Book Reviews: March-June

As promised, here are the links to the book reviews I've written since taking the reviews off my blog. (Well, I took most of them off.)


The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness - 5/5 stars (Movellas)

The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey 5/5 stars (Movellas)

All Change - India Taylor 7/10 stars (Fangs, Claws, and Wings)

A Thousand Nights - E.K. Johnston 3/5 (Movellas)

Fanghunters - Leo Romero (The Re-Review) (Fangs, Claws, and Wings)

Molly Looby

Author / Editor in Chief at Molten Publishing / Freelance Editor / Writing Coach / Reviewer / Blogger / Wrimo / Movellian / ZA Ready

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Fanghunters - Leo Romero (The Re-Review)

So much can be said about the power of editing and I don't know why more people aren't talking about it constantly. There's writing and then there's perfecting and we need to spread the good word.

I reviewed Fanghunters back in January but since then, Romero has tweaked some things and the change is fantastic. I take back all I said before, and I owe him a re-review. I think everyone deserves this and massive kudos to the people who get reviews they don't like and then go on to prove that reviewer wrong! I love it!


A Spoiler Free Bit About The Book

When Dom wakes up to find he's the victim of a vampire, his life is never the same. After escaping the draw of his vampire master he decides the vampire race must pay for what they have done to him and he becomes a fanghunter.

My Review

The first chapter had me hooked. I was thrown straight into this universe and that was great. The first chapter was very gripping and action-packed, and it made me want to read on.

I had a sort of love-hate relationship with the protagonist, Dom. Sometimes his narration would make me laugh and sometimes I'd be a little offended by his internal monologue, but I think that was part of his charm. I was glad he didn't seem to have unrealistic strength or skill. His relatability kept me reading. It was amusing that he didn't really know what he was doing and that he wasn't your normal vampire hunter. It was great to see him learning and not thinking of everything. I think that's really lacking in vampire stories, and it was a breath of fresh air.

The entire book is fast-paced and action-packed, making it difficult to stop reading. Every time I reached the end of a chapter, I wanted to know what happened next. Tension is well built throughout, and I don't know how anyone could put it down as it neared the end.

It's obvious in the narrative that there's a lot going on in the vampire world that Dom doesn't know about yet and it makes you curious and want to read book two. It's very well done.

As vampire books go, it's one of the better ones I've read. There's originality in Romero's Fanghunters whilst also going back to vampire basics. 

Fanghunters was an entertaining, quick read setting you up for book two.

Molly Looby

Author / Editor in Chief at Molten Publishing / Freelance Editor / Writing Coach / Reviewer / Blogger / Wrimo / Movellian / ZA Ready

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All Change - India Taylor

Blurb

Saffron's life is turned upside down when she gets bitten by a strange girl. Nothing can prepare her for the events about to unfold. When the boy of her dreams, and most people's nightmares, falls for her, they quickly realise they are natural enemies by design. The supernatural world has never been so exciting, and so incredibly dangerous. Shifters, vampires and fey get together to fight the corruption that holds the country captive, and only Saffron holds the key. The real question is, whose side are the angels on?

My Review

All Change is the first in the Bite Me series and to be perfectly honest, I don't know if I was ready for this. I knew there were vampires and shifters, but when the other supernatural creatures showed up, I was bowled over. Luckily I love anything supernatural like this so I lapped it up. But I don't think I've read a book with so many supernatural creatures in it before--at least not in book one.

It seemed to get going very quickly. Too quickly in fact. I wanted time to stop so I could take a breath and work out what had happened. But instead, we were whisked on to the next thing. This is because the book is super ambitious and long as it is, and there's no time for dilly-dallying. But I needed some dilly-dallying. I wanted a bit more build up. I wanted Saffron to work out what happened to her bit by bit. This feeling followed me through the book, and I just wanted something more. I wanted every detail Taylor had about the universe she'd created. 

I adored the plot, I have to say. Something just kept me reading and reading. However, I wanted a little more from the characters. There were so many it was difficult at times to get to know them, and I would've loved the opportunity to know more about them as they're all so interesting. Though there were so many it was a bit confusing at times.

Saying all this though, I struggled to put it down.

Evaluation

Overall 7/10

All Change was an action-packed, ambitious novel with all your favourite supernatural creatures.

Molly Looby

Author / Editor in Chief at Molten Publishing / Freelance Editor / Writing Coach / Reviewer / Blogger / Wrimo / Movellian / ZA Ready

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