Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) in Vampires, Weres and Fae!

Jul 05, 2012 Yodamom rated it liked it

Shelves: ya-books, audio, urban-fantasy, romance, drama-rama, ghosts

( audio and printed book) I'd give it 3.5 stars. I really loved Anna, her dress, her blood, her house, it was all so dark and ghoulish. I wanted more of the house and her. Her story was the only real interesting part for me. The first 1/2 of the story was just an everyday walk through life. Well, except for a brief encounter with a hitchhiker. The second 1/2 of the book took off down a dark and dangerous trail. Exciting.

I had some issues with the Main Character Cas, he was such a non emotional ...more

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Oct 11, 2011 Aimee rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2011

I was pretty excited about this one with all the hype about it before it released and after. I had sat on it for a while before finally buying my own copy and digging in. While I still enjoyed the story, I was a little let down because I had expected this hugely creepy, amazing story would unfold. Not so much creepy, though. Normally I'm not a fan of the creepy stuff, but I had gone into this one wanting it to be much more scary than it was.

The story was still really interesting, though. I enjoy ...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Gertie rated it liked it

Shelves: magic, superpowers, ghosts, young-adult, audiobooks

Why 3 stars you ask? Well, to be truthful, I don't know. I have no major complaints about this book, the way it was written, the characters. On the surface, the ghost hunter teen, a complicated ghost girl, the "popular girl", the talented geek, the stereotypical high school dicks, heck, even a cat... it all sounds fine, even interesting (minus that "stereotypical" bit).

Although I did hate that the (view spoiler). I mean, how cliched is that?

It just wasn't dramatic ...more

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