Strange Angels Review

Author: Lili St. Crow

Release Date: May 14, 2009

Pages: 304 (Paperback)

Publisher: Razorbill

Most Appropriate For Ages: 14+
Where I Got It: Won from ChicaReader
Challenges it counts for: Read your Name Challenge (1 of 2 S' for Jessica)

Dru Anderson has what her grandmother called “the touch.” (Comes in handy when you’re traveling from town to town with your dad, hunting ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the occasional zombie.) Then her dad turns up dead—but still walking—and Dru knows she’s next. Even worse, she’s got two guys hungry for her affections, and they’re not about to let the fiercely independent Dru go it alone. Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever—or whoever — is hunting her?
------------------------------------------------------
It's not secret that I'm an action junkie. I grew up on the Maximum Ride series, and my current all-time favorites are The Hunger Games series. So, naturally, I gobbled up Strange Angels and then was hungry for more.

The plot is original. It's clearly not your typical paranormal romance. Actually, there's hardly any romance. There's a hint of romance that I suspect may become deeper in the next book, Betrayal. It's simple, and action-packed, and kept me on the edge of my seat.

Dru was awesome. Sarcastic, kick boo-tay, and everything else that I look for in a heroine. Graves, her best friend, was so easy to love and loyal. I really want them to get together....The there's Christophe. I liked him, but I didn't get to know him as well as I would've liked to, but I'm hoping we'll get to know him better in Betrayals.

Lili St. Crow's writing was impressive. Most of this was narration, definitely little dialogue. Usually, this would annoy me very badly, but Lili St. Crow made it work and then some!

My only complaint is that, and maybe this is just me being slow, sometimes I would miss things. Like moving to a new place, or exactly what was going on. Not sure if this had to do with the writing or the plot, or again just me being slow, but I didn't let it bother me. Overall, I really enjoyed Strange Angels. I can't wait to get my hands on book two!

How kid friendly is it? Kind of. There's lots of language in Strange Angels, as well as some violence.

Yay Times 2!

You know the contest that Chica Reader was having? The one for Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow? Well...I WON! This is a book that I've been wanting ever since I've heard of it, and I almost squealed like little a 5 year-old when I saw my name(which I almost never do), even though my dad was asleep. Thanks again to Chica Reader! Once, I finish my seemingly never-ending pile of library books, I will be devouring this!


And, in other news, Arielle from Bookatopia gave me another award! Thanks Arielle!

This award was created by Eleni of /- LA FEMME READERS -/ and this is what she says about the award.

"I made the Humane Award in order to honor certain bloggers that I feel are kindhearted individuals. They regularly take part in my blog and always leave the sweetest comments. If it wasn't for them, my site would just be an ordinary book review blog. Their blogs are also amazing and are tastefully done on a daily basis. I thank them and look forward to our growing friendships through the blog world."

So, I'm giving the award to people who may already have it (sorry to you) but have helped me with my blog:

1. Serendipity Book Reviews. Thanks so much for answering all of the questions I had about blogging! I hope I don't sound like a creepy stalker or something for giving you two awards, but you've really helped me a lot.

2. Katie's Book Blog. Sorry, I know you probably already have this, but your answers on Shelfari really helped me.

3. The Story Siren. Again, you probably already have this one, but again, you've helped me a lot. The Story Siren was the first ever YA book blog I read, and when I had a question, she did an awesome job of replying to me promptly and answering the question.

Thanks to all of you, and another thanks to Arielle!

Books I'll Pule For!

OK, most people probably don't know what pule means, it was the word of the day yesterday and I like the sound of it. Dictionay.com describes pule as: "to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper." That's exactly what I'd be willing to do for these books:





Dru Anderson has what her grandmother called “the touch.” (Comes in handy when you’re traveling from town to town with your dad, hunting ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the occasional zombie.)

Then her dad turns up dead—but still walking—and Dru knows she’s next. Even worse, she’s got two guys hungry for her affections, and they’re not about to let the fiercely independent Dru go it alone. Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever—or whoever— is hunting her?

Not all dreams are sweet.

For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.

She can't tell anybody about what she does -- they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control.

Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant....

In the late seventeenth century, famed teenage pirate Emer Morrisey was on the cusp of escaping the pirate life with her one true love and unfathomable riches when she was slain and cursed with "the dust of one hundred dogs," dooming her to one hundred lives as a dog before returning to a human body-with her memories intact.

Now she's a contemporary American teenager and all she needs is a shovel and a ride to Jamaica.

Since the dawn of time, the Faerie have taken. . . .

For seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow, faeries are just something from childhood stories. Then she meets Sonny Flannery, whose steel-gray eyes mask an equally steely determination to protect her.

Sonny guards the Samhain Gate, which connects the mortal realm with the Faerie's enchanted, dangerous Otherworld. Usually kept shut by order of icy King Auberon, the Gate stands open but once a year.

This year, as the time approaches when the Samhain Gate will swing wide and nightmarish Fae will fight their way into an unsuspecting human world, something different is happening . . . something wondrous and strange. And Kelley's eyes are opening not just to the Faerie that surround her but to the heritage that awaits her.

Now Kelley must navigate deadly Faerie treachery—and her growing feelings for Sonny—in this dazzling page-turner filled with luminous romance.

These are only a few of many books that I want to read. There's also books in series that I'm dying to read like City of Ashes, Catching Fire, the third book in the Evernight Academy series (which I'm pretty sure is titled Hourglass), and more!