Showing posts with label Cassie Palmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cassie Palmer. Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2009

Book Review: Curse the Dawn

Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance

Description: Cassie Palmer is Pythia. That should bring power and rewards. Instead it brings death threat after death threat. The Council that should be accepting her is upset that she isn't under their power. The god that created Pythia's is mad at her and wants his power back (and to destroy the world). And Cassie doesn't know what to do with her power. What is she to do.

Cassie must learn to take her power under control and do soemthing with it if she wants to survive let alone survive until the end of the day.

Thoughts: This book has a very different tone then another book I read recently but it had the same problem. I like the series. But the book just didn't move forward enough for me. Am I asking to much? It isn't so bad (like some books I have read) where I feel like someone was pushing the author to make something so they did and no one is really happy with it. They are interesting, they progress the story forward, but there isn't enough meat in the story to make me happy. And while with some books it is because I feel like I am demanding (and that is why I want more) - I feel it is just that sometimes there are books that have to be more filler then meat - and that is so that when they get to the next book all the details have been set for something spectacular. Maybe I am being optimistic.

Cassie does confront Apollo. There is a lot going on in terms of little plots. But there is so much going on there is no big focus of the story.

What genre would you consider this?
Paranormal

Overall:

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Embrace the Night

Embrace the Night by Karen Chance (Cassie Palmer Series)

What was this book about?
Cassandra Palmer is still the Pythia. She has many people who don’t think she belongs in power and others who would just enjoy killing her. As if that isn’t enough to worry about she also has a spell binding her to master vampire Mircea. She must find the Codex Merlini before the spell permanently binds her to him. This spell leaves one in control of the other and neither of them really want to be the slave of the other’s.

Cassie, vampires, fairies, Billy – her ghost familiar and others do their best to stay alive and find this book before everything comes to a traumatic end.

What was your favorite part about this book?
Cassie comes across some kids who have very special powers. They are fun and you know you need to watch out for them because they have an interesting future.

What was your least favorite part about this book?

You would be completely lost with what was going on if you hadn’t read all the books before. Even I who have, though over a period of time sometimes has to think a little too hard to remember who someone was and how they fit in.

What genre would you consider this?
Paranormal

Overall: C+