Sin by Sharron Riddle Book Review

Sin
by Sharron Riddle

ISBN: 1620074354 (ISBN13: 9781620074350)
Paperback: 274 Pages
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Fantasy
Publication: January 13th, 2014 by Curiosity Quills Press
Source: Net Galley

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To escape from her father's plan of putting Sin in a nut house, her mom sent her to Sin's great aunts in St. Charles, IL. There she realizes that she came from an ancient druid priestesses linage and was sent into a mission of finding the stolen hellhounds and to stop the undead (zombies) from rising back to life. Sin must learn to deal with all the Feys, monsters and other mythical creatures, together with her new friend Fae and two gorgeous hunks, Van, a Fey Prince and Llaw, the half-human and half-fey who are both trying to compete for her affection.

My Impression

I am already a Fan... Yes! Totally a fan of Sin Blackmore. I love her character so much I wanna kiss her and ask for her autograph! I love her strong personality, how she love and values herself as who she is, how she cares for other people, how she delivers her witty side. She totally ROCKS!

She narrowed her eyes. "Nobody likes a smart ass." "Wow, then you must not have many friends."

Grow Babies? Was she serious? I suddenly wanted to try the spell, just to see if it really worked. But then I'd be stuck with a kid. So not worth it.

I've read books that revolves around Fey creatures, but never had I read something like this. The world building is very dynamic. It's like you've stepped out into a new world.

At first I thought the book was about zombie slayers,

She rummaged through the clothes piled at the foot of my bed, and held up an "I'm a Juicy Girl" shirt. "No," I said firmly. "I'm not advertising to the zombies."

 But zombies though they appear mostly here, are all but extras. There so many creatures here, that it felt like the urban fantasy, fantasy and paranormal creatures collided in this book (Sorry, but no vamps here, though). It was so action packed. Not to mention those two hunks that contends for Sin's affection.

This really was my personal hell. The light god and the dark. Both of them seemed hell bent on testing me to the very limits of my self-control. And all they'd done is smile at me.

OMG! Who to choose!? At first I thought I'll go for Team Llaw because I'm all for those bad ass guys that spells trouble on their forehead. But Van did redeem himself almost every time in this book too.

"I do not know this word..idiot."[Van] "Try looking in a mirror."[Sin] "why?"[Van]

But then, with all the glamour Sin, really fight hard not to fall just because those two are heaven sent hunks, she stood her ground and wanted real love.

And I was nobody's plaything.

I love each main characters here, they are very well thought of. They compliment each others character and bring more life to the lead. I love how Sin bonded with Fae. I liked their tandem and did a tear-jerky in one chapter too.

Though the solution to the problem was "THAT SIMPLE?", I really liked how it turned out in the ending. 

Rating:  5 Stars

Plot: Action packed.

Page Turner: Yes

Continued?: No

Recommended: Yes.

Book Boyfriend: Definitely!

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Sharron Riddle

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Pierced Book Review

Pierced

by J.C Mells
ASIN: B00CAW3G86
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal Romance, Vampires, Urban Fantasy
Publication: April 9th, 2013
Source: Story Cartel

Pierce grew up practically alone. Her mother was a drunk and a drug addict who abandoned her in a vampire compound. She was sexually and physically abused during her childhood days, making her create two alter ego.

Yeah, I have Mildred and Veda Pierce living in my head, so what? My name is Pierce and it makes sense to me, and that's all that matters.

She had been locked up for 10 years in the compound under a man who raped and drugged her. Now as she escaped, she has been on the run together with her ten-year-old brat who she whole heartedly wish to give a normal life. 

Mia is real, isn't she? I mean I have two 1945 film characters living in my head. Why not create an imaginary ten-year-old travelling companion too?

My Impression

After I finished the book, I realized that being loony can be very cool and funny. I was really blown away by how Pierce is. This book let me journey into a girl's psychotic mind. The funny thing is, it never felt like "She is cracked in the head." It felt like she is trying her best to preserve her sanity, it seems logical for me that her brain works like that. She is intelligent, she is different, she is not normal (in every way).

The book is dragging in the first few chapters, I honestly thought that I would actually learn how to cook tender steak and kidney pie and many other recipes from Pierce (cooking tips and tricks), but the author made it so that the reader would understand her thoroughly. To get to know her world, and mind you it's completely strange. She has two other Pierces living (yup... alive and kicking and cooking) inside her head. One represents her confidence and the other is her conscience. The only thing I didn't like in the story was Pierced attachment to classic movies in which I can't relate to.

At first I thought it will be full of sparkling handsome vampires, but no. This book is never what I expect it to be.

I liked the plot, it's really compelling. Once a new character is introduced you look forward to know them more and what role will they play in the story. I also like the way the author didn't give to much info about Pierce herself. I guess that's what's thrilling about this book. There's still so much to learn about her and she is such an interesting yet bizarre protagonist.

Rating: 5 stars

Plot: Very interesting

Page Turner: In the latter part

Continued?: Yes.

Recommended: Yes.

Book Boyfriend: Surprisingly I've got Mildred in my head too.

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Origin Book Review

JenniferL. Armentrout

ISBN: 1622660757 (ISBN13: 9781622660759)

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance

Published: August 27th, 2013

Note: Synopsis taken from Goodreads

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.

After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.

All Katy can do is survive.

Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?

Together, they can face anything. 

But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on? 

And will they even be together?

HOLY. ALIEN. BABIES. Errm... Sorry, it's just that the cover is just so beautiful. Burning the world concept in the background, model Daemon pissed off but still gorgeous and those abs. DAYUM!

Anyway, I really wondered how this book could be as exciting as the third book Opal. But boy, I wasn't disappointed. Kathy being captured by the Daedalus isn't as boring as I thought it would be. The truth and lies behind everything got me wondering all over again. 

Daemon and Kathy's reunion got me all teary eyed. Yeah, I honestly never expect to be touched by it, but I guess it got something to do with Daemon's POV. How he saw Kathy as the only girl he loves, how he is deeply in love with her, and how much pain he is emotionally. 

"My heart stopped. My entire world came to a halt. I walked forward, and my step faltered. Only at the last possible second, I caught myself from hitting the floor on my knees. The back of my throat and eyes burned." -Daemon

Kathy is my ideal heroine. She is not weak, as I say in my previous reviews, not a damsel in distress (even though Daemon wants her to be one). She makes mistakes, sometime can be annoyingly stubborn, she is not perfect. She is selfless, she thinks and stand for what she believes in. I admire her for handling everything on her own.

"She attacked several members of my team."

A smile spread across my face. That's my girl. "So sorry to hear that." - Daemon to Nancy

And there was Archer, I was really mystified by him, being the silent type, by-stander but someone who cares character that he is. He is certainly someone to watch out for in the next installment.

"Well, aren't you just a special snowflake," Daemon murmured.

"That I am." Archer's lips quirked into a half grin.

I just wanted to say something to Blake...  You got that coming dude... You certainly got that coming!

This book certainly got a pretty good hold on me. The story line is good as it progress to it's end. And speaking of "end", geez... the ending of this book... . There goes Jennifer Armentrout's soul sucking ending. There's still so much to look forward to and more than enough reason to anticipate the final book.

Rating:5 stars and counting...

Plot: Action pack, Jaw dropping

Page Turner: Yes.

Continued?: Yes.

Recommended: Yes.

Book Boyfriend: Completely awed.

 

Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Opal Book Review

JenniferL. Armentrout

ISBN: 1620610094 (ISBN13: 9781620610091)

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance

Published: December 11th, 2012

As Kathy and Daemon deal with Dawson's disturbing behavior, they still try their best to become a normal couple. Having to depend on each other's decisions, they work out every situation as partners. 

"What kind of punishment would that be?"

He chuckled. "Probably the sort of punishment you'd enjoy."

Warmth infused my cheeks and veins.

Daemon being the over-protective brother, usually runs to chase after Dawson and make sure he doesn't get to trouble or get himself caught again. Kathy promised to help Dawson bring back Bethany, but under the condition that he'll have to wait as they organize a plan to do so.

Much to their dismay, Blake comes back with an offer that they're most likely find hard to turn down. Problem is, they have to decide to whether to trust him again or not. They will soon realize that a secret organization is experimenting on the hybrids and torturing them. With the help of dubious source, they will have to risk everything again.

“I love you, Katy. Always have. Always will.”

You'll never know how those simple, cheesy sentence could affect you so much. This is such an "Oh, no!!!" moment for me. This is so far my favorite book in the series. Daemon and Kathy tried to live their lives the best way they can. They rely on each other's opinion and sort them out. Yep. Kathy had to learn the hard way. Their relationship is great. The author had made it so that it took time to develop so it doesn't seem rushed. Of course there's still their cat/dog bickering, which I find cute and funny.

“A slow, wry smile teased Daemon’s lips. "Simmer down, Kitten, before I have to get you a ball of yarn to play with."
Annoyance flared deep inside me. "Don’t start with me, jerk-face.”

Kathy is less stubborn and could totally kick-ass. I felt bad for her about her relationship with Dee, but I know they will fix everything again. Daemon on the other hand is still ridiculously charming, as always. He showed how much his family means to him. He is such a good actor being a jerk and an ego maniac when he really is... as Dee said "a thankless hero".

The plot was such a thrilling ride as they come closer to their enemy, introducing some more key characters which will leave you wondering "who among them would betray or help them".

And the ending... I was like  then  "GO DIE BLAKE!!!" then  and .
Yep. An absolute crashing ending.

Rating:5 stars and counting...

Plot: Jaw Dropping.

Page Turner: Yes.

Continued?: Yes.

Recommended: Yes.

Book Boyfriend: Head Over Heels!

Jennifer L. Armentrout

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