The Chaos of Stars Review

Title: The Chaos of Stars
Author: Kiersten White
Release Date: September 10th 2013
Publisher: HarperTeen
Source: ARC for Review
Rating: 3/5

Isadora’s family is seriously screwed up.

Of course, as the human daughter of Egyptian gods, that pretty much comes with the territory. She’s also stuck with parents who barely notice her, and a house full of relatives who can’t be bothered to remember her name. After all, they are going to be around forever—and she’s a mere mortal.

Isadora’s sick of living a life where she’s only worthy of a passing glance, and when she has the chance to move to San Diego with her brother, she jumps on it. But Isadora’s quickly finding that a “normal” life comes with plenty of its own epic complications—and that there’s no such thing as a clean break when it comes to family. Much as she wants to leave her past behind, she can’t shake the ominous dreams that foretell destruction for her entire family. When it turns out there may be truth in her nightmares, Isadora has to decide whether she can abandon her divine heritage after all.

Review:

 

I've been a fan of Kiersten White for years, ever since Paranormalcy came out. So when I heard that see had an Egyptian mythology book coming out I was really happy since Egyptian mythology is my favourite type and I had yet to read a good book on the topic. While I did enjoy alot of things about The Chaos of Stars, somethings just didn't work for me.

 

My favourite thing about the novel is the concept, a mortal girl with immortal Egyptian Gods as parents. While that is very interesting White failed to explain how immortals could give birth to mortal children. The main character, Isodora, Kiersten's classic witty humour which I really enjoyed. I also really enjoyed how at the beginning of each chapter there was excerpts of Egyptian myths that related to the story told in The Chaos of Stars.

 

While The Chaos of Stars is a mythology book, I would say it's more of a contemporary book. The book follows Isodora who feels she was only born to worship her parents so that they wouldn't disappear because they were forgotten. Because of this she has trouble to the concept of love, she feels that humans are disposable and love only causes pain and heartache. The plot pretty much consists of Isodora dealing with these issues with Egyptian mythology tied into it. Just a heads up there is also some greek mythology.

 

Overall The Chaos of Stars is not my favourite Kiersten book to date, but I did enjoy it for the most part. I wish it wasn't a standalone, I would like to see what happens to Isodora and her friends next.

Midnight Frost Review

Title: Midnight Frost
Author: Jennifer Estep
Release Date: July 30th 2013
Publisher: KTeen
Source: ARC for review
Rating: 5/5

Here we go again …

Just when it seems life at Mythos Academy can’t get any more dangerous, the Reapers of Chaos manage to prove me wrong. It was just a typical night at the Library of Antiquities — until a Reaper tried to poison me. The good news is I’m still alive and kicking. The bad news is the Reaper poisoned someone else instead.

As Nike’s Champion, everyone expects me to lead the charge against the Reapers, even though I’m still hurting over what happened with Spartan warrior Logan Quinn. I’ve got to get my hands on the antidote fast — otherwise, an innocent person will die. But the only known cure is hidden in some creepy ruins — and the Reapers are sure to be waiting for me there.

 

Review:

 

After the killer ending of Crimson Frost I was frantic to get my hands on Midnight Frost so that I could see what happened next in Gwen's story. Luckily Midnight Frost in no way disappoint, picking up not long after the events of Crimson Frost.

 

Gwen has no time to mourn the disappearance of Logan before the reapers make their next more to eliminate Gwen. In this instalment in the Mythos Academy series someone close o Gwen has been mistakenly poisoned and her and friends must race against the clock to find an antidote before the person dies.

 

I found the plot of Midnight Frost to be thrilling and very fast paced. The only down side is there is a lack of Logan, but with all the action going on the pages will fly by and you will hardly notice Logan's absence.

 

Somethings to look forward to is the introduction of a new character who is very interesting, and who also reveals secrets from Gwen's father's side of the family. The ending was also amazing it so sweet and doesn't have an unbearable cliffhanger, though I have to say any wait for the next Jennifer Estep book is unnbearable. I can't wait to see where the story goes in the next book, Killer Frost.