Review: Unholy Ghosts (Downside Ghosts #1) - Stacia Kane

3/5 Stars

Unholy Ghosts was a book I saw everyone had read or had on their to be read lists, so I picked it up and decided to give it a go.

The story follows Chess a witch/ghost hunter who owes a lot of money to a drug lord. He offers Chess a deal to clear her debts by getting rid of ghosts who are hauled up in an old, abandoned airport. The deal seems pretty straight forward and simple enough at first, that is until Chess realises there is dark magic behind the ghosts at the airport.

It took me forever to get into this book, the language and writing style used throughout is just so odd to me. The dialogue between the characters is strange, they have their own little way of talking which takes some getting used to. At first I had to keep going back and re-reading everything because I just couldn't pick it up at all.

After a while,  I finally got the hang of it all, but that was over half way through the book. The background story isn't really explained too well, the reader has to pick up bits and pieces as the story unfolds which I didn't really like either.

Chess however, is a really strong female lead. I did like reading about her and seeing things from her point of view, and there was a few moments where she did actually manage to make me laugh out loud. It was only towards the end of the book that I actually got gripped into her story though.

I found the plot a bit too dragged out, some parts could have easily been cut out in order to make the book flow better.

I don't think I will be continuing on with this series. I liked the book, but not enough to keep reading on.

Review: Blood Oath (Mystic Wolves #3) - Belinda Boring

3/5 Stars

I really loved the first two book in this series, but for some reason this book just didn't appeal to me as much as the others.

I did enjoy reading it, and in no way has it but me off the rest of the series. There just seems to be something that I can't quite put my finger on that was different about this book.

Mason and Darcy are both really starting to grow on me now, I like them both as main characters and cannot wait to see what the future holds for the couple.

The ups and downs that they have to go through just to stay together does keep me gripped to the pages.

This is another series that I will be carrying on with as well.

Review: Vengeance (Transcend Time #2) - Michelle Madow

4/5 Stars

Firstly I want to say a massive Thank You to Michelle Madow for sending me a signed copy of Vengeance!

Vengeance is a short novella which bridges the gap between Remembrance and the final book in the Transcend Time saga.

This time around the story is told from Chelsea's point of view, who has just had her heart broken by Drew who dumped her for supposed best friend Lizzie. What Chelsea doesn't know however is that Lizzie and Drew have a long history together, we're talking centuries here!

When Chelsea's friend Shannon takes her to visit her aunt's shop she discovers that Shannon's aunt is a fortune teller, and she proclaimed of Drew leaving Chelsea before it even happened. After talking to her for a while, Chelsea leaves armed with a spell to get Drew back and memories of a past life with Drew as well.

I really loved this short novella, it showed a different side to the story and it was a nice change to not be put in front of Lizzie and Drew all the time. I was super excited to realise that Chelsea also had a past history with Drew, that was not something I saw coming at all!

It also made me see Chelsea in a different light, in Remembrance she is portrayed as a bit of a bitch, from from this book you can understand why. This was a great little teaser book and I cannot wait for the last book in the series now!

Review: Beautifully Broken (Spellbound #1) - Sherry Soule

3/5 Stars

Beautifully Broken is one of those books that drew me in because of the cover. I'd been oohing and ahhing over it for a while on Amazon, and finally just decided to go ahead and buy it.

The story follows sixteen year old Shiloh Ravenwolf, who when we first meet her is trying to fight off a ghost in her bedroom. As the story goes on we discover that Shiloh is a heritage witch, meaning magic runs in her veins.

As well as trying to life what passes as a normal teenage life, Shiloh is constantly seeing ghosts and demons everywhere she goes. With a recent rash of teenage disappearances in the small town, Shiloh puts two and two together and realises that this new ghost must be responsible and decides to investigate.

And to top it all off Shiloh is dating the new hottie Trent who has just moved to town, whose mysterious uncle spots something about Shiloh and takes her under his wing as a paranormal apprentice.

Overall I did really enjoy this book. There was a few small grammatical and spelling errors here and there in the book which did annoy me at the time. Beautifully Broken is a self published book, and I've come t expect small things like that from them now and again.

The character of Shiloh to me was a bit strange, at times I likes her and other I didn't. I though she was just whiny sixteen year old. I don't think the writing of Shiloh was constiant enough to make a reader fall into her worls.

I did however really like the setting of the book and the tone in which it was conveyed. Trent was a great character in the book and I especially liked the tension between Shiloh and her family, which seems like any real teenager's life.

This is a series which I will be continuing on with in the future.

Review: The Haunting of Charity Delafield - Ian Beck

3/5 Stars

I was very kindly given this book to read as part of a blog tour a while ago. It took me a while to get around to reading the book, and to be honest I knew it was aimed to more younger readers so I wasn't expecting much from it. Though I was pleasantly surprised when I finished it.

The book follows Charity, who has spent all of her young life locked away at home. She has never been outside of the gates in her garden and has never known her mother. Curiosity soon gets the better of her though and she goes exploring in her huge home and starts to uncover some strange objects that may be linked to her mother.

Charity has also been told that she suffers from a strange illness, and never to over exert herself. Although she has never been told the exact nature of her supposed illness. 

After befriending a local chimney sweep boy who comes to the house one day, Charity is determined to get outside and see what the world has to offer. She also wants to discover the truth about herself and her strange illness that her father refuses to talk about.

The writing in the book is simple and easy to get through, like I said it is aimed at a younger audience than what I usually read. To me that fact made the book seem quicker to get through and completely immersed me into Charity's world. I did like the fairy element to the book, that is something I never really saw coming.

Overall it was a light and quick read and I did enjoy it.