Dark Shift: Dark Shift (Series Book 1) Review

3 Stars: This book started out with an awesome storyline and the blurb made it sound amazing!

 However, I felt that the story  became way too complicated. I honestly think that the author could have also elaborated on the places that the characters went . I thought that they moved around too much without explaining why and how they got to the places they went to so quickly. I spent a lot of time questioning their actions, which pulled me out of the story.

I also don't understand why the author came up with new names for every mythical creature (oops... spoiler).  Couldn't he stick with the original names to make it less complicated? I have to say though that the story was quite adventure filled and very unique. 

If you still find the book interesting after what I have just said then by all means read it! :)

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Blurb:

Drake Copeland never knew his father. His mother disappeared years ago. So the day Drake and three classmates are stuck in the classroom while the rest of the school gets a field trip, it’s just one more time he’s been left behind. But when a bullied genius leaves his experiment running in the lab and throws the whole school through time, getting left behind is the least of their problems. Drake and his friends crash into a burned-out wasteland where their town used to be, discovering cannibals, starving werewolves, vampires, wise ghosts and a dark army directly connected to their own time - and maybe their own school.

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Short bio -
Rick Polito was the fourth grader who bragged about reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe twice in one day and followed that love of words into a 20-year career as a newspaper reporter and columnist. Polito claims he is the only person in history who ever "witnessed a gas chamber execution and took his dog to pet psychic camp all in the same job." His "Wizard of Oz" synopsis -  Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again - was a viral sensation. It was reading to his own son that brought him back to his love of young adult fiction and the story that became Dark Shift. A single father, Polito is raising two children in Boulder, Colorado.

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Born in Flames: Born in Flames Trilogy Review

4 stars: Born in Flames is a good fantasy. I honestly liked this book but the pace was too slow for me. I thought while I was reading that the author also could have elaborated on Aurora's powers a little bit more. My favorite thing about this book is the magic and how everybody's lives are written down in a book called an Oraculus.  My favorite character is Aurora because she has so much power in her even if she doesn't know it at first.

I'm reading the second book now, Embracing the Flames. Review coming soon...

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Blurb:

Red mirrored scales race up my arms as the haze of pain blurs my vision. My bones crack, breaking to realign. I scream. It is then that the realization of my unavoidable fate sinks in; I am of a dying race. I am dragon.

Aurora Megalos, orphaned and teetering on the edge of adulthood, thought finding her past would curb the sting of being an outcast. Having no memories of the time before she awoke on her foster mother’s doorstep, she yearns for the emptiness inside her to be filled. With her fellow orphaned best friend, Fenn, by her side, she has nothing to lose and everything to gain. But something powerful stirred within her that she couldn’t explain. Something wanted out.

In the dark of night, a crazed Seer erases everything she’s ever known with an impending prophecy. She now faces two paths. Return to her true home to protect a dying race against a growing evil, or stay hidden in the safety of our realm with a shot at a true love. With a vengeful Arch Enemy stopping at nothing to see her dead, she’s running out of time; a decision must be made. What would you choose?

Redheads are Soulless: Red Trilogy Book 1 Review

4.5 Stars:  RAS is a book that I can REALLY relate to (maybe because I am a redhead:P) This story is a really good take off of the original story of "gingers." You know, that we are all soul-stealers. :) All of the mystery kept me reading. 

SPOILER ALERT:
My favorite character is Robbie because he seems so dangerous but turns out to be a guy looking for somebody to love him. I also liked the other races of things that are almost demons.

I really think that all YA's and NA's should read this book. This book will keep everybody reading with mysteries at every corner, betrayal, and the romance.




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High school senior, Sofia Black, has had a very hard life. Since her father's death 7 years ago, she has had to look after her drug addicted, alcohlic mother. School isn't any better for her either. The other kids constantly tease, and ridicule her. All she wants is to get out of her small hometown in Alabama.

When new student, Jason, shows up, Sofia's world is turned upside down. She doesn't understand why he wants to befriend her so badly... And, just when she thinks she can trust him, trouble appears.Jason's twin brother, Robbie, moves into town, and things go haywire. Sofia is now running for her life - and Jason is forced to share hidden secrets with her. She learns the truth about her father's death, and finds out that she may not be as "human" as she once thought. She struggles to accept her fate, while fighting for her life.  

The Hidden: Hollow Trilogy (book 3) Review

5 stars: The Hidden is my favorite book in this trilogy because I really think that the author wanted to have the reader feel throughout the book what the characters were feeling. The characters go through some major adversity throughout the series. Enough so that you are cheering for them to get their happy ending. My favorite character is Caspian. He is always looking after Abby no matter what. Although he is dead he does everything he can for Abby.

The characters are my favorite part of the story and series. They remind me of some people that I have met. Complex and multi-faceted. I loved all the characters, good and bad.

Just to put it out there, yes I did read the first 2 books and really liked them. All three are must reads.





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Blurb:
Abbey knows that Caspian is her destiny. Theirs is a bond that transcends even death. But as Abbey finally learns the full truth about the dark fate that links her to Caspian and ties them both to the town of Sleepy Hollow, she suddenly has some very hard choices to make. Caspian may be the love of her life, but is that love worth dying for?

Hades: Book 2 Halo Trilogy Review

5 Stars: Hades is my favorite book out of the Halo Trilogy so far because the characters were pushed to their limits. All of the characters were sent on extremely awesome adventures in this book (which I really like.) I really felt that all the areas were described in a way that I could actually picture what they looked like in my mind. My favorite character still has to be Jake because he broke so many rules that I lost count at like 20! 

I believe that all girls at the ages of 12-16 would like this book (I sure did ;)  If you are thinking of reading this... happy reading!

This series is an absolute MUST read if you love angels, demons and more demons. :)


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Heaven Help Her.

Bethany Church is an angel sent to Earth to keep dark forces at bay. Falling in love was never part of her mission, but the bond between Beth and her mortal boyfriend, Xavier Woods, is undeniably strong. But even Xavier’s love, and the care of her archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, can’t keep Beth from being tricked into a motorcycle ride that ends up in Hell. There, the demon Jake Thorn bargains for Beth’s release back to Earth. But what he asks of her will destroy her, and quite possibly, her loved ones, as well.