Title: Spiritus Author: Dana Michelle Burnett www.DanaMichelleBurnett.com Publisher: Self-published Release Date: October 11, 2011 Genre: Paranormal Romance This is a story about a teenage girl who shifts to a new town and moves into her ancestral home. At school she gets a crush on the most gorgeous boy in the school and is amazed when he seems to be interested in her – she is, of course, nothing exceptional. Add jealousy from the cheerleader bitch and you have a common scenario, made even more familiar by the addition of another gorgeous man that she can’t really have in any realistic way because he is a ghost – at least he’s not a vampire. A nice twist on this formula young adult story is that Becca is a reincarnation of the wife of the ghost, Alastor. She begins to remember their time together and her love for him reawakens. Eventually, she discovers that she murdered him because he was an adulterer. The question you need to read the book to answer is, did he come back for … [Read more...]
Review: The Magi by Kevin Turner
Title: The Magi Author: Kevin Turner Publisher: Kevin Turner Release date: available now Category: YA fantasy The Magi is a terrific story for younger teens. Boys in particular would enjoy the male protagonist who is a believable and likeable character. Blurb: On a quest to solve his family's murders, thirteen-year-old Elijah Hawk stumbles upon the world of the Magi, a simple people with a very complex secret. Elijah is soon accepted into their community and is permitted to train with their power. However, he soon learns that stumbling upon this world may not have been an accident. How does he know this? His family's killers are now hunting him! The story moves along at a good pace and keeps us on our toes. Just when we think that Elijah is safe and settled, either he is ripped from his home, or someone important to him is kidnapped. Eventually, dissatisfied with the lack of action by the Magi, he takes matters into his own hands and sets out on a quest to rescue one of his fellow … [Read more...]
