A discovery of witches by Deborah Harkness

                       A discovery of witches

                    by Deborah Harkness

I decide to read this book after hearing amazing reviews on tv and radio about it . I wanted to see if it could live up to the hype

I was surprised as to how quickly i became engrossed in this
story. Now i can not wait for the second installment in this series
which is avalible this year.

The story of  Diana Bishop, a women who her whole life has hidden  who she truly is. A witch. But now there is going to be no ignoring who she really is, when she unintentionally opens a bewitched alchemical manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Pulling her back into a life that she has been running from

Now Diana is being followed by  witches demonds and vampires and she doesnt know why.
Among the creatures who gather around Diana is vampire Matthew Clairmont, a geneticist with a passion for Darwin.  Now  Diana and Matthew are going to embark on a journey that is going to take them to places they never thought possible.
 

Love,  Mystery and Wine. 

Rating: 4.5 stars

Book: discovery of witches

Author:deborah harkness

Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

 Website: http://deborahharkness.com/discovery-of-witches/

Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow

                Strange Angels 

 by  Lili St. Crow

Strange Angels is the first book in the series by Lili St Crow. This series packs a  really punch and is not for the faint hearted.


This story follows Dru Anderson. She has lived her life moving from place to place with her dad, but her life isnt what you might think.  Dru isnt a normal teenager she has what her grandmother called the touch. Which comes in handy when you spend your life  dealing with  ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the occasional zombie.


Her life is about to change  when her dad turns up not quite dead and to make the matter worse she’s got two guys hungry for her affections, and that is just the tip of this ice berg.
Will Dru discover how special she really is before she coming face-to-fang with whatever is hunting her?

Rating: 3.5 stars

Book: Strange Angel
Author: Lili St Crow
Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

 Website: http://www.strange-angels.com/books.php

Wildcat Fireflies: A Meridian Novel by Amber Kizer

                                   Wildcat Fireflies: A Meridian Novel  by Amber Kizer



This is the second book in this series. I found this one a little harder to get into at the start. But once i got into it i found the story line easy to follow.


In wild fireflies we find Meridian  Dealing with the lose of her beloved Auntie the woman who showed her what it meant to be a Fenesta
She and Tens have hit the road in the hope of finding other  Fenestra.


Their search takes them to Indiana, where Juliet,  works tirelessly in the nursing home where she and several other foster kids are housed. Surrounded by death, Juliet  tries to make a loving home for the younger kids, and to protect them from the violent whims of their foster mother/ warden.


But she is struggling against forces that she can not  understand . Will Meridian and tens get to her before the Aternocti do.

Rating: 3 stars

Book: Wildcat Fireflies

Author: Amber Kizer

Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

 Website: www.amberkizer.com/MERIDIAN.html

Meridian By Amber Kizer

Meridian By Amber Kizer



Meridian is the first in this series by Amber Kizer.

Meridian is your typical Sixteen-year-old girl, except for one small thing. She has been surrounded by death ever since she can remember.
When she was little  insects and mice  would burrow into her bedclothes and die. At elementary school, she was blamed for a classmate’s accident. Now on her sixteenth birthday, her life is about to change for every. A terrible car crashes in front of her family home, has  Meridian’s body explodes in pain.

To make matters worse  she is told she is a dangerr to her family  and  sent away to live at her great-aunt’s house in Revelation, Colorado. It is here that she will learn  who she really is. A  Fenestra half-angel, half-human. But this new life comes with its own dangers the Aternocti, a band of dark forces who capture vulnerable souls on the brink of death and cause chaos.

With a story line that will have you begging to know more

Rating: 3.5 stars

Book: Meridian

Author:  Amber Kizer

Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon, Target, Kmart  

 Website: www.amberkizer.com/MERIDIAN.html

Supernaturally by Kiersten White

Supernaturally by Kiersten White 

This is the exciting sequel to Kiersten Whites Paranormalcy .

   I really enjoy Supernaturally by Kiersten White. and I was very interested to see  how both the story   would grow and develop.

It is the second book in the Paranormalcy   series. As the story continued you really make a connection with the characters.

The story picks up with Evie trying to live the life she has always dreamed of going to a real high school, Having a after-school job and a  locker.

 But Evie’s not-so-normal past keeps creeping up on her and things are about to get even more complicated  when her past comes back to hunt her .With the story  set 6 months after the events in Paranormalcy.  

Rating: 4 stars

Book: Supernaturally
Author: Kiersten White 

Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

Website: http://www.kierstenwhite.com/paranormalcy-series/

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Paranormalcy  by Kiersten White  

The first book in the series is Paranormalcy. It is the story of  Evie’s. She thought she was a normal teenager. The only thing is her life is really far from normal,  she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shape-shifter, and she’s the only person who can see through glamour’s.

But Evie’s life is about to be turned upside down when she learns that she may very we

ll be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promisintion of all paranormal creatures.

Rating: 3.5 stars

Book: Paranormalcy   
Author: Kiersten White 

Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

 Website: http://www.kierstenwhite.com/paranormalcy-series/



The Hollow by Jessica Verday

The Hollow by Jessica Verday

 

Abbey your typical teenager but when her best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone is happy to accept that Kristen is dead.

Abbey trys to come to terms with the fact her best friend is gone. When Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy shows up out of nowhere at Kristen's funeral, Abbeys life starts to take a positive turn, but there is something that Caspian isnt telling her.

Just as Abbey starts to feel that she might survive loosing Kristen , she learns a secret that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her best friend.
 How could Kristen have kept  this from her? Could this secret have led to her death?

This book will have you hang for more


Rating: 3 stars

Book:    The Hollow
Author: Jessica Verday
Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

Website: http://www.jessicaverday.com/#!books

Entice By Carrie Jones

Entice By Carrie Jones

Zara and Nick were meant to be together forever. But that's not quite how things have gone.

  The evil pixies continue to take more teenages everyday. An allout war seems imminent, and the good guys need all the warriors they can find. There is just one problem Nick is dead and has been taken to Vallhala. Now Zara and her friends want stop until they have Nick back. But how to get to Valhalla? And even if Zara and her friends discover the way, there's that other small problem: Zara's been pixie kissed. When she finds Nick, will he even want to go with her? Especially since she hasn't turned into just any pixie. . . She as turned into a pizie queen.

Rating: 4 stars

Book:    Entice
Author: Carrie Jones

Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

Website: http://www.carriejonesbooks.com/my-books/need-series/

Captivate by Carrie Jones

Captivate by Carrie Jones

Zara and her friends knew that their pizie problem was far from over.

The king and his people may be in traped, buts his need grow everyday and his people are growing weaker.  It's made him vulnerable. And now Zara's problems have doubled. There's a new king in town and he has eyes set on her.
The War for Zara's heart has began.  With Nick almost killed and   Astley swearing that he and Zara are destined to be together. Zara's life is getting more complicated by the day. 

But it's a lot more than her relationship with Nick that is at stake. It's her life -- and his.

Rating: 3.5 stars

Book: Captivate   
Author: Carrie Jones

Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

Website: http://www.carriejonesbooks.com/my-books/need-series/

Need By Carrie Jones

Need By Carrie Jones

Need is the first book in the series by Carrie Jones

After Zara's stepfather dies her mother sends her to live in Maine with her Grandma Betty. Zara thinks it is because her mother cant deal but the truth is more complcated then she ever imagened .

Just as she starts to settle into her new life with newfriends and a hot new boyfriend, her real dad turns up. He is far from your normal father type  He’s a pixie the kind who has dreadful, uncontrollable needs. And he’s trailing Zara.

With suspense, romance, and paranormal twist, you wont want to put it down.

Rating: 4.5 stars

Book: Need   
Author: Carrie Jones

Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

Website: http://www.carriejonesbooks.com/my-books/need-series/

Hereafter

Hereafter By Tara Hudson

The only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she’s dead. She has no knowledge of her past life, all she knows is that she’s trapped alone in a nightmarish existence relieving the moment she died. But when she tries to rescue a Joshua, from drowning in her river her world is turned upside down.

Amelia and Joshua grow closer when they begin to uncover the circumstances of her death. But even while they struggle to keep their bond hidden, a frightening spirit named Eli is doing everything in his power to destroy their newfound happiness and make Amelia his.

Rating: 3 stars

Book : HereafterAuthor: Tara Hudson

Type:  series

Avalible at:  amazon

 Website: http://www.tarahudson.com/

 

Ladybird Ladybird

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Ladybird Ladybird

Abra Ebner is one of my favourite authors and her latest book Lady Bird Lady bird is no exception.

The book tells the story of Samantha, who is raised by her alcoholic father, and the ghost of a mother who communicates in a way that is both intriguing and complex.

Samantha's only salvation is a unexpected romance with another misfit until she finds out the undeniable truth of her love.

Will the Ladybird be the answers she so desperately searches for?
 

Rating: 4 stars

Book :Ladybird Ladybird Author: Abra Ebner

Type: Stand Alone.

Avalible at: Amazon

www.amazon.com/Ladybird-ladybird-Abra-Ebner/dp/0982950543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337401973&sr=8-1

Website: http://featherbookseries.wordpress.com/category/novels/