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Emily Jones emilycornwell — Book Info: Genre: Fiction Reading Level: Adult Disclosure: I won a free eBook copy of this book on LibraryThing, which I received in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: This genre-bending tale tells the story of Hartley Finn, aka Beast, as he follows cult leaders Bo and Peep to the Last Stop, a hippie commune in the mountains of Montana where the Brothers and Sisters of the Cosmic I AM await the arrival of their Space Brothers. But no sooner does he arrive than the free-loving façade cracks and a schism occurs, leaving the Brothers and Sisters hopelessly split between Bo and Peep, and Chad Barker, jazz trumpeter extraordinaire and incorrigible junkie. To make matters worse, a psychopath is on the loose among them, methodically stalking and attacking the Brothers and Sisters. When Bo and Peep turn to Beast for help, he uses Magick and just plain old muscle to try and straighten things out before the Arrival. But is it enough to save the Last Stop and the Brothers and Sisters of the Cosmic I AM? My Thoughts: I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I started reading this thing - I mean, obviously the idea appealed to me or I wouldn’t have signed up for the giveaway, but would it be funny or serious? Realistic or fantastical? Honestly, it was a bit of everything. Bo and Peep were indeed based on those people: Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, who founded Heaven’s Gate. Only this was way back in the 1970s when they first got started. John Lennon and George Harrison are characters, although they are never explicitly named – only hinted at. Beast is not only fascinated with the Cosmic I AM, but also with Aleister Crowley, which is where he came up with his name. There are some really funny moments – dark humor, but funny all the same. Strangely, it made me nostalgic for the days of hippies and free love – although I was only born in 1970, I feel strangely drawn to that lifestyle. Maybe it’s a past-life thing, just like my fascination with Druids and the Wild West. There were some really quite serious moments, too – it was, all-in-all, a sort of comprehensive picture of what being sucked into a cult would be like, as well as the general sort of atmosphere of a commune. Technically it was fairly well-written; there were some editing issues, but they weren’t overwhelming. There were several instances in which Millie was called Lisa, which really confused me the first time it happened, until I figured out it was a typo. A final editing pass wouldn’t hurt things, but it isn’t too bad and most people should be able to overlook it. I quite liked the book, overall. If it sounds like something you would like, I’d say go for it.

Katy Li _aty_i — ** spoiler alert ** Linger by Maggie Stiefvater is a captivating sequel to Shiver. It is about a pack of wolves, but they are not any wolves. When it is cold, they are a pack of wolves, but once the heat of summer comes out, these wolves turn back into their original human forms. This story is all about this pack and one unfortunate teenage girl named Grace. She herself should have become a part of the pack like her boyfriend Sam, but right after the incident where she got attacked by the wolves one winter when she was a young girl, her dad accidentally locked her in a car on a scorching hot day. This stopped her from transforming. Until now. I really liked this book. It kept you interested, always wondering what would come next. When Grace got that sick, I was always wondering what was causing it and how things would turn out in the end. It kept me curious, which kept me reading, and I did not put it down until I had finished. Though this book was fiction, I could relate to a lot of the emotions and thought processes going through both Grace's and Sam's heads. This made it more realistic. In my opinion, this made the book about 20 times better than it would have been without it. I recommend this book to anybody who enjoys trying to puzzle pieces of an ordeal together so that it all makes sense, but this book will probably be confusing if you do not read Shiver first.

David Shimabukuro _avid_hima — Really, this is a 4.5 star book for me. It took me a while to get into the book and tune into the character's voices, but once I was in, this book was a rocket ride. Vera Dietz is coping on many fronts, but her biggest challenge is to resolve the death of her best friend, Charlie. This book is one part coming-of-age and one part mystery, and King handles both angles marvelously, with a fresh wit and energy that is clever without trying too hard. I really dislike books that drop crumbs so often and tediously that by the time you figure out what the author is hinting at, you actually don't care anymore. But King ramps up the "need to know" with each chapter.

Karen Hernandez _aren_ernandez — Oh, what a great book! Quick, easy, and it pulls you right in.