The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls

The Vampire Diaries: The Return: Shadow Souls By L.J Smith
(Book 5 in The Vampire Diaries and book 2 in The Return series)

Elena, Damon and Matt are now on the way across the US to The Dark Dimesion the save Stefan, while Bonnie, Meridith and the rest of Fell Church is in the now about to be destroyed Fell Church. Bonnie and Meridith uses there time to research on the Kitsune and the things they have brought with them. But as the days goes the tension between Elena and Damon grows stronger and stronger and it can´t be ignored, Matt feel it so he goes back to Fell's Church, while Bonnie and Meridith catches up with Elena and Damon. The four of them travels to The Dark dimesion where they pretend to be Damon´s slaves. Here they discover a whole new and creepy world, where the get unexpected friends. While they get closer and closer to Stefan, Elena and Damon relationship grows to something she can´t take back. And wait till the end where a shocking thing happens.

Picture Of: The Twin Fox Ring

So this is book 5 in The Vampire Diaries series and book 2 in the return. The Vampire Diaries series is my favourite book serious and i seriously can´t get enough of it, so i knew that no matter what happened i was bound to love it.
A lot of people say that they are dissapointed about The Return series, but i don´t understand that. I am just happy that she is continuen the series and that is more about Damon, because he seriously deserve some more book time and time with Elena and there is plenty of that in this. This book opens up a whole new dimension with a whole lot of new things that could have there own books. But in some level i had the feeling that this book just tells a whole lot of things to keep the book full, so it is kind of a book that prevent what is going to happened even more. But this book was also necessary for Elena and Damon´s relationship. I think that eventhough Damon turned human, he will become a vampire again in the next book, because honestly: what good has he in the book when he is human? And second, it is just not Damon´s thing to be human, he loves being a vampire.
I like the character Sage and the way he speaks: like french and when he says Madame, sometimes it is just funny.
Stefan has become really tough, but you can only expect that when he has been fighting to live.nAnd Damon has changed so much for Elena and eventhough i would be terrible i really hope that she ends up with Damen. The chemistry between Damon and Elena is absolutely wonderful and I love how dedicated her friends are to help Elena. I will really kill myself if Damon ends up with Bonnie. I don´t have anything against Bonnie, but i have just never liked the thought of her and Damon together.
I am really looking forward to the last book, with all of the things going on. I am so exited. Too bad we have to wait so long for the next book.


Grade: 12

The Vampire's Kiss Review

The Vampire's Kiss By Cynthia Eden

Savannah has no one left. Her last family member, her brother and his wife was killed by a vampire and now Savannah want to turn vampire so she can kill the monster who did it. The monster who is now after her. She therefore seeks out an accient vampire named William Dark and will try to get him to change her, but he will only change her if she agrees to be his mate forever. Once she has agreed to this they go out to see the monster, but it isn´t always that easy. And William finds out a hell of a lot about his family and he can finaly go to peace.

I really liked this book. It is easy to understand, has no hard words and is fast to read. It is a good story, eventhough they do it A Lot in the book, it is just like: Haven´t you just done it??
The book starts quickly, it is not like other books where there is first a long explanation and stuff like that. The book eventually tells why we are here and what we are going to do. I liked the way the author has written the book: like the way that the thoughts shifting from Savannah to William is so natural, and you understand when they shift and you don´t become confused.
Savannah strong and will do a lot for justice, she has cancer, and there is a lot of thing she hasn´t done before. William is suppose to be this big bad monster, but he really isn´t when you get to hear more about him.
A good book with suprises, action, passion and more.

Grade: 7-10

Betrayals Review

Betrayals By Lili St. Crow
(Book 2 in Strange Angels series)

Dru is now in a Schola full of djamphir and wulfen teenage boys and she is the only girl. Even though Christophe promised she would be safe there, something is wrong. The Teachers there won't let her learn fighting tactics and they doesn´t tell her anything about who she are and all kinds of other stuff about what goes bumb in the night. They follow her around and she isn´t allowed to go anywhere. And she really can´t understand it. Graves has made a lot of new friends and is happy, but Dru only haves Graves and he has all his new friends. There is a lot of attacks on the school, because of Dru and because Sergej is after her and when one attact happen and she gets out of there to the woods to save herself when no one comes to take her to her room. Ash - a broken wulf, broken meaning that the suckers locked him up in a tight cage and made a dreamstealer sing a song, so he went insane and the part so he can change back to human broke and so he is permanently wulf and under Sergej control - who is with the sucker´s attacking, kills the 3 suckers and sniff at Dru before disappearing when the one from the school comes. She also meets Anna - another Svetacho and Dylan tells her later that she is the queen of the order and was saves from the sucker 15 years before her mother - who tells Dru that they think Chris is the traitor, because he is Sergej son and Dru doesn´t get a good vibe from the lady.

Christophe visit one time to make sure she is safe and gives her: malaika - sword that is deadly in the hands of svetacho - and after her attack she finds a note on her pillow to meet him at a boathouse beside the school and tells him about the attack. He plans to get her out of there, because this wasn´t the school she was suppose to end up on and she is close to blooming and Sergej must know something. But can she trust Christophe when everybody says she shouldn´t? And what about the wolf Ash, why doesn´t he attacks her? And what about Dylan a teacher on the school, who is Chris and her mothers old friend, can she trust him? And why is she send to the reform schola and not the main in The Big Apple? Then suddenly Dylan gets her alone and gives her the origional transcript Anna was talking about, about the phonecall that was made between someone in the order and a sucker, so they planned her mother´s dead, by telling the sucker where her mother was safely hidden and living a normal, none order/svetacho life. He also tells her he has been wondering about wy she ended up on this school and that he thinks it is a blackout zone - normaly to keep her safe, but he doesn´t think anyone knows she exist - so it is on purpose.

This is the second book in the Strange Angels series.
I actually liked this book more than the first, but it is really not suprising because if the book is in a series i tend to like the second or the next one in the series more than the first. I also think i liked it because of the more action. But it wasn´t like the story got somewhere in this, because here she is at a schola and the book closes with her coming to a new schola, so i can´t see much different.
The book has this thing were the characters all the time says goddammit or jesus, which you kind of get tires of. Graves has changed a lot and he is so not the person he was is the first book. Sometimes i don´t understand Dru, if i was lock up some place, follow around, and knew that there was something wrong, i wouldn´t just sit back and wait like she does through the whole book.
It seems like Dru is beginning to have feelings for both Graves and Chris, but it is not something the book actually says, it is something you have to guess. I was really sad that Chris wasn´t more present in the book, because there is so many things we readers are dying to know, like: What is the deal with Dru´s mother and him? And is he intrested in Dru, like really or is it just because of her mom?
The book has a lot more action than the first, and the book has a lot more secrets. I am really looking forward to the third and to see Chris and Dry relationship develope.


Grade: 7-10

Strange Angels Review

´Strange Angels By Lili St. Crow
(Book 1 In The Strange Angels series)

Dru Anderson is 16 years old. And her family has always different. Her family seeks the creatures that go bump in the night like: ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and zombies. When Dru was 5 her mother died and when she was a teenager her granma died, so now she travels fron town to town with her father and together they kill night creatures. Did i mention that Dru also have, something her granma called "The Touch", it means for examble that she can feel, people and evil creatures. This comes very handy when her and her father chases the creatures. But one day her father gets turned zombie and Dru has to kill him. But she knows that he didn´t get turned by accident. So now she has to find the person who did it. She befriends a boy named Graves, but that causes that he gets bit by a wulfen named Ash - broken to his will by Sergej - and becomes loup-garou (half werewolf). They eventually hides in Dru´s house and soon the person that killed her father starts coming after her.

She also meets Christophe a djamphir (half-vampire vampire hunter), that wants to help her. He tells her that Dru´s mother was a Svetocha (female version of djamphir) - the only in 60 years and that they are extremely rare, because there is a 1 in a million chance they get born and if they do they rarely become adults because suckers wants them dead. They can easily kill a sucker with the right training, breathing and their toxic blood - and that her mom was a member of The Order - a organisation that consist of djamphir, wulfen and loup-garou. Who since 1918 has been after Sergej, the person who killed Dru´s mom and the one who is after her now. Sergej is after Dru because Dru is Svetacho too and that Dru will soom be blooming. She likes that there is someone there who knows something, but she can´t figure out why and what his end motives is. Soon they must escape town, but is attact by the order - wulfen. Chris stays in the house fighting, while they drive to the point where someone will help them get out of town, but as it turns out Sergej is there waiting and as Chris comes with the wulfen who attact him and get her out, he tells that there is a traitor and that he is sending them to a schola to learn and find the traitor, and that he will stay in touch.

I really liked this book. But there is also a lot of the book where not much is happening. The book doesn´t really have romance, but you really doesn´t think that it is missing until later in the series.
The character Dru is a strong will person, she takes care of herself and don´t have any friends. I like her, but she is not on of my favourite heroins. But really I would have told Christophe to shut the fuck of, if somebody called me little girl.
I like Christophe´s humor, but sometimes you just think, What the hell is he talking about?? And what about all the weird names?? i love the nickname Dry gives him: Chris. And she only uses it when she is in a special mood or saying something different. There is a lot about Christophe that we don´t know and i am looking forward to know more about him later in the series.

Grade: 7--10


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Fragile Eternity Review

Fragile Eternity By Melissa Marr
(Book 3 in Wicked Lovely series)

Aislinn is now the Summer Queen and is still trying to adapt to that. Summer is soon coming and therefore she struggles with her feelings towards Keenan, her Summer King, because there connection becomes strong in the summer. But it is not just Aislinn that has it hard. Her boyfriend Seth is also having a hard time adjusting to everything, especially since he doesn´t have the power or streght like the fairies, so he can´t protect Aislinn like he wants. Keenan also have troubles. Donia, the new Winter Queen, who he loves. Wants Keenan for herself but she can´t, because she knows when Seth dies, Keenan will become Aislinn´s. They all try to adjust, but when Seth disappears, Aislinn is devastated and after month of grieving, she eventually moves on with Keenan. But what Aislinn doesn´t know, but every other fairie does know, is that Seth is in Fairie to try to become a fairie so he can be with Aislinn forever.

Just like the other 2 books, the book uses a lot of time on nothing and on repeating what has already happened. The book again doesn´t developed anywhere. I think it is still on the same page as it where when the first book starts. The reason why i liked this book better that the second is because it goes back to the main characters. But i think that all of the books in this series lack of describing things and places you are in, in the book. Like in the second book, i really liked Niall and to hear more about him. But still this series isn´t going anywhere.

Grade: 4

Sunshine Review

Sunshine By Robin McKinley

Rae Seddon, nicknamed Sunshine, lives a quiet life working at her stepfather's bakery. One night, she goes out to the lake for some peace and quiet. Big mistake. She is set upon by vampires, who take her to an old mansion. They chain her to the wall and leave her with another vampire, who is also chained. But the vampire, Constantine, doesn't try to eat her. Instead, he implores her to tell him stories to keep them both sane. Realizing she will have to save herself, Sunshine calls on the long forgotten powers her grandmother began to cultivate in her when she was a child. She transforms her pocketknife into a key and unchains herself and Constantine. Surprised, he agrees to flee with her when she offers to protect him from the sun with magic. They escape back to town, but Constantine knows his enemies won't be far behind, which means that he and Sunshine will have to face them together.

When you read it, you will first get a feeling that the coffeehouse is a tight communite, where they all have fun and help each other. But you later also find out it is because it is a family business.
You fast get a feeling, that her (Rae) whole life lies in the coffeehouse and sometimes it is kind of a Love/hate situation for her. Because with all her family and friends there all the time, you can feel trapped. Of course you don´t hear about there Controversy, but you can imagine that there got to be some, especially with her mom.
A thing i didn´t get was the whole thing about wards. Yes they protect, but why are they alive? and why are the dead?
The book also have a lot of theories about a lot of creatures and in this book every thing/person/blood plays a role. For examble the moon and how the vampires can´t go out if they have a certain age and how the moon is.
This book explores the possibility that other books dosen´t. It tells that vampire have the ultimate power in the world or will have soon. It tells that 1/5 of the world population is vampires. And that everybody knows about vampire, wolves etc. And that anybody actually can have supernatural blood in there body. There is also SOF—Special Other Forces... - Also known as sucker cops. And these cops are the "other" cops, but the only thing they really consentrate about is the damn vampires.

I think that it was a Really long book, because there was the exitment and action in the beginning and after it just totally slows down to nothing. The book is also divided into 4 parts and the book uses a lot of time on nothing, so basicly almost 3/4 of the book is a total wast. Sometimes i had to read parts again and again and i still didn´t get them. But the book can be very confusing, because there are to many creatures: wolf, vampires, demons, magic users, weretiger, were... etc. and besides all them, there are also all of them that aren´t full blood. It is just to many things to keep track of. And to remember what the hell they do and don´t.
And it was like everytime there was a dialogue, it lastet 2 seconds and it wasn´t finish and then it just goes into two or three pages of internal monologue and then it goes back to the dialogue. And then it is just like: What where we talking about?? Really annoying.
I wish it was more about Sunshine & Constantine. The book also have another cover.

Grade: 4

Never Cry Werewolf Review

Never Cry Werewolf By Heather Davis

16 year old Shelby has been breaking alot of rules lately, so her evil stepmother and her dad decides to send her to Brat Camp. Here there are lots of rich Beverly Hills teenagers, but she makes some friends. Like Austin, son of a rockstar but his family has secrets that the press really wants to know. So when the camp takes away Austin's bag, because there are some kind of drugs in it, his secret is bound to be reveal. Because the drugs is the only thing that can help him when the full moon comes. So he tells Shelby his secret, so that they can get them back. Along the way Shelby and Austin developes feelings for each other. And she has to find out if she will risk everything for him.

This was good, quick and easy read and really entertaining. What i don´t understand is why Shelby has to sound like a player, when it comes to boys. And in the book she say she is not a Beverly Hills type, but she almost comes out as one anyway. I thought that the book starts very sudden, and it doesn´t give alot of information about why she suddenly is a troublemaker. So i couldn´t see much reason for sending her to brat camp. In the beginning the books gives alot of hints like metioning: The moon, wolves, vampire and of course The title. I also love the whole Dude thing, that Shelby keeps saying, i don´t know why, i love it and at the same time i think it is so funny.
The book is also alot of fun with some of the lines like: "Look, I’d love to stay and be all Dr. Phil and everything" And "That’s always the part in the horror movies when the cute girl gets slashed. She’s clueless, then curious, then dead. I so didn’t want to be that girl." And "um…what was with the opossums?”“Ah, forgive me. Fresh meat and all that.”
“Dude. Eww! We’ve got to get you the medicine,” I said. “And the chasing me? Not cool.”
“Again, sorry,” he said. “It’s an instinct thing. Running prey. Terribly sorry.”
And when he tells her he is a werewolf, she just thinks he is mental and after she is just like: Okay fine you are a werewolf, i am a little weird about it but lets still be friends.
And what about her dad nickname for the evil stepmom? And most of the people is like Beverly Hills like and you first think that ...is like that to and that Jenna is the nice one, but then one minute after we find out that it is the other way. And Charles totally pisses me of, he is totally a brat. Why did he have to ran away? Like i said a total brat.
The ending was really good and was perfect for the book. Worth to read, eventhough it has some faults.

Grade: 7-10