Title: The Light

Author: D. J. MacHale

 

Series: Morpheus Road #1

My rating: 5 of 5

(Book re-read from my own copy  from November 28 to December 03, 2012)

Summary:

Marshall Seaver is being haunted...

It begins with mysterious sounds, a fleeting face outside a window, a rogue breeze - all things that can be explained away. That is, until he comes face-to-face with a character who only exists on the pages of a sketchbook - a character Marshall himself created.

Marshall has no idea why he is being tormented, but he is quickly convinced it has to do with his best friend, Cooper, who has gone missing. Together with Cooper's beautiful but aloof sister Sydney, Marshall searches for the truth about his friend while ultimately uncovering a nightmare that is bigger and more frightening than anything he could ever have imagined.

 

My Thoughts on the Book:

Ok, so this is the 3rd time I read The Light - the first book in the Morpheus Road trilogy - and I have already reviewed it twice, but I have to do it again because I love it so much, and want to spread the love for the trilogy, but I'll try to keep it short ;)

Marshall Seaver is a loner in a way. He's an artist, he keeps sketching his creepy character Gravedigger again & again, and spends most of his time with his best (and only) friend Cooper Foley! Also, he has lost his mother a couple of years ago, and has a crush on Cooper's older sister Sydney. So, after having a really big fight with Cooper, strange things start to happen to Marshall. He's freaked out of course, especially after seeing Gravedigger - a character from his own imagination - who tries to kill him again & again. So, when he tries to contact Cooper, he finds out that he's been missing. So, Marshall, together with Cooper's sister, Sydney, try to find Cooper, while trying to stay alive.    

The Light is a book that will keep you on the edge of your sit from the beginning until the end! This being my 3rd time I've read this book, I didn't found it as creepy as I did the previous 2 times, but it was still a thrilling read that I found exciting & fun & sad & eerie, with such a great mystery, and once again I loved every second of it. I loved Marshall as a character, and I love the way he grows up through the book. I also loved both Cooper & Sydney, they're such great characters, too. Most of this book is from Marshall's PoV, with a little from Sydney, and an epilogue from someone unexpected ;) 

So, if you're a fan of books with lots of thrills & chills and lots of twists & turns, then this is a book for you!!! I can't recommend it enough!

Title: The Black

Author: D. J. MacHale

 

Series: Morpheus Road #3 

My rating: 5 of 5

(Book re-read from my own copy  from December 05, 2012 to January 09, 2013)

 

 

 

A Note of Warning: 

 

If you haven't read The Light, and you'd like to, then DON'T read the summary of The Black, because it has lots of important spoilers!

Summary:

This isn't what Cooper Foley expected death to be like... 

Cooper Foley has landed square in the middle of a border war between the worlds of the living and the dead. He's always had a knack for finding trouble, but nothing has prepared him for this. 

At the end of The Light, book one of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall Seaver learned what really happened to his missing best friend, Cooper. Now the mystery continues, only this time through Cooper's eyes. 

What did Marshall's terrifying encounter with Gravedigger have to do with spirits from another existence? Who is Damon? What role did he play in Cooper's dilemma? And most important, what is the mysterious Morpheus Road? All of existence hangs in the balance as Cooper races against time to find answers.

 

My Thoughts on the Book:

So, The Black was also a re-read for me, but it was only the 2nd time I've read this book ;) Once again I was totally wrapped up in the events happening in this book. We follow Cooper and what happened to him. He's such a fun character, and got stuck in the middle of events that didn't concern him, well, until Damon decided to involve him :) We learn about the Morpheus Road, and we learn more about Damon & about Marshall's Mom a.k.a the events that started this whole thing. We also meet Maggie - I really liked her - and she & Cooper were really sweet together. Also, there was a mystery involving her, and that one was totally unexpected, so another awesome subplot by D. J. MacHale. I don't want to go into too many details, because I dislike spoilers, but this books was really great sequel, that was full of thrills, suspense, mystery & action, so you'll find yourself unable to stop turning the pages, wanting to know what will happen next? And that epilogue, so sad, yet amazing, and will make you want to pick up the last book - The Blood - right away! If you've enjoyed The Light, you will definitely enjoy this one, too, so I can't recommend it enough.  

Title: The Fury

Author: Alexander Gordon Smith

Series: The Fury #1

 

My rating: 5 of 5

 

(book read from November 1st, 2012 to January 11th, 2013)

 

  

Summary:

Imagine if one day, without warning, the entire human race turns against you.

Every single person you meet becomes a bloodthirsty, mindless savage, hell-bent on killing you – and only you.

Friends, family, even your mum and dad, will turn on you. They will murder you.

And when they have, they will go back to their lives as if nothing has happened.

The world has the Fury.

It will not rest until you are dead.

Cal, Brick and Daisy are three ordinary teenagers whose lives suddenly take a terrifying turn for the worst. They begin to trigger a reaction in everybody they meet, one that makes friends and strangers alike turn rabid whenever they are close. One that makes people want to tear them to pieces

Cal and the other victims of the Fury – the ones that survive – manage to locate each other. But just when they think they have found a safe place to hide from the world, some of them begin to change...

They must fight to uncover the truth about the Fury before it's too late. But it is a truth that will destroy everything they know about life and death

 

My Thoughts on the Book:

Ok, so The Fury was totally freaktastic. I mean, I've read really awesome things about Alexander Gordon Smith's Furnace series, and about his writing, but I had no idea. The Fury was totally (ok, it seems I'm using the word totally a lot today) freaking me out again & again, I think that was one of the reasons why I need it to take so many breaks while reading it. It wasn't that it wasn't an easy read or anything like that, I guess I just need it to cherish it, and sometimes needing breaks while reading a book is a really good thing, it means that the book is a keeper :) I don't want to go into too many details about the story, but we have 3 totally different main characters Cal, Brick & Daisy, and we follow what happens from their PoVs, but their PoVs aren't the only ones, the story is told from multiple other characters' PoVs.  I really connected to all the characters, with all the accompanying emotions, so it was one hell of a rollercoaster ride that I both didn't want to end, and wanted to end, because I couldn't take the suspense. I think that the waiting for The Storm will be quite a torture, I'm already wishing there was at least a publication date so I'll know when it will be published. Another thing I want to address is that although I had a few expectations about the story before & while reading it, I was right about only a few of them, and I so didn't saw that one coming, the reason behind the Fury - it was a totally unexpected surprise, but brilliant. I can't wait to see how everything wraps up in The Storm. And I absolutely loved the writing style - no one had ever freaked me out so many times in one book, I'm already a fan of the author, and I can't wait to read his other books!

 

I can't recommend enough The Fury! If you're a fan of books that will literally keep you on the edge of your sit & biting your nails with suspense & terror, then this is a novel for you!