I thought I was doing a good job at keeping my vampire/zombie/supernatural obsession at bay… but it turns out everyone I know knows just how much I love things that go bump in the night. This is a review for the fifth book in the Vampire Academy series, Spirit Bound, but I wanted to share something my …
My Review: Dawn has been training and waiting all her life to be given a mission – and finally that dream comes true. Her father, the Vampire President, sends her to organize and “reVamp” the four remaining Angel Creek vampires into the town’s guardians. Easy! Or so Dawn thought until she meets her newest recruits …
This review does contain spoilers of the previous books in the series. It’s just impossible for me to talk about this book without mentioning pivotal events from the first three books of the series. Title: Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4) Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Magic, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication …
Title: Commencement (Hellsbane 0.5) Author: Paige Cuccaro Genre: New Adult; paranormal; urban fantasy Publisher: Entangled Publishing Publication Date: September 2012 Pages: 87 pages Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn for frat guys… Emma Jane Hellsbane knows something evil is worming its way through her college campus—she can feel it. Literally. …
Title: What’s Left of Me (The Hybrid Chronicles #1) Author: Kat Zhang Genre: dystopia; sci-fi; fantasy Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: September 2012 Pages: 343 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): I should not exist. But I do. Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else—two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling …
Title: Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3) Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Magic, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication Date: November 2008 Pages: 443 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): It’s springtime at St. Vladimir’s Academy, and Rose Hathaway is this close to graduation. Since making her first Strigoi kills, Rose hasn’t been …
Title: The Reckoning (Darkest Powers Trilogy #3) Author: Kelley Armstrong Genre: Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, magic, werewolves, witches, ghosts Publisher: HarperCollins; Atom Publication Date: April 2010 Pages: 391 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): My name is Chloe Saunders. I’m fifteen, and I would love to be normal. But normal is one thing I’m not. For one thing, I’m having these feelings …
Title: Alice in Zombieland (White Rabbit Chronicles #1) Author: Gena Showalter Genre: paranormal, fantasy, zombies, romance Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: October 2012 Pages: 404 pages Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever. Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course …
Title: Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Magic, Publisher: Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin) Publication Date: April 2008 Pages: 327 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose… It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything …
I’m not usually someone who buys more than one book in a series before I start it – just in case I end up not liking it. But when I saw a boxed set of the first four Vampire Academy books on sale I just couldn’t help myself. I liked Richelle Mead’s Georgina Kincaid adult paranormal …