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Week 27: Review: Firelight by Sophie Jordan Summary: Jacinda is a drake- or what most humans would call a dragon. She can transform into a creature with scales, wings, and breathe fire. While most everyone in her community can turn into a dragon, she is the only one that can breathe fire. This makes her unique but also trapped by her kind that want to keep her a breed more fire breathing dragons. Nothing in her life is her own until her mother packs her and her twin up in the middle of the life and moves away. Now she must start over and try not to be the dragon she really is. Characters: Jacinda is...
Review: Fire by Kristin Cashore On the other side of the mountain from the realms populated by the gracelings is a different world of monsters: the Dells. Fire is the last of the human monsters (animals that are very similar to normal, but have striking beauty and are very much noticeably different in coloring). Fire has the ability to control minds, but she must decide what makes her a monster: her ability or her decisions. This story was a bit dramatic taking turns which were (for the most part) expected. Several characters were sleeping around (to the point that you could almost make all the main...
Review: The Queen of Attolia and the King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Eugenides returns to Attolia to continue to harass the queen, yet finds somehow he has been betrayed. He ends up caught and given the punishment of a thief- the loss of his right hand. As war looms on the horizon, Eugenides plays his hand at resuming his role as a thief. (sorry- I couldn’t resist the pun) He is rewarded by the end of the Queen of Attolia by getting the outcome he hoped for only to seem that it might not have been everything he wished going into the next book The King of Attolia. Eugenides now must play...
Review : Sacred Bloodlines by Wendy Owens Gabe’s life has always been bad… bad things… evil things have always happened to those around him. In fact he is a bit of a magnet for evil. Turns out there is a reason why- he is a guardian, a force of good in the world. He has one week to decide which side of the battle he wants to help and if he wants the responsibility that comes with his new life. This is a good twist on the angels versus demons storyline that is around. The angels are humans with angel blood. While they are good and forces to be reckoned with, they are not the almighty...
Review: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Extracted from prison, Gen is a thief (a very good one) that is expect to help the king of Sounis get Hamiathes’s gift, so that the king can claim the throne of Eddis. Gen is known for his great skills and bad decisions but he is the perfect tool for the king to use on his quest. So along with the king’s magnus, two apprentices, and one guard, Gen attempts the impossible- steal Hamiathes’s gift- a stone from the gods. At first I found this book a bit confusing. There are huge gaping holes everywhere and you are left wondering what is going on....
Week 27: Review: Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Posted by bkristin on Jul 10th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Week 27: Review: Firelight by Sophie Jordan Summary: Jacinda is a drake- or what most humans would call a dragon. She can transform into a creature with scales, wings, and breathe fire. While most everyone in her community can turn into a dragon, she is the only one that can breathe fire. This makes her unique but also trapped by her kind that want to keep her a breed more fire breathing dragons. Nothing in her life is her own until her mother packs her and her twin up in the middle of the life and moves away. Now she must start over and try not to be the dragon she really is. Characters: Jacinda is...Review: Fire by Kristin Cashore
Posted by bkristin on Jun 22nd, 2012 in reviews | 2 comments
Review: Fire by Kristin Cashore On the other side of the mountain from the realms populated by the gracelings is a different world of monsters: the Dells. Fire is the last of the human monsters (animals that are very similar to normal, but have striking beauty and are very much noticeably different in coloring). Fire has the ability to control minds, but she must decide what makes her a monster: her ability or her decisions. This story was a bit dramatic taking turns which were (for the most part) expected. Several characters were sleeping around (to the point that you could almost make all the main...Review: The Queen of Attolia and the King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Posted by bkristin on Jun 15th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: The Queen of Attolia and the King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Eugenides returns to Attolia to continue to harass the queen, yet finds somehow he has been betrayed. He ends up caught and given the punishment of a thief- the loss of his right hand. As war looms on the horizon, Eugenides plays his hand at resuming his role as a thief. (sorry- I couldn’t resist the pun) He is rewarded by the end of the Queen of Attolia by getting the outcome he hoped for only to seem that it might not have been everything he wished going into the next book The King of Attolia. Eugenides now must play...Review : Sacred Bloodlines by Wendy Owens
Posted by bkristin on Jun 13th, 2012 in reviews | 1 comment
Review : Sacred Bloodlines by Wendy Owens Gabe’s life has always been bad… bad things… evil things have always happened to those around him. In fact he is a bit of a magnet for evil. Turns out there is a reason why- he is a guardian, a force of good in the world. He has one week to decide which side of the battle he wants to help and if he wants the responsibility that comes with his new life. This is a good twist on the angels versus demons storyline that is around. The angels are humans with angel blood. While they are good and forces to be reckoned with, they are not the almighty...Review: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Posted by bkristin on Jun 8th, 2012 in reviews | 0 comments
Review: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Extracted from prison, Gen is a thief (a very good one) that is expect to help the king of Sounis get Hamiathes’s gift, so that the king can claim the throne of Eddis. Gen is known for his great skills and bad decisions but he is the perfect tool for the king to use on his quest. So along with the king’s magnus, two apprentices, and one guard, Gen attempts the impossible- steal Hamiathes’s gift- a stone from the gods. At first I found this book a bit confusing. There are huge gaping holes everywhere and you are left wondering what is going on....
