Thicker Than Blood by Shaolini Boland

TITLE:  Thicker Than Blood (Marchwood Vampire #2)

AUTHOR:  Boland, Shaolini

GENRE:  Fiction/Supernatural

DATES READ:  9/15/2012 - 9/23/2012

MY RATING:  3/5

My mom and I both love the Marchwood Vampire series.  The plots for these books are always entwined very well.  Shaolini Boland has a gift for taking several story lines and melding them together.

Maddy and Alex were both wonderful and fallible at the same time.  I feel that Maddy is definitely one of the stronger female book characters I have seen lately, and that's refreshing to see.

I always feel like while there's a little something lacking for me in these books.  But they would make GREAT movies!  You can picture all of the action and locations so vividly (plus they're only $3.99 Nookbooks... you just can't lose!!!).  Definitely worth taking a look if you like supernatural beach reads.

Will read and write soon!

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Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

TITLE:  Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices #2)

AUTHOR:  Clare, Cassandra

GENRE:  Fiction/Supernatural
DATES READ:  8/30/2012 - 9/9/2012

MY RATING:  4/5

This is the last Cassandra Clare book I'll read for a while, and it makes me sad!!!  :-(  I love her work.

The plot development and pace in Clockwork Prince was a little slow in comparison to the first novel.  But I have to say, Clare's bare bones writing style is blissfully un-complicated.  She makes the supernatural so believable, you don't question anything.

The setting, as always, is unique and creative.  But it's the characters that always set Cassandra Clares novels apart.  Will and Jem are drastically different but you find yourself loving them both in their own way.  The only part I've found annoying is Tessa in-decisiveness.  It's getting a little old (dare I say... Bella-esque??).  If I have to pick a dreaded team, I would have to say I'm team Will.  And here I was a couple of entries ago complaining about the token angsty bad boy.  What do I know?!

Definitely put this on your to-read list.  Especially if you're a fan of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series!

Will read and write soon!

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