I will start by saying I absolutely love the Walker Papers series, and I have read the 1st of the Negotiator Trilogy, and looking forward to the next 2, which I have in the TBR pile, so I started this book with anticipation.
I admit that at the beginning I was almost going to give up as I have so many books in the TBR pile and in my Kindle, but I decided to keep on with it. The basic story is that Lara, who lives in Boston and is quiet intense sort of person, is out with her friend Kelly, who is quite extrovert and determined to get Lara to meet men. They bump into a local TV news weather man, along with his camera man and Kelly organises that they all meet later. We also discover that Lara has an ability to know when anyone is not telling the truth, she senses lies, also she can only tell the truth.
They go out for dinner and Lara is aware that although the weatherman, David, is telling the truth, there is something not quite right about him. Well there is, he is a fairy and is accused of murdering his brother in their own world, The Barrow-Land. He has been looking for a Truth Seeker to take home to help him discover what really happened to his brother. Having observed Lara he knows that she is a Truth Seeker and he needs her help, desperately.
Our heroine goes back to the Barrow- Lands with David to try and help him prove his innocence, and she finds lots to deal with there, from attacking bat like creatures, to a blind old soothsayer, to learning more about her skills, and eventually ending up in a war and captured by the enemy!
Our Lara manages to get back to Earth where she finds an another fine mess to try and sort out, she has been away for a day or so, yet on Earth she has been missing for 17 months! Also some of the creatures she met in the Barrow-lands arrive here too! Much action as we get near the finale, all good stuff, then find…….to be continued in the next, and last book.
I have the book on my wish list and will be buying it as soon as it is released!! This was an easy enjoyable read, my problem at the start, with hind sight, I realise was simply because I wanted it to be a Walker Papers book…………
Sunday 10 July 2011
Friday 8 July 2011
The Morganville Vampire Series by Rachel Caine
I have been reading this series since the start, but I had 2 books; Fade Out (book 7) and Kiss of death (book 8) in my TBR pile, however, as I had been reading a lot of supernatural books, had decided on a break. Once I got back on the wagon, as it were, I read both of these, one after the other. So glad I did as I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the series. Despite the fact that the main characters are so young!
Morganville is a town created by and run by vampires, all non vampires have to have a vampire protector or else they are open to attack by any of the vampire population. Also if you want to leave - you can’t! It also make going out after dark a dangerous thing to do.
In the Glass house in Morganville, lives Claire, a non vampire (it has been her story we have been following) her friend Eve who is a Goth, Eve’s boyfriend Michael (who was a ghost now a vampire - long story) and Shane, Claire’s boyfriend.
I would suggest starting at the beginning of the series, to follow the entire story from Claire’s arrival in Morganville to date. The story has been thrilling and frightening, with all sorts of twists and turns. Though book 8 has an interesting twist as the 4 main people, are granted permission by the vampire council to leave the town for a few days for Michael to record some of his music. They set off, with a vampire escort. For those born in Morganville this is a first time out in the ordinary world......
If you enjoy a good vampire romp, you should give this series a go, I went and ordered the next 2 books immediately I finished these
Morganville is a town created by and run by vampires, all non vampires have to have a vampire protector or else they are open to attack by any of the vampire population. Also if you want to leave - you can’t! It also make going out after dark a dangerous thing to do.
In the Glass house in Morganville, lives Claire, a non vampire (it has been her story we have been following) her friend Eve who is a Goth, Eve’s boyfriend Michael (who was a ghost now a vampire - long story) and Shane, Claire’s boyfriend.
I would suggest starting at the beginning of the series, to follow the entire story from Claire’s arrival in Morganville to date. The story has been thrilling and frightening, with all sorts of twists and turns. Though book 8 has an interesting twist as the 4 main people, are granted permission by the vampire council to leave the town for a few days for Michael to record some of his music. They set off, with a vampire escort. For those born in Morganville this is a first time out in the ordinary world......
If you enjoy a good vampire romp, you should give this series a go, I went and ordered the next 2 books immediately I finished these
Sunday 3 July 2011
The Radleys by Matt Haig
On deciding to have a look at the books being reviewed on the TV Book Club, I saw this book and on reading the description, found I was intrigued.
This is a vampire story, but for a change not all about the angst of teenagers. The family, the Radleys, mum and dad with teenage son & daughter, are just living normal if somewhat boring lives in their small village. The kids having a hard time at school, the father a local GP and mum a housewife. However, the parents are actually vampires who have made the decision not to be practising vampires, and the teens don't yet know.
All this is, of course, about to change, as in one moment in time the daughter discovers what she really is capable of. We then go on the journey of how they tell their children what they are and what it means. A long missing relative visits and all sorts of memories and feeling are stirred up for the couple, and as will happen in a book, matters come to a head and decisions have to made.
I don't want to spoil any more of the story, but I will say that I really enjoyed the book, it was all about vampires, which I love, but with a difference. There were teen vamps but the book was not all about them, there was plenty of more adult themes and concerns. Because of this I would recommend this book, in particular, to any one who enjoys vampire books, but who is getting a bit tired of the young age of all the main characters.
I will watch the episode when this book is discussed with interest, and investigate other books by Matt Haig
This is a vampire story, but for a change not all about the angst of teenagers. The family, the Radleys, mum and dad with teenage son & daughter, are just living normal if somewhat boring lives in their small village. The kids having a hard time at school, the father a local GP and mum a housewife. However, the parents are actually vampires who have made the decision not to be practising vampires, and the teens don't yet know.
All this is, of course, about to change, as in one moment in time the daughter discovers what she really is capable of. We then go on the journey of how they tell their children what they are and what it means. A long missing relative visits and all sorts of memories and feeling are stirred up for the couple, and as will happen in a book, matters come to a head and decisions have to made.
I don't want to spoil any more of the story, but I will say that I really enjoyed the book, it was all about vampires, which I love, but with a difference. There were teen vamps but the book was not all about them, there was plenty of more adult themes and concerns. Because of this I would recommend this book, in particular, to any one who enjoys vampire books, but who is getting a bit tired of the young age of all the main characters.
I will watch the episode when this book is discussed with interest, and investigate other books by Matt Haig
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