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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

I is for Immortal Essence series by RaShelle Workman

 

For 2013's A to Z Challenge, I am talking about book series, particularly some favorite series as well as series I've been waiting to read for a LONG time.

I is for ... Immortal Essence series by RaShelle Workman

Okay, I have to admit part of me wants to read this series for the beautiful covers alone, but I also love the premise of them. They sound so unique. I've had the first one on my Kindle for way too long, so I need to find a way to bump this series up soon.

Worlds divided them. Chance brought them together. Only love will save them.

An alien princess exiled to Earth.
An arrogant boy.
One week to get back to her planet or she'll die.
And, her only chance for survival? She must help the boy find his soul mate.
Piece of cake!

Stubborn, sixteen-year-old Princess Venus of Kelari wants one thing, to become immortal, that is, until someone exiles her to Earth, kills her irrihunter and takes her family.

Now she wants revenge.

First she’s got to get home. But before she can return to Kelari, the Gods have commanded her to help an arrogant boy named Michael find his soul mate.

Only she doesn't know the first thing about love.

Rather quickly, her inexperience with human emotion is obscured by other matters--alien-controlled psychotic teens that are out to kill her, and a government group that is set on capturing and dissecting her.

Worst of all, Venus will suffer a painful death-by-poisoning, thanks to Earth’s atmosphere, if she remains on the planet longer than one week.

Still, Venus is a Princess and she's got a plan. Surely, with her help, Michael will fall in love with a human.

But time is running out and Michael is falling for the wrong girl--her.

Worlds divided them. Chance brought them together. Only love will save them.

In book 2 of the Immortal Essence series, Venus must enter her planet's Hell, and complete three trials in order to free her parents, and save her soulmate.

SUMMARY:

Venus has become immortal, just as she always wanted. In the process she hurt Zaren, lost Michael, and destroyed her family.

At least that's what she believed.

Turns out Ramien, the god of her planets' underworld, has her parents, and Michael.

To save them, Venus makes a deal. She must complete three trials. They seem impossible. They certainly won't be easy. Worst of all, someone she loves won't make it out alive.

Worlds divided them. Chance brought them together. Only love will save them.

In book3 of the Immortal Essence series, Venus's planet, known as Kelari, is at war. Venus must decide the fate of her world, and do so without losing her heart.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Book Review: BLOOD AND SNOW by RaShelle Workman


Title: Blood and Snow
Series: Blood and Snow #1
Author: RaShelle Workman
Publisher: Polished Pen Press (June 5, 2012)
Format: Kindle Novelette
Source: Downloaded for Free
Genre: YA Paranormal

Description: Volume 1 in the BLOOD AND SNOW series. Each volume is novelette length.

"Lips red as rubies, hair dark as night. Drink your true love's blood, become the Vampire, Snow White."



EVERY THOUSAND YEARS THE VAMPIRE QUEEN SELECTS A NEW BODY, ALWAYS THE FAIREST IN THE LAND, AND THIS TIME SHE'S CHOSEN SNOW WHITE.


Snow White lives in Salem, Massachusetts with her dad, stepmother, and her cat, Gatsby. Her entire life she's been teased for her fairy tale name, and the fact that her seven best friends happen to be guys whose names begin with the same letters as the seven dwarves.


Everything changes on a trip into Boston, where an unseen stranger bites her, and she's transformed into something not quite human.

Review: Retelling the story of Snow White, RaShelle Workman’s Blood and Snow is a fantastic start to this novelette series.

An awkward teen living in Salem, Massachusetts, Snow White can’t quite live down her fairy tale name, especially since her best friends are the seven guys living next door. Unlike the fairy tale princess, she’s clumsy and doesn’t consider herself beautiful by any means. But strange things are happening to Snow White. Odd visions keep her up at night, and a trip to Boston will turn her not-a-fairy-tale existence into a nightmare.

Blood and Snow instantly throws the reader into the story and doesn’t let go. The characters are quirky and adorable. I particularly loved Snow White and her relationship with the seven brothers and their guardian. This seemingly happy story slowly builds in the darkness of what, or who, is after Snow White. This novelette is fast-paced, and I read it in two short sittings. The voice is excellent, although I wish the last third had been drawn out a bit more.

Blood and Snow by RaShelle Workman bleeds with intrigue, and I can’t wait to read the second novelette in the series!

Four Bookworms = I really liked it!