5 comments about Demon in My View (Den of Shadows).

1. Demon in my View is the perfect taste of vampire, romance, darkness, and gothic. I've read many many many vampire novels in my time, and most of them seem the same. But, I do come across a few every now and then that strike me as odd, or different. This is one of those kinds of stories. It has vivid descriptions of the people and places to where you could possibly imagine that you've been there, or maybe even met one of the characters. The story line is out of this world with different rules and structures to an unknown society. The main character is buried in a mystery that, for the life of me, I would have never seen coming. I suggest this book to anyone, young and old. It's worth your time AND you won't regret it.



2. Demon in my view is an amazing book in my opinion! If you have read the first book In the forest of the night then you will understand the characters a little better..trust me i read shattered mirror and back tracked lol by the time i got to the first book i was like "OOOO i get it now"! but this book is still good i would recomend it to some people but its better for a early teen than an adult to read..still a short read but i enjoyed it!



3. "Demon in My View" is the second book by one of my favorite authors, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. Although I am arguably too old for teen books, I re-read this one recently and still found it enjoyable.
   
   The story follows Jessica, a writer of vampire novels. What she doesn't realize is that her stories are true, and they may get her into big trouble with the denizens of the night. Despite the fact that Jessica is clearly based on the author herself, I still found the story to be interesting and not to "Mary-Sue-ish". I know alot of other reviewers have complained about this problem, but it really doesn't bother me. I know it isn't realistic for characters to all be beautiful and perfect, but sometimes it's fun to read a story with dark, sexy, cool characters. It's just a bit of self-indulgent fun sometimes. Anyway, despite the fact that the last time I read this book was in Middle School (many many years ago), I still found the story to be entertaining. The dark atmosphere of Amelia's books really draws you in and keeps you glued to the pages.
   
   Another thing I'd like to mention is the references to the previous book, "In the Forests of the Night". I really enjoyed the connection to the previous story, because it helps you feel that the stories are all intertwined within the same world. There's even a short reference to Jessica in "In the Forests of the Night", which is a nice "easter egg"-type surprise for those who have read the book either before or after reading "Demon in My View".
   
   "Demon in My View" is perhaps my favorite of Amelia's books. So, I'd definitely recommend this book to teens and even adults who are fans of vampire novels.



4. I recently read this book and its predecessor "In the forests of the Night" and I absolutely loved them. "Demon in my View" was a fast paced thrilling narrative about a girl,Jessica, who is shunned by her peers due to her dark attitude and dress. Along come two new students. One, Caryn, who's annoying and bubbly who Jessica absolutely loathes and Alex, a dashing, just as dark and brooding guy. Jessica is a talented writer and has published a book Tiger, Tiger under a pen name to avoid the unnecessary attention. What she realizes though with these new students is that know more about her than any other person really. She starts to realize that the characters in her book are strikingly similar to her new real life friends and acquaintances.
   
   The whole book is a non stop race to get to the truth. For a small short book the story evolves well. Atwater-Rhodes finds such creative ways to advance her story and they sure throw you a curve ball once in a while. The characters are vivid and intriguing with a touch of passion and romance. I especially loved Jessica. Her character is so strong and passionate and it sends a great message to little girls who read these stories.



5. The concept in this book was interesting. I need to go back and read In The Forests of the Night as I think Jessica makes her initial cameo in that book and I hope you learn more about Aubrey. The story kept me going right to the end but everything seems to happen so abruptly. In the space of 176 pages you meet Jessica, learn she dreams are reality of the vampire community, meets Aubrey, falls in love and then chooses to become a vampire. The book really glosses over her reasons for being so eager to become a vampire that it is a little shocking. Considering the author wrote this at such a young age though it was a good book to read if you enjoyed The Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

5 comments about The First Horror (99 Fear Street, No. 1).

1. 
   in a sentence or so: the frasier family moves into what may be the creepiest and dingiest house ever. much scariness ensues.
   
   i checked this out on an impulse during my last trip to the library. i thought, R.L. Stine? Fear Street? yes please! i anticipated a cheesy joke of a horror book that resolved itself and everyone was happy in the end. that's how i thought i remembered them being from when i read them 15 years ago. apparently, i need to get my memory checked.
   
   Cally and Kody (twins), their brother James, and their parents move to 99 Fear Street, Shadyside. not only is the real estate agent a super-creep, the house is a total wreck and it appears to be haunted right off the bat after nearly decapitating Cally the first time she steps on the porch. but, Mr. and Mrs. Frasier (that's right, we never learn their actual names) insist that this will be a fresh start and lots of space for the former New York residents. but as things get weirder, and they discover attacking rats, ceilings dripping with blood, and green vomit coming from the sink...the Frasiers decide to do a little research about what they've gotten themselves into.
   
   what they discover about their house on 99 fear street is unnerving, surreal, and downright creepy. let me tell you, R.L. Stine packed more horror into this book than i thought possible. granted, my bar was set pretty low to begin with, but i was pleasantly surprised by the creepy scenes he was able to create and the fear i felt.
   
   this felt a lot like a script for a horror movie. while there are no token sex scenes (this is the mid-90s and a book for teens after all), there is a long drawn out kiss with the neighbor boy, working in a boutique in town, and hitting up a coffeehouse amongst the stabbings and disappearances. while the distractions may be fun in cinematic form, i found them to be dated and obnoxious in written form. i wanted more action! or suspense. or at least mystery...not wondering what high school was going to be like for them or if Anthony really liked Cally.
   
   this book, while at times horribly dated and a bit hokey, was genuinely frightening. particularly near the end. i went through the first half with few surprises, but by the time i finished, i had to stay awake an extra hour doing other things to distract myself from the creepiness! as if the mere 150 pages wasn't enough to make this a quick read, the fact that every chapter ends in cliffhanger makes it almost unputdownable.
   
   fave quote: "she had no way of knowing she would never see her brother again" (115)
   
   fix er up: okay, i am a total sucker for being scared. so while this isn't the highest quality of literature, it gets the job done. the job being scaring the reader and making me want more!



2. Twins Cally and Kody Frasier are not thrilled that they are moving into 99 Fear Street. They've heard the strange stories about the house. About a family who checked out the house and five minutes later, the wife and the children had no heads..



3. I read the first,second, and third horrors on a drive to Massaschussets with my family. They were such mind grabbing books. The first book was the best!
   It's so creepy how she writes in her diary,"dear diary, tonight i died" that was very very creepy.
   I can be a fast reader at times but sometimes i am slow. But i read the series quickly because they were attention getters!



4. this story is a must for any stine fan like me. the book is gory scary and it actually involves the whole family instead of just one teen. the book can also be sad sometimes but is totally unpredictable. sure its just a haunted house taken to the extreme but this house was so evil in the book that it was indeed sad. but even though it ended with a not so wonderful ending (like most stine books.) but its an awesome book and a must for any stine fan.



5. Cally Frasier and her family have just moved to Shadyside and bought the 99 Fear Street house. Following their arrival, a lot of accidents occur: a tree branch nearly falls on Cally, a window slams on Kody's (Cally's twin sister) hands, their father accidentally stabs himself, Kody falls off a ladder, and Cubby (the family's new puppy) is missing, yet they can still hear his barking and howls in the house. Plus, someone or something has been knocking on Cally's bedroom door late at night. Kody insists the house is haunted or cursed--and she just may be right when a local teen tells them about their house's history. Thirty years ago, when it was being built, several burial plots were found where the foundation would be poured. Instead of ceasing work, they continued with the job, which resulted in a mysterious massacre of the family that moved in. Thus the evil curse of 99 Fear Street. Will the Frasier family follow the previous owners' fate--or will they escape in time to save their lives?

   I had started this series because I had heard it was supposed to be pretty good; however, I thought it was quite disappointing. (This can be said for most of the R. L. Stine books I've read.) For starters, the horror scenes in this book are almost comical; they're just flat-out ridiculous sometimes and not very scary at all. Sure they're bloody in parts, but each character pretty much reacts in the same manner by saying "Nooo!", "Owww!", or some other nonsense expression we obviously know they'd say when attacked or hurt. Plus the way each chapter ends with a cliff-hanger is so predictable and tedious. A little variation, please! Bad things don't need to happen in every chapter.

   Although the Fear Street books are geared for preteens, I don't think most young adult readers will be as frightened by these books as, say, elementary children (10 years and younger). So, I'd probably only recommend these books to younger readers. If you enjoyed "The First Horror" though, then you might like the following two books in this series: "The Second Horror" and "The Third Horror". Otherwise, try the Fear Street Saga. That trilogy is much better than this one.

5 comments about Fall into Darkness.

1. At ten, I was a voracious reader who often complained about the mystery books geared for kids my age. I usually figured the endings out very early on, which deflates the entire story, no matter how well developed the characters are.
   
   I had an uncle with a similar passion for books; we often read together. He was a huge fan of mystery, especially Stephen King, and he harbored a hope that Christopher Pike would help prepare me for King's work when I was older. He found out about Christopher Pike from one of our public librarians and, that winter, when a bad case of strep throat kept me home from school, he promptly went to the bookstore and purchased this book.
   
   I fell in love with the author immediately - because I couldn't guess the ending to this book. I was so blown away that I immediately spent most of my allowance on purchasing other books by Pike.



2. I have never read Christopher Pike, so I don't know if all of his books are this stupid, but this is by far the worst book I've ever read!!!!!!! First, there's this really sweet Chad kid, but by the end of the book, he gets a personality transplant...I don't know if I read the same book as you, but if I did, whoever put "best ending ever" as their title has some serious issues. How is "can't stop pushing your friends off these cliffs, can you bitch" a good ending? Other people I know at all different age ranges agree with me that this book is totally weird. I mean sure, if you love blood and gore and skipped over the seriously stupid plot and just read the disgusting parts, maybe you might have found it ok...that is if you were in an excellent mood, it was your birthday, and you just won $1,000,000,000, but even then, it would still be stretching it to call it "ok". If you are thinking of reading this book, 1 word for you: DON'T! You will hate it! Don't condemn yourself to it! Its disgusting and stupid!If you want a good book to read, read the Twilight series, but NOT Fall into Darkness. Honestly. I suffered through reading it, and right now I am trying to save you from going through such torture. You people say that it was some work of art how he kept changing the plot, but wake up and smell the roses, everyone. Its a bad book by a bad author who kept contradicting himself. I don't know about you, but I think you should be able to pick up a random book with an interesting sounding back without having to read that!!! Christopher Pike should be thanking me profusely that I even gave it one star, and not zero. If I could be sure that the computer wouldn't just assume I forgot to rate it and wouldn't show the zero stars, I definatly would have given it a zero. But since I didn't put a zero on the stars, here it is for you now. A big, fat, ZERO!
   If you don't think that is the dumbest thing on earth, you seriously need to see a doctor.
   ...So, last warning, everyone. Unless you are an insane creepy person like the other people who wrote positive reviews of this book, trust me you don't want to read Fall into Darkness. As for Christopher Pike, I'm sorry, but I'll never read another of your books...and I think maybe you should consider taking Fall into Darkness off the market.



3. All right, this book really sucked. It started out as good for me but eventually, I got bored with the plot and it was really easy to figure out who the killer was.



4. Sharon is accused of killing her best friend Ann. Three witnesses heard everything, though they didn't see it. They heard Ann scream at Sharon, and then they heard her fall over the edge of a cliff. Her body has not been found, but they know she must be dead and the only logical conclusion is that Sharon killed her. But Sharon knows she didn't do it. So why did Ann scream like that? Did she commit suicide? Or was it revenge?
   
   This is the basic premise, though by chapter two, you know what's going on. The book isn't about the question of why Ann did what she did. It's about a friendship gone wrong. It's about grief. It's about loss. It's about revenge. But mainly it's about obsession and how it destroys.
   
   This book is a bit of a retread of Gimme a Kiss. That being said, I think it's a good story in its own right. I think Pike took the basic premise of GAK and improved on it.
   There might be parts of the story that strain at credibility, but nothing that would really take away from the pleasure of reading it.
   
   As for the characters, I did feel invested in them. Sharon had a lot of personality. I also enjoyed reading Ann's point of view. Ann is a bitter, nasty person but I really felt for her. She seemed so lonely and I felt so sorry for her. She was a more sympathetic character than Jane in Gimme a Kiss.
   The bottom line is that it's a good read if you're 13 and into these kinds of books.
   
   The one thing I felt was lacking was more depth in regards to some of the major characters. I felt like I never got a sense of who Jerry was when he was alive. Well, not enough of a sense of him. I didn't really know much about what his relationship was like with Ann before he died, and therefore, whether or not she blamed herself for his death. Even though he wasn't technically in the book, his was a constant presence. So I wanted to know more about him. That's about all I can think of.



5. This is the first Pike book I've ever read. And this book is a must read. I enjoyed it very much. Once you start reading this, you wont be able to put it down. There is a surprise waiting on every page you turn (: The murderer was the last person I thought it would be. This book is very exciting and leaves you wondering. There is a huge twist at the end. The end was okay for me. But I didn't find the end very satisfying. But overall, the book was very good. For any fans of Pike, this is a must read. Hope you enjoy (:

5 comments about Tales of the Slayer, Volume 1 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

1. This book is connected to the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Its tales feature the slayers before Buffy became the vampire slayer. There is 7 stories in the volume, most of which are only okay and not memorable. Pretty much all of the stories were about the last days and battle of the former slayers.
   
   There were 2 stories I enjoyed. First was The White Doe by Christie Golden about a Native American tribe with a slayer know as White Doe. The second was Die Blutgrafin by Yvonne Navarro, in which the big bad is based on a real person, Countess Bathory, said to have bathed in the blood of virgins.



2. Tales of the Slayer, Volume 1
   (2001)
   
   RATING: 4/5 Stakes
   
   SETTING: Before Season 1
   
   T.V. SHOW CHARACTERS: None
   
   MAJOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS: Greece, 490 B.C.E.: Thessily Tessilonikki (Slayer); Thoas (Watcher); Phidippides (Messenger). London, 1586: Virginia Dare/White Doe (Slayer); John White (colonist); Eleanor Dare (colonist); Manteo (Croatoan Indian); Takes From Eagle (adopted father); Ceremonial Fox (elder conjuror). Hungary, 1609: Idilko Gellert (Slayer); Kurt Rendor (Watcher); Countess Bathory (villian); Jo Ilona (Bathory's servant). France, 1789: Marie-Christine (Slayer); Edmund de Voison (Watcher); L'Hero (Vampire leader); Mathilde (adopted girl). Kentucky, 1886: Mollie Prater (Slayer); Ethan Bentley (Watcher); Harly (lover). Munich, 1923: Britta Kessler (Slayer); Friedrich Lichtermann (Watcher); Erich Sahr (vampire). Florida, 1956: Asha Sayre (Slayer); Laurent (Watcher).
   
   BACK-OF-THE-BOOK SUMMARY: "Into every generation a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world, to find the vampires where they gather, and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. In our time, that girl is Buffy Summers. But Buffy is merely one Slayer in an eternal continuum of warriors for the Powers That Be. We've known of others: The Primal Slayer, who stalked the earth and the forces of darkness in fierce solitude . . . Nikki, the funky hipster whose demise at Spike's hands lent an urban edge to his wardrobe and a bigger bounce to his swagger. Slayers by nature have a limited life expectancy; for each one who falls, another rises to taker her place. Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1 chronicles Slayers past who have influenced--and are influenced by--the traditional and mythologies of yore. From ancient Greece, to aristocratic Slayers holding court in revolution-era France, to the legend of the Bloody Countess Elizabeth Bathory, to 1920s Munich, each girl has a personal history, a shared moral code, and a commitment to conquer evil, regardless of the cost . . . ."
   
   REVIEW
   
   Tales of the Slayer (Volume 1) is an excellent collection of short stories and adds some much needed tension to the Buffy fiction line of books. The reason is simple: when reading about Buffy, Xander, Willow, etc., the reader knows for sure that they can't be killed off; when reading about these home-brewed Slayers, however, it's far from certain they'll survive the end of the tale. Indeed, all but one of the Slayers chronicled in Volume 1 end up dying--which one survives? Well, that's why you have to read the book . . . Given the high mortality rate, the reader should expect stories more gruesome and tragic (some might even say depressing!) than average episodes of the television show.
   
   As a whole, the various writers do a nice job with placing Slayers and Watchers into different geographical and chronological settings. My favorite would have to be Marie-Christine and Edmund de Voison, Slayer and Watcher in 1789 France--the aristocratic ethos has pervaded even their lives, to the point where they question whether saving the lives of the poor is really worth it. A little more variation in the stories' villains (almost all are vampires) would have been nice, but perhaps that is saved for subsequent books.
   
   After finishing the collection, I was left with the question--did the Slayer matter? If we put Buffy and the Hellmouth to one side (where she saves the world every season), it seems like having one Slayer at a time would be like having only one police officer for the entire world. Sure, that cop will catch his or her share of criminals, but won't have any impact on the crime rate across the world--just like one Slayer couldn't possibly impact the number of vampires in the world.
   
   Anyway, if you can handle stories set in the mythos but not featuring television show characters, Tales From the Slayer vol. 1 is well worth reading.



3. Tales of the Slayer throughout time, and how they lived their short, sharp, dangerous lives. The best two stories are perhaps the first tale, by Greg Rucka. A Slayer in ancient Greece, Thesilly, is on a mission to protect Phidippides on his run, as many Persian vampires are after him. The final tale is about a cajun Slayer and her watcher in a small town. There, the Kln are all vampires, and intend to feed on a Negro prayer meeting, then blow up all the corpses. Asha the Slayer has other plans.
   
   Tales of the Slayer 1 : 01 A Good Run Greece 490 b.c.e. - Greg Rucka
   Tales of the Slayer 1 : 02 The White Doe London 1586 - Christie Golden
   Tales of the Slayer 1 : 03 Die Blutgrafin Hungary 1609 - Yvonne Navarro
   Tales of the Slayer 1 : 04 Unholy Madness France 1789 - Nancy Holder
   Tales of the Slayer 1 : 05 Mornglow Dreaming Kentucky 1886 - Doranna Durgin
   Tales of the Slayer 1 : 06 Silent Screams Germany 1923 - Mel Odom
   Tales of the Slayer 1 : 07 And White Splits the Night Florida 1956 - Yvonne Navarro
   
   
   A slayer protects the Marathon man from vamps.
   
   4 out of 5
   
   
   What really happened at Roanoke = vamps.
   
   4 out of 5
   
   
   Countess Bathory is a bit much for a young slayer.
   
   3.5 out of 5
   
   
   French class warfare. With monsters.
   
   3.5 out of 5
   
   
   Country girl's calling.
   
   2.5 out of 5
   
   
   A Watcher's hellspawn history, with horror movies.
   
   3 out of 5
   
   
   Cajun Kln vamp conflagration.
   
   4 out of 5



4. I like BTVS and was happy when this came out. The one thing is that it goes into more than Buffy which I like but if you want only Buffy do not get this book there are only two stories about her and the gang in this book, but if your into the whole mytho's then this is the book for you!



5. This is an anthology series about previous Vampire Slayers. The stories are written by high profile Buffy the Vampire Slayer authors.
   I normally love anthologies.
   However, this wasn't really one of my favorites.
   Maybe it's because I'm so used to Buffy and her fellow Scoobies. However, I think it's all so because I felt like some of the stories fell short
   Some of them could have continued
   But it's still pretty good none the less.
   I recommend some of Navarro's other series. Such as The Wicked Willow trilogy.

5 comments about Wuthering High: A Bard Academy Novel.

1. This story has earned an eternal place on my book shelf, and I plan on reading it again soon.
   The very first sentence drew me in, and the following paragraphs drew me in even further, until I was completely immersed in the story. Heathcliff was a beautiful character, and Miranda was the party of the book--extremely teenage-ish and funny.
   The only disappointment that I had, however, was the lack of depth in most of the characters. I really only got to know Miranda, and I would very much like for the author to delve deeply into each character and bring them out. Hopefully she will do so in the following novels.
   Altogether, a satisfying, fun read.



2. My Thoughts: I loved the first two Bard Academy novels. Still need to get my hands on the third one. I really enjoyed Wuthering High. I liked the concept that all the troubled kids go to this school made especially for them.Didn't have to worry about fitting in too much since everyone is there because they have gotten into trouble. I liked Miranda and her friends very much. I especially liked Heathcliff. He was mysterious and we never really knew what was going on with him or what he was thinking. Ryan was a major jock and of course Miranda was in love with him. He's the guy every girl wants but nobody thinks they are good enough to have. I also liked her roommate. This was a thin lightweight fun read. Only took a few hours but still enjoyed it very much!
   
   Overall: I enjoyed it, never knew it existed until a few weeks ago. I picked the first and second book up and read them both quickly.
   
   Cover: Its a cute cover. A little plain but just the right amount to be enjoyable.
   
   (Reviewed by Princess Bookie)



3. Wuthering High had an original concept. Author's with unfinished business became ghosts who teach delinquents. I really liked that. Miranda was a likable character. She was like every other teenager. She was funny, insecure, and just plain fun to read about.She didn't let anything bring her down. All the characters were entertaining even the secondary characters but they didn't have depth.The secondary characters had funny dialogue but they didn't seem real. The plot was fast-paced and the paranormal aspect of the book was well executed. The mystery part of the book was interesting. The romance in the book was good but since the book had paranormal,romance, comedy and some mystery, it sometimes felt like it was too much.There were a lot of pop culture references in the novel. Overall this was a really good start to a new series which I will continue to read.
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4. I enjoyed it. It was funny and had a pretty good plot. However, I'm 20 and think it's more suitable for younger kids, those in high school.



5. I wasn't sure whether or not I was going to enjoy this book, but I hoped that I would since I decided to buy not only this book but the two after it as well. I wasn't disappointed and I don't feel like my money was wasted. At the beginning of the book I wasn't too sure if I would like Miranda. She's says she's not judgmental and can hang out with people from all walks of life, but she's constantly using labels like normal, freak, and weird to describe people. Face facts Miranda is a hypocrite and this made it hard for me to like her, but luckily she gets over it pretty (unconviencingly) quick.
   
   Other then that I thought the book was good. Not as funny as it wants to be but it was entertaining. If you end up enjoying this series I recommand The Mediator Series by Meg Cabot. It has the same kind of mystery, ghost stories ideas that seem to be going on here. Also Suze is the same age.

5 comments about Everworld #11: Mystify The Magician.

1. (WARNING, MAJOR SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW)
   
   I began reading this series a long time ago. I first discovered it upon reading a wikipedia article about it, giving me an idea of the plot, the setting, the characters, etc. I read all the books, "Search for Senna", through "Understand the Unknown." I had my expectations for this series before I read it, and they were not met. Everything was a mediocre, watered down, mindless illusion of what this story could have been in more capable hands.
   
   It's funny. After ten books of disappointments, shaky characterization, terrible motivations, and hopelessly condensed story, I still hoped, envisioned, believed in some naive part of my mind that this book would be at least okay, would still be a complete adventure. Maybe I was still hoping, in vain, that the series would somehow get better.
   
   But I wasn't prepared for this. I hereby declare, "Mystify the Magician" to be the greatest literary disappointment I have ever read in my entire life. This book is the epitome of facepalms, the grand high paragon of wallbangers, the living spirit of bad storytelling, the very definition of literary failure, the condensed quintessential essence of disappointment, the very heart and soul of wasted potential. This book came frightfully close to sucking the will to live right out of me.
   
   I know that I've dissed some pretty bad books, but nothing like this. Mystify the Magician makes Stephenie Meyer, Robin Hobb, and Terry Goodkind at his worst look like Tolkien. I could--not--believe how bad it was. I was in numb shock. Numb shock!
   
   Characterization takes a nose-dive from the start. Senna, previously a visionary, ambiguous, self-motivated, cunning, compelling, tragic, and deeply human character abruptly transforms into a two-dimensional, mustache-twirling James Bond villain hellbent on being as comically evil as possible, effectively switching gears from True Neutral to Chaotic Evil. Then she dies at the end.
   
   Wait, what?
   
   Seriously K.A. Applegate, what gives? Did you have this book ghostwritten(again) by someone who didn't know a thing about storytelling and crafting? Or did you just want to take the easy way out? Seriously, this reads like a piece of bad fanfiction written by someone with only a shaky understanding of the character involved.
   
   All the deep, expansive, and thoughtful character development and motivation that Senna received two books ago in "Inside the Illusion" is thrown out the window. Applegate took her most complex, most human character and turned her into a joke.
   
   If you've read any of my previous reviews, you know that Senna Wales is my favorite character, and I'm not just bummed about my pony dying. The sad thing is that I didn't feel any sense of accomplishment, or sorrow, or fulfillment, or anything over this death. Just hollow disappointment, like I just watched someone burn a fistful of $100 bills just for the lolz.
   
   I already knew that Senna was going to die. I knew it from the first time I read the wikipedia article about the series. I knew it before I even became attached to the character. I knew it going into this book. I had already had the image of how it was going to happen built up in my head, but I didn't get any sense of a spectacular finish or a harmonic tragedy coming to an end. Couldn't Senna at least have been allowed to go out with a little grace? When a book manages to disappoint and depress you even when you already expected the worst and fully knew you were going to be disappointed to some degree, you know things are bad.
   
   The rest of the book fails largely on account of the same problem that plagued the first ten books, only worse than ever. There is dismal worldbuilding, any possibility of exploring Eire tossed away in favor of a hastily scrapped together plot that consisted almost entirely of the Sennites rampaging through Everworld and the four primary characters scampering around trying to stop them. The only positive thing I can say about this book is that it is exciting.
   
   This is the culmination of the failing of the Everworld series. I was disappointed with it the moment I read the very first chapter of the very first book, and it is almost fitting that it ends that way as well, with a climax of epic disappointment. I'll read the last one, though I don't have much hope of Senna returning to life or her death being revealed as a fluke. Just one more book and this trainwreck will at last be over.



2. This is book 11 in the Everworld series. I think I like this one the best so far. They've all been great though. This one starts out with Christopher in the mouth of a giant. He is able to escape with much struggle and is helped by a half elf/half human lady named Etain. They are taken to her town which is much like Ireland. Here they find that they have discovered primal forms of technology. Like electricity, cable cars, telegraphs, etc. Christopher soon falls in love with Etain. Everything crumbles when the giant (who is actually there to protect their island) is killed by a gun and Senna evades them. She brings many of her followers from the real world to Everworld armed with weapons and soon the war begins. Want to know how it ends... you have to read the book!



3. Ever world
   
   Ever world is by K.A. Applegate it is a exciting fanasty book that I recommend to kids 13 and up. It's a really good book with a lot of killing and gory in some parts in the book. The story opens when they are trapped inside ever world and they are trying to find there way out by finding where they have started from when they got there after they got sucked in Etain met a woman David and his friends are trying to get help from her they walk in this valley and they saw a dog so they ran and the dog is trying to attacked them and the woman falls off a cliff and breaks every bone in her body after that the soldiers are trying to kill them and Etain grabs the gun trying to kill the solider.
   
   My first character is Etain because he's tall,strong and skinny he is a magician and he has long hair. His personality traits are protective and by saving his friends by shooting a soilder his behavior is sometimes mean and a really good friend.My other character is David his feelings are a good friend and very strong his description is short,skinny and he has long hair his personality traits are he is a really good friend and his behavior is mean most of the time.
   
   
   I recommend this book as a really exciting book.
   
   Would they escape ever world?



4. this book is about some kids how get traped in a fantiy world. the main carter is christopher. this book is where some kids that think ther home but not and a magisen named mrlin is trying to cacht them. then chistopher falls in love whit a which and dos not want to leav her. and the climax is the where mrlin kills a gint.i like this book a lot.



5. I may have read this book...almost 3 years ago but i was looking through Amazon and I saw this book and I never put my own review for it any where...then i remembered how awsome this one was...it was like a wacky twist after another!

   AWSOME
   didnt like Sennas death though...but oh well

4 comments about Trinity Blood - Rage Against the Moons Volume 1: From the Empire (v. 1).

1. Rage Against the Moons is the novel version of the first story arc of the Trinity Blood saga, and is made up of three volumes. Volume 1 sees us meeting Abel Nightroad upon a great airship that is hijacked by a rogue vampire nobleman, bent on starting a war between his Empire and the Vatican. It is here that, along with this illfated vampire and the airship stewardess, we discover that Abel is no mere bumbling, money poor wandering priest as he first appears to be, but something even more terrible. As he says, "Humans feed upon animals, and Vampires upon humans, but what if there was something that ate vampires? I am a Crusnik, a vampire that feeds upon other vampires." It's a titillating glimpse of just what lies at the top of the food chain in this mythical universe, and glimpse it we do as Abel transforms into a creature that is a beautiful yet utterly terrifying cross between a vampire and a reaper, with a scythe made of crystallised blood and eyes that glow crimson. Welcome to the reality of Trinity Blood, a futuristic horror that blends politics, religion, and horror with science fiction.
   
   It sounds an odd mix but it works. In the near future, mankind decides to colonise Mars, and sends out manned exploration. There, they discover technology left behind in the form of nanomachines that when injected into humans, causes changes within the body that allow living within Martian conditions. The changes are made on the genetic level, so that the offspring of the changed colonists are also changed. There is one small hitch however. The changed cannot tolerate UV rays from the sun, sport fangs, and well, thirst for blood. This is an ancient fairy tale horror brought to life, and fingers begin to point wildly back home, igniting tensions that lead to war. The colonists are left on their own, with only a group of scientists in an orbiting station left to oversee the nanomachine technology. Unbeknownst to the colonists, and the humans back home, there is a second type, the Crusnik nanomachines, which work in an entirely different way. Those changed by the Crusnik are able to walk in the light, and appear quite human. That is, until the Crusnik machines are activated, and a super vampire sprouts before your eyes. These Crusnik children, of which there are four, remain upon the space station for centuries, until the day comes that their Martian brethren see that the Armageddon has settled down, and decide to reappear to help Earth rebuild. Of course, as centuries have passed, those in the know of how it all started have long passed away, and the fingers are left pointing solely at THEM...the bloodsucking monsters who defile God's earth. A holy war ensues, and the Crusniks split as to what side they support. That is, until one Crusnik decides to kill another, and plunges her Crusnik lover, who supported the other side, to slide into the deepest of despair. Carrying her body to the Vatican for burial by those she supported, he sat by her sarcophagus in mourning for 900 years, until fate brought him forward and into the service of the Church...
   
   
   It is this service that places Abel Nightroad upon that very airship, returning home after a mission, and it sets forward a chain of events that unveil a conspiracy by a secret terrorist organisation known as the Rosen Kreuz Orden. Just who they are, and what their purpose is, is slowly revealed as various duties causes Nightroad and his android priest companion Tres to cross paths with members of their cells. The far reaching tentacles of the Rosen Kreuz Orden is revealed when it becomes apparent that cells are not only plotting chaos within the human territories, but also within the Empire, which is the vampire nation established here on Earth. It seems they do not care which side strikes the first blow, as long as the match ignites the powder keg of a world engulfing war. Before dying, the only clue for the motivation given by their agents is that they desire to "purify the world with fire". They have no hesitation in making use of even the innocent, kidnapping young women, murdering entire families in gruesome ways, and even kidnapping a little girl who possesses a psychic power with the intent to bend her gift to their will.
   
   If you have watched the anime or read the manga, this story may sound rather familiar, but interestingly enough, all three forms of the Trinity Blood saga differ from each other. Some events happen in a different order, some of the characters have differing appearances, and in some cases, especially in regards to the novels, there are fine details that appear that do not exist in any of the other forms. In this particular volume, this happens the most in regards to personal character development. With more written text than a comic panel allows for, it allows more to be said about motivations, thoughts, feelings, and everything else that the author wants to share with the reader. This certainly makes reading this volume a completely different experience from reading the manga, or watching the anime for that matter, and as it is a light novel, we still get treated to the occasional illustration.
   
   Now, the novel is illustrated by Thores Shibamoto, while the manga (Trinity Blood, Vol. 1 (v. 1)) is actually a later project illustrated by Kiyo Kujo. Kujo used most Shibamoto's original character designs for inspiration, so that the more familiar manga characters are readily recognisable, but there is a definite difference to the feel of the art. Abel Nightroad is more delicate in appearance in Shibamoto's drawings, and when in Crusnik form, reminds one more of a delicately beautiful yet cold avenging angel from Renaissance art. Truthfully, this look is also carried across to the other vampires we see depicted, with the look ranging all from the way from a Botticelli type delicateness to a more aristocraticly haughty beauty. That is not to say that the humans are all ugly, as they are not; they too tend to be rather attractive, but in a less spectacular way. The real stand out though is not in how the characters themselves look as people, but in the clothes and accessories. Shibamoto draws in a richness of detail that adds great interest to the pictures and adds depth to the text provided by Yoshida. This is just as well, for while not written for children, it is aiming to be a light, quick read for the masses, so the language used is deliberately uncomplicated but not ridiculously low level.
   
   The political machinations are deceptively complex, the blood letting extremely violent and gruesome, and the religious positions of the fictional Vatican may lend confusion and misunderstanding to younger readers. Due to these factors, I feel the cover's stated mature rating is warranted, and personally only recommend it to the post 18 crowd. This is not to say all is darkness even in this postapocalyptic tale, for Abel Nightroad posesses a wry sense of humour, though it is undoubtably a very grown up sort of humour that is best appreciated the older you are, though the younger adults will not miss out on it completely. Being a serial, the ending leaves us open for the sequel where the adventure continues with Abel and his cohorts in the Vatican's secret unit, Ax, as they seek to discover more about the Rosen Kreuz Orden and stop their masterplan from coming to fruition. If that one lives up to the anticpation this volume gives us, it will be a worthy addition indeed to my bookshelves and yours.



2. Go get them Father Nightroad and Tres! This novella was fund light reading. I was already familiar with some of the storyline, having viewed the episode on the Adult Swim cartoon.



3. This is the first book of the Trinity Bood graphic novels series. The series is divided into two parts: Rage Against the Moons and Reborn on Mars.
   This book contains four stories.
   Flight Night(anime episode 1) After completing an assignmentin Londonium, Father Abel Nightroad is returning to Rome aboard the Abionese airship Tristan. It is highjacked by Count Alfredo and it is up to Abel to regain control of the ship.
   Witch Hunt(anine episode 2) A genetically altered girl, who has the power of touch telepathy is wanted by the Rosenkruetz Order and the Vatican. Her power to scramble and alter memories causes people to slaughter each otehr and themsealves. She finds her only friend is Father Abel Nightroad.
   From the Empire (anime episode 7) Endre, a Methuselah serial killer exiled from the Empire contiues his murderous ways in Venice.Allied with the Rosenkruetz Order he helps them set in motion a plan to start a war between the Methuselah Empire and the Vatican. Temporarily partnered with Astoroche, Duchess of Odessa, Abel Nightroad works to preserve the current peace.
   Sword Dancer(aninem Episode 6) Father Hugue, another Vatican AX agent investigates the mass murder of the priests and nuns of Oude Kerk. The Vaitcan thinks it is the work of the local vampire lord. The vampire lord is just as in the dark as the Vatican. Father Hugue has his own personal agenda. The key to everything is the surviving nun Sister Agnes.
   The anime keeps the manga's ligher comic tone. The graphic novel is a darker, more interesting rendition of Trinity Blood. The graphic novel has strong sense of horror. Characters who are annoying in the anime, are cold-blooded,insane killers. Abel, Tres, and Caterina are stronger, darker characters than in the anime. In many ways this book is a Cold War intrigue book, excep this cold war is set in a post-apocolyptic 31st century.



4. Vampires. Powerful, eternal, virtually indestructible, they are at the highest level of evolution. Aren't they awfully cocky, thinking like that? What if you knew there was something stronger, more powerful, older? What if you were that thing? Well, then you would be AX Special Agent Crusnik. Traveling in the guise of a simple poor priest, which he actually is, Agent Crusnik aids the Vatican in a constant, post-apocalyptic, political battle. Often throwing direct orders out the window, and taking his partners along for the ride, Crusnik battles his enemies to the bitter end. Until the next one appears. Exposing more plots and evils than he expunges, he and the other agents must continue to be a virtually unbeatable force. And that is quite a big shoe to fill.
   
   Don't be put off by the religious references before you read this. This is literally post-apocalypse. Rome is one of the few major powers left, and the Vatican is not at all what you would expect.
   
   Of all of the pop fiction that I've read, which isn't exactly a ton, but is a fair amount, this book comes the closest to anime. So, if you're a fan of anime, this is the book for you.
   
   Amidst the non-stop action, Agent Crusnik is hilariously witty, a little bit bitter, and still manages to remain concerned about everyone else. He's definitely someone I'd want on my side. Just not around all the time, what with the constant death, destruction, and mayhem.
   
   I want more, please. Pleasantly, there are five more stories on the way, as well as DVDs!
   
   Reviewed by: Carrie Spellman

5 comments about Ghost Huntress Book 1: The Awakening.

1. I can see this becoming a modern Nancy Drew series and I'll happily read each installment. Adventure, paranormal activity, drama, teen angst, a touch of romance, kids with morals. What's not to like here?



2. The Ghost Huntress series has been on my TBR list for quite a while now, and recently I had the chance to read the first one and let me tell you it certainly was a likable and fun paranormal read!
   
   The Awakening opens up just as Kendall has moved to Radisson, a tiny city so small from her past one she doesn't know how she'll survive for the next two years. Add in the fact that strange things keep happening to her in her ghostly big home, she's ready to run back home to Chicago, though soon enough she meets Celia and quickly forms a friendship with her, and when she tells Celia of her ghostly encounters, the girls quickly form a ghost huntress group with the aid of queen bee Taylor and emo rebel Becca. But as they are to find out ghost hunting will be the least of their problems as the story goes on and more is reveled.
   
   I will admit that it took a while for me to warm up to Kendall, though once I did I found her to a fun and relatable protagonist. It was interesting to see her come to terms with paranormal 'awakening' because as anyone who enjoys reading paranormal books knows, it's always fun to see exactly what talents the character has. I also liked reading about her ghost huntress group with Celia, the brain of the operation, Taylor, the queen bee photographer, and Becca, the emo poser with a great ear. All of them had unique talents that made them indispensable to the group, so it was fun to see them work together to solve the case. Also, I adored Kendall's romantic interest.
   
   The premise of this was kick-butt and the execution was even better, though I do admit I had a hard time getting into the story in the beginning, but once I was, I was hooked! One of my favorite aspects of the plot was seeing how much detail Marley put in to the ghost hunting part because it never failed to make me intertwined in the book and dying to be part of my own ghost hunting group. I mean, how cool would that be?
   
   Marley's writing was decent, though I personally think it needed some work, but I'm sure as the series continues all the kinks will be worked out.
   
   In all, Ghost Huntress: The Awakening was a fabulous start to a series I just know I'll love as more books come out!
   
   Grade: C+



3. Primeiramente eu quero deixar bem claro que eu amo livros sobre fantasmas, eu os acho extremamente fascinantes. E não são só livros, curto séries e filmes de fantasmas, mas Ghost Whisperer é o único que eu amo de paixão. Então para quem gosta mesmo e não se assusta facilmente vai amar o primeiro volume da saga Ghost Huntress. O livro é sensacional e eu fiquei viciada desde o começo.
   
   Kendall e sua família recém se mudaram para uma cidade no interior chamada Radisson, uma cidade histórica da Guerra Civil, assim quase todos os moradores acham que a cidade é assombrada. Desde o primeiro capítulo Kendall já presencia um "encontro" com o outro lado. O mais assustador de tudo isso é quando ela vai para seu primeiro dia de aula e na escola ela fica sabendo algo muito doloroso. Mas é aí que ela encontra Celia, uma garota apesar de já viver na cidade pequena há tempos está à procura de uma amiga. As duas se dão muito bem logo de cara e eu adorei a amizade delas. Celia sabe tudo sobre investigação paranormal e ela ajuda Kendall a resolver o seu problema de fantasma que ela está vivendo. Uma nerd assumida. Como as duas têm o assunto Caçar fantasmas em mente elas decidem criar um grupo chamado Ghost Huntresses. Com isso Taylor entra no grupo com sua habilidade de fotografar e Rebecca uma especialista em sons por assim dizer. Um membro do grupo meio que entra assim sem mais nem menos, mas Jason é irmão de Taylor e ele é o cético do grupo. Assim eles estão prontos para caçar fantasmas. E a Kendall vocês perguntam? Bom, ela é a sensitiva do grupo, ela tem visões e outras habilidades extremamente úteis para esse tipo de coisa.
   
   Quando terminei fui correndo para o computador e loguei na Livraria Cultura para comprar a continuação, mas eles não tinham *chorei litros *, e Ghost Huntress já está no quarto volume dos Estados Unidos gente, me sinto amaldiçoada por morar no Brasil na maioria das vezes. Não é que eu não goste daqui, mas meus gostos são extremamente do exterior. Tenho certeza que não estou sozinha neste barco, tem alguém por aí que sabe como eu me sinto.
   Voltando ao assunto do livro, a capa é G.E.N.I.A.L. Para quem olha assim na internet não acha muita coisa, mas o livro é uma perfeição total em mãos. Ele é grosso, a capa tem tudo a ver com o conteúdo do livro e ainda algumas partes são meio em alto relevo e brilham. Fiquei de boca aberta quando vi o livro, assim como com Hush Hush.



4. Over the weekend I finished reading The Awakening (Ghost Huntress, Book 1) by Marley Gibson. This is the first book I've read by this author and I found it hard to read. I really wanted to like it! I picked up the book at Half Price Books, on one of my many trips, after reading a few pages and thought it was cute. As I started to read more of the book it started to feel predictable and you can pretty much figure out the plot of the story. I would say this would be a good recommendation for a younger audience, but the main character uses a lot of curse words. The story is about Kendall, a girl who moves from Chicago to the small town of Radisson, Georgia. When she arrives in Radisson, she has no friends and then she finds out she can talk to ghosts. At first she hears a voice from her white noise sleep machine, then she starts to just know random facts about people, and eventually she starts seeing spirits. Soon after arriving in Radisson she befriends Celia, the wallflower whose family is rich; Taylor, the once popular girl who dropped off the social scene; and Becca, the debutant turned goth girl. They all come together to form a ghost hunting group in order to help lost souls. Of course there is the cute boy who happens to be Taylor's twin and Kendall ends up falling for him, but not before making a mess of things. In addition I wasn't crazy about the IM speak, or that Taylor used random French expressions. I didn't hate the book I just wasn't crazy about it and I would probably give book two a chance.
   
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5. Though the book is geared towards a slightly younger audience than myself, I found the characters to be interesting and the material very well written. The author does an excellent job of portraying the heroine and her group of teenage "hunters" in a realistic light that encourages the reader to be invested in the story as well as the individual characters from the onset. I was especially impressed with the religious and spiritual issues faced by the herione. The author clearly writes from the heart and that is conveyed in the accurate and respectful handling of the subject matter. I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for an entertaining read that will keep you interested until the very last page.

5 comments about The Lost Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

1. then this book takes you back into the Buffyverse. It is not the best out there but it was fun to dive back in and is worth the price.



2. As with most Buffy books, the overall pace of the story we all saw on TV isn't going to be altered in these and you know that going in. Yet, with this book, its a story and a plot-line created to give us a different world, where the characters are changed, darkened or, in some cases evil.
   
   The writing is solid, I certainly enjoyed the story and the way the characters and their dialogue are portrayed. I definitely recommend it for Buffy fans.



3. The Lost Slayer is actually an omnibus (God I love that word) of four books written by Christopher Golden which follow the same character arc. It's a meaty read, and I suspect it is vastly improved by compiling all four books together. The basic premise is this: Buffy makes a mistake that sees her propelled 5 years into the future into the body of 24 year old Buffy who has spent the past 5 years locked in a holding cell while the King of the Vampires takes over Sunnydale and LA (almost).
   
   *SPOLIERS*
   
   When Buffy breaks out, everything has changed - Willow is heading up the military-esque organisation that is trying to stop the vampires from taking over LA, Buffy's Mom is dead, and so is Anya (killed by Spike), Oz is still around but he and Willow aren't what they once were and Xander. Poor Xander. He is bitter and scarred and doesn't smile anymore. Oh, and the King of the Vampires is...GILES! I almost dropped the book when that was revealed, but vampire Giles makes a great villain.
   
   I really enjoyed my visit to the Buffyverse. I used to read all of the Buffy books (give me a break...I was 20-something. I'm almost 32 now, so obviously I can appreciate the books on more levels and with deeper wisdom and great insight etc. etc.) and Christopher Golden was the best Buffy book writer - he really had the dialogue rhythm down and understood the characters. Good times!



4. The Lost Slayer
   By Christopher Golden (Omnibus Edition, 2003)
   
   RATING: 4/5 Stakes
   
   SETTING: Season Four
   
   T.V. CHARACTER APPEARANCES: Buffy, Willow, Xander, Anya, Oz, Giles, Olivia
   
   MAJOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS: Camazotz (bat demon), Lucy Hanover (ghostly Slayer), Clownface & Bulldog (vampires), Zotziloha (Camazotz's wife)
   
   BACK-OF-THE-BOOK SUMMARY: "Buffy Summers's adjustment to life at U.C. Sunnydale has not gone smoothly. She feels awkward, insecure, and jealous that Willow's all over the college life. So when she is visited by a prophecy of impending danger, the timing couldn't be worse. There's plenty of evil afoot as it is: a unified troop of vampires has descended upon Sunnydale, and tension between Buffy and Willow gets in the way of demon hunting. Before long, a single moment of bad judgment catapults Buffy into an alternate future dimension where vampires reign supreme. Imprisoned in the body of her 24-year-old-self--and confronting friends and foes the likes of which she'd never imagined--the Slayer must uncover her past misstep and correct it, or risk facing a terrifying monster that she herself has created. . . ."
   
   REVIEW
   
   The Lost Slayer is an interesting and ambitious book, that takes place in two major time periods: the "real world" of Buffy Season Four and an alternate future five years later, where Giles has been turned into a Vampire King and Sunnydale and much of Southern California has fallen under his evil sway. Through some magics gone awry, Season Four Buffy inhabits the body of future Buffy, while the mind of future Buffy inhabits the mind of Season Four Buffy, leading to some interesting scenarios.
   
   The alternate future is an interesting one, and includes much darker versions of Xander and Willow, along with some characters not otherwise present in the book like Parker, Harmony, Wesley, Spike, and Drusilla. The Season Four material is fairly well done, though it involves Buffy learning her usual lesson that it's okay for her to rely on her friends. The main bad guy--a bat demon/god of some type, and his hyped-up vampire cronies--are about average for a Buffy book. The overall tone of the novel is dark with some brutal, well-done action scenes (a scene where future Buffy kills another Slayer is nothing short of ghastly) and believable dialogue.
   
   All in all, this is one of the better Buffy novels that contains some nice surprises and tense scenes. It's definitely one worth picking up. [Note that this was originally released as a "serial novel" in four separate books; the version reviewed here is the "omnibus" one.]



5. great book even for ppl who arent buffy fans. golden creates an alternate reality from what weve seen in the series. action packed all the way thru and feels like your watching it on tv

5 comments about Silent Night 3 (Fear Street Super Chillers, No. 11).

1. as always r.l stime has written a great book for suspense/thriller enthusiasts. book was a fast paced read and difficult to put down. kept me on the edge of my seat till the last page.



2. Reva Dalby is back to Shadyside from college for Christmas break. Reva is bored so she decides to take over the fashion show at her father's department store. Reva has a good time telling the models what to do until the model start dying. Strangled by her colorful scarves. Reva's not bored anymore. She's terrified!



3. Reva back to Shadyside for Christmas break. That means Christmas scary chills is back too. Scary things start when a model for Reva's fashion show suddenly dies. Two actually and her friend who came with he to Shadyside is being stalked.



4. Rich, spoiled girl Reva Dalby thinks she can have anything she wants because her father owns a department store. When her pranks go too far, someone starts stalking Reva.



5. Reva Dalby is back in the third and final installment of the Silent Night trilogy. Coming back with Grace Morton(her friend), Reva is being stalked by an unknown person. In her fashion show, her model starts dying and Reva's afraid she could be the next one to die.