Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2) by Kendare Blake


This is like my Supernatural fix. The new season won't come out until months from now so this was a good distraction. Did I like it as much as the first book? Yes. Will I read it again when I'm bored? Not sure. Is there going to be a third book? I don't mind but that's probably not going to be an Anna series anymore is it? Actually, I think I'd like a third book. Or a stand-alone of maybe the voodoists side? Anyway, overall I think this is a good ending to the series.

On another note, is it me or does Carmel sound a bit like Hermione? Erm, never mind

Thursday, July 25, 2013

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Sadly over-hyped. It had so much potential but that potential stopped at time-traveling-serial-killer. 

The book had such a great concept and although the execution was fine, it failed to make the right ... pull for a serial murder novel fan. This one lacks suspense. I only felt it towards the end of the story. Like the last five pages. I guess I was expecting too much from it.

[It got filled with so many unnecessary characters and I just got lost. At times the story portrays Harper (the serial killer) as a ruthless psycho and sometimes as someone stuck and wants to get out of the cycle. I mean, how and when did he become tired of what he was doing? The story points at Alice but it's inconsistent. And when was the circle-that-had-to-be-closed introduced? Eh.