Crimson Frost by Jennifer Estep

Title: Crimson Frost by Jennifer Estep (Mythos Academy #4)

Publication Date: December 24,2012

Publisher: K-Teen

ARC copy Thankfully given to me for an honest review via Net Galley and Kensington Publishing Corp. 

Book Summary

            Gwen is a second year student at Mythos Academy, a school for wiz kids like her. She is one of the very few Gypsy who attends the school. She has just recently helped the evil God Loki free against her will. She is arrested by Logan's father, Linus. The whole school believes she is guilty. It is a race against time to try to prove her innocence.  

Gwen: I love her character more in this book compared to the previous ones. She is starting to shape into a real fighter. Gwen is a Gypsy with the power of Psychometry. Gwen is also Nike's champion which has been past down throughout her family.

Alexei: He is a brand new character in the story and he is starting to be one of my favorites. At first I didn't like how much of a jerk he was. He is a Russian warrior and when he fights, he sounds like a really beastly fighter.

Logan: I love his character way more in this book, I feel like I get a better insight of what his character is like. In the last book he acted like a complete jerk and in this one he redeemed himself. Logan is a spartan and I enjoy hearing about his love for fighting. 

Daphne: I love how she has became Gwen's best friend throughout the series. Daphne is a Valkyrie. 

Linus: I wasn't a fan of him. I felt at times that Gwen should have punched him or Nikamedes should have. Even at the end of the book; I wasn't a fan of his. 

Vivian: She is a piece of work but, I enjoyed her character even though she is on the opposite team. I felt like her character felt real.

Nikamedes: Despite the rough patch between Gwen and him in the first few books during the third book the relationship between the two seems to become better. In the first two books, his character was just there for me, I didn't hate him or love him, I was just content with his character. 

+/- 
+/- Logan and Gwen's first official date... It started of great 
-Logan's dad, Linus. I hated his character throughout the whole book 
-Loki and the reapers. 
+The fight scenes 
+/- Alexei's character; I liked him some of them time but, other times I wanted to shake him senseless
+Russian characters
+Friends sticking by each others side
+The whole Mytho's world 

Crimson Frost is filled with a lot of action and left me on my seat wondering what Gwen was going to do next. This is my favorite out of the series so far. I didn't want to put the book down, the ending left me hanging. I can't wait until the next book. 

Rating: 4/5

Cover:  3/5

Lies Beneath

         

Title: Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown 

Publication Date: June 12th 2012

Publisher: Delacorte Books

ARC E-book via Netgalley 

Summary

    Calder White and his three sisters live in the dept of Lake Superior. They are bent on revenge because of the promise that lead to their mother's death. They prey on humans killing them in order to absorb their energy that the mermaids do not have. Calder sets his eyes on Lily in order to get to her father in order to receive his freedom.

+1 Opening sentence.... nothing like starting a book with a killer. 
I thought mermaids were friendly creatures.... I mean Little mermaid didn't look like a killer to me?  

I feel weird reading in a male point of view especially when he thinks about having his ways with girls.... Killing poor innocent girls. 

The ending was freaking impressive!!!!  I fell in love with the ending but, the beginning of the book was such a dread... At first I was like, if there is a second book I refuse to read it but, the ending gave me hope of enjoyment with the second. Not enough for a higher rating to this book though.

Stalker Calder-At first I wasn't too keen on the character and his narration left me bored a lot of the time when reading this. I did however started liking him after he felt a deeper connection to Lily.

Lily- I really enjoyed her character she was entertaining. 

Tallulah- I liked that she seemed to be the only sister who seemed to care about Calder. She wasn't a favorite but, I admired her until certain events. 

Maris- She is a lovely bitter witch...... well not really a witch but, you know what I mean... I hated how she was so controlling of her sisters and Calder. 

Jack-I disliked him.... he seems like a perfect match for Maris.... They both can be bitter together....except Jack wasn't really bitter just a jerk... I liked when Calder messed with him... Serves him right for trying to get with Lily. 

Rating-2/5

Cover-4/5

 

Halflings

    

Title: Halflings by Heather Burch 

Publication Date: January 17 2012

Publisher: Zondervan

E-book via Netgalley 

Book Summary

Nikki Youngblood is a black belt in karate but, has no experience with boys. Someone or something is after her and in order to protect her life she has three boys to watch over her. These three boys are sent on a journey that has them protecting someone, this time it is a teenage girl.

Kudos to the author for starting the first chapter with some action. Usually books wait until the middle before deciding to bring out some action pack fun. 

Mace/Raven/Nikki triangle- I am not a fan of this triangle.... I felt weird when she is like eye sexing Raven after she has the major hots for Mace. Raven is the hot bad boy....but Mace is way better for her <3 

Mace- I loved this character <3. He was just too sweet and I felt like he countered his bad brother Raven. He was meant for Nikki.... (:

Nikki- She was a good main girl in the book, in a way she reminded me of one of my favorite book characters. She has the sense to fight and defend for herself instead of being a mary sue and play the hopeless victim.

Raven-Every book needs a bad boy which I think Raven fits this perfectly. He seems to be a playboy which to be honest fits his character. He does not belong with Nikki though. The romance between the both of them seemed forced.   



-1 I didn't like how when we find out who is after Nikki the book ends.... it felt like the plot was useless since it wasn't solved.... I guess it was a smart move to ensure I read the next book to find out what happened. 


I had high hopes for this book being a better rating then a 3 but, towards the middle it felt kind of like a let down with the pace and plot etc. I will say it was tolerable to want to read book 2 in hopes for more action packed fun. I mean the author writes well and includes a good mix of romance/action it just seemed like the action felt odd.... I also have to say that for being written in third person point of view the book did great to capture all the characters without giving to much away before the story ended.

Rating-3.5/5

Cover-4.9/5 (As a graphics person good covers make me think more on which books to pick up to read. I really love this cover)