Review: Soulkeepers

                             Author: G.P. Ching

Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: June 24th, 2011
Genre: YA, Paranormal
Pages: 312
Format: Ebook
Source: Amazon
Series: The Soulkeepers

Other Books in this Series:
Book #2: Weaving Destiny
Book #3: Return to Eden
Book #4: Soul Catcher

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About the Book

When fifteen-year-old Jacob Lau is pulled from the crumpled remains of his mother's car, no one can explain why he was driving or why the police can't find his mother's body. A beautiful and mysterious neighbor offers to use her unique abilities to help him find his mom. 

But in exchange she requires Jacob to train as a Soulkeeper, a protector of human souls. He agrees to her demands, desperate for any clue to the mystery of his mother's disappearance. But soon Jacob finds himself trapped in a web of half-truths, and questions her motives for helping him.

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Review

This ebook came to me free way back when I first got my Kindle on Christmas of 2012. I finally decided I would start reading some of the super old ebooks I got way back then, and Soulkeepers seemed like a good candidate to try. The moment I started reading it on my kindle I was enthralled in the world of Jacob Lau, a delinquent who lost his mother and is trying to understand the newly insane world he is thrown into by fate, not choice.

"He wanted to tell her that the lack of minorities was only half as exciting as the overrun of idiots but thought better."

With a bad-ass attitude and some pretty cool abilities to boot, he storms through the novel with a voice that puts you on the edge of your seat. My only problem? How fast the plot went at some points, and how little information we found out about some interesting developments. I can assume we'll find out more in the next three books in the series, but I hate not knowing stuff when it has directly to do with the plot. Although the book has some very good characters, I think it lacked a little in plot and sometimes the writing wasn't as well done as I would prefer, but still a good read.

'Do you think a person is only as good as the worst thing they've ever done?' 

When I first picked it up, I couldn't stop reading and got halfway through the book in a few hours, but then I lost interest in reading and the book sat around for about three weeks before I picked it up and blew the dust off of the pages. I just didn't have the same love and appreciation for the story after that. Why is that? No clue, but the last few scenes definitely caught my attention. All in all it was a pretty good book and I think the next book or two will be better. If you want to try something new and excited for free then this book is for you.


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100 Books in a Year *2013*

• Timeline: 01 Jan 2013 – 31 Dec 2013
• Rules: Read 100 books in 2013 (any genre)

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Movie Monday: Beautiful Creatures

A new meme I'm going to try out is the Movie Monday meme, featuring books that are being turned into upcoming movies. This week I chose Beautiful Creatures since it is the next upcoming book to movie that I could find. 

Personally, I haven't read this book but I do own it. I never really got interested enough to read it and to tell you the truth the trailer doesn't really pique my interest either. What about you guys? Have you read it, and what are your thoughts on the trailer?

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About the Book

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.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

 

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Review: Glow

Author: 

Amy Kathleen Ryan
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: September 13th, 2011
Genre: YA, Dystopia
Pages: 307
Format: Hardcover
Source: Library
Series: Sky Chasers #1

Other Books in this Series:

Book #2: Spark

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About the Book

What if you were bound for a new world, about to pledge your life to someone you'd been promised to since birth, and one unexpected violent attack made survival—not love—the issue?

Out in the murky nebula lurks an unseen enemy: the New Horizon. On its way to populate a distant planet in the wake of Earth's collapse, the ship's crew has been unable to conceive a generation to continue its mission. They need young girls desperately, or their zealous leader's efforts will fail. Onboard their sister ship, the Empyrean, the unsuspecting families don't know an attack is being mounted that could claim the most important among them...

Fifteen-year-old Waverly is part of the first generation to be successfully conceived in deep space; she was born on the Empyrean, and the large farming vessel is all she knows. Her concerns are those of any teenager—until Kieran Alden proposes to her. The handsome captain-to-be has everything Waverly could ever want in a husband, and with the pressure to start having children, everyone is sure he's the best choice. Except for Waverly, who wants more from life than marriage—and is secretly intrigued by the shy, darkly brilliant Seth.

But when the Empyrean faces sudden attack by their assumed allies, they quickly find out that the enemies aren't all from the outside.

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Review

I began this book knowing that a lot of my friends had read it and not liked it. But I also began it knowing that some people were in love with it. I wasn’t sure in the beginning if I was going to like it or not, but I definitely had a team by the end.

This book was one of those love/hate relationships that readers can sometimes get. I really liked it but at the same time, I got greatly upset with a lot of things that happened in this book. Some parts were depressing, some exciting, and some just plain angering. I didn’t understand a lot at the beginning which greatly frustrated me. I couldn’t get why the other ship was attacking or who was the good guys and who were the bad.

I really liked Seth at the beginning and slowly decided I wanted Waverly to get with him. But then of course he had to go and do something stupid that made me not like him. But then Kieran went bad too, now I don’t know who I like. And I loved Waverly at the beginning. She had a strong character and fought back through all the crap this book put her through. But in the end she was haunted and slightly broken. I was a little disappointed in her.

But I loved alot of things about this book also. I loved how everyone kept getting horrible things done to them, unimaginable things, and they were all strong and fought back until the end. I loved how it was original, and well written. I generally don't read space based books but this one was spectacular! I wasn't really into it at the beginning because of what Id heard others say, but at around page 30 I was hooked. As I said I loved Seth for most of the book. I'm usually a sucker for the dark guys, and Seth was no exception. I'm also an atheist so once Kieran became all "I'm god's messenger" I was definitely not liking him. But I mean, Glow has the usual dystopian attributes. They are on the verge of destruction, and bad things keep on happening but the characters keep going on. There's usually a love triangle, (which are evil because I can never make up my mind which guy I like) and there's always a bad guy. I give this book a five because it kept me on my seat reading for three hours straight and when I got done I wanted more.

So all in all I will definitely be reading the sequel to this, Spark, which comes out in July.

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Review: How to Save A Life

Author: Sara Zarr

Publisher: Little Brown Books

Release Date: October 18th, 2011

Genre: YA, Contemporary

Pages: 341

Format: Hardcover

Source: Library

Series: Standalone

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About the Book

Jill MacSweeney just wishes everything could go back to normal. But ever since her dad died, she’s been isolating herself from her boyfriend, her best friends—everyone who wants to support her. And when her mom decides to adopt a baby, it feels like she’s somehow trying to replace a lost family member with a new one.

Mandy Kalinowski understands what it’s like to grow up unwanted—to be raised by a mother who never intended to have a child. So when Mandy becomes pregnant, one thing she’s sure of is that she wants a better life for her baby. It’s harder to be sure of herself. Will she ever find someone to care for her, too?

As their worlds change around them, Jill and Mandy must learn to both let go and hold on, and that nothing is as easy—or as difficult—as it seems.

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Review

My Thoughts: So let me first say that this isn't the type of book that I usually read. If you haven't been able to tell, I generally read books that are unreal. Vampires, werewolves, witches, anything out of the ordinary. If it's normal then I don't like it. Well this book was a tad different. Sure at the beginning of this book I was saying: "This isn't that great, it doesn't have vampires or anything in it." And my friends would just laugh and be like, "That's typical of you." 

But by the end of this novel, I loved it. It grew on me and in the end I realized what a great story it was and how impacting it was. I mean Mandy is so hurt inside but after staying with Jill and her mother, she feels like she belongs and she starts over. This book is equally sad and happy at parts and in the end you will feel satisfied with the entire thing.

Cover: When I see the name of this novel I ALWAYS think of the song How to Save A Life by The Fray. It's such a great song! Maybe it was named after it? But yes, the cover is pretty and fits the novel well :)

Would I Recommend? At first I didn't realize that Sara had also written Story of a Girl, which I used to own when I was younger. It was one of the most heartbreaking yet amazing stories that I have ever read. It makes me cry but at the same time I love it. How to Save a Life did the same. I guess I'll have to check out her other books and see if theyre as good as these two. You should do the same :)

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