Indie books have it harder in the grand scheme of book publishing as they have to rely much on the reader reviews and the work they publish and how good it is without having the help of editors or big name publisher backing them up. But when you find that beautiful gem of a self pub you feel like your holding that winning ticket in your hand and with Airborne by Constance Sharper- I felt like I won the lotto baby!

I was truly in awed by how great the whole story was, the action was nonstop with More...

2.5 stars

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Storyline
Avery is on summer break visiting her brother in California when she discovers a mysterious shell on the beach. As she picks it up she’s shocked by a sudden pain and when she drops it the shell shatters into dust. Where the shell touched her hand a dark bruise takes its place and starts to spread. Once she returns to boarding school, a harpie named Mason shows up on her doorstep demanding she return the shell. She eventually shows More...

I'm guessing this is a self-published novel. The writing was horribly awkward and forced, and barely a (Kindle) page went by without a serious editing error (e.g. past instead of passed, ceased instead of seized, not to mention the sense that the author lacks even a basic understanding of when to use a comma). Overall, it read like something a 7th grader would write (and get a B- on, due to all the grammar and punctuation errors).

The only reason I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 is that the story i More...

I honestly fell in love with this book. I love the characters and the plot. I cant pick a favorite character but I can say I will be buying the sequel when ever it comes out. I wish i could give more than a 5 star rating. I will be honest I just bought this book because it was only 1.99 but it was worth 10 dollars if you asked me. I love this book.

I would call Airborne, a self-published novel by Constance Sharper, a young-adult urban fantasy. It's about a high school girl who finds herself in the midst of a war between supernatural creatures.

At this point you're probably thinking, I've read this book. When I picked it up and started it I thought the same thing. This is not the same book. For one thing, the locality is much different. We start in Alaska, an unforgiving and to most of us, alien landscape. This might not be true for people w More...

This debut novel takes a risk and includes a rare paranormal character - harpies.

According to the dictionary, a harpy is: "A rapacious monster described as having a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman's face." In her novel, harpies come in both male and female. They are bad-tempered beings, quick to anger and intolerant of humans. The vast majority of humans have no idea that harpies even exist.

Avery attends The Mayweather Academy, a boa More...

Avery will capture the readers' attention. She is funny, somewhat abrasive, caring, and intelligent. The setting is in Alaska, a very different setting that a reader is not likely to find in many, if any, other books. The setting sets the scene for a pervading sense of danger, the reader will feel a sense of urgency while reading.



Then there are the harpies. Harpies are creatures, male and female, who are not friendly to humans and are quick to anger. Avery encounters her first harpy, Mason, whe More...

This was really good. not the best ive ever read but good no less

AIRBORNE was about a verrrry unique paranormal character. I couldn't quite believe it when I first read it. I was all like, "He's a WHAT!?"

Avery lives in Alaska and goes to a boarding school where she pretty much only has one friend. She goes over the summer to visit her brother, Chase, in California. While there, she picks up a strange stone on the beach. Immediately, the stone disinigrates and as the weeks go by, a black mark on her arm begins to grow. And grow.

Her first night back at school More...

Airborne by Constance Sharper was a huge surprise for me. I didn't know how I would like the story revolving around harpies but I was pleasantly satisfied where the plot line went. I've never read about harpies before and I was excited to read about something new and different.

Sharper took an unusual topic and made it great. The characters were believable and likeable especially Mason and Avery. The romantic attraction was awesome as well because it wasn't "love at first sight" like in most sto More...

"Airborne" is a great story about Harpies living among humans off the coast of California. Avery attends boarding school in Alaska. However, this past summer she visited her brother in California. On the fourth of July she discovers an unusual shell on the beach and when she picks it up, she receives a minor cut (or so she thinks).

Upon returning to school for her senior year, Avery finds things have not changed. She is still an outcast but her best friend awaits her. Her best friend is also dati More...

Harpies.... hmmm... Well, I must admit, harpies are so different from the usual paranormal and supernatural types so far....

Avery picks up a shell on a beach in California , one day.... Little did she realize that the it was a powerful amulet which contained the magic of a Harpy.... The amulet shatters, and somehow , the magic in it clings to Avery, the nearest living thing.... Soon Avery is pulled into the world of Harpy conflict, where the motives and past of everyone around are not always cle More...

It’s got quite an eloquent writing style which is nice and something you don’t see often anymore. Let me tell you, I’m so sick of “he did this, she did that, she felt like this…” books. The author has at least taken one writing class and can form more than simple sentences unlike most of the YA genre. Now, maybe it’s not for the younger audience at a higher level of reading but the story does involve a high school girl and is very much a young adult tale. The gist is this. Seventeen year old Ave More...

Airborne felt kind of lumpy to me. The plot is definitely good and the writing is okay. But the thing this book needs is a real good editor.

The main characters, Mason and Avery, needs a lot of back-story. I couldn't connect with the characters, because I felt like I didn't know any of them. The book started right from the action and kept going.The flashback part never came, which is a big no-no for me. Other than back-story, the characters were good, and I liked mason's harpy qualities. I get t More...

After she picks up a strange stone on the side of a beach Avery's world turns upside down, when she finds herself in a middle of a harpie strife.

I was so excited when I found out about this book. I mean come on it's about harpies. We've seen vampires, werewolves, fairies, and angels, but never harpies. So when I ordered this book and it came in the mail I couldn't wait to start it.

Truth be told I though that the first few chapters were a bit bland and the writing poor, as well as the pacing b More...

This is the first book I've ever read with harpies and I was pleasantly surprised where Constance Sharper took the story. The characters were engaging, the romantic attraction between characters wasn't love at first sight but built slowly through the story and the harpy civilization was believable.

Avery was just your average girl hanging out on the beach when the simple act of picking up a stone threw her into the world of the harpies. When she broke the stone, the magic within seeped into the More...

Avery will capture the readers' attention. She is funny, somewhat abrasive, caring, and intelligent. The setting is in Alaska, a very different setting that a reader is not likely to find in many, if any, other books. The setting sets the scene for a pervading sense of danger, the reader will feel a sense of urgency while reading.

Then there are the harpies. Harpies are creatures, male and female, who are not friendly to humans and are quick to anger. Avery encounters her first harpy, Mason, whe More...

I figured I had gone through most of the mythological characters when it comes to books, but once I started reading Airborne, I realized it was not my usual slice of cake. Avery's world is full of magic and extremely tall and thin harpies. Imagine her surprise when she finds out that an odd rock she found in the waves on the beaches of California was actually an all-powerful amulet full of magic that bound itself to her. Now, she has to deal with Mason, a harpy with too much anger to fit his bod More...

This novel has the making of being great. This book is different from the litter of YA novels that have been coming out lately, especially since it adds a new creature into the mix, Harpies. The story is very unique and nothing short of imaginative. I love all the action within this book, and all the twists and turns this novel takes.

Avery is a normal teen thrown into the vicious world of Harpies when magic passes from an amulet into her. This is something no one has ever seen before in the worl More...

Airborne by Constance Sharper is a surprising and entertaining novel about Harpies and humans!

I have never heard about Harpies before nor have I ever encountered anything with Harpies. I was primarily interested in this novel because I have never heard of Harpies and was deeply interested to learn more about who they were.

Avery is your typical average girl/human. On vacation, she discovers an amulet, but when she picked it up, it dissolved and the magic contained in the amulet is now within her. More...

Ughhhh. I don't know. I got REALLY bored reading this book, to the point that I don't even want to know what will happen in the end. (I usually look up the ending if I think its a waste of time) Well, IT REALLY IS.

I totally hated Mason. I mean, I tried to look into him, to understand him. Reading the book, giving chances of how Mason will prove himself a jerk that he is (well i see him that way) and have this nasty remarks on the main girl with having his fiancé all along! -____- *yeey for those More...

Avery had no idea what she was getting into on a stroll on a California beach. After she goes back to school, she is forcefully met by a handsome harpie named Mason.

Mason thinks that she has something that other harpies want from her. Hell, he wants if from her. But in order for him to get it, he has to protect her from the others that are willing to kill her for it.

Neither one of them can fight their attraction to one another no matter how hard it is. However, Mason has a few surprises in store More...

Honestly, I usually avoid self-published books because(and lets admit it) they can be horrible. But I decided to give this one a try because of a friend recommendation. Since I was shocked about how good it was, I gave it a five. I could see it in any bookstore.
The writing, pacing, and story line were good. There were some missing commas here and there but I never struggled to understand anything. Less romance than I expected though and I wanted to see the classic story book ending! I read the s More...

This was just groovy. Being about harpies, it caught my interest since I've never read anything about them. I didn't really get the whole interest in Mason since the dude is rude, moody, and randomly just as pms-y as a girl. Sure he has wings, but his attitude (and that of his sister and fiance) are just turn offs. So Avery touched some "shell" and has weird magic in her. I don't know--I think I kept waiting for the plot to thicken or at least excite the reader. I was disappointed there. Overall More...

Airborne was diffrent compared to all the other books with vampires, werewolve, and angels. This book was about harpies, I mean how often do you get to read about harpies? The answer is never. The storyline was amazing, it was fast-paced and action packed. There was a combination of everything that makes up a good story. There was mystery, romance, suspense and did I mention action. Honestly I couldnt put it down, I tried hard to pace myself but failed (-__-). I couldnt stop, I was so submerged More...

LOVED IT! This book was unique and totally amazing. It has everything: action, a hot hero, a tough heroine, and tons of sexual tension (seriously, the entire book I was on the edge of my seat yelling "get together already!")The fact that Airborne uses harpies makes it an anomaly; new mythological creatures that I now adore (well, maybe some of them; some of them I hated)

The only problem I had was that the plot was jumpy. One thing would happen and before I had time to process, the plot jerked so More...