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This shall be my Urban/fantasy pick :)
Shelf: favorite Author
Date Finished: 9/28/12
Rating: Five Stars
I love this series so very much. Action, suspense, love, steamy scenes and lots of huge super manly vampires. Dark Lover is book one in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. The Black Dagger Brotherhood is a group of warrior vampires in charge of protecting the vampire race from their enemies, Vampire hunters with no souls called "Lessers".
The Brotherhood is the sexiest group ever. All the warriors are described in detail as being very tall, very built and very handsome. They are full of honor and tons of testosterone. My favorite thing about these vampires is their traditions and rituals. I also have read many vampire books and these vampire's "rules" (no sunlight, can still eat and drink, only need blood from a female vampire) are my favs.
Dark Lover is Wrath and Beth's love story and the chemistry they have is amazing, it doesn't hurt that they are both stunningly described, both gorges/sexy of course. But we get great introduction to the other "Brothers" and all their individual personalities and inner demons. These guys are all so darn attractive. I recommend it for anyone who wants a good sexy read with a fast paced action plot.
Ugh why is Wrath so incredibly amazing????
Oh and about the lessening society...In the begining of the series she describes the smell as sweet and like baby powder. Well after Butch started doing his "thing" and they found the way to actually destroy them rather then send them back to the Omega, the way she describes the smell has changed to a rotting and baby powder smell. So I think the society is changing because of the Omega losing power and strength and that's why we haven't seen much of them lately. Either they will keep getting weaker until destroyed, or they are biding their time until Mr. Omega can come up with a new plan. Just my thoughts :)
What I love about the series is even if you aren't into whatever character's story the current book is about, you can always rely on the side story to be awesome, You get to experience the other characters and the long ongoing plot of their lives as a whole.
Yeah, he bugs too, but I still picture them all so super hot in my mind, hehehe
The Brotherhood is soooo sexy...except for Vishous, he bugs me, lol
This is what I am currently reading for my Favorite Author...started reading this series 3 or 4 years ago and am desperately waiting the release of number 11 next March (or 12 if you count the novella as a book) This is a re-read for me, it's been a while but always stuck in my head as one of the best in this series.
Got it, and deleted the first one, Thanks again Susan....Jeann let's get our stamp! :)
Shelf: Kick Ass Heroine
Date Finished: 9/21/2012
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
I had high expectations for this book, and it met all of them. It was a fast easy read, with plenty of action, suspense, and sparse but meaningful foreshadowing. I loved the dystopian setting and didn't find it like Hunger Games as I have heard to many people compare it to.
The book isn't broken down into parts, but basically has three, the intro into Tris (Beatrice) and who she is where she comes from and the intro of the four main fractions (divided by personal character) where everyone in her world lives according to which fraction they "fit into". I spent the first 10% of this book re-looking up each fraction and what they mean, I'm not sure why it took me so long to grasp each one, but I finally caught on. Tris is a "divergent" meaning she could fit into more then one faction and seems to have some special abilities that someone who isn't Divergent wont posses. The second and longest "part" of this book follows Tris during her initiation and training into the fraction "Dauntless" one in which she wasn't born into....Super suspenseful and I was never sure what was going to happen next, Plus this is where we see the "love story" part of this book emerge. The third "part" of this book brings to a light what most of the slight foreshadowing throughout this book was about and was by far very action packed and felt like everything happened at once, but not too fast to grasp.
There are many unanswered questions which I do not feel frustrated by, because I assume that's what the rest of the series is for! I really enjoyed the fact that it took Tris a long time to become a "Kick Ass Heroine", she didn't just start kicking butts and taking names, it took her a lot of intense mental and psychical training and figuring out who she is, to get to where she was in the end of the book. I am already so engrossed in this story as a whole, I couldn't put Divergent down until I finished it and can guarantee I will continue with this series.
Thanks Susan!!
Oh and my finish date was 9/21/2012 not 9/23, I think my computer was trying to help me out by imputing today's date, no thanks this time computer!
Ok couldn't get the bold to work, but better luck next time. Jeann....For the next shelf, do we just pick an author we love? Does it have to be a book that is a part of a series. I know re-reads are not preferred but they are allowed right? I have so many I have not read in years I would love to re-read for this shelf. Let me know and let me know how I did for my first BSB review
Lol Thanks, depending on if where we are going tomorrow has free wifi or not I may still be able to post, or if I stay up late tonight and finish then I will post before we leave. Seeing as I can't put this book down then it's possible :)
Way to go guys! I am almost done with Divergent and it's soooo good. But I may not be able to post my review until Monday so bare with me. I promise I'm not "that girl" that leaves the team hanging. :)
Ok, Here is my choice for Kick Ass Heroine, Divergent
Thanks Kat <3
Ok I know I'm showing my newbie colors here, but how do you get the cover of the book to post like that?
WooHoo!! I will be reading Divergent
