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Friday, September 2, 2011

Review: Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter

Born at Midnight
(Shadow Falls 1)
Author: C.C. Hunter
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2011
Genre: YA Paranormal
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One night Kylie Galen finds herself at the wrong party, with the wrong people, and it changes her life forever. Her mother ships her off to Shadow Falls—a camp for troubled teens, and within hours of arriving, it becomes painfully clear that her fellow campers aren’t just “troubled.” Here at Shadow Falls, vampires, werewolves, shapshifters, witches and fairies train side by side—learning to harness their powers, control their magic and live in the normal world.

Kylie’s never felt normal, but surely she doesn’t belong here with a bunch of paranormal freaks either. Or does she? They insist Kylie is one of them, and that she was brought here for a reason. As if life wasn’t complicated enough, enter Derek and Lucas. Derek’s a half-fae who’s determined to be her boyfriend, and Lucas is a smokin’ hot werewolf with whom Kylie shares a secret past. Both Derek and Lucas couldn’t be more different, but they both have a powerful hold on her heart.

Even though Kylie feels deeply uncertain about everything, one thing is becoming painfully clear—Shadow Falls is exactly where she belongs…

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Follow Friday (7)

Follow Friday is hosted By Parajunkee.com and Alisoncanread.com

This week question is:

If you could change the ending of any book (or series), which book would you choose? And, why?

Tough question...I have to say that before I found out about this one ending I've never wanted to change an ending, as in I haven't really thought about it that way. I either like them or not and that's it. But if there's an ending I would kill to change is definitely the end to Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Series. That frigging ending not only shocked me, but angered me, and I'd change in a heartbeat. Spoiler alert here. Book after book I was drawn by the pure love between Jaenelle and Daemon Sadi, the struggles they had to pass through, their joy when they overcame the obstacles. Everything just magical and in the end...she dies...Jaenelle just dies...then counsels the love of her life to move on and have a baby with Surreal who has been their close friend all those years. Isn't she like linked to Daemon's family!? Isn't Daemon Titian's uncle?! and isn't Titian Surreal's mother!? WHAT THE... yeah. I haven't even finished the book yet. It's a collection of stories, which also disappointed me. Finishing the series with a collection of short stories and not a full novel. T___T I should've just read the core trilogy and leave it at that.

Edit: I'm in no way saying this series should not be read! The first three novels: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, and Queen of the Darkness rank among my top favorite novels ever. And if you read it as a trilogy and stop at that, the ending is truly beautiful. The other five novels are either back story, or short stories after the events in those three novels. And the final one, is the one I didn't like. So please! Don't say you wont give it a chance! At least try the core trilogy, I assure you if you do you won't be disappointed!

Be sure to check out my Summer Favorites Giveaway!

Summer Favorites Giveaway

This summer has been full of great books that I'd like to share with you all my loyal followers. And what better way than to having a giveaway of my favorite reads this summer! The contest is open to everywhere where The Book Depository ships (check here before entering).

Rules:

1. There will be THREE (3) winners.

2. Each winner will pick ONE (1) book from my Summer Favorites list.

3. Winners will be announced October 1st by email, and will have 48 hours to respond.
4. The contest starts today and ends September 30th.

5. The books (brand new) will be shipped from The Book Depository, so make sure they ship to where you live before entering!

Summer Favorites: