartwrenching perspective that is reinvigorating and exhilarating.
I vo... Read more
Review:Combining a stranger in a strange land, ancient mythology and oddly morphing sketches this was a book that was filled with action and description, all setting the stage for what will be an enthralling series.
Katie's mother has recently died, and the will states that she is to live with her aunt in the city of Shizuoka Japan. Struggling with her loss, learning a new city and language, and being wholly gaijin in a city without many foreigners, Katie is lonely, depressed and understandably... Read more
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SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't read the first four books in the series, stop now. Go read them. =]
Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods series continues to amaze me. I was skeptical that anything could be as good as the last book but Misguided Angel held up under my scrutiny. It's torture that the next book in the series doesn't come out until October of next year.
Misguided Angel starts off a month after the ending of The Van Alen Legacy. The writi... Read more
Review:Once more, Robin McKinley has turned the world of fairytale on its head, and turned out an outstanding novel. McKinley's latest book, Spindle's End, is a re-telling of the Sleeping Beauty tale, but as with her previous fairytale re-inventions she dispenses with the gilt and florets of the Baroque tale and builds her characters out of earth.
The story is less about the "Beauty" -- named Briar Rose -- than it is about how her family and the other people around her react to her situation in the... Read more
Review:I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy of this book. I really enjoyed this book. Anna turns 13 , and is so excited . She has no idea , she is a witch, and that she has living relatives. Great adventures she has, I enjoyed it so much, I immediately began reading the next in the series . Read more
Review:Meh. Likeable story, killed by a writing style that makes you think some pages fell out of the original on the way to the printer. Some plots have holes, but this feels more like there were things written that got edited out, and then never smoothed over so the end result feels half baked and cobbled together. Read more