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Review: Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout Katy has a problem- her handsome jerk of a neighbor is the twin to her new best friend. That’s not her only problem. Her neighbors are not exactly human. Again I am a sucker for the bad boy. The main love interest Daemon is actually a complete jerk- yet good at verbal sparring. I personally like when characters don’t get along- too sappy when they fall in love at first sight. This book was filled with tension between the main character and her love interest. Tension because she is trying to figure out what they are, tension as he tries to keep her...
Review: Dragon’s Keep by Janet Lee Carey Rosalind was born with a dragon finger in place of her wedding finger. As she reaches marriageable age, she cannot marry without being called a witch. To make matters worse, she is kidnapped by a dragon and forced to be his servant to raise his four baby dragons. Somehow she is fated to save everyone- if she can survive the dragon. For a novel this was so much fun to see a complete story. Part way along the way, I didn’t think it would happen, but it completed itself by the end. Without going into details, by the time I got to the end of the book I...
Review: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand Clara has a purpose and, like all humans with angel blood, her purpose comes in the form of a vision. Now Clara and her family must uproot their life to go to the place of her purpose and she must do what is required. The only problem is, the visions give little details and she is not left with much to go on. As fire season nears, can Clara fulfill her purpose in time? The characters were well developed and believable. Tucker was my favorite and though he changed from the bratty teen that constantly teased and bugged Clara to the sweet cowboy that showed her the...
Review: Whisper by Chelsea M. Cameron Anna can hear the dead and finds that she needs to help them on their way. When a new dead guy named Jack comes along, he does not want to be helped on his way and instead makes plan to stick around for a long time. Unfortunately for Anna, there is the problem that Jack becomes more and more appealing the longer he stays. When she is found talking to thin air, her parents medicate and threaten to institutionalize her. There were several plot lines threaded together in this story. First off is the relationship between Anna and Jack and learning the truth of her...
Review: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Bitterblue is now eighteen and queen. Unfortunately she is left a great mess to clean up by her dead father, crazy King Leck. To make matters worse, she is kept busy in her office from morning to night will all the new orders she must go over and sign. Can she pull her kingdom back together before her own people start to revolt like the kingdoms around her? I like the style of Cashore’s writing. I find it easy to read even when thing diverge into information that is not completely relevant to the plot. It is still fun to read all the side details. The plot...
Review: Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout
Posted by bkristin on Nov 28th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout Katy has a problem- her handsome jerk of a neighbor is the twin to her new best friend. That’s not her only problem. Her neighbors are not exactly human. Again I am a sucker for the bad boy. The main love interest Daemon is actually a complete jerk- yet good at verbal sparring. I personally like when characters don’t get along- too sappy when they fall in love at first sight. This book was filled with tension between the main character and her love interest. Tension because she is trying to figure out what they are, tension as he tries to keep her...Review: Dragon’s Keep by Janet Lee Carey
Posted by bkristin on Nov 23rd, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Dragon’s Keep by Janet Lee Carey Rosalind was born with a dragon finger in place of her wedding finger. As she reaches marriageable age, she cannot marry without being called a witch. To make matters worse, she is kidnapped by a dragon and forced to be his servant to raise his four baby dragons. Somehow she is fated to save everyone- if she can survive the dragon. For a novel this was so much fun to see a complete story. Part way along the way, I didn’t think it would happen, but it completed itself by the end. Without going into details, by the time I got to the end of the book I...Review: Unearthly and Hallowed by Cynthia Hand, and Die For Me by Amy Plum
Posted by bkristin on Nov 16th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand Clara has a purpose and, like all humans with angel blood, her purpose comes in the form of a vision. Now Clara and her family must uproot their life to go to the place of her purpose and she must do what is required. The only problem is, the visions give little details and she is not left with much to go on. As fire season nears, can Clara fulfill her purpose in time? The characters were well developed and believable. Tucker was my favorite and though he changed from the bratty teen that constantly teased and bugged Clara to the sweet cowboy that showed her the...Review: Whisper by Chelsea M. Cameron, Prophecy Girl (Lacuna Valley) by Faith McKay, Heir to the Underworld by ED Walker
Posted by bkristin on Nov 14th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Whisper by Chelsea M. Cameron Anna can hear the dead and finds that she needs to help them on their way. When a new dead guy named Jack comes along, he does not want to be helped on his way and instead makes plan to stick around for a long time. Unfortunately for Anna, there is the problem that Jack becomes more and more appealing the longer he stays. When she is found talking to thin air, her parents medicate and threaten to institutionalize her. There were several plot lines threaded together in this story. First off is the relationship between Anna and Jack and learning the truth of her...Review: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
Posted by bkristin on Nov 9th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Bitterblue is now eighteen and queen. Unfortunately she is left a great mess to clean up by her dead father, crazy King Leck. To make matters worse, she is kept busy in her office from morning to night will all the new orders she must go over and sign. Can she pull her kingdom back together before her own people start to revolt like the kingdoms around her? I like the style of Cashore’s writing. I find it easy to read even when thing diverge into information that is not completely relevant to the plot. It is still fun to read all the side details. The plot...
