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'...