Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

Score: 5/5

Summanary: Alice was kidnapped from a school field trip, at age 10. She enters the world and is completely controlled by her captor, Ray. She has been beaten, starved and sexually abused. As, she reaches fifteen. She no longer looks or acts like a little girl. Ray decides that she needs to find someone else, another little girl. Will she end up like the last Alice and be killed? Also, will she ever make it back to 623 Daisy Lane and to her family?

Note: This book is amazing. I love Elizabeth Scott's book. They are all well written. She has published 3 other books (Bloom, Perfect You, and Stealing Heaven) in a little over a year, which is incredible. Living Dead Girl is a wonderful tale. It is not a safe world, sadly and there are sickos like Ray out there. I like how the book is honest and doesn't sugarcoat it. This book was really direct and though it was short it did leave me satisfied. I don't understand why it was a hardcover, when it was under 200 pages. I also love the strength that she gave to her heroine. I am going to shut up, because I'll keep fangirling her.

Elizabeth Scott's Blog: http://www.elizabethwrites.com/blog/

Some other bloggers' opinions:

http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2008/09/living-dead-girl----elizabeth-scott.html

http://presentinglenore.blogspot.com/2008/09/book-review-living-dead-girl-by.html

Rumor has it that Steph will have Elizabeth Scott thing in December and also check out Steph, because she is awesome:

http://reviewerx.blogspot.com/

Happy Reading!

Love Sarah.

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Grade: 5/5

Summary: Graceling is about a teenage girl named Katsa. She lives in a world, where people are born with amazing gift. They can climb trees, have super strength, automatic knowledge of weather, and many other graces. Graces are born with two very different eye colors. Katsa is one them. She killed a cousin when she was 8, causing her to become a henchwomen for her uncle, King Randa of Middlun. She also runs The Council with the help of her friends, that tries to put justice and fairness into the 7 nations. She meets a stranger, named Po, who is also graced. He is the first one to challenge her and they embark on an amazing journey.

Notes: I though it was a very well written. I like the characters, they were very in depth. I think it was an excellent first novel. The ending did surprise me, but it was still pretty amazing. I am looking forward to the prequel, Fire and Book 3.

Also check out Kristin Cashore at her blog:

http://kristincashore.blogspot.com/

There is also a Book Trailer at Amazon.com. So check it out. Also,if you like The Hobbit,you might like this... my dad is reading this and likes it so far.

Happy Reading, Sarah.