Review: The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter, Entwined by Heather Dixon, Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon

Posted by bkristin on Aug 3rd, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review:  The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter Kate makes a promise to save her friends life. She will spend six months a year with Henry, the god of the underworld. She doesn’t know that for almost one hundred years, girls have tried and failed to earn this position, so while she made a promise, she needs to stay alive to fulfill it. This book contained a lot of info, but I found myself feeling like details were missing. The most distracting part of this book was that time passed and relationships formed that you get no hint of happening.  Kate holds Ava to be a true friend but we know nothing beyond they...

Review: The Ultimate Sacrifice by Talia Jager

Posted by bkristin on Aug 1st, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review: The Ultimate Sacrifice by Talia Jager  Kassia has a special gift: she can kill people with her mind. While she tries to accept the most feared gift, Kassia finds herself on the run with her close friends that are also gifted in other ways. Kassia is wanted by both good and bad as her gift can be used to kill any opponent. Kassia is left with a choice- does she want to help good or evil. While there is a love story within the plot, I found it hard to understand. The characters meet and are instantly together. It was kind of weird. In another part of the story, a character is raped and then...

Review: Redemption, Ransom, and Retribution by RK Ryals

Posted by bkristin on Jul 25th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review: Redemption by RK Ryals  Dayton lives with her aunt- a strict nun at a nunnery. Little does she know that due to her parents, her life is not of her own. There are expectations and sacrifices she is expect to make. Only Day can decide if that is what she wants, or can she? The only downfall of this book was that it took a bit to get to the main plot of the story for me. Once you get into the action and the secret society, it is much quicker. You just keep turning the pages and not want to set it down. While the first part has some creepy factor to it, living in a church and all that is old,...

Review: Whatever Became of the Squishies by Claire Chilton, Psion Beta by Jacob Gowans, Smokeless Fire by Samatha Young

Posted by bkristin on Jul 18th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments  Review: Whatever Became of the Squishies by Claire Chilton  Carla is purple in a society filled with green skinned people. She always thought it was just a fluke, a genetic anomaly. Turns out she is not from Derobmi, but from Rhecknaw, where people are purple skinned. That is not the only difference, but will what Carla learns help her save her brother or not? As in most science fiction, this is set in a different world. There are races of people that display traits and are physically different from each other. The green race Carla is part of loves to clean and keep (at least the surface) spotless...

Week 28: Review: Mistwood by Leah Cypress

Posted by bkristin on Jul 13th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Week 28: Review: Mistwood by Leah Cypress Summary: Prince Rokan has brought back the shifter to protect him in his rule as he ascends the throne. Only the shifter, Isabel does not remember her past or how to even shift once back at the castle. She finds along the way she has a conflict between her past and current desires that she must make her own decision as to what is right and wrong to protect her county and herself. Plotline: This story was well written to keep most secrets at bay. I like not being able to predict every move in a novel and this one was especially good at hiding the clues. After...

Week 27: Review: Firelight by Sophie Jordan

Posted by bkristin on Jul 10th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Week 27: Review: Firelight by Sophie Jordan Summary:  Jacinda is a drake- or what most humans would call a dragon. She can transform into a creature with scales, wings, and breathe fire. While most everyone in her community can turn into a dragon, she is the only one that can breathe fire. This makes her unique but also trapped by her kind that want to keep her a breed more fire breathing dragons. Nothing in her life is her own until her mother packs her and her twin up in the middle of the life and moves away. Now she must start over and try not to be the dragon she really is. Characters: Jacinda is...