Moon Spell (The Tale of Lunarmorte #1) by Samantha Young

Pages: 298
Publisher: Self Published on Kindle
Released: October 2011


Plot: Caia Ribeiro was taken from her pack when she was just seven years old, 10 years later she has been permitted to re-enter the world of truly belonging to a wolf pack, but Caia isn't so sure.... And for good reason too as she soon uncovers the dark secrets of her past that tore her away from her pack and threaten the choices in her future.
Will Caia accept her future?

Good Points: I really Loved this book and Samantha Young is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors...ever!! The book has good pacing and I really loved how Young intertwined Greek Mythology (which if you didn't know I love ;D) into the plot alongside lycans and witches and vampires and everything...so cool.
Caia's character is really loveable in my opinion, she's kind but she isn't too soft in letting people walk over her and allows her voice to be heard. I thought the whole back story behind her character was really good as well as it helped thicken the story and allow for those 'shocker' moments that everyone loves in a book.
The whole book was just WOW. Every character that was introduced played a part in the book and there are some great action scenes that totally kick ass!!

Bad Points: There isn't anything overly bad with this book that I feel I could put it in the bad points. If I was really pushing for one though it would probably be moments with the whole I'm-Wolf-You-Mine, but what can you say it just goes with the territory I guess....

To Sum Up... This book is great and the price is beyond reasonable (I bought it on Kindle for 77p!) There are some moments within the book that are probably only suitable for an older audience but like I said these are few and apart from that this book is so cool. (goes and buys the rest of them). My collection of Samantha Young novels are quickly piling up. How has this author not been properly published yet!!???!!!

Frey (The Frey Saga#1) by Melissa Wright

Pages: 243
Publisher: Kindle Edtion (self published)
Released: July 2011


Plot: Frey is an Elf who lives in a small village with her Aunt after the death of her mother. Unaware that she has been bounded to prevent her from using her magic, however something unbinds her and Frey soon finds herself on the run with a group of strangers and the mysterious Chevelle, her watcher, from the council who bounded her from the first place. Will Frey be able to control her dark magic though or will she find she was better off bound in the first place?

Good Points: I really do love the cover and it was one of the aspects that drew me into reading the book. I thought the second half of the book was better than the first half in developing the characters a little more and I liked the general idea of having the diary to accompany the story. I thought the plot was okay however I thought at times there was something missing that made me think this book was 'good' instead of 'great'.
However I have to admit that I did think the ending was super and had a certain Lord of the Rings quality to it which I liked, so therefore I will be looking out for the next books by Melissa Wright.


Bad Points: I just felt that this book needed more dialogue and interaction between the char caters especially in the first half of the book. I just thought that after a while, especially whilst they were making their journey that Frey doesn't ask many questions and it sort of dragged out. Also I think the author missed the vital opportunity to allow the reader to really get to know the characters personalities at that point. Even a little something would have been better. Also before reading the book I looked on Kindle Character list and I thought the way how some characters were referred to such as Steed as 'Hilarious' didn't really match the character in the book and so I was a little disappointed as it wasn't what I had expected.(maybe that's just me though?)

To Sum Up... I'm still unsure about this book. I could see elements to the book that were really good however a lot of the time I felt as if there was just something missing from what I was reading. I think the plot needed a little tweaking and maybe more dialogue between the characters to make things a little more interesting and I thought it was just a little too fast paced as at times I did kind of get bored of the long narrative passages of Freys character constantly questioning herself and missed some of the things that were going on.

Review of Slumber by Samantha Young

Pages: 350
Publisher: Create Space
Released: May 2011

Plot: Nineteen year old Rogan has a shaded past, after her family was killed she was sent to live with the Princezna Hayden who becomes her closest friend. However, one day Hayden falls into a deep sleep and the only way to bring her back is for Rogan to use her magic to seek out a plant that can revive her ( an important quest not only because of their close relationship but also because of the magic Hayden has to keep peace throughout the lands). Rogan immediately accepts the challenge however is escorted into the deep dangerous mountains with a large group of armed guards that are led by the Captain of the Royal Guard, Wolfe Stovia who Rogan detests as the son of the man who killed her family.
However Rogan soon realises all is not as it seems and her feelings towards Wolfe begin to change. Has Rogan fallen for the enemy she swore she would always have?

Good Points: Holey-moley how have I not found this author before. I came across Slumber when browsing on Amazon and thought I'd give it a chance and I'm so glad I did. This book is amazing, it sort of reminded me of a Maria V.Snyder novel which is always good and I just loved the characters and the world Young has created. Rogan's character is outspoken and strong yet she cares deeply for her friends and will do anything for them as the plot has already outlined. I loved the banter between herself and Wolfe and yes, you can immediately see where her rocky relationship is heading but who cares? Wolfe and Rogan were meant to be (The little romantic in me sighs).
 Rogan on her journey to find the plant that will save her friends life meets a variety of characters, my favourite being L who has a similar fierceness to her own. I loved how you got to see the friendship quickly develop and at times in the book I was taken aback by the reality of the situation and events such as the mountain man which were written spookily well, keeping me on the edge of my seat!


Bad Points: At first I was a little worried because of all of the unique names to everything and it kind of made me feel as if the author was giving you a crash course on the lands and the people a little too quickly as it was a lot to take in.  However once you get your'e bearings on everything you start to concentrate on the plot which I thought was well paced.


To Sum Up... I cannot recommend this book enough. It is soooooo good. I am really looking forward to the next instalment which I just Googled and has not been dated for a release yet (Noooooo). But seriously I cannot wait to read another book by this fabulous author, I think you can gather this simply from the amount of o's I have in this bit of the review!

Review of The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines

Pages: 260
Publisher: Self- published by Abbi Glines
Released: October 2011

Plot: Ashton Gray is the good girl, the daughter of the towns preacher and the girlfriend of the sweet Sawyer on of the two Vincent boys that she was best friends with for most of her childhood however when Sawyer goes away camping with his family Ash starts to spend time with the now bad boy of the town Beau Vincent, Sawyers cousin. Beau has always liked Ash and now he has the chance to steal her away but will his love for his cousin outweigh his love for the girl he's always wanted?

Good Points: I liked the cover which was one of the reasons I thought to read the book, it's very summer-y and I liked the idea of getting to see the different characters perspectives which was quite refreshing. At first I really liked the book however as it developed my opinions changed. I wanted to love the book but I just couldn't and found it difficult to even finish because of parts that kept getting me really annoyed.

Bad Points: Oh my word, is that girl annoying or what. After her granna dies she basically uses this as an excuse to sleep with her boyfriends cousin whom okay yes she's known for ages but apparently has only just now realised she likes because she, and I quote was 'bored because Sawyer (her supposedly long term boyfriend) is away'. Nice.
Also I hated the way that Beau was portrayed, the author made it out as if there was a deep love between the pair when it was just sexual chemistry and I think at nearly every opportunity Beau just analysed Ash on what she was wearing or how short her skirt was. And the whole plot was just no, the idea of the poor preachers daughter having to hide her 'bad' side and be good but then falling for the bad boy of the town was just predictable and I hated how Ash's character swanned around the place as if she was better than that Nicole girl when to be honest Ash is more of a, excuse my language, hoe than she is.

To Sum Up... Like always I recommend you to read the book yourself but honestly I wouldn't place this at the top of your list unless you like this sort of thing. Also be warned there is a couple of typo errors within it and I got quite annoyed at the whole possessiveness thing the book has going on.

Review of City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Pages: 560
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Released: May 2012

Plot: The fifth installant in Cassandra Clare's internationally best-selling series The Mortal Instruments see's Clary and the rest of the 'gang' on their search for Sebastian and Jace who after Lilith was destroyed by Simon have disappeared and become untraceable. With the clave putting the search for Jace on hold, Clary takes matters in her own hands and soon discovers that Jace is not the person she once knew, he is now fatefully linked with Sebastian, the son of valentine and her brother who has some very big plans in store.
 But with the knowledge that you cannot harm one without the other bearing the same, will they be able to save Jace and win the battle between heaven and hell or will it turn into something much bigger than even they can handle?

Good Points: Cassandra Clare you Rock! I loved this book (no surprise there), Clare has this amazing capacity to keep you interested and gob-smacked throughout the book and I found myself grinning like a mad Cheshire cat every time some reference came to the Infernal Devices.
 I have to admit I was a little worried when I realised where the story was going and thought that the book would lose it's charm because of Jace not being there, but I was so wrong. Relationships in my opinion build even stronger in this book and at times I even  felt a little sorry for Sebastian, and then I had to consciously  remind myself he is an evil-doer 'trying to take over the world!!!!' ( A little Pinky and the Brain moment there).
 Also I think you just have to love a book that contains the line 'A call to battle' somewhere in it because you just know that there is going to be some serious butt-kicking soon. In this book I also started to think more about Simon's character which was nice, the first opening chapter being about Simon's now quite frankly shattered relationship with his mother and how he is dealing with this and telling his sister. Alike, this closer in depth look into the characters is copied with the likes of Jordan and Miai, Simon and Isabelle and Magnus and Alec as they struggle to cope with Magnus's immortality.

Bad Points: Like I've already said I was a little worried about where the story was going, but I was quickly zapped down for ever believing that Cassandra Clare would not write a great book. However, the incest thing, again, a little gross.

To Sum Up... Basically this book was so worth the wait and I am literally shaking with excitement for the next one and least I forget the Infernal Devices finale The Clockwork Princess (OMGoodness!!!). Clare was lovely and friendly in real life when I got the chance to meet her at a signing last week and I was so excited to read her latest volume which did not let me down.
 I loved the cool if somewhat geeky references throughout the book and I was laughing my head off when Cassandra Clare pretty much sums up the Kings Of Leon song ' My Sex is on Fire' (quite literally) towards the end of the book.

City of Lost Souls also got me coming up with loads of different theories of what is going to happen and the links between this series and its prequel.
So if you have any Theories you would love to share comment below and I will be doing a post soon (I think) containing all my theories!!

'The Big 3' Authors (In my opinion)

I though today I would concentrate on books that I don't think I could live without but there were so many that I decided I should try (and trust me it was really difficult) to refine my list to 3 authors or 'The Big 3' as I shall now forever call them, who in my opinion are the authors that have wow'd me the most and managed to do this consecutively throughout their series's.


                      So without further ado I give you The Big Three!!                               
1. Cassandra Clare
Okay, first up is Cassandra Clare, I got on the Clare fan train quite a while back when her first book in The Mortal instruments series came out and I was like OMGosh, these books in my opinion are just amazing, they have a great and least I say original plot that contain characters that just blow your mind, they're funny, filled with action and contain moments that will leave you so shocked you feel you've been electrocuted, am I exaggerating a little? When I heard Clare's first series would not only be extended into 3 further books but also a prequel series set in Victorian England, man was I excited. In my opinion Clare's writing even more so in the prequel series creates a world that bursts with life and characters that you genuinely grow to love.
I have also had the opportunity to meet Cassandra Clare in person at one of her book signings and its nice to see that she is as great as the characters she writes!!
So I plead with you, beg you even to go and read these books if you haven't already.


2. J.K Rowling

Second on the list and quite an obvious choice is J.K.Rowling! One of the best authors of all time in my mind, who managed to keep people entertained throughout 7 brilliant books and at the same time contain one of the best kept secrets in book history to herself for so long. Harry Potter has reached millions of people all over the world either by  the books or the films or heck even the millions of fan based products created every year! I am more than proud to add J.K Rowling as the only British author to 'The Big Three' and I don't think that I will ever forget these books that made up my childhood.
And of course, you've gotta love her for bringing Dobby into this world :D


3. Suzanne Collins
The final member of 'The Big Three' is Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games. Again, I was early to jump on the fan wagon for this one too and am I proud of it, hell yeah! I remember when I first read The Hunger Games, I don't think I shut up about it for days, I wanted everyone I knew to read it, I was just so blown away by the character of Katniss Everdeen that I thought everybody needed to know who she was too. Have my opinions changed? The answer is simple no, sure more people know about Katniss now and the gruesome Hunger Games that left me hanging off every word Collins wrote but I have not stopped persuading people to read these books. Collins was also the main author in my opinion who got me obsessed with Dystopian fiction and quite frankly I'm glad she did, since then I have found bundles of brilliant books that I would never have thought to read before, so thank you.


These authors have all aided me in my love of books and are series's that I think I will continue to read alongside books that I haven't discovered yet and which have yet to be written when I'm an old lady.
Okay, yes, maybe my choice in The Big Three some might call predictable however I honestly do believe these authors are the greats of this generation and shouldn't they get credit for this even if it is only my opinion?


                          Facts about these authors...
-All 3 Authors are international best sellers who have all been on the New York Times Best sellers list.


-Suzanne Collins has apparently written 29 of the 100 most highlighted passages on kindle e-books.


-All of the authors books have or in the making of being adapted into films.


-The Harry Potter series is estimated in value at around £7 billion.


-Cassandra Clare also wrote fan-fiction for Harry Potter (The Draco Trilogy) and for Lord of the Rings (The Very Secret Diaries)


- The Harry Potter series consists of 4,195 glorious pages!!


For any further facts about the authors and their series's  that you think everyone must know please comment!!


P.s. I don't own any of the photographs (except the Dobby drawing because I did that), so rights to them.

Review of Divergent by Veronica Roth

Pages: 496
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Released: May 2011

Plot: Beatrice Prior lives in her Dystopian Chicago city confined to the faction she has been born into-Abnegation, the selfless, just one of the 5 divided factions of people that create society.
However it is drawing close to Beatrice's 16th birthday and soon she will make the biggest decision of her life, stay in abnegation with her family or move to another faction alone. Beatrice doesn't feel she belongs to Abnegation though, she's not selfless and has to restrain herself not to speak out and soon realises Dauntless, the faction of the brave is more to her suiting. Beatrice's choice allows her a fresh start as 'Tris' and soon discovers that initiation is a long fight between others who have selected Dauntless. Alongside this, Tris has to come to terms with the prejudiced views of her from others and a hidden secret that not even she understands, that she is Dauntless and in danger.
Can Tris manage to win her place as a Dauntless member of will she become factionless and lost or possibly worse?

Good Points: Okay now I know that I've reviewed this series the wrong way around and you may have already read the review I did on Insurgent which I didn't exactly like however I loved this book! Divergent is a great debut novel from Veronica Roth. Divergent follows in the footsteps of the popular surge of Dystopian fiction. Tris's character I thought is great and I loved the whole idea of the different factions and the general plot overall. I loved the chapter including the paint ball challenge, I just think it was a perfect way to start to allow the characters to interact and for us as the reader to get a closer look into the growing relationship between Four and Tris.
This book is filled with energy and it had me begging for more after finishing it. This book is just a great combination of Action, Drama and Romance including shockers here and there that will blow you're mind and Veronica Roth seriously knows how to keep you on the edge of your seats whilst reading! Loved it!!

Bad Points: Okay yeah it is a little 'average-girl-falls-for-handsome-guy-thing' but so what! Tris's character is not weak and she is anything but average, she is strong on the inside and she manages to deal with every problem thrown at her whilst remaining sane enough to fight for her place in Dauntless despite people being stabbed in the eye...in their sleep!

To Sum Up...  Read this book when it first came out and L.O.V.E.D this book! I don't care that I didn't like the second book because I just remember that I still have this one to read, it will always be a book that I want to read and we still have the concluding volume in the series to look out for yet, so you never know Veronica Roth might just be able to change my opinion. :D