"Fairy Bad Day" - Amanda Ashby

My life seriously couldn't get any worse.

First, my rightful designation of dragon slayer is STOLEN right out from under my nose by Curtis Green. Sure, he's really cute, but that doesn't give him an excuse. 

On top of that, I am assigned to slay fairies I know what you're thinking - how hard could it be, right? Wrong! These menacing beasts with their tiny hipster clothes and mocking sarcasm love taunting me. And they won't STOP.

But the thing that tops my list of stuff to ruin my day? That would be the GIANT KILLER FAIRY that I have to hunt down and slay because I am the only one who can see it. There is someone who can help me. Unfortunately… it's Curtis.

It's going to be a fairy bad day.

Once upon a time a gate to another universe opened, and monsters started to come into our world. And they killed. Luckily for us, a man closed the gate and only 12 different kinds of monsters escaped into our world. Now, those who can see them must hunt them down and try to kill them in order to protect us who can not see them.

Emma Jones has always known she was going to become a dragon slayer. Her mom was one, she has hunted dragon almost as long as she has been walking and she has gotten the best results in class by far. She was born to hunt dragons.

Until she is not.

With her designation stolen from her by Curtis Green, the cute but kind of shy class mate of her's, Emma doesn't know what to do with herself. Her friends try to cheer her up, but when her job consists of hunting small irritating flying fairies with a fondness for scittles, life is hard. Her world is falling apart. Especially since she, the great dragon-hunter, can't even seem to kill the small stupid fairies. 

That is, until their big brother comes decides to visit.

The small fairies may seem harmless - irritating, sure, but harmless nonetheless, but the big fairy is anything but harmless. Problem is, nobody can see it, and nobody seems to take Emma serious when she tells them about it. That is but Curtis Green, the same guy who stole her designation. 

This book was a cute read. It is one of those books that is just perfect for a lovely summer day or (because the summer unfortunately is almost over), a rainy autumn day where you don't have anything else to do but read a book. It is not a book where you need your brain, and the prose is great and without thesaurus rape which makes it a quick read. 

The characters are likable. Sure, Emma and Curtis fall too fast in love, but it's hard to find a book where the main characters doesn't fall in love in a matter of days (if not seconds). At least there is no love triangle, which makes me happy. It may only be me, but I'm kind of tired of the endless love triangles. Most of them are the same anyway and too overdone, so I was happy to see that this wasn't one of these books. 

Emma was a great main character. Sure, she whines about not getting her designation, but she is strong and doesn't stand around and wait for a man to save her. She also tries to do something instead of just moping around, being sad about not having gotten dragons. Nobody knows much about how to slay fairies, so she has to invent slaying methods by herself. 

The story started out slowly, but soon the events came at a nice pace. It was never that boring that I had to put the book down and do something else, but it wasn't too action packed either, which was a good thing. There is no big info-dumps where the reader gets all the answers - we have to look for them together with Emma. The plot twists were predictable but the book was all in all quite predictable. Few surprises waited, but it was okay, because I never expected this book to make me think.

The world was awesome. Seriously. I would like to read a more serious book about this world. And in greater detail, thank you, especially focusing on the classes, the history… But I digress.

Book's name: Fairy Bad Day
Author's name: Amanda Ashby
Pages: 336



Quote: "That is correct, Rupert." A third fairy, wearing a miniature green hoodie and some baggy jeans now appeared. "Because we only save the mocking for those who are a real threat, not some two-bit useless wannabe slayer girls.
"But don't worry, Emma continued to Loni in a tight voice as she once again tucked her cell phone under her ear and loaded up the tiny crossbow. "Because son they're all going to be dead."
"Did you hear that? Shhe thinks she's going to kill us. With that thing!"

I've been...

I've been neglecting my blog. Actually, I've been neglecting all of my blogs. There's a reason for that, and the reason is that I am moving to the United states next month. This has meant a lot of paperwork for me and a lot of preparation, and a whole lot of trying to meet up with everybody I know before I leave. Hopefully I'll return with renewed strength!

"The Broken Lake" - Shelena Shorts

In the aftermath of Sophie's ordeal, Weston will make some uncharacteristic decisions to distance himself from the past in an attempt to change the future.

But, while venturing into the improbably, the present sneaks up in a chilling way that will lead to Wes' unexpected submission. Suddenly, Sophie will find herself watching as both his immortal secret and his own existence are threatened.

So, Sophie and Wes are back again in this continuation of The Pace. We meet them about a few weeks (probably), after we left them, and a few things has changed. For one, Sophie's mom suddenly starts behaving like an overprotective hawk, I mean, she wants to urf, be together with Sophie? And Sophie herself also feels changed. She can't stop thinking that she doesn't have that much time left, before she may die. But life goes on, it has to, and Sophie is still very much in love with perfect, nice Wes. Everything is just perfect.
That is, until Chase comes into the picture. Remember the guy from the party in the Pace? The one who looked like he was on something and had needles marks on his arms? Well, me neither, but he's back, and he's gonna make life bittersweet. Sophie can't shake of the feeling that he is up to something bad, and when Wes says that he can feel it to, and that the guy gives a negative vibe, she decides that no way he can be trusted. The fact that he toke over after one of the employees was murdered doesn't change much in his favor either. 

I didn't liked Sophie. I know, we've heard it before, I almost never like the heroine, but I think, if i remember correctly, that I had nothing against her in the first book. But she has changed. Instead of being happy about still being alive, Sophie decides to mope around and be sad. Even at times where she's having fun with Wes and where everything generally should be perfect, she still continues to think about sad things. What may be, not what are. But Wes was nice. He was still way too perfect, way too... too much. But he was like that too in the first book, so nothing's changed there, aside from the fact that he AND Sophie decides to try and do a lot of new things. In with the new, out with the old. 


The plot... the plot was a bit forced. I still don't understand the fightclub, apart from something that happens in the end. I don't think it's that necessary, it was actually a bit weird, because I would never have imagined Danny taking Sophie and Dawn such a place, but who knows? But apart from that, it was okay. It wasn't that action packed, but a plot doesn't have to be filled with action to work. I would still have liked a bit more, but it was okay. There was way too much kissing and moping around though. And the thing in the ending was not cool. Read the book to figure out what I'm talking about!

All in all the book was okay. it wasn't one of those books you just have to read again, but I'm still glad I read it. I like the writer's writing style, and I loved Sophie's friends, even though a bit things still needs to be explained. But there will be a third book (there has to be, with that cliffhanger ending!), so I hope we will get out answers in that one. I, for one, have to read it. 

Book's name: The Broken Lake.
Author's name: Shelena Shorts.
Series: Quadrilogy - The Pace (second book).
Pages: 296

"I kissed him again and turned to get out when I noticed Chase staring intently through the windshield. Peeping Tom. Then I realized that this was something different because, when caught, peeping Toms looked away quickly. Chase was still staring - but not at me. 
"See you later," I muttered, dreading going in, wondering who called in sick this time.
Without taking his eyes of Chase he said, " Call me." 

"The Hollow" - Jessica Verday.

Even though he was sitting a couple of feet away from me, his black suit blended in completely with the shadows. Only his hair gave him away. The white-blond colour gloved in the dark room. It was the boy from the cemetery...


When Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone in the town assumes that she is dead. Everyone, that is, except Abbey.
Struggling to come to terms with Kristen's disappearance and desperately seeking some answers, Abbey finds herself drawn more and more to the mysterious - and drop-dead gorgeous - Caspian, who keeps reappearing in her life. But Caspian has secrets of his won, and when Abbey uncovers the frightening truth about him, she starts to question not only their emerging love but also her own sanity...
Sometimes love knows no boundaries...


Abigail - known as Abbey - is lonely. Her best friend Kristen mysteriously disappeared one night: the only thing the police found were blood on a rock, and they assumed that she had fallen down and drowned, though they never found the body. Everybody in town believes them. That is, but Abbey. Abbey is having a hard time actually believing that her best friend is dead, and she doesn't even want to go to the funeral. She debates with people that Kristen may still be very much alive. She sticks to that hope, and finds resolution through her grief in Caspian, the boy who mysteriously appeared at Kristen's funeral, not knowing her, not knowing her brother, not knowing her family, solely for the purpose that he wants to be there for Abbey.
Sounding cheesy? It get's worse. Because Abbey - for no apparent reason - feels drawn to Caspian, and even though her whole family and other people at school tries to help her, talk to her, she shuts them out and puts on the happy face. Only Caspian gets to see her true grief. But as Abbey falls more and more in love with Caspian, she begins to realize that something is wrong. Why are they always meeting at the Bridge, instead of going on real dates? And why does he seem so distant - always having to excuse himself whenever she feels that they're getting close? And who is the old man who is taking care of the grave of the man who wrote Sleepy Hollows, even though there already is a caretaker? 
I found the book to be very boring. There isn't much happening, it all just feels quite monotone. I could forgive it at first - Abbey was indeed grieving over her dead best friend, but she was indeed being a bitch to everybody around her but Caspian. She snaps at others all of the time and react directly rude to people who wants to do nothing but help her. I didn't find Caspian believable either. It just seemed like the author wanted to make this great hot heroic boy and just put him randomly in here. He didn't seem like a real person at all. And the fact that there were so much space between the lines were driving me insane.
But well, it wasn't a book I totally hated, and if you liked Lisa McMann's Wake trilogy, then you'll probably like this one.


Book's name: The Hollow.
Author's name: Jessica Verday.
Series: Trilogy - The Hollow. 
Pages: 513.


Caspian was standing on the opposite side of the river. "Oh God, Abbey. I though you were dead!" he yelled. He jumped out to a large flat rock in the middle of the water, and then another to get closer.
I didn't move.
"Abbey," he said very calmly, "what are you doing? You need to get out of the water."