The story is about a dysfunctional family. The story takes place in the future in a strong hold of soldiers that sort of keep them prisoner. The boy Mathew is a prankster, and he often pranks a sergeant named Willis. After being introduced to the family members and toward the end of the story the dad leaves to look for a way to be emotionally closer with his family. At the end there is a cliffhanger that leaves Mathew's dad face to face with death.
Sophie Bloom thought her life was difficult enough having to deal with her absentee mother and her parade of disposable step-dads, not to mention the uptight yoga cult her arch-nemesis Bethany leads, but when she sneaks out of school, runs into smokin' hot Kai and shares a steamy kiss that induces hullucinations her whole life goes topsy-turvy. Sophie must discover whether or not the images that flash in her head of gods and awe-inspiring powers are a trick of her imagination or memories of a past life.
Glenndon is just a lonely farmboy living with his family... But also being trained by his "Da" as a master magician. Glenndon also is reaping the effects of a childhood disease that stole from him the ability to speak. Therefore he relies on "thought speak" for all his conversation. However things take a drastic turn when he is summoned by the King .... As his hopeful heir! Confused and now more alone then ever, he trains to be in the court and to be a prince.
A strange group of guys arrive, and it isn't until after her dad dies that Ronnie starts to wonder about the attractive group of guys who keep to themselves. When events throws Kalen, one of the mysterious guys, and Ronnie together, sparks fly and romance ensues. But Kalen has a dangerous past that could test the strength of this new budding relationship. When it catches up with him, will he be strong enough to protect Ronnie?
Mystic, being the third book in the Soul Seeker series, starts out with the ongoing problems of Cade (Dace's evil twin, literally) attempting to take over the Middle World and Lower World so that he may wreak havoc until he controls everything and can break into the Upper World as well. Cade is power hungry and egotistical. While Dace having just lost his soul in an attempt to save Daire, only to have her taken to the Upper World, is lost in the vast darkness of the Lower World.
When a young girl finds an object floating in the river she never thought that by picking it up she would have to make the biggest decision of her life. Clare has to decide whether to keep the object she found and save her father from death or just place it back into the river and let faith take over.
The book that I am reviewing is Belonging by Karen Ann Hopkins. The maturity level of this book is VERY high. The book contains a lot of graphic scenes about sex. If you are in 7th grade or below think about reading this book very thoroughly. I thought it was a very good book.
A boy gets killed and the suspect has gone missing. But is this a normal victim and a normal killer? No. Travis is a were-armadillo and Ruby is a were-cat. This paranormal mystery is told from three different points of view: Yoshi, a were-cat and Ruby’s brother; Aimee, a human; and Clyde, a were-possum. Travis’ ghost only reveals himself to Clyde and tells him the events of his murder.
