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Book Review: Chaos Song (Magicsmith) by L. R. Braden
Nothing has gone to plan since she joined the PTF. Now mysterious "natural" disasters are happening all over the world, and all signs point to a fae attack. But by whom? And why now? In the midst of this chaos, she faces Purity protesters, coworkers looking to undermine her every decision, and werewolves who can't stop snapping at each other long enough to prove they're safe to work with. Now is not the time to abandon her fledgling alliance for an off-the-books mission, but if she doesn't… the fragile peace between the Realms may shatter.
Chaos Song is a solid addition to the series, and answered many questions and wrapped up quite a bit nicely. There are still some unanswered questions however, I thought that Alex grew a little bit more as a character in the first half of the book, and so did the explanations and understanding of the world and communities in it. The tension and danger ramped up quickly, and there were some good twists and turns. However, I have to admit that by the time the big battle and resolutions come on the page I was more than ready for things to wrap up. Each big moment was important, and so many of the twists were great, but it felt like there was just more than necessary and things felt like they dragged on too much for my personal tastes.
Chaos Song is a good conclusion to the story, and I thought Alex and her world has grown a great deal since the start of the series.
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Book Review: When Life Gives You Vampires by Gloria Duke
When Life Gives You Vampires had a fun premise and a lot of things going for it. In general, I liked the main character ad thought her best friend and the quality of that friendship was fantastic. I liked the honesty and heart to hearts they had together, and Lily's honesty with herself. I thought some of her contemplating her size and hang ups was well done and on point, however as a larger girl myself I felt like it was overdone and maybe could have been handled differently or left out all together in some scenes. I also felt the male characters all fell a bit flat, very little depth in comparison with the female characters, more functions of the story rater than full fledge characters in their own right. I liked most of the plot twists and storyline ideas, but felt like focusing on one or two at a time rather than all of them in a single book might have made for a more engaging read. Since so much of the book is Lily's coming to terms with herself, perhaps some of the story could have been saved for a second book and more time could have been spent in her figuring things out with her best friend and mother rather than vampiric drama. There is so much more room for sequels, that I felt that some of the storylines could easily have been put on hold for them. I did enjoy the read, and it was entertaining, but I see so much potential for it to be even better that it was a little disappointing in some regards.