Ever Other Day

Title: Every Other Day

Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Published: Egmont USA

First thing: I was pulled into this book. Nothing could stop me from finishing this book. Every element in this book told me how much Kali were hurting and how much her thirst to kill needed to be satisfied. In some aspects I was drawn to her element and pain. I loved this book which drew me closer to understanding her thirst to kill and hunt the essence of evil. Even though some of you think that this book is all about how much pain she is in, how much she needs to survive, and that she is in an angry tide, that we forget that she is a person trying to keep the balance between light and darkness.

Summary: ‘Kill…kill…I need to kill’ For Kali life is hard and full of evil lurking into the depths of darkness. She is sixteen and with that comes a price that she never knew she had; One minute she is human the next few hours she is something of supernatural essence; a demon-hunter.  Her destiny is something beyond what she dreamed would ever happen. Friend’s lives are in danger, her own family deceived her, and at the end she is alone.  As she finds out her destiny little bits and pieces of her past emerge up to the surface as she fights towards that inner thought of her voice telling her to ‘kill…kill.’

One moment Kali is human the next she is a demon-hunter for a thirst to kill the supernatural. One day she sees a person marked by one of the supernatural creatures. Kali draws the symbol to her, but she must survive the mark as a human. Will she make it, will she be able to survive the mark as a human or will she fail?

In an effort to survive she also finds out her condition and what makes her a demon-hunter.

Last thing: The author, Jennifer did an amazing job with the plot, the characters, and each element. I for one connected with Kali and how much she needed to fight in order to satisfy her cravings for killing creatures that humans are afraid of. One thing that I liked about this book was how much DNA was used in a biomechanics of supernatural creatures. It intrigued me how she incorporated the DNA into science and how much supernatural forces can become a dominate answer to anything. If you love supernatural, women who kick-ass and fight the supernatural, or maybe you love to read about DNA…this is a book for all.

Blood

Title: Blood

Authors:  K.J. Wignall

Published:  Egmont USA

First thing: For starters I didn’t know what to expect from this book. Sometimes the title of the book will give away what is written in the book, but not this time. IN this book I was intrigued that an author turned a vampire book to an adventure between a destiny and romance. Something’s of this book that jumped out of me was how supernatural this book was wrapped in. Second thing was I thought this book was wrapped in a bloodbath, but sorry to disappoint no gore. The third thing that I noticed was that Will became a vampire to reach his destiny. What was interesting about this book was how it was like a domino. When one piece falls the others fall together and most of the domino pieces were about his past recollecting and emerging for the readers to understand just what happened to him.

Summary: “Will is a vampire in danger. Heir to the Earl of Mercia, he was brutally attacked and buried in the thirteenth century before he was able to assume his title. Perpetually sixteen, Will’s life has been lonely. He leaves his tomb every so often, adapts to the present day, feeds his bloodlust, and never gets close to anyone. Until now. Waking from a twenty-year slumber, hungry for the blood that sustains his undeath, he meets Eloise—but can’t bear to make her his next victim. Drawn to a girl he can never have, but whose fate seems bound with his own, he feels the need to protect her. But Will has an enemy who will stop at nothing to find him . . . and he’s closing in. . . .(goodreads)”

Last thing: Although the title of the book looks awesome, this book deceived me. Some ways this book deceived me was that it wasn’t what I expected. I expected a dash of heat, more romance, and a vampire with attitude, not a vampire who is feeling sorry and thinking that being a vampire is a curse. One last thing is that Will slumbers in his tomb for centuries at a time. Which I never heard of a vampire hibernates every so often in centuries although this book is a traditional vampire book, it did not connect to me in a way that most books do. In another way he finds trouble and falls in love with a human girl. Although this book gives an edge I did not like it. Most vampire books that I have are something of what makes a vampire and not hibernating. Yes there are some moments when this book had an awesome combat. As a result I will read the trilogy to this series.

I do want to thank  Egmont USA for accepting my request.