Blue Bloods: The Van Alen Legacy

By Melissa de la Cruz

Publisher Hyperion CH

Published Date Oct 6, 2009

The story told in three third point of views: Schuyler’s, Mimi’s and Bliss’. Schuyler, Bliss and Mimi have their chapters in turn. But it’s too short to absorb. For a whole book, their third point of view fill the story little by little.

I don’t like it when I left Schuyler’s part. It made me read faster so I can get past on Mimi’s and Bliss’ parts and back to Schuyler again. I don’t know why. Maybe because I like it when Oliver is around (the ending doesn’t happen as I expected). it can be said he is the main male character in book 4. And as other book, the main character ended with the one they love. Unfortunately, love doesn’t meet Oliver’s way. He becomes a wise grown up man. And that makes me love him more.

I hope to read great war between Abaddon and Azrael in the next book. It kindly to happen since Jack left his bonded twin to be with Schuyler, a nothing halfblood.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth

By Rick Riordan

Publisher: Hyperion Book CH

Publication Date: 2008-05-06

Time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable as Kronos's army prepares to invade. To stop them, Percy and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth.

Review

Percy is back and this time he gets mortal companion to go inside the labyrinth. And love is finding its way between Percy and Annabeth. 

Unlike the first three books, Percy and his friends don’t travel across U.S on the land. I said “not on the land” because they are going underground. The famous Labyrinth, only without the Minotaur. They can go inside it from cave in Camp Half-Blood and pop up somewhere else. Note to read: time is undetectable there.

I used to love Luke before we know he betrayed Percy. Luke is not too strong here. From the first book to this forth, his personalities are the same. Full of hatred, cruel, an evil leader and he likely loves Annabeth, too. Percy, you got strong enemy.

Intertwined

By Gena Showalter

Harlequin Teen

August 25, 2009

Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four human souls inside him: One can time-travel. One can raise the dead. One can tell the future. And one can possess another human.

With no family and a life spent in and out of institutions, Aden and the souls have become friends. But now they're causing him all kinds of trouble. Like, he'll blink and suddenly he's a younger Aden, reliving the past. Or he'll walk past a total stranger and know how she's going to die. He's so over it. All he wants is peace.

And then he meets a girl who quiets the voices. Why? Mary Ann Gray is his total opposite. For her sake, he should stay away. But it's too late....

Somehow, they share an inexplicable friendship. A bond about to be tested by a werewolf who wants Mary Ann, and a vampire princess Aden can't resist.

Two romances, both forbidden. Still, the four will enter a dark underworld of intrigue and danger--but not everyone will come out alive....

Review

A vampire-werewolf book. Again. With a schizophrenia boy as a male character. You think vampire and werewolf story has ended, don’t you? Nope. Everything can happen. Not just the two ancient enemies, there are gblins, fairis and witches, too.you can find them all in this one book (yeah, I’m like commercial break on TV).

I don’t get the story. It is running in circle. A boy who has four souls trapped inside his head – schizophrenic?, a vampire princess, a werewolf guard and a normal teenage girl. Its topic is too wide.

In every book, there is always one charming (attractive) character to one spesific reader. To me, that is Riley. I don’t know how I can stuck to non-main protagonist. On most book or story I always drawn to non-main protagonist. The friend of the main character, the family or even the bad guy. Riley is fascinating. Handsome, cool, wild and a shapeshifter. But I don’t like it when Riley drawn to Mary Ann and Victoria to Aden. It doesn’t make sense it happened so simple. I need more reasons to see it as logical thing. Nevermind, just enjoy the story. Don’t think too much.

Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

By James Patterson
2007



Max and the Flock have escaped from the evil scientists. Again. After some more fighting, being captured, and escaping, they end up with Ari on their side, which causes them to split up. Max, along with Nudge and Angel, are finally led by the Voice to Germany -- but only after it leads them to England and France, for no apparent reason. But then you know how these Deep Throat types are -- they never tell you anything straight out. 

So after some European site-seeing, they find the Itex master headquarters, where they are ... captured again! There the evil corporation is having some sort of pep rally/gladiator bout, in which Max is to be the feature attraction. Good thing Fang has been keeping that blog.

Patterson was still using many point of views in this book: first point of view of Max, third point of view of Fang and the others (but mostly, between Max and Fang). A liitle confusing for me at the beginning because I read the previous book a month ago. But after a while I can keep up with it.

Did that make me enjoy the book? Nope. I can’t differ what Max faced in reality and her dreams (depends on what the whitecoats told her). I thought everything happened in Book 1 and Book 2 are just dreams. Then once again, the whitecoats told lies to Max.

In the middle of the book, Fang’s point of view showed up as blog style. I like it when I read Fang parts. He is cool. And thank God. There is one can made me smile: Max-Fang relationship. Oh, I love Fang. I can’t describe it with words. I just feel it in my heart.

Blue Bloods: Revelations

Melissa de la Cruz

2008

Schuyler Van Alen's blood legacy has just been called into question: is the young vampire in fact a Blue Blood, or is it the sinister Silver Blood that runs through her veins? As controversy swirls, Schuyler is left stranded in the Force household, trapped under the same roof as her cunning nemesis, Mimi Force, and her forbidden crush, Jack Force.

When an ancient place of power is threatened in Rio de Janeiro, however, the Blue Bloods will need Schuyler on their side. The stakes are high; the battle is bloody; and through it all Schuyler is torn between duty and passion, love and freedom.

Romance, glamour, and vampire lore collide in the highly anticipated third book in best-selling author Melissa de la Cruz’s Blue Bloods saga.

Number one lovely character of this series: Oliver. If Schuyler doesn’t love him, I will. How can I not like him? He is so dedicated to her, cared and loved her without to much thinking. Bad Schuyler.

Almost half of the book consist of Schuyler-Jack-Mimi things. I waited for the war between Blue Bloods and Silver Bloods (Thank God, there is a little war in the end of the book). Readers can only guess of what happened next, who killed the Blue Bloods, why Dylan lost his memories, blah blah blah. But I can’t change the book I’m reading. I wanna know the triangle (or square if I count Oliver) loves’ fate. So tempting with Melissa de la Cruz’s own style: confusing and making readers blind of where they’re taking to. 

I realized in this book, Cruz used “Audio Recording Archieve” part as the timeline while in book 1, she used diary of Cordelia Van Alen’s former shell. I can’t remember what she used in book 2. I think there are no such things, right? *creased my forehead to think hard* AH! I remember now. Book 2 used news from old papers about the missing Maggie Stanford.