Dream Catcher Series by Lisa McMann

This is one another one of my favorite book series I have read and I hope people get the chance to read this book series because I find it remarkable, and something different! 

Wake (Book 1)

For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.

She can't tell anybody about what she does -- they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control.

Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant....

Fade (Book 2)

For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams. They're just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck.

Disturbing things are happening at Fieldridge High, yet nobody's talking. When Janie taps into a classmate's violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open -- but nothing goes as planned. Not even close. Janie's in way over her head, and Cabe's shocking behavior has grave consequences for them both.

Worse yet, Janie learns the truth about herself and her ability -- and it's bleak. Seriously, brutally bleak. Not only is her fate as a dream catcher sealed, but what's to come is way darker than she'd feared....

Gone (Book 3)

Janie thought she knew what her future held. And she thought she'd made her peace with it. But she can't handle dragging Cabel down with her.
She knows he will stay with her, despite what she sees in his dreams. He's amazing. And she's a train wreck. Janie sees only one way to give him the life he deserves--she has to disappear. And it's going to kill them both.
Then a stranger enters her life--and everything unravels. The future Janie once faced now has an ominous twist, and her choices are more dire than she'd ever thought possible. She alone must decide between the lesser of two evils. And time is running out...

I really enjoyed reading this book trilogy, it was something new, and you know the saying, "Don't judge a book by it's cover" well that happened to me. I was judging this book based on it's cover, I was just staring at it in the bookstore until I decided to just take it home and read. I started to read it and I fell absolutely in love with it! It was so unique compared to all the vampire books that were taking up space. This was something I got a joy reading. A teenage girl who's a dream catcher, it was so interesting! I strongly urge people to read this book series! It's amazing!

Wolves of Mercy Falls Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater

This is one of my favorite book series ever in the world to read. I have always had an obsession about wolves, and I love this series and recommend people to read it.

Shiver Book 1

The dark blonde haired and brown eyed Grace has always watched and obsessed over the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed grey-furred wolf —her wolf— has a chilling presence she cannot seem to live without since her attack by the wolves six years ago meant her meeting with her wolf. Since the incident, something happened between the two, a connection the grew every winter when the wolf would come watch Grace as she settle in her yard; often reading or doing homework and watching him back all day.Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, inside frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl, the girl he saved, the one who would change him in the near future. In summer, he gains a few precious months of being human; of having an opportunity to talk to the girl he saved, but not having the courage to do it until the cold makes him shift back again. However, incidents like being shot and cared for by Grace can change a lot.Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. Is it her wolf? It has to be. Since he was shot and suddenly shifted, Grace hides Sam in her house and eventually love comes, and Sam becomes Grace's boyfriend. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human— or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.

This book series is something I liked. I liked the originality Maggie brought to wolves. I found myself skimming some pages because they tend to get overly descriptive for example five pages on making quiche, but I liked this particular series up until I read the last book. It was so depressing I just wanted to curl up with a bottle of wine and cry. In this book you can really feel the love Sam and Grace have for each other and I love how it was written in two point of views which helps to understand their feelings more. The last book in the trilogy was the worst, and it is not a usual way for an author to end a book series it was too depressing. If it's labeled paranormal romance, it has a funny way of showing it by the way she ended the series. She literally tortured these poor characters to the end! Ugh I was so frustrated let alone, when Forever ended on a such a huge cliffhanger which is absolutely no way to end a book series.

House of Night Series by P.C. & Kristen Cast

So I wanted to do another blog post about my favorite books and talk about it. This is a very good favorite of mine called House of Night Series by writing mother-daughter pairing PC and Kristen Cast.

Marked 

The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres have always existed.  In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire -- that is, if she makes it through the Change.  Not all of those who are chosen do.  It's tough to begin a new life, away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling.  She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx.  But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers.  When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite club, is misusing her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for the courage to embrace her destiny--with a little help from her new vampyre friends

Now as I have mentioned earlier, this is one of my favorite book series. I really liked it in particular because it didn't have the boring love sequence Twilight had. This book series had romance but it also had action and adventure. It's alike a spin of traditional vampires, with a vampire goddess and the vampires go to a finishing school to learn to control their powers. It's like vampires with a cross of Harry Potter.  What I liked is how it takes place in Oklahoma and how the vampire Goddess marks the ones who are vampires, it's something refreshing in terms of vampires.

 BUT this post is also about how dangerous it is to write a book series during a trend. For example, the first six books in the series was fine, but now that the Twilight franchise has moved past it, readers have lost interest in vampires. Now because this book is under a contract with St. Martins for twelve books it really shows its dangerous about writing a long series based on a trend. Readers who have been very found of this particular series lost interest because when you read the whole series straight, the same thing happens every time, the main characters try to stop the villain and the villain escapes. The authors could have compressed this whole series into six books, maybe even four, the would have been longer, but the readers wouldn't have lost interest because now the people who were such avid fans of the vampire trend have moved onto the post-apocalyptic trend (which is more interesting because the ideas the authors come up with is so creative). Reading the other books in the series the story has started to just keep repeating, I think the series should have been wrapped up into six books.

If you have a chance, I suggest you give this series a chance, I read it myself and found it very enjoyable, but it now it's just not as interesting anymore, because it's so long.

Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber

This is one of my favorite vampire book series of all time!

Vampire Kisses

The mansion on top of Benson Hill has been empty and boarded up for years. But a new family has moved in. A family that never ventures out during the day. Who are these creepy people -- especially the handsome, dark, and elusive Alexander Sterling? Or rather, what are they? Could the town gossip actually be true? Are they vampires?Raven, who secretly covets a vampire kiss, both at the risk of her own mortality and Alexander's loving trust, is dying to uncover the truth.







I absolutely adore this series! In all honesty, I like this book series much better than Twilight. The main character in Twilight, Bella, was just so boring, and uninteresting. What I in particular liked about Twilight is how Meyer brought originality to vampires; no fangs, gorgeous, sparkling skin, and eyes that changed color when they drank blood. What I liked about this particular series is that it gives a spin to the classic vampire story. It's where the town's weird girl, who everyone thought was a freak because she's goth and everyone else is the town is normal; preps, jocks, etc., she dreams about dating and becoming a vampire. So imagine what the main character is like when the town suspects he's a vampire Alexander was an amazing lover to his human girlfriend. He treated her with so much respect and treated her like a queen. I know people are a bit tired of the crazy vampire craze, but I  highly recommend reading this series, particularly if you read Twilight and thought it was just okay. This series is more than just the typical vampire love story, it has action and adventure, and is an amazing series to read and will give you a great laugh at how amazing the characters are!