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Lolita Verroen
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- Masquerade
on Jan. 07, 2012
(no rating)
This review was originally published on goodreads by me. I liked this book. I was really looking forward to reading it, there where some parts that I found a bit slow, but overall I liked the book. It is about a girl who is attacked, she can't remember anything about the attack, but she has some large scars on the left side of her face. These scars make her lose her self-worth and she tries to hide behing large hoodies and her hair. Then she meets Sam and falls in love with him. I found the beginning of the book interesting, but after that it got a bit slow. It was just a girl going to school, getting to know a nice boy and falling in love with him. I liked how Heven became to develop and in slow steps dealt with her scars and how she is now. You can really notice how Heven is changing and this is a fact I really like about the book. About halfway through we finally get to know what Sam is. (view spoiler). The last hundred pages give a nice view of where this series is going and I found myself liking that part the most. The first 300 hundres pages sudenly felt like an introduction to everything that will be going to happen. I liked this book and finished it in two days, while I wasn't that drawn to the story in the beginning I still wanted to keep reading. I like dthe writing style and I liked the orginality of the story and that this story is about a girl with scars who has to learn to live with it (view spoiler). The ending of the book makes me really curious to the next books and I will certainly read the rest of this series. To conclude a good book, with an original story. I liked how Heven developed in the book. I found some parts of the book a bit slow, but the last hundred pages where very good and makes me curious to the next books in this series, I want to know how Heven and Sams adventure continues
- Blood Warrior
on Jan. 23, 2012
(no rating)
This review was originally posted on goodreads I really enjoyed this book, it has a nice story, a good lead character and that I-want-to-keep-reading feeling. The story is about Alexa, just a normal teenager, altough we immediately notice she is not really normal. There are some strange things that don't add up and we get the feeling there's something more. The beginning is a bit confusing, but in a good sense, I know something's up but not yet what exactly and that makes the events seem a bit confusing. Until the vampires attack. I think this is one of the best parts of the book, there is action and Alexa wants to protect Nelly, her sister, and she makes some difficult descisions. After that we get some insight in who and what some people are and we are introduced to some new people. The story flows really nicely and it kept me curious enough to keep reading. I has that feeling of wanting to continue the book. One of the few minpoints is that we still get so less knowlegde about the world, there are three types of vampires and there are werewolves. But what do these vampires do? do they need blood? how much? What do they learn and the werewolves, do they change in real wolves? what do they learn? We do get some answheres, but it is clear that only Alexa and her race are the main focus of this book. Which brings me to another minpoint (view spoiler)[ Alexa's race. She is a warrior, the only one. I just think this makes her way to special. Everyone treath her like she is their savior, but really she is just one teenage girl. I just think I would like the book better if she wasn't the last warrior (hide spoiler)]. Then the characters, well I immediately liked Alexa, she is strong, help others and will put even her live in line to protect those she loves. She also has a bit of a temper, which she has difficulties to control. Only thing I didn't like about Alexa is that she smokes, I think smoking is a disgusting habbit and it made it a bit more difficult to identify myself with Alexa. Two other characters I really liked where Akira and Soraja. Both are cute little girls who I immediately liked. Akira sadly has only a small part in this story. Then we have some other characters and a love triangle, or square. We have three boys who are in love with Alexa. I do not like love traingles. And in this book it is obvious who Alexa will end up with and I think it is a bit unconvincing due to that. And then we have ther fact that (view spoiler)[ she get's a relationship with Jackson, who we know almost nothing about and really all the evidence points to Kayden, he is the one Alexa should be with. (hide spoiler)] It is so obvious who Alexa should be with that I feel like the other two are more of a distraction. Also I think we don't get to know enough of them. I could't get a good idea who they where and two of them just irritated me. (view spoiler)[ Jackson only made those comments all the time to emphasize how beautifull Alexa is, but those comments just felt empty. I don't know why he couldn't just be a good nice friend who Alexa trust. And Tommy, well we really don't know him, we don't get to know him. But he still is Alexa's friend and then make some semi-fights with Jackson. (hide spoiler)] To conclude: a really nice story with some good characters. There where some minor parts I didn't like, but overall it was just a good enjoyable story. The ending leaves us with many questions left and I really want to know what happens next.
- My Enchanted Life
on Feb. 08, 2012
This review was originally posted on http://k-booksxo.blogspot.com/ This is a fun and quick read. It is a short book and a light read, no very heavy topics or anything like that. I really enjoyed reading it. The book is about Emma who inherits a house in England and finds out about a fantasy world there. I really liked the fantasy world and all the different supernatural creatures we meet in this story. I think it is refreshing after reading so many books that only focus on one supernatural creature to read a book that uses so many supernatural creatures. The minpoint is that all the characters itself get less attention because there are so many characters. It is quite easy to distinguish between the characters because they all are a different supernatural type and have a habit or something they do everytime they show up. Like the dragon who is always grumpy and a Fea that always messes with people hair and makes jokes. I did like most of the characters and I also liked Emma, alotugh she was a bit naïve and everyone became her friend a bit too fast. This book is really short and fast paced. I think this is both a strenght and weakness. I finished this book quickly and kept reading because of the fast pace and wanting to know what happens. But some parts are a bit rushed and events where over before they even started. I also found it was a bit too short, but at the same time I liked it was so short. I found the story a bit too short because at the end there is still many things we don't know about the world and everyone's powers, but at the same this doens't matter that much because it is just such an enjoyable and quick read. The story is also a bit predicatble, at least the overal plot. There are enough small surprises in the story. I also think the story is quite original, especially the part about a gate that connects the worlds where supernatural creatures live. To conclude a very enjoyable book, the story is fast paced and a quick and light read. If you are looking for a quick and light read that also contains an original story I would certainly recommend this book. I really enjoyed reading this story and I am curious about what other books this author has written.
- Half Black Soul (The Alexa Montgomery Saga)
on Feb. 22, 2012
This review was originally posted on goodreads I really liked this book. It is the second book in this series and I have to admit it is better than book 2, but still I can't give it 5 stars. The story in this book is a bit more darker than in book 1. It still has that keep-reading-feel. I really liked that this book used multiple point of views. Not only do we get to see the point of view from Alexa as she tries to save her mom, we also get to see the point of view from Nelly, Alexa's sister and what she discovers in the city. I really enjoyed seeing both characters develop in this book. I also have to admit I liked Nelly's point of view better than Alexa's point of view. Altough both storylines are very interesting. The point of view switches are both a good and a bad thing. I liked to see both of their perspectives, but unfortunately the author has a habit of switching the point of view on minor cliffhangers. So just when you are totally in one of their stories and something is going to happen there is a point of view switch. Later on in the book the point of view switches are less frequent and on better times. I really enjoyed seeing Nelly's side of the story. I think her powers are very interesting and I liked learning more about her powers and how she used them. I felt like I really got to know more about Nelly in this book. But sadly I still felt like the other characters are still one big myserty. I still have no idea who they are and I don't understand why Daniel is Nelly's boyfriend. I think the side characters really could use a bit more depth, even Kayden, Daniel, Jackson and Tommy who are friends of the lead characters are a bit too shallow. A few minor things I just found a bit strange or irritating are: the fact that Alexa smokes, I absolutely disgust smoking and every time Alexa talks about sigarates I just wanted to put the book down. I think it adds absolutely nothing to the story and it just made me feel disgusted every time, so I just ended up trying to skip the smoke passages. Some other minor point are (view spoiler)[ the fact that Nelly's powers are described as a muscle in her mind. I think that if it just was described as her mind it would've been better, I don't know I think a muscle in her mind just sounded strange. Also Alexa begins to talk to herself and has a monster inside of her, again I just found this strange. Is there really something else inside her head or is she just talking to herself? And my last point is her relationship with Kayden, where she spends book 1 trying to push him away, now she suddenly accepts his help a bit too easily. (hide spoiler)] To conclude: I really liked this story, but it still isn't great enough to deserve 5 stars. I liked the point of view switches altough they where also a bit annoying in the beginning. I really liked seeing Nelly's point of view. We get to know Alexa and Nelly pretty good, but the other characters remain a mystery. The ending had a very interesting revelation and I can't wait to read the next book!
- Children of the Gods - A Chosen Novel
on March 09, 2012
This review was originally posted on goodreads Again I have mixed feelings about a book. Let me start positve: I absolutely loved the idea behind this book. A special race has control of a city an every year a human is choosen to be the host for one of those special people who are referred as Gods. Sounds great right? Well sadly the original plot is the only good thing in this book. My biggest problem with this story is that it lacked explanation. It lacked world building, inner dialogue, character depth, explanation about how everything worked. To give some examples I didn't knew they lived in a space ship until almost the end of the book, when I hear ship I think of a huge boat on the water. I know stupid. I also didn't realize most of the plans and ideas of the lead characters until late in the book. This book felt like I was wandering about in the dark trying to find the light and understand where I was. And I feel sorry to say this but I just couldn't enjoy the book. There was so much missing. The world that is introduced in this book sounds great, but except for the initial explanation we get from the lead character there is no more world building. Why is this race of gods in this planet? Where did they come from? What does the ship looks like (except from having purple walls)? What does the lead characters room looks like? what do the characters look like? What does the lead character think? why did she made some of the descisions she made? What about the other characters, why did she like some of them? How does she feel about her new life? I can go on with these kind of questions, but this is mainly to give an idea what was missing. The characters are another point which I found lacking. It is first person view, but even at the end of the book the main character is still a huge mystery to me. We don't get to read much inner dialogue and I found it very difficult to understand why she did certain things and what she thought about everything that happened. I just couldn't connect with her or any other characters for that matter. I also have to say something about the story line. Where the main plot was interesting most of the story felt like just filling up the book. It is a short book, only 117 pages but most of the book is spend seeing the main characters daily life. And well nothing really happens. I had no idea where the story was going, it seemed to go nowhere and then suddenly at the ending something drastic happens, without any explanation and then end of the book. This book left me confused and I believe it could have been so much better. The ideas are there, but it just isn't worked out enough. To conclude I didn't like this book. I foudn it lacked world building and character building. We almost got no idea of who the characters are and the lead character just stays one big mystery to me. I did like the idea behind the story and I think it has a lot of potential, but the story falls short.
- Just One Drop, Book 3 in the Grey Wolves Series
on March 18, 2012
(no rating)
This review was originally posted on goodreads. This book wasn't as good as book 2 so back to 4 stars. This book focusses mainly on Jen, one of Jacque's friends. I really liked seeing Jen become more important, but also found it a bit disapointed we almost got nothing from Jacque's point of view anymore. So this is both a plus and a min. Again the good points of this series just keep going in this book, good characters who develop even more in this book, multiple perspectives, nice focus on the mates of a werewolf etc. One of the points that I felt where slightly good than the first two books was the story. The story and plot of this book was slightly less interesting than in the earlier books, less action and more fooling around. Also the story got a bit predictable and it felt like the story was only used as a stage to get two characters where they belonged. In this book we also get introduced to a lot more characters and the cast of characters was already huge. So somtimes I had problems remembering who was who. There are so many characters and then we also get to see a lot of their persepctives. But the less important characters where those who I just couldn't remember, I have had a few times in this book that I wondered did we know this character already or not? I like seeing the characters develop some more in this book. While the main character of this book is Jen, Sally and Jacque also stay important. There are some nice character developments in this book and we get to know them better again. The bad guy in this book was a bit boring, his plan wasn't that good and his motivation wasn't developed that good. But the ending gives me the feeling that the next book will have a better bad guy or girl. Another point that I have to mention is the ending. The last book already ended in a cliffhanger, but I didn't mention it then because I had the next book already and could just continue the series. This book ends again in a cliffhanger. And a really bad cliffhanger if I may say so. It feels like the author just forgot to write a few chapters, the issues of this book aren't resolves in a nice way and there is no ending. It just feels like the book suddenly stops. And the next book isn't out yet. Damn I hate cliffhangers. Well that being said I still really enjoyed this book. This series really grows on me and I love reading about Jacque and her friends and the werewolves. It is just a very enjoyable story and all the minpoints about the writing style have totally diapeared by this point. This books reads fluently and now I even like the writing style. To conclude: a very enjoyable read. The characters are great and I like seeing them develop. The only minpoints of this book are: the less interesting story, a bit too many new characters are introduced and it ends in a terrible cliffhanger. With each book that I read in this series I start to like it more and I can't wait to read the next book!
- Immortal Desires (a Well of Souls novel)
on March 26, 2012
This review was originally posted on http://k-booksxo.blogspot.com/ This book is mostly just a nice and light read. I like Laura Eno's writing style it makes her books feel like a light read and I finished it pretty quickly. The minpoint is that except for being just a nice read the book does lack some world building, character development and explanation. The book is about Deanna, a women who get's dumped at the altar, then she get's a new job and suddenly is back in the highlands where she meets Ian. The story is pretty simple, it is a nice and sweet romance and I liked that it was a light read. Although the ending suddenly got a whole lot more serious and heavy than the first part of the book. Deanna and Ian immediately fall in love with each other (which I found a bit unbelieveable) but they keep their distance at first. The story is pretty fast paced, but at times slows down a bit and at other time suddenly jumps forward. Except for Deana going in back in time there is another storyline that focusses on two Immortals in the current time. This is sometimes a bit confusing and I wished there was a bit more world building about who and what these Immortals are, why they exist and what exactly is the well of souls and the council. There was just enough explanation to have a sense of what was going on, but it did lacked depth. Another thing I liked about this book was seeing a bit of medieval scotland, although a few times I wondered if certain behavior where really that common in that time. There where also some times some of the characters just reacted unbelieveable. Some pretty big things happen (like for expample Deanna eggting dumped at the altar), but the characters just react like it's no big deal. There are also times big things happen and the characters do react, so I found the events where they didn't a bit unbelievebale. I also had some problems really getting a feel of who the characters where, the focus is more on the story than on the characters or the world building. To conclude: this is just a nice and light romance book. I recommend it to everyone who's looking for a light read, although at the end it does get a bit heavier. The books lacks some depth and world building, but overal is just an enjoyable read.