Review: Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge

Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge

Her name is Pete Caldecott. She was just sixteen when she met Jack Winter, a gorgeous, larger-than-life mage who thrilled her with his witchcraft. Then a spirit Jack summoned killed him before Pete’s eyes—or so she thought. Now a detective , Pete is investigating the case of a young girl kidnapped from the streets of London. A tipster’s chilling prediction has led police directly to the child…but when Pete meets the informant, she’s shocked to learn he is none other than Jack. Strung out on heroin, Jack a shadow of his former self. But he’s able to tell Pete exactly where Bridget’s kidnappers are hiding: in the supernatural shadow-world of the fey. Even though she’s spent years disavowing the supernatural, Pete follows Jack into the invisible fey underworld, where she hopes to discover the truth about what happened to Bridget—and what happened to Jack on that dark day so long ago…


Street Magic is a novel I couldn't stop reading. Since the beginning when we meet Pete, and then when she finds Jack, we can see the connection between them. When Pete finds Jack, he's a junkie who lives on the streets but there's something very clear, he hates her, but she needs his help to find out what happened to the children. Pete has denied her magic for a long time and has to adjust quickly to the side of the world Jack is showing her. Soon we find out that nothing is what it seems and that old issues will have to be resolved.
What I liked so much about this book is that the protagonists are very different from what I've read before. Jack is a one of a kind hero and Pete is a kick-ass woman who always says what's on her mind. I liked that the setting was in London, instead of New York, Chicago or L.A. but one of the problems I had was the language. I'm not against cursing in the books I read, but in this one sometimes it was a bit exagerated. It look like in every phrase they spoke there was a curse word. Also,I felt like the ending was a little rushed, but it tied up almost all the loose ends.
All in all I really liked this book, and I can't wait to see what happens in the next one.


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News

This week a lot of covers have been unveiled.
I'm going to start with the cover of one of my favourite series.

Psy/Changeling #8 Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh.

BTW, I asked Nalini about the tattoo, and she told me that Max does have one there.

Sing of the Zodiac #4 Cheat the Grave by Vicky Pettersson

Hunger Games #3 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Other news:

It looks like One for the Money by Janet Evanovich is going to be made into a movie. Apparently Katherine Heigl has been cast as Stephanie Plum. I don't know what you guys think, but I don't like the choice. I hope that the producers choose better when they decide who plays Ranger and Morelli.

I don't know where they see the brown haired, green eyed Stephanie Plum in this actress.

Review: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa



Meghan Chase has never fit in at her small-town high school, and now, on the eve of her 16th birthday, she discovers why. When her half brother is kidnapped, Meghan is drawn into a fantastical world she never imagined--the world of Faery, where anything you see may try to eat you, and Meghan is the daughter of the summer faery king. Now she will journey into the depths of Faery to face an unknown enemy . . . and beg the help of a winter prince who might as soon kill her as let her touch his icy heart. The Iron King is the first book in the Iron Fey series.


When I started this book I didn't have any expectations. This debut novel was a great surprise. Meghan is a believable character, she's not perfect but I think that's one of the things that make me like her the most. We have a lot of secondary characters like Prince Ash, who was mysterious and cool, Puck, who was the prankster and of course Grimalkin, the very intelligent cat.
Sometimes I wished for this novel to go a little faster, and in some scenes I wanted Meghan to do something useful instead of being paralized or shocked, and also, I wanted her to stop for a minute and think. There were some questions she should have ask sooner and that frustrated me a little. The worldbuilding was great and I enjoyed reading about the different creatures that were in the NeverNever. There were some mysteries resolved, but some were left for the next books. There was a cliffhanger at the end, but it was one I can live with. After I finished reading this novel all I wanted to do was read the next one. I would recommend it to everyone who is a paranormal and a YA fan.



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Valentine’s Day Book Massacre at Dark Faerie Tales

Dark Faerie Tales is having a big giveaway!
There will be 4 winners and each of them can choose books from a list they have.
This is open INTERNATIONALLY!
It ends on February 21.

Valentine’s Day Book Massacre!

My first real blog post

I've been thinking for a long time to make my own blog, but I've had some problems deciding the name, then the header, if I wanted to put buttons or not, etc. Also, this is a challenge for me because english is not my first language. I could have made this blog in spanish, but some part of me didn't want to. Mostly, this blog is a project in which I review books and talk a bit about them, but also I want to know how good my writing english is. I'm sure that I'm going to make mistakes (and I would appreciate if you tell me where they are) but the more I write, the better I'm going to get. I don't know if any of you have heard of this, but someone said that if you spend 100 hours doing the same thing, at the end you become the master of it (like if you spend 100 hours playing guitar, or drawing, playing a sport, ...), so my main objetive with this blog is talk about books and become a master at writing in english.

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