PureHeart By Rita Hsu Syers

Title: PureHeart
Author: Rita Hsu Syers
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

We have all read books on good versus evil, Angels vs. demons but Rita Hsu Syers puts a spin on the age old story of good vs. evil. In PureHeart it is not the humans fighting the evil demons it is a dog. yes you read correctly a dog named Jake. Rita Hsu Syers pulls you into the story from the very begining with the tail of how Jack's mother came to live in the little New York town and the powers Jack poseses. Jack's owner knows that he and his sister are special because they are born of a dog who was spaded. How can a dog who was spaded give birth to two dogs? Brownen (Jack's mother) shares with Jack that she was told by a voice that her pups were special one would be a healer the other a warrior and the fate of the world would placed on one of them. Jack knows it is him.

In Pure Heart the author takes the time to introduce you each character and also give you background of the characters. Often you are reading the same story but from different point of views. I feel this worked well as you got to see how all the characters interact with each other and how perceptions of one act can be different from every person you talk to.

PureHeart is a must read for anyone who enjoys the age old battle of Good vs. Evil. PureHeart shows you that not only humans can save the world.

Review status

The following books have been read and are due for a review fingers crossed I will be have them completed by weekends end. Wish me luck. The books are
1. FADE
2. Ghost Huntress the awakening
3. Willow
4. Breaking Dawn
5. Evermore
6. One foot in the Grave
7. At Grave's End

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer

Eclipse
by Stephanie Meyer
rating: 4 out 5 stars

This is the third book in the Twlight Saga and Bell has saved Edward from the Volturi, however the Volturi have told Edward that Bella can not stay human she must be changed or killed. This plays well for Bella because she wants to become a vampire. Although Bella wants to become a vampire it would cause a war between the Cullens and the pack of wolves Jacob is part of as a pact was made that the Cullens would not turn any human to a vampire.

In Eclipse once again we find Bella in trouble rouge vampires newly turned are wreaking havoc on the town and are lead by Victoria who is out to find Bella and kill her for having her lover killed. With Victoria getting closer the Cullens and the wolves work together to stop Victoria and the young Vampires.

reviews still to come

I know I have been a little laxed on reviewing some books I have read previously so here are books that still have reviews to come.
1.One foot in the Grave (Jeaniene Frost)
2. At Graves End (Jeaniene Frost)
3. FADE (Lisa McMann)
4.Eclipse (Stephanie Meyer)
5. EverMore (Alyson Noel)

another review to add to my list
6. Ghost Huntress The Awakening (Marley Gibson)


How did I get so far behind?

Faith and Honor by Robin Maderich

Faith and Honor is a love story based in revolutionary times. The main character is Faith a young woman whose husband has passed away. Faith is part of a group that does not believe in what the British are doing. She and many others are helping the men fight against the British. A close friend to faith is Ezra and elderly man who has known her since she was a child. Ezra loves Faith but knows that Faith does not return the same love. He know she loves him like a father not a husband.

Faith has her honor and will do everything she can to fight the Red coats. However, a wrench is thrown into her life. A wrench by the name of Fletcher Irons. Fletcher is a Red Coat and Faith does everything in her power to not fall for a man which she and every body else deem the enemy.

Faith although in love with Fletcher helps smuggle pellets to men fighting against the British. These same batch of pellets she later finds out causes injury that could have killed Fletcher. When she realizes this she feels guilty and takes him to her home to care for him.

Faith and Fletcher's love for each other grow but is put to the test many more times. Fletcher is called back to war and leaves Faith. Time goes bye and Faith comes to realize that she is pregnant with Fletcher's child. A child she thought she could never have.

Can this child bring Fletcher home to her? Will Fletcher leave his army to live with her and raise their child?

One can also ask is love truly that strong that one can fall in love with their enemy? Can one put their difference aside and what they stand for and truly love another individual?

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Darkside by Beth Fantaskey

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Darkside was a very well written story of a High school girl Jessica coming to realize what her destiny holds for her.

Meet Jessica a senior in high school in a small town in Pennsylvania. Jessica is you everyday average girl who is looking forward to graduation from high school has a crush on a boy and has a group of friends. But all that changes when a foreign exchange student named Lucious Valduscu shows up at her school and home claiming to be her fiancee. Jessica can not believe what Luscious is telling her. He also claims that her real name is Anastia and she was betrothed to him at birth so their dueling families would once live in peace.

Jessica does not believe Luscious and the kicker to it all is that Luscious claims to be a vampire and that she is a vampire princess. Jessica thinks that Luscious is crazy and continues to pursue her crush Jake.

As life goes on Jessica begins to realize more about Luscious and begins to believe in the unimaginable. She realizes that she has feelings for him, but is it too late. Has Luscious decided he no longer wants her as his betrothed. Can the war between the families end?

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

The Forest of Hands and Teeth is a well written book. Ryan does a wonderful job of telling the story of the various characters in the book. The story primarily focuses on Mary a young girl who loses both her mother and father to the Unconsecrated. First her father and then her mother. When her mother is turned Mary's brother writes her off. He blames her for letting her mother decide to enter the Forest of Hands and Teeth rather then being killed. Once this happens Mary is shipped to the Cathedral to become one of the sisters.

While at the Cathedral Mary does a lot of looking into the Unconsecrated and learns there is more to the outside world then the Sisters want people to know.

The Forest of Hands and Teeth is not only suspenseful but has an underlying love story.
How far will Mary go to see the ocean that her mother talked about? How much will she risk to see the ocean? Ryan has you routing for Mary through out the book.
Ryan also leaves the reader asking themselves what would you do if you were faced with a world and the Unconsecrated?
I give this book 5 oout of 5 stars.

Dead City by Joe McKinney

Dead City talks place in San Antonio. After recovering from 5 hurricanes in three weeks Eddie Hudson finds things are not normal in his city. He is called on an assignment with another cop when he realizes the people are not like normal people. He and the other cop tell them to stop and freeze but they don't. Eddie and the other cop shoot the people and none of them die. This begins the longest night for Eddie.

Eddie has realized that the people are no longer people but zombies. Zombies that eat the flesh of other living humans. Hence the night of Eddie fighting his way through zombies to see if his wife and child are safe and alive.

Through out the night Eddie runs into a fellow officer Marcus. Marcus is the comical relief in tense situation. Will Eddie find his family? If Eddie does find his family will his family be alive or turned into zombies?

Half Way to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

In Halfway to the Grave Frost introduces you to Cat a woman who is half vampire half human. Cat isn't like other woman. She spends her days going to school and her nights hunting vampires. Cat hunts the vampires because her mother has told her that all vampires are evil that the one who fathered her is evil and needs to be found and killed.

While Cat is out patrolling one night she is taken by surprise by a man that she is trying to kill. Cat is then captured and brought to a cave. Here Frost introduces you to Bones a vampire who is on a mission. Bones decides that Cat would be a big help in his mission as vampires would be thrown off by her beating heart. So Bones trains Cat for several months and the two of them team up to hunt vampires.

While the two fight vampires they also begin to form a relationship. A relationship that will help save each other many times over.

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

Wicked Lovely starts off by introducing you to a girl named Aislinn at first glimpse she is a normal girl goes to high school and has a group of friends to hang out with but what many don't know is that Aislinn can see faeries.

Aislinn lives with her grandmother and follows a set of rules set forth by her grandmother to follow when dealing with the faeries they are:

1. Don't stare at invisible faeries
2. Don't speak to invisible faeries
3. Don't ever attract their attention

But Aislinn does just that. She stares at the faeries although she tries not to and she attracts the attention of the Summer King. Hence she breaks rule number two because she speaks with the Summer King Keenan to get him to leave her alone. Aislinn doesn't want anything to do with Keenan she is intersted in her close friend Seth who admits to Aislinn he loves her and has for seven months. Knowing she can't tell her grandmother of the events that have transpired she turns to her friend now boyfriend Seth and tells him about faeries and everything she sees hoping he doesn't think she is crazy.

Keenan shares with Aislinn that he needs her to join with him to over through the Winter Queem or everone including her will die. He pleads with her and hopes that she will change her mind.

Aislinn continues to turn to her boyfriend Seth. Seth with the information given to him from Aislinn begins researching the faeries to see if he can do anything to help her out. As Aislinn is trying to get rid of Keenan she realizes that she can't that she is bound by fate to work with him but can she give up everything she knows, school, her grandmother and most of all Seth to join forces with Keenan?

New Moon by Stephanie Meyer

New moon by Stephanie Meyer finds Edward having left Bella and Bella being distraught. Bella spends her day sulking around not wanting to go anywhere or see anyone. Her father Charlie tries to get Bella to go out with her friends and visit Jacob but often times fails. Bella doesn't want to do anything. I found this a little hard to swallow. I mean yes when a relationship breaks up one will be upset but I felt that Stephanie Meyer dragged it out longer then it had to be.

Once Bella begins to live her life again she strengthens her friendship with Jacob. he helps her restore two motorcycles. As their friendship deepens something happens to Jacob that can change both their lives forever.

Jacob has joined their pack on his reservation. While he goes through this change Jacob stops seeing Bella as he is unable to tell her what is happening. When Jacob finally sees Bella he tells her that he can't tell her what happened but she could guess.

So Bella and Jacob play a game of 20 questions. By the end of it Bella finds out what jacob has become.

Bella wanting to take risks on day decides to go cliff diving. This leads to the reappearance of the Cullens. Alice who has visions shares her vision with Edward that she say Bella jump off a cliff and not seen again. What she doesn't see is Jacob save Bella. So Edward thinking Bella is dead goes to Italy to get himself killed.

And once again as things are resolved Bella blames herself for what Edward wanted to do.