![]() I can’t name my favourite characters because of their strong connections to major spoilers. The less you know beforehand, the better your reading experience. This never sits well with me, but please persist reading if you’re struggling early on – the last half of the novel is engrossing. It has the sleaze of mind-rape, though the donors seem rather scarily into it. Whilst this series’s vampires have a decent dose of originality, they also examplify what I dislike most: blood-thrall. But this is a matter of life and death – eternal or otherwise. Trained to hunt Necrodreniacs addicted to the death-high of draining a human completely whilst feeding, Antoinette is not exactly friendly with vampiric people. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keeping herself safe whilst investigating means teaming up with Christian Laroque, an Aeternus. Supposedly he died in a fire, but that’s looking unlikely, and it can’t just be a coincidence that women who share common features with Antoinette are being murdered. Now all grown up, and an elite Venator, Antoinette Petruscu is haunted by the parahuman who murdered her mother. ![]() The lines are cut thin between good and evil, and trust and mistrust, in Tracey O’hara’s creepy first Dark Brethren novel, Night’s Cold Kiss.Ī woman was murdered whilst her six-year-old daughter watched. HarperCollins Eos (CA: 14th August 2009 US: 25th August 2009) Night’s Cold Kiss (Dark Brethren, Book 1) ![]()
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![]() ![]() And that someone will do anything to see these witches burn. ![]() ![]() Someone has discovered the Ravens’ secret. The only thing standing in her way is Scarlett, who doesn’t think Vivi is Ravens material.īut when a dark power rises on campus, the girls will have to put their rivalry aside to save their fellow sisters. So when she gets a coveted bid to pledge the Ravens, she vows to do whatever it takes to be part of the magical sisterhood. Vivi Devereaux has no idea she’s a witch and she’s never lived in one place long enough to make a friend. But if a painful secret from her past ever comes to light, she could lose absolutely everything. Scarlett Winter has always known she’s a witch-and she’s determined to be the sorority’s president, just like her mother and sister before her. At first glance, the sisters of ultra-exclusive Kappa Rho Nu-the Ravens-seem like typical sorority girls. Ambitious, beautiful, and smart, they’re the most powerful girls on Westerly College’s Savannah, Georgia, campus.īut the Ravens aren’t just regular sorority girls. From New York Times best-selling authors Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige comes a thrilling, dark contemporary fantasy about a prestigious sorority of witches and two girls caught up in its world of sinister magic and betrayals. From New York Times best-selling authors Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige comes a thrilling, dark contemporary fantasy about a prestigious sorority of witches and two girls caught up in its world of sinister magic and betrayals.Īt first glance, the sisters of ultra-exclusive Kappa Rho Nu-the Ravens-seem like typical sorority girls. ![]() ![]() Somewhat generic music begins and ends each disc, and chapter headings are clearly announced. When characters send rapid-fire IMs and text messages, the readers pick up the pace, reflective of the immediacy of the conversations. If the text calls for musical lyrics, the readers sing, and thankfully neither portrays Tiny in stereotypically gay tones. oh, never mind-you have to listen to find out what all the Will Graysons proclaim. The character connecting the two Wills is Tiny Cooper, a likable teen who is “really, really gay, and really, really large.” The story culminates with Tiny Cooper’s rousing original musical production (“Tiny Dancer”) in which all Will Graysons of the area. One speaks in a deeper voice, but it isn’t clear who plays which part, but it doesn’t really matter because they both excel in teenspeak. The chapters alternate between the two titular characters, with Andrews and Podehl each taking on one of the Wills. ![]() ![]() Although they live in opposite directions, the two Will Graysons eventually meet at a porn shop in Chicago (not as steamy as it sounds). In this feel-good novel penned by two exceptional YA authors, two suburban Chicago teens share the same name. ![]() |