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Freespace

2/6/12 ★★★★

This is the first of the Dark Legacy books and whilst is draws heavily on the world created in the Arcane Society novels, it is not part of that world. There are people with talent that is, paranormal or psychic talent, in this case to do with stones & gems and books.

Our h, Abby Radcliffe, is a specialist in the hot book trade (not stolen but radiating hot psy energy) and everyone wants to hire her or blackmail her or kidnap her to locate and unlock a particular 40yr old scientific logbook. A very dangerous logbook.

Enter our H, Sam Coppersmith, a hot rock specialist, who is part of Coppersmith Inc and who also works for the Govt solving paranormal crimes.

Really enjoyed this new spin off and the excerpt for Crystal Gardens, Amanda Quick, looks equally as good.

Love the name guys!

Thanks, Midu ;)

Sandra wrote: "Freespace

2/6/12 ★★★★

This is the first of the Dark Legacy books and whilst is draws heavily on the world created in the Arcane Society novels, it is not part of ..."

Glad to hear it is good (not that I didn't expect that), now I have something to look forward to next year when it comes out in PB...

Yep, I really enjoyed it Diane :)

Sandra, thanks for adding our team name to the thread.

Vi ;)

I finished reading and am giving it 5 stars. I loved the mix of mystery, magic and humor (usually at his own expense). I already have the next book from the library, so I can continue the series right away.

Glad you enjoyed it Cathy, that was one series I just couldn't get into.

I'm about half way through and I'm really enjoying it, which is good cause I've already got the next one. No angsty teens here.

Yesterday, 02/6 I finished Angelfire and gave it 2 stars. It was a typical YA read, with the averagely attractive girl and mysterious boy who is in love with her. The writing was very very simplistic and unpolished, the heroine was annoying and a spoiled rich girl snob. She's also The Chosen One but in spite of that terribly inept and her Guardian/love interest is nothing but a zombiefied caricature who exists only to serve, worship and protect her. He's also not worthy of loving her of course. The action scenes were really bad, she's no sword-vielding

(continued) Kate Daniels, but a child with overinflated ego. There is a scene where they are fighting a powerful bad guy and at one point he impaled in some metal bars and temporarily immobilized and instead of finishing him off with her powerful angelfire swords they just run away.(major exercise in frustration)
Positives: it's a fast read and the mythology is interesting though poorly constructed. As another reviewer said, the author needs a good editor and working on her dialogue among other things. I don't think I'll read the next in the series.

Thanks Miss, comprehensive review, I'll be giving it a miss, thanks for being our guinea pig :D

And with that we have completed 4 of the 5 Supernatural reads and 1 Free Space.

Its me to finish my Supernatural read - 65% done so it will be tomorrow for sure, unless I stay up all night like usual. LOL

So get to reading those Free Space books before we have another shelf posted on Sat/Sun depending on where you are :D

Cathy wrote: "I finished reading and am giving it 5 stars. I loved the mix of mystery, magic and humor (usually at his own expense). I already have the next book from the library,..."

You're in for a treat as that series only gets better. I personally didn't really like the first 2 books that much but starting at book 4 I was hooked!

Sandra wrote: "I'm about half way through and I'm really enjoying it, which is good cause I've already got the next one. No angsty teens here."

I've enjoyed that series so far. :)

25 pages to go! Yay!

Yay! I've finished, now to think about what to say in the review. LOL.

Sandra wrote: "Thanks Miss, comprehensive review, I'll be giving it a miss, thanks for being our guinea pig :D

And with that we have completed 4 of the 5 Supernatural reads and 1 Free Space.

Its me to finish my..."

Some people do like it though and I've read worse YA, but I guess I lost patience with these books. YA seems to be the most clichéd, unoriginal genre right now.
There are some exceptional YA books though so I haven't given up entirely on them.

I'm reading The Body Finder for the Supernatural shelf now and it's good so far. :)

Glad to hear it Miss :)

I'm not a YA fan at all. So it was surprising to me that I really enjoyed Touch of Frost.

Supernatural Shelf

2/8/12 ★★★★★

So a YA book and I've given it 5 stars, that's just plain unheard of.

Gwen Frost, a 17 yr old Gypsy is sent to the Mythos Academy following the death of her mother. The Mythos Academy is a little different. Every pupil is either a Spartan, Valkyrie, Amazon or other amazing warrior type, except for Gwen. Weapons training is mandatory and of course, Gwen sucks at that.

The reason for the Mythos Academy is to train up the new young warriors that must defeat the Reapers, servants of the God Loki, the God of Chaos. All the other Gods & Goddesses banded together and led by Nike, defeated Loki in times past. But he has been working on escaping from his prison and uses the Reapers to that end.

Don't want to say too much or it'll give it all away, but I seriously really, really enjoyed this book. Maybe because I always enjoyed Clash of the Titans which JE said inspired her to write this series.

So excited to be the FIRST to say CONGRATULATIONS on the first stamp in BSB R4"

Thanks Judithe ;)

Congratulations ladies! :)

CONGRATULATIONS, Black Cats!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'supernatural'.

[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

First Round4 stamp! WTG! :D

Thanks Steph & Michelle :)

Hooray, ladies we've been stamped!

Yay!

I think this will be my free space read (it is on the group's bookshelves).

Free Space
3/5 Completed

Cathy Darkness Unbound
Diane (Firefly) If I Die 2/8/12 ★★★ - Review
Miss The Body Finder
Emily No Rest for the Wicked 2/9/12 ★★★★ - Review
Sandra Copper Beach 2/6/12 ★★★★ - Review

Very pretty, almost like a rainbow. LOL

LOL! Yep all the colors are represented. Cool!

I finished my free space read today and gave it 3 stars.

There isn't a lot I can say in this review that won't spoil, so I'll say I'm happy the triangle is gone, it was interesting to learn about Incubi and you might need a tissue near the end of the book.

Yay Diane, another one done :D

Won't comment on the book cause I haven't started that series, and no I don't wanna till I've finished a few others :)

I just finished reading . I'm giving it 4 stars. I love the way the story progressed and how it tied in with the first book. Cant wait to read the next in the series.

The next shelf has been announced - Ghosts

Ghosts

Not quite sure what I'm going to read for this shelf yet. Here is the short list.

I am either going to read or I'm not sure... I will try to decide and get one read tomorrow :)

Yay! Diane is keeping me honest. LOL. SORRY gals, been out all day, then came home to a massive thunderstorm. Had to wait for it to pass to turn on the puter :)

I'll be reading and I'll get the list up shortly :)

Freespace:
5/5 Completed Stamp Pending


Cathy Darkness Unbound 2/12/12 ★★★★ - Review
Diane (Firefly) If I Die 2/8/12 ★★★ - Review
Miss The Body Finder 2/12/12 ★★★1/2 - Review
Emily No Rest for the Wicked 2/9/12 ★★★★ - Review
Sandra Copper Beach 2/6/12 ★★★★ - Review



Ghosts:
B3 Shelf Announced: 2/12/12
2/5 completed

Cathy
Diane (Firefly) Pleasure of a Dark Prince 2/14/12 ★★★ - Review
Miss Hunt the Moon
Emily Legacy of Lies & Don't Tell 2/12/12 ★★★ - Review
Sandra Hunt the Moon

I'll be reading for the Ghosts shelf.

Also, i've finished reading and gave it 3.5 stars.

This was a fast and enjoyable read and it would have been a higher rating if by the end of the book the main character's thoughts would not have sunk to judgemental and mean observations of her fellow students, of her school etc.
For the first part of the book, Violet obsesses over Jay, her childhood best friend turned hunk extraordinaire over the summer and is being jealous of other girls. Once she gets her man, she starts seeing those same girls as artificial bimbos or lapdogs, her school homecoming dance decorations are tacky and so on. Very annoying. There is a serial killer out there and a murder investigation but its way in the background.
I liked Jay's character and the fact that they were best friends since childhood. Plus the premise of the book was interesting.

Sandra, just saw that you are reading Hunt the Moon too. :D buddyread

Great Miss, we're nearly finished our Free Space, Yay!

We'll be able to compare reads this week. Looking forward to what you think of #5 :)

Miss wrote: "Sandra, just saw that you are reading Hunt the Moon too. :D buddyread"

Well, I would but I'm 9 hrs ahead of you and I plan to read it tomorrow my time :)

How about we read it and chat about it :D

I'll try grabbing some quotes as I go. I'm usually really bad at that but it does make it more interesting.

read + chat sounds good Sandra, i'm not a great buddyread either because i usually finish the book really fast. :)

;)

I decided to start for the ghosts shelf. Be interesting to find out if there are actually ghosts in the book.

I finished my free space book . I give it 4 stars. I have read the Riley Jensen series where the character is first introduced and really liked them. It is now 25 years later, but the basic world building is the same. She doesn't spend a lot of time on it, so it could be confusing for readers who didn't read the earlier series. I didn't like some of the fight scenes or the way the book ended. Those things kept me from giving the book 5 stars.

I just finished . I really didnt enjoy the first story at all and it was very hard for me to force myself to finish reading it. It was very typical for the storyline. I enjoyed the second story. It had a bit of mystery and it kept you thinking. I wish it would have been a book by itself and possible expanded on. I will give it a 3. I will not be adding the second in this series to read.