Review: Firespell by Chloe Neill

Firespell

Author: Chloe Neill

Release Date: January 5, 2010

Publisher: Signet

Dark Elite Book #1

ISBN:  0451228863 

ISBN13: 9780451228864

Genre: Young Adult

As the new girl at the elite St. Sophia’s boarding school, Lily Parker thinks her classmates are the most monstrous things she’ll have to face…

When Lily’s guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So was St. Sophia’s. Lily’s ultra-rich brat pack classmates think Lily should be the punchline to every joke, and on top of that, she’s hearing strange noises and seeing bizarre things in the shadows of the creepy building.

The only thing keeping her sane is her roommate, Scout, but even Scout’s a little weird—she keeps disappearing late at night and won’t tell Lily where she’s been. But when a prank leaves Lily trapped in the catacombs beneath the school, Lily finds Scout running from a real monster.

Scout’s a member of a splinter group of rebel teens with unique magical talents, who’ve sworn to protect the city against demons, vampires, and Reapers, magic users who’ve been corrupted by their power. And when Lily finds herself in the line of a firespell, Scout tells her the truth about her secret life, even though Lily has no powers of her own—at least none that she’s discovered yet…

I love Chloe Neill's characters as always, the dialogue and banter between characters is always highly entertaining and helps keep the story fun. The friendships and relationships really is what I enjoyed most about the book. I thought the story was a little slow especially in the beginning, it picks up a lot towards the end when stuff really starts to happen. I found the stuff that happened to be believable with the way they are explained and written. Since I'm from Chicago and always love to read books that take place there I enjoyed the setting in which the book was written. I enjoyed it.

I gave it 3.5/5 Stars

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The Book of Spells by Kate Brian
Out for Blood: Drake Chronicles #3 by Alyxandra Harvey
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Review: Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers

Personal Demons

Author: Lisa Desrochers

Release Date: September 14, 2010

Publisher: Tor Teen

Personal Demons Book #1

ISBN:  0765328089 

ISBN13: 9780765328083

Genre: Young Adult


Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a bit of a wicked streak. She has spent years keeping everyone at a distance—-even her closest friends—-and it seems as if her senior year is going to be more of the same . . . until Luc Cain enrolls in her class. No one knows where he came from, but Frannie can’t seem to stay away from him.
What she doesn’t know is that Luc is on a mission. He’s been sent from Hell itself to claim Frannie’s soul. It should be easy—-all he has to do is get her to sin, and Luc is as tempting as they come. Frannie doesn’t stand a chance. But he has to work fast, because if the infernals are after her, the celestials can’t be far behind. And sure enough, it’s not long before the angel Gabriel shows up, willing to do anything to keep Luc from getting what he came for. It isn’t long before they find themselves fighting for more than just Frannie’s soul.
But if Luc fails, there will be Hell to pay . . . for all of them.



Lisa Desrochers has a great writing style and explained things fine but for the most part I was annoyed through out the book. The story line was interesting and strong as I dont remember ever reading something along the lines that Lisa took it to but I just couldn't get past all the I love him, wait no Its him or wait no I love him or is it love? I'm kissing him, but I'm kissing him to. I appreciate what Frannie was going through but that all just wasn't for me. The character development was strong, Frannie's power is unique and I liked finding out what she could do and why heaven and hell wanted her so much. I liked Luc from the beginning, his journey was filled with ups and downs and emotional struggle. I would have liked to have Gabriel have a POV I think it would have brought more to the story and I know I found myself wanting to hear from him through out so I'm sure others would have liked that as well. This is part of a Trilogy and I'm holding out hope that I will like the other two books better as I feel the story line has great potential.

I gave it 3/5 stars

Week in Review 12/12-12/18

Books Ive Bought/received

*Earl of Darkness by Alix Rickloff- From Publisher for review in Pocket Book Tour

*Pale Demon by Kim Harrison- ARC- win from Librarything.com early review program

*Hexbound by Chloe Neill- signed ARC-win from Mystifying Paranormal Reviews

*Vicious Circle by Linda Robertson
and
Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost- Book Trade with Michelle from Michelles Ramblins

 

Books I read
Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh

Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
Right Hand Magic by Nancy A. Collins
Firespell by Chloe Neill
Hexbound by Chloe Neill

Other reviews posted


Jeweled by Anya Bast
Black Wings by Christina Henry
Vicious Grace by M.L.N. Hanover
Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter
Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler

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Early Review: Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler

Tempest's Legacy

Author: Nicole Peeler

Release Date: January 1, 2011

Publisher: Orbit

Jane True Book #3

ISBN:  031605660X 

ISBN13: 9780316056601

Genre: Urban Fantasy
Review Copy Source: Netgalley.com


After a peaceful hiatus at home in Rockabill, Jane True thinks that her worst problem is that she still throws like a girl – at least while throwing fireballs. Her peace of mind ends, however, when Anyan arrives one night with terrible news . . . news that will rock Jane’s world to its very core.
After demanding to help investigate a series of gruesome attacks on females — supernatural, halfling, and human — Jane quickly finds herself forced to confront her darkest nightmares as well as her deepest desires.
And she’s not sure which she finds more frightening.

Jane has continued her training every chance she gets and is getting her magic to work well with her. Anyan shows up after being gone for months to deliver the news that Jane's mother was murdered. Jane is of course devastated and demands that the Barghest take her along on the investigation. The investigation consists of finding out who or what is taking both pure blood and halflings for their fertility experiments and put a stop to it. People Jane cares about are again in danger and in need of protection. Jane really comes into herself in book 3. She sticks up for what she wants and doesn't let anyone tell her she cant do something she needs to do. I was super happy with the romantic relationships and dealings in book 3 but I wont tell you why because that would spoil the fun reading for you but I'm super happy with how things turned out and can not wait to see where the relationship goes (insert evil grin and laugh because you have NO clue what I'm talking about yet) and what obstacles are thrown at Jane next.



I gave it 4/5 Stars

Early Review: Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter

Born at Midnight

Author: C.C. Hunter

Release Date: March 29, 2011

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Shadow Falls Book #1

ISBN: #  9780312624675

Genre: Young Adult
Review Copy Source: Librarythings.com early review program

Kylie Galen has had a lot of crap tossed in her lap. Her parents are getting a divorce. Her boyfriend broke up with her because she wouldn’t put out. Her grandmother died and now Kylie’s acquired a stalker. Unfortunately, she’s the only one who seems to be able to see the stalker. And that gets her sent to a psychologist’s sofa.

The kooky psychologist gets Kylie sent to Shadow Falls Camp. Kylie and her parents think it’s a camp for troubled teens.

They thought wrong.

It’s a camp of supernaturals: vampires, werewolves, fairies, witches and shape shifters. And if she believes the camp leader, Kylie is one of them, too.

Just because she’s seeing ghosts, just because she was born at midnight, does that really mean she’s not human? And if so, what is she? Not even the other supernaturals can tell her.

As Kylie attempts to cope with the realization that these creatures actually exist, and that she might even be one of them, the ever present stalker/ghost appears to have secrets that could unravel the mystery of Kylie’s identity and her destiny.

But getting a ghost to open up is as hard as getting a guy to talk about his feelings.

As Kylie struggles to find answers, two hot guys, a werewolf and a half-fairy vie for her attention. However, Kylie’s determined that before she lets her heart discover a new love, she needs to solve her indentify crisis and unearth the truth of her destiny.

 I laughed and cried so much while reading this. Kylie is a sixteen year old that is going through some rough times. Her Boyfriend broke up with her because she wouldn't have sex with him, her Nana died, her parents are getting divorced, her night terrors are back and some soldier guy is stalking her. She goes to a party with her best friend and it ends up getting busted by the cops, her mother then sends her away to camp. She is not excited about going to camp. Everyone she sees looks like a freak but then she finds out that she might be a freak to. I LOVED this book. I read it every chance I could get because I didn't want to put it down. The characters were well developed and I felt like I knew them from the beginning. The setting was unique I loved the camp for supernaturals. The storyline and mystery that went along with it kept me glued to my couch not wanting to do anything else but find out what the heck was going on. I wish the next book in the series was coming out sooner, that is one of the downsides of getting to read a book before it comes out, You have to wait longer to read more.

I gave it 5/5 stars