In My Mailbox was created by Kristi, The Story Siren, (This post was inspired by Alea of Pop Culture Junkie)
What was left in my mailbox this week...from my library...
Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
The Pricker Boy by Reade Scott Winnem
Deadly Little Lies by
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
That’s it, didn’t buy anything. Didn’t get anything for review. For the last couple weeks my reading has slowed down, so funny enough, this is good that there are only four books.
Of course I loved this book. I mean what’s not to love after City of Bones? It just built right on top of that brilliantly. Jace has to deal with finding out who he really is, Clary’s dealing with Simon’s growing affections. Simon is now a Vampire. Jace and Clary have to figure out how to be around each other, and all while trying to guess Valentine’s next move.
Full of Vamps, Werewolves, Warlocks and demons I think this series will definitly appeal to both sexes. I can’t say much more or I’ll give to much away. Looking forward to City of Glass.
"You Might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in."
Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her. She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an even longer cutaway coat of soft green velvet, the color of moss. "I can't believe you did it!" she exclaimed. "How did you get Magnus to let Jace leave?"
"Traded him for Alec," Clary said.
Isabelle looked mildly alarmed. "Not permanently?"
"No," said Jace. "Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back," he added thoughtfully. "In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy."
Isabelle looked dubious. "Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out."
"That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. "No, probably not."
Jace put his head in his hands. "Tell Isabelle no."
"But she thinks it's a good idea," Alec protested.
"Then tell her no twice."
Magnus got to his feet. "I do believe that's my cue to leave as well," he said. Clary noticed he was avoiding looking at Alec. "I'd say it's been nice meeting you all, but, in fact, it hasn't. It's been quite awkward, and frankly, the next time I see a single one of you will be far too soon."
"Every time you almost die, I almost die myself."
Susane Colasanti has this amazing talent, of taking you right back to high school. Granted it’s been some years for me but I completely related to Sara’s character. She wants something real. And I have this distinct memory from Senior year of knowing how fake everything around me was.
And wanting out.
I loved the scenes between Tobey and Sara, they were sweet and fun, and I wanted more.
Susane added so many real elements to the story and the characters lives outside of high school. And one thing that bugs me about a lot of stories is that once the girl gets the guy or vice versa, that’s it, you don’t usually get more story on them.
This book there’s quite a bit about them afterwards. It was a very nice change.
It’s a great story, you should buy it.
It takes all my strength to push open the door. I go around to Tobey’s side and stand there. The world spins around me. For the first time I can remember, I’m not freezing outside in November. It actually feels warm.
I stare at Tobey. He looks back at me with such an intensity I expect the glass to shatter.
I press my hand against his window. He presses his hand on the other side of mine.
For a while, we stay like that. With our hands pressed together, seperated by glass.
"Tobey puts the CD on. Then he comes over and hugs me. I lean my head on his chest.
'I want to know everything about you,' he whispers."
"I'm sorry.'
'Congratulations.'
'Can you tell me why you're so upset?'
The thing is, Tobey should get this. I mean, he's gotten everything else about me. And I don't want to explain it all. So much of it has to do with jealousy, and I know it's stupid to be mad at him because he had a life before me. But I am anyway. "
I have finally finished it! Not that it was bad and I had to put it down and didn’t want to pick it up again. Nothing like that. I started this book, then was swamped with books coming in from the library. So of course, you have to read the ones with return dates before you can read the ones you own.
I’ve “heard” that this book has been likened to The Hunger Games, and whereas I’m not balking at this suggestion I just don’t really see it. I mean, I suppose I can a little bit, but to me it’s a book all on it’s own.
The premise was pretty cool and although I disliked being thrown into their world with the different slang, I caught on pretty quickly and got over it. Plus, I liked the fact that it put us in the box right along with Thomas.
I thought the characters were all pretty unique in this setting. Considering how many individual voices he had to write.
Some of the plot points were easy for me to figure out, but I was surprised by the whole Chuck thing. Really, James!? Did you have to do that?
I suppose there’s a reason, but still. I also didn’t expect the ending, but it set it up pretty nicely for the second book, The Scorch Trials, that is going to be released in October this year.
Yes, I am finally posting this review. I picked this book up the day it was released without knowing what it as about really, and without having read anything else by Maggie, or having people around me to say, “Oh, Maggie Stiefvater wrote that, you should totally get it.” Pretty much I saw the cover and went, “Huh, that’s cool.” read the sleeve, and said, “Oh a wolf, cool. Okay.” Then bought it.
This book sealed the deal for me and I have been a fan ever since, reading both Lament and Ballad as quickly as I could get my hands on them.
I think this was probably the first book that really flipped back and forth between the main characters. I’ve read books since Shiver that did this and were released before Shiver, but this one introduced me to that style and I was happy to have Sam’s perspective.
The way Sam shifted was unique and I thought the backstory on how young he was, and what happened with his parents helped me to “feel closer” to him. He wasn’t just some boy that was a wolf, he was a boy with demons and that made him more real.
Grace was alright.
No, I’m kidding. I thought the fact that Grace’s parent’s neglection was there set it apart from most stories like this. Usually parents are non-existent, or dead, or abusive. But I liked how there scatteredness was actually a reason why Grace was how she was, was clever. Was that cryptic enough?
I thought that bit of info was clever. Very clever Mrs. Stiefvater.
I do have questions, of course, since this is a trilogy, I suppose that’s the point. Give me a little now so I’ll want more.
And I do.
Linger comes out July 20th, so we have to wait another 5 months, *sigh*
and now for the beautiful quotes I loved...
"You're beautiful and sad," I said finally, not looking at him when I did. "Just like your eyes. You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again." For a long moment there was only the whirring sound of the tires on the road, and then Sam said softly, "Thank you."
"Sam,' the girl said. “Sam.”
She was the past present and future. I wanted to answer , but I was broken.
"So, Grace, how's school?" I asked myself.
Dad nodded, eyes on the baby koala now struggling in the guest's arms.
"Oh, it's fine," I continued, and Dad made a mumbling noise of agreement. I added, "Nothing special, aside from the load of pandas they brought in, and the teachers abandoning us to cannibalistic savages-" I paused to see if I'd caught his attention yet, then pressed on. "The whole building caught fire, then I failed drama, and then sex, sex, sex."
Dad's eyes abruptly focused, and he turned to me and frowned. "What did you say they were teaching you in school?"
“You two are too cute,” the counter girl said, setting two cups piled with whipped cream on the counter. She had a sort of lopsided, open smile that made me think she laughed a lot. “Seriously. How long have you been going out?”
Sam let go of my hands to get his wallet and took out some bills. “Six years.”
I wrinkled my nose to cover a laugh. Of course he would count the time that we’d been two entirely different species.
“Whoa.” Counter girl nodded appreciatively. “That’s pretty amazing for a couple your age.
Sam handed me my hot chocolate and didn’t answer. But his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively—I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me was far more intimate than copping a feel could ever be.
I crouched to look at the almond bark on the bottom shelf in the counter. I wasn’t quite bold enough to look at either of them when I admitted, “Well, it was love at first sight.”
The girl sighed. “That is just so romantic. Do me a favor, and don’t you two ever change. The world needs more love at first sight.”
I said uselessly, "Sam, don't go."
Sam cupped my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes. His eyes were yellow, sad, wolf, mine. "These stay the same. Remember that when you look at me. Remember it's me. Please."
“Please don't go."
Freakin’ PHENOMENAL!!! I am in love with this writer. I read Jellicoe Road a while back so I’m having to skim over it to remember what specifically I loved about it. Cause I can’t just say it was phenomenal and I loved it and leave it at that, can I?
Wait! CAN I? ;) Of course I could it’s my site. But I won’t.
I can honestly say that I was a bit confused in the beginning of reading this book, only because it goes back and forth between a story about 5 teens 17 years ago, and some teens in present day and how their lives are connected.
I did not want to put it down though. It had me at hello.
And once you start figuring things out and following along, you truly don’t want to put it down. I can understand why this book has received the awards it has. They are well deserved.
The author has 3 other books, I have read her first two, hopefully I’ll get reviews up this year, Finding Alibrandi is actually a bit older but still a really great read, and then Saving Francesca was superb as well.
Finnikin of the Rock comes out in the US in February, and I’m so there. Her newest book is called The Piper’s Son and revisits one of the secondary characters from Saving Francesca. Since I have family in Oz, I’ve already asked if they could send it to me when it’s released so I don’t have to wait another year. :)
She’s agreed, so we’ll see.
If you have not read this book, or any of Melina’s for that matter, I suggest you high-tail it to your local bookstore and pick it up. It’s very much worth the money.
"When I turn around, he cups my face in his hands and he kisses me so deeply that I don't know who is breathing for who, but his mouth and tongue taste like warm honey. I don't know how long it lasts, but when I let go of him, I miss it already."
"'Guess what?' Fitz said.
'I don't know,' Jude said. 'What? Narnie smiled?' He glanced at her for the first time.
'When you guys see a Narnie smile, it's like a revalation,' Webb said, gathering her towards him.
Jude stopped in front of her and, with both hands cupping her face, tried to make a smile. Narnie flinched.
'Leave her alone,' Tate said.
'I need a revelation,' Jude said. 'And you're the only one that can give me one, Narns.' "
"It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that's why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It's not the pain they're getting over, it's the love."
"Sometimes Webb believed that he would never experience a better feeling than when he was looking at her, would never see anything or anybody bursting with more life and spirit. Sometimes he felt he needed to inhale it and place it in a storage area in his soul. Just in case. "
"I'm very disturbed to find out that the leader of the Townies has a soul and I'm beginning to develop a bit of a crush on him."
"Hold my hand because I might disappear."
"How can you just forget a person completely until the moment you see his face again?"
"Santangelo is irritated. 'We're not suppose to be collaborating. It's supposed to be a war and you're supposed to stick to the boundaries.'
'We've seen you in your jocks,' she reminds him. 'Taylor and Griggs have pashed. You've broken into your father's police station for us. Don't you think the war has lost a bit of its tension?'"
""This is the best night of my life," Raffy says, crying.
"Raffy, half our House has burnt down," I say wearily. "We don't have a kitchen."
"Why do you always have to be so pessimistic?" she asks. "We can double up in our rooms and have a barbecue every night like the Cadets."
Silently I vow to keep Raffy around for the rest of my life."
This book was just okay for me. Not spectacular, but not horrible either.
I think I was expecting more. More romance, more mystery, more supernatural elements. I suppose it felt a bit rushed. Not just the romance part. I didn’t mind that, it was more how strangely everything fell together.
I think that was it.
Nothing more to say.
This book was. . . I’m not really quite sure. I loved it, against all odds. I say that I suppose because I am a romantic sap at heart, I love anything Jane Austen and when a couple I want doesn’t get together it saddens me so much. Sometimes for days I can’t think about anything else. Case in point, Peter Pan (seriously? um yea) You know the movie with Jeremy Sumpter and Rachel Hurd Wood. I have no idea why, except maybe how well they acted together, but at the end when Wendy didn’t stay with Peter, IT stayed with me for days. I was sad for days. How ridiculous is that? Especially when you take into consideration the fact that they were like 12 or 13.
That being said, I really loved this book despite the fact *SPOILER* that Nick and Mae didn’t get together. Not really. There was such a lack of romance in this book and that is the only reason why I’m not sure how to explain succinctly how I feel about it.
The characters were well written, and despite not getting to know Mae that well, I really liked her, Jamie I thought had some of the best lines. And Alan and Nick were pretty awesome.
The supernatural aspect was well thought out and the twist at the end, well I actually guessed it pretty early on, but it was still clever. The details surrounding it were the surprise for me. And although I was pretty satisfied with the ending, there were still parts of it that saddened me.
Now for my quote section.
Jamie was staring at Alan. “You helped me find Catcher in the Rye today and now you shoot people?”
“He only shot one person,” Nick remarked. “But the night is young.”
(a paragraph down) “Forgive him, he has no manners.”
“I get by on good looks,” Nick said.
“It’s the safest and easiest way to get more power, but there’re also rituals with the dead, and-”
“Rituals with the dead,” Jamie repeated in a faint, stunned voice. Nick turned and looked at him coldly. “I mean,” Jamie said, and swallowed, “how interesting and not at all creepy! Please go on!”
They stopped on a dirt road a few fields away from Cranmore Castle, which was now nothing but a mound, gray in the night but green under a daytime sky, a lump in the ground where people had once lived, and lived no longer.
“I expected something a little more castle-shaped,” said Jamie.
“Nothing lasts forever,” Nick said. “Except demons, of course.”
“Has anyone ever told you that you’re a charming conversationalist?” Jamie asked.
“No,” Nick replied honestly.
“I cannot tell you how much that surprises me,” Jamie told him, and Nick gave him a half smile.
On the morning of the fourth day, Jamie tipped a switchblade out of his box of cornflakes.
“I think these promotional campaigns have really got out of hand,” he said, freezing with his hand on the milk carton.
Huh?!
I liked it. It was different. Interesting.
There were parts of it that I’m still confused about. Not huge plot parts just smaller things like why it was such a big deal for Samantha to see where Robyn died. And the whole thing with Alexei just happened way too fast. Some parts were a little unbelievable, but as a whole I did like it.
I thought the ending, like the very very end was pretty cool, and yet I feel horrible for saying so.
“You there?” Scott asks. He’s not used to my awkward pauses and mind ramblings. Our edges are still rough, no matter how much we rub our mostly clothed bodies together.
“Sorry, I got lost,” I confess.
“Then it’s a good thing I found you,” he says and I feel my body sway.
I picked this one up because I’d heard really amazing things about it. I started reading it and was disappointed. It was sooo slow and nothing was really happening. I mean obviously stuff was happening but. . .you know what I mean.
Well, then something happened.
And I couldn’t put it down. And then I realized that the author was just laying the foundation for all the stuff that was going to happen.
And I was sucked in until the last page.
I loved this book despite it’s slow beginning.
I loved the twists, and the characters were all really amazing, full of character (ha) and deeper than I first thought.
I was impressed with Paul and all his conflicting feelings and damage.
I think that may have been when I started enjoying the book, when Knife met him for the second time. Actually I’m pretty positive that’s when.
I’d say a quarter of the way through, maybe a little more.
I am anticipating Wayfarer, coming out this year. It is not about the same characters but a continuation of the story.
Pleasantly surprised. Not that I thought it would stink of anything. It was just better than I expected I guess.
Interesting premise, kind of reminds me of Nightmare on Elm Street. Kind of.
I suppose if there is something for me to complain about I’d say that the way it is written doesn’t allow for much attatchment to the characters.
I feel like I know Janie, but not well. And that I’d like to get to know her better. And by her I mean not just her ability.
I liked Cabel, although I did just do a small rant on Facebook about his name. I mean Cabel, like cable. Really? I know we may be trying to go with a unique name but it was just weird to me. I do like his character though. Wounded, deeply wounded, really sweet.
There are a few other things that annoyed me, like the constant use of a certain word. I’m not naive, or anything, it just seemed overused. Said in some of the weirdest moments. And then also, the constant misunderstandings between Janie and Cabe. Some seemed like they were thrown in for good measure.
Other than that, great story, great book. Picking up Fade right now.
“When,” he demands. “I promise, all my heart, I’ll be your house elf for the rest of my life if I fail to meet you at the appointed date and time.” He leans forward. “Promise,” he says again. He holds up two fingers.
The bell rings.
They stand up.
She’s not answering.
He comes around the table toward her and pushes her gently against the wall. Sinks his lips into hers.
He tastes like spearmint.
She can’t stop the flipping in her stomach.
He pulls back and touches her cheek, her hair. “When,” he whispers. Urgently.
"That was the goth stage, where I decided I'd never get the girl of my dreams because of my scars. Not to mention my hairstyle. (pause)But then she slammed a door handle into my gut. And when a girl does that to a boy,it means she likes him."
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
Restoring Harmony by Joëlle Anthony
The Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson: A Most Improper Magick by Stephanie Burgis
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
Anna and the Boy Masterpiece by Stephanie Perkins
The Prophecy of Days by Christy Raedeke
Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White
Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
Wish by Alexandra Bullen
The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell
Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler
Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
Whisper by Phoebe Kitanidis
Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt
Firespell by Chloe Neill
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Faithful by Janet Fox
Everlasting by Angie Frazier
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus
This is it for now. I’m sure I will continue to add to the list though.
This book for me was a little different from the others. Some bigger things, I felt, I got closure on. It was nice, but there are still new plot lines that have been introduced and so I asked Ms. Caine how many books there would be in this series. I’m happy to report that after this one there will be another six. Maybe more, she said.
I loved the fact that there was so much more Myrnin. He’s a pretty awesome character.
And I was saddened by the death of a secondary character near the end, really saddened.
I’m always pleasantly surprised with the plot lines, and the twists that get thrown my way with this series. It’s a refreshing change.
As Myrnin opened the portal in the wall, Claire grabbed up Shane’s sweatshirt and pulled it on over her clothes. It was huge on her. She rolled up the sleeves, and couldn’t resist lifting the neck to smell it one more time.
Myrnin smirked. “There is no drama so great as that of a teenage girl,” he said.
“Except yours.”
Myrnin leaned in and smiled at her. “Fair lady, may I ride with you in your carriage?”
“God-get in!”
Myrnin sighed. “Please, allow me.”
“Do you have the faintest idea of how to drive a car?”
“I am a very fast learner.”
In fact, he wasn’t.
“What?” She felt a blush start to burn along her jawline, then spill over her cheeks. “No! Of course not! I just . . . I don’t know if-”
“Stop stammering.”
“You make me stammer. You always have, when you look at me like that.”
“Like what?”
“Like I’m dessert.”
He licked her on the nose.
His sigh seemed to come all the way from his toes. “God, I needed you,” he murmured. “I can’t even tell you how many times I thought about this. The funny thing is, I don’t need you any less now. I think I need you more.”
That, Claire thought, was a pretty good definition of love: needing someone even after you got what you thought you wanted.
Okay, this book, book 5 just took things to a whole new level. Like I’ve said before, things happen in these books that I just didn’t see coming.
Things are changing as a new, scarier vampire comes to town to take over. Lines are drawn and the vamps and humans that have inhabited Morganville start joining forces against him.
This story had all the elements that the others did, suspense, action, romance, and of course vampires.
I really have enjoyed the progression of each character, coming into their own. That’s been really fun to read about. One element that continues to surprise me is the science that’s intertwined in the story. Alchemy and Physics, I’ve just never been into science but these books make me wish I had.
The cliffhanger ending of this book in particular is excruciating.
He held out his hand for a manly kind of shake. Shane batted it aside and hugged him. There were manly backslaps, and if there was a brief flash of red in Michael’s eyes, Shane didn’t see it.
“You be careful, man,” Shane said. “Those college chicks, they’re wild. Don’t let them drag you into any Jell-O shot parties. Stay strong.”
“You too,” Michael said. “Be careful.”
“Driving around in a big, black, obvious lunch wagon in a town full of starving vampires? Yeah. I’ll try to keep it low profile.” Shane swallowed. “Seriously-”
“I know. Same here.”
They nodded at each other.
Claire and Eve watched them for a moment. The two of them shrugged. “What?” Michael asked.
“That’s it? That’s your big good-bye?” Eve asked.
“What’s wrong with it?”
Claire looked at Eve mystified. “I think I need guys CliffNotes.”
“Guys aren’t deep enough to need CliffNotes.”
“What were you waiting for, flowery poetry?” Shane snorted. “I hugged. I’m done.”
“What about Myrnin?”
Eve swallowed, almost choked, and Michael patted her kindly on the back. She beamed at him. “Myrnin? Oh yeah. He did a Batman and took off into the night. What is with that guy, Claire? If he was a superhero, he’d be Bipolar Man.’
I have to say that out of the four books in this series that I’ve read this one is by far my favourite. I’m not sure what it was about this book exactly, I just felt like the storyline got so much deeper and more daring. One of the things that I love about this series is how the vamps are still mostly “evil”.
The addition of Bishop, Ysandra and Francois just made that much more apparent.
The intrigue just gets deeper and deeper.
I can usually “see” some twists coming but this series keeps me guessing the whole time. And then springs things on me that I wouldn’t expect.
You need to read these if you haven’t already. You’ll get hooked. Promise.
And now my favourite part, sharing some of the quotes I enjoyed the most...
She put a hand lightly on his stomach.
“You’re hurting,” she said.
“Only when I bend over. When did you get so short, anyway?”
“Five minutes ago.” She rolled her eyes, playing along, but she was worried.
and a couple of paragraphs later...
“Don’t do anything dumb,” she said. “Or I’ll kill you myself.”
“Ouch, girl. Whatever happened to unconditional love around here?”
“It got tired of visiting you in the hospital.” She held his eyes for a long few seconds.
(After Eve pulls out the first aid kit)
“Shirt off.”
“You only love me for my abs.”
“Shut up, loser. Shirt off.”
With a glance toward Claire, Shane pulled it over his head and tossed it on the breakfast table next to him.
“Crap,” Shane breathed as they stood together looking into the fridge. The shelves held leftover chili, some pasta stuff, hamburger patties. Enough for them, for a couple of days. Not enough for anywhere near the number of people in the house, even for the humans. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking.”
“I’m thinking we have about fifteen vampires and no blood,” Claire said. “Is that it?”
“No, I was thinking we’re out of chips. Of course that’s what I was thinking.”
"I'm gonna kill him," Eve said, or at least that was what it sounded like filtered through the pillow.
"Stake him right in the heart, shove garlic up his a#*, and-and-"
"And what?" (Michael)
"When did you get home?" Claire demanded.
"Apparently just in time to hear my funeral plans. I especially like the garlic up the a#*. It's...different."
Kristi, The Story Siren, just posted her top picks and I thought I’d play along.
The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum
Eyes Like Stars Lisa Mantchev
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
Shiver by Maggie Steifvater
Ballad by Maggie Steifvater
North of Beautiful by Justine Headley Chan
Stargazer by Claudia Gray
Betrayals by Lili St. Crow
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
What books were your favourites this year?
The intrigue and mysteriousness of why the Vampires are in Morganville just keeps getting deeper and deeper.
I loved the science of this book. And I am not a science person.
It’s just really really interesting about the alchemy and what it is and how it works.
I really liked the new character of Mernin. He was creepy and yet sad all at the same time.
I understand the need for the book and the series to be propelled forward but I have to say I’m sick of people blaming Shane for everything. It’s getting old. As are his stupid ideas. :)
Make someone else do something stupid. Oh wait. Claire does, and so does Michael. Eve’s about the only sane one of the four. Kidding.
But still, the book was fast-paced and the storyline just gets better and better.
And thanks for the little romantic reprieves here and there.
"Perv."
He pointed to himself. "Male and eighteen. What's your point?"
"You shouldn't be afraid of me because I'm a vampire. You ought to be scared because you just trash-talked my girlfriend to her face.
Good prize. Too good. Claire swallowed hard. “And if I lose?”
“Then I eat you,” Myrnin said.
Sam shook his head. “Do you even have a sense of self-preservation?”
“Shane asks me that all the time.”
Okay, book 2 in The Morganville Vampires series.
I liked this one just as much as the first. The characters were fleshed out a bit more. We got some backstory on Michael, Eve, and definantly Shane. Which was nice. The getting of the info, not necessarily the info gotten. :)
Also, I enjoyed the mystery and suspense of this book. There was much more, um, not adventure, but, oh, action.
Much more action than the first.
Quite a good follow up. Although without saying too much, I did miss Shane a bit.
I do recommend this series.
""This near enough? Whatcha gonna do, doll girl? Cry all over me?"
Claire hid her eyes as the biker reached out for Eve with one tattooed hand.
"No," Eve said breathlessly. "I'm going to let my boyfriend beat the crap out of you."
There was a dull thunk of wood meeting flesh, and a howl. Then another, much harder thunk, and a crash as a body hit the floor.
The biker was down. Claire stared at him in disbelief, then looked past him, to the figure standing there with the field hockey stick in both hands.
Michael Glass."
. . . just as the front door banged open, splintering around the lock, and the police charged in.
“Oh, man,” Shane whispered, “that sucks. We just fixed that door.”
She could have done a whole semester of kissing with Shane. Intense personal study. With lab classes.
So unexpectedly brilliant. Seriously!
I thought this book would be good.
I did not expect it to be so, clever. NO, not clever, I mean, yes, but, more. SO much more.
I’m having such a hard time finding the words to express how much I loved this book.
It was so believable in a fantasy sort of way.
AM I EVEN MAKING ANY SENSE?!
Buy this book. Don’t get it from your library. Don’t borrow it from a friend. Get the money together and purchase it.
It is outstanding.
I loved the biology behind Laurel, and the fae, and how they are and what they are.
I loved David and how awesomely geeky, yet not, he was. What an awesome friend who wants more.
I loved Tamani and how charming and confident he was. And how open.
Aprilynne did an amazing, BLOODY BRILLIANT, job on the love triangle because honestly, I am Team nobody, or Team everybody. I want Laurel with both of them.
I love rooting for the “underdog”, which is kind of what David is. I want her with him.
But how can you deny a love like Tamani’s?
And, just for the record, I thought it was so cool about the different seasonal fairies. And how they get their coloring, and the pollenation. You’ll understand once you read it.
It was all just so stinkin’ cool.
I mean, really, have you ever seen me “yell” in my posts?
Go Get It.
"It's your call," he said softly, "but whatever you decide, I'll help you." He placed a soft, warm hand at the back of her neck and Laurel's breath caught in her chest. "Whatever you need, I'll be. If you need the science geek to give you answers from a textbook, I'm your guy; if you just want a friend to sit by you in bio and help you feel better when you're sad, I'm still your guy." His thumb slowly stroked across her earlobe and down her cheek. "And if you need someone to hold you and protect you from anyone in the world who might want to hurt you, then I am definitely your guy." His pale-blue eyes bore into hers, and for a second she couldn't breath. "But it's all up to you," he whispered."
“Doesn’t sound very romantic.”
“There’s nothng romantic about it at all.” Tamani replied, a confident smile spreading across his face. “That’s what sex is for.”
“You still...” she let the question hang.
Megan’s parents are both in the military, and they have just told her they’re moving to South Korea. Megan’s never stood against her parents but this is too much. She’s given the option of moving in with her father’s best friend from long ago and his family.
Of boys.
Seven to be exact.
How could I resist this story? The only other thing I’ve read by this author was Ex-Mas which I reviewed on the 17th so I didn’t have a lot to go on in regards to if I’d like it or not.
I was blown away.
You wouldn’t think (at least I didn’t) that this book would be so good, so deep, so fun, and full of real, sometimes tough, moments.
I thought Megan evolved quite nicely over the course of this book, that’s not to say I didn’t want to slap her a few times when it came to Evan but still.
I loved the brothers.
Silent, barely there, motorcycle riding, oldest Sean.
“Abercrombie-god”, mixed-signal sending, Evan.
Slightly nervous-around-girls, artist, Finn.
Gangsta-lovin, smart, trouble-making, Doug.
Sweet, autistic (Asperger’s), baseball-lovin’, Miller.
Follower of Doug, mischeivous, Ian.
And baby-of-the-family, follower of Ian, Caleb.
They were all awesome. I even really liked Regina, the mom.
This was such a great book. Really, really, good.
And that’s all I’m gonna say.
Except GO GET THIS!
Forget evil, laughing little monsters. These guys had been touched by the Abercrombie gods.
“I’m Evan, by the way,” he said as she reached up to slam the door.
Megan almost choked. “No.”
Evan laughed. “Uh...yeah.”
“You’re Evan?”
Pudgy, stringy-haired, snot-bubble-blowing Evan had morphed into this WB-worthy god of Olympic proportions?
“Yeah, I am,” he said, narrowing his eyes. “Didn’t you hit me over the head with a baseball bat once?”
“It was a wiffleball bat,” she said. “And I think you hung me from a tree first.”
“Huh. I always thought it was a baseball bat,” Evan said.
“I’m freakishly strong,” she said.
Right. Stop talking now. Stop. . . talking . . . now!
Megan felt like a dose of bile had been injected directly into her heart. “I can’t believe I ever wasted even a second of my life thinking about you.”
