Cracked (Soul Eaters #1) : Ebook Review

5/5 Stars

Cracked
(Book #1 Soul Eater Series)
By Eliza Crewe
November 5th, 2013, Strange Chemistry
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Humor

Synopsis:

Ripping people apart and eating their souls was easy for Meda, especially since they were evil people. That was until she meets three men dressed in suits, men who appear to be like her. Meda believed she was special, one of a kind – guess Mom lied about that. Unfortunately these three sharply dressed men aren’t as happy to meet Meda as she is to meet them. Somehow slaughtering one of their targets, and letting her rage get the best of her and attacking them doesn’t win them over. Tough crowd.

Fortunately for her a Crusader (the mortal enemy of her kind) shows up and save her butt. Unaware that she is a ‘Halfling’ of whatever the three men in suits were, she plays along with the ‘Good guys’ to learn more about what her ‘kind’ is.

Chi (like the tea), a crusader with a hero complex is more than happy to cater to Meda since he believes that she could be a beacon. However his pesky gimpy friend is mistrusting and watching Meda’s every move for a slip up.

But these two are the least of her problems, her world will soon be rocked when secrets of mother, her origin, and her destiny start to stack against her.

What I thought:

I LOVED this book! More specifically Meda! I felt like I was a mind reading parasite in this book piggy backing through her story and reading her every thought. Her inner monologue is so sarcastic, and the way she bounces back and forth with Jo is hilarious. You can't help but be charmed by Meda’s devilish personality.

But narration aside, the book itself keeps you practically on the edge of your seat the whole way through. We open with Meda in an asylum ready to tear a sick-minded nurse apart, then she encounters others of her kind for the first time who try to kill her, then encounters their natural enemy, and then she decides in order to learn more about what she is, is to team up with said enemies that are oblivious –for now- that she is an enemy! You just can’t put it down because you have no idea what’s going to happen and what ridiculous thing is going to pop into her slithery little head! I love it!

Could not put this down, and if you are drawn in by the Crewe’s sarcastic description of the book you will love it as much as I did, :D. Definitely recommend and can’t wait to read Crushed!

P.S. I also loved how all the demons disguised themselves as mid-aged people dressed in suits, it was American Psycho-esk to me. 

Bitterblue (Graceling Realm #3): Ebook review

4.5/5 Stars

Bitterblue
(Book #3 Graceling Realm)
By Kristin Cashore
May 1st, 2012, Dial books
Genre: Fantasy

Synopsis:

Eight years ago Bitterblue was a princess, until Katsa was able to kill her psychopath father Leck. Now she is a young queen desperately trying to repair the damage caused by Leck’s 35 year reign. In order to understand the true devastation of what happened during his rule and heal her kingdom Bitterblue delves into the past, but even after his death there are forces at work trying to prevent her from learning the truth.

Queen Bitterblue begins to the leave the castle under the cover of night and hood in order to see how her city is fairing. In a story room she meets two young men – one a graceling – that will help her unearth the past.

What I thought:

Wow, this book was long. I felt like it took me forever to read it, but not in a slow sense but rather it had so much content sense! Oh my goodness there was a lot going on with Bitterblue, Katsa, Po, and the truth seekers!

I was happy to see Katsa, Po, and many other familiar faces in this book. I was even more interested to see how the Dells would weave its way into the book (it does but you have to wait until you’re 75% done the book until it really seems like it’s part of the story).

I also really enjoyed character development on Giddon’s end, you get to see a lot nicer side of him. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Saf, but maybe that’s what the author intended. I found that there was A LOT happening in this book, and a lot of stuff that had to get done. It's over 100 pages more than Fire but it seems there's a lot more that happens.

If you liked the first two books then I would definitely say keep on going because there is much left to the story. I liked this book a lot, but I must warn you everyone cries at least once, and while everything comes together at the end if still leaves a lot open. It just sort of ends you without all the closure you might like.

PS. If the Leinids are named after colours (Bitterblue, Sapphire, Ashen, Greenling (Po))... What the hell colour is Ror??

Fire (Graceling Realm #2) Ebook Review

4.5/5 Stars

Fire
(Book #2 Graceling Realm)
By Kristan Cashore
October 5th, 2009, Dial books
Genre: Fantasy

Synopsis:

Through the mountains there is another world – the Dells. A place of beauty and tragedy. There are no Gracelings in the realm, instead there are Monsters. Creatures that are far more stunning than their natural counterparts: rabbits of sky blue, raptors of magenta, and kittens of jade. These monsters have the ability to captivate those around them making the monsters fierce predators, but most of all they yearn for monster blood.

One such monster is Fire, a human monster. Possibly the last human monster, and the most powerful monster creature of all, for she can make humans do whatever she wants. But Fire will not abuse her power, and she hates to manipulate those around her. She lives under the scrutiny of others because she brings out the worst in those meets. Some want to kill her for her beauty alone or the fact that she is a monster, others want to touch her and be near her. Many hate her because of her father despicable actions, so Fire keeps to herself and stays near her home where she will not be persecuted.

That is until strange people with foggy empty heads whose thoughts she cannot read start turning up around her only to be murdered shortly after by a swift archer. These strange people are only a piece in a larger puzzle.

There is too much turmoil in the Dellian kingdom as powerful people plot to over throw the King Nash – the heir to the disgraced King Nax’s throne. A man has turned up that may hold key information about plots against the king, and a monster could make him talk. Fire agrees to be that such monster and heads to King City where her life will change forever.

What I thought:

This book is quite separate from the series, if there weren’t mention of Leck I wouldn’t even consider this part of the Graceling series. But it is marked as a 'companion' book. So be prepared for a story that has little to do with first Graceling book.

I guess this book is a prequel to the first, as only young Leck is mentioned. There is no Katsa or Po – I don’t even think they would have been born yet. This was a bit disappointing to me because I thought they’d make a cameo L. But I suppose how the first novel went there wouldn’t be much excitement on the Po end of things. 

I liked this book better than the first, but it feels like Leck was only thrown in to keep it in the series and for plot twists.

The monster concept was an interesting idea, especially being told from the perspective of a monster. I don’t agree that they should have been called ‘monsters’ though because a rabbit or a mouse can be a ‘monster’. I think something along the lines of harlequins or mesmerizers or entrancers would have been a better name than just ‘monster’.

Overall I really enjoyed this! Even more so than the first book.

***SPOILER**** One other problem I had with this book was the ending, it played out quite well for everyone except for Fire losing her fingers. Is it possible to have too happy of any ending? Archer gets a few girls knocked up so in a way he lives on, but he dies making it easier for Fire to run into Brigan’s arms without hurting Archer. One of the women he knocks up is a princess, so she’s ok for supporting herself. The other one of Fire’s guards (who is 15), who inexplicably catches the King’s fancy even though she’s a mother of another man’s baby, below his status and half his age. But hey, at least he won’t be pining after Fire either – and he also miraculously lived from a fatal wound. ****Spoiler over***

Graceling (Gracelng Realm #1) Ebook Review

4.25/5 Stars

Graceling
(Book #1 Graceling Realm)
By Kristan Cashore
October 1st, 2008, Harcourt
Genre: Fantasy

Synopsis:

The Graced are an abnormality in the population, for they possess skills beyond that of a normal human. Some are Graced with singing giving them the most beautiful voices in all the kingdom, others cooking, and some have non sensible abilities like being able to eat rocks without getting sick. All Graced children –except in Leinid -  must be turned over to the king and serve them for their purposes. They are easy enough to identify because each Graced person has eyes of two different colours.

Katsa is such a person, and niece to the King of Middlum. While most people want little to do with the Graced, people especially want nothing to do with her. Her Grace is killing, and she can fight 10 men with little effort on her part. Her Uncle is more than happy to take advantage of this Grace and sends her to do his dirty work. Breaking fingers of those who have offended, or cheated him in some way.

As times passes Katsa grows weary of her brutal role that is forced upon her by her uncle, and instead she forms a secret council to help people from the injustices of the kingdom. On a rescue mission to save an old man who had been imprisoned,  Katsa encounters a Graced a fighter, which instead of killing to protect her identity she spares.

A few days pass, and a Graced Leinid Prince shows up at her court. It is no coincidence that his Grace is fighting. She never expects to befriend Prince Po, nor to unravel the true nature of their Graces. She also could have never anticipated the terrible reason Po’s grandfather – the man she had rescued – was kidnapped.

What I thought:

This was a really interesting concept. I did have a hard time getting into it at first. I’m not entirely sure why, I think I may have had a hard time connecting to the characters, or it might have been because they had such odd names. The author did a good job laying out the land, since it was essentially North, South, East, West, Middle, Island, and the Sea. But this isn’t the kind of book I normally read. Once Poe was introduce I started to get more into it, but this wasn’t a quick read for me, it was steady. It takes me a while to get my foot in a completely new land scape like these books.

I did enjoy the book. My only complaint was that there several typos. Once I got over the strange names the characters started to grow on me, and Katsa had a lot of character development in her struggle of wanting to be more than just a savage killer.

If you are into fantasy alternate world, I would say this is a good book. But I have not read a lot in this genre. I found it entertaining enough to continue with a series.

Anomaly (Causal Enchantments #4): Ebook Review

4.25/5 Stars

Anomaly
(Book #4 Causal Enchantments)
By KA Tucker
February 24th, 2012
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

The final book in the series! I was really interested to see what direction the story was going to take!

Synopsis:

The last thing Evangeline remembers is dying and seeing the 4 fates portraying themselves as angels and telling her to choose between dying as a mortal or living as a vampire. Probably the easiest decision Eve has ever had to make, so she happily accepts their offer to become a vampire. Now she’s woken up in a cave with concerned faces surrounding her. She was miraculously brought back to life since Viggo snapped her neck but her vampiric transformation took longer than Julian and Veronique’s (apparently accepting the offer was a package deal and the humans cursed with the Death Magic became vampires).  Another concern is her apparent lack of blood lust.

It doesn’t take long before Eve and the others around her start to notice other anomalies of her transformation. What could this mean? Is it a gift or a curse of the Fates? Is she being toyed with for the fates sick amusement? Will any of these new abilities help her in the impending war? While everyone is baffled by Eve there are more pressing matters at stake. Like if Viggo can be stopped before he exacts revenge, or how many fledglings have been built up in the mutants army, and can they be thwarted before the wreak so much chaos that the world can no longer ignore the threat of blood thirsty vampiries?

What I thought:

Well my initial thoughts on this book was that it almost seemed like I was reading a better version of the 4th book of Twilight. Eve, Julian, and Veronique all magically become vampires. Fiona gets brought back to life so we don’t have a mopy Bishop, and everything is cotton candy – well except the impending doom of the world. Another ‘Bella’ like quality Eve has is her uncanny ability to resist human blood, among some other mysterious abilities the fates hint at.

As much as I don’t want the main characters to die it’s too fairy tale to have everyone walk away unscathed, and as I read it I would worry it’s going to end like Twilight where there’s the big looming battle but everyone walk away like it was nothing. This is part of the reason why I love/hate Game of Thrones so much. Life is cruel, unpredictable, and while most of time we read books to escape that, it can be hard to sometimes swallow down that everything worked out so well.

This last book does take the life is butterflies and happiness approach, and I’m not too mad at it, because it did end differently than expected. I still like how the story played out with the fates, their manipulation, and the characters. I don’t however agree with everyone turning on Sofia for making a very hard but needed decisions…

**SPOILER** Amalie or the world? I don’t think this decision was much different than the one Evangeline made about Veronique. Eve didn’t know if the witches would keep Veronique alive or kill her, but she gambled with her life none the less to try and defer a war. Nobody seemed too mad at the decision aside from Viggo. But Sofia makes a similar call and everyone turns their back on her. To also be fair Sofia made a very difficult decision before even nuking New York, she decided to try and save it and destroy the fledglings instead of nuking it out right. Everyone agreed to this less callous decision knowing full well that going up against that many fledglings may cost some of them their lives, and when it did they all blamed Sofia for the deaths of their fellow vampires.
**Spoiler ended***

I would recommend this series because I did enjoy it quite a bit, it was quite the roller coaster! I think my favourite book out the series was the second, :).

P.S. I love Max and his hilarious comments, and I would have to say I would probably do despicable things to have an immortal dog I could talk telepathically with! <3. I think Evangeline is totally abusing the awesomeness of her canine compadre!

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Allegiance (Causal Enchantment #2): Ebook Review

4.5/5 Stars

Allegiance
(Book #3 Causal Enchantments)
By KA Tucker
September 25th, 2012
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Synopsis:

We start our third adventure with our gang of vampires flying to Paris after the leaving the crazy Death island. While on the plane Evangeline frets about 2 newly discovered secrets. Secrets she must keep. If the other found out about Julian he would surely be a goner, or if the trio of Earth Vamps found out about Veronique a war would most likely ensue to get her back.

For now Eve must bite her tongue and pray that Julian can keep his secret from the newly infatuated Amalie, and that Veronique can hang on until Eve can get her out of the witches clutches. But each day gets a little harder as Sofia and Mage eye Eve with concern worrying about the effect of the Death Magic used on her, and what it is transforming her into. At the moment she is a black hole for magic and vampire powers, but will get worse and will she become like THEM? A mere touch of her skin able to kill those who she holds dearest? The worry eats at her. Trying to keep Amalie from tearing Julian’s clothes of gets harder day by day, and her guardedness of him only arises suspicion in Caden and Amalie. While the vampires can’t read her mind, or her emotions, they can tell that something is certainly brewing under Evangeline’s surface and it is tearing away at her.

How much longer can she keep these secrets? And how much longer do Julian and Veronique have?

What I thought:

This novel has a lot of inner turmoil, since Evangeline is keeping 2 very important secrets to try and keep people from dying. She also has to deal with consequences of her rash decision of accepting the Death tribe's magic to separate herself from Veronique, all the while coping with the strain of what lying to Caden is doing to their relationship. There were some pretty interesting developments in this part of the story I wasn’t expecting, and again Tucker kept me on my toes.

Only one more to go!

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Asylum (Causal Enchantments #2): Ebook Review

5/5 Stars

Asylum
(Book #2 Causal Enchantments)
By KA Tucker
December 29th, 2011
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Synopsis:

Opening a portal between Earth and Ratheus went even worse than Evangeline ever anticipated. In a panic to save her friend she had impromptu planned to transport them back with the council of Ratheus vampires hoping Sofia could deal with the devious hitch-hikers. What she hadn’t expected was every vampire that touched the statue to come also, turning 4 to 19, and from 19 to over 100! Nor for Caden’s prediction of his lust for her blood to come true upon portaling to Earth.

Now for her own safety Eve, the house hold staff, her faithful dog brigade, and two orphaned Colombians have been transported to a cabin in a snowy nowhere. With little to distract herself Eve is constantly worried for Caden, her friends, and Sofia.

Acting quickly Sofia sets the majority of Ratheus vampires ablaze, burning about 70 of them in her wake. But Sofia is far from safe locked in the walls of the Manhattan home with 40 ravenous Ratheus vampires to feed, and the irate Viggo and Mortimer over Evangeline’s disappearance before Veronique could be brought back. Equally concerning are Eve’s so called friends gorging themselves on human blood, and confessing that the used Eve to gain entry to their human plentiful world. Unable to get Caden alone Sofia cannot check if this is charade to save themselves from Viggo’s wrath or the truth. To make matters worse she must also deal with an impossibly powerful vampiress, Mage, who gives her cryptic messages of Earth trending towards the doom of Ratheus.

Can Sofia save Veronique without killing Eve? Or do so before Viggo finds her? Can 40+ vamps survive trapped under one roof? Or will Earth suffer the same fate as Ratheus?

What I thought:

Wow, when I thought I had this book figured out I was wrong. It was liked reading about a sinking ship and every time you tried to plug a hole the pressure would cause a bigger hole to rupture somewhere else! There were a lot of interesting things that Sofia kept hidden from everyone that we slowly see surface one piece at a time. When I finished this one I was surprised at how quickly I had finished (because I couldn’t stop myself from compulsively reading it!) Tucker really knows how to dangle to carrot in front of your face and have you running in circles trying to get it.

The only complaint I have about this book is that it switched between Eve and Sofia (which is fine) but she didn’t mark the chapters as such. You just figured every other chapter rotated between them on your own.


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Anathema: Ebook Review

4/5 Stars

Anathema
(Book #1 Causal Enchantments)
By KA Tucker
Papoti Books (July 15th, 2011)
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

I had this as a free ebook sitting on my kobo for a while until I decided that this was the next series I wanted to start. I tend to leave unfinished series until later because who like waiting? I sure don’t! Anyway K.A Tucker, Suckered me right in! Just like with Jenny Pox now I must finish this series! (Oddly this one is also a 4 book series). I am hoping I like the other 3 books as much as this one, :).

Also as a side note it took me until the 2nd book to realize it was causal enchantment not casual enchantment.

Synopsis:

If you thought breaking a mirror was bad luck you should see what happens when you break a lamp! After volunteering at a local homeless shelter Evangeline trotted through the blinding rain only to collide with an ornate lamp on the sidewalk. After profusely apologizing to the store owner she offers to replace the lamp for breaking it with her clumsiness. The owner confesses that the lamp is not only one of a kind, but also $10k.

The coffee house owner, Sofia, invites Evangeline into her shop and offers her a job to help her work off her ridiculous debt. With no work experience, and a desperation to gain some Evangeline is more than happy to accept!

On her first day on the job, Sofia tells her that she must go to New York for some important business and will be closing the shop for a few weeks, but not before she gives Eve another unbelievable offer. Her debt will be cleared if she comes to New York with Sofia for a few weeks to run some errands for the shop. Although completely unprepared for this Eve agrees, since her foster mother offers little protest.

Upon arriving in Manhattan in the most beautiful and expensive house Eve has ever seen, she is then un-expectantly showered with extravagant gift. But the designer clothes, and gorgeous house can only distract her so long from the oddities surrounding her: the violent fights between Sophia and Viggo, the monstrous/smart guard dogs, and the beautiful/frightening cave people she vividly dreams about.  Evangeline slowly realizes that she caught in an intricately fabricated web of lies and deceit with no one turn to and no way out.

What I thought:

I was quite surprised about the elaborate plot surrounding poor Evangeline, and the amount of deceit. Tucker put quite a bit of thought into the background of this story. I couldn’t put this book down and when I finished it I also immediately bought the series. (Which was a great deal 4 books for $6! Compared to over $3 a book) I really enjoyed this first book and I’m interested to see what path the series takes.

I would recommend this book to any readers that enjoy magic, romance, and vampires ;).

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I am Legend: Ebook Review

4/5 Stars

I am Legend

Richard Matheson

Genre: Horror

I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t a fan of this movie. After a certain death in the film it was all downhill for me. But I was still intrigued by the book since this was the 'alleged' grand-daddy to zombies.  So I decided to give a book a go since I heard it was quite different from the movie, and after reading it seems the movie only took after it in concept.

Synopsis:

As far as Robert Neville knows he is the last non infected still alive. It has been months since he has seen anyone walking around that hasn’t tried to kill him. The world has been infected, the diseased have become vampires and since he is only one left alive, he is the only one that can find a cure. That or kill every last one of the b*stards! But Neville is no doctor, or scientist, or anyone special really. He is just a man trying to survive one more day and not be shredded to pieces.

The real question is, how long can the last living, breathing, blood producing man live in a world of vampires?

My thoughts:

Aside from the man’s name being Robert Neville and a brief dog cameo there is little in common with this book and the same titled (and third rendition) movie. For that I am thankful! The book takes a completely different approach than the movie. It more focuses on Robert psychology as he tormented by the walking dead, lives a sad solitary life as the only man left, deals with the death of his family, and is trying to survive in a world that if you’re out a minute past dark – you’re dead.

This was really interesting to see how he coped with the insane world around, with the vampires taunting him to go outside, and with no one to talk to. It’s from the point of view of man desperate to be safe, while secretly hoping against all odds there are other survivors, and figure out the cause for vampirism.

The last few pages of the book were the most powerful, and I found this novel to be a very well written and an interesting read. I would definitely recommend it to any one that likes apocalyptic, dystopia, vampire or zombie books.

The Princess Bride - Book Review

2.5/5 Stars

The Princess Bride

Muybridge/Goldman

Genre: Fantasy/Romance/Action

I was pretty excited to see this. For the strangest reason I believed, since I first saw the princess bride many years ago, that the book the grandfather was reading never actually existed, it was merely a plot device! I was wrong!

I am big fan of this movie, and I have seen probably it at least 5 times. Naturally I was interested to see if the book had anything to add to it – not really.

Synopsis:

Meet Buttercup, a farm girl with a silly name that is a diamond in the rough, if only she brushed her hair and bathed once and a while. She lives on a cow farm with her parents and a hired stable boy named Westley. Buttercup doesn’t care much for boys and would be happy just spending all of her time riding horses. That is until a duke and duchess come to their property to investigate how the make such ‘fine’ milk.

When Westley catches the duchesses eye, Buttercup becomes obsessed with what the duchess sees in Westley, and this brings her to realization that she has been in love with Westley for years without even realizing it! But Westley wasn’t the only one the Duke and Duchess noticed, the Duke could only stare at Buttercup and see her potential for beauty.

After the Duke and Duchess leave, and a sleepless night Buttercup professes her love to Westley to only have him close the door in her face. Heartbroken she spends the day crying in her room, until Westley comes later that to tell her that he loves her and is setting sail for America to make a new life for them, and that he will send for her.

But soon after news is brought that Westley’s ship has been attacked by pirates – pirates that leave no survivors. Buttercup is beyond devastated and vows never to love again. But how can this be?? How can a couple that loves each other so much be destroyed? Well… that is where the adventure begins…

My thoughts:

I was happy to see that the book didn’t stray too much for the movie at all. Except for the zoo of death which I think was rightfully cut because it is awful! Now you might be wondering if I loved the movie so much why did I give the book such a bad review if it was so similar to the movie?

Excellent question blog reader! I read the abridged version of this book and it had some unexpected narration within it. By this I mean, it explains a man’s hunt to find the Princess Bride novel for his son because his father read it to him and he loved it so much. What the man didn't know is his dad only read to him ‘the good parts’. Apparently the original story was needlessly fluffy so when Goldman re-released the abridge version he cut out these fluffy parts and TOLD the reader that he cut them out. It’s like the story was constantly being interrupted by it! And not in a cute way like the movie in like a “Originally Muybridge wrote 20 pages about this, and 12 pages about that, and another 8 pages about this, so I cut it because nothing eventful happened”. It completely pulls you out of the story. That and Buttercup almost seemed a bit heartless or fickle with her love for Westley in the book which didn’t come across in the movies…

I honestly don’t think the book added anything to the movie, except for making the bad guys being even bigger creeps. If you’re a big fan I guess give it a go, you may like it more than me, but to anyways one else I would not recommend. In this rare case the movie was better than the book.

Tommy Nightmare: Ebook Review

5/5 Stars

Tommy Nightmare

JL Bryan

Second in The Paranormals series

Genre: Horror/Paranormal Romance

Synopsis:

A boy with a dark past turns into an even more frightening adult. Tommy was an abused foster boy, who learns to defend himself with a touch that inspires the purest of fears. As he ages he is happy to take advantage of this power to bend people to this will by inspiring their worst nightmares. He is Ashleigh’s opposite, and while she made people love her and get whatever she wanted with her touch, he does much the same to manipulate.

If you thought you were done with Ashleigh, think again she manages to slither her way back in, in ways you could not anticipate.

But this book isn't just about Tommy Nightmare. His path is soon to intertwine itself with Seth and Jenny’s. There are mounting concerns for poor Jenny as she deals with the guilt of her massacre, begins to question her relationship with Seth, the 100+ dead bodies don’t go unnoticed by the CDC and FBI, and Tommy is on his way.

My thoughts:

Love, love, love this series! I could not put it down! Unfortunately I read it a few years ago and was too lazy to write a review so, this is all my ‘lasting impression’ of the book. I remember the book had a great pace, even more characters that had their own interesting arcs. In this book we are hinted at more Paranormals in upcoming books. It does delve a bit more into what the Paranormals are, but there is still so much more to come in the future books.

He writes amazing villains that you love to hate. With Tommy you feel bad for him because of his past, so you can understand him somewhat. But when he uses his powers to destroy people unlike Jenny, he’s hard to still like. The story, the characters, I know I will HAVE to read this series more than once, it’s so good!

If you loved the first book then I can assure you will enjoy the ride all the way to the end. Definitely recommend this book.

Jenny Pox: Ebook Review

4.5/5 Stars

Jenny Pox

JL Bryan

First in The Paranormals series

Genre: Horror/Paranormal Romance

Synopsis:

Jenny 'Mittens' Morten can't wait to be done with high school. People terrify her. At the age of 18 she has never had a friend and has tried to never come in contact with anyone from her school, for one simple reason. One touch from her and you're dead.

Jenny goes pretty much unnoticed by all her classmates except for one girl who loves to torment her, Ashleigh Goodling. She doesn't learn how powerful Ashleigh's deadly influence over people can be until something starts developing between her and Ashleigh's boyfriend, Seth. Seth just so happens to be the only boy in the world that is immune to her touch.

How long can Jenny keep her deadly touch a secret with Ashleigh doing everything in her power to destroy her?

My thoughts:

I loved this book. It had such an interesting story idea, and a nice twist at the end. I was sort of thinking it's like X-men without Xavier. Sort of like what life would be like if you had powers but no mentor, and no one to understand you. I love books about kids with powers. The writing was really good, and I loved the characters, they were very well developed. The main character, Jenny, is the lonely awkward girl that is struggling through life. Imagine not being able to touch a single human being or any living thing? She has to wear gloves, long sleeve shirts, and pants all year around just to avoid skin contact. Even though she is deadly, she still has this light to her and in her heart she's a good and caring person.

The genre is horror, and I kept sitting there wondering, what's so scary about this? But then sh** hits the fan at the end and you're like oh that's why! I wouldn't say this book is scary, it can get a little gross, and it definitely has its suspense.

Would I read more by the author? Hells to the yeah, I've already gotten a hold of book 2. I would recommend this series to anyone who likes super natural books, I would lump this under an ADULT paranormal romance/horror novel.

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