Summary Dori
Seward can’t wait to get out of Eastcove, a sleepy fishing village on
the border of New Brunswick and Maine. She bides her time by hanging out
with friends, attending swim club, and holding her biggest competition,
Colby–who wants more than just friendship, at arm’s length.
Then Tor Riley comes to town and he has everything Dori dreams of in a boyfriend–looks, athleticism and mystery.
But
Tor also has a tantalizing secret and Dori is determined to find out
what it is. The truth is crazier than her wildest imaginations and more
dangerous, too. Dori has new enemies, and they will do anything to get
to her.
Her life, her dreams and her love for Tor are all weighing in the balance. Will Dori risk it all in order to have it all?
Artist:Chihiro Ichikawa, Mio Nanao,
Ako Shimaki, Shiho Watanabe, Komomo Yamada Genra: Curse, Jealousy, Revenge Stalker/s, Time Travel, Unrequited Love
Year: 2009
Original Publisher:
Shogakukan
Volumes:1 Volume(complete)
Licensed (in English)
No
English Publisher
Summary for 1 and 5 Five creepy oneshots by five different authors.
1/)Fallen Women - Fake World by Watanabe Shiho Chieri
is beautiful and popular and envied by everyone. Even her friend, the
plain and shy Yuko. Then the email goes out, "You can now transfer your
flaws and imperfections to Chieri Nanjou." It's not a joke, it's a
curse...
5/)Transient Future by Shimaki Ako Tsukamoto is stuck
reliving the same day, and every day it ends with her boyfriend being
killed by a mysterious stranger. Determined to save him, how far will
she have to go?
My Thoughts on the Manga Thankfully not every chapter was really bad. There was only Two out of the five stories that didn't end so bad.
Each story was tragic in its own way but there is so much death probably that's why it's called Erotic Horror. The only stories I like was the ones that ended good the other three were scary and the character either went crazy and died or they killed someone. It's a first time reading a manga like this so it diffently surprised me some but overall it was good. Every once in a while I would try to read something new and this was one of those times that maybe I shouldn't have tried to read it, cause a lot of the stories were depressing. so if you don't like depressing and morbid stories don't read this manga.
Each character was unique because it was writen by a different author which I thought was great. They had their own back story and none of the stories were the same. This was my first multie author manga book and they did a good job!
Summary Even though they played together innocently since they were young,
somewhere along the way, the seeds of "love" started to grow. Growing up
on an outlying island from Okinawa, Kazuya, Ryoko and Daisuke were
brought up like a family. They wanted to be together forever, but the
three of them have different desires. One wants to stay, one wants to
go, and one of them wants to go, but can't. When Daisuke is lured away
from the island, Ryoko decides to stay on the island with Kazuya.
However, the three of them will experience a cruel fate...!
My thoughts on the Manga I did enjoy this manga, it made me tear up a few times but it was lackig a few things. The author seemed to have rushed importent scenes, because i'm pretty sure if you have a psycotic break you won't suddenly become better after a day of having an old friend return. Not to mention that this manga took place first when they were in grade five, then to when they were in their last year of highschool and then finally when they were 20. It's just a fast moving manga, a bit to fast for my liking, it would have been tones of a lot better if the mangaka took her time and made this more then one volume.
This manga takes place mostly on an island where our three main characters live. At fist they all wanted to stay together forever but somethings happen and like the summery says one wants to leave the island, one wants to stay and one wants to leave but can't. You start to notice right away that both Kazuya and Daisuke love their friend Ryoko and neither one wants to lose to the other because they both want Ryoko. Things are fine until they reach highschool an that's when everything for the three friends change.
Ryoko is a great girl who loves her friends and her father but can't seem to stay what she truely wants in life. Her father keeps her at home not letting her leave the island to go to college. She loves Daisuke more but can't tell him because he's leaving the island. Kazuya is left on the island so she decides to be with him cause he's staying. If anything she gets on my nerves probably even more so if this manga was longer. Both Kazuya and Daisuke are great characters and so cute. They both care for Ryoko and deal with their issues on their own. If only Daisuke stayed a bit longer he could have been there for both Kazuya and Ryoko but he left and then two years later something happens and he gets back to late to help them.
Great story as I've said before if only it was longer and take the time to go into depth with each character I would have liked it more.
Design
Yes this is the scene where Daisuke walks in on a moment between Kazuya and Ryoko. If he only stayed maybe things would have turned out differently between the three of them. Anyways this mangaka put a lot of detail into the characters and background work. Her style is cute and matches the way this story is. Lots of detal is put into the hair and eyes i've notice which captures your attention more.
In order to overcome
his debilitating fear of cats, Natsumi Hayato goes to visit a cat cafe.
But could his reaction to one of the staff he meets there be even more
difficult to conquer than his phobia?
My Thoughts on the Manga
This story was short but it was so very cute and i loved every moment of it. It takes place at a Cat Cafe where our main character Natsumi meets Hikaru who works there. Natsumi is really afraid of cats but slowly over comes his fears.
Natsumi a interesting character for this book, he's really afread of cats but wants to get over that fear. At first the reason was he just wants to bring a girl who likes cats to the cafe but he meets Hikaru and that changes. He starts to go to the cafe everyday to meet Hikaru which was mean to him at frist. In the end though he got Hikaru to show him how he could be nice to a cat who is also called Hikaru(which jumps on him all the time).
Hikaru is a really cute character he loves cats a lot that's why he's working at a cat cafe. Ever since Natsumi been coming by the shop he's been smiling even more. Though he finds himself falling in love with the straight man and he can't help it because Natsumi is so nice to him. He gets depress when he learns Natsumi only wants to get rid of his fears for a girl he wants to take to the cafe but then Natsumi returns his feelings making Hikaru very happy.
The romance is a bit fast but it's cute and I love that Natsumi gets over his fears somewhat at the end. Since Hikaru owns a cat anyways he's going to have to get over his fear of cats.
Design
Very cute style of drawings, lots of detail in the background and in the characters themselves. Hikaru is the white hair guy and Natsumi is the black hair guy. Yes there is lots of cats in this manga but I don't really like how they are design. I've seen a few cats that were drawn so i'm a bit picky on that part but otherwise I liked everything else. The Mangaka did a great job in the detail in everything and they storyline!
Summary Misono Kazuki is a college student pursuing a dream of becoming a famous
novelist—but unfortunately, for someone trying to pen a supernatural YA
novel, he’s got next to no experience with close encounters of the
spiritual kind. To remedy this, at the suggestion of a friend, he heads
to a supposedly haunted shrine late one moonlit evening, and while he
doesn’t find any ghosts, he does find something much more interesting.
My Thoughts on the Manga Great manga so far, It's not done yet but the next chapters won't be out till February so I will talk about what is out so far.
This manga is interesting and new, our main character finds himself suddenly attacked by someone with white hair. He later learns that this white hair man is from another world that is full of demons and monsters and the white hair main is someone who kills those demons but also he kills the demons(humans) of Misono's world. They soon work together to try and find a way to stop the portal between worlds from spreading further. Because if it's not stop then more humans from Misono's world will be pulled into the white hair guys world and ultimately killed.
It's an interesting start to the manga and I do hope it doesn't end so soon, I think this manga could go on for a few volumes because of how the plot line is. I also do hope that the two guys I like end up together. Not to mention that the white hair guy is actually part demon which is interesting in itself.
Design
Since this manga was made in 2011 I do expect the drawings to be more updated in style and hey are. I love the way the characters look and you can sense their expression from just looking at the images. I really can't wait for the second book to fall in love even more with this mangaka drawing style.
Format: Ebook Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Paranormal, Political, Suspense, Thriller, Christian Publisher: Dina Rae
Summary The Last Degree is a
fictionalized account of how Freemasons and other secret societies set
up the world for takeover. Ancient writings foretell a ‘Shining One’ who
emerges as the world’s prophet. A murder of a Most Worshipful mason
resembles a secret oath. A cop gets too close to solving the crime.
Paranoid preppers go underground, preparing for war.
Headlines such
as the Norway massacre, meltdown of the European Union, unscrupulous
media, animal die-offs, Middle Eastern unrest, and U.S. shrinking power
make the plot relevant to present day. This book is an ode to
Christians, Birthers, 2012ers, Truthers, preppers, and/or other
conspiracy junkies who enjoy Dan Brown, Jesse Ventura, Brad Meltzer,
Alex Jones, Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. A sequel to The Last Degree is
currently being drafted.
Excerpt
James Martin thanked
God for his sobriety, health, and money.Without these gifts Wonderland would’ve stayed a dream.He thought of Debba.She had been right about
everything.He was living her
dream, wondering if she was alive.
Impatiently, he
prayed for a sign as the voices inside of his head became louder.God, I need to trust You.What is my next move?Soon, he thought, soon You will reveal.
James came from a
Texan oil family.Although he and
his brother were raised on guns and Jesus, both boys refused to follow in their
daddy's footsteps.
His brother, Adam,
opted out of the family business with civility and grace.He moved to New York City after landing
his dream job as a financial consultant.
On September 11,
2001, Adam went to work for the last time at the World Trade Center.The tragedy caused James and his
parents to handle their grief in different ways.
His parents suffered
depression and sought professional help, whereas James chose to self-medicate
with alcohol and drugs.Even
though Adam had always been his parents' favorite son, James was never
jealous.He idolized his brother since
he could walk.
After 9-11, his
growing alcohol and drug dependency crossed over into a bigger bottom, in and
out of hospitals and rehabs too many times to count.His parents tried, only in vain, everything to get him
sober.No longer able to deal with
his antics, they cut him off financially and emotionally.
On New Year's Day,
2005, James woke up in a hospital just north of the Mexican border.What the hell? He looked around the
sparkling white hospital room.
“You've been out for
a few days,” said his elderly roommate who noticed his movement from the other
side of the room.
“Who are you?Where am I?” James asked.
“Tyrone.Tyrone Percy.You're at Northwest Memorial.I'd get up and give you a mirror, but I'm pretty banged up
myself.”
Dina Rae is a new author here to stay.As a former teacher, she brings an
academic element to her work.Her
two novels, Halo of the Damned and The Last Degree, weave research and suspense
throughout the plots.Her short
story, Be Paranoid Be Prepared, is a prequel of sorts to The Last Degree,
focusing on the James Martin character.Dina also freelances for various entertainment blogs.
Dina lives with her husband, two daughters, and two
dogs outside of Chicago.She is a
Christian, an avid tennis player, movie buff, and self-proclaimed expert on
several conspiracy theories.When
she is not writing, she is reading novels from her favorite authors Dan Brown,
Anne Rice, Stephen King, Brad Thor, George R.R. Martin, and Preston &
Childs.
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.
To think it's already book four and I started reading this series when the first book came out. It was the cover that drew me into reading this series and I didn't began the first book until a few months later.
Tiger Destiny (The Tiger Saga #4) Expected publication: September 4th 2012 Publisher: Splinter
Summary:With three of the
goddess Durga's quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the
way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tiger's curse. But the
trio's greatest challenge awaits them: A life-endangering pursuit in
search of Durga's final gift, the Rope of Fire, on the Andaman Islands
in the Bay of Bengal. It's a race against time--and the evil sorcerer
Lokesh--in this eagerly anticipated fourth volume in the bestselling Tiger's Curse
series, which pits good against evil, tests the bonds of love and
loyalty, and finally reveals the tigers' true destinies once and for
all. A smart phone tag code on the back cover links readers to the
series website.
Summary A mysterious stranger
she can’t stay away from. A birthmark with a hidden meaning and one
bite that changes seventeen-year-old Tessa Morganton’s destiny forever…
Life
for Tessa had been steady and calm—with the exception of her overly
jealous boyfriend—until the moment Jace Fowler walked into her life.
Jace—incredibly
charming with boy band good looks—is someone whom Tessa can’t seem to
stay away from… no matter how much she knows she should.
After
surviving a strange animal attack, Tessa learns just how mysterious and
secretive Jace really is and that his secrets not only involve
himself…but her as well, making Tessa question everything she’s ever
believed regarding her life and those around her.
My Thoughts on the Book
I
found this werewolf story interesting, as it followed the traditional
take on the werewolf myth. The idea that they turn into wolves during
the night of a full moon.I haven’t read a story in a long time that
actually followed the myth. It was a draw that made me love and enjoy
the book.
This
story centers around a girl name Tessa, and how she meets a guy named
Jace at the diner she works at. Even though she has a boyfriend already
(though she’s planning to break up with him), she agrees to go out on a
date with him and that’s when everything starts to change. She falls in
love with Jace. Things start getting weird when she beings to have
nightmares after an encounter with what she thought was a wolf in the
woods. As she starts to get to know Jace, more people he knows start to
drop by unannounced causing trouble for Tessa and her releationship with
Jace. She always thought she was a normal, everyday girl until she met
Jace and her life gets turned upside down.
This
story takes place in Breckwater, a town in the USA. It’s a small town
with just a Walmart and a bowling alley. It's the kind of town were
there's not much to do, so people have parties to break up the monotony.
A majority of the story takes place either at the diner where Tessa
works, or at Jace's or Tessa's house.
Tessa
is your average, everyday teenager. She has a job, and parents her care
for her enough to give her a curfew to follow, because if not then she
would actually get grounded. I was glad that she broke up with her
boyfriend Sam after seeing how he treated her. He didn’t seem to trust
her at all and Jace treats her a lot better then Sam did. After that
Tessa spent almost everyday with Jace and even when she was grounded
they found a way to see each other. I found their interactions between
each other to be cute, since you can see how much they care for each
other. Near the ending though, after what Jace did to her, I probably
would have taken more time before forgiving him. She was too forgiving. I
understand that she loved him, but he just turned her life upside down
without asking or telling her anything. In my perspective, she should
have been scared and angry at him, but then I’m also glad they somehow
worked things out at the end. She trusts him enough to know he wouldn’t
leave her.
Jace
seems like a sweet guy when you meet him. He’s nice to Tessa, caring
and doing anything for her. He even does sweet things like leave yellow
roses (her favorite flower) for her when they couldn’t spend time
together.He does have his scary
side, like when he started to beat Sam, not stopping at all. This caused
Tessa to become afraid of him for a while, but she does end up
forgiving him. What I don't like about him was the fact that he turned
Tessa into a werewolf without talking to her first or warning her. If it
would me, I would have never forgiven him for doing something that life
changing to me.
Tessa's
and Jace's friends make up the cast of secondary characters. Rachel is
Tessa’s best friend, taking Tessa to all the best parties. She’s there
for Tessa when she needs her, and she also works at the diner where
Tessa works. As I mentioned earlier, Sam is Tessa's ex-boyfriend, and
I’m glad he’s an ex after the way he treated Tessa. He didn't trust her,
and everytime she went near a guy he thought she was flirting with him.
He was just overly jealous and possessive character . Lastly, you
have Jace’s friends from Ohio. Jace describes them as Jenna being a
friend, Gravin is an arrogant ass and Shelby is his ex-girlfriend. They
aren’t in the story long, but enough for Shelby to start things up
between Jace and Tessa.
Overall
If you like the popular tale of werewolves, you will love this book. I found it to be a great read.
Summary Would you fight to the death to prove you are worthy to stand beside the one you loved?
Eighteen-year-old
Tessa Morganton’s life has flipped upside down. After learning Jace’s
secret and discovering the man she’d thought all her life was her father
isn’t, she must also cope with the reality of what she’s now become—a
werewolf.
Tessa tries to maintain her normal life while her body
changes more and more each night as the full moon grows closer, but when
Shelby comes back to pay her a visit, Tessa soon realizes turning into a
wolf may not be the only dilemma she will have to overcome.
As
the Wolf Moon draws near, Tessa uncovers some things about Jace and
Shelby’s relationship and exactly what Pack Law entails in the
untraditional situation Jace has created for them all.
My Thoughts on the Book
I
threw my hands up in the air at the end of the book! The book did not
end how I expected it to end! I love how there was more action in this
book then the last, and you saw the wolves more, but I just felt so
frustrated at the end. Nothing has been solved in terms of how
werewolves view half breeds.
In
this book, Jace has become leader of his pack. Something that Tessa and
he did not discuss. Jace's character backtracked a little, willing to
let the two female wolves in his life (Tessa and Shelby) fight over who
will be with him. Granted, real wolves fight over mating rights, but
there's still that human element to werewolves. Isn't love supposed to
trump duty? I felt angry at Jace for this, and angry for Tessa.
There's
also a development in Tessa's family. She has learned that her father
is not her biological father. That being said, she doesn’t want to have
anything to do with him. I have thought that would have been interesting
if she did go find him, but she decided to let him slip away.
The
plot for this book is a lot different from the last. While the last
book was about Tessa first meeting Jace, getting to know him and
learning that she is turning into a werewolf because of him. This book
takes off from there. As the full moon comes closer, the time to turn
into a wolf gets closer as well. She has to prepare for this moment and
spends a lot of her time with Jace. She asks him any questions she
could, but learns that he’s (OF COURSE!) holding secrets from her. One
of these secrets is Shelby, a werewolf who wants Jace to be hers. Tessa
soon learns that to be able to have Jace for herself and have the
approval of the whole pack, that she needs to fight Shelby in wolf form
and win. This story also explains about Tessa’s mothers past, her
biological father and why he left her mother, and about Tessa's birth.
This book takes place again in Breakwater, but in part two it changes to taking place in Ohio, were Jace lives. Once again, the book mostly takes place at either Jace's or Tessa's house, and later on, Jace's parents house.
Tessa
did very well as she learned to be a werewolf. The big downside to the
transformation was that it caused her to pull away from her friend
Rachel and her family. She turned to Jace more and more for help, and I
loved how he took care of her in this way. When faced with the pack's
disapproval at her being Jace's partner, she remained a strong
character. She stood her ground and was willing to fight for her man.
Jace
flip-flopped as a character. He had his sweet moments, but at times I
just couldn't stand him. The fact that he was willing to drop Tessa for
Shelby if Shelby won just annoyed me. He does have his good moments
though. He stayed by her side during her first change and helped her.
You can see how much he loves her no matter what form she takes.He
even agrees with her when she wanted to tell her parents and friend the
truth about them. He didn’t like it at first he did end up doing what
she wanted to make her feel better about her leaving all of them.
Though
Rachel was being pushed away by Tessa in this book, she still tried her
best to be there for her friend. She always called to ask to hang out
with Tessa and was always there when Tessa called. For that I find that
Rachel is a good true friend. As you can gather, I didn't like Shelby,
and found her to be an unpleasant character in this boo. Tessa's mother
comes out into her own a little bit more, telling Tessa the truth about
everything. Tessa knew most of it already, but I do like learning about a
back story.
Overall I
did like this book, but not as much as the first volume. I do still
recommend that everyone read this book to learn the ending between Jace
and Tessa.
Rating
3.5 out of 5 Howling Wolves .5
Author Bio:
Jennifer Snyder lives in
North Carolina were she spends most of her time writing young adult fiction,
reading, and struggling to stay on top of housework. She is an instant coffee
lover with an obsession for spiral bound notebooks and smooth writing pens.
Jennifer lives with her husband and two children, who endure listening to songs
that spur inspiration on repeat and tolerate her love for all paranormal,
teenage-targeted TV shows.
I would like to say I'm glad to be hosting Noctalis Blog Tour by Chelsea Cameron. These books are Just amazing and I'm glad to take the chance to review them.
Nocturnal Author: Chelsea Cameron
ASIN: B00784CYYQ
Format: Ebook Pages: 232 Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult, Romance Series: The Noctalis Chronicles #1
Summary Seventeen-year-old
Ava-Claire Sullivan's mother is dying. Perhaps it's no surprise, then,
that her greatest solace comes from someone who's already dead.
Peter
Hart saves her one night in a graveyard from an attacker just as
strange as he is, and now Ava can't stop thinking about him. She wants
to see him again – even after he warns her he's dangerous, and she
begins to realize what he is. Her best friends don't know anything about
death, but Peter does, intimately. He's waiting for her the next night
she comes to the cemetery, and the next...
But their growing bond
comes up against a promise Peter made a long time ago, a promise that
could destroy them both. Now Ava has to decide just what she's willing
to give up to hold onto the one thing that could last forever.
My Thoughts on the Book
With
this new take on the “vampire” legend I’m in love with this story. This
is something new and interesting because it’s not your normal everyday
vampire. In fact they aren’t even vampires at all. The only thing that
is related to vampires in this book is the blood drinking. Everything
else is new and inventive; to me nothing in this book is your average
everyday paranormal book. I can say this now this series is going to be
very good.
This
book takes place in a rural part of Maine, USA. Everyone knows
everything about someone in that town. A lot of time is spent in the
graveyard where Ava-Clair (our main character) first meets our male main
character, Peter. Being in a graveyard would be strange for most
people, especially since she visits that area at night. But with
everything that’s going in her life right now, she wanted somewhere
quiet and safe, and since no one visits the graves at night she has it
all to herself.
This
story centers around the character Ava-Clair (Ava by most people). With
her mother's cancer terminal, she just doesn’t want to deal with
anything. She escapes to the graveyard where she’s at peace, but she she
meets Peter, a strange boy whose friend almost killed her. Despite his
warnings of her to stay away she continues to visit him. The
relationship becomes an escape in itself for Ava, as she's not able to
tell her friends the truth about her mom. This distance has caused a
rift between them and only with Peter can she forget things. She soon
learns that Peter isn’t all that he seems, and she learns the true story
of what Peter is and why he is so strange.
Ava
is your average everyday teen who loves to party with her friend Texas
(Tex). Things change when her parents told her how her mother will die
and now all she wants to do is escape. She tries her hardest to be
normal towards her mother, even though she wants to cry. Then she meets
Peter and she doesn’t have to think about her mom, and gets her mind off
of her mom’s condition for a while.Ava is a strong girl with everything going bad in her life.
Peter
is someone who is strange when Ava first meets him. He states bluntly
that the reason he was at the graveyard the first time they met was that
he wanted to die. He has straight to the point answers to any questions
Ava asks him, doesn’t seem to talk to much. However, Ava always tries
her best to get him to talk more. He doesn’t feel any emotions and when
something happens between him and Ava he soon is bombarded by all kinds
of emotions all at once he’s not use too. Near the ending of the book
you can see a change in him, which makes you like him even more.
Tex(Texas) and
Jamie(James) are both Ava’s friends. They have known each other for a
long time, since they were little. Tex is more of the house party type
of girl, Jamie is the one that looks out for both Tex and Ava. Ava’s
friends are always by her side but things get bad between them when Ava
starts to hide the fact that her mother is dying. Stuff is going on with
Jamie himself, which also messes with the friendship. Hopefully in the
next book things get better between the group of friends.
Rating 4 out of 5 Howling Wolves
Nightmare Author: Chelsea
Cameron ASIN: B007U6DJLO Format: Ebook Pages: 235 Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult,
Romance Series: The Noctalis Chronicles #2
Summary
Ava-Claire Sullivan's first mistake was becoming vampire Peter Mackintire's
personal blood bank. Her second mistake was falling in love with him.
Now it's Ava's job to make sure he never loves her in return. A pact Peter made
nearly a hundred years ago means loving someone will kill him. If she can
figure out how to free him from his promise, it might kill her, make her
immortal, or lead to the love she wants so badly.
But if she doesn't, at best, her heart will break…and at worst, Peter will die.
My Thoughts on the book
This
story just keep getting better and better as it goes on. I love the
relationship between Peter and Ava as they struggle with the Claiming
bond. They need to figure out how to break Peter’s promise with Di, who
is Peter’s 'mother' in the way that she created him into a Noctalis
(what this book calls a vampire). This book features more character
point of view swapping than it did in the first of the series. That
being said, it’s also easier to tell whose point of view it is. When a
chapter starts from the POV of Peter or Ava, mid-way through the chapter
it will switch to the opposite's name to continue with their POV. I
like this because I like getting both characters POV.
The
setting in this book still takes place in Maine, but they do go down to
Florida to visit a old friend of Peter’s who might know something about
how to break the bind to his maker Di.
The
plot in this book again centers this time around both Ava and Peter.
They learn that there is more effects of the Claiming then they
originally thought. They can’t stay away from each other over long
distances or it will cause pain. Ava is also beginning to like the smell
of blood from those close to her. You also learn that the person Peter
calls an old friend isn’t all that he seems to be.
Telling
your mom that your boyfriend is a Noctalis makes your brave. Ava had to
tell her mom about Peter because she hated lying to her. I can
understand how Ava wanted to tell her friend, but to tell her mom is
bold. Naturally, her mother doesn't want the two of them together.
Ava
is still strong and wants to protect Peter. She wants to kiss him and
hug him and do what she feels in her heart to do because she loves him,
but she has to stop herself. If she causes him to fall for her then he
will die. She starts to notice things like how she starts to react to
human blood. To her it smells good, an effect of the claiming bond that
Peter put on her in the first book.
Peter
seems to talk more in this book then in the last, which interests me.
The connection he has with Ava really has changed him. Though he can’t
love her he does adore her and tells her that. I think it’s sweet either
way. It’s a different type of love even if it’s not true love. He still
keeps Ava in the dark about a few things, which is understandable
considering his pas,t but he does tell her few things about his pre-Ava
eras.
I
found that Tex has become more annoying in this book then in the last.
She wants to meet up with Peter’s brother even though Ava keeps telling
her “no”. She doesn’t listen and just keeps bugging causing Ava to get
more then annoyed with her. Jamie's role in this book has slid back, but
he does talk to Ava and listen to her when she finally tells him about
her parents. This book also tells you more about Ivan’s past. You also
meet Cal, an old friend of Peter’s. I found Cal to be creepy, even
though he lives in a house unlike most Noctalis and wears nice clothes.
Rating 5 out of 5 Howling Wolves
A few Extras
To say this now Nocturnal and Nightmare will be free from Aug. 10th through
Aug 14th on Amazon!! That's right so don't forget to get your books because this series is awesome!
Then on on Aug. 30th we will be having Nocturnal Night with Chelsea
Cameron!! A huge Video Chat that everyone is invited to :) We will
be chatting about EVERYthing. There will also be some giveaways
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Join us for Nocturnal Night on August 30th 8pm EST / 7pm CST for a
LIVE Video chat with Author of Nocturnal and Nightmare Chelsea
Cameron.
We will be chatting about everything from her books, the writing
process, to Edward v/s Jacob *grins* There will be some giveaways
going on too. Don't have a webcam? No worries you can still totally
join in with text chatting. You will be able to see everyone else.
Shy? Don't be we are all eager to meet you!! Join us for a night of
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Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA writer from Maine. Lover of things
random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red
velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader
and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching
infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting. She has a degree in journalism
from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about
the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be
just as weird as she is.
She has two books out now, Nocturnal and Nightmare, the first
and second books in the Noctalis Chronicles about a girlwith a dying mother
who meets an immortal boy. The third book, Numb will be out this August, and
the fourth in the winter. Her other book, Whisper, about a girl who is alive, a
boy who isn't and the complications that go along with their relationship,
released June 16 and is the first in a trilogy. Follow her on Twitter:
@chel_c_cam, her blog, or on Facebook.
ASIN: B007PLAVH4
Release Date: May 2012 Format : ebook
Pages: 373
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Supernatural, Horror, Mystery
Summary:
Fifteen-year-old Aisha disappears in the dark forests on a
school hiking trip. She's the latest in a string of children to vanish there
over the past five years. The towns surrounding the forests are on edge and
they want answers. And wildboy Ethan—Aisha's boyfriend—is on the run after he
and his grandfather are blamed for her disappearance.
Cassie is just about the only friend Ethan has left. She's
been secretly in love with him ever since her mother dragged her to the wilds
of Australia from Florida six months ago.
Desperate to prove Ethan's innocence, Cassie searches the
forests with Ethan to find out what really happened to Aisha. But Ethan's
growing strangely silent, and Cassie's left questioning if her feelings for him
are clouding her judgment.
Cassie discovers a dark secret lurking in the heart of the
forests; a secret world of nightmarish horrors—where nothing is as it seems,
where the supernatural invades your soul, where the people she trusts most
might be the people she can trust least, and where escape exists only in
dreams.
Review I
didn't expect this book to be as creepy as it was. Nothing in this book
was what I expected it to be. There was a interesting ending, and
pieces of the story were confusing at moments, leaving lots of questions
for the reader.
This being said, it was quite an enjoyable read. This
story takes place in Australia, located in a part where it’s heavenly
forested. Cassie and her mom moved there when her mom chased after a
guy, and they've been living there for a couple of months. The story
centers around Cassie and her friends trying to look for their friend
Aisha who went missing after their trip in the mountain area for a
school project. Cassie and her friend Lacy join Ethan on the mountain,
who is already there looking for Aisha. It's not long before they find
her but things turn when they're brought to a scary cave full of gaint
dolls and one girl who one controls the only way out and the dolls who
can’t get hurt. It soon becomes up to Cassie to figure out a way to get
them all to escape and to solve the mystery of why they are down there.
Cassie
is our main heroine of this story. She was best friends with the girl
who went missing. She has strong conviction in her friends in asserting
their innocence. Throughout the book, she wants to be sure that her
friends are safe. She learns what ever she can to save her friends, even
at the risk of harm to herself. At the beginning of the book we learn
that Cassie is afraid of the dark. Seeing as half the time Cassie is in
the dark, she doesn’t seem to have that big of a fear for it, that’s the
confusing part about her. She only reacted a few times to the dark in a
way that I would expect someone would if they truly were afraid. In a
majority of the time, she seemed completely fine with being in the dark.
Ethan
seemed like a very good guy who cares very much about his missing
girlfriend. He didn’t care about what anyone said about him being a
suspect, he was going to find his girlfriend one way or another. He’s
the quintessential good guy, it's hard to see why he would date Aisha.
The relationship is explained, but should it have to be? Another
confusing aspect is his character development. It should be noted that
girls are being held captive. Ethan seemed to know that there was some
sort of treasure in the cave that the girls were being held captive in,
but he didn't want the treasure. He was more concerned about finding his
girlfriend then in treasure. It almost seemed to me that the author
wanted him to be bad guy, looking for treasure and using his girlfriend
as a cover, but then changed their mind while writing. I have to wonder
why the editor didn't catch this lapse in development.
Aisha
is someone I would despise in real life. She’s too fast to not trust
anyone, almost like she’s paranoid, and she's rather stuck up. When
everyone is in danger she’s fast to turn against her friend and lied to
get her in serous trouble. Despite this betrayal, Cassie and Ethan both
forever her. I can't understand this. Sure she helped them in the end,
but I could never forgive a friend for not trusting me or lying when to
get me in trouble. Aisha only thought the worse of someone, and doesn't
explain her actions very well.
The
girls that are held captive all have their own personalities. Jassamine
controls everything in the cave, setting the rules. Missiouri was the
oldest and longest held captive in that place. She’s like a older mother
or sister to the other girls, taking care of them the best she can
without breaking the rules of Jassamine. Sophronia is the eyes and ears
of the underground prison. She doesn’t talk to anyone just writes to
them or just does as she wishes to make Jassamine happy and not take her
anger out on them. She makes you wonder about her background and at the
end of the book you want to learn about her back story because she
never gave her real name. Philomena is the youngest only about 4 or 5.
She’s been there about a year and acts like a normal child in the cave
only when it’s not to much for Jassamine. She loves Missiouri and starts
to take a liking to Cassie later. Those aren’t their real names but
names that were given to them by Jassamine. They do learn about their
real names later in the story.
Author Bio: Anya Allyn lives near
the beach an hour north of Sydney, Australia. She loves anywhere
outdoors that is natural and wild. Or anywhere indoors where Black Forest Cake
is on offer. She has four amazing boys and enjoys their energy and
happy-go-lucky spirit, and wishes she could plug into some of that energy on
days when her 'get up and go' has packed up and gone! She is a former
Features' Editor/Community Manager for a media organisation in Australia.
The idea for Doll House was born after a trip to the beautiful Barrington Tops
region of Australia--sparked by places there such as Devils Hole, Ladies Well
and Thunderbolt's Way.
