Unearthly by Cynthia Hand Review

I make myself laugh sometimes. I read a lot on my kindle and have a list I still need to review. I'm trying to get caught up. I really want to get a netbook so I can write reviews and my own stories while I am out away from my laptop and that's coming. Hopefully as soon as I start my next job. The funny story is I read this book probably 6 months ago on the Kindle. Then I was at the library last week and saw the beautiful cover and picked it up to read, not knowing it was the same book.. so I went to start it yesterday and realized instantly that I recognized the story and saw I had already read it. Tell me you can't always judge a book by its cover but this cover surely made me pick it up.

Alright now for the book. I really enjoyed it. I love the idea of angels being among us. The fact that our guardian angels are really just people until they have a need to help someone. I liked the concept of the book and I found the book well written and interesting and easy to follow.

So the story goes our young heroine has these strange dreams in which she is saving a guy from a fire. She finds out she's an angel and that its her destiny like a guardian angel to save him. Her mom is an angel and well. They end up moving to a town to be close to the guy when she needs to help him. She learns there is more to the angel world then her mother wants her to know. She meets another angel and gets to learn a bit about that world.

I enjoyed all the characters the way our main character goes through a range of emotions all throughout the book, depending on what is going on. She really has depth, Cynthia Hand did a good jon with making her character realistic.

I'd give the book a 4 out of 5 and would say if you get the chance go pick it up, it's one of the good ones.

Finished recently

I recently finished

Willow by Julia Hoban

Lucy in the Sky by Anonymous

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

And Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Look for upcoming reviews :)

Sweetly by Jackson Pearce Review

Sweetly by Jackson Pearce

I am in love with fairy tales, mythology, fables, and more. I love grimms and disney and all the other tales of princesses, witches and the mythological beings.

I just had to pick up this series when I saw that it was a retelling of Hansel and Gretel. I mean how could I pass up a retelling, I love hearing the way people interpret stories, it is so interesting to see how people think up differences and change things to fit the idea they have for the outcome of the tale.

I really liked the tone that is set for this book, giving the characters each a uniquely special voice and letting you see the story from quite a few points of views. Some being what really is evil, which seems to be a point in a lot of fairy tale type stories trying to make you think about who is really evil and who isn't.

The story is not very close to the original Hansel and Gretel story at all. It is a completely new retelling that shows you another way the story could have gone. I don't want to give away too much if you haven't read the story or any of her other stories. So I am not going to talk about major plot points.

This is truly a fun fairy tale-esque story that is well written and enjoyable.

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce A Review

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

This is a Little Red Riding Hood reimagined and redesigned. She has added in more characters, changed the thinking of our main characters and added a dash of modern days to the story line.

Our main characters are two sisters living with their grandmother. Like in the original story a werewolf kills the poor grandmother and maims the older of the two sisters. Leaving her without an eye and lots of scars. She becomes engulfed with the need to kill the werewolves that the killed her family. She has learned that there are things that go bump in the night and that they love to kill specifically young girls dressed in red, its an alluring color for them.

She has really written out characters you can relate to and characters you can feel for. Written in is a love between sisters, one sister feeling compelled to follow in her sisters footsteps because she saved her life when she was younger, and the love that springs up between two people during dire situations.

I love that she shows the determination of one and the desire to fly in the other giving them such different personalities but the same goals and desires. Making them seem at times like one but at other times two different girls from two very different worlds.

The Library

I went to the library and picked up some books and have been reading them as fast as I can..

LA TIMES BOOK FESTIVAL

Alrighty so last year I went and was underwhelmed with my experience, but this year I went with that in mind and decided I was going to have a nice time. Let me tell you I had a fabulous time. I talked to lots of people at different booths, got books signed, met folks, took tons of pictures. I even saw John Cusak, swoon.. He's one of my favorite actors, I think he's just beyond amazing.

I got to meet a lot of up and coming authors and talk to them, even tonight picked up a book by one to read this week. I also got to talk to different publishers. I got to do a bit of networking, which was really nice for me. I also have a book to giveaway signed by the author so look for that post coming up soon.

Picture of John Cusak

I got a little bit sunburned but that is totally my fault. Silly me.

So look forward to posts about the books I am reading because of the festival and other excitement coming up.. I have a Kindle full of books so lots of reviews to be coming your way.

Take Care my Bookworms,

Kitten

Destined by Jessie Harrell

Destined by Jessie Harrell

I picked up this book the other day because I had heard so many wonderful things about it and the cover art is truly to die for. It's so beautiful, I guess I was judging a book by its cover. Not only because of the cover but also the wonderful things said about it, really made me want to go out and see for myself what all the hype was.

Synopsis off amazon:

When Psyche receives a prophecy gone horribly wrong, she learns that even the most beautiful girl in Greece can have a hideous future. Her fate? Fall in love with the one creature even the gods fear.

As she feels herself slipping closer into the arms of the prophecy, Psyche must choose between the terrifyingly tender touch she feels almost powerless to resist and the one constant she's come to expect out of life: you cannot escape what is destined.

Destined is a fresh and heartachingly romantic retelling of the Cupid & Psyche myth from debut novelist, Jessie Harrell.

Now I am a huge lover of Greek Mythology and all things mythical so that really enticed me to read the book, I wanted to see her take on Psyche and Eros, and all the other Greek Gods. The best part is the book was so enjoyable to read. You really get into the story and want to know more about the characters and why they are doing the things they are doing. You root for the good guys, you hope the bad guys don't prevail, get shocked as you learn things. The characters struggles are relate-able, you want love to prevail.

The best part for me is all the mystery in the story, no one ever knows whats really going on. It keeps all the characters on their toes. I also love the Ferryman. The underworld is such a lonely place.

Pick up a copy of this book if you love romance, greek mythology and mythical creatures. I promise you'll be glad that you did.