Books

Don’t call them vampires.
This is a series of immortal beings who protect the world from Damions. There is alot to the series. The dark hunters are created by Artemis. She offers them an act of vengance and then they must protect the humans. They have a lot rules, but they are paid VERY well.
The catch is they can’t come out in the daytime. SOOOO they have squires. There are different types of squires but they all have the same job. Whatever a Dark Hunter wants, they get (squires tend to be a little sarcastic).
Now the bad guys. Damions. They are Appololites who were cursed by Appolo (who created them) to die on their 27th birthday. A very slow and painfull death. But if they take a human soul they live. Once they do that they are Damions nad they have to hunt for souls to stay alive.
In addition to all of this there are Were-hunters, Dream-hunters, and of course demons.
This is a romance series, so there are a lot of love scenes. The first technical book is Fantasy Lover, but it has nothing to do about Dark Hunters. That starts with Night Pleasures. It is a very good series. And there is alot to do with Greek Mythology in it, so if you like that, you should try it.

Didn’t think you could keep me away forever did you?
Anyhoo, I’m sure you all are anxious to hear about the next book. Here it is.

Book Two: The Silenced by James Devita

This book is much different than the book from the last post. I’d say that the only thing they have in common is that the main character is a girl. However, The Silenced is set in a futuristic world where people are told exactly how to live. If you can imagine the world run by the Nazis, that would describe the setting of The Silenced perfectly.

Marena is the focus of the book. She attends a Youth Training Facility (a.k.a school) every day. Everything about her life has been mapped out by the Zero Tolerance Party (a.k.a Nazis). The Zero Tolerance Party took over after the Millennium War. She’s supposed to love her country and the Party above everything else, but she doesn’t. This is because Marena can remember a time before the Party came to the table. She can remember the days before all they had to eat were protein patties. And she can remember when school was more than just marching drills and assemblies. Most of all, she can remember her mother.

I say remember for a reason. Marena’s mother is dead. Why? She spoke against the Party.

And of course, Marena is the same way. She doesn’t accept the policy of the Party. She can’t and won’t. In the beginning, she protests in small ways. Refusing to fight for her food. Sneaking out past curfew. But when “school” cracks down and tries to get the kids to bend to the will of the Party, she decides that enough is enough. She and her boyfriend, Dex, create a resistance movement: The White Rose.

As for the rest of the book, it’s just as intriguing, but you’ll have to actually go read the book if you want to find out what happens.

The Silenced is quite a lot like 1984, if you’ve read that, only told from a teenager’s point of view. It’s also like The Giver gone wrong (That’s how my school’s librarian described it to me).

All in all, this book gets a 7. It’s a good book, well written, and incredibly hard to put down. However, the details of things are easy to forget, and unless there’s a sequel coming, the ending is too cliff-hanger-ish for me. And one of the characters is just too forgettable.

On the other hand though, it gives a worst-case-scenario to what could happen in the future. Especially what they do to people who screw up. *Shudders*

To sum it all up, it’s a good book which few people know about. So go make it known, my “loyal” readers! Go!

But for now, I bid you adieu. TO THE BAT CAVE! *Runs away*

Welcome all to the BOOK BLOG.

I know. Such a catching way to start off a new blog. *Waits for applause* Okay, okay, never mind. Anyway. Let’s get this started with something on topic.

This blog obviously has a purpose. I plan on updating you each week (or so) on the books that I’ve read. This way, all of you lovely readers out there will know which books to pick up. Now, without further ado, let’s get started.

Book one: Twilight by Stephanie Myers

Though this is a book that needs little explanation, it would feel wrong starting this blog without bringing it up.

Isabella (Bella) Swan is a 17 year old girl who has an issue staying upright. When we’re introduced, she’s in the process of moving from sunny Arizona where she’s lived with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend Phil, to rainy Forks, Washington (A hurrah for the home state!). Even though she made the decision to move herself, she’s not too happy about going.

Once Bella starts school, she’s bombarded by the residents of Forks because she’s the newest thing they’ve seen in a long time. Amidst all the chaos, she meets a beautiful boy. And we’re talking a run-into-walls, drop-dead gorgeous kind of beautiful. His name is Edward Cullen.

Edward, however, hardly ever talks to anyone other than his siblings, for reasons yet unknown to Bella and to us readers. We get the feeling that there’s something strange going on when Edward (who just happens to be Bella’s lab partner in science) won’t talk to Bella and gives her hateful looks throughout the period. Bella, being kind of insecure, takes this to mean that she’s done something wrong. This feeling heightens when we find that Edward has mysteriously left school.

Now, unfortunately, Bella can’t stop thinking about Edward. And when he comes back and starts to speak to her again, she really can’t stop thinking about him. (Crush time!) It gets to the point where she even starts to dream about him. But Bella isn’t the only one who’s infatuated. Edward has taken to her as well, though she can’t quite figure out why.

If you haven’t read this book (though I don’t know what reason you would have for not reading it), you may think that it’s the same old “girl meets boy, boy meets girl, love at first sight, and they ride off into the sunset”. It’s not. Mostly because Edward is not your average kind of boy.

He’s a vampire.

DUN DUN DUN. How’s that for a catchy cliff-hanger? Of course, it’s really easy to figure this out, especially if you’ve ever read the back of Twilight, but that’s okay.

Out of ten, I’d give this book an honest 8 ½. It’s not that the story isn’t amazing, because it is. Twilight goes on my lists of “Favorite books ever” and “Books to reread”. The issue I have with it is that after reading the story five or six times, there’s no reason to pick it up again. And it’s not just because of the drool marks have made it impossible to read, but it just gets old. Sorry for all of you diehard fans out there (I am too, by the way), but it’s kind of true.

But other than that small fact, it’s one of the best books in the world. If you’ve read it already, good for you. Go read it again. If you haven’t, run out (and I do mean run) to your nearest bookstore or library, and pick up a copy. Or if you’re too lazy to do that, I suppose you could just wait until the movie comes out (December 12th, 2008!!), but you know that they’re going to ruin it. I mean, Cedric as Edward!? Please!

Okay, rant over.

That’s all for now people. Peace out.