This week’s theme of the I Heart Characters! Meme is a Biker. Most of the bikers I’ve encountered in fiction are in movies or urban fantasy novels. The bikers I will talk about today are from a very mainstream YA novel: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. If you haven’t read New Moon, Bella has been… Continue reading Remembering New Moon for the Motorcycle Scenes
Synopsis from Inside Cover: At the age of four, Bryn watched a rogue werewolf brutally murder her parents. Alone in the world, she was rescued and taken in by the mysterious Callum, the alpha of his werewolf pack. Now fifteen, Bryn’s been raised as a human among werewolves, adhering to pack rule (mostly). Little fazes… Continue reading Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Simone King’s Blood Lines (purchased as an e-book) is mainly about the life of one rebel group. Fifteen year old Susannah Skelsby is one of the most powerful Overworld variations, humans, alive. Gangs often try to recruit her to use her magic as their weapons, but she has resisted every recruitment attempt until she met… Continue reading Blood Lines by Simone King
All my life I’ve been told that I will kill my first love. That the dark power I harbor within myself will destroy him. Just like it’s destroyed others. Witches take an oath to do no harm, but I broke that oath even as a child, and so I hide within the invisible walls of… Continue reading Seduced by Innocence by Karpov Kinrade
As you all know, the trend in literature has been vampires for a couple of years now, along with a little wizardry and werewolves. I can think of at least three trends that I can see coming and already starting to come through: werewolves/shapeshifters, angels/Nephilim, and uptopian/distopian societies. I want your opinion, what do you think… Continue reading Next Trend in Literature
Firespell was written by Chloe Neill. It is the first novel in the Dark Elite series. Lily Parker is sent to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, because her parents have some special, once-in-a-lifetime work to do in Germany. Her new school is St. Sophia’s School for Girls, a former convent. The only person keeping… Continue reading Firespell by Chloe Neill
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer is the first book in the Nightshade trilogy. The synopsis says: Calla Tor has always known her destiny: After graduating from the Mountain School, she’ll be the mate of the sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding sacred sites for the… Continue reading Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
City of Glass is the third novel in Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series. Once again, I have finished re-reading this. Just a little fact, the Mortal Instruments series was originally a trilogy, so this had been the last book of it. That was before Cassandra Clare decided that she was going to continue the… Continue reading City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare is the second novel in the Mortal Instruments series. I just finished re-reading this one. Be warned: there are some spoilers, but I will try not to ruin the ending. By the way, that’s Clary on the cover! Clary and Simon start a brief period of dating, but Clary… Continue reading City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
City of Bones is the first book of the Mortal Instruments series. The series was originally a trilogy, but was changed into a six-book series. It was written by Cassandra Clare. This is the synopsis on the back of the book: When Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she… Continue reading City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Cat on the Bookshelf 