Blue Moon

The Immortals Series
Blue Moon #6
by Alyson Noel
Young adult Fantasy
3/5
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I just was not a fan of this book. I don't have much to say about it except I felt like I could have written this book. I knew what was going to happen page after page before I had even read it and I am guilty for skipping pages too. The immortal juice and vampires walking around in broad daylight just didn't work for me. I never really took to vampire stories before reading Twilight. I did enjoy Anne Rices Interview with a Vampire but I think I am just going to stick with the Twilight Saga. It sorta has set the standard for me and every other attempt seems dry and blah.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
by JK Rowling
Young Adult Fiction
5/5
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Currently reading AGAIN!
As all great books go, they deserve to be read over and over again. Since I saw the recent midnight showing of the HP6 with my kids, I couldn't stop thinking of Harry and needed to read the book again!

Wings

Wings
by Aprilynne Pike
young adult fantasy
4/5
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While in Borders yesterday I walked passed a table with the name Stephanie Meyer written across the top of a book. Of course I had to stop and pick the book up. It turns out she has given Wings a wonderful review. Stephanie being one of my favorite authors I had to pick it up and read it. After all, she did recommend the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and it quickly became one of my favorite books of the year. Wings was very sweet and charming making the even the most skeptical person have doubt that faeries don't exist. Ah.. It was just simply wonderful to read how Laurel discovered her origin. It was also a love story where she was torn between her human world friendship with David and her love Tamani, her fairy companion in the world of Avalon. What a great book. It was one of the fastest 294 pages I have read in one day. Lets not forget where there are faeries there are bound to be trolls and a little magic. I Thought this book would be perfect for young readers between the ages 10-13 years.

Breaking Dawn

Breaking Dawn
by Stephanie Meyer
Young Adult Fantasy
5/5
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I loved reading the Twilight Saga. Breaking Dawn the final book in the four book series was more then I expected. We all knew what was going to become of Edward and Bella but it was wonderful to finally read the conclusion. The book was lengthy over 700 pages but I was grateful for it. Stephanie has stayed true to her standards in this book and explored the love story from every angle. I did have my moments though. The book of Jacob almost made me fall asleep. It was long and detailed and I never was a team Jacob girl. It bounced back as the story went back to Bella's story and then... very seriously... something happened towards the middle end of the book that made me so upset I closed the book and almost threw it across the room. Yeah! Thats how much it sucks you in. But, I cooled and speculated the entire story line and thought. WOW! Stephanie really put together a fantastic fantasy love triangle. I would spoil the book if I wrote what had me upset but its definitely worth reading to find out. Some friends of mine won't let their younger children read the book due to some of its nature. The birth of Reneseme. I let our 14year old daughter read it and she was okay with it.

The girl who could fly

The Girl who could fly.

by Victoria Forester

Young Adult Fantasy

4/5

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This was a sweet book. I found this book floating around on numerous book lists and picked it up in the juvenile section in the library. However, I am classifying it as more of a younger adult book because there are some scary parts for little kids or maybe they were scary to me because I fell in love with Piper McCloud right from the beginning. It may also have to do with the fact that she really can fly! Piper lived in Lowland Country when she discovered a little itch inside her that made her realize she longed to do something more amazing then just simply float a few feet off the ground. Her parents desperately pleaded with her to keep her feet planted on the ground but Piper didn't understand why she could not share her ability to fly. It was glorious and at the same time lonely up in the sky all by herself and she wanted to teach others. But soon Piper realized that her flying wasn't as wonderful as she thought others would think. They were scared of her! Its not everyday you see a girl fly! Piper is whisked away to a special place with other children in a remote place far away from her parents and her home in Lowland Country. She discovers new friends with amazing talents from super strength to super genius and even in this remote place she finds she is special among the special. But in a place that seems to accept her for her abilities, she soon finds it has its consequences too and she is forbidden to fly. With endearing friendships that form and her eagerness to fly once again, Piper gains the courage to break free and be herself. After all ..."I fly and I like it and I'm not going to stop..there isn't anything else that makes since to me like flying does."

Prom Nights from Hell

Prom Nights From Hell

by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle

Young Adult

4/5

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This is not my typical read but my favorite author Stephanie Meyer wrote her own short story for this book (Hell on Earth) so I had to read it. I found it humorous really. Not scary. Its a great collection of short stories with the back drop of the most important right of passage for any teen PROM! Filled with vampires, grim reapers and paranormal activity, each author writes a short fast-paced story which is refreshing to read and is a nice break from the typical read.

Eclipse

Eclipse

by Stephanie Meyer

Young Adult fantasy

5/5

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There is no doubt that I am a twilight addict! I am reading the books over again this year and finished Eclipse. Instead of writing a review because it just seems silly to me. I thought I would just list some of my favorite parts and quotes. If you have not read these books, please do.They are refreshing especially if you have teenagers in the house. My step daughter and I had so much fun running back and forth to each others rooms sharing our favorite parts. If you have seen the movie, please do not judge the books by it. We all know that books are Far better. These are only a few due to limited space but there are so many favorites.

1. You and Billy gossip like old women. (Bella)

2. If we could bottle your luck, we’d have a weapon of mass destruction on our hands. (Edward)

3. Did you seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls only did that on TV. (Jacob)

4. As long as she wants me, I’m here. (Edward)

5. First, because you are bizarrely moral for a vampire. (Bella)

6. I’ve chosen my life — now I want to start living it. (Bella)

New Moon

New Moon

By Stephanie Meyer

5/5

Young Adult Fantasy

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Do I really need to write a review on this one? If it were possible to add more stars I would. I have read New Moon several times and it really breaks my heart when Edward leaves Bella Behind for her safety and for the safety of his vampire family. A lot of people talk about Bella and how her heart was broken and her frail human state But I can't shrug Edwards falling out. He had waited for Bella for over a hundred years and now he has to leave her! Ugh! its so sad. "It will be as if I never existed." Edward. In leaving Bella behind he makes her vulnerable to the predators of his world. Bella soon befriends her childhood buddy Jacob Black who has secrets of his own. Bella and Jacob are often viewed as more then friends but in the following books (Breaking Dawn) there is an unravelling or revelation you might find as a surprise and also explains their relationship. If you have not read this saga. Please Do! And for all those interested and have seen the Twilight movie, DO NOT judge a book by its movie. Books are far better in detail.

A Great and Terrible Beauty

A Great and Terrible beauty
by Libba Bray
Young Adult Fiction
4*/5
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After her mother was murdered in India by a mysterious force, Gemma at age sixteen was sent to the house of Spence, a boarding school for young ladies to gain all the attractive attributes for a decent suitor. Not only did Gemma find it difficult to fit in with the privileged girls, she was being thrusted into an unknown world of the supernatural through visions she could not explain. When she catches one of the most influential girls in the school, Felicity, in the arms of a gypsy, a sworn secrecy develops between them that flourishes into a binding friendship. A group bond forms between them including two other Spence students, Pippa and Ann. I was confused for the first half of the book about Gemmas visions and the mysterious Kartik, a young man she encountered in India before her mothers death and who continued to follow her to England. Throughout the book he warns Gemma to close to her mind and not bring on her visions. However, the book starts coming together. The girls friendships were growing stronger, Gemma starts to discover her mothers secret of the "order" and her ties to the school from a long time ago. I really enjoyed reading the vivid details of the supernatural world were falling leaves turned into golden dust, flowers turned into butterflies, and anything you wanted or wanted to be would come true in the realms. But without the bad their can be no good. Each time the girls passed through the door to the realms, a dark force was becoming stronger and some of the girls were becoming obsessed with its power. In the end, Gemma has to make a choice about her destiny to close the realm and have her friends turn against her or leave the door open and risk the dark Circe to take control of the realms.