**I received this book in exchange for an honest review (LoP or Lovers of Paranormal)**
I found this book highly annoying and I don't know if it was just me but honestly I spent most of the book in a state of confusion. I also found the characters a little bit tedious but I suspect that may have been because it was the first book in a series and there wasn't a great deal of development. In actual fact despite these things which I hope will be rectified in the rest of the series I think the series shows a lot of promise.
The main character is Parker she is a 17/18 year old girl who is also a werewolf, she lives in a small town called Cascade where everyone knows everyone else which is why she is not only surprised but instantly drawn to the two new boys who move to town. Then she finds out the two boys true supernatural identity and a killer comes to town, a killer Parker and her friends insist on trying to stop. After that is where I got little confused and remained like that until pretty much the end. I found Parker a little bit annoying as a character I think because she didn't seem to use being a werewolf to her advantage and she depended on the new boys in her life to save her in my opinion too much.
The secondary characters are Quinn, Will, Jackie and Mitchell. Quinn and Will are the two new boys who come to live in Cascade they each have their secrets one more than the other. And we learn more about Jackie and Mitchell as they come into their new powers. I thought the secondary characters were good and served their purpose of displaying different aspects of Parker 's personality however I thought the relationships between the characters got ultimately very confusing.
The pacing was good and I think even the confusing part add to the story to create more suspense.
The storyline was great and I feel the story as a whole has a lot of potential and I liked that the characters were actively fighting the vampire/ werewolf war. I also feel like I could grow to like Parker if she started to use her werewolf to protect herself instead of relying on the boys to protect her.
2.5 ish stars, I like the concept but found parts of the story difficult to understand.
#047 25th August 2014- Dreams, spells and moonlit tales (The Parker Harris series #2), Amy K McClung
**I received this book in exchange for an honest review (LoP or Lovers of Paranormal)**
I liked this book a lot more than the first one, it had more depth a great storyline and a huge amount of revelations. It was slightly similar to twilight: New moon in that it almost came to a standstill while Parker and Quinn were not together but it was very well written so it didn't seem quite as 'end of the world-y'. A fabulous second in the series that in my mind redeems the confusion in the first book.
The main character is again Parker but in this book she has moved away from home to start school I think but it doesn't seem as if she goes very often so I don't know for sure. She is living in a house with Quinn, Jackie and Mitchell away from campus and is having nightmares/ hallucinations about Will causing a rift between her relationships, this is made worse when Quinn meets his father and Parker remembers something disturbing from her past breaking up the couple from book one and forcing them to stay away from each other. Parker kind of feels a bit at a loose end, not sure what to do with herself until she makes friends with a new character Chari and her son and then Jackie's mum gets sick. I liked Parker a lot more as a character in this book, I felt her relationship with Chari and her son made me look at her in a completely different way and I saw her as a much more likeable character. I also liked the short bits with her Jackie and their mothers I felt it added another layer onto her character that helped me sympathize with her more.
The secondary characters were the same as in the first book with the addition of Chari. The relationship with Jackie was strengthened by the illness of her mother but I feel I don't see the real sister relationship that is described because Parker is always relying on the boys. Parker 's relationship with Mitchell is odd in this book, it carries on from the end of the first book where they both kind of have feelings for each other but Parker feels Mitchell belongs with Jackie and she belongs with Quinn and so the relationship is at a moot point. Quinn in this book I feel is difficult to understand, he loves her, he hates her, he goes to see Jackie's mother and then loves her again- in this book I definitely did not get the impression that they are perfect together, in honesty after reading this book I don't think they should be together at all. I loved the introduction of the new character Chari, I feel that she is a great addition to the group of friends as she offers a brand new perspective and a new way to represent the main and secondary characters.
The pacing in this book was great and gives us a fantastic cliff hanger ending that makes me desperate to want to start the next book. I loved that all revelations in this book were perfectly timed and made me want to continue reading until the early hours of the morning.
The storyline was much better than in the first book, it had a lot more depth and made for a much more enjoyable reading experience. I loved the addition of a new paranormal species and that ultimately a master plan was revealed from the bad guy. It gives me extremely high hopes for the next book in the series which I can't wait to read.
4 stars a great read.
#048 27th August 2014- the dark moon (The Parker Harris series #3), Amy K McClung
**I received this book in exchange for an honest review (LoP or Lovers of Paranormal)**
What a great book that brought tears to my eyes, a brilliant end to the series that ties everything up very nicely and makes a hero out of a character we had all lost hope in. It puts an end to the mismatched love triangle and puts everyone back in their rightful place with the people they were bound to be with.
The main character is again Parker however in this book at least for a chapter each of the big four each get to be a main characters. Parker is very zen and relaxed in this book as she tries to see the good in Will and tries to convince the others in the house to do the same. She also tries to remain positive and be there for Quinn as he goes through a difficult stage with his father. She remains pretty cool and collected throughout this book while fearing for her life and going through a rough patch with her parents. There is still a love triangle going on with her, Quinn and Mitchell which puts her relationship with Jackie in strain. I loved Parker in this book, she was in charge of her own life was strong and didn't depend on the boys to protect her quite as much. A few chapters in this book were also dedicated to the other big characters, Quinn Jackie and Mitchell and I loved this addition to the story. It showed the stages each of them went through when faced with an extreme amount of grief.
The secondary remained Jackie, Quinn and Mitchell as well as Chari and Crispin and Alexi who were introduced in the previous book. This book is a huge revelation for Chari, Crispin and Alexi as they find out exactly what happened to Crispin's mother and Chari's sister. And I was pleased to see we did get some very sisterly love between Jackie and Parker. I think the relationship between Quinn and Parker in this book was good and it almost justified them being together after my disbelief following the last book.
The pacing was great and it was nice that there was a moment of realisation for the characters when they realised that their life is totally crazy. I also liked that there was an epilogue which allowed us to see how Parker 's and her friends lives turned out. I would love to know how Mitchell and Jackie's life turned out more than what was in the epilogue.
The storyline was good and I liked how it didn't completely rely on Quinn's dad being the bad guy. There were plenty of moments when the danger Charles posed was not the only thing happening in the characters lives. It is an original story that kept me hooked on a completely new level making the the 'won't do anything today until I find out what happens in this book Dragon' because I breathed fire on anyone who tried to interrupt my reading time.
4 stars a great end to a great series.
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