Review 4- Strange Angels

Ok so I know I said that I was going to read The Lovely Bones next, but I tried and it's a very heavy thing and right now heavy is definitely not what I want. So I had a book that I wanted to read and decided I would read it now. It's the first in the Dru Anderson series by Lili St. Crow.

Now I have a warning for people reading this book. On the back I saw the words 'Dad? Zombie. Mom? Long gone. Me? Well that's the strange part' or something along those lines. And from this I thought it would be about zombies or something like that. I've been trying to get away from vampires and werewolves because...well let's just say I read a lot about vampires and werewolves. But as I continued through the pages, what came up. Werewulfen. Yeah that's what they're called. But I was like 'Oh it's ok there won't be vampires at least' oh how wrong I was. They began to talk about 'Suckers'. I fell into the vampires and werewolves trap once more.

Ok don't get me wrong, I do like this book. I'm not saying that I didn't, I am just warning you about that part. I will also say that the book is very similar to Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series, and from what I gather the two of them are friends and go and do book signings together and such so when I found that out the two author's book styles didn't seem so strange.

Now onto the content. I loved Dru's character. She was fighty, she was funny, but she was still vulnerable. I have read so many books where the fifteen year olds or the sixteen year olds or whatever their age is, and they're super strong and they fight and they know what's going on. With Dru, she knew how to fight, she knew survival tactics, but when her dad died (not a spoiler, it says it on the back of the book the first two words) she didn't know what to do and she had a few break downs. FINALLY an author who knows that teenaged girls aren't always strong! I know you can find a lot of books where the girl isn't strong, but in horror/dark fantasy etc it is a very hard thing to find.

Now another character I loved was Graves. Strange name I know but he was funny. 'Don't worry Dru, first one's free' he cracked me up that even after she'd tied him up and put a gun to his head he asked her if she felt him up and told her that he knew she'd be into the bondage type stuff. He cracked me up through this book. Seriously hilarious.

Now for the plot. I wasn't amazed by the plot, as I've said, I was expecting it to be a lot different. It's not and it was still a good read but you know. it's like drinking diluted juice thinking it's the orange one and it turning out to be peach. Yeah I've done that before.

I'm not gonna do a spoiler version any more, I'm just gonna say that I think that how Dru handled it was stupid, but it stuck in with her character which is good. I think that Christophe (yeah, I didn't spell Christopher wrong his name's Christophe) is an ass (and that's surprising, I normally go for the vampire) and I honestly think that a lot of people will like this book.

Overall Rating- 6.5/7 out of 10

Would I read something else by this author- I would love to read Betrayed which is the next one in the series

Anything Else- Nope

Next Review- Probably (Don't hold my word for it though) Fallen by Lauren Kate

Thanks for reading guys x

Review 3- Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian

Wow. I've finished Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian. And just wow. Amazing book, really cool. Definitely a good ending to the series.

Ok so I have found with a lot of really good book series that I've read, have been a let down on the last book. I'm sure everyone out there can agree they've had that experience with a book series they've read too.

But this one was definitely a good way to end, it ended so that it could be come back to, but it could be left alone by itself and still stand as a really good ending to the series.

Now the action in this was amazing, and the twists were terrific! I swear I cried three times at least at this book. The book had enough in it that you would think that it could stand alone, but it could also work as a start of a continuation of the series or maybe even start a new series.

Now for the spoilers, and be warned these are HUGE spoilers so if you haven't read the book before you read this BE WARNED!!!!!

Ok so the fact that he tied in the fact of Rachel and how she could have gotten together with Percy, but instead of that I loved how she decided to become the new oracle. That was genius, and then when she said the new big prophecy, and everyone freaked out, very cool. And very good for how that could lead to another book.

Now the fact that Annabeth and Percy FINALLY kissed properly, was fantastic. I mean, YAY! Very excited about that. I loved how Percy admitted that he didn't take the honour of becoming a God because mostly he didn't want to leave Annabeth. Awwww! That was something seriously cute!

I loved the line about Peanut butter, Tyson is amazing, one of my favourite characters of this series!

Grover was hilarious as normal, and I thought it was predictable that Luke became the good guy taken over by a bad guy and in the end he showed he was the good guy. Yawn.

Ok now as a full book I adored it, it was fantastic. Really and truly.

Overall rating: 9.5 out of 10

Would I read another book by this author- I am getting excited about the series about Pharaohs and I will definitely be excited for that.

Anything else- Nope!

Next review- The Lovely Bones

Overview of Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse & Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth

Overview of my last two books.

Ok so I've read Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse and Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth, but I have not had the time to write reviews. I will write very small overviews of them, but don't expect much. I probably won't remember half of it.

Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse

Ok, so this was really good from start to end. I loved Artemis and her hate for Apollo, I loved the idea that they had to hold up the sky, I loved the bitching between Thalia and Percy. It was a good way they strung it all together.

Slight spoilers from here.

I cried at Zoe's death. Seriously cried. I didn't expect to cry at this book, so I was very surprised when I cried like I did. I loved the random Rachel in it and I was thinking 'why would Rick Riordan put a random mortal into it' but I loved it anyway. I LOVED NICO AND BIANCA AND THEIR BACK STORY! I mean I wanted to see a son/daughter of Hades' and to see it was amazing.

Overall Rating- 9 out of 10

Would I read something else by the author- If I find out he's got another series, I will definitely be reading it

Anything else- Not that I can think of.

Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth

The idea of the labyrinth is probably one of the most iconic images in Greek mythology, whether that's about King Minos trapping Daedalus there or Theseus killing the Minotaur, everyone knows something about the labyrinth. So when I read this, I was very excited.

Slight spoilers from here.

The idea that Daedalus was in Camp Half Blood was cool, I thought it was a clever idea. I liked how they brought Rachel back into it and I loved how Poseidon came to Percy's birthday. Basically, all of the book was pretty awesome. You know when you can't think of anything? Yeah that's me right now.

Overall Rating- 8.5 out of 10

Would I read something else by the author- See above

Anything else- Aphrodite is a bitch on Percy

Next Review- Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian (yes almost finished the series) A proper review next time I promise!

Thanks for reading guys x