TEEN: Strange Angels 5: Reckoning - Lili St Crow

Release Date: 27/10/11

BOOK BLURB:

Nobody expected Dru Anderson to survive this long. Not Graves. Not Christophe. Not even Dru herself. She's battled killer zombies, jealous djamphirs, and bloodthirsty suckers straight out of her worst nightmares. But now that Dru has bloomed into a full-fledged svetocha - rare, beautiful, and toxic to all vampires - the worst is yet to come. Because getting out alive is going to cost more than she's ever imagined. And in the end, is survival really worth the sacrifice?


REVIEW:

A cracking outing from Lili for her Young Adult series featuring Dru, Graves and Christophe in a high action, high tension and emotionally charged release that will keep you glued from the start to the end. As usual with Lili it has great prose, serious pace and a kick ass plotline that keeps you going throughout.

Add to this a ready made audience that can’t wait to find out what happens in this title and a few questions left requiring answers at the end and it’s truly a series that keeps on giving making the wait for the next title really hard. Damn you Lili. Damn you….

TEEN: Jealosy - Lili St Crow

BOOK BLURB:

Dru has made it to Schola, the leading school where the vampire-fighting Order is based. There she is up against the capricious Anna, the only other female who shares her powers. Dru must unlock the mystery of who betrayed her mother, battle her intensifying feelings for both Graves and Christophe, and try to stay hidden from Sergej's deadly nosferat - bloodthirsty hunters who'll stop at nothing to destroy her.


REVIEW:

Having loved this young adult series from Lilith with the first two offerings, I was left thinking what Lili could do for this, the third instalment. What occurs within is a journey of growth both emotionally and physically and how our heroine learns to adapt to her new environment. It is well written, it has great pace and there is a huge innocence with the principle character that will endear this title to the adult reader. Add to the mix great timing through lulls and peaks and some dialogue that really does sound like it would come from the real world. A great title from Lili and one that I’ve already placed in an easy to access area for me to enjoy again soon, especially when I need the literature equivalent of chicken soup. Roll on the next adventure.