Earth Bound by Aprilynne Pike

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Earth Bound by Aprilynne Pike
Publisher: Penguin Group
Genre: Action/Adventure, Contemporary, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, YA, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Full Length (338 pgs)
Age Recommendation: 12+
Rating: Best Book
Reviewed by Peppermint

Tavia Michaels is the sole survivor of the plane crash that killed her parents. When she starts to see strange visions of a boy she’s never spoken with in real life, she begins to suspect that there’s much about her past that she isn’t being told.

Tavia immediately searches for answers, desperate to determine why she feels so drawn to a boy she hardly knows. But when Tavia discovers that the aunt and uncle who took her in after her parents’ death may have actually been responsible for the plane crash that killed them–and that she may have been the true intended victim–she flees for the safety of Camden, Maine, where the boy she sees in her visions instructs her to go.

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Tavia feels torn between the boy who mysteriously comes to her at night and the boy who has been by her side every step of the way. But what Tavia doesn’t know is that the world is literally falling apart and that to save it she will have to unite with the boy in her visions. Only problem? To do so would mean rejecting Benson’s love. And that’s the one thing Tavia Michaels swore she’d never do.

This is one of the best Young Adult stories I have read in a while, so much so that I wasn’t ready for it to end.

Tavia is anything but your average eighteen year old. She had to suffer the tragedy of her parents dying and getting complete uprooted from her life, as well as fight for her life. This is just in the first chapter. Tavia is someone that I sympathized with immediately because she has had to deal with more in her life than most people ever do. These experiences have made her a recluse both physically, emotionally, and psychologically.

While Tavia keeps people at a distance it does not mean she goes unaffected and Benson certainly has an effect on her. I immediately recognized the connection they had. Benson and Elizabeth, her psychologist seem to provide a semblance of a normal life for Tavia. That is until her world is turned upside down and she doesn’t know who to trust, the mysterious yet hot guy that keeps showing up or the people who have helped bring her back from the brink of death.

Once I started to read this story I was immediately addicted. The author just had a way of making me feel like I was part of the story. The words seem to come off the pages and act out scenes right in my home. I was so intrigued and encased in the story I found myself up at the wee hours of the night telling myself just one more page. On top of that the end was such a cliff hanger that I cannot wait to read the next installment, because there is no question in my mind that Tavia’s story has only just begun.

The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn

The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn
Publisher: Penguin
Genre: Contemporary, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Full length (368 pages)
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Azalea

The phone rings. It’s your daughter. She’s been dead for four months.

So begins East Texas police dispatcher Ian Hunt’s fight to get his daughter back. The call is cut off by the man who snatched her from her bedroom seven years ago, and a basic description of the kidnapper is all Ian has to go on. What follows is a bullet-strewn cross-country chase from Texas to California along Interstate 10- a wild ride in a 1965 Mustang that passes through the outlaw territory of No Country for Old Men and is shot through with moments of macabre violence that call to mind the novels of Thomas Harris.

911 dispatcher Ian Hunt receives a call from a fourteen-year-old girl–his daughter Maggie who’s been missing for seven years and declared dead. Before Ian can get more than a rudimentary description of his daughter’s kidnapper, the phone is snatched from the girl’s hand. Ian begins a hunt for his missing daughter that will cover not only the East Texas community where Ian lives, but also a mad chase along the Interstate 10 to California. Can he reach her in time?

Jahn’s theme is not new, but he gives life to an otherwise predictable plot by infusing life into his characters. Thrice divorced dispatcher, Ian Hunt has foibles aplenty, but he has a determination to find the only precious thing he has left in his empty life–his daughter Maggie. Henry, the villain, is a truly disgusting man, but Jahn provides a fascinating glimpse into the criminal mind that raises Henry from the stereotype. Mild attack of the pancreatitis can mimic stomach flu, food poisoning, acute dyspepsia, gastritis, acid reflux, IBS, mild heart attack, gallbladder stones attack, sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD), parasites, alcohol buy cialis or drugs intoxication, etc. Tadacip’s effect starts working in 30 minutes and lasts for about 36 hours. generic viagra samples Sudh Shilajit plays a vital role in relieving you levitra sale from stress and helps to delay or slow down the aging process with the help of anti aging herbal supplements. An ideal hypothyroidism diet focuses on foods that reduce inflammation and helps to heal the pain and replace abandonment issues with healthy, enriching relationships! Available in eBook for Kindle, Nook, and PDF readers Available in Paperback at Amazon and most major Booksellers To buy from Kindle store, visit Thaw – Freedom from Frozen Feelings will take the reader on just such a journey of healing. cialis in kanada Even Henry’s dim-witted wife Bea is portrayed with a pathos that makes the reader both despise and pity her. Henry’s twisted loyalty to Bea and his hideous determination to give her what she lost are hard to stomach in this tale of a young girl who has lived as a captive practically under the noses of the local police. I was at first reminded of news stories where young women had been held captive. This is different, and Henry’s motives are not those of Elizabeth Smart’s or Jaycee Dugard’s kidnappers. Only the compliant wife lends any similarity to Maggie’s story.

Despite Maggie’s unusual strength of character which seems unbelievable given her confinement, Jahn’s fast-paced plot keeps the reader turning pages and suspending disbelief. I appreciated the viewpoints of several characters, however, I was put off by the present tense storytelling style. Also–and I do not take off for formatting since the version I read may be a NetGalley problem, not occurring in the printed book–I found point of view switches hard to follow without asterisks or other hiatus indicators.

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