Review of Anna Dressed In Blood By Kendare Blake

what its about: Cas who is a ghost killer and his mother who is a white which travel from location to location for Cas to kill evil/ dark spirits who have been killing humans. After Cas receives a tip off about Anna Dressed in blood his mother and him move to Canada to find and kill her. Once they have arrived Cas decides to find out more information about Anna and who better to ask but the most popular girl in his new school Carmel. Carmel invites him to the annual back to school party and it is there she tells him all she knows about Anna and who she is meant to have died. We then get to meet Mike who is Carmel’s jealous ex boyfriend and his two friends’ Will and Chase. They end up going to the house and Cas ends up locked in, now the rumor is that anyone who enters Anna’s house doesn't leave it alive. I am not going to spoil it but a lot of stuff goes down and Cas gets out a live and now has to find out how Anna is so strong and powerful realizing he can’t do this a lone he needs to use the help of Carmel the popular girl and Thomas the an awkward nerd type of boy who can read minds.

When I first started reading the book I loved how you jumped straight into the action which I thought was a brilliant idea to engage the reader as in most books you have to read a few chapters before the action happens. My only problem was I couldn't warm up the main character at the start he just annoyed me so much as I thought he had no respect for his mother and was completely self centered however as I went on I started to warm up to him and eventually fell in love with him and all the other characters especially Anna now I can’t say why without spoiling anything but she is simply an amazing character. 

The character development and description in this book is amazing and it really helps paint a picture of them in your head. I loved the writing style in this book and all the unexpected twists as it keeps the reader guessing, I love this book and I will admit that it has scared me more than any horror film are book ever has.

I gave this book five out of five stars because of all the reasons that are stated above and I would recommend it to anyone who likes these type of books and I cannot wait to buy and read the second when it comes out where I live.

Please leave a comment with your opinions and thoughts on the book, let me know if you have read it or want to read it and thanks for reading my review have a nice day J

Deception by Lee Nichols Review

Book name: Deception

Author: Lee Nichols

What it’s about: the book follows the main character Emma Vaile, who is sent to go live with her new Guardian Bennett Stern after her parents disappear on a mysterious business trip, Emma is sent to a new school called Thatcher academy, she starts having all these visions of the past as if she is seeing into someone else’s life. Emma immediately clicks in with the popular click and life seems to be going good (apart from the visions) after confiding with Bennett about the visions he reveals a secret that makes Emma realise her whole life has been a lie.

My expectations:  when I first saw this book I was really interested in it so I read the back description and basically fell in love with it and had to buy it so that I should buy it. Once I bought it my excitement grew and I couldn’t wait until it arrived, as soon as it arrived I started to read it.

Where my expectations met: No, unfortunately my expectations were not met, I wasn't completely gutted but my love for the book was gone

My reasons for this: When I first started reading this book it had grabbed my attention I couldn't stop reading it unfortunately after the first few chapters it failed to hold it and I soon became bored as I found the plot took ages to move along especially in parts it didn't need to and then in other parts where it should have more detailed it didn't another reason I didn't like this book was because in parts it tried way too hard in my opinion to make the reader wonder and cause suspense this was when the “incident” was brought up, for example the main character would keep saying things throughout the book like “before the incident” or “ever since the incident” and I found that, instead of making me wonder what the incident was it just annoyed me. In saying that the book did have some good points like the characters and the character development, Emma the main character was my favorite I absolutely loved her she was so funny and relatable and all her come backs where very witty and unlike most books of this genre she wasn't yappy which is such a good change!. My second favorite character would probably be Martha as is like the strict grandmother that keeps you intact but at the same time is funny and sweet and always makes sure your warm and your stomach is full.

What I rated this book: I rated this book 3 stars out of five as I did like some parts in the book but at the same time I was disappointed and thought it would have been better.

Would I read the rest of the series and recommend it: Yes I would read the rest of the series as I hate starting a series and not ending it. I have also heard that the next two books are brilliant so I have to find out for myself. As for recommending it I am not too sure if I would unless I was at least 90% this was their cup of tea.

Thanks for reading my review please comment if you have read this book and tell me your opinions, my next review should be up next week and it will be of Siren by Tricia Rayburn :)