kiwigirl reads. . . .

Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, Book 1) Plot Overview: Fate and the world of Faerie have not been kind to changeling, October ‘Toby’ Daye. While chasing down the people who kidnapped her liege’s wife and daughter Toby was turned into a fish and has spent the last fourteen years living in a Koi pond. Finally free of the enchantment Toby wakes to find the world has moved on – her friends, family, home and job have all been lost to her. Understandably Toby has had enough of 'Faerie'; she chooses to avoid it and is living a ‘normal’ life in the human world, working a dead-end job and getting by as best she can. However as much as she tries Toby is far from normal, she is half Fae, and when an old friend is murdered horrifically, Toby is unwillingly pulled back into the world she tried to leave. Bound by a dying curse, Toby must find the killer or be destroyed herself. Toby’s investigation will bring her to old acquaintances, both good and bad and new ones who have ...

At Barinkoff Academy , there's only one rule: no students on campus after curfew. Phoenix McKay soon finds out why when she is left behind at sunset. A group calling themselves night students threaten to taste her flesh until she is saved by a mysterious, alluring boy. With his pale skin, dark eyes, and mesmerizing voice, Demitri is both irresistible and impenetrable. He warns her to stay away from his dangerous world of flesh eaters. Unfortunately, the gorgeous and playful Luka has other plans. When Phoenix is caught between her physical and her emotional attraction, she becomes the keeper of a deadly secret that will rock the foundations of an ancient civilization living beneath Barinkoff Academy . Phoenix doesn’t realize until it is too late that the closer she gets to both Demitri and Luka the more she is plunging them all into a centuries old feud Publisher: Crescent Moon Press Release Date: Fall 2012 This is my very first cover reveal. Thanks ...

Dead of Light Plot Overview: P ossessing no talent of his own in a family that values power over all else, Ben Macallan, has always been an outsider. The Macallan clan is a large, prominent and ‘powerful’ family who have a strange and ruthless stranglehold on the city. Their powers come from the night and they use them mercilessly to control their territory. Ben is the black sheep of the family and wants nothing to do with them or their power. It has not been easy to distance himself, but now at university he has finally begun to make a life for himself outside their sphere of influence. Ben’s new life comes crashing to an end when someone starts picking off members of his family and killing them brutally in a manner that echoes their own family’s power. Ben soon realises that the killer is targeting the weakest members of the family and with no power of his own, Ben is the weakest of them all. Ben finds that the ties that bind are stronger than he ever knew. He must put the past...

So I just purchased myself a new ereader - I am getting the 'Kobo Touch Ereader' in black. I decided to buy this one online in New Zealand. I am having it sent to my Mom and then she is going to post it to me here in Korea.  Yay, this should make my reading a bit easier (sometimes its hard to find the books you want here) and hopefully I will be able to get books quicker also. I do buy online and really you cannot complain about the time it takes, it's usually only a couple of weeks.  However when you really want to start reading something it can be a pain. Anyway I will update you on how I like it when it finally gets here.

Nightlife (Cal Leandros, Book 1) Plot Overview: Cal and Niko Leandros are brothers on the run from monsters who want Cal for reasons unknown. The monsters, named ‘Grendels’ by Cal and Niko, are horrific and deadly; they are an ancient and completely alien race who have pursued Cal (and subsequently his brother and self-appointed caretaker Niko) for three years. Finally in New York City, the past finally catches up with the brothers and they are forced to make a stand. With a colourful cast of supporting characters - Georgina, the teenage psychic, Robin Goodfellow, a puck masquerading as a used car salesman, and Promise, the Upper East Side vampire; Nightlife is a fun, fast and action packed ride. Nightlife is the first book in Rob Thurman’s Cal Leandros series. What I thought: Another review of an older book, this one was published in 2006 but it is the first in a series. The others are listed below if you want to check them out; I might also review them later. I...

Benighted Plot Overview: In a world where 99% of the population changes into ravaging beasts (lunes) on the full moon - being human (bareback) is a liability. The small human percentage of the population in this world are an ill-treated minority who are perceived as disabled for their inability to transform like ‘normal people’. Lola Galley is a bareback who works for the Department for the Ongoing Regulation of Lycanthropic Activities (DORLA). DORLA, the only real job avenue for barebacks, is charged with policing the lunes, especially during the full moon when a mandatory curfew is enforced to maintain order. One night while out ‘Dogcatching’, chasing down prowling lunes who are breaking curfew, a friend and colleague has his hand bitten off and is then subsequently murdered. Lola starts to look for answers but her search will uncover more than she ever bargained for as she faces her own feelings as a member of a subjugated minority and delves into the very secret t...

So I thought that I might start off by reviewing some of the books that I have read over the last few years. This way I can get started as soon as I have some time and don't have to wait until I have finished what I am reading now. If I am reading a series I will start with the first book in the series (even if it was a while ago) and perhaps make a note of the other ones I have read, this way if you are looking for something new to read you can see from the very beginning rather than half way through. I have been reading a lot of young adult stuff at the moment as I don't really have much time on my hands. These books are good because they are usually a bit shorter, also the content is usually pretty light which is nice when you just need a break. I live in Suwon, South Korea so it is sometimes a bit hard to get English books. There are places that sell them and you can buy online but I don't have as many as I do at home with access to the library. I did...

Hi, my name is Amy and I have started this blog to try and kick start my reading habits for this year.  I have become a bit lazy in the past couple of years and my reading has declined in favour of TV. I want to be able to keep track of what I have been reading, what I liked and did not like and share with you all what I find out. I read a wide range of books, really whatever catches my eye, I do however favor the fantasy genre in all its forms. For the past ten years or so since college I have been reading a lot of what has become know as Urban Fantasy.  Some of that blurs into Paranormal Romance and it is often hard to make a distinction but I usually divide it up by whether or not the romance is driving the action or if the romance is just a byproduct of the action. I have come to prefer the more action driven Urban Fantasy as they usually have a better storyline but I do read some of the romance ones.  I will say right here and now I have not read Twilight...