Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Dreaming Anastasia (Dreaming Anastasia #1)...

What really happened to Anastasia Romanov?

Anastasia Romanov thought she would never feel more alone than when the gunfire started and her family began to fall around her. Surely the bullets would come for her next. But they didn't. Instead, two gnarled old hands reached for her. When she wakes up she discovers that she is in the ancient hut of the witch Baba Yaga, and that some things are worse than being dead.

In modern-day Chicago, Anne doesn't know much about Russian history. She is more concerned about getting into a good college—until the dreams start. She is somewhere else. She is someone else. And she is sharing a small room with a very old woman. The vivid dreams startle her, but not until a handsome stranger offers to explain them does she realize her life is going to change forever. She is the only one who can save Anastasia. But, Anastasia is having her own dreams...

I thought that it was refreshing to read a book on Anastasia that was totally fiction! I loved the switching viewpoints between Anne, Ethan, and occasionally Anastasia in the forest. It was a new idea and I loved it! Super excited for the second to come into the library.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely #1)...

To 17-year-old Leslie, the tattoo is a thing of indescribable beauty, a captivating mark that she must make her own. But this subtle web of eyes and wings brings with it a transformation that no sweet young girl would ever imagine or welcome. Like its predecessor, this stand-alone sequel to Wicked Lovely plunges its youthful heroine into a faery world of almost constant peril. A tantalizing urban fantasy that won't let go.

SOOO much better than Wicked Lovely. It was easier to get into and wasn't as confusing or dull. I liked having the perspective of a mortal.