Review - Twisted by Gena Showalter

Twisted by Gena Showalter

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Synopsis: His vampire girlfriend might have brought him back to life, but he's never felt more out of control. There's a darkness within him, something taking over; changing him. Worse, because he was meant to die, death now stalks him at every turn. Any day could be his last.
Once upon a time, the three souls trapped inside his head could have helped him. He could have protected himself. But as the darkness grows stronger, the souls grow weaker - just like his girlfriend. The more vampire Aden becomes, the more human Victoria becomes, until everything they know and love is threatened.

Life couldn't get any worse. Could it?

Review: It took me FOREVER to muddle thru this book! I gave it two stars but in all honesty I really didn't like it at all! I felt like I had stepped into the twilight zone! I LOVED book one and book two was meh okay but this one was just horrid! The same characters I had grown to love and enjoy are now either boring or I dislike them. It's like a totally different story?

Then I got so confused with all the voices. It got to the point I didn't even know who was speaking and I loathe this Aden. He is mean and just pure hateful and it doesn't fit well with the loving character I met in Book 1 at all and Victoria who I enjoyed being tough has turned into a fraidy cat more or less?

At this point I don't know if I even want to continue this series.



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Review - Unraveled by Gena Showalter

Unraveled by Gena Showalter
Released: November 1, 2011
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Age Group: Adult
Pages: 192 Pages
Format: Hardback
Source: Publisher
Rating: 4/5
Authors Site: Gena Showalter

Since coming to Crossroads, Oklahoma, former outcast Aden Stone has been living the good life. Never mind that one of his best friends is a werewolf, his girlfriend is a vampire princess who hungers for his blood, and he's supposed to be crowned Vampire King—while still a human! Well, kind of.

I found Unraveled to drag a bit compared to the awesomeness of Intertwined. Eveybody is still trying to come to terms with Aden becoming the king of the vampires and they still have the witch curse looming over there heads as well as creatures still spilling from the woodworks trying to get at the new king, a title that Aden so totally has confessed he does not want and ponders over why Riley cant be the new king but yet there is a nagging moment every time he thinks of giving up the title.

I am also getting so sick of Mary Ann. Cant she just die or get hit with a fallen meteor or something? She is just so pathetic and goody goody two shoes I cant stand her anymore. She finds out she may be a threat to Riley and she decides she must break up with him to save him. I'm rolling my eyes by this time thinking ohh good grief not another one of those freaking story lines where the couple must break up to save each other and it keeps going back n forth back n forth.

On another note I am really happy to see Victoria blossoming out of her shell with new colored clothes, smiling more, and learning how to let her hair down. She has come a long way in such a short while and still have her fighting spirit intact.

Review - Intertwined by Gena Showalter

Intertwined by Gena Showalter
Released: September 1, 2009
Publisher: Harlequin
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 448 pages
Format: Hardback
Source: Library
Rating: 5/5
Authors Site: Gena Showalter

Aden Stone is not your typical 16-year-old. Since birth he has had four souls trapped within him that possess special powers: the ability to time travel, raise the dead, possess a body, and predict the future. As a result, he has spent his whole life in and out of mental institutions diagnosed as a violent schizophrenic. Now able to control the voices in his head, Aden has moved to Crossroads, OK, to live in a halfway house for delinquent boys. His goal in life is to find a means to free these souls and at last be at peace. When he meets Mary Ann Gray, she miraculously acts as a neutralizer, and for the first time in his life, he truly feels normal. The two become fast friends, establishing a sibling-type bond. Little do they realize that when they first met, their connection sent a power surge throughout the world drawing every paranormal creature from fairies to vampires to Crossroads on a quest for power. To complicate matters, Aden becomes romantically involved with a vampire princess and Mary Ann with her werewolf bodyguard. Together the teens must figure out a way to protect themselves, and all of humanity.

Oh My Gosh this book is jam packed full, over the rim, and overflowing with everything you could ever imagine or desire in a paranormal story! I was flipping pages like crazy and never wanting the story to end. From the first couple of pages the reader is taken on a joyride with Aden and his voices as he encounters zombies, bullies, weres, vampires, and all other things he never knew existed.

I felt really sad over Adens situation because he had to basically walk on egg shells thru no doing of his own because folks thought he was crazy when in fact if they only knew...

He is bullied by a resident at the home he is staying at but can't get caught fighting or he may lose his spot at the home and not be allowed to goto school and be normal like he's always wanted and I can just feel the lonliness and despair he is projecting until he begins meeting these other creatures and Mary Ann. My heart just went out to him. Wanted to reach thru and smother him with hugs and let him know he was not alone that he was gonna be just fine.

Mary Ann came off a bit uppity at the beginning but I warmed up to her as her story began to unfold and bless her heart she had problems she never even knew she had but I'm gonna leave that for you to find out.....

Now Riley and Victoria I really was skeptical of them at first. I just knew they were gonna be more trouble for our boy Aden but alas they quickly became allies thank gosh because OMG Riley sounds so dang hot and furry with his werewolf self. Yeppers I love a good were! lol He is just so strong and viscious and then so tender when he needs to be.

OK enough said I have GOT to move on to Unraveled before I become Unglued!