: decent

: enjoyable

Midnighters 1 : The Secret Hour
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the lure :
a secret 13th hour in which only a select few have access and remain unfrozen by time to move about and do as they please or as their special individual talents allow.
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Uglies : Book 1
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the lure :
a society in which everyone turns pretty at 16 and has a lifetime of fun and beauty for the rest of their very long lives in their perfect, utopian society.
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Pretties : Book 2
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the lure :
picks up a month after Tally's fateful decision at the end of its predecessor Uglies.
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Specials : Book 3
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the lure :
the end of the Uglies trilogy in which the fates of all the major players is finalized.
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Blood and Chocolate
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the lure :
interspecies lovin'. except well, one of them doesn't know it is and the other is desperately trying find her way after the collapse of her pack.
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Vampire Kisses : Book 1
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the lure :
teen goth kid who doesn't fit in with the rest of her town falls for the mysterious new kid that just moved in, hoping the rumours that he's a vampire are true.
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Kissing Coffins : Book 2
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the lure :
picks up less than a heartbeat after Vampire Kisses with Raven determined to find out the truth behind Alexanders' motives.
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Companions of the Night
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the lure :
protagonist gets sucked into a world of trouble after she helps a handsome young man branded a vampire by a group of religious fanatics that run a laundromat.
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Guilty Pleasures : Anita Blake Book 1
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the lure :
vampire hunter extraordinaire and reknown zombie raiser, Anita Blake, is forced into solving a series of vampire murders for an ancient, twistedly evil master vampire.
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The Laughing Corpse : Anita Blake Book 2
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the lure :
Anita Blake returns, trying to solve a rash of zombie-related murders whilst thrwarting the romantic advances of vampire Jean-Claude.
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Circus of the Damned : Anita Blake Book 3
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the lure :
bound closer to Jean-Claude than she ever wanted, Anita balances a possible love interest and stopping an ancient gone mad.
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The Lunatic Cafe : Anita Blake Book 4
       my rating : ‡‡‡†
the lure :
lycans gone missing and of course, anita's the only one they trust to get them back. only this time, she may have bitten off more than she can chew...
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Bloody Bones : Anita Blake Book 5
       my rating : ‡‡‡
the lure :
gruesome deaths, faeries, creepy vampires and creepier monster. but on the flip side, we do get some jason in >:)
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The Killing Dance : Anita Blake Book 6
       my rating : ‡‡‡†
the lure :
lovelife in turmoil as anita pushes richard to his extremes and a hit is put out on anita's life. yes, edward is back in town...
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Burnt Offerings : Anita Blake Book 7
       my rating : ‡‡‡
the lure :
aftermath of anita, richard and jean claude. new weres brought in, new characters. unfortunately however, one of the last books before the demise of actual plot...
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Blue Moon : Anita Blake Book 8
       my rating : ‡‡‡‡
the lure :
richard in jail for rape. unbelievable, but it happens and so naturally, anita rides in to the rescue after months of ignoring him.
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Obsidian Butterfly : Anita Blake Book 9
       my rating : ‡‡‡‡
the lure :
edward calls his favour in. yes, it's an entire edward book. visit his hometown and while you'll there, how about fraternizing with a 'goddess' and a couple inside out people?
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Narcissus in Chains : Anita Blake Book 10
       my rating : ‡‡†
the lure :
the triumvirate steps up a notch as anita 'meets' a wereleopard king, and the 'ardeur' takes over any sense of plot these books ever had.
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Cerulean Sins : Anita Blake Book 11
       my rating : ‡‡†
the lure :
visits from vampire friends of old and more sex, er, i mean ardeur.... but im' pretty sure there's an actual plot somewhere in there
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Incubus Dreams : Anita Blake Book 12
       my rating : ‡‡†
the lure :
more sex, though she says she can "control" it better. another triumvirate. vampires killing strippers. and richard makes a return!
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Micah : Anita Blake Book 13
       my rating : ‡‡
the lure :
it's a rip off of a book! very short story about a weekend away with micah as anita actual does some animating work instead of just sleeping around.
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Dead Until Dark : Southern Vampire Book 1
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the lure :
Southern hospitality knows no bounds as it houses a vampire, mind reader and possible something else in a quaint little town where everyone knows everything.
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Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale Book 1
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the lure :
a changeling discovers who she is and is thrown into the middle of a battle between the seelie and unseelie courts as well as the solitary faeries.
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Vampire Academy
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the lure :
a high school for the vampire elite and their dhampir counterparts who are trained to guard the vampire elite from opposing vampire attacks.
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Twilight : Book 1
       my rating : ♥ ‡‡‡‡
the lure :
new girl moves into small town where 3/4 of the year is overcast and falls in love with the mysteriously aloof Edward Cullen. Little does she suspect what he truly is...
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New Moon : Book 2
       my rating : ♥ ‡‡‡‡
the lure :
starts off at the beginning of the school year and follows Bella as she tries to survive Edward's painful decision and makes some interesting friends.
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Eclipse : Book 3
       my rating : ♥ ‡‡‡‡
the lure :
last year of high school finds Bella in the middle of more than she can handle. graduation, escalating tensions between Jacob and Edward, and her mortality hanging in the balance.
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
       my rating : ‡‡‡
the lure :
englands last magician conspires to keep magic all to himself when a second magician emerges and threatens to dethrone him.
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Wuthering Heights
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the lure :
dealt a tragic hand, black-hearted heathcliff falls for selfish Catherine who loves him, but herself and vanity moreso.
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Wicked Lovely
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the lure :
dangerous world of faeries and a girl with the gift to see them becomes part of a centuries old battle between the Winter Queen and her son, the Summer King faeries.
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