Reviewed by Nancy Orozco

Pandora is a woman who lives in ancient Greek times.  There she falls in love with a man named Marius.  Her father finds out about this and tells him to leave.  She marries a man, but divorces him some years later because he is sterile.  Her older brother gets jealous and sends some soldiers to kill his father and his whole family.   Since she escapes, she leaves for a different country.  There she finds out that the brother who betrayed them is there and wants to kill her. She also finds Marius as a vampire. She tells him that she has been having dreams about a vampire queen who is suffering.  He tells her it is his queen Akasha along with the vampire king.  Pandora and Marius together must fight off other vampires to protect the queen and king.   This book is awesome! And if you like vampire books, I suggest you read the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice.

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Reviewed by Nancy Orozco 

Sunny is a 14 year old girl who takes care of her mom.  She feeds her, makes sure she takes her medication, and she even pays the bills.  Ever since her sister Jasmine died in a fire, she has to act like the parent at their house.  Then a letter arrives and it was sent from her dead sister Jazz.  It explains what happened and that she is coming home.  Once Jazz arrives, everything falls back in place.  They start cleaning the house and making food for her.  Sunny’s mother comes back to live and her father stops drinking.  But they soon learn, that’s not reallyJazz.

This book is really good to read.  You will not want to put the book down.  If you read this book, you might like to read Shattering Glass, another book by Gail Giles.

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Reviewed by Nancy Orozco 

A vampire named Louis gives an interview to a man, telling him everything that has happened to him.  After becoming a vampire, Lestat, Louis’ master, makes a little girl a vampire so that Louis won’t leave him.  As the years pass by, the little girl starts to realize that she will never grow up and become a woman.  She finds out that Lestat is the one who made her a vampire, so she tries to kill Lestat. Louis and the girl go to London.  There they meet other vampires at a theater and their leader Armand.  The vampires in the theater find out about the little girl vampire and plan to punish her in a horrible way.  This book is fun and I liked reading it.  If you like this book, I suggest you read the rest of the Vampire Chronicles in the library.

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Reviewed by Nancy Orozco

This book takes us to a time where there are thieves, barbarians, and bandits. In a land where there are only women and no men and women rule. Rain is a young woman born from a mother who does not like her. Rain’s mother was raped by 50 men and out of those 50, one was her father. Their lands are always threatened by men who either want the land or want the women. These women are trained to kill and to defend what is theirs. Since Rain is the daugther of the queen, she will be the next to take the throne. Little by little she starts to discover she doesn’t want it.

Her mother gets pregnant again. Will she have a boy or will she have a girl? If she has a boy, it will be killed because no men or child males are allowed. This is an exciting book that you can’t keep your eyes off of for an instant. If you like this book, you should also read Blood Red Horse.

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