This was an interesting book, one that I might wait a long while before i pick it up again. The way “Abby” wakes up with no memory,  and the journey she takes to find the truth is captivating. It show how things can go from looking like Paradise to a reality of Hell with in a short time. Painting a picture of a person being innocent, and free and showing a person being held captive by the choices she makes.

This was a great book.  Ash, the agent in charge is painted as a man who thinks women should not be with the secret service, however Meghan has a plan to change his mind. It was written with a great twist, and that is the best element of all. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting a good read.

This was a really good and quick read with an interesting story. The main character Daphne, who happens to live in hell and whose parents are Lilith and Lucifer, is somewhat bored and emotionless. She has several siblings but there is only one that she truly cares about, Obie. Obie makes the decision that he is leaving hell even though it is dangerous for him because of the angel Azrael who hunts down demons on Earth. This is where the story takes off for Daphne. With her brother now missing she must go to Earth for the first time and find him. I would highly recommend this book to any fiction lover. It was a really well written book and you get to see how Daphne develops over the span of her first visit to Earth.

Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo is an intriguing story of a child’s out-of body-experience.   After an emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix Colton Burpo describes his spiritual journey.    I was a bit skeptical when I started reading this book but as it progressed I felt the story was captivating.   I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the perspective of eternity through the eyes of a child.

I highly recommend this well written book of survival and determination.  It is similar to The Glass Castle written by Jeanette Walls in regards to family and creating a future for yourself.   Liz Murray tells a motivational story about turning her life around after growing up the neglected child of drug addicts.   Her mother’s frequent institutionalization for drug-induced mental illness and battle with AIDS greatly impacted her teen years.   At age fifteen she opted to be homeless rather than live her mother and abusive boyfriend.

Under the Moon by Natalie J. Damschroder was an exciting book about witches and the men that protect them. With a publishing world full of vampires, werewolves, and zombies, it was great to read a novel about a witch, instead. Quinn is able to perform magic through the majority of the month but cannot access her power when the moon is not visible, and she uses her powers, for the most part, to heal and help. When she is vulnerable, Nick, a professional protector, comes to town to watch over her. Quinn’s day (and night!) job is running the bar that she inherited from her father.

Early in the book a love triangle is established between Quinn, Sam (the bar manager), and Nick. The storyline is somewhat plausible, although, I want to shake Quinn to make her notice how special Sam is. My difficulty with the love aspect is that the magic has a sexual component that must be “relieved” for Quinn to be at her strongest. Some of this seems as stretch when it is introduced early in the story but seems to work better as the story progresses.

I really enjoyed the mystery aspects of the story. Someone is draining witches of their power, leaving them unable to do any other magic. These witches are still alive, and Quinn, Sam, and Nick travel, meeting them to figure out who the villan is. In addition to this mystery, the crew is trying to discover why Nick has been declared rogue and what rogue actually means.

Under the Moon was a lot of fun! I would recommend it for readers who enjoy the paranormal, want something different from other mainstream novels, and are intrigued by the mystery of a being draining witches. Keep the series coming!

In The Borgia Betrayal, Sara Poole continues with her story of the Francesca, the poisoner for the Borgias, which was begun in Poison. If I hadn’t read the first book, I don’t think that I would have bothered with this one. The novel doesn’t seem to advance the plot too much. Francesca is uncertain about the men in her love life, she’s still trying to kill the same guy…I kept reading hoping that there would be a major development, but the book just seemed to continue plodding on. I don’t think that I’ll be reading any more of this series.

Larsson’s sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo definitely does not disappoint! The first novel was so well-crafted that I didn’t think that it could be continued in the second, but wow… I love that the stories are integrated with many of the same characters, but the story flows effortlessly into a completely new tale. Part of what I enjoy so much about Larsson’s writing is that pieces that you barely remember from the first novel come back to be integral components of the plot.

In The Girl Who Played with Fire, Mikael Blomkvist’s journal Millennium is in the middle of another major story–sex trafficking. Then a researcher and a reporter are killed, and somehow Lisbeth is in the middle of it again. The police suspect Lisbeth, but Mikael and Armansky both maintain that she is innocent. This was a fantastic read. I can’t wait to see how the series ends!

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero was a really good read that goes along with the Percy Jackson series.  In the Lost Hero Percy Jackson is no were to be found and there is a new hero that has no idea what is going on since he has lost all of his memory.  This new hero, Jason, and his friends most go on a quest to find the missing goddess Hera.  They must find her by the winter solstice to stop the prophecy from coming true.  This prophecy reveals that the Greek gods maybe defeated by someone even older and more powerful than themselves.

This had a perfect ending, even through it ended the series,  Inheritance and some of the predictions right, however they were achieved through a unique means. I love the way that Eragon was able to fulfill his obligations, and do what he needed to as a Rider. My favorite part of this book was when the green egg hatched, even through it was not when I wanted it to, it was the best time for it to hatch, even the new rider was a perfect candidate. The ending was perfect, mostly because,  from start to finish Christopher Paolini did not let the world of Alagaeia become unbalanced, at the same time kept it realistic.