Born at Midnight by C. C. Hunter

Reviewed by Katie

Date Published: 29th March, 2011

Date Read: 12th November, 2011

Blurb: One night Kylie Galen finds herself at the wrong party, with the wrong people, and it changes her life forever.  Her mother ships her off to Shadow Falls—a camp for troubled teens, and within hours of arriving, it becomes painfully clear that her fellow campers aren’t just “troubled.”  Here at Shadow Falls, vampires, werewolves, shapshifters, witches and fairies train side by side—learning to harness their powers, control their magic and live in the normal world. 

Kylie’s never felt normal, but surely she doesn’t belong here with a bunch of paranormal freaks either.  Or does she?  They insist Kylie is one of them, and that she was brought here for a reason.  As if life wasn’t complicated enough, enter Derek and Lucas.  Derek’s a half-fae who’s determined to be her boyfriend, and Lucas is a smokin’ hot werewolf with whom Kylie shares a secret past.  Both Derek and Lucas couldn’t be more different, but they both have a powerful hold on her heart. 

Even though Kylie feels deeply uncertain about everything, one thing is becoming painfully clear—Shadow Falls is exactly where she belongs…




Review: I've been wanting Born at Midnight for such a long time, so when I finally got my hands on a copy I was so thrilled! Once I got the book, I read it as soon as I finished the previous book I was reading, and I can tell you, I wasn't diappointed at all.


Derek was a great character and I was drawn to him instantly because of his funniness (is that a word?) and his charms. I just love him!

Lucas was also another love interest for Kylie and I can see why, he's hot and gives off that bad boy edge. The ending has me intrigued about him and wanting know what the note says. Was quite peed when the novel ended, not knowing what it said! :(

Anyway, such a great ending, I can't wait to see what's installed for us in Awake at Dawn, I can't wait to get my hands on that one too, - dang, I can't wait to get my hands on Taken at Dusk and it's not even published yet!!!

But the question for me is, am I Team Derek or Team Lucas? I can't decide!As I've said, I enjoyed reading this novel and one of the reasons was because of the charcaters. I'm glad that the main character was vulnerable but also strong. She was uncertain about herself, trying to prove she wasn't a supernatural and keeping in mind, her Nana had recently died, her parents divorcing, her boyfriend; Trey breaking up with her and seeing a ghost whom she has named Solider Dude. Tough life for Kylie, but I like how C.C Hunter managed to balance all of her problems out, so one part wasn't focused more than the other. It was all equal! :)

Cover Battles (#8)

This week I (Gina) have chosen The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, a book that i fell in love with and thoroughly enjoyed!!

US                                                 UK

Gina

US: I like the little design of the tent but i think that the hand looks a bit artoonish and i think it looks odd in a way. ut i love the swirls around the title, very pretty and elegant. I think the colours red, black and white look stunning together and i'm glad they kept the colour schemes the same for both covers!

UK: I love this cover!! I look the white silhouettes of the people with the birds and the magic equipment which plays a major part in this book. The red scarf, being the only thing red, stands out and has great signifigence in the story :) I love our title font and the stars surrounding it which gives in a very mystical and magical feel.

Conclusion: The UK wins this one! There is nothing bad about it at all!!

Katie

US: This is an okay cover, but I’m not that keen. I adore the design around the title but it would’ve looked even better if the title font was like the UK one and a lot bigger to make it stand a lot more. I like how this one has the stars in the background, but it’s slightly boring.

UK: I really like this cover, and I think that it’s better when you actually see the book in front in you. The main colours are black and white, yet it attracts your attention which is what I like about this cover. I love the font with the design of stars around which makes it more decorative.

Conclusion: it definitely has to be the UK cover that wins this cover battle. Even though the background for each is both black, the UK one seems more interesting. There is more design too. I suppose that’s what has drawn me to the UK. The design has obviously been thought out and it looks amazing considering there are only two colours!

I (Katie) have chosen Forgotten by Cat Patrick as i read it a while ago and really liked it!

US                                                 UK

Gina

US: I love the font style of this book. It's scartchy and for some reason I've always like that sort of thing. But it also looks like cracks or tree branches, not sure yet. Not crazy about the model (mainly because we can't see her) but overall, this cover is nothing to be fussed over.

UK: I love the image of the model which has been reflected which i guess means her past and it's fading which might symbolise her forgetting it. I like the only main colour being her red hair which stands out. But just like the other it's nothing too special.

Conclusion: I think that the UK one is just that little bit better :)

Katie

US: This is an okay cover; I like how they have made the font fill the whole cover and make it really dramatic which I suppose could relate to the main character’s life in the book. I like how behind the title there is a girl with her shadow to the left which could relate to her past, she can’t see herself in the shadow which could probably be not knowing what happened in her past. I also like how the font is shattered-like as well!

UK: I love this cover! As I have read this novel (amazing, by the way!) I can relate to why they have made the cover like this. The model that’s looking left is looking towards her past but it’s in black and white because she can’t remember anything about it and the coloured model is looking to the right – basically meaning looking forwards, relating to the future – showing that she can see into the future. I loved this novel, and cover, so if you haven’t read it, please do because I thought that it was really good!

Conclusion: the UK cover wins because it appeals to me more.

In My Mailbox (#5)

IMM is a weekly event hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren.
This features books that we have either bought, borrowed, recieved or traded over the last week :)

P.S. I'm going to be working on our own IMM button very soon :) Should be good and will match the website perfectly!!




Hey Guys. it's Gina!!

So this week I got some amazing books :) I am looking forward to reading all of them so much and recently I just ordered some more so they should be in next weeks IMM!!
So here they are......

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Undead by Kirsty McKay

By Midnight by Mia James

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

I can't wait to review all of these, especially The Scorpio Races and Angelfire as I have heard so many good things about them :) And I LOVE the covers for By Midnight and Angelfire (which are both in hardback - my favorite style) they are just so pretty!! Happy Reading Guys!!

Hey Guys it's Katie now!!

Sorry for the picture quality, the light wouldn’t turn out right! Here are my books..... (we seem to be having a problem uploading my picture so here are just the front covers)

 

Born at Midnight by C. C. Hunter

Angel Fire by L. A. Weatherly

So, last week I got Born at Midnight (I FINALLY HAVE A COPY!!!!!!) and Angel Fire. I’m thrilled to have Born at Midnight so I started reading it as soon as I could and I’m in love with it! I’ve been wanting this book for a long while so to finally have a copy is an amazing feeling! I also have Angel Fire as I have just recently read Angel and I’d like to see what happens next! Happy reading everyone!

What did you get in your Mailbox??

To the BIG Screen (#2)

Hi guys, it's just Gina this time round :)

Hello everyone and as you all probably know, next friday Breaking Dawn  Part 1 comes to our screens!
The Twilight Saga was what got me back into reading and technically without those books i wouldn't be doing this blog right now :) So thank you Twilight!!

Anway, back to the film. All the same people are in it and now the saga is finally coming to a conclusion. Most of us have read the books so i don't think i really need to explain what will happen. But if you haven't read the last one, then do so quickly, because in my opinion, it was the best one out of the series!!
Here's the movie poster.....

I like this poster but to be honest...there are a lot out so i just chose this one haha :)
I'm going to go see it with Katie as week after it comes out (like i would go watch it with girls screaming everytime Edward comes on ahah) :) But it should be good and I'm looking forward to it :) Here's the trailer....

Enjoy!!