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.

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.