Glow by Amy Ryan

Theme: Sci-fi
Glow is about a couple that is on a space ship and they get serpeated.  They are fighting with another ship for their lives to go to New Earth.  In my opinion, this book is very similar to Across the Universe by Beth Revis.  A little bit too similar, if you ask me.  But it was still different, in a few ways, suspenseful.  I would definitely try it!

Exerpt:

  PROPOSAL

"The other ship hung in the sky like a pendant, silver in the ether light cast by the nebula. Waverly and Kieran, lying together on their mattress of hay bales, took turns peering at it through a spyglass. They knew it was a companion vessel to theirs, but out here, in the vastness of space, it could have been as tiny as a OneMan or as immense as a star—there were no points of reference.
“Our ships are so ugly,” Waverly said. “I’ve seen pictures, but in person . . .”
“I know,” said Kieran, taking the spyglass from her. “It looks like it has cancer or something.”
The other ship, the New Horizon, was exactly the same misshapen design as the Empyrean. It was egg shaped, covered with domes that housed the different ship systems, making it look like a Jerusalem artichoke, the kind Mrs. Stillwell always dropped off with Kieran’s family after the fall harvest. The engines released a bluish glow that illuminated the particles of the nebula, causing the occasional spark to fly when the heat of the engines ignited a pocket of hydrogen. Of course, the ships were accelerating too quickly to be harmed by these small explosions.
“Do you think they’re like us?” she asked him.
Kieran tugged at one of her dark brown curls. “Sure they are. They have the same mission as we do.”
“They must want something from us,” Waverly said, “or they wouldn’t be here.”"

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

Rating: 4.5 stars
Writing: 5
Plot: 4
Characters: 4.5

Worth the buy? Not in hardcover if you haven't read it first. Maybe when it comes out in paperback or if you buy it as an ebook.  If you really want the hardcover, buy it on ebay or online.

Theme: Vampires, Post-Apocalypse

Release date: April 24, 2012


In a future world, vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity."Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.

Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of "them." The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked--and given the ultimate choice. Die...or become one of the monsters.

Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.

Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend--a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.

But it isn't easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what--and who--is worth dying for.


Another brilliant work by Julie Kagawa!  I loved the Iron Fey series, but this book approaches a new world with a new supernatural creature.   The Fey series was lighter, romantic, set in a beautiful world of magic and mystery.  The Immortal Rules' world is set in a world where vampires feed off the the registereds, people who live in the Inner City.  It offers opening for debates on topics such as mortality and what truly makes one human.  It gave me a taste of everything: action, adventure, mystery, suspense, romance and supernatural elements.  I loved the book and can't wait until the next one comes out, the Eternity Cure.

The characters were great, especially Allie.  I guess I just can't help but like Julie Kagawa's main characters.  Meghan is one of my favorites as well.  Allie is a cool girl and she is having an inner war with her human and vampire self and debates whether she can truly be good or evil, which I love.  The pacing in the book is pretty good and it is definitely a "journey" type of book where one character seeks to go to some place to achieve something.

I loved the book, but the beginning was a tinsy bit slow.  After a few chapters, I got hooked and read the book.  I was so exciting when I received the book from NetGalley!  Oh, and if you didn't already, you should definitely read the Iron Fey series.  But be warned, fans of Iron Fey, this book is much different than the Fey series.  Much darker, but also very good.  I think both books are equally fantastic and the Blood of Eden series is destined for greatness.