Intagible by J. Meyers

Synopsis:

Twins Sera and Luke Raine have a well-kept secret—she heals with a touch of her hand, he sees the future. All their lives they’ve helped those in need on the sly. They’ve always thought of their abilities as being a gift.

Then Luke has a vision that Sera is killed. That gift they’ve always cherished begins to feel an awful lot like a curse. Because the thing about Luke’s ability? He’s always right. And he can’t do anything about it.

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Luke and Sera are twins and have a very deep connection. No, not only because they are twins, but because they share and keep each other's secrets and the one thing that could make or break any "normal" relationship they have in their lives. Luke can see the future, and Sera can heal. It is a very big secret they both harbor for each other. When Luke has a vision of his beloved sister dying, his world is turned upside down and race against the clock to find a way to save her.

Intangible was an enjoyable read. I couldn't put it down and if I was forced to (believe me, I was) I couldn't stop thinking about it. J. Meyers creates a dark and fascinating world where you don’t know who to trust, and a beautiful realm of the unbelievable. Meyers writing style was easy to follow with amazing imagery and wittiness. There is no doubt in my mind that Meyers is going to be a big self-published author.

Most of the characters were easy to like, and some I just wanted to hurt. Each had their own voice in the book, which as a writer I understand how difficult that can be. Kudos to Meyers for making each character individualized. Sera and Luke together were great and funny, even during serious times, which told me they use humor to cope with stress. I can easily relate with that. Jonas was alright. I didn’t really buy into the hardness of the character. He seemed forced and silly to me. “Hi, I am a vampire. I hate the human race and I am bad ass and the cherished of all vampires. Fear me, puny human.” Then towards the middle you realize why the way he is and you feel slightly bad for him. I say slightly in my own opinion because he still seemed forced to me and I did not admire him for that. Marc. Don’t even get me started on this worthless POS. I could not stand him. In the beginning I absolutely adored him even though he seemed to be against the twins at first. I felt bad for him, he had lost a lot “friends and family” because of his secret, but that gave him no right to act the way he did. He was just an ass, and then I started thinking what his character actually meant to the story, but I couldn’t think of anything of how he was important at all, maybe to foreshadow that there are other “kids” with amazing abilities like Luke and Sera? I have no idea. We’ll just see in the next book, which I hope comes soon because I am just dying to get my hand on it.

The plot was good, and easy to follow, but some parts seemed slow to me while other parts felt like there was going to a big climax and then nothing. I don’t know if it was because the author intentionally did this or if the story just played out that way. Some characters towards the end didn't seem like maybe they were added on in an attempt to have a cliff hanger or if to show that they are indeed not the only people with such abilities. It didn't add up to me. The realm was very original and amazing to read about. I hope we read more about it in the next book.

Over all, Intangible was a great read, and the writing fantastic. I would recommend this to anyone who likes an original story, face paced action and some bad ass characters!

Disclaimer: I recieved this book from the author in exchange for a honest review.

Blood Like Poison: For the Love of a Vampire by M. Leighton

Synopsis:
Like most seventeen year olds, Ridley Heller thought she had her future all planned out. What she wanted most in life was to get out of small town Harker. Her only goal was to keep her mouth shut and her grades high so she could win a cheerleading scholarship to Stanford. But that was before she met Bo.

In Ridley's wildest dreams, she could never have planned for someone like Bo, for a love so intense it left her breathless. No human girl could.

A haunting stranger that watched her from afar, Bo stole Ridley's heart from the moment she laid eyes on him. But he has secrets. Bo's a vampire. Both his past and his present are a danger to Ridley, but the biggest threat is not her blood; it's her heart. He's feeding a thirst for revenge that will cost him his life, and it may already be too late.

The more darkness Ridley uncovers, the more she realizes that her life will never be the same-with or without Bo. Can she sacrifice her future and her heart for someone who has a death wish?

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Blood Like Poison is a trilogy series that centers the around Ridley, a oridinary seventeen year old girl. She puts up with a horny boyfriend, bitchy cheerleader "friends", and trying to figure out the new mysterious creepy stalker guy, Bo. When Bo finally decides to open up, Ridley learns some secrets that just may be life-altering! Bo, is in fact a vampire! Yikes! (In a good way!)

M. Leighton really wowed me and made me wish I was Ridley over and over again! I mean come on! Bo is to DIE for. ;) Bo was a well put together character, even though fictional, he was believable! Ridley was as well, even though a little whinney at times, I understood why she was like that. (I would have lay down and died if I went through what she went through! And to see how she found out about Bo being a vampire and all was just like WHAT! RUN! No, wait, stay. NO! RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Wait, this is hot Bo we are talking about. It was quite comical how I was feeling about Bo in this scene and what was running through me silly little mind.

Overall this was an amazing read and I loved the adventure the amazing M. Leighton took me on! She as an eceptional writer and after reading this whole series in a couple of sittings (I had to catch up on laundry, House, Glee, and FOOD!) I cannot wait to see what she has in store for us next! I very much consider you picking up this book and devouring it much like I had! It will not dissapoing you! :)

-Cassandra

Afterlife By Isabella Kruger

Afterlife is about two young sisters, Louisa and Fluer going to an all girls when their evil aunt doesn't want the "brats" anymore. This all girls school is hell for them and they stuck for years in the place being slaves. When a strange magician comes to the school the Head Master, who wants nothing more than to woo the sexy magician, starts dressing all the girls in dresses and trying to appear that she is actually running a school instead of a slave camp. Louisa is instantly memorized by the magician and vice versa. Then, it turns out the magician is actually a vampire. When Louisa finds out she doesn't care and they go on secretly meeting each other each night. Then the head master finds out and kicks Louisa and the magician out of the house. Fluer is abandoned by her sister. Fluer begins blaming the magician and decides to set out to try to find her sister. Years later she tries to leave the school she is attacked and beaten to a bloody pulp. This is when a family, who cannot bare children take her in and nurse her back to health. They decide to keep Fluer and have her help them run their candy shop. This is where Daniel comes into play. Fluer feels she has met this man before, but cannot put her finger on where. She also does not understand why her new parents cannot stand him and want him to leave Fluer alone. Fluer decides to get some answers.

Afterlife to me was really strange. Let me tell you about what bothered me first, instead of what I like about it.

·         The writing style threw me for a loop and I just simply could not keep up with this fast paced story. For example, one minute Fluer is watching her sister get thrown out of the school and the next she is running away.

·         There was no transition. The time frame was very foggy. Are they in the 1800, or present time? I just couldn't get my bearings. This frustrated me so much.

·         Also the characters were shallow and seemed like robots. No emotion at all. Well, none that I could feel anyway. I just couldn't understand why Fluer loved Daniel so much? They barely had a relationship? I seen nothing to tip me off to where they actually spent time with one another? I want to see raw emotions. I want to see what it is about him that had her leaving her new adoptive, LOVING, CARING family (which she has never had before) for him? Didn’t make sense to me?

·         Nothing about this story made sense to me. It seemed as if Kruger made it all up as she wrote?

·         Another thing was when Kruger jumped from character to character on their point of view. I was like “Am I still reading from Fluer’s POV, or is this Daniel’s? Wait, who is this? Why is she so important? Wait, who the hell’s POV am I freaking reading!!!!!????” This was so frustrating and I could barely get through the book.

·         Then when it was in Fluer POV she automatically knew who everyone was? She never seen the Witch before, but yet she called her by her first name?

·         There were major holes in the plot.

·         Also when Kruger was dealing with characters one minute the villain was a werewolf, but then she was a vampire again?

 I do not understand this whole book at all? What was the sole purpose of this first book? Nothing too crazy happened. There wasn’t really a middle or end. It just seemed like Kruger made a very long beginning? I am just hoping Kruger’s next book comes out soon so I can actually see if her writing approves or if the story get any better.

The only thing I was even remotely kind of happy about was that the story line was very original. I loved the story line, it has so much potential.

Overall: Confusing and would not really recommend it unless you have nothing better else to do.

Cover: LOVE IT! It is so pretty<3

I will buy the next book, if it ever does come out on Kindle.