Review: The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove

The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove by Lauren Kate

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



"Spoilt little rich girl" is the thought that comes to mind in the first few chapters of The Betrayal' but it doesn't take long to start relating to poor Natalie Hargrove and understanding the world from her point of view. The world is out to get her.

There are various points in the narrative that hint slightly towards something supernatural, this coupled with the overall dark theme help save the story from the cliché teeny-bopper genre. The "girl from the wrong side of the tracks now living with the upper class" theme is an important part of the back story but mercifully this reminder of The O.C. really only serves as a back drop to an otherwise respectfully dark insight to the human mind and how heavily certain priorities can influence decision making and where it can all can lead.

Although I could (kind of) see where it was heading the ending left me stunned, thinking of events in the plot where there could be so much more told, and ultimately wanting a sequel.



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Review: The Blood Countess

The Blood Countess by Tara Moss

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Remember the old Sega and Nintendo games that you just couldn't put down once you got home and started playing them? Remember how you got wisped away into to Video Game World and before you knew it you had finished the whole game, and how the feeling immediately after was a mix of wanting to play it all again and the anticipation and impatience of waiting for the sequel? Perhaps that's just me.
Either way that's what hit me when my eyes reached the last word of the last sentence of the last page of the last chapter of The Blood Countess.

So now, not only am I waiting eagerly for a certain Canadian Amazon Psycho Magnet, Makedde Vanderwall, to full on go postal in Assassin, I'm also busting to see what kind of Hairy Scary Hobgoblin jumps out at Pandora English in The Spider Goddess




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Review: Siren

Siren by Tara Moss

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



It's not often that I reach the end of a movie and think "Holy Crap! What just happened? That's one epically shocking finish that'll take a while to recover from. Bring on the sequel!"
Congrats to Tara Moss because I just got that from a book. I'm referring to the kind of event depicted on screen that in the first half hour of a movie or the end of a pilot episode that lets you know it's all action packed epic from this point on and the bad guys better run.

I'm only giving a 4 out 5 because I have a feeling that if I give it the 5 it deserves I'll want to give the next book a 6 out of 5.



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