Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Review: Riders by Veronica Rossi

Riders

Author: Veronica Rossi
Release: February 16th 2016
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Mythology, YA
#1 in the Riders duology
Sequel: Seeker (#2)

Plot:

Nothing but death can keep eighteen-year-old Gideon Blake from achieving his goal of becoming a U.S. Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does.

While recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can’t remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Over the coming weeks, he and the other horsemen—Conquest, Famine, and Death—are brought together by a beautiful but frustratingly secretive girl to help save humanity from an ancient evil on the emergence.

They fail.

Now—bound, bloodied, and drugged—Gideon is interrogated by the authorities about his role in a battle that has become an international incident. If he stands any chance of saving his friends and the girl he’s fallen for—not to mention all of humankind—he needs to convince the skeptical government officials the world is in imminent danger.

But will anyone believe him? 

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Review: The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman

The Dark Days Club

Author: Alison Goodman
Release: January 26th 2016
Genre: Historical, Supernatural, Demons,YA
#1 in the Lady Helen trilogy
Sequels: The Dark Days Pact (#2), Untitled (#3)


Plot:

London, April 1812.

On the eve of eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall’s presentation to the queen, one of her family’s housemaids disappears-and Helen is drawn into the shadows of Regency London. There, she meets Lord Carlston, one of the few who can stop the perpetrators: a cabal of demons infiltrating every level of society. Dare she ask for his help, when his reputation is almost as black as his lingering eyes? And will her intelligence and headstrong curiosity wind up leading them into a death trap?