Wednesday, February 17, 2010

"VAMPIRE ACADEMY" review


"VAMPIRE ACADEMY"
-by Richelle Mead
Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest and most dangerous vampires--the ones who never die.The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir; she is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making her one of them.After two years of illicit freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught by Dimitri (Rose's teacher, but falls inlove with eath other in the Academy) and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. Rose will continue her Dhampir education. Lissa will go back to being Queen of the elite Moroi social scene. And both girls will resume breaking hearts.Fear made Lissa and Rose run away from St. Vladimir's--but their world is fraught with danger both inside and out of the Academy's iron gates. Here, the cutthroat ranks of the Moroi perform unspeakable rituals and their secretive nature and love of the night creates an enigmatic world full of social complexities. Rose and Lissa must navigate through this dangerous world, confront the temptation of forbidden romance, and never once let their guard down, lest the Strigoi make Lissa one of them forever...
Vampire Academy has three types of vampire, so there is plenty of potential for supernatural thrills. The Moroi are living vampires who feed on blood and can work elemental magic. The Strigoi are undead vampires who are either Moroi who killed and become undead by choice or they are humans, Dhampirs or Moroi who have been bitten and turned against their will. Either way the Strigoi are the strong murderously blood-thirsty immortal vampires of traditional vampire lore.
Dhampirs are the children of a Moroi vampire and a human (or another Dhampir.) They are able to go out in the day, can’t work magic and don’t feed on blood - but they are stronger and faster than both normal humans and Moroi vampires. They protect the Moroi from the Strigoi (who find Moroi blood irresistible.)

"Beautiful Creatures review"

"Beautiful Creatures"



--by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia

In a town with no surprises,
one can change everything....
There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that's what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave.


Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.






"Some loves are MEANT to be....
others are CURSED....."

"A life-risking love story of two captivating young individuals who grew up in both separate worlds, where death awaits, light is hard to seek, and knowing darkness may soon overpower."
Finishing this book felt like a good accomplishment. This book is a boy's point of view, who thinks that living in a small town of Gatlin is like living in the middle of Nowhere. And that is there are two kinds of people living in the town of Gatlin, the ones who are bound to stay or too dumb to go. Lately, he has been having this weird dreams about him and this mysterious girl. Thinking that nothing will happen to him in this town, he is counting days and he is dying to move to a different and yet better place. But things change when a girl at his same age moved in Gatlin. Realizing that this girl might be the same girl in his dreams, he tries to be friends with her to uncover the connections between them, and soon found themselves in love with each other.
This book has everything that is needed to keep the reader entertain. It has a very fascinating story that keeps the reader feels like he/she is in the character's situation.
This is a fun young adult book to read. Readers will be intrigued. This book is enjoyable to everyone and is highly recommended too.
Beautiful Creatures is a Southern gothic tale that will take you on a captivating journey and not let go until the entire story has been told.
This story will take you deep into the South where curses, casters, seers, and secrets may soon be revealed.
You will not regret reading this book. so what are you waiting for? start reading it(:



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