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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Book Review- Raised By Wolves

By Jennifer Lyn Barnes
Published by EgmontUSA
Released June 2010
Source: Bought
4 Stars- I Really Liked This Book, Go Pick It Up

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 werwolf pack. Now fifteen Bryn's been raised as a human among werewolves, adhering to pack rule (mostly). Little fazes her.

But the pack's been keeping a secret, and when Bryn goes exploring against Callum's orders, she finds Chase, a newly turned teen Were locked in a cage. Terrifying memories of the attack on her mom and dad come flooding back. Bryn needs answers, and she needs Chase to get them. Suddenly, all allegiances to the pack no longer matter. It's Bryan and Chase against the werewolf world, whatever the consequences.

There have been some amazing wolf book releases lately, that when I bought Raised By Wolves, I held off on reading it right away. That was a mistake, as soon as I opened to page one, Jennifer Lyn Barnes took ahold of me and thrust me into her amazing Wolf world, and didn't let me go until I finished.

Raised By Wolves is an in-depth book that not only introduced me to the snarky, won't take no for answer, strong willed, main character Bryn, but it captured me and brought into the amazing world of werewolves. Jennifer's world building and writing style allowed me to get a bird's eye view of what it would be like to live with werewolves.

The pack is made up of both wolf pack traditions and human family emotions. There's tight bonds, frustrations, heart ache, love, action and strong unbreakable bonds formed that will forever change the way Bryn's pack has lived for centuries. It's the bond that Bryn has with Chase that that intrigued me the most.

Even with feeling some scene towards the end of the book dragged on longer than what I liked, Raised By Wolves is a thrill ride that picked me up, absorbed me into it's story and dropped me off before I wanted it to be over with. Normally I would say the story and characters captivated me, but really it was the world building that captured my attention the most.

Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

We can not wait for Lisa's newest series to be released. Cryer's Cross will be released Februrary 11, 2011. Today, Lisa has revealed her cover! Want to see it? Visit her site here http://lisamcmann.com

Here's a little tease about Cryer's Cross:

The small town of Cryer¹s Cross is rocked by tragedy when an unassuming freshman disappears without a trace. Kendall Fletcher wasn’t that friendly with the missing girl, but the angst wreaks havoc on her OCD-addled brain.

When a second student goes missing - someone close to Kendall¹s heart - the community is in an uproar. Caught in a downward spiral of fear and anxiety, Kendall¹s not sure she can hold it together. When she starts hearing the voices of the missing, calling out to her and pleading for help, she fears she’s losing her grip on reality. But when she finds messages scratched in a desk at school - messages that could only be from the missing student who used to sit there - Kendall decides that crazy or not, she’d never forgive herself if she didn’t act on her suspicions.

Something¹s not right in Cryer’s Cross - and Kendall’s about to find out just how far the townspeople will go to keep their secrets buried.

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Waiting on Wednesday-Angelfire

By Courtney Allison Moulton
Published by Katherine Tegen Books/ HaperCollins
To Be Released February 15th, 2011

When seventeen-year-old Ellie starts seeing reapers - monstrous creatures who devour humans and send their souls to Hell - she finds herself on the front lines of a supernatural war between archangels and the Fallen and faced with the possible destruction of her soul.

A mysterious boy named Will reveals she is the reincarnation of an ancient warrior, the only one capable of wielding swords of angelfire to fight the reapers, and he is an immortal sworn to protect her in battle. Now that Ellie's powers have been awakened, a powerful reaper called Bastian has come forward to challenge her. He has employed a fierce assassin to eliminate her - an assassin who has already killed her once.

While balancing her dwindling social life and reaper-hunting duties, she and Will discover Bastian is searching for a dormant creature believed to be a true soul reaper. Bastian plans to use this weapon to ignite the End of Days and to destroy Ellie's soul, ending her rebirth cycle forever. Now, she must face an army of Bastian's most frightening reapers, prevent the soul reaper from consuming her soul, and uncover the secrets of her past lives - including truths that may be too frightening to remember.

I've seen this book mentioned only a handful of times on other WOW's and when a friend recommended it to us last night, I knew I needed to look into it more. This looks like it's going to an amazing series, as Angelfire is the first in the trilogy. I'm looking forward to reading this book.

For more information about the series, the book and the author, please visit her site here http://www.courtneyallisonmoulton.com/

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Book Review: Beastly

by Alex Flinn
Published by Harper Teen
Released October 2007
3 Stars- It was a good read.

I am a beast.
A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.
You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.
Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.
I decided to read this before the movie comes out at the end of the month. All in all I really enjoyed the book. I an not really a fan of retakes on fairytales- and I think I may like the movie more, cause it looks different.

The story starts off in a chat room, where other fairytale creatures are talking about their changes. This carries on through out the book, and offers comical relief. I know most of ya'll know the story, but I will go ahead and give you a synopsis.

Kyle is the "prince" of his high school, or so he thinks. Kyle gets upset with the new girl Kendra, and decides to play a cruel joke on her. Kendra turns out to be a witch, and curses him. He has to find someone to love him for who he is, to reverse the curse. He only has two years.

He turns into a beast. When looks mean everything to your family and friends, Kyle is soon shunned, and hidden away from the public eye. During his time locked up, he views life through a magic mirror. He does get out every now and then at night, when he can stay hidden.

Kyle gives up on his old life and starts referring to him self as Adrian. Adrian starts to learn the value of beauty, through his rose garden. But time is running out and Adrian, still had not found true love.

Adrian ends up saving a girl from her dangerous lifestyle. Will he have enough time to make Lindy fall in love with him and reverse the curse?


I couldn't find a trailer for the book, but here is one for the movie. Jace favorite Alex Pettyfer plays Kyle.







Reviewed by Pixie

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