Review of Anxious Hearts by Tucker Shaw

 Eva and Gabe, Evangeline and Gabriel. Two young lovers existing in different times. Torn apart and determined to find a way back together.

This is a clever and beautiful book based on the epic Longellow poem ' Evangeline'. Shaw has done a brilliant job of writing from the POV of both Eva and Gabriel, skipping back and forth between time. 

It is very beautifully written and well portrays the angst both sets of young lovers feel. It is also a very easy read and I recommend reading the poem as well to really get the setting and emotions before reading the book.

 It's a story about love, about determination and about not giving up.

Here is the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that inspired the story

I give it a 3.5/5

Review of Firelight by Sophie Jordan

Jacinda is not your normal 16 year old (but are any of the protags these days?). Not only is she part of a special race called the draki, which are descendents from dragons with the ability to shift into human form, she is also a fire-breather. This is exceptionally rare with the draki and thus making Jacinda a pretty hot commodity as far as mates go.

Although, after a bout of rule-breaking and nearly being caught by a group of hunters, including a mysterious (ahem and sexy) young man who finds Jacinda but lets her go, Jace's mother decides they need to leave the pride for the safety of her daughter who will certainly suffer the wrath of the Alpha.

In the human world Jacinda is none too pleased. Her twin sister Tamra on the other hand is over-the-moon. 

Jacinda must learn to adapt and accept the human world, something which she most definitely does not want to do as this means giving up her draki self - for good.


Things change however when, during her first day at new high school, she spots the sexy hunter who let her free - Will...


I kinda knew I would enjoy this book when I first heard about it. I am sucker for anything YA fantasy, but after a while the faerie/wolf/vamp thing can get repetitive. I think this is an original concept, I have always liked dragons as well so that aspect was pretty neat.


From the first page I was hooked. Sophie Jordan manages to instantly create another world that I longed to be a part of. Jacinda, as a lead, was not as annoying as some mains can be. The other characters were enjoyable as well. 


The writing style is simple, but not in a bad way, it was easy to read and entertaining which is generally how I like my books to be. 


I give this a 5/5 


(for future reference I rate things by a) general story b) main characters c) writing style)

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Generation Dead - Daniel Waters

Zombies or ' Living Impaired' kids are country-wide. This is a strange phenomenon that is now an every day part of life for United States residents. However, most are not too pleased about this. 

For reasons unknown teenagers aren't staying dead. They awaken not long after death and attempt to return to normality. They attend school, and attempt to continue learning. When one particular Living Impaired decides to join the school football team it unleashes a rage inside a few 'normal' teen kids. 

Phoebe Kendall is a goth, the irony of dressing like the dead is not lost on her and best friend Margi in todays times. Phoebe is one of the few people who believe the dead kids should have the same rights as those living and when a friendship develops between her and new football team member, Tommy Williams, she begins to realise just how cruel society has become.

This book was hard to get into at first, but about a 1/3 of the way through I decided it was better than expected. It isn't a normal YA-Paranormal romance. It has strong undertones of prejudice and discrimination and is worth reading. 

The characters, however, were incredibley irritating. Especially lead girl Phoebe and sidekick Margi. Karen was hands down the best character in the book as was zombie-girl Colette who was by far the most interesting.

The writing style was good, but I felt detached from the characters and as I mentioned it was hard to get into.

2.5/5

Here is my storycasting fantasy cast

Review of Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens

I had high hopes for Heavenly as I had been eyeing it off for quite some time. So when I finally was able to buy it and get stuck into it I wasn't disappointed.

These days there seem to be more and more 'angel' books, they are definitely the new vampires that's for sure. But Heavenly is more than just a cut-and-paste angel-mortal romance book. 

Zoe Dodd is a great character. When we meet her she is popular and an avid partier. She picks up guys to make herself feel better and abuses alcohol. I love this about her as a lot of the characters in books these days are goody-two-shoeses from the get-go and it gets a bit sickly after awhile. 

Everything for Zoe starts to change however when she meets Matthias,he is her autistic sister Abria's guardian angel. Matthias makes her realise the important things in life. I love the growth of Zoe herself and her love for Matthias throughout the book. 


Her family are really strong characters and I love the way the story builds up to lead onto the next book. 


It's more than a story about love, it's a story about family and making the right choices in life. I strongly recommend it (I am just over a 1/3 way through the sequel Penitence at the moment and can assure you it gets even better!)


I love the way Jennifer writes too. Her characters are very believable and the BFF character of Britt reminds me all too much of some of my own friends!


I give it a 4/5