[Book Overview] .hack//CELL, Pretties, The Fallen Star, Demon Kissed [7-10/100]

[7/100]

Series: CELL
Book: 1 of 2
Page Count: 199
Synopsis:
Average high-school student Midori shinomura falls mysteriously ill. While she wastes away in a hospital, she learns of another Midori- a fighter of terrible skill in the online game known as The World. There is a strange connection between both Midori Shinomura and game-Midori. With the sanity of both girls on the line, game-Midori will try to solve the mysteries of her past, and perhaps save the real-world Midori in the process.

One series of light novels I really enjoy was .hack// AI Buster, so when I saw this laying on a shelf at my local Barnes and Noble I just had to buy and give it a chance. So far 80 pages in and I'm not too terribly dissapointed. There is a lot of .hack// lore in this one so playing the games is a must (at least the original 4) and watching .hack//ROOTS really helps with understanding what Player Killers are.

[8/100]
Series: Uglies
Book: 2 of 4
Page Count: 384
Synopsis:
Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted.
But beneath all the fun -- the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom -- is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.
Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life -- because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive.

I've actually read all 4 books in the series. Uglies is actually one of my all time favorite books, let alone the entire series (even the 4th one Extras that wasn't even suppose to be made is pretty good despite being the weakest of the series and jabbing at Otaku-nism like no other book I've read before that didn't come from Japan). The first book I've read a good 5 times, but this is only my 2nd or 3rd reading the second one. It's still as good as I remember ^_^ I have all the original covers. The first two books I have in paper back because I bought them after they were release but the last two are hardcover because I bought them as they came out. The pictures below are the new covers... I personally don't like them.

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[9/100]
Series: Fallen Star
Book: 1 of 3
Page Count: 449
Synopsis:
For eighteen year-old Gemma, life has never been normal. Up until recently, she has been incapable of feeling emotion. And when she's around Alex, the gorgeous new guy at school, she can feel electricity that makes her skin buzz. Not to mention the monsters that haunt her nightmares have crossed over into real-life. But with Alex seeming to hate her and secrets popping up everywhere, Gemma's life is turning into a chaotic mess. Things that shouldn't be real suddenly seem to exist. And as her world falls apart, figuring out the secrets of her past becomes a matter of life and death.

I'm borrowing this book on nook thanks to my sister. I haven't started it yet but she said to start this one first rather than the next book at my list. I did look up some reviews and one said it was like Twilight's sloppy cousin. Now I'm more intrigued to read it.

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[10/100]

Series: Fallen Star
Book: 1 of 4
Page Count: 325
Synopsis:
The Valefar boy tricked Ivy Taylor into kissing him, but he took much more than a kiss – he stole her soul and left her within inches of death. By surviving, Ivy is drawn into the conflict between the Martis and the Valefar. The war between these two immortal forces has raged for millennia without distraction. Until now. Ivy is an anomaly—she is the only person who has ever walked away from a demon kiss alive. Her survival gives her unique and deadly abilities. Too powerful to ignore, Ivy is a threat to both armies. These two ancient enemies will stop at nothing to kill the seventeen-year-old. Surviving is nothing new for headstrong Ivy, but her survival has never depended on another person before. This time it does. And if she misplaces her trust, she's dead. To her horror, she starts falling in love at the worst possible time—with the enemy. He appears to be protecting her. But she can't be certain if he is trying to help her, or help himself to her power. For Ivy, trusting the right person is the difference between love and survival, or a deadly demon kiss.

Another book I'm borrowing on nook thanks to my sister. She said this series isn't all that great but she was able to get past the first book so I want to give it a try after reading Fall Star.

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