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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
giving it a very generous 3 stars. this book was very disappointing
Prophecy Girl, like Cecily White herself, is just plain fun.
That's an odd thing to say about a book that involves all manner of death and violence, portals and magic, blood and betrayal. But I'm going to stand by it. Fun.
First, the book is set in New Orleans. There's no place better for magic and mayhem than NOLA. You might think you've already been there with any number of authors, but White has her own take on the city, and I loved it. I've been a few times, and I really picked up on the flavor of the city and recognized some of the streets she mentions.
Second, Amelie Bennett is a sassy heroine. You gotta love a smart-mouthed heroine who can keep her wits about her. I sometimes wondered how Amelie could break as many rules as she does knowing that her place in this Angel society is tenuous at best, but break the rules she does. Amelie reminds me of Buffy--in a good way.
Third, the romance. I do love the chemistry between her and Jack.
Fourth, the vamp. I have to admit I loved Luc's character. He, more than anything, makes me want to tune in to book two and see what kind of sparring he and Amelie get into.
Finally, if I had a complaint, it would be that the plot gets a little convoluted in the middle. I had a few, "Say huh?" moments. That said, hang it there and go along for the ride because the characters and the overall story more than make the read worth it. It's a fast-paced read--oh, and did I mention that it's fun?
That's an odd thing to say about a book that involves all manner of death and violence, portals and magic, blood and betrayal. But I'm going to stand by it. Fun.
First, the book is set in New Orleans. There's no place better for magic and mayhem than NOLA. You might think you've already been there with any number of authors, but White has her own take on the city, and I loved it. I've been a few times, and I really picked up on the flavor of the city and recognized some of the streets she mentions.
Second, Amelie Bennett is a sassy heroine. You gotta love a smart-mouthed heroine who can keep her wits about her. I sometimes wondered how Amelie could break as many rules as she does knowing that her place in this Angel society is tenuous at best, but break the rules she does. Amelie reminds me of Buffy--in a good way.
Third, the romance. I do love the chemistry between her and Jack.
Fourth, the vamp. I have to admit I loved Luc's character. He, more than anything, makes me want to tune in to book two and see what kind of sparring he and Amelie get into.
Finally, if I had a complaint, it would be that the plot gets a little convoluted in the middle. I had a few, "Say huh?" moments. That said, hang it there and go along for the ride because the characters and the overall story more than make the read worth it. It's a fast-paced read--oh, and did I mention that it's fun?
This was so much fun. Seriously. I laughed out loud many times and the tone of the entire novel was just exactly my cup of tea. Woot!
This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. Though the title "Prophesy Girl" probably should've tipped me off. I don't even care enough to write a proper review, although there are two things I have to say.
1. The insta-love was so ridiculous I wanted to stab myself in the throat. All Amelie knows is Jack's name and she thinks they belong together and she falls in love with him. I don't give a damn if they're "half-bonded" or not. It's the most ridiculous insta-love I've ever read.
2. And also? I've read a lot of books with stupid petnames, but Omelet? That's by far the stupidest thing I've ever read. Amelie likes Omelets, there was ONE scene where they had omelets, mind you- and Jack decided to call her it. And he did it on more than one occasion. Omelet. You've got to be fricking kidding me.
1. The insta-love was so ridiculous I wanted to stab myself in the throat. All Amelie knows is Jack's name and she thinks they belong together and she falls in love with him. I don't give a damn if they're "half-bonded" or not. It's the most ridiculous insta-love I've ever read.
2. And also? I've read a lot of books with stupid petnames, but Omelet? That's by far the stupidest thing I've ever read. Amelie likes Omelets, there was ONE scene where they had omelets, mind you- and Jack decided to call her it. And he did it on more than one occasion. Omelet. You've got to be fricking kidding me.
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I just loved everything about Prophecy Girl. The story is really unique and I love how every turn there is something thrilling happening. Definitely never a dull moment with our lead character, Ami. Prophecy Girl is a book I instantly fell in love with. From the fast-paced, gripping story to the sweet and spicy main character, plus a beyond sexy love interest... there's nothing not to love.
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The world for the Angel Academy Series was fun. There are both werewolf and vampires but there are also Guardians who use magic. These magic users are either channelers or watchers and when they graduate they are paired together and are expected to get married and have children together. This doesn't always happen but those that do not are frowned upon.
Amelie's personality reminded me a lot of Rose Hathaway from the Vampire Academy series. She was spunky, outspoken and found herself at the front of trouble throughout the entire book. She was not a rule follower. Jackson tries REALLY hard to hide his feelings for Amelie and push her away. He ends up playing a few roles in the story but they all revolve around Amelie in some way. The action seems non stop and the mystery is well written.
I found PROPHECY GIRL to be a fast paced fun read. The characters were interesting and the story was smoothly written. The reason I am giving it the rating I am is because there are so many books that have the same sort of storyline. I have a few questions from some book ending events that I don't fully understand the results of. I will most likely pick up book 2.
Amelie's personality reminded me a lot of Rose Hathaway from the Vampire Academy series. She was spunky, outspoken and found herself at the front of trouble throughout the entire book. She was not a rule follower. Jackson tries REALLY hard to hide his feelings for Amelie and push her away. He ends up playing a few roles in the story but they all revolve around Amelie in some way. The action seems non stop and the mystery is well written.
I found PROPHECY GIRL to be a fast paced fun read. The characters were interesting and the story was smoothly written. The reason I am giving it the rating I am is because there are so many books that have the same sort of storyline. I have a few questions from some book ending events that I don't fully understand the results of. I will most likely pick up book 2.
The plot, writing, almost everything is great except the hero is suicidal who keeps the heroine away and heroine is pushy, keeps coming back for more rejection.
So, I was told you either going to love this or you are going to hate this. I've done my homework as usual, and read reviews about this book, and couldn't help but to be curious. There were few novels mentioned by the reviews that Prophecy Girl shares similar themes. But what sort of books out on the market right now doesn't, right? As it turn out I did like the book, oops.
I like boarding school novels, and when I saw "Angel Academy" I thought this was going to be one as well. Wrong! This was not a boarding school novel. Neither it truly focus on the school part either. So, if you were looking for boarding school type of novels, you probably will be disappointed as I was.
So there is a prophecy about Amelie, although we don't know about it until later in the book.
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Basically, the prophecy said Amelia is going to end the Gabriel bloodline.Angel Academy is where the human of angelblood learn and train to become
I thought it was weird that Amelie's
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because of her true identity.I want to say Jackson is quite a contradicted character.
Amelia, given her family background, she seem to have loads to prove herself. She has quite a school record of pranks and troubles, to sum up Amelia is rebellion and has problem with authority.
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So it turn out Amelia isn't Angelblood, she actually has Luciferblood (so I am guessing her mother also has Luciferblood? The book didn't explain).I did like the story, it was interesting and fast pace (perhaps sometime a bit too fast, loads of things happened within matter of a day). Although there were time I was confused by what's happening, like when Amelie woke up after her field test. This part was bit fuzzy, since Amelie passed out after the jump. She woke up and find out she was frame for killing the headmaster and the angelbloods. Then all the sudden they were on the run, and with Jackson's help and Amelie's close friends' help, Amelia and Jackson were able to escape the school. The transaction isn't quite smooth, the story can get a bit messy from time to time.
I thought it was weird that while demons are killing angelbloods left and right, but the elders are so hang up on Amelie and the prophecy, that they couldn't give a rat's ass about what else is going on. How weird was that?
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Anyone else think it's weird that Lissa being Amelie's evil twin, however not even Lissa's own father realized that Lissa was his suppose dead daughter?! Really?!As it turn out, as evil as
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Lissa wasSpoiler
, she was just a pawn to a supernatural racial war, what a let down. But I am sure we haven't seen the last of Lissa yet.Spoiler
I am not sure about the whole Amelie beingI can see why readers can easily go either way with this book, but for me, I quite enjoyed it.
Happy reading!