The Fall of Candy Corn by Debbie Viguie (Young Adult Fiction) (203 pgs) (2008)Halloween time at The Zone means monsters, mazes, and plenty of candy corn. Candace is shy about telling friends at church that she's working as a maze monster. However, when she discovers her youth group has planned an outing to the park, her embarrassment quickly turns to stage fright!
Book 2 in the Sweet Seasons series. Perfect read for this week since it was Halloween week! An enjoyable read although you have to read the books in order for them to make sense.
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Dragonfly by Julia Golding (Young Adult Fiction) (390 pgs) (2008, reprinted 2009)When the uptight Fourth Crown Princess of the Blue Crescent Islands is sent to marry the 'uncouth' Ramil ac Burinholt, heir to the throne of Gerfal, they are both horrified. The princess is used to a life of discipline, ritual and splendour, Ramil to a life spent hunting and carousing. But the countries of both are under threat from the fearsome warlord Fergox Spearthrower and the only chance of peace is for them to form an alliance. So when Ramil and Tashi - as he insists on calling the princess to her annoyance - are kidnapped, things look disastrous. But the kidnap is the start of an exhilarating journey involving circus troupes, bloody battles, unarmed combat, daring escape and breakneck chases. Along the way, Ramil and Tashi learn much about themselves and one another, and through the cast of characters they encounter - a circus strongman, dashing rebels, brave slaves and many ordinary people - they begin to see a way to bring the mighty Fergox Spearthrower low, and save their beautiful lands from devastation and war.
This book was really good. It had some suggestive humor in it but the rest was enjoyable. Similar to Tamora Pierce but much much cleaner.
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The Winter of Candy Canes by Debbie Viguie (Young Adult Fiction) (198 pgs) (2008)It's Christmas time, and Candace is working as a Santa's elf at The Zone theme park, passing out candy canes. Her biggest worry is what to get her boyfriend for Christmas until she discovers that one of her coworkers may not celebrate at all. Will Candace and her friends pull together to show the true meaning of Christmas?
Book 3 of the Sweet Seasons series. I can't wait for Christmas! This was a fun read.
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The Accidental Lawman by Jill Marie Landis (Adult Fiction) (360 pgs) (2009)Not five minutes in a one-horse Texas town, and Hank Larson foils a bank robbery. No matter that one of the bandits tripped right over Hank's dusty boots. Suddenly, the newcomer is hailed a hero and anointed sheriff. Hank came to Glory to report crime in the newspaper - not stop it himself. But everyone thinks the Lord led him there to save the day. Everyone except the town's beautiful healer, Amelia Hawthorne. The robber who got away was her nineteen-year-old brother. And it's Hank's job to bring the guy in.
Hank knows all about losing family. And he slowly sets about restoring Amelia's shaky faith. But doing what's right might mean breaking her heart...and his own.
I don't think this is the sequel to Homecoming but there are many of the same characters in it and the events that happen occur after all the events in Homecoming. An enjoyable Christian romance.
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Out of the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst (Juvenile Fiction) (260 pgs) (2008)Beware the Wild - it bites.
Ever since Julie Marchen helped defeat the fairytale world of the Wild, life's been pretty much back to normal. That is, as normal as life can be for a girl whose mom is Rapunzel. Yes, that Rapunzel.
Then the Wild mysteriously releases Zel's prince (Julie's dad!) - a rescue-minded hero who crashes full-speed ahead into the 21st century! (YOU try teaching a 500-year-old prince to use a seatbelt.) Julie's over the moon, but when a wicked Fairy Godmother kidnaps Sleeping Beauty and reawakens the Wild, Julie and her dad set off on an action-packed adventure to save the distressed damsel. and the world. If they can't, they'll spend eternity in a fairytale.
Sequel to Into the Wild. Again, not my favorite but there was nothing wrong with it.
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Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (Young Adult Fiction) (390 pgs) (NEW October, 2009) For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.
Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.
This book is hard to rate. I enjoyed it but also didn't like it. The plot was good but not very complex. Some of the story was so similar to scenes in Twilight that it got annoying. It had some slightly inappropriate parts (dancing, comments, etc), the guy sleeps in her bed (just like Twilight...) and a brief premarital situation. Her parents are really out of it (...just like Twilight) and the main character doesn't have a very strong personality (...just like Twilight...)
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Lori Wick's novel presents an unusual story of love, intrigue, and faith. Can McKay Harrington penetrate the wall of secrecy surrounding Callie's true identity to share the saving love of Jesus Christ?
Book 3 in the Rocky Mountains series. This book was enjoyable. It was very similar to The Accidental Lawman so I wasn't very intrigued by the plot.
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In Ice, main character Cassie encounters a Polar Bear King and a love that defies reason---maybe fairy tales aren't make-believe after all...
A retelling of East of the Sun, West of the Moon. This is another hard book to rate. I really like the original story plot so was excited to find a new version but the main character uses a mild cuss word a lot and there is a mention of birth control. It was a decent book though.
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