An accessible and clean paranormal series about werewolves--and the popular girl who loves one--from the bestselling author of "Vampire Kisses."
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Jan 12, 2011
Zarah
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There were things I liked and didn't like:
Things I didn't like:
-It's good to foreshadow, but... it got annoying, I just wanted to be like "I know it's going to happen, how many time are you going to remind me?"
-I don't think that Celeste and Brandon got to KNOW each other very well...
-Nash. He had his good moments, but my goodness this boy is a annoying.
-best friends...that might leave you because you're talking to someone they don't like??
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Things I didn't like:
-It's good to foreshadow, but... it got annoying, I just wanted to be like "I know it's going to happen, how many time are you going to remind me?"
-I don't think that Celeste and Brandon got to KNOW each other very well...
-Nash. He had his good moments, but my goodness this boy is a annoying.
-best friends...that might leave you because you're talking to someone they don't like??
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Aug 07, 2011
Paige
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I love Ellen Schreiber. This is no big secret. She changed my life with her Vampire Kisses series and made me the girl I am today. When I heard that she was starting a new series about werewolves, I was in. It wouldn't matter whether or not the book was actually good. It was Ellen, after all! She has the Special Author Pass! She can do things other authors could never get away with! I got the book, started reading, and gave up on page 160.
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I love Ellen Schreiber. This is no big secret. She changed my life with her Vampire Kisses series and made me the girl I am today. When I heard that she was starting a new series about werewolves, I was in. It wouldn't matter whether or not the book was actually good. It was Ellen, after all! She has the Special Author Pass! She can do things other authors could never get away with! I got the book, started reading, and gave up on page 160.
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Nov 22, 2011
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*Warning: possible spoilers ahead.*
For those of you who faithfully read my book reviews, you know that I generally give positive reviews. I love to read, and I can generally find something that I like in just about any book. Unfortunately, once in a full moon is not one of those books, so this review will be very short.
1. The plot is boring. Boy meets girl. Boy gets bitten by wolf. Girl falls in love with boy and vows to help him find a cure. B More...
*Warning: possible spoilers ahead.*
For those of you who faithfully read my book reviews, you know that I generally give positive reviews. I love to read, and I can generally find something that I like in just about any book. Unfortunately, once in a full moon is not one of those books, so this review will be very short.
1. The plot is boring. Boy meets girl. Boy gets bitten by wolf. Girl falls in love with boy and vows to help him find a cure. B More...
Dec 28, 2010
S.F.
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I loved this book. Period. Discussion over. The end.
It's just that simple, but I'll elaborate because I realize that doesn't actually say much. In the spirit of full disclosure, I wasn't expecting a lot out of this book. I'm not sure why I felt that way, but I was pleasantly surprised by how solid it was in every way. The characters, the world, the plot... it all fit together like an intricate little puzzle. It kept me interested at every turn without trying to be overly complicated More...
It's just that simple, but I'll elaborate because I realize that doesn't actually say much. In the spirit of full disclosure, I wasn't expecting a lot out of this book. I'm not sure why I felt that way, but I was pleasantly surprised by how solid it was in every way. The characters, the world, the plot... it all fit together like an intricate little puzzle. It kept me interested at every turn without trying to be overly complicated More...
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Jan 06, 2011
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Review first posted on http://rubysreads.com.[return][return]I had high hopes for this book. I mean, a new YA werewolf series? By an author who already has a pretty big following? I hoped wrong. And I m going to have to tread lightly here, because there wasn t much for me to like in Once in a Full Moon and I just talked about not author-bashing in a previous post.[return][return]Let s start with the writing. It s a lot of tell and no show. We re told a lot of things about the heroine, Celes
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Dec 24, 2010
Isamlq
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OK. I’ll be nice.
I should probably be nice.
I’ll try to be nice...
So Once in A full Moon is probably not the best werewolf YA book I have ever read. In fact, there were so many lines that made me cringe due mainly to the fact that the heroine is a self described “love struck girl.” Consider:
Line one, “I held the cell phone in my hand. I imagined where it had been. In his coat pocket? Maybe at home by his bed. At some point he had held it in his hand, as I w More...
I should probably be nice.
I’ll try to be nice...
So Once in A full Moon is probably not the best werewolf YA book I have ever read. In fact, there were so many lines that made me cringe due mainly to the fact that the heroine is a self described “love struck girl.” Consider:
Line one, “I held the cell phone in my hand. I imagined where it had been. In his coat pocket? Maybe at home by his bed. At some point he had held it in his hand, as I w More...
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Mar 18, 2011
Jennifer
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Arghhhh. A student loaned me this book yesterday (and there's a story in that too) and I thought it might provide a pleasant diversion. I'm fond of werewolf tales (Sharp Teeth, Bitten, etc). However, a few chapters into this, the writing was so horrific (Schreiber, for god's sakes, "Show, don't tell.") that I couldn't continue. I skipped to the end and the last scene was so laughably awful that I'm glad I didn't waste the time getting to it. I'll think of something diplomatic to
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Nov 10, 2011
Laura
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While I sit at my computer preparing to write this review, I ask myself one question.
Is my mom ever going to get home so we can go to Taco Bell?
I'm like a savage animal. I need my Taco Bell. I'm starving. But not for this book. No, no. Never for this book. If I was starving to read this book... well, I'd be a Twilight fan. Because that's what this is; the werewolf version of Twilight. If you look at my rating for Twilight, you'll see that(in my eyes, at least) this is a v More...
Is my mom ever going to get home so we can go to Taco Bell?
I'm like a savage animal. I need my Taco Bell. I'm starving. But not for this book. No, no. Never for this book. If I was starving to read this book... well, I'd be a Twilight fan. Because that's what this is; the werewolf version of Twilight. If you look at my rating for Twilight, you'll see that(in my eyes, at least) this is a v More...
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Apr 12, 2011
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I have been debating against and for this book for a while now; although ELLEN SCHREIBER has dilectable scenes with a caressing group of both foe and friendly characters...I find it immensely hard to read with such simplistic sentences and very little attention to detail.
I would say, other than the chapter dedicated to the relationships between Ivy, Celeste and Abbey, not much is explained as to why the characters still are close when they have nothing in common. Also, the Eastern side More...
I would say, other than the chapter dedicated to the relationships between Ivy, Celeste and Abbey, not much is explained as to why the characters still are close when they have nothing in common. Also, the Eastern side More...
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Dec 21, 2010
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My Thoughts: Once In A Full Moon was unique but not as great as I hoped it would be. It was also my very first book by Schreiber. We are introduced to Celeste who is your average teenage girl. She hangs out with her two best friends, their boyfriends, and her boyfriend Nash. The guys are also all best friends so they make the perfect sixsome. They all seem happy enough at first. Celeste starts researching werewolves for a school paper and she tries to learn everything she can about them. A new g
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May 30, 2011
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Once in a Full Moon is a very magical story. This was a very quick read, but I am afraid in this particular novel this affected the quality of the story. Brandon and Celeste are very captivating characters, but I believe that the speed of this story did not leave enough time for character building. My reading experience was truely as an outsider in this novel, and it seemed that the romance was a bit forced. Nothing seemed to follow the natural course, but yet everythings seemed spontaneous and
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Jan 14, 2012
Vampire Kisses :: nefarious
Once in a Full Moon :: magnetic
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I'm almost done with the book, but I don't know if I'll follow the series. It seemed super awesome at first and the more I kind of got into the less interested the plot became. Nash is currently non-existant and you would think that he'd still be pursuing her more and more once he realized that she wasn't interested. Near the end of the book he kind of disappe More...
Once in a Full Moon :: magnetic
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I'm almost done with the book, but I don't know if I'll follow the series. It seemed super awesome at first and the more I kind of got into the less interested the plot became. Nash is currently non-existant and you would think that he'd still be pursuing her more and more once he realized that she wasn't interested. Near the end of the book he kind of disappe More...
Dec 09, 2011
For me, this book was alright. It was kind of the all-around typical paranormal romance story. There’s a new student in town, and the main character is strangely drawn to him, that type of a story. They end up together, but the new student turns out to be some supernaturnal creature. And then they have to find out how to be together without other people finding out. So if you are a real sucker for teen paranormal romances, this book is for you!
But otherwise, this book was mundane. More...
But otherwise, this book was mundane. More...
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Oct 11, 2011
dontouchmychocolate
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Screw it. This book...sucked.
What the hell was the plot of the story? A boy running around naked with a goatee, ripped abs and a sprinkling of hair? A girl avoiding her friends just cause she likes someone from the wrong side of town? WHAT?!
Celeste was an awful heroine. Disappointing. She couldn't stand up to her own tastes and just blurt it out to her buddies that she liked Brandon....all the way to the end of the book. Nada. Zilch.
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What the hell was the plot of the story? A boy running around naked with a goatee, ripped abs and a sprinkling of hair? A girl avoiding her friends just cause she likes someone from the wrong side of town? WHAT?!
Celeste was an awful heroine. Disappointing. She couldn't stand up to her own tastes and just blurt it out to her buddies that she liked Brandon....all the way to the end of the book. Nada. Zilch.
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Oct 07, 2011
J.Elle
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Sep 20, 2011
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Jul 26, 2011
Kate
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Werewolf romance for preteens and young teens
Celeste Parker has it all. She's a pretty girl who's dating the most popular boy at her high school, a handsome jock whose favorite hobby is playing scary pranks. She also has two wealthy best girlfriends who, like Celeste, live in the prosperous East Side of her town. She and her friends have nothing to do with the lowly Westsiders. They are social untouchables at school because their side of town still has the flavor of the rural community More...
Celeste Parker has it all. She's a pretty girl who's dating the most popular boy at her high school, a handsome jock whose favorite hobby is playing scary pranks. She also has two wealthy best girlfriends who, like Celeste, live in the prosperous East Side of her town. She and her friends have nothing to do with the lowly Westsiders. They are social untouchables at school because their side of town still has the flavor of the rural community More...
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Jun 08, 2011
Mona
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If you’ve ever moved and become the new kid in town, you’ll be able to identify with the hero in this story. No matter how great your reputation was where you came from, none of it counts in a new town or new school. And that’s what happened to Brandon Maddox.
Before moving to Legend’s Run, Brandon was part of the “in crowd” - one of the boys all the girls wanted to date. But when he moved to Legend’s Run, no one knew his history. Now he lives with his grandparents on the wr More...
Before moving to Legend’s Run, Brandon was part of the “in crowd” - one of the boys all the girls wanted to date. But when he moved to Legend’s Run, no one knew his history. Now he lives with his grandparents on the wr More...
Jun 01, 2011
Rachel
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Jun 01, 2011
Diana
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So, I had heard both good and bad things about this book, I wont lie- mostly bad, but you know what, I enjoyed it very much. In this story we follow Celeste, she’s your typical teenage girl who’s trying to enjoy her boyfriend and at the same time survive HS. One day during her walk home from school, she gets lost in the woods and is attacked by wolves. Thankfully, Brandon (the new boy from school) happened to be around and he comes to her rescue by scaring of the wolves off, but not without a ba
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May 30, 2011
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May 25, 2011
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Once in a Full Moon is a new novel by Ellen Schreiber, a writer, artist and former actress also known for her collection Vampire Kisses. Unlike her previous works dealing with vampires, this time, Ellen serves us with a werewolf in disguise.
The plot of Once in a Full Moon is rather simple; Celeste Parker is an ordinary girl in a relationship with Nash, a star jock who treats her well and sometimes neglects her. Celeste’s two More...
Once in a Full Moon is a new novel by Ellen Schreiber, a writer, artist and former actress also known for her collection Vampire Kisses. Unlike her previous works dealing with vampires, this time, Ellen serves us with a werewolf in disguise.
The plot of Once in a Full Moon is rather simple; Celeste Parker is an ordinary girl in a relationship with Nash, a star jock who treats her well and sometimes neglects her. Celeste’s two More...
May 24, 2011
Stacey
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Celeste has spent her life living on in Legend Run trying to fit in. She and her two best friends are dating three best friends and have formed the perfect group. Except that Celeste feels there should be more than just hanging out at the games, waiting on the guys. When Brandon moves to town Celeste feels an attraction that only grows after he saves her from a pack of wolves in the woods. Celeste is a mature young woman who willingly volunteers in a nursing home, and doesn’t want to share t
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Apr 06, 2011
Sara E.
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A not great werewolf YA drama. Celeste is in the IN crowd, and she dates Nash, who is totes perfect, and whose two friends are dating her two BFFs. Then, mysterious Brandon moves to town, and his bad reputation soon starts being spread amongst the students at school. Celeste, however, finds herself drawn to Brandon (of course, ugh), and soon she realizes that the werewolf legend that is a part of her town's history just might be true.
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Feb 18, 2011
Avery
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I am the sort of person who cannot not finish a book series no matter how much I may dislike reading it/ dread doing so/ no matter how many times I hold my head in my hands thinking to myself, "What in the world am I doing to myself?!?" and this is very much the case for author Ellen Schreiber's books. I was first introduced to Ellen as an author when "Vampire Kisses" (the first book in the "Vampire Kisses" series) was first released way back when. Since then I have
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Feb 18, 2011
Marlena
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Holy... friggin... crap. That's what this was. Complete, utter crap. Who wrote this again? A chick who already has a best-selling series under her belt? Then what the hell was she thinking writing this!?
I wanted to hurl this at the wall about halfway through. It was that bad. The main character, I forgot what her name was, but she was the definition of a card-board cut-out character. She is nice, hangs with the popular crowd, and volunteers at the nursing home. Whoop-dee-doo, you are
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Jan 27, 2011
Larissa
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Celeste had a life that was comfortable. She and her two best friends were dating the three most popular boys in school and although her boyfriend was handsome and popular she wasn't head over heals for him the way her friends where about their boyfriends. Truthfully she didn't think he was that head over heals for her either but the six of them did have fun hanging out together.
Brandon is new to Legend's Run, he is gorgeous and captivating and from the moment Celeste first saw him she More...
Brandon is new to Legend's Run, he is gorgeous and captivating and from the moment Celeste first saw him she More...
Jan 09, 2011
Kyleigh
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Once in a Full Moon is definitely one of those novels that I can’t decide whether to like or not. While I definitely liked the story, the writing…well let’s just say I was NOT impressed. I was displeased to find out that there are going to be more books. I can’t decide if it’s worth it to continue reading this series or not.
When a novel starts out with “It all started…” it’s just not a good sign. I should have taken the hint right then and there. Alas, I continued. I can’t eve More...
When a novel starts out with “It all started…” it’s just not a good sign. I should have taken the hint right then and there. Alas, I continued. I can’t eve More...
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Jan 09, 2011
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Celeste Parker lives in a town where Eastsiders and Westsiders don't mix. But when mysterious Brandon Maddox moves into the wrong side of town, Celeste is intrigued by him and attracted to him. When he saves her from wolves and is bitten in the process, Celeste feels obligated to him. And when she witnesses him turn into a werewolf, she wants to help him and will do anything to cure him, because she loves him.
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Celeste Parker lives in a town where Eastsiders and Westsiders don't mix. But when mysterious Brandon Maddox moves into the wrong side of town, Celeste is intrigued by him and attracted to him. When he saves her from wolves and is bitten in the process, Celeste feels obligated to him. And when she witnesses him turn into a werewolf, she wants to help him and will do anything to cure him, because she loves him.
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Jan 03, 2011
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