Meh. Definitely not what I was hoping for. I don't think the author put a lot of effort into researching for her character's role as an assassin because there are big plot holes all over the place why and how Gin kills people. The asylum scene in the beginning was great but everything went downhi...
Any book that makes me so intrigued as to ignore the rest in my queue to read more of the series, is a 5 for me. Spider's Bite did exactly that. I found the seamless way Ms. Estep introduced me to her strangely altered world was unique. A perfect blend with the familiar and the magical made ...
I thought the writing in this book was somewhat immature and repetitive. As mentioned by other reviewers, certain words and phrases were over-used. What caught my attention was the story of her friend with the hairbrush and her stepdad who sexually abused her. Gwen retold the story many times thr...
For starters, rehashing ideas from other, more popular, young adult fiction *coughs* ( Harry Potter), does not work for every book. Please share the memo.... The constant repetition in this book drove me CRAZY. The main character literally repeats the same facts every 5 min. "Blah, Blah, this hai...
What do I think about this book?Well, first of all, the first part of it kind of got in my nerves a little bit. Maybe it was because I read the fist one and the novella in the middle just before reading this one, I don't know. The thing is, I already knew all of that information! I don't need it!...
Klappentext:Gwen Frost lebt. Noch. Denn die Schnitter des Chaos haben es auf sie abgesehen. Und deshalb muss Gwen an der Mythos Academy kämpfen lernen. Ihr Lehrer: der attraktive Logan Quinn, in den Gwen heimlich verliebt ist. Die Komplikationen sind allerdings vorprogrammiert, denn der Spartaner...
Ganz unerwartet hatte mir der Piper Verlag den zweiten Teil der "Elemental Assassin" Reihe von Jennifer Estep zugeschickt. Ich habe mich sehr gefreut, denn es lag noch nicht solange zurück, dass ich den ersten Band gelesen hatte.Worum gehts?Gin stößt im Restaurant auf einen ungebetenen Gast, der ...
Eigentlich wollte sich die Auftrakskillerin Gin Blanco zur Ruhe setzen und sich nur mehr dem Restaurant widmen, aber dann beschließt sie einem ehemaligen Freund von Fletcher, ihrem früheren Mittelsmann und toten Ziehvater, zu helfen. Dafür muss sie sich mit Dawson einem Zweg mit Steinmagie anlege...
It seems that these Elemental Assassin novels just get better and better. I am enjoying the build as we slowly get through Mab's underworld. I really love Gin's close circle of people, the family she has created. Even as things are getting more and more complicated, more and more dangerous, I ...
Gin Blanco returns in book six of the Elemental Assassin series. After killing Mab Monroe, her cover as The Spider has been blown and she has all the wannabe thugs out to get her in attempts to prove themselves. Talk about annoying, you'd think her taking out a big villain would cause people to n...
Gwen ist am Ziel ihrer Träume angelangt: Endlich hat sie ein richtiges Date mit dem Spartaner Logan. Doch dann macht ihr ausgerechnet dessen Vater einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Er verhaftet Gwen und klagt sie an, mit dem Gott Loki im Bunde zu stehen und ihm die Flucht ermöglicht zu haben. Nun ...
This book is one of the books that I really chose to read because I read the summary. And I only got this as a free eBook and I didn't even expect for it to be part of a series. So, well, let's just say that I started reading The Elemental Assassin Series with the seventh book. I mean, assassin. ...
Gin Blanco returns in book nine of the Elemental Assassin series. This time around Gin is dealing with her friend being abducted. Sophia was taken by a crazy man named Harley Grimes, who kidnapped her in the past to tortured her and hasn't gotten over that fact that he didn't break her before she...
It had been a long time since I've read the book before this last one and I can't remember if I put it on the fave shelf. It's not really an outstanding series but I obviously love it, I've read less than 10 series which is a six book series. It has to be interesting enough to deserve it and this...
This short story takes place a few weeks after Mab’s death, during Mab’s funeral. It is mostly in Gin’s POV, but we also have sections in Jonah McAllister and Phillip Kincaid’s POV’s. It makes a connection between the fight between Gin and Mab and the buildup for the next book. Kincaid’s thou...
Kurzer Einblick:Gwen hat kaum Zeit die Geschehnisse der letzten Tage so richtig zu verdauen. Ihre neue Mission ist klar: " Sie muss den Helheim-Dolch finden und an einen neuen sicheren Ort verfrachten, bevor die Schnitter ihn in die Hände bekommen und den Chaosgott Loki befreien können." Doch nic...
Inhalt: Zum Inhalt werde ich nicht viel sagen, da es der letzte Band der Reihe ist und ich somit spoilern würde. Eins ist zum Inhalt zu sagen : Die Finale Schlacht findet ein grandioses Ende!Meinung: Der letzte Teil der Mythos Reihe hat mich einige schöne tolle Lesestunden verbringen lassen. Ich ...
Why must Gwen always suffer!!! One step forward, two steps back. She is really earning her stripes as Nike's champion. The saga continues, this time, Gwen must save herself from Reapers, the Protectorate and the students of Mythos Academy. Along the way, Gwen will add and lose people from her pos...
Reviewed by RachelBook provided by NetGalley for reviewReview originally posted at Romancing the BookTo be fair, I hadn’t read any of the books in this series until now, but the blurb totally captivated me. I mean I knew if I was hooked by that I would be totally hooked by the story.Although it w...
Sometimes I wonder if the Spider is getting a little too sappy for her own good. The big fight sequence with Benson; turns out she did at the end what she could have accomplished at the very beginning without all the time consuming bashing back and forth. She used her stone magic. Then killing a ...
I had to demote this volume’s ranking from its siblings for a couple of reasons. First, it starts off with an architectural blunder so great that I just couldn’t move past it. I’ve been letting her house descriptions slide so far (even though I wince at them for the most part), such as Owen’s “...
This one was good. But the fact that a majority of the novel occurs in the same location during one museum heist/party made it a little stale at times. But the rest of the novel was good-interesting crime, well written, action filled, etc. I like that this series continues to develop in differen...
The problem with having brilliant books as prequels is that it's really difficult for a book to live up to your expectations. This is definitely an engrossing read, just like the rest of the series so far, but it tends to drag midway through. I love Jennifer Estep's style of writing and how many ...
Review of Kiss of Venom I have wanted a peek in Owen’s mind for quite sometime, so of course when I found out about the novella I had to get it. I am not sure what I expected but it was not this. I never saw Owen as a pouter or a man who did not go after what he wants even if he screwed up. Inste...
Yes this is the one where we get to find out about Cliff Ingles and why she knocked him off. From the start of the first book you hear about him well more from Detective Donovan Caine's perspective about his partner and how he is hunting for his murderer. The only think that is a little bit irrit...
It was okay but I just found it predictable and Gwen is getting worse as a character- she seems to be making more and more dumb decisions and the author seems to be relying on Gwen to make dumb decisions and ignore the obvious to make the plot work- it's just annoying! I liked the Gwen who was sm...
This is actually a good book. I love how the author started it with a very fast-paced scene. I love the heroine. I love the plot. The only thing I didn’t like was the hero. Gin is a powerful elemental. She has both stone and ice and she’s very good with knives. The problem is she’s paired with a ...
A quick short told from the duel prospectives of Jo-Jo and Sophia. In the first part, Gin gets involved in a scuffle and goes to Jo-Jo as usual, but she doesn't end up there alone. We finally get to see what a badass Jo-Jo can be. In the second part, we get a rare glipmse of Sophia desponsing of ...
Nice story free on the author's website told from Bria's POV. We learn the reasons why she's moved to Ashland and see the events in the book 'Venom' from her POV. We see that she has figured out the Spider is her older sister: Genevieve. But not that Gin is Genevieve, though she would like h...
Příběh se odehrává pár týdnů po Fletcherově smrti a po konci prvního dílu. Gin se rozhodla "odejít do důchodu" a začala vést Pork Pit, barbecue restaurant, který jí Fletcher odkázal. Jenže Gin její "důchod" docela štve. Tak nějak jí chybí to zabíjení, ten adrenalin, teď je to nuda. No, při stěhov...
"Halloween Frost" ist wieder eine Kurzgeschichte aus der Mythos Academy Reihe. Der Beginn ist etwas langwierig, vor allem für Leser die "Frostkuss" gelesen haben, denn hier wird noch einmal mehr alles genau verdeutlicht. Was natürlich zum Vorteil ist für Leser die den ersten Teil der Reihe noch n...
This is a cute short novella within the Bigtime hero series. It takes place after Jinx but can be read as a stand-alone. I must say though I enjoyed it more after reading the series since I was already acquainted with the superhero/ubervillan people.Karma girl takes center stage in this book. It'...
Die? It didn’t seem possible. It didn’t seem real. He couldn’t die. Not like this. Not when the Reaper had been trying to kill me. For a moment, I swayed from side to side, just like the librarian had done. Then, all of my seesawing emotions, all of the pain and fear and worry I’d felt these past...
The waterfall. Talon’s secret lair, Wesley’s secret superhero lair, lay behind the waterfall in his office. I should have known. Wesley stared at me. This time, no visor hid his reaction. Shock and horror flashed in his golden eyes, but it was quickly followed by what looked like relief. Relief?...
It was situated on top of a small hill at the end of a cul-de-sac, the first one to be finished in the neighborhood, although the framework for two other houses had been erected nearby. Everyone else had already arrived, filling the cul-de-sac, and I had to park down at the very end of the street...
But instead of immediately heading toward the house, I stood in the driveway, listening to the gravel underneath my feet to see if I’d had any unexpected visitors today. I might not be the assassin the Spider anymore, but there were still plenty of people who’d like to get their hands on me, incl...
The drizzle made everything slick, slimy, sloppy. By the time we crested the rim of the ridge, we were both wet to the bone and covered with mud, burrs, briars, dead leaves, and other woodsy debris. It took us several more minutes to reach Donovan’s sedan, which was just enough time for the warm ...
“Salina,” I said, moving over to grab my staff from where I’d left it on the floor by the fountain. “She’s started it already. Get out of here! Go!” Owen shook his head. “No, I’m coming with you. Maybe there’s still a chance I can talk her out of this.” I wanted to yell at him that it was too lat...
All around me, the stone of the street, sidewalks, and buildings chattered with the violence that the vampire and I had just dished out to each other. But I didn’t mind the shocked sounds. They told me that I’d made it through another battle and had killed another enemy who had threatened me and ...
We stayed with Vance until the rest of the Sinclairs showed up. Claudia, Angelo, Reginald, Mo, Oscar. They all came, along with several guards, and they all stared at Vance’s body, as shocked and horrified as the three of us. I told Claudia and the others what I’d seen when I’d used my soulsight ...
As soon as the vampire locked the door behind us, Donovan Caine turned to me. “What the hell was that about? Threatening her niece like that?” His eyes blazed gold with anger. “The little girl was sitting right there.” “And was far too involved in her own imaginary world to pay attention to us,” ...
Daphne asked. It was the last day of the fall semester. Classes had ended a couple of hours ago, and now, I was in Daphne’s room, lounging on her bed and watching her pack up her stuff to go home for the winter break. I didn’t really know why my best friend was bothering to sort through her close...
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Some of the cops recovered enough to send a hail of bullets in my direction, but the spewing water spoiled their aim and swept most of the projectiles away completely. I staggered outside, stepping away from the hole in the wall and out of the line of fire. It w...
I threw my messenger bag onto the table, then went over and stared down at the sword. The weapon looked the same as it had last night. Silver metal, long blade with faint writing on it, a man’s face carved into the hilt. I waited a minute, but the eye on the hilt didn’t suddenly pop open and star...
. . failed me. For a moment, I was completely speechless. Of all the people who would offer to help me with something like this, I hadn’t thought that Owen would be one of them. Not anymore. Not after I’d killed his first love. But here he was anywa...
I thought about sprinting back to my Grandma Frost’s house and telling her what had happened, but there was nothing she could do. The SUV was probably long gone, and I hadn’t gotten a look at the license plate. The bus made my decision for me. Just as I’d taken a few tentative steps back to Grand...
I stuck to my routine of getting up, stuffing myself with breakfast, and going wherever the day took me. Mostly, I hung out with Felix in the greenlab, helping him and Angelo prune the stitch-sting bushes so they could make more healing liquid. I also went down to the Razzle Dazzle every chance I...
I still had two glasses of champagne left on my tray, but instead of handing them out, I crossed the lobby and got into one of the elevators. As the car rose, I worked out the details of my hasty plan. There was really only one—don’t get dead. The e...