Review: The Madman's Daughter

Author: Megan Shephard
Series: The Madman's Daughter #1
Page Count: 420
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Format: Paperback
Source: Book Outlet
Rating:4.5/5
Summary: Juliet is an orphan in London thanks to her father scandal that ruined the last name Moreau. Now about to be put out into the streets she enlist the help of an old family servant Montgomery, who knows where her father is. Now Juliet goes to find answer from the one man who could answer them, and get more than she asked for.

This book I thought was going be darker than it actual was. I mean it does has it creepy moments but nothing to keep the lights on. However the story was fast paced, and had some really good twist. I also enjoyed seeing Juliet struggle with what her father was and that she maybe more like him then she cared. The creatures in this book though some are meaner then others some are sweet and your heart goes out to them.

The romance in this was interesting to a point. Juliet was so conflicted between Montgomery or Edward and the fact that she felt a connection to them both. It was part frustrating and as you learn more about the boys it gets more complicated.
That ending was so messed up and can't wait to read the next book since it doesn't involve the island. Plus I would love to see how Juliet handles all that she's learned on the island, and of course that betrayal.

REVIEW: Defiance

Author: R.J. Redwine
Series: Defiance
Pages: 403
Format: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
Summary:All Rachel Adams wanted to do was to leave her city state Baalboden to go find her father in the wasteland even if that meant facing the Curse One. When she get's to go into the wasteland its to go find a package that her father kept hidden from there Commander, and accompany by her new Protector Logan McEntire. However things don't go the way it's supposed to and both Rachel and Logan battle with something way bigger than they both thought.

My thoughts:
    This story is told in a duel point of view of the orphan, inventor, and apprentice to becoming a courier like her father Logan. Then there is Rachel the one who was taught how to fight and is spunky as hell thanks to her dad. I really like them both together because they help each other in what the other lacks. Like Logan is the thinker all though the book he would have a best and worst scenario and have multiply ways out of them. Rachel on the other hand shows her red hair spunky self and acts before she really acts. Logan was also the rock that Rachel needed as she kept getting knocked down by things that kept happening to her, and made sure that she didn't go into a dark place because of it.

    The villian is not really the Curse One which was described as a blind dragon without wings. It could sense though movement and sound and leaves a lot of destruction in its wake.  No the real evil is the leader of Baalboden and that's the Commander, He is a smart twisted man and seems to always be two steps ahead of Logan and Rachel or is just good at planning on the spot. The first 200 pages before they even leave the city state to go into the wasteland we see the Commanders control and how evil he can be. And he loves it especially when he outwits Logan it seems he gets a major high from it.

  This story was really gripping and keep me interested all through the story. I loved Logan and Rachel, raged at unnecessary deaths, and wished the death of the Commander. I can't wait until I can get the next book, and have them try to figure out the mystery that was at the end of this book.

Paperback Shame Books

Just realized I have yet to do this list and need to get it done. I believe it took me so long for the fact that I have to many paperbacks. Out of all my books paperback overruns my bookcase. So this may be long but here is the rest of my books in paperback form:

1. Crewel by Jennifer Albin (Crewel#1) 
2. Monument 14 (Monument 14) by Emmy Laybourne
3. The Heist by Janet Evanovich
4. Full Speed by Janet Evanovich
5. Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich
6. Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
7. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
8. Plum Lovin by Janet Evanovich
9. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
10. Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
11. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
12. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
13. Fingerlickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
14. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
15. Smokin Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
16. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
17. TLOTR The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien
18. TLOTR The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien
19. TLOTR The Return of the King by J.R.R Tolkien
20. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
21. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
22. Dead as the Doornail by Charlaine Harris
23. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
24. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
25. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
26. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
27. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
28. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
29. Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
30. City Of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Claire
31. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Claire
32. Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick  
33. Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick  
34. Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins
35. My One and Only by Kristan Higgins
36. The Best Man by Kristan Higgins
37. Waiting on You by Kristan Higgins
38. ascend by Amanda Hocking (trylle#1)
39. torn by Amanda Hocking (trylle#2)
40. switched by Amanda Hocking (trylle#3)
41.  Under the Dome Stephen King
42. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardvgo (Shadow and Bones#1)
43. Water for Elephant Sara Gruen
44. I am the Messenger by Marcus Zusak
45. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Millennium#1)
46. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (Millennium#2)
47. Dragon in Amber  by Diana Gabaldon
48. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
49. The Sins of the Mother by Danielle Steel 
50. Impossible by Nancy Werlin  
51. Copy Cat by Erica Spindler
52. The Battle of Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians#4)
53. The Last Olympians by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and the Olympians#5) 
54. eve by Anna Carey (eve#1)
55. once by Anna Carey (eve#2)
56. rise by Anna Carey (eve#3)
57. crash  by Nicole Williams (Crash#1) 
58. clash by Nicole Williams (Crash#2)
59. crush by Nicole Williams (Crash#3)
60. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Enders Quintet#1)
61. Tomorrow's Promise by Sandra Brown
62. Whitefeather's Women by Deborah Hale
63. Nightshade by Nora Roberts (Night Tales#3)
64. Night Smoke by Nora Roberts  (Night Tales#4)
65. Night Shield by Nora Roberts  (Night Tales#5)
66. Night Moves by Nora Roberts (Night Tales#6)
67. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
68. Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery (Anne of green gables#1)
69. First they Killed my Father by Loung Ung
70. the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
71. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte  
72. the Soldiers Secret Daughter by Cindy Dees
73. A Weather Witch by Shannon Delany
74. Easy  by Tamara Webber (Easy#1)
75. Incarnate by Jodi Meadows (Incarnate#1)
76. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
77. Promise to Keep by Ann Tatlock
78. The Gunslinger by Stephen King (the Dark Tower #1)