First there are nightmares.
Every night Ellie is haunted by terrifying dreams of monstrous creatures that are hunting her, killing her.
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Feb 09, 2012
Allison (The Allure of Books)
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I don't want to put up my full review yet since this book is several months away from being published. I just want to say that THIS BOOK BLEW ME AWAY. It is ridiculous how good it is.
I was pretty excited to read it, but I had absolutely no idea how freakin' fantastic it would be. Seriously. Just a few minutes after I read the last page, I was telling April @ Good Books & Good Wine that the book came at a good time. Once Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mea More...
I was pretty excited to read it, but I had absolutely no idea how freakin' fantastic it would be. Seriously. Just a few minutes after I read the last page, I was telling April @ Good Books & Good Wine that the book came at a good time. Once Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mea More...
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Jan 03, 2012
Lyndsey
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You know how with some books, every few words you're like,"Ooooh, ostentatious, that's a good word. Oh, guttersnipe, that's another good word."
Well, this isn't one of those books.
Not like that's a bad thing. I just mean that it's a very quick and easy read. Prose that's not exactly lyrical, but also not anywhere near boring.
The Rundown
"Into every generation she is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the stren More...
Well, this isn't one of those books.
Not like that's a bad thing. I just mean that it's a very quick and easy read. Prose that's not exactly lyrical, but also not anywhere near boring.
The Rundown
"Into every generation she is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the stren More...
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Aug 27, 2011
Cillian
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Review coming soon.
Review is here.
Ok, where should I start?
Shall I start with the fact that Moulton has me wrapped around her little finger for creating a female character that didn't annoy me with her stupidity?
FINALLY!
GIVE MY CREATION A BRAIN!
Ellie: I don't know about you guys, but honestly, I'm sick and tired of main female characters that are less than adept and dedicate their lame existences to drool over the cute guy, even if he is a weirdo, they tai More...
Review is here.
Ok, where should I start?
Shall I start with the fact that Moulton has me wrapped around her little finger for creating a female character that didn't annoy me with her stupidity?
FINALLY!
GIVE MY CREATION A BRAIN!
Ellie: I don't know about you guys, but honestly, I'm sick and tired of main female characters that are less than adept and dedicate their lame existences to drool over the cute guy, even if he is a weirdo, they tai More...
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Apr 10, 2011
Jillian -always aspiring-
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As much as I hungered to learn more about my past, I was afraid of learning other things too--mostly about death and despair, and dark corners of the globe. I prayed that those memories wouldn't come back to me, because I felt in my bones that some things were too frightening to remember.
Elisabeth "Ellie" Monroe is no ordinary girl -- but she doesn't know that. Before her seventeenth birthday, her world was defined by an existence strewn with only school worries, friend dr More...
Elisabeth "Ellie" Monroe is no ordinary girl -- but she doesn't know that. Before her seventeenth birthday, her world was defined by an existence strewn with only school worries, friend dr More...
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Nov 29, 2010
Jessica
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With a refreshing new take on the lately popular Angel subject, Angelfire tells the story of 17-year old Ellie, a seemingly ordinary human girl who suddenly finds out that she’s not so ordinary after all but actually a heavenly creature, reborn into a human shell, destined to fight the monsters from hell.
Ellie is basically your average teenager which in my opinion was really nice for a change. She’s not one of those tortured heroines we usually encounter in the field of paranormal YA More...
Ellie is basically your average teenager which in my opinion was really nice for a change. She’s not one of those tortured heroines we usually encounter in the field of paranormal YA More...
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Oct 19, 2011
Diana
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“Meanwhile, I was reduced to staring at the wiry, gray chest hair puffing out of Mr. Meyer’s polo shirt like overgrown steel wool and wondering whether or not he had ever considered waxing”.
Well that’s an ... interesting way of describing something.
“As I looked at him, I felt a certain fondness deep in my heart, but I shook the feeling off.”
Damn it, she sees a pretty guy for the first time, describes his appearance and clothing in detail, and she has a “special More...
Well that’s an ... interesting way of describing something.
“As I looked at him, I felt a certain fondness deep in my heart, but I shook the feeling off.”
Damn it, she sees a pretty guy for the first time, describes his appearance and clothing in detail, and she has a “special More...
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Mar 01, 2011
Benni
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Angelfire is the first book in the Angelfire Trilogy. The beautiful girl on the cover is seventeen-year-old Ellie, who has begun having nightmares about past lives where she fights reapers. Ellie notices a boy stalking her, but since he’s handsome, she is intrigued. The stalker, Will, turns out to be her immortal guardian, and she turns out to be the Preliator, Latin for “warrior.” Every time she dies, she eventually reincarnates into another human More...
Angelfire is the first book in the Angelfire Trilogy. The beautiful girl on the cover is seventeen-year-old Ellie, who has begun having nightmares about past lives where she fights reapers. Ellie notices a boy stalking her, but since he’s handsome, she is intrigued. The stalker, Will, turns out to be her immortal guardian, and she turns out to be the Preliator, Latin for “warrior.” Every time she dies, she eventually reincarnates into another human More...
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Jun 06, 2011
Crowinator
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Are angels the new vampires, or what? There are parts of this series opener I liked -- several parts of the angel/reaper mythology; the slow way Ellie breaks in her new powers (while she can fight right away, she doesn't like to let herself go, and she doesn't like how her powers make her feel); the fight scenes, mostly, though they were not well integrated -- but overall I wasn't impressed with the amateurish writing (whoa with the adverbs, adjectives, and redundant phrasing) or the romance bet
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Apr 26, 2011
faeriemyst
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Normally I wouldn't write a review if I didn't read at least half of the book in question, but I'm obligated by Amazon Vine to give my honest opinion about a product. I yielded at 170 pages and will not force myself to read something I am not enjoying in the least.
First off I cannot feel sympathy for the protagonist, Ellie, which is essential in a book like this. She's a pretty shallow character who wasn't brought to life in the pages I read. It's hard to relate to a girl who has every More...
First off I cannot feel sympathy for the protagonist, Ellie, which is essential in a book like this. She's a pretty shallow character who wasn't brought to life in the pages I read. It's hard to relate to a girl who has every More...
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Dec 13, 2011
Abby
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OKAY. First things first. I have mixed feelings about this book, and I haven't even finished reading it yet--I'm past 300 pages though--but having been curious about what other people thought of it, I looked up reviews here in Goodreads and bam. I wasn't alone.
I expected to like this book because my bestfriend, who's a reader like me, lent me the book and said it was really action-packed and that I should give it a shot. And I respect my bestfriend and her feedback a lot, so don't ge More...
I expected to like this book because my bestfriend, who's a reader like me, lent me the book and said it was really action-packed and that I should give it a shot. And I respect my bestfriend and her feedback a lot, so don't ge More...
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Jul 11, 2011
Sarah (Y.A. Love)
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I know “hate” is a strong word, but I positively hate it when I can’t get into a book and end up not finishing it. Unfortunately, I’ve been running across quite a few books in that category this year. And since I’m not going to fully review them since I didn’t finish them, I think I’m going to post why I simply couldn’t get into them.
My alumni book club and I went to the launch party for Courtney Allison Moulton’s debut novel Angelfire. She did a great job at the launch, we all boug More...
My alumni book club and I went to the launch party for Courtney Allison Moulton’s debut novel Angelfire. She did a great job at the launch, we all boug More...
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Mar 25, 2011
Liz
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I think I'd be willing to sell a kidney for this book. I mean, who needs two anyway?
EDIT: actual review
4.5/5
Ellie is just your average teenage girl, living an average teenage life. But on her seventeenth birthday, Ellie finds out she is far from average – she’s the Preliator. With her newly awakened powers, and under the protection of the bodyguard she doesn’t remember, Ellie must harness her new abilities in order to fight off the demonic reapers and save hum More...
EDIT: actual review
4.5/5
Ellie is just your average teenage girl, living an average teenage life. But on her seventeenth birthday, Ellie finds out she is far from average – she’s the Preliator. With her newly awakened powers, and under the protection of the bodyguard she doesn’t remember, Ellie must harness her new abilities in order to fight off the demonic reapers and save hum More...
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Sep 22, 2011
Book Chick City
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Reviewed by Laura for Book Chick City.
I have to say as a self confessed bookaholic, there's something super exciting about being able to get my mitts on a book before it's even released. It gives me a warm feeling inside ;)
Seventeen year old Ellie is your typical American teenager. Until she begins to have strange dreams and visions and then one night hears unusual noises in the dark. She learns of the existence of reapers. Evil beings that kill and steal people's souls.
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I have to say as a self confessed bookaholic, there's something super exciting about being able to get my mitts on a book before it's even released. It gives me a warm feeling inside ;)
Seventeen year old Ellie is your typical American teenager. Until she begins to have strange dreams and visions and then one night hears unusual noises in the dark. She learns of the existence of reapers. Evil beings that kill and steal people's souls.
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May 30, 2011
Angelfire is a mythology-rich, action-packed, and beautifully romantic debut. Courtney Allison Moulton has written a story that readers will immerse themselves in and they won't want to stop until they've read the very last sentence. Each character and scene is brought to life thanks to Ms. Moulton's incredible writing and readers will be left wanting more!
Ellie is a great narrator and lead character. She certainly knows how to use her swords and kick some demon butt. What I really lo More...
Ellie is a great narrator and lead character. She certainly knows how to use her swords and kick some demon butt. What I really lo More...
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Aug 07, 2011
Paige
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Also appears on The Screaming Nitpicker.
Elisabeth "Ellie" Monroe has what she thinks is a pretty normal life. A tight circle of friends,a great best friend, two parents (who fight a lot),... Then Will comes into the picture. This green-eyed mystery man tells Ellie that she is a reincarnated warrior destined to defend human and their souls from the demonic reapers that mean to send the souls to Hell and use them as soldiers in Lucifer's army. As Ellie trains to regain her fo More...
Elisabeth "Ellie" Monroe has what she thinks is a pretty normal life. A tight circle of friends,a great best friend, two parents (who fight a lot),... Then Will comes into the picture. This green-eyed mystery man tells Ellie that she is a reincarnated warrior destined to defend human and their souls from the demonic reapers that mean to send the souls to Hell and use them as soldiers in Lucifer's army. As Ellie trains to regain her fo More...
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Feb 26, 2011
Sandy
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Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton is one of the best angel books I've read in years, and I've read A LOT of them. The only other angel book on the same level is Cynthia Hand's Unearthly, which is also stellar. With Angelfire, it's like Moulton had a check list of what makes a great young adult book and seamlessly blended all of these components together into this sensational debut novel. I was hooked from the first chapter and couldn't stop reading--it was another "wee hours of the morn
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Apr 03, 2011
Mocha ღ Latte
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Seventeen year old Ellie is as normal a teen can possibly be. She lives with her mother and father and hangs out with her friends nightly but she's got a problem. Nightmares that constantly haunt her each night about gruesome creatures called reapers; who devour humans and send their souls to hell. On the night of her Seventeenth birthday she meets Will, a handsome man who claims she's the reincarnation of an ancient warr More...
Seventeen year old Ellie is as normal a teen can possibly be. She lives with her mother and father and hangs out with her friends nightly but she's got a problem. Nightmares that constantly haunt her each night about gruesome creatures called reapers; who devour humans and send their souls to hell. On the night of her Seventeenth birthday she meets Will, a handsome man who claims she's the reincarnation of an ancient warr More...
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Feb 03, 2011
Jaz.parks
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En el blog: ~Heart Shaped Box~
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"Life is going to test you in ways it never has before. Don't let your future change the good person that you are or make forget who you are"
--Courney A. Moulton.
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Obtuve Angelfire de NetGalley. Estaba tan ocupada y cansada con la escuela y todos los exámenes finales que lo dejé en la compu unas tres semanas antes de empezarlo. Y debo decir que fui una completa idiota, por que el libro es impresiona More...
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"Life is going to test you in ways it never has before. Don't let your future change the good person that you are or make forget who you are"
--Courney A. Moulton.
~.~
Obtuve Angelfire de NetGalley. Estaba tan ocupada y cansada con la escuela y todos los exámenes finales que lo dejé en la compu unas tres semanas antes de empezarlo. Y debo decir que fui una completa idiota, por que el libro es impresiona More...
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Dec 08, 2010
Isamlq
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And I have finally/sadly come across an angel book that I am just not that into. The blurb describes Ellie as spirited and independent. Will, her love interest, is her protector and loyal GUARDIAN. God, god… god! I was so ready to love Angelfire; too bad, it did not meet my expectations. The first 60 pages or so of this book is riddled with dei ex machina. Disappointing, I kid you not. Every question she asked, the guy had an answer to. Every time something was about to happen or actually happe
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Feb 19, 2011
Vi
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Honestly, it sounds a bit too much like Buffy for comfort, except Giles is a hot guy with a Cloud-strife-esque buster sword.
Still, I'll take a look.
ETA: READ IT. Okay, here's my non-spoilery review.
A good effort. Which seems patronizing, but really, after struggling through the whole thing that's the only compliment I can really muster.
I mean, she certainly writes action 'well' - and by 'well' I mean, you can clearly visualize what's happeni More...
Still, I'll take a look.
ETA: READ IT. Okay, here's my non-spoilery review.
A good effort. Which seems patronizing, but really, after struggling through the whole thing that's the only compliment I can really muster.
I mean, she certainly writes action 'well' - and by 'well' I mean, you can clearly visualize what's happeni More...
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Nov 05, 2011
Nicole
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You can find this review and many others on my blog, The Reader's Antidote
Angelfire is a great new take on the whole fallen angel genre. As all YA reader's know, there are at least a couple books a year that involve fallen angels. I was hoping this one would be different, and it definitely was. It was witty, action-packed, and filled with a sweet romance that I couldn't help devouring and then promptly weeping over. Courtney Allison Moulton, what have you done to me?
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Angelfire is a great new take on the whole fallen angel genre. As all YA reader's know, there are at least a couple books a year that involve fallen angels. I was hoping this one would be different, and it definitely was. It was witty, action-packed, and filled with a sweet romance that I couldn't help devouring and then promptly weeping over. Courtney Allison Moulton, what have you done to me?
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Mar 14, 2011
Morgyn
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Blood, love, and a lot of fighting. Ellie thought she was a normal girl, but deep down she was a reincarnation of ancient warrior, but she doesn't truly know who she is or why she was created. All Ellie wanted was to be a normal girl with normal problems like dating boys, not getting ice cream on your outfit, and trying to find something cute to wear to school the next day, but that all changes when she meets Will. Gorgeous, green eyed, brown hair Will. Will has a dark mystery about himself and
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Oct 24, 2010
Ronda
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ACTION PACKED! VIOLENTLY CREATIVE! HORRIFYING THRILLS!
Wow, this story was creatively written for it to be a Young Adult Read. Full of kick ass action with bloody horrifying kills without remorse. I’d have to say this book borders on the line of Young Adult and Adult rated horror.
Ellie has just turned 17 year old and is a senior in high school who starts out having nightmares and doesn’t know why she is having them until she meets Will out in the street where she kills h More...
Wow, this story was creatively written for it to be a Young Adult Read. Full of kick ass action with bloody horrifying kills without remorse. I’d have to say this book borders on the line of Young Adult and Adult rated horror.
Ellie has just turned 17 year old and is a senior in high school who starts out having nightmares and doesn’t know why she is having them until she meets Will out in the street where she kills h More...
Oct 16, 2010
Jami
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What do you call everything you've ever wanted in a paranormal romance and more? Angelfire. That's right, I said it. Moulton has taken every cliche about paranormal romance and stomped it into the ground. You won't find any whiny, push-over MCs here.
Ellie was simply awesome. She was SO funny. I couldn't wait to hear her next snarky comment to Will. She was a good friend, and here is the big one, she had common sense! When Will showed up, she thought he was a creeper for standing a More...
Ellie was simply awesome. She was SO funny. I couldn't wait to hear her next snarky comment to Will. She was a good friend, and here is the big one, she had common sense! When Will showed up, she thought he was a creeper for standing a More...
Jan 14, 2011
Danny
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Gosh this book blew me away!! When I found this book on NetGalley and read the synopsis I knew that this would be a book I could enjoy - and oh boy I did enjoy this book!
Review and ARC Giveaway at the Boowkworms (ends Jan21)
Ellie is a normal girl - until her 17th birthday when she meets Will and everything she though she knew about herself is turned upside down and she has to learn the truth about herself.
She's is an ancient warrior trapped in an human body but with extraor More...
Review and ARC Giveaway at the Boowkworms (ends Jan21)
Ellie is a normal girl - until her 17th birthday when she meets Will and everything she though she knew about herself is turned upside down and she has to learn the truth about herself.
She's is an ancient warrior trapped in an human body but with extraor More...
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Aug 24, 2011
Danielle
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This book is pretty wonderful. I had the ARC for a while but I didn’t have the time to read it early. I read Sunday night instead (or while) watching the Grammy’s, and it was the right call because it was 10000 times better! It didn’t take long to figure out this book was completely new and different—in addition to well-developed and well-written. I jumped into the world of Angelfire and couldn’t escape! It was amazing.
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This book is pretty wonderful. I had the ARC for a while but I didn’t have the time to read it early. I read Sunday night instead (or while) watching the Grammy’s, and it was the right call because it was 10000 times better! It didn’t take long to figure out this book was completely new and different—in addition to well-developed and well-written. I jumped into the world of Angelfire and couldn’t escape! It was amazing.
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Apr 02, 2011
Angela
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Ellie is a normal sixteen – soon to be seventeen – year old girl. She gets bored in economics classes, does homework, goes to movies and shopping, is looking forward to getting her first car and, like a lot of girls her age, she’s trying to figure out how to get into the college of her choice. There’s just one difference: she’s been having these horrifying nightmares about creatures that kill her every night.
On the night of her seventeenth birthday she finds out the nightmares are More...
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Jan 11, 2012
Kira
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See comments for why my original review is gone. No fear; it's nothing sinister. Unless my laziness is sinister. Then I guess it is sinister.
Sinister.
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So the other day my sister and I were having a veg on the couch in our PJs. She was flicking through the channels, which is dangerous, because my sister is a nurse and she likes to watch shit like All She Ever Wanted and cries at those ads about life insurance for elderly people.
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Sinister.
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So the other day my sister and I were having a veg on the couch in our PJs. She was flicking through the channels, which is dangerous, because my sister is a nurse and she likes to watch shit like All She Ever Wanted and cries at those ads about life insurance for elderly people.
So eventually we se More...
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May 03, 2011
Gabby
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is it just me or the girl from the cover kinda looks like Hayley Williams of Paramore????
they kinda look alike don't you think? LOL
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i kinda feel bad for giving this book a 1 star rating cause i've been really expecting myself to like this book, and i think i am one of the very few people who gave this book a 1 star rating but before you hate me or throw something hard on my face hear me out first. haha!
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they kinda look alike don't you think? LOL
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i kinda feel bad for giving this book a 1 star rating cause i've been really expecting myself to like this book, and i think i am one of the very few people who gave this book a 1 star rating but before you hate me or throw something hard on my face hear me out first. haha!
here's the reason why i gave More...
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Feb 01, 2011
Jen
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I received this book from Netgalley for an honest review.
This book started out slow for me. To me the book tried to open with excitement and action, but I felt confused and lik I was missing major pieces to the puzzle. It was hard to keep going because I kept asking questions and wasn't getting answers. A lot of this book was what I would call cliche for young adult paranormal these days. Ellie is getting ready to turn 17 and-shock shock- she's gets powers she never knew about. Of cou More...
This book started out slow for me. To me the book tried to open with excitement and action, but I felt confused and lik I was missing major pieces to the puzzle. It was hard to keep going because I kept asking questions and wasn't getting answers. A lot of this book was what I would call cliche for young adult paranormal these days. Ellie is getting ready to turn 17 and-shock shock- she's gets powers she never knew about. Of cou More...
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