Started Reading: January 21, 2008
Finished Reading: January 22, 2008

Naturally, I couldn’t stop myself from reading the sequel. This, too, was all right, though the last part of the book confused me a bit at first.

I’ve not much to say since…I’ve read this in a rush because I couldn’t study until I finished it and I had to finish revising a paper for the next day. I can’t remember whatever complaints I’ve had - if I had any. It’s not my favorite but it didn’t bore me. The resolution was a bit disappointing to me, though I can’t explain why right now. Heh.

Started Reading: January 20, 2008
Finished Reading: January 21, 2008

This was a pretty good book. I’m not entirely in love with series books because they take forever and I don’t like waiting. But I feel like I’d keep on reading the novels about Lily and Rule and their other friends in this little world created by Wilks. I haven’t really read any “werewolves vs goddesses” stuff. Lily is a very strong character with a mysterious (and interesting) grandmother whose history I wouldn’t hesitate from reading. And she’s a female cop (a role I don’t see often cast to a protagonist in novels).

Her bond with Rule was also well-developed that you’d know it’s not just a physical bond. She and Rule had to work together and trust each other. So I’m very satisfied with how they became a couple. The plot was good and even the minor characters had past and personality that they don’t seem so flat.

Started Reading: January 11, 2008
Finished Reading: January 12, 2008

This was a book I needed to finish quickly else I wouldn’t be able to study at all during the weekend, heh. I was actually a bit hesitant to read a book from the series again because I’ve forgotten what had happened in the last two books. But I’m glad I read this because it reminded me why I read the first two books in the first place. I loved Mercy Thompson and Briggs’ other characters. : D

It was Zee’s and a bit of Ben’s turn to be put under the spotlight now, which is good because they, as characters, have developed along with Mercy, Adam, and Sam. It’s always refreshing to find characters other than the protagonist being fleshed out. I’m also glad that the resolution between Mercy’s two relationships has been included in this book already. It’s not good to drag that out too long.

But still, that’s not just everything that I enjoyed.

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Started Reading: January 7, 2008
Finished Reading: January 7, 2008

I’ve been looking for this book ever since I saw it online. I’ve looked for it in Powerbooks at Greenbelt but there was no copy. D: I was supposed to go to Fully Booked at Bonifacio High but thankfully I saw it at Gateway. SO WHHEEE~

This book is deserving of the high ratings its been given (although not perfect. I’d give it about an eight out of ten). David Sosnowski’s kind of vampire world is different from what I’ve usually read. Vampires do not simply co-exist with humans, they’ve overpopulated them to the point that humans are a rare commodity - farmed and harvested for the luxury and entertainment needs of a now-rampant vampire population. Normal things we take for granted today are auctioned on Ebay, requiring large bucks and a lot of time for shipping.

Enter Marty, one of the vampires that helped in increasing their kind and outbalancing the humans. When he’s bored of life (and quite ready to die, thankyouverymuch), what does he find?

A human girl on the streets.

And instead of taking her as a meal, he takes her in and takes care of her.

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Started Reading: January 4, 2008
Finished Reading: January 6, 2008

Despite the outstanding reviews I’ve read from Amazon, I would not give this five stars. I’d give it three at most. I think if people are considering this the best book ever, they’re missing out on better stories out there, with a more impressive take on developing stories and character relationships.

I’m saying this as a person who haven’t read the other books. The problem is, while the author jumps right in the middle of a conflict in the story (or the beginning of it), there isn’t really anything to introduce me to the basic information I should know. I do understand some of what’s implied but it just isn’t enough. So Zsadist and Bella met twice before? Why was he so obsessed with her? It would have helped if, like the other flashbacks on Zsadist’s past, the author also gave us a narration of the two times they met and what went on inside both of their minds since there’s very little to base their relationship on.

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