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One day it was life as normal, the next Krista finds herself running for her life to escape zombies. She loses both her parents and ends up an orphan in Florida with other survivors. Unhappy cleaning up after the families that have taken over leadership, she chooses to go with her second cousin Liet to North Platte, Nebraska where they are building a wall to keep the zombies out. Once there, she joins a team of outsiders to bring supplies into the city. She battles zombies, starts her first romantic relationship, and becomes embroiled in a plot to get rid of her controlling cousin Liet who is starving the workers and will kill anyone that doesn't do as he says.

I liked the book. The writing was easy to read, and I was interested enough to keep reading. The story had a lot of potential. I liked Krista and her love interest Quinn. It took a bit to get to the meat of the story. There were zombies that killed everyone, and then what? They were in a holding pattern, until Krista got into the plot to overthrow Liet. I know that was exactly how Krista felt too, but I found myself wondering where the book was going. As for Liet, it seemed like an abrupt transition from her not caring about the warnings that he was bad news, to him being bad news. Even once she agreed that he was psycho, Krista didn't seem all that afraid of him. The zombies were more of a threat. It was interesting to read about what could happen to society if show more something terrible were to happen--like zombies eating everyone's brains. It will be fun to read the rest of the series to find out how the zombies were created. show less

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Annie Bloom, an immortal fey, loves her job running the Las Vegas branch of Rendevouz, an agency that helps fey find jobs, homes and entertainment. She also loves the mortal man, Sean, that runs the landscaping company that takes cares of Rendevouz's expansive property. There's just a few problems: Sean wants her to marry him (something practically taboo among the fey--mortals just don't live very long), and a few members of Rendevouz's board of directors have come to check up on how she runs the branch (one member is a long time rival). Now she has to decide if she should save herself the heartache of watching Sean grow old and die by ending their relationship, and she must show the board of directors that she is phenomenal at her job. The book explores the idea of whether a relationship is worth the pain that it may cause.

Rendevouz is a fun, light hearted paranormal romance. The writing pulled me right in and I read the book in about a day. The characters were fun and the plot was engaging. I would definitely recommend this book to other readers. Though it deals with the fey, they aren't the typical fey. There is no separate fey world, and they seem to have no problem sharing their names. Half-way through I did wonder to myself where the book was going and what I was rooting to happen, although I still enjoyed the read. Similarly while I did like the character Ian, the resolution for his character bugged me. While I show more agree that people can change, I just didn't see the evidence of it for Ian. I wasn't really convinced by his behavior that it should've ended the way it did for his character. Also, while I liked Sean, I don't think we really got to know him very much so I couldn't root for him the way I would've liked to. show less

Very dark and disturbing. Not really a world I wanted to live in.

Finally, a third book in a series that ends perfectly. Thank you Kiera Cass. Loved it and will enjoy re-reading.

This book had great potential, but did not quite reach it.

Very dark and disturbing. Not really a world I wanted to live in.

I didn't realize this was part of a series. I enjoyed the book and was engaged throughout the book. I will definitely have to check out what other books were written.

I listened to this on tape. It was very interesting and informational about the housing boom and bust. I enjoyed his thoughts about how helping people get into housing they can't afford doesn't really help them. He discussed failed policies aimed at getting more minorities to own homes by lowering lending standards, which only causes problems when they later find that they can't afford the home. He also discussed how land regulation actually increases housing prices. It seems like there needs to be a happy balance between a lot of the competing factors he discussed such as a balance between need for housing and the need to have open space and homes that aren't too close together.

An enjoyable easy read. O'Reilly has an engaging writing style. It was interesting to learn about stories from his childhood and how they influenced his world view. The book also had some very touching and meaningful moments.

I admit that Ann Coulter can come off as harsh, but it is very fun to read her books, mostly because of her style. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and actually learned a few interesting things.

This book took me a few chapters to get into. The book gets better as it goes on. It has a few fun characters, but is mostly just okay.

I don't think I can ever go wrong when reading a Jane Austen book. The book was enjoyable to read. It isn't one of her classics, but still good. I was a little disappointed in the ending, since she took so long building up the love story, but seemed to just quickly gloss over their eventual engagement.

These are great books. Though I don't agree with absolutely everything that the authors recommend and some of the language is very warm and fuzzy, it is a great book to read. The book talks about important child psychology information that many parents may not know about child's temperment and is always a good reminder that children should be treated with respect and kindness and that discipline is meant to teach the child not to punish. I checked out all the different versions of the book and quickly found that there is not much point to reading all versions since there is quite a bit of overlap.

I had never read any of Medved's books before or knew very much about him. This is a great book to learn more about him and why he believes the things that he does. It talks about his journey from being a liberal to becoming a conservative. It was very interesting.

I did enjoy reading this book because like the other book of his I read, it is an easy read and I could really hear his voice in the book. The topics in the book are definately things parents should speak to their children about, but I plan on talking to my children about these things instead of having O'Reilly be their source of information. But for children who do not have involved parents, this could be a good book for them.

I enjoyed this book, but apparently it wasn't memorably enough because I should have done the book review when I finished reading it instead of waiting a month. The book really did grab me though and I didn't want to put it down.

Gregory Maguire's books are very difficult to get into. His writing style, I think, makes the reader have to work and force themselves into the book. I picked up this book before I read "Wicked" and thought it looked good because of the topic. After reading "Wicked" which was also difficult to get into and very dark, I wasn't sure that I really wanted to read another Gregory Maguire book. But since I had already checked it out from the library and the book was sitting on my side table just staring at me, I decided to attempt to read it. The book has some interesting parts and once I got into the book, I did want to find out how it ended. In the end it was a disappointment. I won't be picking up anymore Gregory Maguire books even though I like his topics, I don't like how he expands on them.

A cute story and a quick read. I liked the second one even better than the first.

I decided to read this book because I really enjoyed the musical, but the book is very different from the musical. The book is dark, disturbing and not at all uplifting. I find discussion about religion interesting and for that reason I did find the conflict about religion in this book intriguing.

I enjoyed this book, but apparently it wasn't memorably enough because I should have done the book review when I finished reading it instead of waiting a month. The book really did grab me though and I didn't want to put it down.

I became interested in reading this book when the movie came out and I heard backlash from some Christian communities warning that this book promoted atheism. I did heed the call not to take my children to the movie, but wanted to see for myself what the fuss was all about. This book is incredibly entertaining and enjoyable. As for the message, I will have to finish the series to fully comment on that, though I agree that this is not a book that I would want my child to read. The "Church" is the bad guy, the story of Adam and Eve is referred to as make believe and the main character is a less than desirable role model who is prone to telling lies. For me, I enjoy the story and am intrigued by other viewpoints and discussion of important matters. I am curious as to the author's full intended message.

I really enjoyed this book. It was super fun to read. I liked that the main character goes through a transition of bad to good. It is fun to see how his character changes as a result of his experiences.

It took me a little bit to get into this book, but overall it was definately worth the read. I am happy that this wasn't the last book of the series and that the author decided to write more. I am excited to read the final book.

This book did make me think. What a difficult choice he had to make, I have no idea what I would do in a similar situation. Of course it is a tear jerker in true Sparks fashion. Don't forget your tissues!

I had to force myself to keep reading this book. The beginning didn't really make me want to read more. It was just okay for the first 200 pages. The last 100 pages redeemed the book for me. If you can make it through the first 200, the last 100 are worth the read. A fun character is introduced at the end and the action starts to get exciting. I liked the christian theme, which is what kept me reading in the first place. While I don't agree with all the specifics, I do find it enjoyable to read a book with substance that makes me think about what I believe.

I couldn't put the book down. I had to find out how it all ended. I'm not sure that I'd want my teen to read it (if I had one). I did like how the Edward/Jacob issues were resolved since I wasn't to thrilled about those issues in the past two books of the series.

This was a great continuation of the series. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and getting to know the characters better. What fun to read!

This is not the normal genre of books that I prefer, but I really enjoyed this book. I thought the author had a great idea, and made this an intriguing read.

This was a quick, fun read. I enjoyed the book from page 1.

I did enjoy the book, but I also thought it was pretty creepy. I would probably have been better off not reading it.