About Me: I'm a book reviewer. Some people review movies, some websites, some TV shows and other media, but I like to stick to those good old paperbacks. I love books and reading.....and I don't want other people to not notice a book just because you haven't heard about it. So count on me to bring you the diamonds in the rough!!!
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Beautiful Creatures
Looking for a good book? Well, look no further. "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl is the perfect combination of classic old-timey charm and modern undertones, twisted through with the thrilling suspense of not knowing what happens next. Want to know more? Read on!
Ethan Wate has lived in Gatlin, South Carolina, his whole life. He is just as strange as the town's other inhabitants. Every night, he dreams the same dream of the same unknown girl. And he is determined to find out who she is.
When Lena Duchannes moves into town with the mysterious Macon Ravenwood of Ravenwood Estate, who turns out to be her uncle, Ethan is shocked. She's the girl he has been dreaming about! But how can he uncover the connection between them if she is ridiculed by everyone? If he stands up for her, he will no longer be accepted in his world. But against all odds, and ignoring all warnings, he chooses Lena and finds out some very strange things about her and her uncle. What is going on in this unknown small town?
I thought this was a great book. It had all of the elements of a good story- perfect background, lovely setting, thrilling and suspenseful plot. I would recommend it to anyone who loves fantasy or the supernatural. So, if you're that sort of person, then you'd better head to your local library right away! And once you've read it, you might even deem it good enough to add to your own bookshelf. If so, then go to your local barns and Nobel pr click the title of this review.
~PurpleMonkey720
Ethan Wate has lived in Gatlin, South Carolina, his whole life. He is just as strange as the town's other inhabitants. Every night, he dreams the same dream of the same unknown girl. And he is determined to find out who she is.
When Lena Duchannes moves into town with the mysterious Macon Ravenwood of Ravenwood Estate, who turns out to be her uncle, Ethan is shocked. She's the girl he has been dreaming about! But how can he uncover the connection between them if she is ridiculed by everyone? If he stands up for her, he will no longer be accepted in his world. But against all odds, and ignoring all warnings, he chooses Lena and finds out some very strange things about her and her uncle. What is going on in this unknown small town?
I thought this was a great book. It had all of the elements of a good story- perfect background, lovely setting, thrilling and suspenseful plot. I would recommend it to anyone who loves fantasy or the supernatural. So, if you're that sort of person, then you'd better head to your local library right away! And once you've read it, you might even deem it good enough to add to your own bookshelf. If so, then go to your local barns and Nobel pr click the title of this review.
~PurpleMonkey720
The Nine Lives Of Chloe King: The Fallen, By Celia Thomson
We've all dreamed dream or two about developing super powers. Unfortuanately, we realized (hopefully) many years ago that that was NEVER going to happen.
For Chloe King, that's untrue. On her sixteenth birthday, she ditches school and heads to San Francisco's Coit Tower to celebrate. She falls from the top window hundreds of feet to the concrete below- but she is unscathed. And that's just when it STARTS to get weird.
She starts to develop strange catlike powers and physical traits, like claws. She is nimble and quick where she never was before. And even stranger, she starts to develop weird relationships with boys who never seemed to notice her before.
Chloe King eight lives left now to fulfill her destiny. Will she be able to do so?
I thought it was pretty good for the first novel in a series. I mean, it's always hard getting a series started and I think it definitely gets better in the second and third books (The Stolen and The Chosen). But this first one just wasn't up to my standards. It holds a lot of promise- I'll give it that- but it is clunky and doesn't flow well in some places, and in others a new plot seems to be developing but never finishes developing, and, furthermore, doesn't conclude in the second or third books either. The secret supernatural society that is hinted about in chapter one is just that- hinted in chapter one. It never takes center stage again throughout the book.
This had a lot of potential, but it just wasn't all revealed where it should've been, and despite some if it's more successful aspects, I still say- nice try, Celia Thomson. But sorry, it just wasn't working for me.
~PurpleMonkey720
For Chloe King, that's untrue. On her sixteenth birthday, she ditches school and heads to San Francisco's Coit Tower to celebrate. She falls from the top window hundreds of feet to the concrete below- but she is unscathed. And that's just when it STARTS to get weird.
She starts to develop strange catlike powers and physical traits, like claws. She is nimble and quick where she never was before. And even stranger, she starts to develop weird relationships with boys who never seemed to notice her before.
Chloe King eight lives left now to fulfill her destiny. Will she be able to do so?
I thought it was pretty good for the first novel in a series. I mean, it's always hard getting a series started and I think it definitely gets better in the second and third books (The Stolen and The Chosen). But this first one just wasn't up to my standards. It holds a lot of promise- I'll give it that- but it is clunky and doesn't flow well in some places, and in others a new plot seems to be developing but never finishes developing, and, furthermore, doesn't conclude in the second or third books either. The secret supernatural society that is hinted about in chapter one is just that- hinted in chapter one. It never takes center stage again throughout the book.
This had a lot of potential, but it just wasn't all revealed where it should've been, and despite some if it's more successful aspects, I still say- nice try, Celia Thomson. But sorry, it just wasn't working for me.
~PurpleMonkey720