Showing posts with label 2 stars/dragons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2 stars/dragons. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The Awakening by Marley Gibson (review)

The Awakening (Ghost Huntress, #1) 
Ghost Huntress: 
The Awakening (1)
By Marley Gibson
 
Genre: Paranormal/Supernatural, Young Adult
Published May 2009
Pages: 338
Publisher: Graphia





Summary:  "The first in a trilogy. Get out your tape recorders, crystals, and extra batteries-- you're about to go where our world meets the spirit world.
Psychic Kids, Paranormal State, Haunting Evidence--these and countless other television shows are making believers out of millions of people: Ghosts exist, and they're living right beside us. For centuries, individuals have been trying to prove the existence of ghosts. But without hard evidence, it's been difficult to make the case. But now as science and technology have progressed, ghost hunters have been able to use scientific means, along with more traditional psychic tools, to make their case. Photographs, video recordings, and sound recordings are all producing some amazing results.
In this new series, Ghost Huntress, meet Kendall Moorehead, a seemingly typical teen. When her family moves from Chicago to the small historical town of Radisson, Georgia, her psychic abilities awaken. She's hearing, feeling, and seeing things that seem unbelievable at first, but with the help of the town psychic, Kendall is able to come to terms with her newly emerging gift. So, together with her new BFF, Celia, Kendall forms a ghost hunting team. They've got all the latest technology. They've got Kendall for their psychic. Now they're going to clean up Radisson of its less savory spirits.
The story is fiction. The science is real. Welcome to a new reality."
 
 
 
Review:  Not a bad story with some good potential. Sadly, it ended up frustrating me more than interested me. I can think of several that would love this book but it was not for me.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Star Wars: Legacy II-Prisoner of the Floating World (1) review

Star Wars: Legacy II, Vol. 1: Prisoner of the Floating World 
Star Wars:  Legacy II-Prisoner of the Floating World (1)
by Corinna Sara Bechko, Gabriel Hardman, Rachelle Rosenberg & Dave Wilkins

Genre: Comic, Sci-Fi
Published Dec 2013
Pages: 120
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics



Summary:  "Ania Solo is just a girl trying to make her way in the galaxy—and have a little adventure along the way! But when she stumbles upon a broken communications droid and a missing lightsaber, a little adventure turns into a whole lot of trouble . . . for Ania and her friends! Collects Star Wars: Legacy #1–#5—Prisoner of the Floating World."

 

Review:   I had a hard time with this one. I think a lot of it has to do with the time jump. This jumps up over 100 years from the last known books and characters I had previously read. This really threw me. For the first part of the story I had no idea the time setting. This book just jumps right in, not really expaining anything of what is going on on the planet or galaxy in general. I almost stopped for that alone but being this was Star Wars I was determined to continue.

**Warning- Potential Spoilers ahead**