Purple Princesses Reading 2010

[Purple Princess]

Thanks Poppy, i've already made a start on One Day, just the first three chapters but it's already intriguing as you only know what happens on that one day and have no idea what has happened inbetween - quite different to anything else i've read

[Purple Princess]

Ok so I finished One Day by David Nicholls a few days ago, synopsis from amazon:

 

 

'I can imagine you at forty,' she said, a hint of malice in her voice. 'I can picture it right now.'

 

He smiled without opening his eyes. 'Go on then.'

 

15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.

 

So where will they be on this one day next year?

 

And the year after that? And every year that follows?

 

Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY.

 

This is the first book i've read by Davis Nicholls and at the beginning i wasn't really sure about his writing style, but this quickly passed as i became totally absorbed into the lives of Emma and Dexter. I almost felt as if i knew them rather than i was just reading about them - that's how well this book is written. I thought it was a very interesting book in that you only got to find out what happened to both of them on that one particular day each year. So at the end of each chapter you want to know what happened next but then the next chapter is one year further on, and although this sounds like it might be confusing or might cause the story to jump around it just doesn't - i'm not quite sure how he managed to make the story flow so easily when you only get to know the story of one day per year but he really does! As the book covers twenty years in the lives of two people it covers nearly every emotion there is and i can say i did shed a few tears at one point but i also had a few laughs along the way too. All in all an excellent book in my opinion and i would recommend it to anyone and everyone!

 

10/10

Edited April 3, 2010 by Purple Princess

[Purple Princess]

Have now started Blacklands by Belinda Bauer, so far i'm really enjoying it - although this is a strange thing to say considering the topic of the book but i am, it's bubbling along very nicely

[Purple Princess]

Today I finished Blacklands by Belinda Bauer, synopsis from Waterstones:

 

 

Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. Every day after school, while his classmates swap football stickers, Steven goes digging to lay to rest the ghost of the uncle he never knew, who disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery. Only Steven's Nan is not convinced her son is dead. She still waits for him to come home, standing bitter guard at the front window while her family fragments around her. Steven is determined to heal the widening cracks between them before it's too late. And if that means presenting his grandmother with the bones of her murdered son, he'll do it. So the boy takes the next logical step, carefully crafting a letter to Arnold Avery in prison. And there begins a dangerous cat-and-mouse game between a desperate child and a bored serial killer ...

 

So I picked this up from the library because I had seen it on the TV Book Club. Although the book is based around a harrowing subject I did enjoy it and it was very easy to read as it flowed so nicely. The two main characters are Steven, a 12 year old boy, and Arnold Avery - a child serial killer in prison. The book explained the thought processes of both of these characters and gave an insight into how the minds of serial killers work as well as how a 12 year old boy might think. I found the way the mind of a serial killer might work very interesting and I liked the way in which she wrote these chapters. The story might not be to everybody's tastes due to it's subject and also if you're not keen on crime based books I could see how this wouldn't really suit some people (I know my Mum was put off instantly by the front cover!) I don't really want to spoil the book by saying much more as it is a cat and mouse story but I did enjoy it, it kept me totally hooked throughout and I was happy with the ending as well

 

Overall 9/10

[Purple Princess]

I finished The Girl Next Door by Elizabeth Noble last night, synopsis from Waterstones:

 

 

What makes a house a home? For Eve Gallagher, home is miles away in England since she and her husband relocated to an apartment building on New York's Upper East Side. And life isn't remotely coming up roses. What makes a neighbour a friend? Violet has lived in the building for decades but she's always kept herself apart, until Eve's loneliness touches her heart and friendship blossoms. What makes a wife a lover? Jason Kramer in Apartment 6A is no longer sure he loves his wife, but he's head-over-heels for Rachael Schulman in 6B. What makes the girl next door the woman of your dreams? Meeting Emily Mikanowski from 3A turns Trip Grayling's world upside down. It's love at first sight, but he needs help from Charlotte, the shy romance addict in 2A, if he's going to win the girl. Dreams come true, hearts are broken and no one is left unchanged when the secrets and desires hidden behind closed doors are finally brought into the light.

 

I chose this book at the library because I have read Things I Want My Daughters To Know by this author and really liked it and I'm happy to say I enjoyed this book just as much.

 

This book is based in New York which I loved because I love the city and could imagine the places in the book very vividly. The book is based around all the people living in an apartment block - and there were alot of them! So many in fact that there was a list of characters at the beginning of the book which I did have to refer to a couple of times! Despite the sheer amount of characters the book was very enjoyable and easy to read. I found myself just intending to read a few pages and then ending up reading vast chunks of it well into the night.

 

Overall I really liked this book and found it a nice refreshing read after my last book (although it did have some sad parts), she has a new book coming out in the summer which I will be looking out for.

 

9/10

[Purple Princess]

I've made a small start on The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes but so far i'm just not really 'getting' it. At over 600 pages it's not a short read but her books usually flow so easily that you don't notice how long they are but this one seems to be dragging - i'll keep trying with it for a little bit longer though.

 

I also picked up Tell Tale by Sam Hayes today in the library so i'm looking forward to starting that soon

[Purple Princess]

I finished The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes a few days ago, synopsis from Waterstones:

 

 

At 66, Star Street in Dublin, someone is watching over the lives of the people living in its flats. But no one is aware of it - yet...One of them is ready to take the plunge and fall in love; another is torn between two very different lovers. For some, secrets they want to stay buried will come to light and for others, the unveiling of those secrets will have tragic consequences. Fate is on its way to Star Street, bringing with it love and tragedy, friendship and heartbreak, and the power to change their lives in the most unexpected of ways...

 

Well, it has taken me quite a while to finish this because I just felt like it was a bit of a chore at the beginning. There are so many characters in this book and their lives are all so entwined and complicated that it was very easy to get confused. Also the book was set out in reverse, kind of, it started on day 66 and worked backwards to day 1, but inbetween these days were random flashbacks to some characters pasts - going back sometimes years at a time. Although this did in parts explain how that particular character got to where they are in life at the moment it was sometimes a little confusing.

 

The book is over 600 pages and I think for perhaps the first 300 pages I just didn't understand what was going on at all, there is a strange narrator who was not human and I think this was the reason for most of my confusion. Once I got past the narrator and really started to 'get to know' the characters I did start to feel some connection to them (well some of them). The book does have a very serious and emotional storyline for a couple of the characters and I did feel for them, to be put in that situation must be a truely horrible experience. Marian did deal with the emotional storyline extremely well, as she usually does, and there were also many funny parts to the book too.....it just didn't really wow me like she has done with some of her previous books.

 

Overall I'd say that if you have read some of Marian's past books and like her then give it a go, but don't expect her usual style of writing. If you've never read any Marian before I wouldn't read this first because it might put you off reading some of her other wonderful books.

 

6.5/10

[Purple Princess]

Finished Tell Tale by Sam Hayes, synopsis from Amazon:

 

 

The chilling new international bestseller from Sam Hayes is a story of three women bound together by a shocking secret...

 

A woman stands on a bridge, the water rushing below. In a few seconds she will jump, plunging more than two hundred feet to her death. Who is she? And why is she desperate to take her own life? Nina Kennedy, a wife and mother, is afraid. A man is following her, threatening her family, toying with her sanity. What does he want? And how long will it be before he strikes? Eight-year-old Ava sits waiting for her daddy. But, like the others in the children

[Purple Princess]

I haven't been able to update this in a little while as i've had no internet access

 

But i've been away on holiday so have a few to add, so here it goes, first up Ritual and Legacy by Alex Duval:

 

 

Jason and his sister have just moved to Malibu - to a town full of beautiful rich kids whose lives revolve around money, fashion, cars and parties. But these teens hide a dark - and dangerous secret ...Ritual: Jason takes his sister to a New Age fair - and they visit a psychic. Jason is given a warning of great danger - and sure enough, he is soon after attacked by a mysterious assailant. When he wakes up in hospital he discovers that he's been shot with a crossbow.Who would use such a weapon - possibly some kind of vampire hunter? Could Sienna be the one who's really in danger? Initiation: Jason's new-found happiness with Sienna is under threat when her parents find out. They don't believe a human-vampire relationship can work and forbid Sienna from seeing Jason. Jason's vampire aunt Bianca has a suggestion that might solve the problem - for ever ...Jason has to make a decision that could change his life completely. There are exciting new possibilities right at his fingertips, but what hidden dangers lurk beneath the glamorous surface?

 

These are the 3rd and 4th books in the vampire beach series of YA books which i bought to take away with me as i really enjoyed the first two installments of this series. The style of writing is definately aimed at the YA audience and due to this the books are extremely easy and quick to read, i had finished both books within two days and i'm not a fast reader.

I did very much enjoy both of the books and wanted to read them quickly so i could find out what would happen to Jason and Sienna but i did also feel there could have been so much more to the stories. The characters, while enjoyable enough, could have been better developed and more rounded, they just felt a little cliche and sterotypical imo. Also the storylines were very good ideas but i thought there could have been so much more to them as i had guessed quite early on in both books what was going to happen. But all this said while i was reading them i was totally absorbed and i found them to be perfect light holiday reading.

 

Overall 8.5/10

[Purple Princess]

Next holiday read was Dead Run by P J Tracy, synopsis from Amazon:

 

 

It should have been a simple journey

[Purple Princess]

Next holiday read was The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, synopsis from Amazon:

 

 

Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an evil hidden in the depths of history. In those few quiet moments, she unwittingly assumes a quest she will discover is her birthright - a hunt for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the Dracula myth. Deciphering obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions, and evading terrifying adversaries, one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions - a captivating tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful - and utterly unforgettable.

 

So i was very reluctant to read this book as i really don't like books not set in the present or at least in the last ten years but a woman at work lent it to me and more or less forced me to read it so i took it away with me to force myself to read it - and guess what - i totally loved it! I think it is possibly one of the best books i've ever read! I loved everything about it, ok so the first couple of chapters i thought i'd never make it to the end but after that i really got into the style of writing and her descriptions were so amazing i felt i was almost there watching the story unfold. I do enjoy vampire based fiction so i'm not sure whether that had an impact on my love of this book but i honestly had no clue about the history of Dracula or Vlad the Impaler and so i also felt as if i had learnt from this book at the same time as enjoying it. The characters were so well written and each was a total individual, i felt i really understood their actions and thought processes and they all related so well with each other so the story just flowed through them.

 

I'm very happy this book was forced on me! 10/10

Edited July 12, 2010 by Purple Princess

[Purple Princess]

Next up was Got You Back by Jane Fallon:

 

 

A husband. A wife. A mistress. And the ultimate plan for revenge... The husband James never intended to lead a double life; with a wife in London and a mistress in the country, it's exhausting. But that's all about to change... The wife Stephanie isn't really snooping when she finds a text message from a strange woman on her husband's mobile. But now she's found it, how can she ignore it? It's time to track the woman down and find out what's going on... The mistress Katie has no reason to believe her boyfriend, James, is cheating until someone claiming to be his wife gets in touch. Now she's been cast in the role of mistress. Not one she's happy with.... Once Stephanie and Katie know about each other, they must decide what to do. They could both just throw him out or they could join forces to make his life hell first. But revenge isn't always sweet. And what happens when one woman thinks enough is enough but the other doesn't know when to stop?

 

I took this with me as a bit of light chick lit to read and also because i have read Jane Fallon's other book, Getting Rid of Matthew which was really funny. I thought this book was almost as good as Getting Rid of Matthew but not quite. It had three very good main characters which i liked and i also liked the character of the son who had some funny one liners. The story itself was a bit unrealistic but it flowed nicely and had some quite funny moments. Overall i enjoyed the story although i did think it ended a bit suddenly, it might have been nice to have the loose ends tied up a bit more.

 

8/10

[Purple Princess]

Finished The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer which was a bookring set up by Weave, synopsis from Amazon:

 

Max Tivoli is writing the story of his life. He is nearly seventy years old, but he looks as if he is only seven - for Max is ageing backwards. The tragedy of Max's life was to fall in love at seventeen with Alice, a girl his own age - but to her, Max looks like an unappealingly middle-aged man. However when Max reaches the age of thirty-five, with an appearance to match, he has his second chance at love. But tragedy befalls this star-crossed couple, and desperate measures are required.

 

Had this not been set up as a bookring by Weave I doubt I would have ever read it and I would have missed out on a wonderful story. The book is set in San Francisco around the turn of the century and the author does a wonderful job of describing the city at that time. Max's mother advises him to be what people think he is to disguise his strange appearance and he does that until he confides in his one friend - Hughie. He and Hughie become firm friends and he features heavily throughout the book, I found him to be a lovely character and his loyalty to Max was one of his best traits. When Alice enters the story and doesn't realise Max is only 17 and has feelings for her the story becomes quite a sad love story, and so it develops from there.

 

I found this book to be wonderfully written, I loved the flow of the story and the descriptions of the places the author used. The characters were all so different from each other and not at all stereotypical, they had a few hidden secrets between them that did catch me by surprise. I liked the way the actions of the main character had an impact on the future that I hadn't expected. I also found it strange that the book didn't exactly have chapters, it was spilt into just four parts and these were kind of split using stars.

 

Overall I thought it was a wonderfully written book which was in a different style to other books I've read and it had a very interesting storyline 9.5/10

[catwoman]

Ok so I finished One Day by David Nicholls

10/10

 

I saw this on Coronation Street last night. ( I never watch it normally my Mother was here..... Honest!) anyway Derdre Barlow was reading it, and said t was amazing and raving about it on the show. I have heard nothing but good about this book. Do you think my Mum, who never reads books apart from Danielle steele, would like it? I like to get her a book every year but she is so difficult to buy for.

 

 

 

But i've been away on holiday so have a few to add, so here it goes, first up Ritual and Legacy by Alex Duval:

Overall 8.5/10

 

They sound interesting, can you tell the name of the first book in the series?? Thanks.

 

Next holiday read was Dead Run by P J Tracy, synopsis from Amazon:

 

 

I have loads if not all of the authors books on my TBR pile, they look so interesting and right up my street. Great review, may well put them up the pile a bit.

 

Next holiday read was The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, synopsis from Amazon:

 

I'm very happy this book was forced on me! 10/10

 

I have this on my TBR pile. I was strted reading it a while ago but my mojo was on holiday and I hada huuuge pile of library books to get through, but I am so looking forward to reading it looks amazing!!!!!

 

 

Great lot of books there, I will be looking closely at your book reviews in the future.

 

CW.

Edited July 27, 2010 by catwoman

[Kylie]

I saw this on Coronation Street last night. ( I never watch it normally my Mother was here..... Honest!) anyway Derdre Barlow was reading it, and said t was amazing and raving about it on the show. I have heard nothing but good about this book. Do you think my Mum, who never reads books apart from Danielle steele, would like it? I like to get her a book every year but she is so difficult to buy for.

 

I, on the other hand, have heard nothing but bad things about it. I saw it reviewed on a book show recently and I think all 4 guests disliked it.

[catwoman]

I, on the other hand, have heard nothing but bad things about it. I saw it reviewed on a book show recently and I think all 4 guests disliked it.

 

Eeek!! Really??!!! Oh dear! Maybe I won't buy it for her then!!

[Kylie]

Oh, please don't let me put you off. I think it might be one of those love it/hate it type books that not everyone will agree on.

[catwoman]

Te thing is, is that I don't like those sorts of books so I won't be able to recommend it myself.

 

Oh dear decisions, descisions.

[Purple Princess]

Hi Catwoman - well i totally loved One Day and i have since forced it on my sister and my mum and they both loved it - my mum also reads the occasional Danielle Steel so she might like it? (Oh there is a little bit of sex and drugs in it, not too much but a little bit, so depends on how you feel about recommending a book like that to your Mum!)

 

The first book in the Vampire Beach series is Bloodlust, I read it as a double book with Initiation - i'm sure i put it in this reading log somewhere near the beginning of the year if you want to go back and see my review? But if you enjoy YA books, which i think you do as i pop into your reading list now and then, then i think you will like these

 

Also i cannot recommend The Historian enough! I did find it a little hard going for the first few chapters but after i got over them i was totaly hooked!

 

PJ Tracy's books are great, i've read three or four of them now but i was reading on Amazon about their new book the other day and it was getting some terrible reviews but all the ones i've read so far have been good -if you try to read them in the right order they make more sense as they use the same main characters in all the books, but you don't totally have to really, i personally just think that you'll understand the characters better that way.

Edited July 28, 2010 by Purple Princess

[Purple Princess]

Finished Broken by Karin Slaughter last night, synopsis from Amazon:

 

 

When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. All too soon former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton - home for Thanksgiving after a long absence - finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case. The chief suspect is desperate to see her but when she arrives at the local police station she is met with a horrifying sight - he lies dead in his cell, the words 'Not me' scrawled across the walls. Something about his confession doesn't add up and deeply suspicious of Lena Adams, the detective in charge, Sara immediately calls in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Shortly afterwards, Special Agent Will Trent is brought in from his vacation to investigate. But he is immediately confronted with a wall of silence. Grant County is a close-knit community with loyalties and ties that run deep. And the only person who can tell the truth about what really happened is dead.

 

 

Well Karin Slaughter is probably my favourite author ever so it's very hard to say anything negative about her books but luckily I don't need to say anything bad because I really enjoyed her newest release - Broken! She has managed in this book to bring together her two series of books; Grant County and Will Trent. I liked the way in which she did this bringing Sara (the main character from the Grant County series) and Will together. The story itself was above average and had a very good plot but didn't have as much gore and grusome-ness as Slaughter usually writes with, I'm not sure but I felt as if she was placing more emphasis on the relationships between characters in the book than the actual murders and crime scenes. I almost felt at the end of the book that she was already setting up for the next one and therefore felt a little disappointed that I couldn't find out what happened next.

 

Overall I loved all the old and familiar characters, as well as some newer ones, I got a couple of shocks and twists along the way - a very enjoyable read from my favourite author!

 

9.5/10

[Purple Princess]

Finished Glass Houses by Rachel Caine, synopsis from Amazon:

 

 

College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life, but they come out fighting when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood...

 

 

So I bought the first three books in this 'Morganville Vampires' series due to the excellent review Lexiepiper wrote on her reading log and I was not disappointed. The book is based around 16 year old Claire who is quite geeky and so has gone to college early but following some extreme bullying in her dorm she moves into a shared house with three other room mates who make up the other main characters in the book. I found all the characters very likeable and not too stereotypical, they all had very different traits and I liked how they interacted with each other. The story could be described as young adult but I think it is on the verge of adult so is quite difficult to catagorise but it was easy to read, well written and the storyline flowed nicely and kept me interested. I am very much looking forward to the next book in the series and now have all the books upto number six (I think there are nine altogether) on my bookcase as they are on the 3 for £5 offer in The Works which I think is a very good buy!

 

Overall very enjoyable, fast paced book 9/10

[catwoman]

Hi Catwoman - well I totally loved One Day and I have since forced it on my sister and my mum and they both loved it - my mum also reads the occasional Danielle Steel so she might like it? (Oh there is a little bit of sex and drugs in it, not too much but a little bit, so depends on how you feel about recommending a book like that to your Mum!)

 

The first book in the Vampire Beach series is Bloodlust, I read it as a double book with Initiation - I'm sure I put it in this reading log somewhere near the beginning of the year if you want to go back and see my review? But if you enjoy YA books, which I think you do as I pop into your reading list now and then, then I think you will like these

 

Also I cannot recommend The Historian enough! I did find it a little hard going for the first few chapters but after I got over them I was totaly hooked!

 

PJ Tracy's books are great, I've read three or four of them now but I was reading on Amazon about their new book the other day and it was getting some terrible reviews but all the ones I've read so far have been good -if you try to read them in the right order they make more sense as they use the same main characters in all the books, but you don't totally have to really, I personally just think that you'll understand the characters better that way.

 

Hmm I thin I might leave that book for my Mum, I had a look at a book store today and the woman said she read it and it blowed! Really bad! Hmmm.

 

The Historian will be read soon, adn I know I will love it, but I feel I need to be in the right frame of mind for it.

 

I heard that PJ Tracey's new book is suppose to be bad, which I found strange considering all the others are suppose to be fab!

 

 

Finished Broken by Karin Slaughter last night, synopsis from Amazon:

 

 

 

9.5/10

 

I LOVE THIS AUTHOR!!!! I have read a bit of this aready and I was loving it so far!! I was waiting for Sara to kick some Lena ass!!!!

 

 

Finished Glass Houses by Rachel Caine, synopsis from Amazon:

 

 

 

 

This is on my wishlist.

 

It looks like we have quite simular reading tastes mate. I always pop into your reading thread and get many recommendations!

 

CW

[Purple Princess]

Finished The Dead Girls Dance by Rachel Caine, synopsis from Amazon:

 

 

Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that favours beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity throws the Dead Girls' Dance, hell is really going to break loose.

 

 

This is the second book in the Morganville Vampire series and it picked up immediately from where book one finished. I really enjoyed the book, the story was fast paced with lots of twists and the characters were all good - I like the fact that these vampires are a bit different to all the other ones that seem to be around at the moment in a 'twilight-style' sense.

 

I don't think you can read this book as a stand alone as you wouldn't fully understand the characters or the relationships they have with the vampires, or indeed how the whole town works with regard to the vamps. I thought the characters in the series were developed further in this book and became more like real people to me so that when the action was happening I was actually worried for their safety! All in all it was a very good sequel, full of excitement and it kept me up very late trying to find out what was going to hapen next. Like the first one the ending was very open and leads right onto book three without a pause.

 

Overall a very good sequel, just as good if not better than the first book 9.5/10

 

 

 

 

[lexiepiper]

So glad you are enjoying these! I think they get better too, although they're all pretty great

[Purple Princess]

Finished Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine:

 

 

Morganville is such a nice place to live...and die. If you don't mind that sort of thing. When Claire Danvers learnt that her college town was run by vampires, she did what any intelligent, self-preserving student would do: she applied for a transfer and stocked up on garlic. The transfer is no longer an option, but that garlic may come in handy. Now Claire has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. The protection her contract secures does little to reassure her friends. All of a sudden, people are turning up dead, a stalker resurfaces from Claire's past, and an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home.

 

This is the third book in the Morganville Vampires series by Rachel Caine. I'm finding this series of books really addictive at the moment and can't seem to concentrate on any other books, I was trying to read Stones Fall by Iain Pears but I just couldn't as I wanted to know what was going to happen next in this series too bad to concentrate on it! This book just picked up right where the last one left off so it feels like I'm reading one giant book rather than a series of them. I think it is good how the author has made the story flow so well between the books in the series as sometimes I feel like book sequels don't live up to the first book written, but it is not the case here. So the story centres around Claire again and her three friends as they live in Morganville - a town controlled and run by vampires. Claire has now signed a contract with Amelie, the most powerful vampire in Morganville, but now Amelie has control over Claire's choices and ultimately her life. I found Claire to be a likeable character, she's not the stereotypical vampire book girl, she's really smart and I like how her relationships are developing with the other characters, for example Shane, Eve and Micheal. I liked how this book began an explaination into how the town works and how the strange things that Amelie can do might be starting to unravel a little bit. I hope as the series continues it can keep up the fast paced action as well as developing the characters and relationships within the story at the same time.

 

Overall I think I liked this book the best so far in the series 10/10