Laurell K. Hamilton: Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 1)

I found this book through Kerrelyn Sparks' Facebook page. There was an article about the "10 must read Romance Series"...

This list looked pretty solid. Kerrelyn Sparks, Charlaine Harris, Richelle Mead, Lara Adrian, Jeaniene Frost and J.R. Ward. All of my favourite authors. What could go wrong? I decided to buy the first book of each series I didn't know yet.
Lynsay Sands (Argenau Vampire), Victoria Knight (veiled), Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake), Bella Forrest (a Shade of Vampire)...

Having read through all these series I know in this list and having loved all of them to the last page, I was anxious to start the others.
So here goes Anita Blake. As a person I don't like her.. She seems like the kind of person I would meet and be nice to because that's just the polite thing to do. The kind of person I wouldn't talk to anymore after the first meeting because the person worked my last nerve.

Other than that, I think the author ruined the book for me. LKH's writing style is not for me. WHAT THE HELL DOES "NAW" EVEN MEAN? If I read that damned word one more time I'm going to burn the book. Okay, maybe not... It's on my Kindle. You get what I mean!
I dont want to flame the book too much (haha word jokes). It's just that certain words LKH uses and her way of saying things isn't something I would say or do. I would make different choices there and I think my annoyance of her writting style made me hate the story.

Other than that I have to say, it's an easy and quick read. It's not the kind of book you would sit still for on the edge of your seat until it's finished. You can put it down, do something else and pick it up the following evening. That's nice and relaxing.

But seriously what does NAW even mean?!? I feel like every time she gets dressed or gets an outfit ready or is about to go somewhere dangerous there is waaaay to much 'I was wearing this with that there and this gone hidden in my this because of this reason and I'm gong to that place because of this reason (which i have mentioned about 3 times before)'. Like I said, I just don't appreciate her style.

I love how there is such a thing as an Animator, Zombies, Ghouls, Vampires, Shifters (SERIOUSLY ALL KINDS). She created a very lovely world that goes very deep and has a lot of thought put into it.
This book might not make my list of the top 10 Vampire Romance Novels... But it's a nice book and I'd like to read more of Anita Blake, get to know her a bit more. Who knows, maybe i'll even end up liking her.

I think i'd give this book about 3 stars.

P.S. I have no clue what guns she keeps talking about..

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D.B. Reynolds: Raphael (Vampires in America 1)

this book was a very nice surprise. I didn't remember reading any of Reynolds books and I didn't know what to expect... But, oh boy, was this worth it.

The price for this book is about the same as any other Paranormal Romance with some standing. After reading the book all I can do is say that the price was right.
The cover is one of those 'let's just put a half naked man on the cover so women will buy it' things... I mean sure it worked! But I always love it when covers are just that bit more. That being said, I have to admit that the half naked man thing is a good way to identify this books as an ADULT novel... I wouldn't mind teens reading this.. But high teens... 16-19. Definitely not a book to reccomend to your 13 years old daughter!

I like the Cyn as a person, going way beyond her role in the book or he standing towards Raphael.. I just like her. I feel like I can identify myself in her which is always a good thing in books. It causes you to be more capable to feel the character's emotions.. See them more as real people and not just words in a book.
Raphael is like.. Yeah kind of a douche.. But it's like a normal deal in most vampire novels right? Old grumpy vampire had a shit life then turned vampire, was weak, didn't have any power and now he's the allmighty lord and has forgotten what it's like for people to be treated shit and he's so used to people being scared of him that he just does whatever he wants without thinking about feelings... I think you get my flow.

The one thing in the book I wouldn't have minded more attention to is a built up in how they feel and why they feel it.. There is this carnal desire but the underlying emotions, the love, is left a bit in the dark.. i have finished the book and I still don't know why Cyn loves Raphael other then his body and his total awesome vampire strength..

All I all I loved this book though, it's a great step-up towards wanting to read the second book, I CRAVE to know what happens next, how Cyn will feel, what Cyn will do, What Raphael is going to do about the.. euhm... situation...
I would say it was the perfect first novel for a series!

I do find however that there could have been some more focus on the story, on the events that take place and into developping them.. Right now the main story line is nothing less or more than Raphael and Cyn getting the hots for eachother, the reason why they met and Cyn's purpose feel like it's just the background line sort of thing.. Which actually considering it isn't a bad thing because it is a Novel...

Other than just liking the Protagonists, I very much enjoyed, loved or hated the bystanders in the book and how they're allowed to have a small but significant part in the story without upsetting the balance.

Price: 2
Cover: 1
Characters: 2
Story: 1.5
Overall: 1.5

Giving this book an 8 feels right... It's like.. Not the book that changed my life and I will carry with me forever but it was sooooo much better than half the books I've read!

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Series VS Standalone...

I do not like Standalones at all. One book does just not give me any satisfaction at all. I need to know there's more to the story..
However.. I get bored really fast of series that go on and on and on about the same people. I prefer series where it's about the same group of people but always has someone else in the spotlight. A great example of this is "Love at Stake" by Kerrelyn Sparks. I loved these books to death and I so wish that it's not over yet. (She has announced the last book to be the last book FOR NOW, so who knows).

When it keeps going on about the same two people in the spotlight, I often feel like the author does some weird things with the storyline and just keeps inventing things to keep it going even if those things would not be considered very high standing or good for that matter. Just to keep it going because it sells. I think we all know a couple of examples.

Series I loved to death:

Love at Stake
Stookie Stackhouse
Desperate Debutantes
Harry Potter (I mean come on, who didn't love this)
Black Daggar Brotherhood
Warriors of Posseidon

I would recommend these books to anyone, they filled endless moments with joy and they kept me interested every time a new book came out. They made me wanting more and more!

Series I started out loving but ended up hating:
We all have it, we start reading books and eventually we just can't help but getting tired of the books, finding the plot twists all too far fetched, wondering how the story ever came the way it did...

House of Night.. I can't help it. I know there are a lot of fangirls and boys out there and I loved the start of it, but after what book 7 or 8 I just couldn't be bothered with it any more?

Gemma Doyle books by Libba Bray. I loved the first one, I don't remember how I felt about the second one but I know it took me forever to get out of the third book. I always get sad when I end up hating a book I've been looking forward to for so long because I don't want to hate these characters I've been spending so much time with (be it in my mind). It's like ending a friendship that's taken you to your highest and lowest points.

The Vampire Diaries. I think this is one of the only times I can say I actually loved the ts show more than the books. I enjoyed the first couple but then it just felt like the books weren't doing it for me.. Shortly after hating the books the tv show came out and I ended up falling in love again.. Just to get my dreams and feelings crushed again when I lost interest in the tv show.

Another one here could be the Divergent books. I read number one and two but lost all interest for number three. Got some more interest back when Four came out but lost it rather quickly again.

It's such a thin line between not going far enough as an author and going that one step to far causing your readers to lose interest. I like to think this is wrong, but sometimes I feel like certain series keep getting more books published just because they sell. Like now, even if I don't like House of Night as much as I used to, I would still buy the books and read them to see if maybe I would start liking them again.
Maybe this isn't just the Authors fault. Maybe it has something to do with me, as a reader, getting older and outgrowing certain books. Which brings me to a whole new level of depressed but that's for another time...
If you want to have a series to read, I reccomend all of the above because once, I did love them. I think the real trick to not hating them after a while is trying to read these books with a couple of other books in between. For example you could read Love at Stake One (How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire - the title alone made me buy this) and then you read one or two books that have nothing to do with Love at Stake, or maybe even more depending on how long it takes you to read a book. After you've read a couple of other books go back to Love at Stake two.
This might be hard because a lot of the books are sold in Box sets now and it can be just oh so tempting to keep reading when they're in reach... It's easier to do when you're actually with the Author. You read a book, love it, look at when the next one is a available only to realize you have to wait a year! This is frustrating but it makes sure that you don't overindulge yourself and get a series overdose!

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Jennifer L. Armentrout: Opal (Lux 3)

So I totally fell in love with Daemon. I can't help it. He's like the perfection of secret fantasy crushes. He really just goes full out for Katy and I swear I turned green numerous times!

I like how they used the same people for the cover, representing Daemon and Katy. Sometimes they bring out different models or drawings and it makes me sad. Like why would you change the face of the person I've been so emotionally attached to for hours?!

But it gives me the same weird feeling as before. They just look kinda too... Old. No teen looks like that. I get that it's Fiction... Just something that bothers me personally. But other than that, I feel like the over is actually a scene that happened in the book which makes me all giddy about it because I actually recognised something! 

As for the price, this one was more expensive than the previous books and I don't really understand why.. Still cheap but I don't know, I just don't get it. 

This book was a little bit different then the others. It's like... It wasn't boring, more that every time I wanted to shout 'can you get on with the story yet' JLA new exactly what I was thinking and threw a plots twist at my face that made my heart nearly explode. 

Reading this book you can be certain to expect LOADS of heartbreak and heartattack moments together with the further relationship work going on between Daemon and Katy. 

After the last book, a lot of things have changed and I feel like this book is more about dealing with those things and fixing them than anything else, ending with a major cliffhanger, opening up to the next book. Origin. 

If you liked the last two books, then you will love this one as well. Just don't read all of them straight one after the other when you've got a week of or something. Because that, I feel, would just be ruining if for yourself. There is something with putting the series down for a while, not thinking about them and then picking it back up again after having read a couple of other books and.. It's like a warm welcome when you get back to something like this. 

I feel like the boring moments were masked with the plot twists.. But somehow that just doesn't fully make up for it. Eventhough it shakes you up, wakes you up, hell nearly destroys you while reading it.. After reading it I still kinda remember the moments where I thought.. Why are you blabbing on! Just go for it! That was a little downer but in the end.. Trust me. It is so worth it. 

I think I might actually need some mental help to get through this! Can't wait to read the next book!!

All jokes put to rest now though.. This Cliffhanger might actually be the end of me. I feel like so much rage is surrounding me now. And not the good kind of rage that you let out and get over with but the kind of rage that will not end even when I read the 6th or 7th book, if they may ever come out. I'm so bad at dealing with these sort of endings. Damn. Need more books. 

Cover: 1

Price: 1.5

Story: 1.5

Characters: 2

Overall: 1.5

Leaving this book at a 7.5/10 I feel like it's been rated fairly and definately worth a read!

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Kristen Ashley: Wildest Dreams (Fantasy Land 1)

Okay soooooo....
I don't really know what to think about this book.. Like sure it was a nice story and all. At first when I started reading I thought it would be a bit like the Divine series by P.C. Cast but soon I saw why exactly it wasn't going to be any bit like it.

First impression: KA has a thing for marking words in cursive. lots of them. On one page. This I felt was more at the start of the book and diminished as I was reading and in a way it gives certain tone to what they are saying..
Second impression: how do you pronounce all these names?!?

So this woman travels to another land, say another dimension, that has a twin copy of everyone. Some people are in one world and aren't in the other and stuff like that.
She marries The Dragon, Frey Drakkar..
I really want to like him! I'm honestly trying to but he is such a jerk. Right I think you get my flow. It's another one of those "super sweet nice girl meets jerk and they fall in love and she changes him" things. But the truth is, sure he can do nice things and it warms you up to him every time he does, but right when you start to like him, he turns right around and you want to strangle him again or hit some sense into Finnie.
Finnie doesn't take all of his crap but in the end she still always gives him exactly what he wants and it infuriates me at times.

I think it's important to look at the historical context to understand this book and not be appalled by what women call romance. It's some kind of medeival setting where emancipation hasn't happened yet. The guy thinks he can get away with anything and that it is his right to decide everything. But seriously everything.
Keeping in mind this context, seeing how they were an arranged match I feel that I'm willing to look past this and when I do I have to admit he does pretty sweet things.
It's just.. In other books guy are jerks at the start, I can deal with that because later on in the book it reveals why they acted this way. Here it's just the basic fact of 'I am the man, I have all the rights, you are the woman and you can be happy if I give you what you want and not happy if I do not'.

I think KA created an amazing world and I love the fact that it's all snow. I love snow! They also have multiple mythological creatures we all just have to love. Although this could have been milked a little bit more but I guess in the end it's a way you decide to get with the book as Author or not. And KA decided not to go there. Which is fine. The one giant downer though was that it just kept going on and on and on and on.. Every time you entered a new room, a new house, a new bar, a new city the descriptions kept being thrown at you and I'm ashamed to admit that somewhere 3/4th into the book I started skimming over the pages when I saw a description and stopped actually paying attention. There is something about books that allows my imagination to run wilde, imagining how the place would look etc.. But KA's need to describe everything down to the fiber of the carpets or the last bead hanging on a necklace drove me crazy! My imagination couldn't follow how specific it all was which made me sad because the place was honestly beautiful..

Another thing I loved in this book was how open sexuality is. As in the wife doesn't have to be a virgin when they get married, sexual relationships pre-marriage happens and it's all fine. No one things badly of it and it doesn't matter if people want guy on guy action, woman on woman action or whatever they feel like. Like I said. Open minded.

The cover of the book is simple and it's a nice step away from the usual hot guy on the cover and CHEAP! Again I bought it as an Ebook and it was 1.99... For that price, this book was more than worth! It was longer than most of the books I've been reading lately which was also a nice change, but I feel like a lot of that being longer didn't actually make the story.. More. It just made everything more detailed.

All in all for the price and considering the other elements this book was a nice opener for a series that, I already checked, continues. It's a nice introduction if you want to keep reading and a nice stand alone story if you don't.

On the scale of book I've been reading it goes something like Selection > Wildest Dreams > Lux...

Cover 2
Price 2
Story 1
Characters .5
Overall 1

Leaving this book at a 6.5, seeing I loved the cover and the price. Which i think is exactly right. It's average, but a lot better than what i had expected... And I have to admit.. In the end even I decided I liked Frey,.. (Although he never REALLY apologized for any of it..)

Note: One thing I did have a problem with, was that the Ebook version holds a lot of mistakes.. Meaning wrong punctiation and sometimes when it should have been "he said. it was "she said. And the other way around. I don't know if the actual book holds the same errors but I felt like this somehow annoyed me a little bit.

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My upcomming Readinglist!

Okay so I've done a little research on the books I want to read the comming few weeks and these are some options I've come across. I'm still not sure about Goodreads, it seems to either get it right as right can be or completely wrong...

1) Cassandra Clare's Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices 1)

2) Kristen Ashley's Wildest Dreams (Fantasy Land 1)

3) Julie Kawaga's The Iron King (Iron Fey 1)

4) Kresley Cole's The Warlord wants Forever (Immortals After Dark 1)

5) Richard A. Knaak's Well of Eternity (War of the Ancients 1)

6) Cassandra Clare's Bane Chronicles

7) Jennifer L. Armentrout's Opal (Lux 3)

8) Jennifer L. Armentrout's Half-Blood (Covenant 1)

9) J.R. Ward's Covet (Fallen Angels 1)

10) Richard A. Knaak's Demon Soul (War of the Ancients 2)

11) Sherrilyn Kenyon's Fantasy Lover

These are the book I've got lined up on my bookshelve just staring at me, waiting to be opened. This order may not be the exact reading order.

Anyway, looking at this list I've got a lot of work to do! Have a great time reading all of you and I'll be sure to tell you how I liked all these books. Don't be shy to leave you own opinion below!

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Jennifer L. Armentrout: Onyx (Lux 2)

Okay so I have to be honest here. After putting down Obsidian I wanted to jump straight to this book but something inside me told me not to do so.
You know how sometimes you can just totally ruin good books by having to read the entire series in one week? Well I was about to do that. I had to stop myself, take a deep breath and decided to wait a little but to pick it back up.

I can't believe how much of an emotional rollercoaster this book was. It's like it doesn't really start of with a story line.. Katy and Daemon just... Well.. They are who they are which is amazing. I love how they piss eachother off so much because neither of them really want to admit to show any "weak" sides to the other.
God I just love the chemestry between them. At the first book I wasn't sure if I was going to completely and irrevocably fall in love with this serie but I did. I'm hopeless. Sometimes I think I'm just simply unable to not love a book.
I admit that it's very hard for me to read a book and hate it. Eventhough sometimes storylines and plots colide with other books. I can't help it.

In a way I feel like people who dislike this sort of book saying it's too much like this or that or too much the same story line all over again and just couldn't get through it should just start looking for a new genre. Obviously this isn't it for them, which isn't a problem at all for me! Everyone read what he or she likes to read but it makes me sad that they decide to dish it.

Anyway back to the book..
I can honestly say that this book is a must read.. I think you could even get away with skipping the first book but in a way that would mess up the chemestry and history Daemon and Kat have. The only thing that I could have done without is Kat's endless doubt. I think most people would've not given it a second thought after the first book!
But I get her doubt. She wants the love she reads in her novels. The romance all of us dream of.

The characters really seem to grow with the story and you get a lot more upclose to them and their history. I feel like this has been the best book so far I've read from JLA and I'll gladly move on to the next without doubt.

With this book, get ready for an emotional rollercoaster that takes you from a book with no real plot (which is fine) to a book with a plot that will blast you away every 10 pages or so.
The cover could be more special but it's nicely done (they look kind of too old and I remeber Kat complaining a lot about not being skinny skinny), it gives a little bit info on how Daemon and Kat feel but yet don't feel about eachother.
I payed about 5 for this book as an ebook which I think is a more than fair price. Obviously I can't say anything bad about the story today and I'm happy with the Character Development.

Cover: 1/2
Price: 2/2
Story: 2/2
Characters: 1.5/2
Overall: 1.5/2

Leaving me at an 8/10 for this book. Well deserved. Nice work Jennifer L. Armentrout!

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Kiera Cass: The Selection (The Selection: 1)

Close to every review on this book states how horrible it is. Most people even saying they didn't finish it. So it's safe to say that I didn't have a very high opinion of the book to start with.

In all honesty, I might have bough it for the cover alone. It's beautiful and I think almost every woman wishes she could have an occasion to wear a dress like that (as well as the funds to actually buy it). 

I have to say the book made me feel sick at times.. The way the world is built and the rights these people have. I guess it's nothing better or worse than parts of this world but having to comfront it like that in my own mind, my own fantasy world... A place carefully built out of thousands of books and tv shows and movies.. Yuck. 

I guess we all read books to get away from our troubles in a way. It's a way to relax and let go.

But it wasn't the worst book I'd ever read. Sure it wasn't the best by far and I don't really see how it's become so popular. I think it's one of those things where so many people call it shit, that everyone just has to buy it to see exactly how shit it is. 

I'd say that the most of the book rage is just about how the women throw themselves at it. How little selfrespect they have. And part of the historian in me finds it comical how both the Chinese and the Russians invaded America due to their dept. 

The characters on it's own weren't too world changing, they lacked some depth and some personality I would've like to see and maybe some more consistency in who they are and what their place is in the story. 

I think if you just want an easy read, this could certainly be an option. I think this book was relaxing and in a way it was a nice suprise because like I said, I really did not expect much at all. 

Cover: 2/2
Price: 1/2

Story: 0.5/2 

Characters: 0.5/2 

Overall: 1/2

Leaving this book on a 5/10.. I don't know. I tried to read this with an open mind and i don't think the book is bad.. Just not Bestseller material. More like they sold so many copies due to the hate hype. 

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Jennifer L. Armentrout: Obsidian (Lux 1)

First off I have to say. READ THIS BOOK FIRST!!! I made the mistake of reading "Shadows" first, as it was placed this way in the Author's reading order but I'm so disappointed!
This entire book is based on the mystery that you don't really know what's going on.. You don't know who or what anyone is and it leaves so much room for excitement and confusion. It's like the book slowly opens up to you.
You know as little as the protagonist Katy and it makes the book special in a way. Because now I just got a little bit annoyed at the fact that she just simply couldn't get it..

Reading order put aside, I love how Katy has a blog about book reviews. It somehow made me connect to her in a way no other book ever has. I could find myself in her character.
The book kept me hooked from page to page and I enjoyed the story.
Armentrout has this way of making a so obvious book become so suprising at times. There were moments I thought.. Do I really want to be reading another one of those books? You know the typical bad boy-nerdy gril relation.. He's a douche, she's way too nice.
But she made it so full of plot twists that this basic primal story line just pales in the light of further events. Plus the fact that she is strong enough to be a douche back to him and not just goes running like a sad, sad girl.

I think this book is certainly worth a read and I really did enjoy it.. But I have to be honest. This is a style you like, or you don't. I don't think there's a grey here. Black or white. After spending a long time considering reading this and reading a lot of bad reviews on "Goodreads". I had decided to read it anyway and I'm glad I did.

Price wise, again I went with the Ebook and I have to say it wasn't expensive for a 340page book (depending on which platform  you read it).

I would say 8/10 and a wicked appetite for more.

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Jennifer L. Armentrout: Shadows (Lux 0.5)

A couple of days ago I was aimlessly roaming the internet when I suddenly realized how I hadn't read any books in a while. As soon as this realization struck me, I decided it had to change.

So I went on to search for some good books. I came across a couple of nice series and one really caught my eye. The Lux series. I had heared of these books before, hearing nothing but good reviews. I decided to give it a go.
I looked up a reading order and according to the Author herself, Shadows is the first book you should read.
Price wise it's really a good option, not very expensive at all in Ebook version. I have to say I'm a big fan of owning a book, knowing it's carefully placed on my bookshelf and nothing can happen to it.. But I make an exception from time to time.. For one of three reasons.
1) I just really can't wait for it to either be delivered or buy it myself.
2) I can't find any service that will deliver the book I want in the right size, language etc
3) I bought previous books of that particular serie as an ebook and don't want to have a collection split (I admit I might have an OCD when it comes to books).

This time, I just really couldn't wait. I bought the book, downloaded it and started reading.

I was sold straight away. The book switches POV between the two main characters and I always like this. Something about knowing what the guy is thinking makes me feel like I know more than the female protagonist.
At times I found the female character, Beth, a little bit annoying. I was like AARGH WHY CAN'T YOU SEE IT!!!
But throughout the book my love for both protagonists grows. The book is filled with intense plot twists combined to the usual forbidden love story made interesting again.

It was a quick read, about 180 pages as an ebook. I think I went through it in two to three hours (which was a huge suprise)!

The Lux series has certainly deserved a place on my 'Love this Series Fangirl'-bookshelf. Seeing this book is short and I don't want to give any unwanted spoilers, I'm going to leave it at this.

I would give this book an 8/10. It made me hold my breath throughout and I couldn't let it go until i had reached that final page.

AFTER HAVING READ OTHER BOOKS IN THE LUX SERIES I HAVE TO SAY DO NOT READ THIS BOOK FIRST, SAVE IT FOR LATER BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH HAS BEEN SPOILED HERE TO FULLY ENJOY THE FIRST BOOK IN THE LUX SERIES!

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Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments: 1,2,3 Review.

Okay so I have to be honest... I didn't read the first book! I know I should be ashamed and struck by lightning and die...
But, I watched the movie of the first book and I really liked it... So I decided I wanted to start reading all the books but my motivation at that day was kind of low so I ended up starting with book 2 City of Ashes.
The problem I  had was that I didn't understand a lot of parts because (suprise?) the movie changed a lot of things. But me being the nub I always am decided to just keep reading.

I loved the book! But all the while I wanted to scream at the main characters because I knew something they didn't and it was so BIG in the book and AARGH FRUSTRATIONS!!!
Anyway what's pro?
It's really easy to read... Like maybe not as if the author uses really easy language but more like you want to keep reading it and you feel like you don't have to force yourself to read it?
Another pro is that Clary is one of those characters everyone can relate to. As the story continues you just feel like you get more and more of a connection with her. And yes, the awefull envy and wishing you were her. Or maybe that's just me?

I don't exactly know where one part ends and the other starts anymore (once again, is this just me?).

When I was reading part two, I felt like I was waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for something but I didn't know what and it also wasn't like the book wasn't going anywhere, I really enjoyed it.
But then THE MOMENT! I won't say what it is, but oh it was awesome.
The entire book got better. I wasn't even sure weither it could get any better to be honest. But it did and OH I LOVED IT.

So, the writting style was good, she kept the reader wanting more and it was suitable for minors (I know some of the books I read are just a tiny bit spicy) and I loved the story line. Some people say that it's the same old same old storyline but I think there are some refreshing changed and I don't think a lot of authors manage to create a world like Cassandra Clare did. It's so big and it totaly works!

Some parts in the book that I didnt specifically like were...
For one, sometimes, the book is so confusing. One point something happens and then the next something totaly diffrent and you don't really get it straight away and you have to read over it a couple of times and then think like 'oh okay so that's what happened' but you're still not entirely sure.
Another part that I didn't really like was that before an action takes place, for example a fight, you have to wait for it to happen and you get like omg get on with it already!

In the end, I loved this series and I can't wait to read the next book(s). Btw, did I mention I love Jace? I know it's a bit diffrent then usual because it's about more then one book. But I don't care I LOVE THEM ALL!!! (I'm kidding.. Or am I?)

a good 9/10 for these books as a whole.

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Veronica Roth: Divergent Review

Okay so with the movie coming up I felt like I just HAD to read this book... It started off with me watching the movie trailer and going like: 'hmm, this looks like a nice movie..."
So after a while, I got myself the book and it was just so funny to see all the pieces of the trailer just come together throughout the book!

Every scene is an actual part from the book and really well remade! But, when you haven't read the book, the trailer looks like something completely diffrent and doesn't get the real story across because it's all put in the wrong context.

Let me explain the book a little bit. The book is about this girl, Beatrice Prior. She lives in a world where, because of a constant thread of war, the inhabitants have decided to change how people live by dividing them into diffrent groups, with diffrent needs and desires.
In total, there are 5 Factions, as they call it.
 1. Abnegation. They're all about being selfless and doing the best thing for others.
 2. Erudite. They're the smart people.
 3. Dauntless.  Though stuff, and overcoming fear.
 4. Amity. Peacefull.
 5. Candor. Truth.

Beatrice is originally Abnegation but feels like she can't be selfless enough. She takes the test to tell her what she is, but turns out she's capable of being more then one thing! They call this Divergent, but she's not allowed to tell anyone because the leaders of each faction want these kind of people dead.
She joins Dauntless and this is what the book is mostly about. Her journey through the initiation in this faction.

the way I saw it when I watched the movie trailer, she joined some kind of rebellion straight away because  she's Divergent. Well I was wrong...

The book was really awesome. Beatrice is a really strong character and socially a little bit awkward. It's like we're sisters already... Okay maybe I'm going a bit to fast LoL.
It's funny how, in the book you see so much that you could see in real life if you'd just open your eyes to it. There's a passage where someone says: "I want to be brave and selfless and smart and kind and honest. I don't just want to be one thing."
And then you start to wonder where you'd belong in. I noticed I immidiately thought, all people in our world belong with the Divergents because we were raised that way. But I immediately had to change my mind.
Because after all, a lot of people have a one track mind when it comes to this sort of thing.

Anyway back to the book!
I like Roth's writing style a lot, but, the one thing that annoyed me so much was that she kept jumping from one event to the other.. As if she wasn't entirely sure whether she wants to describe everything with a lot of details or not spend to much time with all of it.
this caused certain parts to be very elaborate and then others, really shortly and just like skipping days. It was weird...

The story was very well thought about and the character had an awesome personality. There are some hunky guys and a love story that doesn't dominate the entire story.
A good book worth 7.9/10!

I can't wait to read part two and know how it continues!
P.S.: I'm using the before movie book cover, now a lot of the copies will be with the movie cover!
P.P.S.: I took the test and apperantly I'm Dauntless.. Not sure I agree I'm scared of my own shadow 99% of the time xD

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P.C. Cast: Devine by Choice Review.

After reading the first book in the series, I had to read the second. Simply because I can't stand unfinished series. I'm serious, I can't... It's like walking in a desert and suddenly finding a fresh bottle of water and only taking one tiny little sip of it. Impossible right?

Okay anyway, back to the book. I'm not sure what I have to say about this book. It feels like very little happening over A LOT of pages... I love Shannon though and she does make a great character and she cares so much! But the story feels like it's spread to thin over too many pages. It would've been a lot nicer to read if it'd been shorter so the time between action doesn't feel so long and start being boring.

A lot of people have gone about the forums to smack this book down saying "sex sells". That is so not true for this book. I guess that a lot of P.C. Cast readers (or atleast the ones that have read the Goddess Summoning series) expect a realy juicy book with little story line in it. I must say they probably got a little bit disapointed, but when you read the book for the story, it's a nice book and you'll enjoy it.
But as I said in the first book, you'll probably want to read it in pieces and not all at once. (Although that's not what I did, I just started in it today and read it). What I kept feeling in this book, was that it was easy to put it down. Like I was in the story but it was easy to get back out of it, if that makes any sense to any of you.

I also felt as if my bond with ClanFintan was just disapearing; People who've read the book will understand what I mean. He just sort of feels like a stranger at the end of the book.

This book was so much better then I expected reading all the other reviews on loads of websites saying this book should've never been made etc.
This book gets a 7.5/10.

P.S.: the back cover of the book totaly presented a wrong name for Rhiannon, calling her Rhiana... Should this even be possible? Seriously debating taking the points for this book down because of this....

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P.C. Cast: Divine by mistake Review

This is the first book in P.C. Cast's 'Divine'-series. The book is about and English teacher from Oklahoma, Shannon Parker. She gets thrown into a magical world where all the people are images of people from her old world.
But as if adjusting to this new life style wasn't enough, she finds out that her mirror image, Rhiannon, was an absolute joke. She was a bitch to everyone and lets say that her entire guard knew her very 'personally'. She was so selfish that, when she saw an oncomming threat and realized that she was supposed to marry a centaur, she fled her world and put Shannon there in her place.

This book was magical and I just had to read it all page after page. Until a certain point in the book. About 3/4, maybe a bit more to the middle. I just needed to take a little break from the book and I did. But after that little break I started right where I left it and continued right to the end in one go.
I suggest reading this book bit by bit and not all of it at once.

The end of the book really got me interested in book 2 and 3. The cover art is really nice. Normally I don't metion this, but this time I really felt like there was A LOT of work put into it.

Besides, I never concidered a centaur as potential partner before.. Turns out they can be very.. Persuasive!!

So besides the little break I needed this book was good and made me warm for more. But I see it as a little bit of a problem for people who are less intend on reading a book to the very last page. Maybe it's more because I read when I have time to read the entire book and hate to read in little parts. People who'll read a chapter or two each day before going to bed, should be able to finish it without the little midbook-boredom.
This book gets a 7.5/10 mostly because I can't stand that I got bored halfway the book. If that hadn't been in there, this book would've had a top score.

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Patricia Briggs: Moon Called Review

Okay so I read this book, expecting something full of action like the Keri Arthur books. This wasn't exactly the case. But oh boy, was I suprised!!

Mercy is so sweet and kind! She reminds me of Sookie Stackhouse (Charlaine Harris)! I have to say that there were some emotional scenes. All in all I have to say that there wasn't too much going on. Not a lot of action, romance was less than i would've liked.

But in it's own way, the book made me really warm for the followig book in the series. How? Let me tell you, I just have to know how here love life is going to develope!!
ATM I'm team Samuel but it's a very close call!
The lack of action didn't bother me because I just read it in one go, couple of hours and it was finished. But I admit that when you're a slower reader or just don't have that much time it might get a little bit boring near the end, but not near boring enough to close it and never finish it.

This is a lovely book with a diffrent kind of heroine than in most books, and it makes you want to read the rest of the series just to know what happens next.
7.5/10 for this book, looking forward to te next!

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Lara Adrian: Kiss of Crimson Review

I have to say, this book was an absolute suprise. For those who read the previous book, they'll know that there's a giant war about to happen.
What would one expect to read in this book? A LOT of one on one action with the Rogues.  But that was the first suprise. There's not as much Rogue action going on in this part of the series. They play more of an indirect role (a very important one, but still).

This isn't a bad thing because this book is still full of action, adventure, "omg WATCH OUT"-moments and so much more. I  guess that if you read the book expecting to see this war blow up right away, you'll be disappointed. There's a complete story line, but like I said its more indirect.
Tess is by far one of my favourite characters ever. The fact that she's a vetranarian makes it all even better (yes I have a way too huge love for animals and it played right on the feels). But she's just so refreshing. Sometimes I feel like all the Heroines in the books I read come down to the same essential person but I can honestly say that Tess made my day.

Dante, oh god what can I say. I did not expect this! He's so sensetive and romantic! Not your usual conflicted feelings, bad ass, my way or the highway warrior. But he's still a badass when he has to be.

Oh and there's a dog (damn those feels!).

This books is an awesome, fresh, exciting, emotional, thrilling book. I presonally like this book more then the first one in the series. (Btw did I mention they're Aliens? Interesting theory right?) And it's made me warm for the rest of the books.
8.5/10 and oh so well deserved.

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Thea Harrison: Dragon Bound Review

- May contain spoilers!-
This, dear readers is something whole new. You know when you're reading a story about one supernatural species and throughout the series more and more species appear and you kind of start wondering "Hey, why did no one know about them?"...
Well this book is just completely different. You start reading the book and you know from the start that there are so many diffrent species you'd have a hard time keeping up with it if you'd live in that world. And that makes it awesome.

When you read the little back info, this is part of what you'll read: As the most feared and respected of the Wyrkind, Dragos Cuelebre cannot believe someone had the audacity to steal from him, much less succeed.

Let me just tell you this is SO right. Dragos is not just feared and respected. He's arrogant and so sure nothing and no one can do anything against him or any of his. I've seen a lot of stubborn males reading Supernatural books. But he just adds the arrogance in a way that makes other authors dream.

Pia is so.. Gosh I don't know how to say it! She's like a spark of life in this book and doesn't only change the world for Dragos but for all of Wyr kind. Just wait until you get to know what Wyr she is! Other than that, I can only say that she's such a kind, get along with everyone type of person.. I wish more people were like that IRL (In real life).

This book is a definite teaser for the following books in the Elder Races Series. 

It was everything I expected and even more. It's full of suprises and it keeps you sitting on the edge of your seat untill the very last moment! This being said, it's not very long to the very last moment. Dragon Bound is a very fast read and awesome for those who don't have too much free time. (Unless you get sucked into the entire series, then you'll be sitting down for a couple of hours).

There were a few minor empty parts in the book where the story could've gone a little bit faster.

This book gets a well deserved 8/10!

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Lara Adrian: Kiss of Midnight Review

Okay so Lara Adrian. I hadn't heard of her untill a couple of weeks ago. I found her through the Amazon.com automatic sugestion tab...

Is this a bad thing? Yes and no. I always like it when writters put their books fully out there and I'm kinda bummed that I'm starting so late in the series (yes I'm one of those weird people who actually like to wait a couple of months for a new book, it adds anticipation and you don't get tired of the series nearly as fast as when you would read all the books in 1-2 weeks time).

And no as in, I always love it when I find a good writter out of nowhere and its even more of a nice suprise when you were a bit doubtful at first! 

Anyway, back to the book. Kiss of Midnight is a good book. But I expected a little bit more... How more?

Its the first book in a serie. Its supposed to make you hungry for more and in a way it did yes because I started the second book today but I just didnt feel this immediate connection to the book that would make me go "okay, give me the next book RIGHT NOW".

Other then that I have to say that after a couple of chapters, I fell in love with Lucan Thorne and I managed to get into the book completely! I felt so much for Gabrielle... 

I'm definately going for club Breedmate from now on!

There was an equal seperation between love (Lucan and Gabrielle) and war (awesome warriors vs rogue bastards). 

Although I have to say that it's hard to get a grasp on how many Rogues there realy are. They say a lot but we don't meet all that many of them during the all night stake-outs.

Last but absolutely not least, I had a few weeping moments and that just made the book even better to me!

Lara Adrian I give you a 7/10 on this book and a healthy curiosity in your next books!

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Jeaniene Frost: Once Burned Review

- May contain Minor Spoilers -

So, my first time reading a Jeaniene Frost book, one might say I'm a Frost-virgin... Okay just forget I said that.

My first impression of this book was "Oh no, it's going to be a book where you're the female lead 100% of the time". Why was I thinking this? I like reading books where you're the male lead and the female lead both 50% of the time because it give me a chance to know what both of them are feeling and thinking. Like really getting inside their heads. 

I was kind of scared that I'd get tired of this book around halfway because of this but I was wrong. 

This book was awesome and the fact that you're only reading Leila's side made it better. Why one might ask? Okay well, Vlad is this mysterious no sharing type. Leila, doesn't understand shit about him either, like seriously she just doesn't get him. His emotions, intentions, etc. 

It feels like you're getting so much more connected to Leila, because you're actually feeling her frustration which is awesome. But I have to say sometimes, the frustration got a bit too much for me, there were a couple of times that I just had to put the book down beside me, take a deep breath and just go for a walk.

This little fact actually made me wonder how much I let the book get to me, kind of funny. 

All in all this book was amazing, I felt like I was missing some things because I haven't read the Night Huntress books and the Night Prince series (Including Once Burned and Twice Tempted) is actually a spin off from the Night Huntress series. 

There's a point in the book where the main characters from Night Huntress show up and they have some sort of realtionship with Vlad, but I didn't know where those feelings came from and didn't really understand them. 

So my advice for this book:

Read this book, it's pretty awesome. BUT get some background info about Night Huntress or read them, personally I haven't read them yet but I'm tempted to get them simply to know where the "red line" between the books is!! I'll make sure to tell you all about it if I have read them!

7/10 for this book. It was great but I feel like here and there, there are some things.

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Kerrelyn Sparks: The Vampire with the Dragon Tattoo Review

- May contain minor spoilers! -

So I finally had time to sit down and read a couple of books again. I have to say, I didn't know how much I'd missed it untill I realized that I'd read 5 books in 3 days... OOPS! Not that I mind, reading good books is so refreshing!

Anyway about the book...
This was the 14th book from the "Love at Stake" series. I've read every single one of them and I have to say, always such a huge suprise! 

I keep forgetting how much we don't know the main character at all untill the book comes out, I mean yeah sure you know their main tasks in the book and often their job either at Romatech or at MacKay S&I - that is for the male character - but you don't know their past, what makes them who they are now and their personality.
For the female character (often but not always) you just don't know anything at all. 

I was genuinely suprised by this book. In a good way. I feel that with every book Kerrelyn Sparks just gets better and better! 

Dougal Kincaid was a lot hunkier then I thought he was (from the info about him in the pervious books) and he's SO romantic!! It was also very refreshing that Leah Chin (the female lead) knew about vampires even before she'd met Dougal which - ofcourse not saying that it didn't cause any "problems" forming a relationship - was realy exciting because it gives a way diffrent perspective! 

The fact that we got to meet some new angels was just mind blowing awesome.. I just love them! 

(Maybe next we'll get another angel falling in love with one of the hunky vamps?! I would so not be complaining!) 

As far as the story goes, it fits perfectly in with the pervious books from the series. It was well written and I felt realy connected to the story as I was reading it, like i was there going through all of it with the vamps - yes i know, keep dreaming Marie, like that's ever going to happen.. But a girl can only dream and wish!! - and I cried my heart out. Oh yes dear readers, you're in for a heartbreak reading this book! 

The only thing i had some trouble with was reminding all that had happened in previous books... 14 books is a lot to remember and I felt like I was missing some major Eurika-moments...

I seriously recommend this book to everyone who likes reading books about hunky supernaturals and love! Actually, just read the entire series, it's worth every second!

8/10 on this one!

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