Review : Fractured Light

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Here at the Crossroads I am happy to be part of the Fractured Light blog tour with Rachel McClellan! 

Fractured Light is Rachel's first young adult novel!

We received an e-book copy of this book for review from NetGalley. 

Title: Fractured Light

Author: Rachel McClellan

Publication  Date: February 8, 2012

Ages: 13 and up

Pages: 312

Publisher: Ceder Fort, Inc.
Rating: 5 Stars!

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About the Book: 
Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After the Vykens killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. But she never felt ready to face them until now. Defying the Auran Council and everything she's been taught, Llona must learn to use her power over light as a weapon if she wants to survive.

RACHEL MCCLELLAN

I was born and raised in Idaho, a place secretly known for its supernatural creatures. When I'm not in my writing lair, I'm partying with my husband and four small children. My love for storytelling began as a child when the moon first possessed the night. For when the lights went out, my imagination painted a whole new world. And what a scary world it was… Oh, and my debut YA novel Fractured Light will be out February 2012.

My Review: 


This book was a gripping combination of terror,wonder,paranormal,magick,and more! It grabs you from the very beginning. This story is about what you would do to survive? What would you do to save those you love? Including the boy you have fallen in love with but can never have?  Would you fight? Would you lay down and die and let the darkness over take you? 


This book sort of reminded me about another series that I just love! From Richelle Mead in those books the Moroi (a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth's magic.) are not allowed to fight just as in this book. But things change when they begin to realize that their protectors or Guardians can not always be there.  In the end it is your own self that you must depend on to save your life.




The only thing I wish they would have done is made the bad guy badder. At times I wondered if the book was going to end before the bad guy got around to doing anything. I really can't wait for the next installment coming in 2013.  I hope we get more of what an Aura can do. As we have seen that I wouldn't want to be in a fight with one! 


So go pre-order this book! You won't be disappointed. 

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Fractured Light

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About the Book: 

Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After the Vykens killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. But she never felt ready to face them until now. Defying the Auran Council and everything she's been taught, Llona must learn to use her power over light as a weapon if she wants to survive.

RACHEL MCCLELLAN

I was born and raised in Idaho, a place secretly known for its supernatural creatures. When I'm not in my writing lair, I'm partying with my husband and four small children. My love for storytelling began as a child when the moon first possessed the night. For when the lights went out, my imagination painted a whole new world. And what a scary world it was… Oh, and my debut YA novel Fractured Light will be out February 2012.

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Vesper: A Deviants Novel

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Title: Vesper
Author: Jeff Sampson
Ages: 13 and up
Pages: 320
Publisher: Balzer + Bray; Reprint edition  
Release Date: December 27, 2011
About the book:

Emily Webb is a geek. And she’s happy that way. Content hiding under hoodies and curling up to watch old horror flicks, she’s never been the kind of girl who sneaks out for midnight parties. And she’s definitely not the kind of girl who starts fights or flirts with other girls’ boyfriends. Until one night Emily finds herself doing exactly that . . . the same night one of her classmates—also named Emily—is found mysteriously murdered.
The thing is, Emily doesn’t know why she’s doing any of this. By day, she’s the same old boring Emily, but by night, she turns into a thrill seeker. With every nightfall, Emily gets wilder until it’s no longer just her personality that changes. Her body can do things it never could before: Emily is now strong, fast, and utterly fearless. And soon Emily realizes that she’s not just coming out of her shell . . . there’s something much bigger going on. Is she bewitched by the soul of the other, murdered Emily? Or is Emily Webb becoming something else entirely— something not human?
As Emily hunts for answers, she finds out that she’s not the only one this is happening to—some of her classmates are changing as well. Who is turning these teens into monsters—and how many people will they kill to get what they want?

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My name's Jeff. By day I'm a young adult author. By night, I'm a pop culture fiend. Read more about me and my books--including brand new release Vesper: A Deviants Novel--at jeffsampsonbooks.com.

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Flipping Friday and In My Witch Box!

So today I decided to do both!  So I'm Flipping Out because of what was in my mail box!  

I not only won a few really good 2011 Teen/Ya Novels but I also got a holiday card from non other than Cesya MaRae Cuono the Author of Elemental Reality!

Welcome to Tempting Thursday!

So for this Thursday I thought I would TEMP you into buying a new book!  

So check out my review of Juliet Immortal!

Title: Juliet Immortal

Author: Stacey Jay

Publication Date: August 9, 2011

Ages: 14 and up

Pages: 320

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers 

Biography

Stacey Jay is a recovering workaholic (or at least working hard at recovering) with three pen names, two small children, and a passion for playing pretend. She's been a full time mom-writer since 2005 and can't think of anything she'd rather be doing. Her former careers include theater performer, professional dancer, poorly paid C-movie actress, bartender, waiter, math tutor, and yoga instructor.

Find Stacey on the Web at http://staceyjay.com, or blogging at (http://staceyjayya.blogspot.com) or Livejournal (http://stacey-jay.livejournal.com). 

My Review:

This book was really good and is a must read. It gave a paranormal twist to the old story of Romeo and his Juliet. 

I wish the ending would have been a little better. And I wish we would have cleaned up a few of the other lives that just kinda disappeared in the mist of time. But all in all it was a great story. 

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The Cellar

The Cellar by A.J. Whitten

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


When I requested this title on netGalley, I didn't really know what to expect. I'm not so much about zombies, they're not really my thing, and the only other book I've read about them is the Forest of Hands and Teeth (and that one was an ok book) So I thought I would give the undead another shot.



In this reviewers opinion, the story had a lot of potential - but the writing, the characters and the development of the story were dead in it's grave.



I was very bored through most of the book as the plot was very predictable so as far as this zombie book goes it just wasn't for me.







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