City of Fallen Angels- Review by Aspen Gates

City of Fallen Angels

Cassandra Clare

*** 1/2 stars

City of Fallen Angels continues on with three leading characters Clary, Jace, and Simon trying to sort out there issues on who they really are. From Clary and Jace acknowledging the fact that they were never siblings, and can love each other conditionally, to Simon accepting that he is a vampire, but will forever be different since he can walk in the sunlight and nobody can do him bodily harm thanks to Clary giving him the Mark of Cain. However, nothing ever turns out as easy as some want it to especially these three. Clary and Jace are so happy to be together until Jace starts pulling away from Clary due to his nightmares, or are they his? Simon is still living at home with his mother, trying to hide his true self from her which really isn't helping either of them, not to mention he is dating to beautiful girls, one a werewolf and the other a shadowhunter. But that's not all that's going on with Simon someone wants him dead, but due to his mark nobody can touch him or they suffer seven fold. And to top it all off someone is killing off shadowhunter's that had originally been apart of Valentine's army and blaming it on the downworlder's which will soon cause another war that was suppose to have ended. If You don't know what I'm talking about at all then I suggest you go read the first three, City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass to help you understand this a whole lot better in the O'Hara library.

I thought City of Fallen Angles was a good continuation of The Mortal Instruments series however, it made me really angry and confused at times. There were parts in there that didn't really go well with the story, and I felt that Cassandra Clare could have elaborated on those points a little better. Also I felt that the author was really putting to much pressure and helplessness on one character through out the book and that really made me wan to throw the book out, but of course I didn't so instead I rated this book with 3 1/2 stars for that. Though I'm saying a lot of negative things about this book, there were plenty of amazing scenes and I can't wait for book number five and hopefully that will clear some things up and make this series a great story like I know it's capable of being.

Red Moon Rising- Review by Aspen Gates

Red Moon Rising

By Peter Moore

****star

Fifteen year old Danny is not only half vamp, but he is also unfortunately half wolf. I say unfortunately because being a wolf means you are nothing but a beast. So to prevent this from happening, Danny's parents give him and his older sister Jess treatments that will stop the wolf have of them from growing and they will just be and look like vampires. However, Danny is not able to finish his treatments because he gets sick, but he and his parents think everything will be okay since he still has all the traits of a vampire; no sunlight, has bloodlust, and needs SynHeme which is synthetic blood. Since everybody believes he will be okay, his parents split up and overtime Danny stops seeing his dad because he is ashamed of the fact the fact that he his still part wolf and tries to live a normal life, but all of that begins to change. At school Danny is starting to reject SynHeme, and his senses are becoming sharpen to the point where he can hear, smell, and see from miles away. Not to mention he has been having to shave more than three times a week. After considering these symptoms, Danny goes to pay his dad a visit and explains everything to him not knowing just how much his life is about to change.

I thought Red Moon Rising would have been something completely original and boring, but it completely threw me off. Here we have a society that considers humans and vampires the top dogs in society, while werewolves are considered barely even citizens. The whole story jsut blew my mind away, but at the same time the ending seems like the author is going to write a sequel and for that I gave it four stars. You should definitely check this amazing book out at the O'Hara library and then you'll see why I give Peter Moore such high praise for writing this crazy and wonderful story.

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer - a review by George Morejon

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

by Lish McBride

**** stars

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer starts off introducing Sam and his 3 friends, Ramon, Brooke, and Frank. They all work at a McDonald's like fast food place and love to slack off and fool around. One day this becomes a problem when a game gone wrong leads to Sam being tracked by a strange, terrifying man. After being scared out of his life when a man attacks him, he thinks he's finally safe... Until he gets the most disturbing message of his life telling him to met a man named "Douglas" at the zoo, where he finds out what he really is: a necromancer.

This took me about 6,5 hours to read. From the first chapter i liked this book. The way the kids acted was really relatable and hilarious at the same time. It reminded me of Going Bovine, although the writing style wasn't as good. The necromancer thing wasn't something I had ever read, but the way that so many people he talked to knew just what he was talking about kinda surprised me. I felt bad to the person that 'had' the message, but her reaction was pretty positive in their outlook.

Nightshade- Review by Aspen Gates

Nightshade

By Andrea Cremer

***stars

Seventeen year old Calla Tor is not only a werewolf, or according to her a guardian, but she is an alpha female of the Nighshade pack that is promised to be married to Ren Laroche, alpha male of the Bane's pack. Together they will be the new pack leaders and protectors of the Keepers who they serve, and in return the guardians are provide with homes, food, education, and safety. Calla and Ren are pretty much set on there future until Calla breaks the rules of the Keeper's and saves a human named Shay from being mauled by a bear. Calla believes everything will go back to normal after she knocks him out, but things seem to get worse when Shay is now the new student at her school. She tries to ignore him, but can't help to be curious about him at the same time since most humans fear the guardians, but Shay doesn't and it starts to cause a problem with Ren who is wanting to teach Shay a lesson about messing with his territory. Yet, things keep getting more and more uncomfortable between the three when Calla is asked to protect Shay from their enemies the Searcher's who want Shay badly. At first Calla is very outraged at this idea including Ren, but quickly turns to liking Shay when he convinces her to start reading forbidden books about her people's history. It's these books that will change Calla's life forever and now she must decide on whether or not she should follow her heart and runaway with the love her life Shay, or stay and be married to Ren who also loves her and to serve the guardians.

Nightshade was a very different different kind of werewolf story and thats what made me really connect and like this book. I gave this book four stars because the ending could have had a better cliff hanger but all in all it was a wonderful book and I can't wait to read Wolfsbane which is the second of this series. I would definitely recommend this book to all who are tired of the traditional werewolves, vampire stories because this is something completely different than any I have ever read. So check Nightshade out in the O'Hara Library because if you like supernatural creature stories like me, you will love this series.