Shadowed Eden by Katie Clark (Free edition from Editor)

Language: English

Format: PDF

pages: 296

Genre: YA, Christian Fiction

Rating: 3⭐

I received this book from the editor for free with the program Bookstagrammers.com

This is a Christian Fiction and so my first book under that genre too... but it end up been more mystery and I got a good feeling from the description.

It wasn't what I expected from but it was an interesting read. However it didn't was a WOW read at all.

The beginning was promising and the way they try to understand how they ended there was also a very good point BUT after a couple of trips into the jungle I found that the action was simply not there and that it was a repeating from the last time they got inside! 

I mean they go there a lot to find the lost girls and water but nothing happens.... it's a damn forest! We only see 1 monkey inside the forest and snakes attacking the camp and Avery se beetles everywhere....

Every trip was really only for search, no real interaction between Luca and Avery even if he really want to talk with her about them.

A point that was a minus for me was the lack of information about the past of the characters. We know for sure Luca and Avery lost someone important and each one is or was in a different stage of grave but we really don't know for example why everyone label Avery as "crazy" and don't talk to her or why Benny act like that way or the backstory of June regarding cancer.... I was really hoping to know more about Benny for example but it didn't happens... 

Also I noticed that God was missing in this all story! Ok we have prayers and songs but never he appear in the story! Rae is definitely an angel in guard of Eden and Rafa is the devil but apart of that... No God.... And for me it was very strange since it's all around his biggest creation 

But in general is was a good book... 

 

The Savage Hunt by Christy Sloat

 

Language: English

Format: eBook

pages: 195

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 5⭐

Did you ever start a book and start hating a character so badly that you actually got happy with her/his end? Well, this happens to me all the way to this book!

The Savage Hunt is about a court of monsters that will punish a few selected of humans that act worst than the proper monsters (sins that the human justice can't punish correctly). 

With the help of his demon son, a bloodthirsty vampire, a dark witch and two very feral sirens, they will hunt humans who have sinned in the vilest ways. This savage hunt will not only feed them but deliver revenge the humans so desire.

And how they do that without having witnesses you may ask... The answer? Amon is an old demon and smart (and sexy) so he actually made an Hotel. High atop a mountain crest sits the grand Gahana Royal Hotel. The world’s most elite are dying to see what lies beyond its iron gates, yet only a select few earn an invitation.

The first guest is London (aka a bitch!) who think is better than the rest of the world and demand to be treated like royalty. Her end? well.... she's a guest of the Hotel no? 😄 And she is only the first of the list as you can imagine!

I feel no sympathy at al with any of the guests....  to be true to you I was always in the Court side! 😈

This books was so good to read and I'm able to keep talking about the plot for hours!!

All the characters have a story that make total sense for me. I didn't find any loose ends that irritate me. 

The plot line is never broken, you actually can  remember the last time a member of the Court was mentioned or what was is last action without thinking "who are you?" 

I totally recommend this book if you like fantasy and a good revenge or hunting scenes!

A own another 4 books from this author and I will definitely read them next year 😉

Rapietium by Nicola Ormerod

 

Language: English

Format: Kindle

Pages:322

Genre: YA Fantasy

Rating: 4 ⭐

I really liked this book and the plot was well structured however I got more than once that "ShadowHunters vibe" and you may ask why and how... 

The true is that both stories have comum points: power heritage from a family member, a society that have is own rules, jobs, coverups, ministers and schools and also the way the characters act: 

• Richard looked that good guy that actually was hiding a big secret
• Marie (Blaze mother) seems to be cured from the panic attack and don't seems worried at all about the future of her daughter. She keep that "I trust you no matter what" 
• Clive is mundane but fits very well in that new world
• Blaze is just lost and marveled about everything in this new reality and found love with Dean (that have that bad guy look)

But let me talk a little about the plot!

Blaze Morgan does not lead the life of a normal seventeen year old. For as long as she remembers, she can see strange, white, mannequin-like beings. 

Scared of being considered crazy and make her mother with a worst mental health, she keeps her secret to herself until one day, at the scene of a gruesome accident, she sees how these beings are created. 

Blaze discovers she is part of an ancient Order of Watchers. They guard the earth against the Rapientium, or Raptors for short. They feed on human souls, and the shell that is left behind are the Taken (the white beings she is so used to see). 

Blaze discovers a whole new magical world, and she is to be part of it. Something, though, lingers in the background. A prophecy of a girl born with fire in her eyes that will bring about the end of chaos, or the end of the world…

"When the last rose withers, a great war will come."

As I says, it got a strong "ShadowHunters" vibe but in a good way. I mean, if you didn't have read the books of Cassandra Clare you will not feel it at all 😋  

The Taken looked like lost creatures that are everywhere but not looking dangerous and it was very sad to understand how they end up like that. The Raptors are another level.... they are evil and actually I didn't sympathized with them at all but it was clear what they wanted.

The full new world of Blaze comes with fighting, magic, love and that prophecy that look like more of a curse to Blaze than a blessed stuff (yes I don't know how better describe it as "stuff" 😅 )

The plot was very well structured, it was easy to visualize the scenarios and the characters, the villains actually are very good and the mystery under Blaze prophecy made me wanted to read it until the end. And when I was thinking that my mind was prepared for that war.... 😱 I discovered that I needed to wait for the next book!