Megan Linski

Think "The Little Mermaid" meets "The Last Unicorn", but with a winged wolf instead of a unicorn, and taking place in a contemporary setting. Alora is an immortal being who spends her winters as a winged wolf and the rest of the year as a human girl, living alone in the woods with only her horse Tanglemane as a companion. She's essentially a queen or almost a demigod in the area, the rest of her people having disappeared over time - many of them leaving on their own as it's in their culture to travel in couples, or travel alone. At first this loneliness doesn't bother her at all, but one day she helps a boy who got lost in the woods, and develops a curiosity about him; a fondness. And suddenly the immortal craves connection with others besides her horse. One day she decides to make contact with the boy, now a growing young man, and they quickly become friends - even if Alora is very vague about her past, and in some cases is playing a part to make him think better of her. Of course, their relationship is complicated by the fact Alora turns into a wolf in winter, and she must keep that secret from him... So their relationship becomes one of hellos and goodbyes, coming and going, which both strengthens and complicates their relationship with time. It's a pretty good immortal romance that has Alora going through periods of self-actualization about herself and her relationships with others (the boy, her species, humans in general, etc). It gets more interesting when the villain comes into the picture and that's where my comparing this story to "The Last Unicorn" comes in, because while similar in concept, the modern setting helps it stand out and further complicates Alora's human life in interesting ways (as she's been living in the wild her whole life, doesn't know anything about technology, modern vehicles, modern houses, etc. - sometimes to some comedic effect, and making her seem like a real murder hobo without the context of her being an immortal who's always lived in the wild).

I'd say give it a read if you like immortal romance with a lot of emotional ups and downs, and self-actualization.… (plus d'informations)

FINALLY....Sophia, Liam, Jonah and imogen have supposedly found refuge. Unbeknownst to them, they found their way to the lost Anichi settlement which also happened to house the rebellion! For the first time in a long while they could breathe and maybe relax a bit....

Or could they? This book (like all in the series) is filled with hard choices, emotional/spiritual growth, life changes, blessings, a few immense secrets along the way, and massive changes. However, friendship and FAMILY by choice and by blood are at the center of it all. We see Sophie and her friends grow up long before they should. Still grieving the loss of loved ones from the most recent fight, everyone is doing their very best to learn all they can and become the best versions of themselves. Uniting the tribes is definitely NOT going to be easy, but they learn a few things that could possibly help the situation. Prepare yourselves for crazy ups and downs, lots of revelations, a celebration or two along the way, and a few faces return. Will everyone finally band together, or splinter at the first inkling of trouble? Can our fave group find true happiness, or will doubts and other influences break them down and move them apart? We're down to the final hours as
we near the conclusion to this fun and addictive series in the next and final book. I for one can't wait to read it!!!… (plus d'informations)

Originally reviewed at RoadsideReader

I feel as though I keep trying for vampire books and I keep getting disappointed. Maybe I should take a break? Court of Vampires by Megan Linski seemed like it would be a fun vampire/werewolf YA story. Maybe just a cheesy angsty romance. That is legitimately what I went into it expecting. And yet, I still found myself looking forward to being done with this book rather than how the story would unfold.

Though I doubt anyone will go into Court of Vampires expecting something groundbreaking, I did expect something solidly entertaining? I found that I couldn’t really enjoy it as I thought I would for a few simple reasons. Predictability. It was all just so painfully obvious from the start how everything would happen and what role each character would play. No deviations there. Okay, we can deal with that. However, there wasn’t any of the angst truly there to propel interest. Forbidden love but it doesn’t seem that big of a deal? Main character Lysandra did not portray a single bit of internal turmoil over falling in love with her sworn enemy, even stating to Lisar she doesn’t hate wolves even though she witnessed them murder her mother. She plainly states she’s indifferent and I just, I understand the metaphor of hey you shouldn’t hate a group of people because of the actions of a select few. But this is fantasy and these are werewolves and you saw a pack of wolves kill your mother and then suddenly there’s absolutely no emotion there? No anger to work through? Linski really missed out by having her protagonist skip entirely through the internal struggle between the love for her mother/people and the love for someone whose family may have been responsible for their demise.

With a book as formulaic as Court of Vampires by Megan Linski, you can expect a predictable story. That said, it’s an easy book to breeze through, if a bit boring. If you’re looking for a good book palette cleanser to pull yourself out of a story hangover, this would be a good choice.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this title.… (plus d'informations)