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Monday 31 October 2011
Book Review (7).
After Obsession
by Carrie Jones
Publication: October 10 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages: 305
Genre: Young Adult/Paranormal
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
Aimee and Alan have unusual pasts and secrets they prefer to keep hidden. Aimee's deceased mother struggled with mental illness and hallucinations, and Aimee thinks it could be hereditary. After all, she sees a shadowy river man where there isn't one. And then there was that time she and her best friend Courtney tried to conjure a spirit with a Ouija board ...Alan is Courtney's cousin. His family moved to Maine when Courtney's father went missing. It's not just Alan's dark good looks that make him attractive. He is also totally in touch with a kind of spiritual mysticism from his Native American heritage. And it's not long before Aimee has broken up with her boyfriend ...But it's not Aimee or Alan who is truly haunted - it's Courtney. In a desperate plea to find her father, Courtney invites a demonic presence into her life. Together, Aimee and Alan must exorcise the ghost, before it devours Courtney - and everything around her.
My Thoughts.
I have to start by saying that I'm a huge fan of Carrie Jones' Need series and was eager to read this and I was not disappointed.
The book is written in dual alternating chapters of Aimee (witten by Carrie Jones) and Alan (written by Steven E. Wedel).
The story takes place in a small town in Maine, Aimee lives with her Dad, Gramps and younger brother Benji, her best friend Courtney's Dad has gone missing (presumed dead) in the same river outside Aimee's house that her own Mother died in when Aimee was younger.
Courtney's Aunt Lisa and cousin Alan move in to help them so they don't lose the house, Alan is half Navajo and it's his spirit guide who helps him and Aimee defeat the evil that is the River Man who's evil taints everybody in town and at times inhabits Courtney's body.
I loved Alan and Aimee as a couple their gifts (Aimee has prophetic dreams) balance each other so well.
It was original, fast paced, exciting and I didn't want to put it down until I'd finished it.
There was only one problem with this book and that is it's a standalone book, and I would have loved to have read more about these characters. Highly Recommended. 5/5
A big thanks to Sonia @ Bloomsbury Australia.
Sunday 30 October 2011
Musing Mondays (3).
Musing Mondays Is Hosted By MizB At Should Be Reading.
Would You Say That You Read About The Same Amount Now As When You Were Younger?
More? Less? Why?
I probably read more when I was younger, when I was at school I used to win awards at school for reading the most books in a year.
Between work and everything else I don't read as much as I'd like to, when I get the chance I can read a 500 page book in a day, this year I joined the Goodreads reading challenge and have challenged myself to read 250 books this year, so far I've read 211 which is the most I've read in some time.
Book Review (6).
Vicious Little Darlings
Publication: June 21 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages: 320
Genre: Mystery/Contemporary
Age Appropriate: Young Adult 15+
Sarah Weaver wasn't looking forward to starting at an all-girls school. But that was before she met Maddy. Maddy and her best friend, Agnes, are fun and rich and interesting-and for some reason, they seem to really like Sarah. Before long, Maddy and Agnes have moved Sarah into a big house off campus, where they cook together, buy each other presents, and share each other's secrets. So why does Sarah feel like something's bizarrely wrong? As more and more cracks start to show in Maddy's and Agnes's perfect veneers, Sarah notices some strange and disturbing things: Maddy's compulsive lying, Agnes's obsession with Maddy, and the deterioration of their friendship. And just when Sarah begins to question her own sanity, things turns deadly. Fans of Pretty Little Liars will devour this juicy debut novel.
My Thoughts.
I would describe this book as a cross between One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Single White Female.
This book is crazy and that's not to say it's bad, there's so many twists and turns in this book you just don't know what's going on.
So the book starts with Sarah who gets sent to an all girls school , she meets her roommate Maddy and her best friend Agnes.
Agnes isn't happy with her current roommate so convinces Sarah and Maddy to move into a house off campus where Agnes pays for everything (her parents are rich).
That's when all the weirdness starts, just when you think you have it all figured out you don't.
You've got Agnes in love and obsessed with Maddy, you have Maddy who has mental problems and you never know if what she's saying is ever true she is such a flawed character, her and Agnes just seem to be creepy and then there's Sarah who doesn't feel loved so goes around sleeping with it seems any guy she comes across (and even sleeps with Maddy's boyfriend the second time she meets him).
With Sarah she says one thing but then you also get to read what she's really thinking in her head which proves to be quite amusing at times (especially when she starts having doubts about Maddy and Agnes).
And then you have a showdown at the end and I have to admit I never would have guessed at the way it turned out.
So if you're after a book with mental head cases, obsession, sabotage , lies and revenge then check this book out. I give it 4/5
A big thanks to Sonia @ Bloomsbury Australia.
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