Dragonswood - Janet Lee Carey

Wilde Island is in an uproar after the recent death of its king. The uneasy pact between dragons, fairies, and humans is fraying, and a bloodthirsty witch hunter with a hidden agenda whips villages into frenzies with wild accusations. Tess, a blacksmith’s daughter from a tiny hamlet near the mysterious Dragonswood, finds herself caught in the crosshairs of fate when she is accused of witchery and has to flee for her life along with her two best friends.

Not even Tess’s power to see the future can help the girls as they set off on their desperate journey, but she keeps having visions of a man wielding a sword. And when she finally meets him, Tess has no idea how to handle the magnetic attraction she feels for him, or the elusive call she hears from the heart of the Dragonswood.

In this epic romance, an ancient prophecy comes true in a way neither dragon, fairy, nor human would have predicted.

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There were so many things about this book that just didn't appeal to me. First there was the writing style. I just didn't like it. Second, I didn't think the sentences flowed very well and therefore that took away from a lot of the story. Only near the end did the book actually get remotly interesting and that is because of the drama and dragons and faeries.

Overall it wasn't that great of a book to me.

AMAZON   |   BARNES & NOBLE

Glow - Amy Kathleen Ryan

What if you were bound for a new world, about to pledge your life to someone you'd been promised to since birth, and one unexpected violent attack made survival—not love—the issue?

Out in the murky nebula lurks an unseen enemy: the New Horizon. On its way to populate a distant planet in the wake of Earth's collapse, the ship's crew has been unable to conceive a generation to continue its mission. They need young girls desperately, or their zealous leader's efforts will fail. Onboard their sister ship, the Empyrean, the unsuspecting families don't know an attack is being mounted that could claim the most important among them...

Fifteen-year-old Waverly is part of the first generation to be successfully conceived in deep space; she was born on the Empyrean, and the large farming vessel is all she knows. Her concerns are those of any teenager—until Kieran Alden proposes to her. The handsome captain-to-be has everything Waverly could ever want in a husband, and with the pressure to start having children, everyone is sure he's the best choice. Except for Waverly, who wants more from life than marriage—and is secretly intrigued by the shy, darkly brilliant Seth.

But when the Empyrean faces sudden attack by their assumed allies, they quickly find out that the enemies aren't all from the outside.

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I read this book a while ago, back before I started a book blog, but it was so good I have to share it with you.

The book starts off with Waverly's life normal and happy, but then everything changes when the people of the New Horizon attack the Empyrean and do some seriously bad things to the people, especially the young girls.

I love how Ryan brings religion into the plot and then questions it.

Then the cliffhanger ending... Kieran turning to religion to help the boys left on the ship. This book will surely not disappoint any reader.

AMAZON    |    BARNES & NOBLE

Spark  on JULY 17, 2012!