Review : Six Moon Summer by SM Reine

Posted by bkristin on May 30th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review : Six Moon Summer by SM Reine Rylie has been exiled from home to avoid her parents’ divorce proceedings- by their choice, not hers. While away at a terrible summer camp, her life as she knew it ends after being bitten by a werewolf. She has the summer months to find a cure before it becomes permanent. I liked that for once I found a werewolf book where they were actually in a forest at summer camp to be bitten by one. It is the most plausible explanation of all the werewolf stories I have read thus far. This is the first book in a series and thus is treated as such. The ending had a bit of a...

Review : Hollowland by Amanda Hocking

Posted by bkristin on May 23rd, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review : Hollowland by Amanda Hocking Remy has one goal- get to Max, her little brother, and make sure he is never left alone. That would be an easy task, if there weren’t zombies running around and getting smarter. Along the way she finds a few allies that help her and a faithful lion, but is that enough to get to Max before anyone else does? This was a quick read and easy to follow. Nothing was overly complicated, but how can it get complicated in a post-apocalyptic world where zombies are eating everyone- including themselves. It is more of an action tale, so it was fast from start to finish as...

Interview with Cidney Swanson, author of Rippler and Chameleon

Posted by bkristin on May 17th, 2012 in interviews | 0 comments Last week I reviewed Rippler and Chameleon by Cidney Swanson and as a follow up here is a short interview with her that she kindly did with me. If you want to know more about Cidney or her books, visit her website at http://cidneyswanson.blogspot.com I’d say your first two books in The Rippler series are a mixture of science, history, and travel- are these all interests of yours? Cidney: I am completely fascinated by history! I’m not surprised it shows! I also love to travel, and I took crazy notes and pictures when I visited the places that show up in my books. As for science, well, I’m...

Review: Tiger’s Curse and Tiger’s Quest by Colleen Houck

Posted by bkristin on May 11th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review:  Tiger’s Curse  and Tiger’s Quest by Colleen Houck Kelsey accepts a temp job helping a circus not knowing that her fate has finally brought her together with the white Siberian tiger at the circus for a reason. Ren has been stuck in the body of a tiger for centauries and finally found the girl to help get his life back. Kelsey’s summer quickly goes from boring to adventurous as she helps Ren and his brother break the curse that makes them into a tiger most of the time. In the second book Kelsey returns home to wait for a call for the second part of the quest to break the curse. Ren get’s...

Review : Rippler and Chameleon by Cidney Swanson

Posted by bkristin on May 8th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments  Review : Rippler  and Chameleon by Cidney Swanson Sam has a problem. She sometimes vanishes into thin air. Luckily for her Will knows a bit of what is going on and offers to help. Maybe together they can figure out why and how it happens. As the story continues Sam and Will find themselves meeting another chameleon/rippler in France while on their school trip. There is much to learn from him, but that must be done while avoiding being captured as Sam is still on Dr. Helga’s hit list. Sam doesn’t get too much time to enjoy the trip because she is attacked physically by the hit man and mentally with...

Review: Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception (Gathering of Faerie) by Maggie Stiefvater

Posted by bkristin on May 4th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments Review:  Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception (Gathering of Faerie) by Maggie Stiefvater Deirdre finds her talent for the harp and singing has attracted unwanted attention, but also brought a mysterious man to her side. While he doesn’t shy away from the iron she wears as the faerie do, he cannot tell her the whole truth as to who and what he is before her life it completely thrown into disarray. This story from the first chapter keeps the readers interest through not divulging many details. The plot unfolds as a mystery due to the first person narrative and the character of Luke being unable to...