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Review: The Awakening and The Struggle

The Awakening and The Struggle by L.J. Smith My rating: 2 of 5 stars I don’t generally mind fluffy bunny-style vampire stories, after all I like Twilight, but this book was a bit too fluffy for my taste. As with other young adult vampire stories, the two books were filled more with purple prose than anything that might be even… (more…)

November 21, 2011,
Author: Janet,
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Categories: Book Reviews
Tags: 2 stars, adapted into television series, books in a series, escalating magic, L.J. Smith, lacking character development, magical powers, plot issues, psychic, purple prose, quick read, shapeshifters, stereotypes, supernatural, threats of sexual assault, Vampire Diaries, vampires, violence, witchcraft, young adult

Review: Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris My rating: 3 of 5 stars In last year’s Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris took her once quirky characters on a journey to a place much darker than they’d been before. She managed to court some controversy with the “younger sibling” of Eric Northman, since that character was based on the real-life Alexei Romanov,… (more…)