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The Book of Lost Souls
on May 31, 2011
Michelle is a genius when it comes to keeping her readers entertained. I started the book late one night thinking I’ll read a tiny chapter then pick it up the next day when I wasn’t so groggy from lack of sleep. Wrong thing to do. I started the first chapter and ended up reading halfway through the book. I truly enjoyed the uniqueness of Ivy’s predicament. Ivy, the main character, had me giggling and hurting right along with her. Ivy’s story - her life that was written by Michelle was enchanting and created a tale that had the best of a normal teen and a ‘kindred’ teen. Kindreds were anything that was supernatural in The Book of Lost Souls. Michelle beautifully created a cast full of troubled, evil and good characters including a poor little lizard known as Spike when in human form. Beware Spike isn’t a shape shifter. He’s the poor thing that started a series of chain of events that changed Ivy’s life forever. Spoiler Alert! Imagine if superanaturals were real but humans didn’t know or pretended they weren’t around. Now picture a room full of kindreds and regulars. How would you feel when you watched a senile werewolf coming through the front door at a party for kids carrying a femur bone that he dug up out of a graveyard? When the above scene happened, I knew I was in for one wild ride throughout the rest of the book.
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Raven (The Raven Witch Saga)
on June 03, 2011
Raven is a spine tingling teen (YA) paranormal story with several different twists and turns. I was honestly pleased with all the unique elements within the story that was written by Suzy Turner. Her writing style, effort to entertain, and create a mind boggling adventure truly has paid off in this debut story. Many times as I read, I was wowed. A lot of the elements or even simple little pieces Suzy wrote I never read or remember reading anything similar. Raven was a refreshing read. The plot moved quickly and the characters were engaging even diabolical in some cases. I loved that it had good and bad characters. A paranormal story isn’t good unless it has both and I loved the wicked side of the ones who caused the main character, Lilly, pain. Because without them Lilly’s life would not have been as adventurous or intriguing. For those who enjoy YA paranormals with love, mystery and a somewhat dark twisty plot then Raven should be on your to-read list!