Oh Christopher pike. We have a roller coaster relationship. I like some of your books and dislike some but this one I wish I could go back and reverse the decision to read. I tried so hard to push through and read it all hoping eventually the characters would become likeable,that they would be le...
I didn't even finish this book. The first one was good; I thoroughly enjoyed that one. But the second book... it started out pretty okay but it went steadily downhill. It just got too outlandish. Her daughter was bad, but oh she's really not. And all these people from her past popping up. Oh and ...
I didn't know how to feel when I heard there were more last vampire books. The last vampire series was my favorite through my teens. I read them so many times I pretty much had them memorized. I finally stumbled across the new books at barnes and noble and had to see how it got continued.Basicall...
This was to be 3 stars originally. But the last part of the book redeemed it!We left of with things starting to get weird.... people from another time or realm, space ships and a destiny to destroy an evil sorcerer from a past many hundreds of years ago that tricked Sita into giving him her blood...
This book was a blur of Telar, IIC, the Array, the Cradle and the Lens, and demons and the devil himself! But I read most of it in one sitting, so at least it kept me interested. This book is a continuation of the previous, in which nothing got resolved. In this one, finally!! Things get taken ca...
WHAT WHAT WHAT was that ending? Cliff hanger for a book that's suppose to be the final volume of Sita's life? Darn you Pike for being so amazing and addicting. If their is more to Sitas story after this novel I will be buying those books.I said it in my update that its been a while since I had re...
DNF - I really did try...I just couldn't make my way through it! I was so excited to start this book...it sounded like such fun. That was until I actually started it. "She wasn't as pretty as me but that didn't stop her from acting like she was." This is when the hatred started to begin. This is ...
So at first I was disappointed in this book, it just wasn't as interesting as the other books. I changed my mind though as it got further into this book. I just started liking all the deep stuff that Christopher Pike was writing about, specifically around the parts of the book with Krishna. I was...
I'm on the edge 3.5. I liked the story on the whole, but the book read like a bunch of facts not only that but it felt very cold and distant. Even when Sita showed supposedly deep emotion I felt nothing and even the secondary characters didn't have much personality to them. They seemed to blend i...
Had to read this because I have to read everything Pike writes. At first it was like "oh no. not another one of those suburban white girl wet dream fantasies". Then it got cheesy with the carpet. Then after accepting that the carpet is a thing, it got interesting. Even though the situations every...
This was a fairly good book. Its about genies which is super neat and something I haven't read about yet. Sara got on my nerves every once in a while, but for the majority, it was good. I loved the family she stayed with. The ending of this book did not suffice however. There we're so many questi...
The only reason this book didn't get 5 stars from me was because of book two. The first book was incredible; it's face paced without being unrealistic or badly written, and keeps the reader in suspence right untill you find out who The Caretaker is.The second book let it down. The whole book coul...
I was disappointed, Christopher Pike. -_-First of all, I've got a lot of expectations for the end of this series. I expected everything to be solved, to be finished, everyone to be happy and fucking satisfied.They probably did, the characters, I mean. But I obviously wasn't.Why?WHY?!One - I hate ...
How did we end up here?I saw it on the shelf of a liquidating Borders store, saw it was Christopher Pike, and I snagged it. It’s that simple. Except it was on the YA shelf, probably because it’s Christopher Pike. It’s not YA. The blurb on Goodreads calls it his first adult novel and there’s nothi...
The TV episode that is based on this book follows it almost to the letter. So there really wasn't anything in here that I hadn't already experienced. Not sure I like book-Sally all that much, she's vicious to Cindy in this book. It's pretty off-putting. Cindy is another girl who might be comp...
Be very, very careful what you wish for in this ninth book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike’s Spooksville series—now on TV!While hiking in the woods near Spooksville, Adam and his friends find a cube-shaped stone. It is clear, like a crystal, and seems to shine with colored l...
It seemed like a normal cat -- at first. Adam and his friends are exploring the area around Spooksville when they come across a black cat. It seems like a friendly animal: it purrs when they rub its back, and licks its paws like any other cat. But then if follows them back to town, and strange t...
SOFTBOUND - GLUED BINDING
As with Remember Me, the copy I have was marketed as a scary/thriller. As it was the Halloween season and I had been looking for something scary, I thought these two books would fit the bill. Well, they didn't...not really.The biggest issue I have with these two is that - due to the marketing cam...
"The Last Vampire""I am a vampire, and that is the truth. But the modern meaning of the word vampire, the stories that have been told about creatures such as I, are not precisely true. I do not turn to ash in the sun, nor do I cringe when I see a crucifix. I wear a tiny gold cross now around my n...
Excerpt from my review - originally published at Offbeat YA.Pros: Riveting mix of genres full of tension build-up. Engaging main characters.Cons: Outdated science (but see note below).WARNING! There's some rather heavy gore, but then again, there are grosser books I think (thus spoke the woman wh...
'Road to Nowhere' is one of the books I kept from my teenage years. I was a massive fan of Christopher Pike, and I suppose I didn't want to let go of the nostalgic feelings. Well, now that I have read this book again, I'm ready to let it go. I can't remember reading it the first time around, but ...
First, the chronology of that blurb is off. Josie stumbles upon the statue after a few of those events already occur and she starts dreaming about the goddess. Second, personally, I think that blurb is a little misleading but once you start reading the story, it makes more sense in context. But f...
Christopher Pike is a children's books and young adult author I used to read when I was a pre-teen and young teenager. I read him now out of nostalgia, but also out of genuine interest; because he's still a reference in the YA/crime/paranormal genres for me. And if not romance, then that's the ki...
I'm posting this unchanged for all three books of the series, because I believe potential readers should be aware that the series is incomplete:"Ali's story will continue in the next book in the series, Nemi" (last line of The Yanti.)According to a Pike fan site (http://christopherpikefanclub.com...
Three guys and three girls are transformed into powerful beings capable of bending the world to their wills. In the midst of this transformation will emerge a powerful being with more evil than a devil. A being that must be destroyed, if the Star Group is to survive.
I'll try to keep it brief; this is honestly such a bad book that I felt frustrated reading it. I had to rush through the pages to just get it done and over with. The bad characterisation is still there and only gets worse. Kipp, Fran, Brenda and Joan now barely have much of a presence in the book...
This wasn't as good as I hoped it would be.Characters: C+I'm not too sure why he's a bestselling author. Nothing personal, I just can't see it. The characters were dry for the most part with no character development, and it was hard to get a good grasp on them. Unless you call Ali's mood switchin...
They did it for kicks.Five young thrill seekers in a stolen spaceship on a joyride to the stars. But one of them had a more dangerous plan- to blast beyond the Tachyon Web, the iron boundary that barred mankind from the worlds beyond.There they found danger, excitement and heart stopping adventur...
There are more troubles in Spooksville. A dragon has appeared out of nowhere and it is looking for its treasure. In fact, it intends to destroy the entire town unless its jewels and gold are returned immediately. The only trouble is that Adam and his friends don't know where this treasure is. Wor...
There is a horrible thing in the closet. Now there is a reason to be afraid to go to bed. Now there is a reason to lock the closet door. Now there is a reason not to turn out the light.
Oddly I was introduced to the books though the show. I saw some random episode once cas I was watching my little pony (I'm a brony deal with it) and the stone or like one of the more drama episodes came on I didn't think a lot about it but I did like it and did a little wiki searching on the show...
Suddenly there are creatures from the ancient past in Spooksville. Huge meat-eating lizards attacking people in their cars. Flying reptiles swooping down and lifting kids away. But where have these dinosaurs come from? Adam and his friends discover that a huge doorway has been created between pre...
Things are getting pretty spooky in Spooksville. As Adam and his friends stay up late on night, they see bright lights in the sky. Lights that look suspiciously like flying saucers. Then, the next night, one of the saucers lands by the reservoir, and the creatures who come out of the ship don't l...
Here are somethings I noticed/remembered/liked/disliked about Book Three: The Graduation (the link is to Goodreads).Let's see...Noticed1] Pike really does go out of his way to make Jessica likeable in this one.2] Ummm...how could anyone not notice where he was going with Claire's boyfriend...???3...
It would probably make more sense if I'd written a single review for the three Final Friends books, seeing as they're real sequels, not just related novels. Unfortunately for me (since it's a suspenseful crime story), I've only managed to come by them one by one, and I tend to review as I read, s...
In "Alosha" and "The Shaktra," thirteen-year-old Ali Warner discovered that she was not an ordinary teenager, but was actually Queen of the Fairies. Through seven painful trials, Ali reclaimed many of her magical powers and defeated an elemental army that was preparing to attack the Earth. In the...
Includes:PhantomEvil ThirstCreatures of Forever Tears roll over my face. I touch them with my quivering tongue. They are clear and salty, not dark and bloody. Another sign that I am human. What Alisa has desired for five thousand years has finally come true: She is once again human. But now she...
The glare is blinding—I have to raise a hand and squint through my fingers to see where the light is coming from. A section of our cell wall has been pulled aside as if it were a sliding doorway, and through the yellow glare I catch a glimpse of acres of green and hear the sound of a trickling st...
LET AMANDA sit in the front seat with Daniel. His Audi didn't have much of a backseat, and since I'm a lot shorter than Amanda, I figured it was only fair. I'd always been kind of sensitive about my height. I won't tell you exactly how tall I was—suffice it to say that I was only an inch taller t...
I wore a heavy pair of sunglasses but the glare did not appear to bother Kendor. A half hour outside the city, he instructed me to pull off onto a dirt road as we approached a row of rocky hills. The path was heavily pitted and I was glad for our sturdy SUV. “What are you thinking?” he asked, one...
5 EPILOGUE I stand near my hut in India. Inside, my daughter, Lalita, and my husband, Rama, sleep peacefully. Although it is late at night and the forest is silent, a faint noise has awoken me and brought me outside to investigate. It is Yaksha who made the noise. He has come for me. Holding me ...
"Get back!" Shani called, striking the wooden match, tossing it on the lighter-fuel-drenched wood. The flames ignited in a black billow of oily smoke. "But just think of the superior taste." "Think of the carcinogenics." "We'll let the lighter fluid burn off before we roast the hot dogs. That won...
2: Phantom, Evil Thirst, Creatures of Forever 12 Over the next three days Kalika grows to the approximate age of five, while Eric ages ten years. During this time she reads greedily and masters English, as well as many subtleties of conversation and social convention. I have tested her—her IQ app...
1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood, Red Dice 3 The following evening a demure redhead with short bangs and green eyes waits outside Andrew Kane's house. Actually, I have been in the front seat of my newly purchased Jeep since noon, but the mad scientist has been fast asleep, as most normal people w...
“Who are you coupled to?”“No one.”“You were unable to choose?”“In a way.”“But did not the Council select someone for you?”“No.”“But when you do not choose, the Council always selects. It is the law.”He did not want to lie to her. “My world is different than yours,” was all he could think of to sa...
3 THIRTEEN Eight weeks later, I sit in a hotel room in London with Seymour. We are discussing blood, a subject I like to think I’m an expert on, yet we wouldn’t be talking about it if I knew what to do next. The heats for the women’s 1500-meter races start in three days. The final is five days of...
By my estimate no more than twenty new people tried to speak to her. Already I was beginning to think we’d made the right decision to stop protecting her. Of course, for me, it was still hard not to worry.Walking home from school that afternoon I spotted a beautiful, black woman picking daisies i...
w A B B YY.com .A B BYY.com Christopher Pike: Spooksville #17 — The Thing in the Closet One Cindy Makey awoke with a start. But she hadn't heard a noise. Apart from the soft pounding of her heart, her bedroom was completely quiet Turning her head, she glanced at her clock. It was three in the mor...
But this time when he was brought before Klandor in the huge hall—with Watch and Cindy beside him—the wizard appeared more frightening than before. The mood inside the castle was grim. Once upon a time these dwarf and elf guards had served Pan. Few of them disliked Pan. They had gone over to Klan...
4 TWENTY-ONE When I return to IIC’s headquarters, the gang is waiting in my room. Except for Paula and John, they have all come: Matt, Umara, Seymour, and Shanti. Brutran is with them but I ask her to leave. She stands but holds her ground. “I need to know what happened to the three Source membe...
Loved her with all his heart. They were the happy couple, the one that people at school pointed to with envy.But then Mary makes a mistake, a small mistake with another guy. And Charlie loses it, and someone dies. Now Charlie is a hunted man and Mary is an outcast. But what really happened that d...
Carol Whiting was not at home when they tried the front door of the tiny redbrick house in Santa Monica. Or maybe she was and her brother-in-law had warned her that he had given out her address. Alison asked Eric what story he had fed the brother-in-law, but Eric was evasive. He just said he had ...
. . IT WOULD END THE SAME WAY Mary Carson walked into the party and shot two people. She said they were no longer human. The police think she’s crazy and so does her best friend Angela. But then Angela discovers the hunger.The hunger that won’t leave her alone, the hunger that can only be satisfi...