Book Review-The Hunt By Andrew Fukuda

I sit here still in awe of what a great read this book was. I went in thinking this was just going to be another young adult dystopian/ paranormal story and what I got was just so much more. From the first pages I was sucked into this story and world and I did not put it down until the last pages. Even after the last page I wanted more of this interesting world that Andrew Fukuda has created for us. I normally don't read many stories told from the male point of view and it's not that I don't enjoy them, but it seems more and more stories coming out today are all told from the females point of view. The Hunt was a refreshing change for me in that department and I am so glad for that. 


The Hunt is told from Gene's point of view. He has learned the only way to survive is to pretend to be one of them the zombie/ vampire race that now rules the world. It is not easy to pass off as one of them for there are many tell tale signs that we as humans do that gives us away. Even our body odor tells them we are human or as they consider us Hepers. Somehow even though the odds are not in his favor Gene has managed to hide amongst them. One day it is announced that there will be a lottery to select a special few to participate in a hunt of the last remaining Hepers. This is big news and when Gene is picked as well as the girl he can't seem to get out of his head the life Gene has so painfully and carefully created will be put in grave jeopardy.

Every thing about this story captivated me from this sad new world to the struggles Gene must face everyday to go unnoticed. This story has what I call some pretty disgusting moments, but I believe that was the point this world is not nice these creatures are not of your sparkly vampire variety. They drool and slobber just from the thought of heper/human blood. Once they smell they go completely crazy and go into blood lust. More or less these creatures are monsters. Gene I felt was a strong protagonist. He would have to be to survive in this world.

The Hunt was a very gripping fast paced novel from the awesome cover to the startling last page. It's a great book to pick up if you are looking for something a bit different from the normal dystopian/ paranormal genre. The author writes a very intriguing and different story that had me wanting to know more and to stay in the world he created a little longer to find out what was going to happen next. Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martins griffin for allowing me the chance to review this wonderful story.

This book is a hard book for me to review. I liked it but I didn't love it. To me it was a cute read but it just didn't grab me like so many books out there have done lately.

Bewitching is book 1 in the Kendra Chronicles. We met Kendra in Beastly she's the witch who made him a beast. Bewitching shows us some of the other people she has tried to help over the years. Mainly it follows Emma a girl who is having problems with her stepsister. So of course what is a witch to do but try and help out the people that need the most help. Yet sometimes Kendra's help doesn't always turn out how she wants in the end.

This book had the potential to be great for me, but it seemed like it was lacking. The writing was good and I liked the characters I just didn't connect with the story as a whole. My main problem was throughout the story we get to read about other people Kendra had tried to help through the years and it made me lose focus on the story as a whole. I did like the retelling of some of the tales we get to read. I also didn't like how some of the characters were portrayed and how everyone was so quick to believe everything the stepsister said about Emma. I mean come on here is a girl you have known forever and yet you are going to believe something someone that you just met recently said about her no questions asked. I would like to believe that people would question the stepsisters reasoning, but that's just me and I know there are people out there who are easily manipulated. It just seemed everyone who knew Emma was one of those easily manipulated people. Overall this was a good read just not a great read for me. I will probably read the next installment of this series just to see where the Author takes Kendra next.

Book Review Shatter Me By Tahereh Mafi

Wow I really loved this story. When I first started reading it I wasn't to sure if I was going to like it with all the metaphors the author used, but as the story progressed I found myself enjoying the authors writing style. I am sure there will be plenty of people who will not like the style of writing but I found it intriguing and it made the story all the more better for me.

Shatter Me is about Juliette a seventeen year old girl who has spent the last 264 days locked up in isolation in an asylum for an act she did not mean to commit. See Juliette has a curse or a gift depending on who you are and how you look at it. Juliette has always seen it as a curse. See her touch is lethal and one accident she committed when she was 14 years old has lead her to where she is. Then on day 264 everything changes when Juliette gets a cellmate a young man named Adam. Little does she know that his arrival will change the course of her life as she knows it.

Like I said in the beginning of the review I loved this book and I felt myself drawn to the heroine Juliette. Her struggles with her curse/gift felt believable. Her anguish over what she did when she was 14 was very realistic. This book is definitely an either love it or hate it book and I am glad I am in the love it category. The metaphors were beautifully written. Granted there was a lot of them used in the telling of this story but that is what made this a great story for me. It was definitely a great start to what I hope will continue to be a great series. I will be keeping my eye out for the sequel. Till then I will be waiting impatiently till the next installment is released.