Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Review: Mistwood



I know I said I wasn't going to post a review on this because Alana had already, but I decided to anyway.




Summary: The Shifter is an immortal creature bound by an ancient spell to protect the kings of Samorna. When the realm is peaceful, she retreats to the Mistwood. But when she is needed she always comes.
Isabel remembers nothing. Nothing before the prince rode into her forest to take her back to the castle. Nothing about who she is supposed to be, or the powers she is supposed to have.
Prince Rokan needs Isabel to be his Shifter. He needs her ability to shift to animal form, to wind, to mist. He needs her lethal speed and superhuman strength. And he needs her loyalty—because without it, she may be his greatest threat.
Isabel knows that her prince is lying to her, but she can't help wanting to protect him from the dangers and intrigues of the court . . . until a deadly truth shatters the bond between them.
Now Isabel faces a choice that threatens her loyalty, her heart . . . and everything she thought she knew.




Review: At first I was really confused by this book, I am not a fan of books that start out in a way where something is going on, but you as the reader don't know yet. It may seem hard to understand what I mean by this, but when you read the book you will see and understand. However; the rest of the book when I got to know the characters and see them develop I really began to like it. I watched it in pretty much one sitting, so it's not a difficult one to follow. I would have liked to see the romance a bit more prevalent and in the forefront, I'm hoping the characters from this one will be in the second one as well, so we can see more of their lives together. I would recommended this book, but not with immense enthusiasm.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Grace is currently reading....

I won't be writing a review on this since Alana already has, just keeping you updated on what I'm up to. :)

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Review: Entwined

  • Reading level: Young Adult
  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Greenwillow Books (March 29, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062001035

Summary:Confined to their dreary castle while mourning their mother's death, Princess Azalea and her 11 sisters join The Keeper, who is trapped in a magic passageway, in a nightly dance that soon becomes nightmarish.Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.But there is a cost.The Keeper likes to keep things.Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.

Review: Sadly, another book I was excited to read and ended up not liking. I found right from the beginning I wasn't going to like it, but I gave it a chance, as I do with all books and I didn't quit in hopes that there would come a point where I started to like it. Didn't happen. I struggled through reading this, and it took me a week, which for me is a long time to be reading one book. I found myself being confused quote often and having to go back like..what????. The girls in the book called their father "King, Sir" basically anything but dad, it wasn't until the end that they started calling him papa, but during the course of the book I was confused if he was their real father or not. The girls in the book are princesses, their father is the King, yet they're always making references about being poor, and living in a shabby palace, I just don't understand how a king living in a large PALACE is poor? The girls often travel back and forth from their room to a secret passage, they'd be home one second and in the next "Keeper" who lives in the passage would be behind them, and it turned out they were in the passage. I never had any indication they were in the passage, or going into the passage until Keeper showed up and I was confused. That threw me off really often, and I did not like it. I would not recommend this book...but I really like the cover. =/ That's as far as the compliments for it go.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Meetings!

Yesterday I (Grace) went to Books Of Wonder (seems like we're always there) for a signing with Lauren Destefano, Cassandra Clare, and Holly Black. I was really excited to see Lauren Destefano because I absolutely love love loved Wither. Cassandra Clare's line was ridiculously long, as I suspected it would be, but I never imagined I'd be waiting THAT long, I was #70, and since people had a ridiculous amount of books for each author it seemed like I was #1201-32093584929. Needless to say I got to meet the authors and have my books signed, and they all gave out special treats which was super exciting! Also Josh Dibble was there, who appears to be fighting for the role of Jace in The Mortal Instruments movie...best of luck to him he was rather...handsome. All of the authors were ridiculously nice, and that's always a nice treat. Here are some pics!

Holly Black

Lauren Destefano
Josh Dibble (Jace?)



Cassandra Clare!