This is my first book review for the Paranormal Book Challenge. It is
also my first book review, EVER. I decided to take the advice of May P
and read Tormented.
Blurb:
It's been over 200 years
since Humans drove the affected into hiding. Now out of nowhere, people
are dying on both sides. When one of the few female specially trained
fighters; also known as an Ultorum, is added to the body count, Angelina
is forced to make a decision. Now she must betray everything she knows,
including her best friend Michael, and follow the one creature she
doesn't trust.
Ethan watches this young Ultorum with leery eyes.
He is deeply impressed with her abilities, and even more so with her
determination. It's just to bad she smells so good.
Together they set out to find the one responsible for all the killings, but what they find, they are not going to like.
What
I liked: I have loved vampires since I read Dracula and Interview With A
Vampire in high school. Jessica took an interesting twist on our blood
sucking friends and added in some new mythology. She was able to weave
the romantic tention through out the plot. Though it was not the main
story line, she created an interesting love triangle. The action was
great and kept me turning the pages and burning the midnight oil.
What I didn't like: I noticed some grammatical errors that pulled me
out of the story, there were a few times I had to go back and reread a
passage. I also thought that I would have liked the main female
character, Angelina, to be a little less dependent on the guys though
did like her strength in the end. There were some
lines and situations that were reminiscent of Twilight. The thing I liked least about the
book is that there isn't another one to read. The ending was satisfying,
but left me wanting more and a large threat looming.
I gave it a 4 out of 5 stars on Good Reads.
To join the fun you can sign up here and enter your January reviews here.
Dracula photo credit: drurydrama (Len Radin) via photopin cc
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Monday, December 10, 2012
A Paranormal Year In The Making
So this year I am taking the Paranormal Reading Challenge. The info is below, but I want to make it a little more interesting by only reading books from self published authors. I think that would be a very nice way to support people who are doing what I dream of doing. I suppose I will go by their list and start with vampires. Anyone have any good suggestions?
2013 Paranormal Reading Challenge
Welcome to the 2013 Paranormal Reading Challenge hosted by Megan Likes Books and Auntie Spinelli Reads! There are so many awesome sub-genres of paranormal books, that it's easy to find one you like and stick with it. So that's why I decided to make a reading challenge with the goal of reading about all kinds of paranormal creatures.
The goal is to read one book featuring each of the following paranormal creatures:
Vampires
Werewolves/Shifters
Fey
Angels/Nephilim
Mermaids
Dragons
Zombies
Demons
Witches/Wizards
Ghosts
Aliens
Other (ie: sirens, unicorns, centaurs, timetravel etc.)
Guidelines:
1. This challenge runs from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013.
2. You must have a blog to able to participate, since reviews must be added to the linky.
3. When you sign up with the linky, please put the link to your post about joining the Paranormal Reading Challenge.
4. You're welcome to list your books beforehand or just add as you go.
5. Sign-ups are open until December 1, 2013
6. At the beginning of each month, I will post a kick-start post, each month featuring a different category of paranormal creature. This post will also include a linky to include your reviews from that month.
7. Each review you link will qualify you for an entry into the monthy giveaway and if your review includes the feature paranormal creature of that month, you get a bonus entry.
8. Each book can only count for one category, even if it contains more than one paranormal creature. For example, Twilight contains both vampires and werewolves, but you can't use it for both the vampires and werewolves/shifters categories.
9. Everyone who completes the challenge will be entered into a grand prize giveaway at the end of the year.
10. If you read multiple books from one category, feel free to add them to the linkies. Don't stop at just one!
11. Book can count for other challenges.
Each month, we'll be featuring one of the creatures on the list at both Megan Likes Books and Auntie Spinelli Reads.
January - Vampires
February - Angels/Nephilim
March - Fey
April - Demons
May - Aliens
June - Zombies
July - Witches and Wizards
August - Mermaids
September - Dragons
October - Ghosts
November - Werewolves/Shape-shifters
December - Other
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