Lunarmorte - Sam Young

Wow. Just Wow. Usually i would just start with the description of the book but i actually just finished it about 5 minutes ago so i am still having after-affects. This book was just....wow.
"Amidst the magikal children of the ancient Greek gods, lives a girl destined to bring their ancient war to an end.

Caia Ribeiro has lived a life of isolation and mystery since the death of her parents, and separation from her lykan pack at the age of seven. Returning ten years later under the supervision of the pack's young leader, Lucien, Caia finds herself seduced by pack life and her enigmatic guardian. But when strange happenings lead to near exposure of their world, Caia begins to realise Lucien and the Elders have been keeping unforgivable secrets, leaving Cania to come to terms with her dark and unique heritage.

Scarcely given time to adjust to her new reality, the war she believed stormed only on distant shores, crashes on her doorstep, forcing Caia to put aside her conflict with Lucien, in order to save them all from an old enemy and his relentless pursuit. "

Lunarmorte was filed with so many surprises throughout that your hand would be glued to your mouth in shock if it wasn't being used to hold the page open. Let me tell you it NEVER gets boring. There's two guys fighting over her...sigh...and powers no one else has witnessed before. i mean what else could you want from a novel it is just utterly pleasing.
*Small Spoiler* The death scene at the end was the only thing i felt should have been changed, yes something needed to be done with the issue the person had, but i felt death could have been avoided as I'm sure Samantha could have thought up more creative solutions also the book did not benefit from this either - it just felt a bit pointless really. *End Spoiler*
Anyway i loved the character of Lucien he was just to die for! especially that short temper he seems to have with Caia. Caia got on my nerves a bit in the beginning as even thought being 17 she had the balls of a 10 year old, in this era what 17 year old would cower like that? i understand the situation she was put in but felt Sam was exaggerating her timidity at the start. As the book went on she seemed to have gained more balls to a point where she stands up to the pack leader.
All in all this book was a refreshing read that i thoroughly enjoyed and hope you will too. This gets a 9 on the SophaScale.

Unearthly By Cynthia Hand

In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . .

Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.

Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place—and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.

As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make—between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?

Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart.

This book rocked!
After reading Embraced i was i the mood to read Unearthly for some more Angel fun, hoping it was as great as Embrace so i wouldn't be disappointed and i wasn't. But it was definitely different from Embrace, for instance a significant amount of the story is her attending school which is what i love about it because honestly there are some VERY funny moments of her at school.
The whole angel thing is different as well whereas embrace was about guardian angels in a way this book is more about fulfilling your purpose in life (her vision).

As for the characters is nothing you have witnessed before. I can't ever remember so many times that i was screaming in my head to this girl. She's one brave brown nut. I just can't get over how she can just stare at someone and check them out while she knows that people are watching her including the person she's checking out, it's just hilarious! The best part for me (TINY SPOILER) was when she followed Christian to a pizza place then watched from a table as he played arcade type games. His friends became aware of her watching him and made remarks about how "Bozo The Clown/Hot Bozo" (reference to her died red hair-you'll have to read it to find out why she died it) was watching him. AND SHE CONTINUED TO LOOK AT HIM! She finally looked away when he caught her eyes, then swiftly left the pizza place.

I'm URGING you to read this book.
It definitely gets a 9.5 on the SophaScale. (it was that good i had to put .5! threes nothing wrong with it but i only save 10's for books that are so good it leaves me thinking about them for days...so 9.5!)

Andrea Cremer - Nightshade

Calla Tor has always known her role: as soon as she graduates from the Mountain School, she will become the mate of sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding sacred sites for the keepers. However, Calla is steered away from her destiny--and the unassailable laws of her masters--when she rescues a beautiful human, Shay. Calla is suddenly torn between her previously unquestioned fate and her natural attraction to Ren, and her growing desire to know more about the mysterious Shay. Following that desire is dangerous, however--and Calla might lose everything she holds dear. Even her own life. Is forbidden love worth the ultimate sacrifice?

Being a teen I absolutely loved this book. Romance wise, it possesses the classic forbidden love as well as the confusion of which boy to choose, making some readers choose Team Shay while others choose Team Ren. The story itself is unlike any other; different to the classic werewolf or vampire tales, you won’t find this read easy to put down or hard to understand. You’ll find yourself smiling through Calla’s story, especially when she is being fought over ;). Nightshade doesn't just involve werewolves though it adds ‘Keepers’ and ‘Seekers’ to the mix (if you don’t understand what they are just think wizards and warlocks minus the hocus pocus) as well as a few scenes with Incubi and Succubi, definitely something you shouldn’t miss. Andrea did a fantastic job on it and I hope she can create many books from this series.

I hope you guys really give this book a chance, you WON’T regret it!

This book gets a rating of 8 on the SophaScale.