The Immortal Realm-Frewin Jones

This is the 4th book of The Faerie Path series. Tania tries to bring the Mortal and Immortal Realms together by letting her mortal parents come to a Faerie wedding. A baby gets sick and dies after the wedding and since that hasn't happened in thousands of years in Faerie, they set the blame on Tania since she brought her sick mortal father there. The sick are put in the Gildensleep and a "Healer" from Alba comes to help, but really he's a fake and starts blaming Tania, so Tania might be banished for eternity because of his act. Tania brings Conner from London and he's a med student but he fails to cure Cordelia. Eden says that the sickness isn't mortal so Tania, Rathina and Conner set out on a quest to find the Lost Caer. They must find out where it is from a forbidden hall of records and then go to the Lost Caer and find out how to stop the plague and save Faerie from the devastation.
BEST. FAERIE PATH. BOOK. YET!!!!!!!! I read it in less than 2 days and it's 341 pages long. Rathina's pretty funny. I think it would be awesome for her to pair up with Conner. Can't wait to read The Enchanted Quest.

~*Haley*

This World We Live In-Susan Beth Pfeffer

This is the third book of The Last Survivors series, and the last. In Life As We Knew It, Miranda Even from Howell, PN wrote about her family's survival after an asteroid knocked the moon closer to the Earth in her diary. In The Dead and the Gone, we saw how Alex Morales and his sisters survived after it in New York. Now we're back to Miranda's diary and the weather changing. It's raining once again, finally. It's been about a year since it happened, and they're getting food once a week, rationing it. Matt and Jon travel to the river to catch some shad fish. Matt marries some girl her just met, Syl. Dad and Lisa come back with their baby, Gabriel as well as three other people: Alex, Julie and Charlie. Miranda starts to fall for Alex, but Alex has to leave soon for Julie's safety.

I love this series. It's so amazing. Survival stories with a sci-fi edge are just......amazing.

~*Haley*

Vampire Diaries The Return 2: Shadow Souls-LJ Smith

This 599 page book is the 6th Vampire Diaries novel. Elena, Damon, Bonnie and Meridith travel to the Dark Realm to rescue Stefan. They have to find both halves of the kitsune(Fox Demon) key which Misao and Shinichi hid, but Misao gave away clues. Damon pretends to be the master of 3 slaves, Elena and her friends.

All I can say is that it's a long complicated plot that I can't remember every detail to, but I recommend it to vamp lovers. The books are better than the TV show, trust me. Even though they gave me eye strain...they should be easy to read. I'm just tired. I heart Damon. :P

~*Haley*

Fang-James Patterson

One word: Fangtastic!

Of course, the whole series is amazing (except the 4th book, The Final Warning)

So, where should I start?

The Flock go to Africa on a CMS mission. Angel predicts that Fang will be the first to die. They meet the mad-scientist Dr. G-H there. They also meet one of his creations, Dylan, the new bird kid and Max's "perfect other half" blah blah blah...Voice you suck. Dr. Chu is also there and he's probably helping with the Dr.'s experiments.

The Flock go back to their new house and Max attempts to home school the Flock and Dylan & Jeb show up and the house is attacked and Angel makes everyone vote Max off the island and Max and Fang end up in Los Vegas and the rest of the Flock go to Hollywood. Angel, the new leader (evil kid) is gonna make them have fame and fourtune. I swear if I go on anymore I will spoil EVERYTHING. I loved it too much.

So here:

Pop Lit Journal:

(A Journal Entry by Max or a fanfic by Haley—SPOILER ALERT!!!)

Dear Diary…um…I mean Journal. (Diary sounds too sappy.)

I don’t want Fang to die, and I’m glad he didn’t. I just wish he didn’t leave me. I mean, he said it was so I could be my best “leaderness.” Dr. G-H and the Voice…They’re both wrong. I need Fang. I love Fang. Without him…I don’t know. I just hope that he’ll come back. Dylan sacrificed himself for us, and it’s hard to believe, even harder than believe that he was my “perfect other half.” Maybe he was. I’m sick of the Voice and fanatical white coats telling me things I don’t want to hear. As cheesy as it sounds, Fang is my one true love. I just know it. I grew up with him. He used to make fun of the white coats while he was trapped in the dog crate next to mine. We would laugh together despite our situation.

But, life must go on. I’m the Flock’s leader once again, and I must make tough choices and sacrifices for the ones I love to survive. If that means never seeing Fang again, I guess I’ll have to deal with it. If Dr. Goony-Loony is right, and the Apocalypse is really coming, then we will do what we have to do to survive. Note to self: Doing what we have to do to survive does not include injecting miracle reactants created by mad scientists.

Other than Fang leaving and then almost dying and then leaving for good, the past few weeks have been completely ludicrous. We went to Africa where Mr. Chu disappeared into a tent and Jeanne healed herself. Then we met Dr. God (My favorite nickname for Dr. G-H.) and Angel predicted that Fang was going to be the first to die and then Dylan came a long and ruined everything. Then we came back home and I attempted to educate the Flock. Angel made everyone except Fang vote me off as flock leader and then she took over and dragged them all to Hollywood while me and Fang flew off to Los Vegas. When we came to find them in Hollywood, their skin was more blemished that a teenage troll. It was disgusting to know that Dr. G-H’s reactant caused that. And then Angel. I swear she is grounded for life! (Since I’m the leader and I say so!) She pointed a gun at me, threatened to kill me! Hello? What happened to the sweet Angel I used to know. She’s over seven and she wants to overtake my awesomeness. I guess maybe they Flock’s just growing up. But…I truly hope Fang does come back so we can be together.

-Max

~*Haley*

Old Magic-Marianne Curley

Kate Warren knows that Jarrod Thornton has something supernatural about him and she's right because about ten minutes later he's in a catatonic trance as a storm blows though the classroom. Jarrod isn't convinced and he thinks Kate is crazy.

Kate takes him to meet her grandmother, Jillian and Jarrod brings over his family's book of ancestors. Kate discovers that Jarrod's family has been cursed for centuries. Jillian figures out a way to send them back in time with her magic. They go back to when the sorcerer who created the curse was alive. Jarrod must kill Rhauk. Jarrod and Kate meet Jarrod's ancestors and claim to be the Lord's oldest brother's younger son and the son's wife. Kate is kidnapped by Rhauk later and she decides to stay for Jarrod's own good and Jarrod trains to defeat Rhauk. Will he get Kate back and break the curse? Find out!

This book is set in Australia at first and then they travel back to medieval England. It's was a good book, but vocab can get confusing in it.

~*Haley*

Token of Darkness-Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Ever since the eight-car pile up that Cooper was in, he has been haunted by a color coordinationally challenged ghost of a teenage girl. He also can see shadows and can push people out of their body. Samantha (the "ghost" that can't remember he past) wants to be alive. Cooper goes to the library to see if he can figure out how to help her. There he meets Brent. Brent can read minds and he dated Delilah who was a friend of Cooper. Delilah practices sorcery. Brent takes Cooper to Ryan le Coire, a very powerful sorcerer who may be able to help him. Delilah figures out that Samantha is a water elemental with no idea of what she is. Delilah ends up in the hospital after almost drowning because she tried to exchange mortality with Samantha. There's a bit of a body mix up and the ending, I cannot say.
Honestly, one of the funniest and most exciting books by this author. It's only 197 pages long and I read it in one day. I really loved it and recommend it. It's supernaturally awesome!

~*Haley*

Vampire Kisses 2: Kissing Coffins-Ellen Schreiber

Raven has to find Alexander. He left without a word. Now she's sure he's a vampire, but does she want to be a vampire anymore? Not yet. After finding out that Jameson called from the Coffin Club, Raven goes to Hipsterville to find him and Alexander, but they're not there. She meets Jagger, whom she finds out is a vampire too. Raven goes back to Alexander's mansion and she finds them and Alexander and Jagger fight. Jagger is scared off only after at temping to bite Raven. Alexander and Jagger later fight at the Drive-In. This book is also a very short, funny read. Only 165 pages long. I started it this morning and am done. I guess I'll check out the rest of the series.
I totally recommend it! :)


~*Haley*

Betrayals-Lili St. Crow

This is the second book in the Strange Angels series.
Dru Anderson is sent to the Schola for her own protection after she finds out about her djamphir (half vampire) heritage. The Schola is an all-boys training facility which makes Dru feel like an outsider. She's not allowed outside of the school, but she does escape a few times. Christophe come back, which makes her feel a bit better, but then she finds out that there's a traitor in the Order and Christophe is a suspect. Graves (the Goth-Boy turned skin changer) is making friends with werwulfen.
The schola is attacked twice, the second time a Burner sets it on fire. Dru, Graves, Christophe and a few other werwulfen escape and set of for another safe place. Dru's in danger and no one can be trusted.

I recommend this series to fans of Vampire Academy or Maximum Ride. But, beware of the small text on each page. It's not very easy to read, but I got through it and still like the characters. Dru is a cool, tough character.



Pop Lit Journal:

Dru and Graves and even Christophe have their own saying or “catch phrases”. Things they seem to say repeatedly that make it easy to distinguish who’s saying what when dialog doesn’t include “I said” or “he said.” Dru has her saying in her thought too, of course, because this novel is written in first person. Since Dru grew up in Florida, she has some very southern saying that she picked up from her Gran or dad. She swears a lot, but I won’t go into that. Whenever she’s desperate she thinks “oh, God” or “Jesus.” Whenever something seems too make sense, she thinks, “go figure.” Twice in the same paragraph she described how male werwulfen and male djamphirs will change at “the drop of a hat.” Her father or Gran’s voice would always come to her mind with advice or their own little sayings they used to say to Dru. She also has a lot of thoughts about how she doesn’t like being told what to do or thoughts how she doesn’t want to ruin her tough-girl image. Out of all the books I’ve read, this series has had the most italicized thoughts from the main character I’ve ever seen. Some of the things she says a lot sarcastically are “gee, thanks” and “peachy.” She’s a very stubborn and sarcastic character.
Graves (Goth Boy turned Skin-changer) has his own little phrases. “First one’s free,” is like his motto or something. In Strange Angels he said it like twenty -something times, in this book only about three times. He’s very generous, especially to Dru. He obviously likes her even though she kind of ruined the life he had before they came to the Schola. He said he liked the Schola better, anyways. At least they feed him there. He’s a really nice, smart guy even though he smokes and he’s Goth. He is pretty much Dru’s best friend now, and has potential to be her boyfriend too. Whenever something’s wrong he says, “Christ” or even “Jesus.”
Christophe has the tendency to say things in what I think is Russian. I seriously wish the author put a glossary in the back of this book so I knew what Christophe was calling Dru half the time. He calls Dru his “little bird” in English and possibly in Russian. Since Christophe is older than he looks since he is half vampire, I was able to tell his age from the way he spoke. He sounded like he must be about a hundred years old since he spoke like an old man or like an old-time romantic. Dru didn’t realize he was so old, but I thought it was sort of obvious. How would a teen know so much about her mother?

~*Haley*

P.S. I HAD TO RETYPE THIS DARN THING BECAUSE MY INTERNET FAILED LAST NIGHT!!! I HATE COMCAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Forest of Hands and Teeth-Carrie Ryan

Mary grew up in a village in the middle of the Forest of Hands and Teeth. The Forest is filled with zombies, or the Unconsecrated as they're called. If you get bit by one, you will die and become one of them. Mary joins the Sisterhood (a religious cult) in the village because she wasn't asked for by Harry. She falls in love with Travis (Harry's brother) when his leg is broken. She prays for him. Eventually Harry does ask for her and she's upset that Travis hasn't because he's still with her bff Cass. (Note: this village had no technology anymore. It's like the 17/1800's)

Mary's mother becomes a zombie at the beginning. Her mother used to tell her about the ocean that her ancestors went to, so she dreams to find the ocean. An outsider comes to the village and Mary is excited about it. After being attacked Mary, Cass, Jed (Mary's bro) and his wife, Harry, Travis and Jacob (a kid) escape the village now overran by zombies and fallow the fenced in path. They find the outsider's village eventually only to end up trapped by more zombies. It gets really crazy and good after that. I totally suggest this to Resident Evil fans. It was boring at the beginning, but I couldn't stop reading once I got into it.

Pop-Lit Journal:

The Return affected everyone in the world. Now, almost everyone is a flesh eating zombie, or the Unconsecrated as they call them. It is now about a hundred years since the Return and Mary is a teenage girl living in a village that’s almost like something from the early 1800’s, but much more secluded. She knows nothing of the outside world except that they are surrounded by the Forest of Hands and Teeth which is full of the Unconsecrated. Their fence protects them, but sometimes people get bitten by the Unconsecrated through the fence, die and become Unconsecrated themselves, or are decapitated by a Guardian. When Mary’s mother is bitten and infected, Mary is devastated. She stays with her mom, who is imprisoned in a small area between the village and the Forest. Mary watches her mom die and Return. Her mother’s death affects her drastically. She stopped believing in God and she now wonders if it would easier to be one of the Unconsecrated. She questions what lies beyond the Forest. Because they were afraid that she would try to run away, Mary was forced to join the Sisterhood. The Sisterhood is basically a religious cult. It keeps the secrets of the village as well as help injured and sick people (not including the infected) and prays for them. Mary wasn’t happy about joining the Sisterhood. She was mad that Harry didn’t speak for him, but when Harry’s brother Travis is injured, Mary falls in love with Travis as she helps “pray” for him. Mary tells Travis about the ocean, a place she longs to visit someday. Her mother used to tell her stories about it that were passed down from a few generations. Ever since her mother joined to Unconsecrated, Mary’s dream to visit the ocean has grown stronger. When an outsider comes to the village, Mary gets her hopes up that there possibly is more out there. Maybe the whole world isn’t full of zombies and forest. After the village is attacked, Mary, her brother (Jed) and a few friends are forced to leave. The follow the forbidden path which leads them to another village eventually. This was the village that Gabrielle (the outsider) was from. There are no people left in it though, only Unconsecrated. They are trapped and must try to make do until they can find a way to get past the undead. Travis sacrifices himself to save them during the escape. Mary keeps her promise to him that she will find the ocean. She finds a gate eventually. One that opens into the Forest. She and her brother go through it and are ambushed by zombies. They fall in a river and are washed away. When Mary wakes up, she has found the ocean.

~*Haley*

Fallen-Lauren Kate

In this book, Luce Price is the main character. Her parents sent her to Sword & Cross reform school. Sword & Cross is more like a prison than a school. Some student even have to wear wristband with tracking chips in them. Luce has seen shadows all her life and back at her old prep school they caused something to happen to a boy she was alone with. Luce is on parole now for a crime she didn't commit. Luce meets Daniel. He ignores her and tries to avoid her as much as possible, but she eventually confronts him. Cam is nothing but nice to Luce. He even buys her a necklace, but Luce can't stop thinking about Daniel. It turns out that throughout her past lives she has always met him. Daniel is a damned Angel. He will live for ever only to see Luce die every seventeen or so years. Luce has a hard time believing this stuff but realizes that it's true later. Cam is evil and Daniel wants to save her. I can't go on anymore without spoiling the whole plot. The book's 452 pages long and I read it in 3 days. It's really good. It reminds me of the last book I read, Devil's Kiss because there's watchers (Grigoris) in it. It also reminds me of the Immortals series because Ever was killed over and over in her past lives too.


Pop Lit Journal:

This book had topics in common with other books I’ve read recently. Before this book I read Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda. It had a fallen angel in it too. A Watcher, or a Grigori. In that book they were evil, dark angels. Billi started falling for the Angel of Death because she was being deceived into trusting him. In Fallen, there are also some bad fallen angels. Luce is deceived into trusting Cam and Mrs. Sophia. Both basically had fallen angels in them. In Fallen the fallen angels were condemned to Earth for loving a human or something more than God. They didn’t elaborate, but it was pretty much what’s in the bible. Hush, Hush by Becca FitzPatrick also was about fallen angels. It was more like this book than any of the other ones I will mention. Nora, like Luce, falls for a fallen angel guy and end up in the middle of a great heavenly war.

There was also the concept of past lives in this book. Luce always died not long after she met Daniel every seventeen years. This reminded me of Alyson Noë l’s Immortals series where Ever was killed by Drina after she and Damon fell in love in each of her past lives. Since Daniel was condemned, he will live for ever only to see Luce show up in his life, fall in love with him and die every seventeen or so years.

She would sometimes die when they kissed because he is an angel, and it could shock her somehow. Sometimes she’d die from an information overload or by being killed somehow. She thought it sounded a bit romantic at first, like they were star-crossed lovers, but then it hit her that could die soon. She didn’t want to believe it though. She thought it sounded crazy, but her seeing shadow seemed crazier to her. Daniel said she never was able to see the shadows in her past lives. It’s almost like she has some kind of psychic ability now, like Ever had after becoming immortal, but not really. Maybe her soul’s evolving or something.

I want to mention the setting. A lot of books have boarding schools in them, but I haven’t read many with reform schools in them. Sword & Cross is a reform high school for young felons, insane teens and juvenile delinquents. Luce was pretty sane, though she didn’t believe it. She thought she might have killed Trevor and she deserved to be there. She became friends with the only sane person there, Penn. There were also other fallen angels hiding among them as students: Arriane, Roland, Cam, and Gabbe.

~*Haley*