tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post3780566106615128672..comments2024-03-23T09:09:59.386-04:00Comments on ANNIE AND AUNT: YA Fantasy: Beyond VampiresAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10668869030805539811noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-35134946125034322752015-12-10T09:41:29.834-05:002015-12-10T09:41:29.834-05:00I have to add the Dusk Gate Chronicles by Breanna ...I have to add the Dusk Gate Chronicles by Breanna Putroff as a good YA Fantasy option. Clean and adventurous with very likable characters. In the first book a high school girl follows a fellow student to another world and meets his amazing family and helps solve a medical mystery. No trashy storylines. Enjoy! http://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Discovery-Dusk-Gate-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B005KLT3VQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449758456&sr=8-2&keywords=dusk+gateAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980002290926924027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-51568307315092576092010-09-26T19:27:50.296-04:002010-09-26T19:27:50.296-04:00(The reasons are on the "On Twilight. Oy.&quo...(The reasons are on the "On Twilight. Oy." post. Sorry-- I didn't clarify!)Iris Linnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-62350357119381528502010-09-26T19:26:01.474-04:002010-09-26T19:26:01.474-04:00I love the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, and The Hunger Gam...I love the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, and The Hunger Games, but really didn't like Graceling. I think it might be because I read it immediately after The Hunger Games, since they were released within, I think, a week of each other, and I inevitably compared them, but I thought it just dragged. And that Katsa wasn't as brilliant as everyone said she was. So too much telling, and not enough showing, I guess.<br /><br />I've looked at the Chaos Walking series before, but never really picked it up. I think I'll give it another shot.<br /><br />As for good faerie/shapeshifter/vampire books, I really love Holly Black (The Modern Faerie Tales series), and Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (The Den of Shadows Quartet and The Keisha'Ra series). I listed off my reasons in a really long post on Ms. Thoms' post, since this comment box wasn't working earlier, but yep. :)Iris Linnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-27347916412770979982010-05-25T12:40:42.063-04:002010-05-25T12:40:42.063-04:00There's actually a new Fairy series that's...There's actually a new Fairy series that's fabulous -- The Dreamdark series by Laini Taylor. I've got reviews of the first two books posted on http://www.sonderbooks.com/Teens/blackbringer.html and http://www.sonderbooks.com/Teens/silksinger.html I've also recently read two teen books that I think will appeal to those who like the romance aspect of Twilight. There's The Body Finder, by Kimberly Derting, in which the protagonist is pulled to dead bodies: http://www.sonderbooks.com/Teens/body_finder.html and Ice, by Sarah Beth Durst, which is a retelling of the fairy tale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," and has well-done romance:<br />http://www.sonderbooks.com/Teens/ice.htmlSondyhttp://www.sonderbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-92231202262546882802010-05-20T22:31:24.618-04:002010-05-20T22:31:24.618-04:00Sasha, I haven't read the Clique series, but I...Sasha, I haven't read the Clique series, but I'm sure Deborah can address that one. Thanks for your comment!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668869030805539811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-25030847282824208792010-05-20T22:29:02.545-04:002010-05-20T22:29:02.545-04:00I've got The Hunger Games cued up on my librar...I've got The Hunger Games cued up on my library hold list now -- very exciting. I can see this blog will be leading to me reading a lot more YA novels.<br /><br />Speaking of which, here's the vampire book Tui wrote (under her romance pseudonym, Tamara Summers): <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061721540?aff=annieandaunt" rel="nofollow">Never Bite a Boy on the First Date</a><br /><br />I haven't yet read this one, but I've enjoyed her others.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668869030805539811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-10327201124763293222010-05-20T08:41:57.476-04:002010-05-20T08:41:57.476-04:00Impossible to sell? Hunger Games et al are fantast...Impossible to sell? Hunger Games et al are fantastic. I read it with my 11 year old in her middle school's parent/guardian-child book group. We've preordered Mockingjay, the last in the trilogy. Can't wait to see how they defeat the capital and, who everyone ends up with. <br /><br />Thanks for the Twilight overview. I don't ever want to censor my child's reading but I can certainly talk about the issues that come up. What do you all think of the Clique series? Another ugh, but my kid eats them up.Sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933135586554581243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657368378863560055.post-71179317793316690112010-05-20T01:13:53.936-04:002010-05-20T01:13:53.936-04:00Yay! I LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES! I'm so glad yo...Yay! I LOVE THE HUNGER GAMES! I'm so glad you brought up those books -- I think they're just brilliant, and I'm absolutely dying for the third one (just a few more months!). :)<br /><br />Annie will probably mention this, but we actually went to college with the author of Graceling. Kristin is terrific...personally, I loved Fire, although I know what you mean about gender issues and all that -- it's much much better than Twilight, though! :)<br /><br />Another amazing YA fantasy series I'd recommend is Megan Whalen Turner's Attolia books -- starting with The Thief, then The Queen of Attolia...they seem like classic fantasy at first, but the characters are twisty and the relationships are insane and the books are subtly funny and generally mind-blowing.<br /><br />Also great fantasy: anything by Terry Pratchett, especially his YA Tiffany Aching books -- now there's a real heroine! Sensible and funny and tough even at age nine, which is her age when the series starts in The Wee Free Men.<br /><br />Oh, and Diana Wynne Jones! SO much great YA fantasy by her! <br /><br />In the faerie genre, I actually quite liked Wicked Lovely, by Melissa Marr. And, um, there is this one vampire YA book which isn't SO terrible...I hope, since I'm the author! ;) But I'll be the first to tell you it's no Hunger Games. Annie, read The Hunger Games! It's SO great! :)Tuinoreply@blogger.com