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Monday, November 8, 2010

Book Review- Lunarmorte

By Samantha Young
Published by Vanguard Press
Released on July 30th, 2010
Source- from Samantha Young
5 Stars- Highly Recommend Reading It

Existing in the shadows of our world are supernatural races; children blessed by the ancient Greek gods with unimaginable gifts, and at present they are fighting a two-thousand-year old war with one another.

The Midnight Coven, an alliance of dark magiks, faeries, and daemons born of black magik, believe that the vampyres and lykans are lesser supernaturals and a threat to mankind. They are at war with the Daylight Coven, a confederate of light magiks, faeries, vampyres and lykans who believe in the equality of the races.

Into this war seventeen-year-old Caia Ribeiro is born...a lykan with a heritage unlike any other. A heritage that, whether she wants it to or not, will put her into the very heart of battle... (quoted from Goodreads).

Lunarmorte is a fantastic debut book, that is rich in detail and rooted in ancient greek mythology. It was so fascinating to read, and I'm not sure which hooked me more, the history of the story or the story itself. The characters were easy to relate to and I completely fell in love with them. I loved Samantha's unique spin with her character's paranormal gifts, as she threw together a great mix with lykans, witches, faeries, and vampyres.

I absolutely loved Lunarmorte's wolves. I really enjoyed feeling apart of their world and getting to know the pack members and seeing their dynamics through seventeen year old Caia. Hidden and protected for the last ten years, Caia is just now returning to her pack. I liked how realistic her transition was, and finding out what secrets the pack has kept from her, and I felt the various emotions she went through in finding out more about her family and the history of her pack. Caia is a wonderful character and she had me laughing out a loud with her wit and sarcasm. She really grew the most, as she starts off shy and a little naive, but quickly grows into a strong, independent character as she learns more about who she is and how to use her powers. I was most fascinated with Caia's "hidden" power. I won't say what that is, to keep this review spoiler free, but Samantha Young knows how to through in some wonderful twists, making her paranormal book truly unique.

The setting is perfect and one I really enjoyed, as it's set in the middle of the woods and completely fitting for a pack of wolves. I really enjoyed the interaction with the wolves in both their human form and their wolf form. Let me just say, there is some great chemistry between Caia and her pack's leader/her guardian, Lucien. Their relationship is full of twists and turns, and one I liked watching evolve. Samantha did a nice job at sneaking in a little steamy scene into the story when I least excepted.

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next for Caia, Lucien and the pack and what kind of war will be ragged in the next book in the series. With a fascinating history and mythology at it's core, wrapped up with some great chemistry, throw in some romance that will leave you wanting more, and topped off with some great action, Lunarmorte is one book I will read again and highly recommend. This is a great read for 14 years and older, and definitely has adult appeal, as the main characters are in their late teens and early twenties.

You can read more about Lunarmorte by visiting Samantha's site here http://samyoungyafantasyauthor.blogspot.com/.
You purchase a copy of the book here http://tinyurl.com/27rvcy5

8 comments:

  1. Thanks for this review. I just won this book in a contest (yay!) and can't wait for it to get here so I can dive right into what sounds like an awesome story!

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  2. Jamie- It's an awesome read!!! I'm so excited you won it! Enjoy it!!!

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  3. I've been wanting to read this book for a while, but was having trouble finding a place to buy it. It sounds great and your review further cemented my desire to read it. :-) Thanks!

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  4. Ohhhh! I definitely want to get my grubby hands on this one. Thanks for the great review!

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  5. Awesome review. Never heard of this book, but I like it. I'm always a sucker for novels relating with history. I'm a history geek. Haha!

    Sucks that she got screwed with the cover though. I don't know who did it, but it is just horrible. I'm a graphic designer, and I do books covers, and this is just amateur. That is the saddest font I have ever seen. And that wolf is badly photoshoped in. Sorry for ranting, but published books shouldn't have covers as amateur as this.

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  6. This looks interesting for sure!

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  7. I HAVE to read this now. I can't believe I haven't heard of it before this! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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  8. DJ- I hope you enjoy it!!

    Smash Attack- Thank you! I want to go back and re-read.

    Ronna- It has a lot of great history.

    Sophie- You'd love the witches. It's a very fascinating part of the story.

    Heather- I hope you LOVE IT!

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