Anna Dressed in Blood

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay. When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: move, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, but now stained red and dripping blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home. And she, for whatever reason, spares his life.

I've read so many reviews about this book that I got a little afraid of being disappointed. When I started reading I thought it went to slow so I skimmed a bit but all of a sudden it turned. The book got very interesting and exciting and I had some issues putting it down at nights.

Anna is a very interesting character and I'm hoping to learn more about her in the second book in this duology. I liked Cas too but I had a big problem with the instalove. In two seconds, Cas loved Anna, a ghost. It didn't seem really realistic if you ask me.

Anyway, I'm going to read Girl of nightmares as soon as I can and if you're into ghost and paranormal romance - I recommend this book.

Anna dressed in blood by Kendare Blake 
Paperback, 373 pages
Orchard Books
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Twilight

Isabella Swan moves from sunny Phoenix to her father in Forks. She has very low expectations and literally thinks this whole year would suck, until she meets Edward Cullen and his family. There's something about him that Bella just can't get enough of and when he reveals his secret, she's not really surprised but does she know what it means? If she wants to be with Edward, she has to accept the fact that she'll always be in danger.

I've seen the first two movies and I didn't like them at all and because of that, I had very low expectations on this book. But the book were so much better than the movie and I'm so happy to get rid of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and focus on the characters instead.

Meyer isn't the best writer but the book was easy to read, just a little repetitive. I had some problems with the instalove too but it's okay, I knew what to expect. The Cullen family is really interesting and I hope to know more about them in the other books. I bought the whole box so when I got some time for it, I will read the next three in the series.

Actually, I thought the book was very good and after like 50 pages - I was hooked! I understand why so many have read these books and I'm sorry I didn't read them a few years ago. I think I've loved the series if I was younger.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Paperback, 434 pages
Atom Books
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