Timekeeper by Tara Sim

 This is the first book in a steampunk fantasy series. It's set in a Victorian world about clocks that keep areas of London and other towns alive. Danny is a mechanic that goes and works on the clocks when there's a problem. He's been having some problems because of one of the clocks exploding and almost killing him. His father has been stuck in the town of Molton for the last three years and his mother hasn't been the same since. Problem him and his mother has been  having with each other is in some ways she blames him.

Cassie is a good friend of his and has been helping him keep his father's car running. Earlier in the day, The lead mechanic has sent him to the town of Enfield, The Colton tower. An apprentice is surposed to meet him there. After arriving he first doesn't see, then in the corner there's a blond boy standing there. What he doesn't know that the boy was the clock spirit. 

Danny has heard things about clock spirits but, had never seen one. It only took him twice to finally figure that out. The clock spirits name is Colton, just like the tower itself. 

Matthias was his dad's good friend and they would work together. He had fallen in love with a clock spirit and lost his job. Danny did feel bad about it. He still would go see Matthias to talk to him about things bothering him. 

When Danny heard that one of the clock towers had blown up. It reminded him of what happened to him. He keep thinking that some of the protesters were behind it, but he couldn't prove it. 

When he found some time, he would go see Colton and spend some time. He would tell Colton about lots of things. One day Colton kissed him and it surprised him but, also sent a chill through him. Danny knew that if he ever got caught he could get fired. 

Many things happen and the story is pretty fast paced. If you want to know how it ends you'll have to go pick up the book. It was really good. 

Well, I'm off to start a new book. Remember to pick up a great book.   

Library of souls by Ransom Riggs

 

This is the third book in Miss Peregrine's peculiar children's series. If this was a great way to end a trilogy this would be one hell of an ending. It was very good. 

Jacob and Emma are on their own after the other children were taken by wights. They need to go and get their friends back and Miss Peregrine. They have to find out a way to save them so they are safe. Addison is a peculiar dog that can talk. He has a great nose and will help them sniff out where they were taken. They are also being followed by a hollow. These things you can't see with your naked eye, but Jacob can see them. He's been learning how to control them and tell them what he's wanting him to do. 

Hollows can kill you if you can't see them and his grandfather was just like Jacob. He could see them too. 

After leaving the subway, they found their way down to a boat ramp. There was this guy dressed all in a strange black cloak. He kept dropping rats out of it. Jacob asked if they could get a ride to Devil's Arc. His name was Sharon and he did boat tours. At first Sharon didn't want to help them. They finally said they could pay him but, didn't have the gold right now. He thought about it then said, sure. 

With them in the small boat, being also that they were out in the open. Because they were with Sharon, the real normal people couldn't see them. Things are always different when it comes with the loops. Where they are heading, its not a good place. 

Things ended up happening after they arrived in Devil's Arc. People here weren't nice. They were looking at them. Sharon told them both to stay close. Ambosia is addicting and many of the people here use it. What Jacob and Emma find out is that its the souls of Peculiar children. Which makes Emma quite upset. They are waiting for Sharon and they wonder off. They find the castle and a long bridge but, before they can figure out a way to get across they are attacked. 

Jacob is hurt quite badly. Emma is hurt too. After that everything goes dark. They bought to meet Bentham. He's the brother of Caul and Miss Peregrine. He explains to them who he is and right off the bat, Emma doesn't trust him. The healer did heal Jacob and Emma. 

Devil's Arc is a very dark and dangerous place because the Wight and hollows live close by. Caul, is crazy and the one thing he wants most is to find the Library of souls. He believes that it will give him great power. With someone like that it makes it even more important to get everyone back and safe. 

Will, you'll have to read the book to find out what happens. I'll just say this, its a great ending. A good over evil story is always great. Pick it up. 

Well, I'm off to start my next book. Remember to pick up a good book, you never know what you might just like. 

Midnight sun by Stephenie Meyer

 

This book is another twilight but, its in Edward's perspective. He tells his side of the story. Bella is still there though. You get to see through his eyes and hear all his thoughts. 

I will say this to all those that are huge fans of the original story. You might see that Edward seems to act and seem like he's obsessive when it comes to Bella. In many ways he is. He doesn't understand at first why he's so interested in her, when he's wanting to take her life. It comes down to how strong her smell is. 

When Edward first sees Bella, the first thing that goes right to him is her smell. Its like a drug to him. His thoughts were bothering me. His thinking about ways to kill everyone in the classroom just to get to her. It is sort of crazy. His thoughts don't make since to me at times. 

After him and Emmett go hunting for three days, he finally goes back to school to face her. He's not sure he's going to be able to control himself, but he wants to find out. Plus, the other thing that is bothering him is, he can't hear her thoughts. He can everyone else's but not hers. He tries very hard to ask questions so that he can figure her out and ends up being wrong at times. The conversation is strained because of him not knowing what she thinks. 

He can't tell her any truths, at least not yet. After the almost death of her from getting squished by the van. He tries to avoid the her questions. 

The other thing that peaks his cerousity is how many questions she seems to know the answer too. Things he says to her just makes it seem like he's from a different time and she becomes more interested in him. 

His interdialongue is interesting to read. Makes a lot of things that had gone on in the orignal book come to light more. Some people may not like the book or think that its just to much. You'd have to figure that out on your own. Read the book, it might give you some answers but, it could also not make you happy to read how he is really. 

Well, I'm off to start another book. Come back and see what I add next. Have a read day and remember to read a good book. It could brighten up you day. 

A temptation of angels by Michelle Zink

Helen was woken up out of a dead sleep because of noise going on in her house. Her mom comes running into the room and tells her to get up and that its time for her to go hide. Helen doesn't understand. Her mom says there's a hiding place right over here. Her mom hits a spot in the wall and there's a secret passage there. Her mom tells her that there's stairs not far from where she's going to be sitting and that she needs to not make any noise at all.

Helen climbs in. Her mom tells her that she will need to go to the address on the piece of paper she hands her. Helen is scared but, she knows that she doesn't have much choice. She needs to stay alive. She can hear her mom close up the hiding place and the noises of men coming into her room. She sits as still as she can.

It gets quiet and then, Helen smells smoke. She knows that she needs to get out now. Its very dark and she feels around tell she can feel for the landing to the stairs that her mom said was there. She slowly moves down each step tell she hits the bottom. Now she has to find the exit. The smoke was getting heavy around her. She needed to get out before the house fill down on her.

Once out and down the road, she pulled the paper out and read the address on it. Where she needed to go wasn't that far from her. Glancing back once she could see the house burning. She began to walk to where she needed to go.

It was a fairly big house and she knocked on the door. A young man answered the door and let her in. She followed him into the library. There was another guy sitting behind a desk. He asked who she was and she told them that her name was Helen. The guys introduced themselves as Darius and Griffin. She explained what happened and said she was told to come here. It was getting late and Darius told Griffin to take her to one of the rooms upstairs and they would talk more in the morning.

The guys said they needed to go see Galizur. Helen wanted to come with. At first the guys didn't think it would be a good idea. But Helen was going to follow them anyways. Galizur's place was hidden some and the guys knew she had followed them. They were let in by Anna and taken through a few more rooms. Tell they were in a bigger room and a guy was working at a table.

Galizur said hello Helen and then told Anna to go make some tea. When the tea came, they all went and sat down in some chairs. Galizur explained to Helen and the guys that Many keepers have been getting killed because someone is wanting the key to the library. Helen wasn't sure what it was all about she just wasn't happy the her parents had to die. Galizur told Helen to follow him that he had a box for her. Once she got the box and opened it. There was all kinds of things from her dad in there and money.

On the way back, they ran into some nasty creatures and the guy fought them off. Once in the house the guys explained that demons can appear out of lights. After some time, Darius said they needed to find the guy that's been causing all of the keepers death.

Well, you'll have to read the book to find out what happens in the end. Do the guys and Helen finally become safe? Do they find the person or people that have been killing the keepers? Many questions are answered and the ending is good.

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

This is a story about the Bergland family. Patty had two sisters and one brother. Her parents were always quite busy with work and didn't really spend much time any of them. Patty was about seventeen when she called her mom and said she had been raped by a boy. Her came and got her and instead of taking her to the hospital, she brought her home. Then, called patty's father to tell him what happened. When her dad came to the house, he told Patty that he will deal with this. But, when he talked to the boys father and got their story, he came back and told his daughter that they aren't going to do anything. Patty wasn't happy but, tried to deal with it the best she could.

Walter Bergland and Richard Katz were roommates in college. He saw Patty from a distance and wanted to get to know her better. Richard didn't think that Patty would be into him because, she was a basketball player and her life was all about basketball. Walter was one of those guys that cared about nature and would send Patty plants for her room. She didn't really know what to say to Walter. She wasn't much into dating anyone. Walter did seem to be a good guy though.

When Patty met Richard she started to have a small crush on him. He was seeing plenty of other girls and sleeping with them if he could. He told Patty one night that he was going to New York for the holidays. She wanted to go with but Walter wanted her to come home with him so, she can meet his mom. His dad died not to long ago.

She ended u p changing her mind after she had already went with Richard. She took a bus and went to Walter. He wasn't sure what to think at first and then let her stay. It was two weeks and they could get to know each other better. They both had to go back to school after the holidays were over.

Patty blew out her knee and was in the hospital when Walter came in and asked her to marry him. She said, Yes. They had two kids, a boy and a girl. They had been married for 23 years. and their life had way to many ups and downs. Life for them, was going to change in many ways because of the decisions they made in those years. Life also will go on too.

You'll have to read the book to see what happens. I'll worn you that its fairly long read and a little slow at times.

Night Star by Alyson Noel

This is the 5th book in the immortal series. Ever is having problems with her friend Haven being she had decided to give her the elixir that will make her immortal like her and Damen. Damen has made decisions concerning her when he did the same thing to her. But in this case she's having a hard time coping with the idea that her so called friend hates her some much. She knows that Haven is bent out to hurt her and even kill her. She's been preparing herself for this. She knows she will do what she needs to, to protect herself and those she cares about.

What she doesn't realize is that it will only get worse if she can't reason with Haven. Her friend Miles tries to tell her that things have changed around the school but, tell she ends up at the school to find out for herself she's not sure what to think. Jade on the other hand is another problem altogether. She needs to find out for herself who she really loves. It will not be easy to choose if that's what she needs to do.

She and haven do talk but it doesn't do her any good. Then, one day at Jade's store Haven shows up to do just what she says she's going to do but, before she can actually die Damen saves her soul. The whole thing changes her and she has her answer about who she is really supposed to be with. It doesn't so any good tell they can fix the thing about them being able to touch each other the way they really want.

By the end of the book you will find out what happens to Haven but you need to read it to find out. The book is pretty good and I still need to read the last one.

Well, I'm off to start another one. Remember to read a good book, never how much you might just enjoy it.

Sweep Vol.5 by Cate Tiernan

This is the last 3 books in the sweep series, Reckening, full circle and night's child. Alisa has been noticing that she is different but to here wicca has always bothered her. She was over at Mary K's and Morgan's when she saw something in Morgans backpack. It was a green covered back and something in her was telling her to take and she did. What she found out was that the book was her mom's book of shadows and she started reading it. Something from across the room fell. It was the jewelry box, when went over to pick it up something else caught eye. Something that was in the book said that there was something hidden in the box.

Alisa found out that her mother has a brother named Sam. It was time for her to find her mothers family. when thing for Alisa at home started getting worse she decided to run away. She took the trip to go visit and find her family.

Morgan had been having some very scary dreams about Cal, her ex-boyfriend that's dead. She didn't know why this was happening to her. She finally made the decision to tell Hunter. Hunter and her went to visit her friend that owned the wicca shop. With a tonic in her hand she thought that the dreams would go away but, they didn't. Hunter and two others were doing some research to try and figure out what was going on. They finally decided to have Morgan take one evening so they can sort out her dreams. But, what they didn't know was that someone was haunting her dreams and it was coming from her past. Cal's mom.

Morgan got an offer to go to a school over seas but, she needed to ask her parents. They had let her and Morgan's life ended up changing. Her and Hunter had their own things going and hardly saw each other. She was planning on meeting him and telling him that they should break up but Hunter wasn't going to let that happen. They had made love that night and hunter was getting ready in the morning to leave plus, he also asked her to marry him and she said yes. She was settling down and started to here yelling. She needed to know what was going on and found out that the ferry had gone down. Hunter was on it and she didn't see him.

Her heart started to break. She had the feeling he was dead which put her into a spin. What she didn't know was, she was with child. She got married a few months later to a really good man. Then, he had a car accident and died. She was alone again.Strange things started to happen. She was finding thing around the outside of the house that was making her think of Hunter. Was he alive still. Something inside of her told her that it might be possible.

Well, I'll just say this, the whole series was really good. You'll have to read this and the others to find out what really happens and if Hunter is really alive our not. I'm off to start my next book.

Haunted on bourbon street #1 by Deanna Chase

Jade Calhoun moved to New Orleane's to be near her best friend Kay. She found an apartment right next to a strip club and the owners Kane and Pyper were renting the place she was moving into. Kane was a very handsome looking man and it was hard for Jade to concentrate when he was around.
What Jade didn't know was that he could dream walk into her dreams tell one night he was there. The dream was very erotic and when she woke up in the morning she knew the easiest way to deal with how she was feeling was to take a cold shower. Jade also could see ghosts and one night she met the ghost that was also in her dreams. But he seemed to get jealous when she was around Kane. Kane would show up at certain times just to get under Jade's skin. She could never quite concentrate when he was around.
Pyper was very nice but she was having problems with her own ghost that was making her life feel like hell. Jade knew she needed to try to help her get rid of that ghost. She let Pyper stay at her apartment to help her friend out. A few days later Kane had asked Jade out and she said most differently yes. She knew what she wanted and during that date and later that evening she and Kane made love. By morning she was feeling very good tell he told her he was dream walking into her dream. She wasn't happy about it.
Jade and her friends tried to help Pyper out to get rid of the ghost but it back fired with pyper ending up in a coma. By the end of the book and certain thing happening which you'll have to read to find out for yourself. I'll just say it was a pretty good book and the first book in a series.
Well, off to start another book. This was also the first time I've read an ebook, which is what this was. So, I'm trying something new for me and I think I might enjoy reading like this after all. At first I wasn't sure. Remember to read a good book you never know where you'll find one.

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

This is the last book to the Shiver series. Grace is a wolf now. Sam is worried and doesn't know where she is. He's wanting to go out there to look for her but, he knows some how he wouldn't be able too. Then, the phone rings and its Grace. He packs up everything to make the long trip to go get her, only to find that she's shifted again to a wolf. He needs to wait and hope that she will find him or call him.

Cole is driving Sam crazy but what Sam doesn't know is that Cole is trying to find a cure for being a wolf. He and Isabel have been fighting amongst themselves for a little while but, when Sam calls her to ask her to come over and help him help Cole because he's done something to himself. Cole hadn't been taking drugs which is what Isabel had thought at first. But it still didn't seem to matter to her.

A few days later Grace shows up at Isabel's house and calls Sam to come get her. Which he does. She has turned back into a wolf again and Sam puts her into the bathroom to await for her to change back again. Isabel calls to tell Sam the her dad has gotten the okay to kill all the wolves. Sam's not sure what to do. Cole knows he has to figure out a way to save them. He decides to try and turn Beck back to human to get a few answers from him. It might help them find a way to save most of them.

Grace decides to tell Rachel that she's alive in hopes that she will help her to face her parents. When Grace finally goes to see them, her dad starts to tell her what she's going to do. That doesn't go over very will. Afterwards Grace ends up changing into a wolf again and Sam finds out that the wolf hunt is on in the morning at dawn. So, cole's plan has to work. Sam is going to turn into a wolf and find Grace and lead them away.

You'll have to read the book to find out what happens next. Does Sam and Grace make it? What about Cole? The book was fairly good. A little slow with lots of things going on. But it was worth reading just to see how the series ended.

Well, I'm off to start my next book now. Remember to read a good book.

Matched by Ally Condie

This is the first book in another series that I just started. Cassie is a 17 year old girl that is happy its her birthday and that its the matching banquet. Tonight she finds out who her match is going to be. She's not really nervous either. As they deliver the food to everyone there and they eat. Cassie tries to find her friend Xander who is also there for the same reason as her. To Cassie's surprise she is called and her match is called and its Xander. She has the biggest smile on her face. She's so happy because she knows her match and he lives in the same area as her.

Once at home and relaxing the next day, she decides to look at it. What she see is Xander first then it blinks off and someone Else's face is shown, its Ky. At first she thinks its a mistake then things start to change for her. She starts to notice that Ky is noticing her and there are certain things that end up happening like, him showing up more to activities and other things. She had signed up for hiking and he's there as will.

She starts to look more forward to hiking because Ky is there. He starts showing her how to write and leaves her with questions about who he really is. She learns that she feels differently then she's supposed to feel about things. The society she lives in has very stricked rules about certain things and she could get into a lot of trouble. But something in her tells her she doesn't care about that. She's falling in love with Ky and she hopes he is too.

By the end of the book things start to change in Cassie's life more and she loses Ky and in some ways she loses Xander for telling him how she really feels. But she knows deep down that she can't live without him and needs to figure out what to do.

I'll have to say that the book is pretty good. If you haven't read it them maybe you should. Well, I'm off now to start another book. Remember to pick up a good book and read it. It may just take you some where, where you've never been before and you'd be happy to have gone there. Read a good book.

The forbidden game by L.J. Smith

This a a 3 in 1 book. The hunter, The chase and the kill. Jenny was out doing some walking around when she remembered that she needed to pick up something for her boyfriend Tom's birthday. She also knew that she was being followed by two people. She wasn't quite scared but, she knew she needed to find some where to go and hide for awhile. There was a lot of stores closed where she was. But something seemed strange when she came across this store. At first there wasn't a doorknob but now there was. Once inside she got this feeling that she was being watched.

Then, this guy seemed to appear in front of her. He said his name was Julian. Looking at him, he was more beautiful then anyone she had seen before. He asked if he could help her and she said that she was looking for a game to play with her friends. His eyes lit up and he showed her a game and said she could have it. What she didn't know was that this game was going to be more then just a game. It was going to be a game of life and death.

Tom, Audrey, Dee, Micheal, Summer and Zach all come over to Jenny's house to play a game. They put together the paper house and followed all the directions on the box and the something happened. They were in the paper house, like it was real. Julian showed up and said that they could only win if they made it to the top of the house. Each of them has to deal with a nightmare and make it through it. But Summer didn't. What Jenny didn't know was that Julian wanted her to himself and would do anything to get her. To save her friends she made a deal with him but, she tricked him and they all made it back home safe except for Summer.

Jenny kept making the mistake of offering things to Julian she wasn't going to ever give him. In the long run they all ended up in the shadow world where Julian is from, trying to save Tom and Zach and trying to survive because Julian wanted them all dead. Jenny knew he loved her and she needed to try and find away to make him not bad any more.

For a long book of three it was worth while reading. To much to add about what happens to all of them. So you'll just have to pick up the book and read it. Well, I'm off to start my next book. Remember to read a good book, it might change you or open you up to something different.

Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine

This is the third book in the Morganville series. Claire is still living in the glass house with Micheal, Eve and Shane. After what happened to Micheal and with Shane's dad, she had made a deal with Amelie. She now has to wear a bracelet around her wrest. It took her friends at the house some time to get the idea that it was Claire's idea and they had no choice but to deal with it.

Amelie had told Claire that she was going to be working with Myrnin. He's a very sick vampire but needs help trying to find a way to save the vampires there from certain death. What Claire does realize that he could kill her at any time. He's very sick and at times doesn't act like he should, more like he's crazy at times. He also forgets things. As the time goes by, she has helped him do what she needed to do to help but still couldn't find a cure for them. Not that she really wanted to in the first place.

Shane ends up getting stabbed and is in the hospital. Micheal tries to proect Claire from herself. Eve's brother shows up and there has been some girls getting murdered on top of everything. Over all the book is a good read and short. Its just now figuring out what's going to happen to Claire next and being that she's just 16, her parents are worried about her.

Well, I'm off to start another book now. Hope you've been enjoying the book reviews and have tried one or a few.

Gone by Lisa McMann

This is the last book in the Wake trilogy.
Janie is spending a week with Cabel and hos brother's family out at a lodge on a lake. They had been relaxing when she decides to take a walk and do some thinking. Partly because she's tired of slipping into Cabel's dreams. Sitting there thinking about things, she decides to open her cellphone and check messages. Her friend Carrie leaves a message about something being wrong with her mom and says that she's taking her mom to the hospital.
When she gets back to Cabel she lets him listen to the message. They tell cabel's brother and them that thier heding back to town. When they get to the hospital, Janie has to find out where her mother is. She's not a patient though. They sit in a waiting room for Janie's mom to come out. Just then, in walks her mom. She tells Janie that the person that she was seeing is her dad.
Janie never knew her dad or anything about him. Her mom had pretty much not said anything to her.
Janie and Cabel takes her mom back home. Her mom is a drunk and she makes herself up a drink and goes to hide in her room. Janie has other things going on in her head. Like she needs to have something else too. Cabel asks her if she wants to go see him. She sits there for a few and doesn't say much.
Because Janie is a dream catcher, She's been slowly losing her site. So, she has to depend on Cabel to take her places. She finally make the decision to go see her dad. When they arrive at his door and open it, Janie get sucked into her dad's dream. It takes her awhile to come out of it. But, for some reason she gets the feeling she needs to find out more about who this person is.
As the story goes on. Things start to come out more to her. Besides finding out more about her dad. She has to make a decision about what she needs to do about things to come for her and what is best for who to do.
Well, I will say that the ending will shock you. So, pick up the book and find out how it ends. Now, I'm off to start another book.