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Betrayed (House of Night Series #2)
- Author: Kristin Cast
- Genre: Literature & Fiction
"Betrayed", is the second installment in the bestselling House of Night series. This novel is mystical, dark and sexy. Every page thrills and shocks. Fledgling vampire Zoey Redbird settled in at the House of Night. Managed to control the great powers the vampire goddess, Nyx, has given her, and is getting a handle on being the new Leader of the Dark Daughters, the most elite group at school. The best thing is that Zoey's made some new friends and she finally feels like never before she feels she’s in the right place, the place she belongs. She used to have a boyfriend actually, boyfriends. And despite the best efforts of her mother and step-loser John to humiliate her publically during parent visitation, she's earned the respect of her professors and High Priestess, Neferet. Then something unbelievable happens: someone murders human teenagers, and all the evidence points to the House of Night, straining human-vamp tensions in Tulsa to a breaking point. While people from Zoey's old life are in danger, she finds herself drawn into an intoxicating forbidden flirtation that threatens to distract her from the growing crisis. At the moment of need, when she needs her friends the most, death breaks into the House of Night. Too late, Zoey starts to realize that her supernatural powers that always have made her feel special and unique, might also threaten those she loves, and she must find the courage to face a betrayal that could break her heart, her soul, and risk the very fabric of her world.
Chosen (House of Night Series #3)
- Author: Kristin Cast
- Genre: Literature & Fiction
Longing for blood and dark forces are at work at the House of Night. Young and inexperienced vampire Zoey Redbird, leader of the Dark Daughters and vampire fledgling extraordinaire, has discovered some mystical and worrying events occurring at her vampire finishing school. Her adventures at the school seem to take a mysterious turn. Those whom she considered to be her friends in real appear her enemies. And quite strange, but enemies has turned into friends. So begins the gripping third installment of this highly addictive series (Romantic Times), in which Zoey's mettle will be tested like never before. Her ex-roommate and best friend, Stevie Rae, is undead and struggling to maintain a grip on her humanity. Only Zoey's love, power and beliefs can help to save Stevie, and not let her to become a real monster. Zoey doesn't have any idea how to help her, but she does know that anything she and Stevie Rae discover about the secretive and sinister power that's turning dead fledglings into bloodsucking monsters must be kept secret from everyone else at the House of Night, where faithhas become a rare commodity. Zoey has to find a way to reverse what has been done to her friend as soon as possible before it is too late. Plus to that serious problem, Zoey encounters one more difficult situation: she finds herself in the extremely difficult and unexpected position of having three boyfriends. Mix in more than a little forbidden desire to the equation and the situation has the potential to spell social catastrophe of massive proportions. Then, vampires start turning up a deal. It looks like the People of Faith, and Zoey's terrible step-loser in particular, are tired of living side-by-side with vampires. But, as Zoey and her friends find out, things are not always what they seem.
To make all the things even more complicated, Zoey is forced to keep this a secret from her friends and has been betrayed by her mentor and advisor, Neferet. Zoey knows that Neferet is behind the creation of these "undead" creatures and is not at all what she seems. To get help, she turns to her rival, Aphrodite, who becomes her confidante and partner in crime. Horror strikes the House of Night when two professors end up brutally murdered. Cast takes the series up a notch with this installment, and readers will be on the edge of their seats waiting for its continuation. The book, full of danger, adventures, love affairs and action, fascinates from the first pages. Every next part of the series appears to be more and more interesting. Zoey and other characters grow up, and that is reflected in their deeds and words. ˜Chosen is really worth reading, if you like books that don't force you to think and just serve as an entertainment and a way to relax. The book is written in a simple language, though there might be explicit language and sexual situations. Chosen is easy and light, but still fascinating and interesting.
DreamFever
- Author: Karen Marie Moning
- Genre: Dark Fantasy
The walls between human and Fae worlds have come crashing down, and as MacKayla Lane fights for survival on Dublin's battle-scarred streets, she will embark on the darkest and most erotically charged adventure of her life.
Spirit Bound
- Author: Richelle Mead
- Genre: Literature & Fiction
She had a chance to kill him, but she failed. And now she is afraiding, that all become true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and she knows that he is hunting her. And if Rose will not join him, and stop him, he will not rest until he has silenced her...forever.
FaeFever
- Author: Karen Marie Moning
- Genre: Dark Fantasy
When MacKayla Lane receives a torn page from her dead sister's journal, she is stunned by Alina's desperate words. And now MacKayla knows that her sister's killer is close. But evil is closer. And suddenly the sidhe-seer is on the hunt: For answers. For revenge. And for an ancient book of dark magic so evil, it corrupts anyone who touches it. Mac's quest for the Sinsar Dubh takes her into the mean, shape-shifting streets of Dublin, with a suspicious cop on her tail. Forced into a dangerous triangle of alliance with V'lane, an insatiable Fae prince of lethally erotic tastes, and Jericho Barrons, a man of primal desires and untold secrets, Mac is soon locked in a battle for her body, mind, and soul.
Jane Eyre
- Author: Brontë Charlotte
- Genre: Classics
“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters, has much of a gothic novel. The book recounts a life of a young woman, a strong independent personality, describing her childhood, growing up, searching of her way in life and obstacles she encounters. It is worth noticing that the early events of the novel, when little Jane is sent to a rigorous Lowood School, are based on the personal author’s experience. Jane struggles through her cheerless childhood and becomes governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with Edward Rochester, rich owner of the gloomy Gothic estate, but her moral convictions keep her from becoming his mistress. Let the rest of the book, having an intricate, exciting plot and touching questions of morality, religion and gender relations, speak for itself.
The Three Musketeers
- Author: Dumas père Alexandre
- Genre: Dumas, Alexandre
"The Three Musketeers" is a novel written by Alexandre Dumas, the father, in the 17th century. In the book it goes about adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan and his inseparable friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis who live by the motto "all for one, one for all". Under the observation of their patron M. de Treville, these four brave men defend the honour of the regiment against the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and the honour of the queen against the intrigues of the Cardinal himself as the power struggles of 17th century France are brightly played out in the background. But the greatest danger is the Cardinal's spy, Milady, one of literature's most memorable female villains. Dumas succeeded in applying all his narrative skills to tell one of the most exciting and breathtaking stories in the world’s literature.
Miss Mapp
- Author: Benson Edward Frederic
- Genre: Literature & Fiction
This is a nice and funny book describing the life of Miss Mapp who governs a small English village called Tilling. There are not many inhabitants there and the lady who is very intelligent has the power to manipulate them, make them do some expected things. Every character in this village is very bright and easy-to-remember. Among them it is worth to mention the greatest rival of Miss Mapp's Diva and the local artist Irene who does not really like the main character often embarrassing her. We also meet Vicar who is bright for his way of talking as in his speech he mixes Shakespearian English and Burnsian dialect. The novel starts with the description of a bridge party that takes place at Poppit's house. Such parties are often organized in the village and they are the main place of social life. Miss Mapp uses bridge to see other people's weaknesses and to keep in mind the ways of her possible future manipulations. The author Edward Benson does a great job in showing the smallest details of everyday life in Tilling. For example, he describes the opposition of Miss Mapp and Diva who want to be better-dressed. There is also a respected and the most handsome man name Mr. Wyse for whose attention almost all women are struggling. And of course, it is not possible to imagine a small village without gossiping where Miss Mapp takes an active part. The book is wonderfully written with the help of simple and ironic language. It will keep you smiling and laughing when you dive into it.
Lo, Michael!
- Author: Hill Grace Livingston
- Genre: Literature & Fiction
A homeless stray Michael was wandering about New York back streets and avenues when he saw Starr Endicott and saved her risking his own life. This changed everything. Starrs father got so thankful to Michael that he sent him to a fine school where Michael grew up and became well-educated. Now he is back in New York and wishes to returns the kindness of Starrs father and help the street children with whom he spent the first years of his life. Michael meets Starr again, looks at her and hopelessly falls in love with her. However, he does not think that he is worth her so does not try to move their relationship forward until a mean and intriguing suitor forces Michael to risk everything once again...
the romance of leonardo da vinci
- Author: dmitry sergeyevich merezhkovsky
- Genre: Literature & Fiction
Dmitry Merezhkovsky, a famous Russian author, poet, critic, translator, historian and philosopher, draws a vivid picture of the Renaissance with its contradictions between the severe monastic middle Ages and a new humanistic ideology, which was created by the great artists and luminaries of the time. Describing the epoch, the book presents Leonardo Da Vinchi as the central theme. The author introduces him as one of those artists, who lived in a state of split, conflict and doubt. Merezhkovsky brings readers to the thought that ancient gods return to our life with the rebirth of antique art.