107.Unnatural by Michael Griffo

Summary/Review

Unnatural follows Michael Howard, who is struggling with his sexuality—he feels alone, like there is no one out there for him to love or someone to love him. His grandparents are horrible, his mom is mental, and being from a small town in  Nebraska he really can’t open up to who he is. But things change for the good when his mom commits suicide and his estranged father takes him to live in England with him, and attend the Archangel Academy—and there he finds acceptance and finds love with Ronan, who is basically a hybrid vampire(outcast to the normal vampires) trying to be with his true love(Michael) and hope he will accept him. 

I started reading Unnatural around December and then I stopped, and not because I didn’t like it, I just found something more interesting to read, but I regret putting down—should had just kept reading it. So when I picked it up in May again I finished the book in two days >.<, just laid on bed flipping through the pages—well sliding(are you still flipping through pages if you’re using a nook?)—whatever.

This book was definitely original, I’ve never read a book where it’s gay romance with supernatural elements in it, it was pretty interesting. The characters were also new to me yet old—I got attached to some characters, especially Brania—she’s like Katherine from the Vampire Diaries(tv show and books), twisted and selfish, and very confident. I did like Michael in the beginning, but once you get around the middle of the book for some reason his character and plot begins to blend in with the background. What’s happening around him without his knowledge was more interesting. I think I really started to like his character was when the book enters it’s climax—it really helps set up his character’s plot in the next book, which I’m looking forward to it.

Overall, I recommend this book to who ever is interested in LGBT lit—it will definitely feel like a new experience reading this book >.<

Rating:4/5

Publisher:Kensington Publishing Corporation

Pages:319(ebook)

Genre:LGBT lit, ya, romance, supernatural 

Unnatural(book 1)

Previous Book Review:The Vampire Diaries:Moonsong by L.J. Smith

Reading List(Here)

Review:Okay so I didn’t expect this to be an adult novel, only because Freya was introduce in Bloody Valentine which is YA, also because characters from The Blue blood series(also YA.) was going to appear in this book. (it’s been a while since i’ve read an adult novel.)

So the beginning of the story I thought it was a it slow, but then it picked pace after few chapters of introducing the characters/their lives, and blah,blah,blah . I really got drawn to this story and it just got better and better as I read.

Melissa De La Cruz is really an amazing writer. She took Norse mythology and really expanded it in Witches of East End, and it really helped the characters, and the story. (Made me want to research Norse mythology.)

I’d enjoyed Mimi’s and Oliver’s appearance in the book, it gave me a view of what’s to happen in Lost in Time(I think it’s the sixth or seventh in the blue blood series.) and hopefully Mimi’s goal will work out >.<

Overall it was a great story, and who ever is a fan of the blue bloods should definitely read this book. :)

Summary:Engaged to Bran, the heir to Fair Haven and Gardiners Island, Freya, a bartender and witch who has a potion to cure every kind of heartache, finds her life spiraling out of control when a young girl goes missing after taking one of her irresistible cocktails.

Rating:4/5

(Source: reads-alot)

Review:I’m big fan of Twilight saga(the books, not the movies.), It’s a really good series, though some people may think otherwise. I think twilight maybe the reason why I started loving books so much, and my obsession with vampires, werewolves or any other supernatural creatures.

The art in the the graphic novel was beautiful, and very unique. It was pretty cool seeing how the artist viewed the characters in her head. 

It was an easy read, you could say it was like a cliff notes of twilight. 

I can’t wait for volume 2 to come out, like seriously i’ve been wait a whole year for it.

Summary:When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

Rating:4/5

(Source: reads-alot)

June 2011

1. The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
2. Black Butler volume 1-4 by Yana Toboso
3. Cactus’s Secret Volume 4 by Nana Haruta
4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
5. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
6. Pretty Little Liars:Perfect by Sara Shepard
7. The Morganville Vampires:Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine
8. Afterlife by Claudia Gray
9. Wicked:Legacy & Spellbound by Nancy Holder and Debbie Vigue 

(Source: reads-alot)

Thoughts:I just finished the final volume in Cactus’s Secret by Nana Haruta, It kind of took me a while to read it, a month to be precise. But yeah I finally picked it up and read it>.< 

Let’s see, um…the series i felt that it was too short, character progression and story line felt rushed, and there were moments it just felt over dramatic. Though I did like that it made me laugh, yet not always. The main character Miku Yamada was a strong and independent person, which i liked. Then there’s Kyohie Fujioka a.k.a Miku’s love interest, who btw is not the typical male/romantic/bad boy/strong/romeo character i’m use to seeing in shojo mangas. Fujoika is really a dense/dumb, I didn’t really like him. 

Summary:Miku Yamada has liked Kyohei Fujioka since middle school, but once she gets the courage to confess, he thinks it’s all a joke. To make things worse, when she gets upset, he calls her a “cactus alien” for being so prickly whenever he’s around.

Rating:2.5/5

Favorite Quote:“She’s hiding her true evilness in those boobs of hers!! that’s why they’re so big!”

(Source: reads-alot)

❝I’m actually pretty confident about by ability to keep loving you,even if you’re far away.❞

Review:Today I finished the fourth book in The Morganville Vampires by Rachel Cain. So it picked up right where Midnight Alley left of, with the arrival of Bishop a.k.a Amelie’s father/i guess sired, and Claire’s parent’s moving into Morganville where they have no idea about the vampires that inhabit this town, and the danger.

Feast of Fools was just amazing with the arrival of Bishop and his protégés.Right from the beginning you see how much influence/fear Bishop has on everyone, including Amelie, and Oliver which by the way i thought they were the most powerful vampires in Morganville, until Bishop showed up. 

Lastly, Feast for Fools was just thrilling to read, the pace was quick, and it still had that sarcastic charm that I love, and makes me laugh/smile.

Summary:Claire tries to spoil the sinister trap set by Mr. Bishop, an ancient vampire who is out to destroy the peace held between the vampires and humans of Morganville at a formal ball.

Rating:5/5

Favorite Character:Myrnin, I really love his insanity, insane characters just make things interesting.

❝you’ll live forever, and being remembered by you is the only immortality i’ll ever need.❞

Review: I just finished the last book in the Evernight series,Afterlife, and it was just as great as the three previous books in the series. The whole book series was just filled with unexpectedness, mystery, romance, and action. When you get to the last book everything seems to unfold, including Mrs Bethany’s past, and intentions, which will show whether she was a good or evil, or just in-between. 

I had bittersweet feel when i finished the book. This series was just so good, the plot was so intriguing, i really couldn’t put this book down. I’m just so sad it ended -_-, but I’m also glad it did.

I can’t wait for the spin of XD, Balthazar.

Rating:5/5 

Summary:Sixteen-year-old Bianca, a new girl at the sinister Evernight boarding school, finds herself drawn to another outsider, Lucas, but dark forces threaten to tear them apart and destroy Bianca’s entire world.

Summary: Finding at last a place where she fits in, Kaitlyn gains acceptance among her psychic peers at Zetes Institute, but when she learns about a dangerous experiment that will impact the lives of all the students, her trust is shattered and she must stand on her own to survive the horrible events she knows are imminent  

Review: L.J. Smith is brilliant writer, I haven’t read a book that had to do with people have psychic abilities. I only picked this book up because I saw the movie Push(which was great.) What I really enjoyed about the trilogy was the love triangel between Gabriel,Kaitlyn,and Rob. The characters were great and unique, especially Grabriel, who goes from dark to light.(I think out of all of the characters he changed the most.) Before then end of the book you really do know who Kaitlin will end up with, it was really predictable, though I did like who she ends up with. 

The book had a really quick pace,there were no dull moments, and yeah the whole psychic thing was great. 

I really hope Lj Smith continues this series.

Summary: With a war brewing between the creatures of the dark and Aden at the center, he decides he is not just going to accept his destiny, but fight back with his friends by his side.

Review: I think the second book might have been better then the first one. Characters relationships have really changed since the first book.Mary Anne became my favorite character in this book, only because she wanted to learn how to fight/defend her self and not rely on Riley or anyone else. I also started to really like her when she finds out what her deadly abilities is, which was a bit of a shocker, I thought it was perfect and made a more interesting character. I’m looking forward to see how this deadly ability affects her and everyone around her in the next book.

Overall by the end of this book you will be wanting to read the next book in the series, characters will change drastically whether physically, or emotionally, and there will be a lot of unanswered questions. 

Summary: Hosting the souls of four supernatural beings in his mind, Aden Stone struggles for a normal life before befriending three fellow teens, including a girl who helps him to quiet his powers, a werewolf shape-shifter, and a vampire princess.

Review: This book is really good, the whole concept, and story was oringinal. Character were amazing and unique. I really liked how the book was a perfect balance of male and female protagonist, It switched from Aden to Marie Anne, and there story/relationship/life really did intertwined, I thought it was perfect. I also really enjoyed the supernatural aspect of it. It had vampires, werewolf, goblins,witches,zombies, ect, which was awesome XD.

This book was amazing, i couldn’t put it down. So many things happens, and so many things are left unfinished. 

Best series I’ve read so far!

Review: Wicked great book, Comes with two in one. I read this last year with high expectations, which were met. The story was unique, I really enjoyed how it was kind of similar to Romeo and Juliet, and the whole wicca aspect to it. The only issue I had with this book was the flashbacks, I know that it is essential to the story but, I kind of did not find them interesting, only some parts.

Summary: Holly Cather is sent to live with her aunt and cousins in Seattle when her parents are killed, and there she enters into a world of witches, secrets, and alliances where ancient magics yield deadly results

Summary: When her vampire boyfriend Bill disappears, Sookie journeys to Mississippi to find her beloved, who has gotten himself caught in a dangerous web of murder and betrayal at Club Dead, an elite underground society.

Thoughts: I had my ups and downs with the third book, which is one of the reason why I put it down last month, i just finished this today. So Bill goes missing(Yay.) which I thought would be the perfect opportunity for Eric and Sookie’s(I really like how they pronounce her name in trueblood. Especially Bill.) non-existing relationship to progress, which it didn’t, it was to subtle since there were only few short scenes when they’re alone. Then there’s Alcide(Don’t know how to pronounce his name.) who clearly Sookie seems attracted to, I thought it was great that Charlaine brought another supernatural(were-wolf.) but then I just wished that there were more scenes with Eric then with Alcide. 

overall the book was good, but not great. now to watch season three XD

This book needs to come out now, Unraveled left of to many unfinished stuff/cliff hangers.