Sonia goes to the greenhouse after school to pull weeds as a punishment for spiting on the school bully. There she meets Anthony, a gorgeous boy with intense light blue eyes and a great
build. Sonia is surprised at how attracted she is to him. Anthony is rude one
moment and then asking her out the next. Sonia’s emotions are out of control. Her mom explains that she will turn into a Huldra when she turns eighteen in two weeks. With her Flair she can control people when they come into contact with her saliva. Her mom warns her that her flair is getting stronger and she must not kiss a boy or even think of dating.
Behind her moms back Sonia goes out with
Anthony. He takes her to the ballet, Her favorite place because she use to be a
dancer but since her Dad’s death she gave it up. She gets a bunch of frantic messages from her mom and she knows something is wrong. Anthony comes clean and tells her who he really is and that his mom has kidnapped Sonia's mom. She has to trust Anthony to help her attack Wraithsong the invisible island where the
Darkalfars have taken her mom. Lightalfars and other Huldra's are planning to help but nothing goes as planned. Sonia doesn’t know who the bad guys are and who
the good guys are. She needs to rescue her Mom and she will do anything to accomplish that.
I love this story! I am hooked. I can’t wait until the book two Blufire comes out on July 31st 2014 .
I started rereading Wraithsong right after I finished it
just to experience it all over again. The book is contemporary but based on Norse Mythology. I absolutely love stories that make you think about other worlds happening right around us. I’ve always been interested in
Norway but now I’m obsessed with the folklore. There's plenty of action and a heart gripping romance. My favorite is how it ties in with the
other series by E.J. Squires, A Viking Blood saga.
An epic historical fantasy romance based on Norse Mythology.
Th Desirable Creatures Series has surpassed all other YA
series and is by far my favorite. I mean it; I’m more captivated than I ever
was with Twilight, The Hunger Games, or City of Bones. And if you know me, you know
how much I loved those series. This is a different kind of YA paranormal romance. I want to know more about these magical people and places.
And of course a movie will have to be made about it. Here's a couple of my picks if I got to cast the movie:
For my birthday I received 5 books and have been on a reading rampage. I read the first 4 books in the House of Night series. I also read Divergent which I'll do a separate review for it on my next blog. House of Nights starts out as a typical high school drama but when Zoey gets marked as a vampire things change. In this story the world knows about vampires and they mostly live in harmony. This book really makes you feel like your hanging with teenagers again.(*Because I review a lot of clean romances I'll put out a disclaimer that this book does have language and sexual content.) Marked book #1
Zoey Redbird is 16 years old and having issues with her almost ex-boyfriend Heath. He is the high school quarterback and chooses to party more then focus on school. Zoey is marked and will start the process of becoming a vampire. She has to live and attend school at the House of Night, a school for Fledglings (A Vampire finishing school in Tulsa, OK). She is more than happy to leave her family behind since she doesn't fit in with them and especially hates her step-dad. Her mom only cares what her new husband wants and his obsession with church. Zoey's Grandma is the only one she can count on. Her Grandma is Cherokee and lives on a lavender farm. She understands Zoey's special talents with the godess Nyx. Zoey meets a groups of friends at her new school. Stevie Rae is her roommate and they become best friends. Erin and Shaunee are roommates and act like twins even though they look nothing alike. Damien is the gay "boy" friend of the group. Eric is the hottie of the school. And his ex-girlfriend Aphrodite, the perfect popular blonde warns Zoey that Eric is hers. Zoey and her friends plan to overthrow Aphrodite as the head of Dark Daughters because she is abusing her power.
Betrayed book #2 Zoey's hot vampire boyfriend Eric is out of town at a Shakespeare competition and she's missing him. Loren Blake, Vampyre Poet Laureate is the perfect man. Loren starts flirting with Zoey and makes her feel like a women. He should be off limits because he's a teacher. A couple human football players turn up dead and detectives start asking Zoey questions. Some Fledglings died too because their bodies didn't accept the change and Zoey has seen them as ghosts. Heath is the next football player that goes missing and Zoey has to save him before he's killed.
Chosen book #3
Zoey is juggling three boyfriends and can't decide on who she really likes. Zoey is trying to help Stevie Rae with her humanity and has to keep secrets from all her friends. Aphrodite is the only one she can turn to for help. Vampire teachers are being killed. Zoey's friends and boyfriend learn the secrets she's been hiding and no one can trust her anymore.
Untamed book #4
Life sucks for Zoey. She lost all her boyfriends and friends. Erik is now a full fledged vampire and is teaching drama at the school. Things couldn't be more awkward. Neferet blames the humans for vampire killings and wants to start a war. Shekinah the head priestess of all the schools arrives to try to find out what's happening. Zoey knows Neferet is evil and behind everything but she'll have to prove it first.
All in all, I like the series. I do hate when Zoey makes stupid mistakes, but what teenager hasn't made their fair share of them. It has captured my interest enough that I will read on. Check out the website which has lots of fun pictures and videos. http://www.houseofnightseries.com/
Thank you P.C. and Kristin for putting your creative juices together to make another fun vampire story I can obsess over.
P.C. and Kristin Cast
Photo: Joerg Steinmetz
The 11th book in the series Revealed is coming out October 15th. I have a lot more reading to go but It's an easy read so no problem.
I finished this YA Paranormal series and can't stop thinking about the story. It's similar to Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and The Mortal Instrument series. It's like them but very original in its own world crisis and endearing characters. With a perfect balance of familiar and unfamiliar you are inducted into a world focused on training their children to fight against evil. Elora is in Vanguard training with fellow classmates Aaron, who is her best friend; Matthew a Magicae who is learning to be a spirit reader; and Teya a vampire who is training as a forensic. All of them are learning how to defeat the Dark Seekers. Elora's mother is one the best Vanguard's and has returned to the training compound. Elora thinks her mom only came to keep an eye on her. The relationship between them has always been bad but the secrets and lies start to come out and Elora doesn't know who she can trust. Thankful for her friends and new boyfriend Zak, who's a senior trainee, they try to figure out what Elora's visions mean. With Elora's special talent her group is placed in an accelerated training class. When all "hell" breaks loose Elora has to face her family secret. Don't miss out on this exciting new book. Join the release party for Vanguard Legacy – Foretold on April 5thhttps://www.facebook.com/events/591516437542734/
Joanne Kershaw lives in Wakefield, England, with her husband, four young children, and an uppity cat named Dipstick. As a teacher of five- to eleven-year-olds, she spends her days playing at being a grownup, then goes home to delve into Young Adult dark romance and being sixteen again.
Joanne lives and breathes books, whether reading, writing, or marking them. She wrote her first novel in six weeks. Encouraged to submit her work by a friend and fellow YA novel addict, Joanne now finds herself a signed author at Xchyler Publishing. http://www.xchylerpublishing.com/
I'm rethinking my book
as a YA. ANYTHING BUT NORMAL is first person POV of an eighteen
year old girl but I'm not sure if my words and actions are in a true YA voice.
I have to reread my novel to see, "Am I a YA author or Adult
author?"
One of my biggest pet peeves about submissions
is reading queries from authors who are clearly trend-chasers. Currently, the
biggest offender: adult writers who call their novels YA.
AGE is not the determining factor of a YA."
I believe my novel fits in the YA
category because Krystal is thinking and acting as a YA but I’m afraid my voice
is a little more mature than an 18 year old Goth girl.
Tell me what you think. Here’s the first page
of ANYTHING BUT NORMAL;
Never
run your horse towards home. Mother’s warning came to mind but the last
thing I wanted was Mom to ruin my one enjoyment, riding my horse. Besides,
Black wouldn't overpower me. We were like one when I was in the
saddle. I snapped the reins, pressed my heels in, and yelled “YAW!” The sudden
burst of speed was exactly what I needed. I took in a deep breath of the crisp
Wisconsin air and caught the scent of wildflowers as flashes of gold and lilac
blurred past me. I've always loved springtime when the flowers come
to life after a harsh winter. Like my life, it represented a new beginning. I
was Eighteen years old and had just moved to a new town, ready to make changes
for the better. I leaned down to experience the thrill of riding fast on a
1,300 pound horse as his mighty legs hammered the dirt.
I
shivered when the hairs on the back of my neck stood up and my blissful
mood disappeared under the all-too familiar awareness of someone watching me. A
biting wind whipped around and plastered my hair across my face, temporarily
blinding me. With the reins in one hand, I pulled the hairs off my face with
the other hand. We were approaching the woods at a dangerous speed.
I
caught a glimpse of someone behind a tree as birds scattered in a mass exit.
Black spooked and I didn't have a good grip as he drove his front
legs into the ground. His sliding halt and abrupt stop sent me flying over the
top of his head. I grasped frantically to stay upright but instead found
myself plummeting to the earth. I closed my eyes, waiting for the pain…
What do you think? Does
that sound YA or Adult?
And while we’re at it, I'm
questioning my whole genre. I have coined my novel as YA Paranormal
Romance. My heroine is dealing with Demons and Angels in her life.
"Paranormal romance focuses on romance and includes
elements beyond the range of scientific explanation."
Does my
story have to have more prevalent paranormal themes involving vampires, shapeshifters,
ghosts, or time travel to be considered paranormal?
My
story is not overly religious but the idea of Demons and Guardian Angels
interfering and helping in our lives are a religious theory. Would my story
fall into a religious category like inspirational fiction?
"There are some books that easily and obviously fit, such as
the Chicken Soup for
the Soul series, clearly written for the purpose of
providing anecdotes that provide inspiration to the readers. Finding a good
definition for the sub-genre of inspirational fiction is a little more
difficult."
Like I said, this blog
rocked my writing world but maybe I needed to rethink this. I need to know where my
book fits so I can find the right agent or publishing company to love my book
as much as I do.
