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Nightshade (Nightshade, #1; Nightshade World, #4)

Andrea Cremer

Start date: December 1, 2010

Finish date: December 31, 2010

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Discussion leader: Lisarenee

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Dec 06, 2010 Lisarenee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: paranormal, young-adult

Calla is an alpha currently in the Nightshade pack. She and Ren (an alpha currently in the Bane pack) will marry on Samhain and reign as co-leaders over a new pack called the Haldis pack. She and her pack are Guardians, protectors of the Keepers and guardians of the sacred sites. She’s never questioned how things work or why they are the way they are. She’s known how things would be her whole life and had accepted her fate. When Shay Doran comes into her life, however, he makes her question the ...more

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Jul 04, 2010 Bonnie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, vampires-werewolve-zombies-oh-my, 2010-books, ya-paranormal

This book was so ridiculous I don’t even know what to do. I got to the part about Hobbes and how he was connected to the Keepers and I giggled and giggled and giggled. I don’t know why THAT struck me as so funny when I just accept so much other ridiculous stuff in my YA paranormal books. Maybe because it reminded me of Escaflowne and how Isaac Newton turned out to be the villain. And the whole, The Keepers Hate Hobbes And Ban Him From Our School was also redunk. Because, his actual philosophy se ...more

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Jan 09, 2011 Seahorse Library rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-romance, genre-ya, genre-fantasy

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First Read - Jan 09, 2011 - 4 stars

Second Read - July 13, 2014 - 4 stars - I read this for the second time because I'm finally getting around to reading the rest of the series.

Blurb:
Calla Tor has always known her destiny: graduation, marriage and then a life leading her pack.

But when she defies her masters’ laws to save a human boy, she must choose. Is one boy worth losing everything for?

What I liked about it:
I loved the world building. It’s so strong. I ...more

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Jun 15, 2010 Jennifer Howell / Late Bloomer Online rated it it was amazing

Amazing read! Loved it! Will post my full review closer to the release date in October.

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Jul 05, 2011 Dana rated it it was ok

It was to much like the Twilight books. The story was interesting but it quickly became a book about a girl that could not and would not make a decision. I probably will read the next one or how many other will come after because I want to know the ending.

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Feb 27, 2011 Irene Hollimon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It was good- suspenseful. This was set up as a Romeo and Juliet story from the first page. I kept hoping the book would surprise me and not play out that way. No such luck. At the end of the book, she runs off with Shay.

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