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SHAPESHIFTER,
MYSTERY FANTASY
VAMPIRE
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SHAPESHIFTER:
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GARGOYLE TEARS
JV HARLEE
TARBUTON PRESS
March 2002 Shapeshifter,
Young Adult
This is the typical story of a teenager uprooted by his parents
and moved to another town. However, this story is far from
typical. For this teenager and his mother are Gargoyles. Ethan
is now sixteen and finding out bit by bit about his kind.
His begins with the sudden horrible smell clinging to his
body. This is when he is informed each time one of their kind
dies they all emit that horrible odor.
From
here on this is where life takes a very unusual turn for Ethan.
Someone has started killing gargoyles for no apparent reason,
but to kill them. Evidently there is a human that has found
out about their kind and doesn’t like it much. During
all the upset and mystery Ethan meets Jane another gargoyle.
He is instantly infatuated with her and thus the story goes.
I
think this is a great book for any older child. I enjoyed
it and would let any of my children read it. I especially
liked the beginning and endings additions to the books. In
the beginning you get a small write up of what gargoyles are
and other things. At the end of the story is a gargoyle dictionary.
I feel this is very useful to any young adult. |
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MYSTERY:
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CRIMES
JUDITH WOOLCOCK COLOMBO
AMERICA HOUSE
2000 Mystery,
Suspense
The
derelicts of New York are turning up dead with a smile on
their faces. The word on the street is that the Angel of Death
is taking souls, but he’s only accepting those who wish
to die. The police are stumped as to who this Angel of Death
is and why he is killing these people. The one thing they
do know is that this so called Angel is only a warped human
being who thinks he is helping those he kills. It seems this
person really does care as the people are dieing with a full
belly, a good bottle of booze and a warm coat or blanket around
them. But who is this person and why is he killing? Of course
in truth the police don’t truly care why so much as
who he is and that he’s caught and put away for what
he’s doing.
As
if this isn’t enough Sergeant Tony Bello must now deal
with a paranoid wife. Lara, Tony’s wife has the strange
idea that someone has been following her home from school.
Lara is an art teacher and more than once she’s been
getting the creepy feeling someone around somewhere is watching
her.
It
doesn’t take long for Tony to find out Lara is right.
Someone wants her and wants her bad. Lara leaves town to get
away from it all, but the follower goes too. Then the follower
is killed however evidently he isn’t the only one after
Lara. So, who else is after her? Why she isn’t famous
as an artist, most students don’t want there are teacher
dead and there are no criminals Tony has arrested that would
go after her as revenge. Thus we are brought back to the mystery
of who’s after Lara? This is only one of the mysteries
in this book.
We
have the question of who is this Angel of Death and what is
his connection to Lara’s son? There are a lot of twists
turns and surprises in this book. There are at least three
simultaneous plots in this book. It was interesting to read
how the author intertwined the stories of the characters and
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FANTASY:
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 ASHES
AND ANGEL WINGS: DEMON THE FALLEN
BOOK ONE OF TRILOGY OF THE FALLEN
GREG STOLZE
WHITE WOLF PUBLISHING
MARCH 2003
Fantasy-
Angels and Demons
This is
the first book to the trilogy.
In book
one we are introduced to the beginning of what could very
well become the end. Demons and fallen angels have managed
to escape from hell and are now wracking havoc on earth. Many
of the demons that have managed to escape and make their way
to the earthly realm have somehow become trapped in human
bodies. Which human bodies may have been by design, however
most were purely by chance. Many of the escaped demons are
being commanded by others still trapped in hell. These demons
and fallen must obey those who command them since they have
the one thing that holds ultimate power over them. Any who
know their true name, practically owns that demon or fallen
angel. Since these demons don’t want to be called back
to hell they server their master while at the same time look
out for their own interests.
We are
introduced to a variety of different demons and even a few
fallen angels. The one I found most endearing if you can call
a demon endearing was Harvey Ciullo. Harvey was a pretty pathetic
man, while he loved his daughter he didn’t take the
best care of her, he loved to bet but made stupid bets and
he surely didn’t take care of himself physically. Then
something happened that changed all that, Harvey was shot
in the forehead at the same time he was inhabited by the fallen
angel Hasmed. Hasmed set about serving his master yet trying
to keep himself on earth the best he could. First he worked
on getting Harvey’s body and financial situation straightened
out, while at the same time working on getting followers for
his master. During this time Hasmed had something happen he
truly didn’t suspect. He started having true feelings
for Harvey’s daughter as if she were his own. She too
accepted Hasmed as a new part of her daddy. I enjoyed following
Harvey/Hasmeds’ story through this book.
Were also
are introduced to the demon Sabriel who gets on the wrong
side of a very powerful demon named Avitu. We meet Usiel a
fallen angel who hopes to send all the others back to hell
and thus regain the favor of those above. These are just two
amongst others who we first meet in this book. At the risk
of making this review to long I will stop here. However I
will say there is much more than what I have mentioned in
this review to be read in the book.
I
found it a good read however for some reason it didn’t
draw my interest as book two did. This could very well be
due to the fact that I did read book two prior to book one.
However, I would still recommend reading the full trilogy
and am looking forward to reading book three.
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VAMPIRE:
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JACOB DARK MOODS
CHARLEE JACOB
EBOOKSONTHE.NET Vampire-Alternate
Reality
This book is set in an alternate reality. It is earth or an
earthlike world populated by humans and other beings. In this
reality there are many different types of beings and humans
are very low on the evolutionary scale.
This world has vampires that are healers, similar type creatures
that can shapeshift at a beings mood into anything the being
envisions. This second species are kept captives in brothels
on their native island of Kura. What better prostitute than
one that can be whatever her client wishes her to be.
This has a few different characters whose storylines all collide
on the island of Kura. During the story we see how the vampires
fall from favor when one angry woman refuses to drink the
sin of the man who killed her husband. We see one who is consumed
by the same fire demon he was able to harness and use against
his enemies. Along with these characters there is a dwarf
in love with one of the Kura prostitutes, the Kura prostitute
herself who suffers at the hands of her captives and many
others.
Through this book you learn how the Kura came about and their
relationship to the other vampire like race. This is where
I will stop so I don’t give to much of the story away.
I will say that any horror reader will like this book as well
as fantasy and other genre readers. This is a book whose world
you can escape to for a little while and leave the real world
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DARK HUNGER
MAYRA CALVANI
AMBER QUILL PRESS
E-book
Vampire Romance
In
this book we are introduced to Alana and Sadash. We begin
with Sadash seeing Alana for the very first time at a young
age. From the first minute he is stricken and decides someday
to make like him.
We
then see Alana as a young woman. She gets a job in a nightclub
and there the change in her life begins. She meets a strangely
familiar man and falls in love. She also begins the search
to find out if her mother really committed suicide when she
was young or was murdered. During and through her many changes
Alana has her friend Valeria to turn to.
Only
Valeria can’t help Alana through her latest problem.
The strange man she met at the nightclub was none other than
Sadash the vampire and he has decided now is the time for
her to become one too. Alana must now learn to deal with what
she is and if her feelings towards Sadash have changed because
of what he made her.
During
this book Alana learns many things some good and some bad,
but all of them in one way or another changer her. This story
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AGES: LASOMBRA #5
DAVID NIALL WILSON
WHITE WOLF FICTION
APRIL 2003
VAMPIRE-HORROR
This book is the latest installment to another one of Vampire
The Masquerade: Dark Ages clan series. This story is mainly
about how the city of Constantinople has deteriorated from
its’ original greatness to a place not worth living
in. Yet there is a war among the clan princes to rule this
city. The story of Lucita of the Lasombra clan is told in
this book. You follow Lucita through her struggle to follow
the orders from the elders to make the city her own. This
story also parallels the stories others who are also setting
about making the city their own as well. To add to the intrigue
is the fact that the current ruler has no plans on giving
up his throne to anyone. So Lucita must somehow endear herself
to the new ruler and fulfill her orders. Not an easy task.
As
a long time fan of Vampire The Masquerade and this author,
I found this a welcome addition. I did however find it was
a bit of a slower read for me compared to other books I have
read from this author. If you are a fan of the series this
is obviously a must have. I am looking forward to reading
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 BLOOD
WORSHIP
BARBARA A. MACK
Vampire-Horror
Jessie
is a teenage girl that has had to go through a lot this last
few months. Six months ago her mother was murdered, then her
best friend was murdered. Now it seems someone wants to terrify
her.
There
is something happening to the teens of this little town. Many
are turning goth, and some are showing up dead. Who is killing
these kids and why is a mystery. However it seems this mystery
may be tied in some way to whomever is terrifying Jessie.
Whoever this person is doesn’t seem to like the fact
that Jessie wants to find out how her friend died. During
this time someone has shown up in her house and made threatening
calls.
Now
her other best friend wants her to leave it all alone. Something
just isn’t right. As if all this isn’t bad enough
now Jessie’s other best friend has been murdered as
well as a few other teens. All of whom have been mutilated
have not a bit of blood left in their bodies.
It
seems that Jessie’s dead mother has a message for her.
It seems that Jessie may be the only one that has the capacity
to bring the evil plaguing the youth of her town to an end.
However will Jessie herself survive the threat? Or will she
just be another victim of this evil being?
I
found this an interesting story. However, I felt if it were
longer that some unanswered questions may have been addressed.
While I liked the story I felt some areas left you hanging.
I welcome reading more from this author as her writing progresses.
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