The Underwood and Flinch Chronicles - Mike Bennett (Happy Halloween Everyone!)

Underwood and Flinch

Mike Bennett

For hundreds of years, the first born son of the Flinch family has grown to become servant and guardian to the vampire, Lord Underwood. Then in 1958, Underwood lay down to rest for fifty years, and the world moved on without him. Now, upon arising, Underwood finds the Flinch family is not what it was, and service is the last thing on the mind of his would-be servant.

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First off Mike Bennett is a very talented author and a superb story teller, he knows how to bring his characters to life and makes them feel like real people who you can relate to.   You might get a little confused at the beginning trying to keep track of all the different characters and story lines going on at once but it does it get easier and it all comes together as the story goes on.   I really liked how Bennett kept old vampire myths (like burning in the sun) that we all know and also made up some of his own and they still made sense. it's the perfect book for someone who like a good ol' bloody vampire horror story and not a story about vampires who sparkle in the sun.

I actually should have finished this over a year ago because that was when the last podcast episode was finally put out but I just couldn't bring myself to do it! It's not that I didn't want it to end I just couldn't finish it!

45 podcast episodes.

Happy Halloween everyone!

*Note
Oh my goodness you guys I am so sorry! This was supposed to post on Halloween but It was still saved as a draft!

Stitch - Samantha Durante (Stitch Trilogy #1)

Stitch

Samantha Durante

Still struggling to find her footing after the sudden death of her parents, the last thing college freshman Alessa has the strength to deal with is the inexplicable visceral pull drawing her to a handsome ghostly presence. In between grappling with exams and sorority soirees - and disturbing recurring dreams of being captive in a futuristic prison hell - Alessa is determined to unravel the mystery of the apparition who leaves her breathless. But the terrifying secret she uncovers will find her groping desperately through her nightmares for answers.

Because what Alessa hasn't figured out yet is that she's not really a student, the object of her obsession is no ghost, and her sneaking suspicions that something sinister is lurking behind the walls of her university's idyllic campus are only just scratching the surface...

The opening installment in a twist-laden trilogy, Stitch spans the genres of paranormal romance and dystopian sci-fi to explore the challenges of a society in transition, where morality, vision, and pragmatism collide leaving the average citizen to suffer the results.

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I would love to just hand someone this book and have them read it because the genres it's listed under totally give it away (don't read the tags on this post if you want to be surprised) I'm not a big fan of the cover for some reason that I can't put my finger on.

At first I thought this book was kind of boring but as time went on it started to get more exciting and I really started to enjoy it and all of these little details earlier in this book just clicked and really added to the story.

It's hard to review this book without giving it away! Let's just say it's a genre mash up full of amazing-ness.  Will I be reading the sequel? YES!

Pages: 314

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices #1)

Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare

The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters—including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them....

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I love this cover! Just everything about it fits the book perfectly.

What i loved most about this book is how unpredictable it is.  You would think it would go one way and it would go in the complete opposite direction or you had no idea at all where it was going to go!

I wish the author would have picked a better word for the nephilim tattoos than 'marks' I just thing she could have done better and come up with something more creative than that.

It almost seems like multiple stories crammed into one book but instead of it being crazy and unorganized it just works.

Would I recommend it? Most definitely!  Am I going to read the sequel?  I don't think so, not any time soon anyway. 

Pages: 479