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kathydavie's review against another edition
3.0
First in the Dru Anderson urban fantasy, young adult series about a teenage girl with special powers.
My Take
The story is great; Dru Anderson is a typical teenager who thinks she is so hot because her dad has been hunting mystical evil for most of her life, and she's picked up a few tips. Typical because she thinks she's hotter than she really is, and there were times I was hoping the bad guys would take her out and relieve us of her stupidity.
She and her dad have practically a library of books about what they hunt, or who hunt them, and she spends all this time whining around, whimpering, when she could be looking up the fire-breathing pony that came after her and Graves. She's got a list of people she can call, but, does she?? Noooo, instead it's so much more fun [for her, not us!] to whine and whimper and whinge. Gawd…preserve me!
Then she meets the djamphir, Christophe, and, when she gets home, does she look it up? Nooo…why do something practical when you can whine and whimper and whinge.
I can understand Dru's apprehension: something nasty is out there after her, but, hey, the kid helped her when he could easily have taken her out. Hullo, that should buy him some ear time. That and the fact that he's out in daylight and bleeds red…hullo…some logical thought process here, please.
Even after she meets this guy and he moves into the house, it's still a day or so before she bothers to call Augie to find out what's happening. When he verifies Christophe's identity, does she cut him any slack? Nooo, oh, no, instead she simply makes things worse and plays stupid games with the car keys…if I'd've had a gun, I think I'd've shot her for being too stupid to live!
The other part of me was crying my eyes out…Dru has to have been in the scariest position ever of her life with the loss she experiences. Yes, I do want to read the next in the series, Betrayals, if only to find out about this school that Dru and Graves go off to and see if St. Crow gets any better.
Just writing this review is making me nuts again…maybe I won't bother with Betrayals…
The Story
From Florida to the Dakotas in winter, Dru Anderson is just not prepared for the cold and snow, especially when a zombie attacks in her own home. A zombie she knows very well.
Grief-stricken and terrified, Dru attempts to come to terms with who she killed by hanging out at the mall where Graves, a fellow student from the high school, finds her.
In helping Dru, Graves is attacked and his refuge is compromised, forcing Dru to take him along, thereby introducing him to a lot more than Graves could ever have imagined.
The Characters
Dru Anderson has had a strange upbringing: learning folk magic from her Granmama (who now appears to her as a white owl) and survival from her dad: tai chi, shooting, knifework.
Her dad, Dwight Anderson, went all revenge after his wife, Dru's mom, died.
Graves has been on his own since he was 12 with a pretty good sense of self-preservation and plans for the future.
August is a fellow hunter and a friend of her dad's who lives in New York City. Several times, her dad dropped her off with Augie while he went hunting.
Christophe Gogol Reynard is a djamphir, a vampire hunter who claims he's Dru's guardian angel.
Sergej is the leader of the evil vampire faction
The Cover and Title
An absolutely gorgeous girl glaring out at us dressed in a thin-strapped khaki-green tank top and a black zippered jacket enfolded by her bicep-length, wavy, dark brown hair. The title is accurate enough for Dru and Graves certainly do encounter some Strange Angels helping them escape their enemy.
My Take
The story is great; Dru Anderson is a typical teenager who thinks she is so hot because her dad has been hunting mystical evil for most of her life, and she's picked up a few tips. Typical because she thinks she's hotter than she really is, and there were times I was hoping the bad guys would take her out and relieve us of her stupidity.
She and her dad have practically a library of books about what they hunt, or who hunt them, and she spends all this time whining around, whimpering, when she could be looking up the fire-breathing pony that came after her and Graves. She's got a list of people she can call, but, does she?? Noooo, instead it's so much more fun [for her, not us!] to whine and whimper and whinge. Gawd…preserve me!
Then she meets the djamphir, Christophe, and, when she gets home, does she look it up? Nooo…why do something practical when you can whine and whimper and whinge.
I can understand Dru's apprehension: something nasty is out there after her, but, hey, the kid helped her when he could easily have taken her out. Hullo, that should buy him some ear time. That and the fact that he's out in daylight and bleeds red…hullo…some logical thought process here, please.
Even after she meets this guy and he moves into the house, it's still a day or so before she bothers to call Augie to find out what's happening. When he verifies Christophe's identity, does she cut him any slack? Nooo, oh, no, instead she simply makes things worse and plays stupid games with the car keys…if I'd've had a gun, I think I'd've shot her for being too stupid to live!
The other part of me was crying my eyes out…Dru has to have been in the scariest position ever of her life with the loss she experiences. Yes, I do want to read the next in the series, Betrayals, if only to find out about this school that Dru and Graves go off to and see if St. Crow gets any better.
Just writing this review is making me nuts again…maybe I won't bother with Betrayals…
The Story
From Florida to the Dakotas in winter, Dru Anderson is just not prepared for the cold and snow, especially when a zombie attacks in her own home. A zombie she knows very well.
Grief-stricken and terrified, Dru attempts to come to terms with who she killed by hanging out at the mall where Graves, a fellow student from the high school, finds her.
In helping Dru, Graves is attacked and his refuge is compromised, forcing Dru to take him along, thereby introducing him to a lot more than Graves could ever have imagined.
The Characters
Dru Anderson has had a strange upbringing: learning folk magic from her Granmama (who now appears to her as a white owl) and survival from her dad: tai chi, shooting, knifework.
Her dad, Dwight Anderson, went all revenge after his wife, Dru's mom, died.
Graves has been on his own since he was 12 with a pretty good sense of self-preservation and plans for the future.
August is a fellow hunter and a friend of her dad's who lives in New York City. Several times, her dad dropped her off with Augie while he went hunting.
Christophe Gogol Reynard is a djamphir, a vampire hunter who claims he's Dru's guardian angel.
Sergej is the leader of the evil vampire faction
The Cover and Title
An absolutely gorgeous girl glaring out at us dressed in a thin-strapped khaki-green tank top and a black zippered jacket enfolded by her bicep-length, wavy, dark brown hair. The title is accurate enough for Dru and Graves certainly do encounter some Strange Angels helping them escape their enemy.
stormyharper's review against another edition
5.0
Just started this book this morning and at first it was a bit slow for me and I was wondering whether to carry on I was there I did to stick with it and give myself a chat to breaks so when I hit chapter 8 I was supposed to have a break but the book had spiced up a lot by then and I just couldn't stop reading Dru Anderson the dad was a hunter of all things supernatural and egos how to hunt something and she thinks it's just a normal hunt with her dad gets turned into a zombie and he comes back to their house she needed to do something what no kids should have to do she killed her father she decides to go to the mall and a kids from her new school sits down at the same table as her and she decides to tell him that she hasn't got a place to stay for the night and he helps her out as he has a little safe place in the mall what the people had forgotten about so there safe there and that's the stuff happens after this but I don't want to spoil the book for you this was a really good book and I'm glad I kept on reading it
ec_newman's review against another edition
5.0
Really good. Like the TV show Supernatural with a girl and a lot more strangeness. A kickass heroine who's only 15/16 years old. After dealing with someone as flat as Bella Swan (Twilight) it's nice to hang with a girl who can do something.
jbayer's review against another edition
There was too much “I’m not like other girls”
sazana28's review against another edition
5.0
This book has the best badass protagonist; I love tough leading girls who can kick butt and still look cute in a skirt. Not that they would ever actually wear it. I love Dru in this book,and the two boys who are obviously taken by her. This book just rocks.
chelsea2020's review against another edition
1.0
I have but one word for this story, "Wow." And not the good kind of 'wow' either. Oh no. This is the kind of 'wow' that comes before the question "Why?" Why would you even attempt to write something like this? I got so lost in the plot and random crap in this 'story' that I am not fully convinced there was indeed a plot. This story to me just looked like word vomit; Random ideas that belonged in several different books and had no business being carelessly thrown into a single book. The constant change of scene, pace, and attitude gave me vertigo. I honestly have no idea how I got through this entire book, but I strongly regret ever picking it up in the first place.
abaugher's review against another edition
2.0
this book has a LOT of backstory that will need to be explored in subsequent books. the plot sounds good, but i was distracted with the sound. Here's what i think. eh. narrator was a bit over the top, maybe reading it would have been better. leaves you with a cliff hanger, but we already know another one is coming out/already out. i'll go print next round.
miss_merna's review against another edition
3.0
I almost didn't finish this book. But I pulled myself through. I read this book two years ago, so my memory is a little sketchy. This review won't be long. I won’t bother.
Dru is strong female heroine who travels on the road with her dad hunting ghosts, suckers and zombies. It seemed very promising.
But simply it wasn't for me. I felt no urge to know what would happen next because nothing that was overwhelmingly surprising did happen. It didn’t bring anything grippingly new to the YA paranormal. (Besides Vampires who were called something different).
But others might like it. Who knows.
Dru is strong female heroine who travels on the road with her dad hunting ghosts, suckers and zombies. It seemed very promising.
But simply it wasn't for me. I felt no urge to know what would happen next because nothing that was overwhelmingly surprising did happen. It didn’t bring anything grippingly new to the YA paranormal. (Besides Vampires who were called something different).
But others might like it. Who knows.
ambeesbookishpages's review against another edition
1.0
I only got 28% through this book, before I was like "I can not get freaking through this..." Dru pisses me the hell off, she has a bitchy personality that o can not stand.
laureltree13's review against another edition
2.0
Was expecting a lot more than I was given. Basically sucked, a lot.