November 8, 2010

Blood and Chocolate

By Annette Curtis Klause


     Vivian loves her family. She loves everything about herself except that she's a werewolf. Her entire family, along with her werewolf cousins (who are called the five) and the rest of the pack, used to live in West Virginia. When her cousins got a wild streak, they killed someone. Then their, house burned to the ground. Vivian's father burned with it. Now after moving to another state, the five's wild streak has not ended. Since Vivian's dad was the leader of the pack, they have to find a new one. Vivian meets a human boy of which she really likes. Then everything changes and Vivian is flipped upside down and sent spinning through a whirlpool of emotions.

     This book was really good! I was skeptical at first, but I really liked it. It gets a 4 out of 5

November 2, 2010

The Deep End of Fear

Dark Secrets Book 4
By Elizabeth Chandler

    When Kate was young, her father was an artist. He worked for a rich family, The Westbrooks, more specifically Adrian Westbrook. Their House and property, called Mason's Choice, is the largest home in the entire town. Kate and her family lived in a house on the property. Adrian had two grown children, Trent and Robyn. At the time, Robyn and Trent were married. Robyn had a son named Brook and Trent had a daughter named Ashley. Ashley was a year older than Kate and they were the best of friends for two seven-year-olds. Then one day, in the middle of the winter, Ashley's bunny got out. As Kate, her mother, and Ashley look for Ashley's bunny, Ashley walks onto the frozen lake. The ice cracks, she falls in, and doesn't come back up. Now years later, Trent and Robyn are both divorced and Kate is seventeen. Adrian has remarried and now has a seven-year-old son named Patrick. Kate comes back to Mason's Choice as Patrick's tutor but realizes that Ashley's unsolved death is causing problems now.


     This is the best book ever!! It gets a 5 out of 5!!

November 1, 2010

No Time to Die

Dark Secrets Book 3
By Elizabeth Chandler

     Jenny is in a family of actors. Her father is a famous man on Broadway, her mother was a child and teen star on many television shows, and her sister Liza had everything she needed to be a great, well-known actress. Until Liza was murdered. A year after her sister's death, Jenny finds herself at the exact acting camp her sister went to when she was murdered. Jenny's parents decided Jenny should use a fake last name while at the camp, and since she looked nothing like her sister everything was going smoothly. Until a weird series of events make Jenny think her sister's killer might be someone at the camp this year.

     LOVED THIS BOOK!! It gets an automatic 5 out of 5. I love Elizabeth Chandler and her scary books.

Immortal

By Gillian Shields

     When Evie was younger, her mother pasted away. Her father was in the military so her grandmother, Frankie, took care of her. When Frankie became ill, Evie was sent to the Abbey School for Young Ladies in a small town of which Frankie grew up. The Abbey was once home to a very wealthy family some hundred and fifty years ago. It was also home to a great tragedy. The family that once owned the Abbey had a daughter named Agnes. She died but know one really knows how. Just to add to all the strange things going on, Evie meets a boy named Sabastian who is a very misterious character. When Evie's reality is twisted with images of Lady Agnes's ghost, it is a struggle more than ever to figure out what happened to Lady Agnes and how Evie is related to it all.

     I give this book an absolute 5 out of 5. IT WAS AMAZING!!!

The Last Battle

The 7th Book in the Chronicles of Narnia Series
By C.S. Lewis


     Eustace and Polly return to Narnia to find that an ape named Shift has persuaded a donkey to wear a lion skin and call himself Aslan. With the help of the current king, King Tirian, they find out that all of the Narnian animals are getting sent away to work for the Calormenes. They have to work together to convince the world the real Aslan will come, but he is not here yet. They have to save the world before it's distroyed.

     This was my second favorite in the Narnia series. I give it a 5 out of 5. * * * * *