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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Definitivamente Joss nunca deja de atraparme desde el primer capítulo, este libro es una lectura súper liviana y fácil de leer, además que mantiene el toque romántico y medio bobo de lo que es ser adolescente. La dinámica entre Kieran y Raven fue muy bonita, pero ckskejdn Kieran absolutamente bi. Le doy 4 estrellas de 5 porque no es mi libro favorito, sin embargo ya quiero leer los demás!
¿Que si le di una estrella más que la vez pasada que lo leí? Sï, definitivamente, una y mil veces sí.
Últimamente he estado viendo muchas series policíacas, que me recordaron a lo mucho que me gustaron estos libros la primera vez que los leí.
Es simplemente perfecto, al menos para mí, claro. Para mi es una mezcla perfecta de romance y misterio, todo lo que esperaba estaba ahí.
Y ni hablar de los personajes, que los amo con mi alma.
Últimamente he estado viendo muchas series policíacas, que me recordaron a lo mucho que me gustaron estos libros la primera vez que los leí.
Es simplemente perfecto, al menos para mí, claro. Para mi es una mezcla perfecta de romance y misterio, todo lo que esperaba estaba ahí.
Y ni hablar de los personajes, que los amo con mi alma.
Joss Stirling is the second author I heard talk at the recent Oxford University Press bloggers evening, and I’m not familiar with any of her other work so I was excited to read Storm and Stone, the first in a new series. Joss Stirling is a British author and may be more familiarly known as Julia Golding, although she also publishes under the pseudonym Eve Edwards. In 2007 she was selected by Waterstones as one of their 25 authors of the future, and has had many teenagers in raptures with her Finding Sky young adult trilogy.
Personally, I found Storm and Stone a really thrilling read. It has a bit of everything for the enthusiastic Young Adult fanatic, you’ve got your romance (obviously!), adventure, action, intrigue and mystery, which when all combined together provide a great mixture to excite and entertain from a clearly gifted author. Our main character is a young girl called Raven who attends a very exclusive private school where she mingles with rich, very privileged teenagers but stands out like a sore thumb as the only reason she can attend is because her grandfather is the janitor there. Of course we know that kids can be cruel, and her difference in social class leads to her experiencing incredibly spiteful behaviour from the other students. So, I was already on her side and ready to fight her corner but then Stirling ramps up the intensity by placing two new and very mysterious male students into the mix whom Raven is able to befriend. But there is an ulterior motive behind Joe and Kieran’s presence in the school. The boys are part of an investigative unit that are trying to uncover mysterious goings-on within the school. Their mission is to try and determine why when students are taken away for a period that they return completely different, almost as if a personality transplant has taken place! This is also linked to many suspected dodgy dealings behind the scenes among the wealthiest of the parents. Joe and Kieran must try to find out what exactly is going on whilst remaining undetected. It would be slightly easier for them perhaps if Kieran could stop himself falling in love with Raven…
This book had me pretty much hooked from the beginning. I found it to be such a strong plot line with both intriguing and likeable characters, that has the potential to turn into a great series. At the bloggers evening, Joss Stirling read out one of my favourite parts of the novel, where Kieran first meets Raven and proceeds to analyse her, almost in a Sherlock Holmesy kind of manner, identifying most of her traits and habits merely from her items of clothing and jewellery. This freaks Raven out considerably as you can imagine, but I loved the way the author then developed their relationship piece by piece and I cannot wait to see how it will continue and grow in further books. Furthermore, I enjoyed how the author dealt with the more emotive issues, for example the loss of Raven’s parents, the relationship between Kieran and his own mother and the ostracisation of Raven from her fellow classmates which I think many teenagers will be able to relate too. Joss is a big fan of detective fiction and one fun part of our evening involved her leading us in a “detective fiction” quiz – fun apart from my shameful score, that is! I think that this book deserves its place within the young adult detective fiction genre, and once again cannot wait to see how the characters will develop over the series.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Oxford University Press for a fantastic evening (and a sneak peek at the cover art of Joss’ next new book Misty Falls due to be published this October). Oh, and I may now have to check out the Finding Sky trilogy…
Please see my full review at www.bibliobeth.com
Personally, I found Storm and Stone a really thrilling read. It has a bit of everything for the enthusiastic Young Adult fanatic, you’ve got your romance (obviously!), adventure, action, intrigue and mystery, which when all combined together provide a great mixture to excite and entertain from a clearly gifted author. Our main character is a young girl called Raven who attends a very exclusive private school where she mingles with rich, very privileged teenagers but stands out like a sore thumb as the only reason she can attend is because her grandfather is the janitor there. Of course we know that kids can be cruel, and her difference in social class leads to her experiencing incredibly spiteful behaviour from the other students. So, I was already on her side and ready to fight her corner but then Stirling ramps up the intensity by placing two new and very mysterious male students into the mix whom Raven is able to befriend. But there is an ulterior motive behind Joe and Kieran’s presence in the school. The boys are part of an investigative unit that are trying to uncover mysterious goings-on within the school. Their mission is to try and determine why when students are taken away for a period that they return completely different, almost as if a personality transplant has taken place! This is also linked to many suspected dodgy dealings behind the scenes among the wealthiest of the parents. Joe and Kieran must try to find out what exactly is going on whilst remaining undetected. It would be slightly easier for them perhaps if Kieran could stop himself falling in love with Raven…
This book had me pretty much hooked from the beginning. I found it to be such a strong plot line with both intriguing and likeable characters, that has the potential to turn into a great series. At the bloggers evening, Joss Stirling read out one of my favourite parts of the novel, where Kieran first meets Raven and proceeds to analyse her, almost in a Sherlock Holmesy kind of manner, identifying most of her traits and habits merely from her items of clothing and jewellery. This freaks Raven out considerably as you can imagine, but I loved the way the author then developed their relationship piece by piece and I cannot wait to see how it will continue and grow in further books. Furthermore, I enjoyed how the author dealt with the more emotive issues, for example the loss of Raven’s parents, the relationship between Kieran and his own mother and the ostracisation of Raven from her fellow classmates which I think many teenagers will be able to relate too. Joss is a big fan of detective fiction and one fun part of our evening involved her leading us in a “detective fiction” quiz – fun apart from my shameful score, that is! I think that this book deserves its place within the young adult detective fiction genre, and once again cannot wait to see how the characters will develop over the series.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Oxford University Press for a fantastic evening (and a sneak peek at the cover art of Joss’ next new book Misty Falls due to be published this October). Oh, and I may now have to check out the Finding Sky trilogy…
Please see my full review at www.bibliobeth.com
I seem to just love anything by Joss Stirling! Very different from the Benedict brothers series but I still liked it a lot. Looking forward to the next book.
Was war das für ein Buch? Es war unterhaltend, das will ich nicht bestreiten, jedoch
war es eher guilty pleasure als qualitativ gut umgesetzt.
Das setting gefiel mir von Anfang an; Internat mit mysteriösen Machenschaften, Agenten, die undercover ermitteln und die offensichtliche lovestory. Aber die Umsetzung; platte Charaktere, cringe Dialoge und einfach keine richtigen Geheimnisse, da alles offensichtlich war. Das Ende ist doch keine Auflösung (dafür sind dann die weiteren Teile) Das beste am Ende war einfach, dass Kieran random Peitsche hatte WARUM? Dies und
weitere weirde Details haben mich mehrmals zum Lachen gebracht.
Mein Fazit: Es war kein gutes Buch, aber ein gutes guilty pleasure Buch ;)
war es eher guilty pleasure als qualitativ gut umgesetzt.
Das setting gefiel mir von Anfang an; Internat mit mysteriösen Machenschaften, Agenten, die undercover ermitteln und die offensichtliche lovestory. Aber die Umsetzung; platte Charaktere, cringe Dialoge und einfach keine richtigen Geheimnisse, da alles offensichtlich war. Das Ende ist doch keine Auflösung (dafür sind dann die weiteren Teile) Das beste am Ende war einfach, dass Kieran random Peitsche hatte WARUM? Dies und
weitere weirde Details haben mich mehrmals zum Lachen gebracht.
Mein Fazit: Es war kein gutes Buch, aber ein gutes guilty pleasure Buch ;)
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Somewhere between 2-3 stars for me. I felt incredibly sorry for Raven, the target of bullying, losing her only friend, blamed for things she didn't do and then finds out her new boyfriend is lying to her about everything but can't tell her why. I do understand why he couldn't tell her though. What I don't understand is after she finds out and works with his boss to rescue him he still isn't allowed to contact her until after the boss has considered whether or not she is a suitable candidate. That made no sense. Sure before she knew he couldn't risk blowing his cover but after she already knew why couldn't he see her? I enjoyed Kieran - I usually like overly bright socially inept characters. I find them very entertaining.