Top Ten Kick-Ass Heroines in YA

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme created by The Broke and the Bookish

1.  Katniss from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – I don’t need to explain this one, do I?

2.  Meghan from The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa  - You know this is one of my favorite series ever!  Both Ash and Meghan are amazing.  Let me just say that I probably would have died in the Nevernever on day one.

3.  Hermione from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling – I love both Harry and Ron, but the truth is that they would have never survived without Hermione.  She is the brains of the trio.

4.  Ellie from Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton – Fighting demons and her attraction to Will can’t be easy!

5.  Kaylee from the Soul Screamers series by Rachel Vincent – This girl has spunk!  She has seen and fight a lot of weird stuff and she keeps going strong!

6.  Celaena from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas – This is one of my favorite characters ever.  If you haven’t read this book, please give a try.

7.  Ismae from Grave Mercy by R.L. LaFevers – A girl that was sired by death itself and trained to be an assassin, I hope that you don’t need a further explanation.

8.  Riley from The Demon Trapper’s series by Jana Oliver – She’s a demon trapper. Really.

9.  Saba from Blood Red Road by Moira Young  - Saba turned out to be one of the most violent female characters that I’ve read (in YA) for a while.  She kicks everyone’s ass!

10. Finley from The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross - She is fearless, super strong and loyal; a great combination is you ask me :)

What's in your Top Ten this week?

Feature and Follow Friday

Feature and Follow Friday is an awesome blog-hop hosted by Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read

This week's features are @ Books of Love and @ Sinful Books this week's question is:

You are a matchmaker -- your goal, hook up two characters from two of your favorite books. Who would it be? How do you think it would go?

I am horrible at this type of question... Most of the time the main characters of books are paired fairly well (at least by the end of the book).  Okay, let me try...

How about pairing Katniss from The Hunger Games with Jay from The Body Finder series?  Katniss is so damaged by the end that I think a guy as sweet as Jay might be really good for her. 

Or, how about pairing Ellie from Angelfire with Beck from The Demon Trapper's Daughter, they are both strong and they hunt demons. 

Pretty lame, but it's all I got.  Who are you dying to hook up ;)

Feature and Follow Friday

Feature and Follow Friday is an awesome blog-hop hosted by Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read

This week's features are Amy @ Amy's Book World  and Word Spelunking this week's question is:

Fight! Fight! If you could have two fictional characters battle it out (preferably from books), who would they be and who do you think would win?

This is a though one.... I don't think I ever consider this before.  I think that Ellie from Angelfire and Riley from The Demon Trapper's Daughter would have a great battle, both being used to hunt demons and they are both really awesome heroines.  Sorry that's all I can think of right now :)

Who would you pick for a battle?

Review: The Demon Trapper’s Daughter by Jana Oliver (The Demon Trappers #1)

Title: The Demon Trapper’s Daughter by Jana Oliver

Published: February 1^st, 2011 by St. Martin’s Griffin

Source: Purchased

Format: Paperback

Challenge(s):2012 TBR Pile Challenge

Grade rate: B

Demon Trapper Riley Blackthorne just needs a chance to prove herself—and that’s exactly what Lucifer is counting on…

It’s the year 2018, and with human society seriously disrupted by the economic upheavals of the previous decade, Lucifer has increased the number of demons in all major cities. Atlanta is no exception. Fortunately, humans are protected by Demon Trappers, who work to keep homes and streets safe from the things that go bump in the night. Seventeen-year-old Riley, only daughter of legendary Demon Trapper Paul Blackthorne, has always dreamed of following in her father’s footsteps. When she’s not keeping up with her homework or trying to manage her growing attraction to fellow Trapper apprentice, Simon, Riley’s out saving citizens from Grade One Hellspawn. Business as usual, really, for a demon-trapping teen. When a Grade Five Geo-Fiend crashes Riley’s routine assignment at a library, jeopardizing her life and her chosen livelihood, she realizes that she’s caught in the middle of a battle between Heaven and Hell.

My Review

I had The Demon Trapper’s Daughter in my TBR list for a while and I actually own copies of this book and book #2 in the series.  This book was an enjoyable and a little surprising to me.

Our kick-ass heroine is Riley, daughter of renowned demon Trapper Paul Blackthorne.  Riley is tries to be a good person and wants to be a good trapper.  She has gone through a lot and it seems like trouble follows her around, or maybe she is a little impulsive and doesn’t think things through.  Riley is relatively new and inexperienced trapper, but she is willing to learn. 

Simon is Riley’s love interest, but for some reason I cannot like him.  He is the type of person that sees the world as black or white, good or bad.  He is handsome, good, and responsible and he really cares about Riley, but it seems to be like the relationship develops way to fast.  Now, I love Beck!  He is much less likable, but with more layers and more depth than Simon.  He has his own set of rules and it works for him.  I would love to see more of Beck in the next book (if only Riley will see that and stop being so tough on him!) There are many other characters in the book, both good (Peter, Ari) and bad (Harper) that makes this "alternate world” believable.

The plot and the story are very original.  It takes place in Atlanta (love the setting) in a world were demons exist and are very common.  The demons are very different and range from three inches to over seven feet in height and have diverse powers and classifications.  The writing is straight forward and easy to read.  I will definitely read the second book in the series.

About the cover – I really like the US cover better than the UK (on the left). I like the red color (and its significance), the wings, the city at the background and Riley looking over it with a sphere in hand.

Bookmark Monday

I don't know about you but I probably own a good number of bookmarks.  I think this might be the case of all bookish people, but the problem is that I can never find one when I need it.  I end up using whatever I can find - receipts, post-in notes, ribbon, take out menus - because I really don't like to bend the pages of my books (and I often borrow them from the library.)

I though it would be fun to share with you what exactly I am using as a bookmark every Monday.  Today I'm reading The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver. As you can see my bookmark is the BAM receipt that I found inside the book!

Please leave a comment to share your bookmark with me! Oh, and let me know if you like to see this feature every week or even see it as a meme /hop.

 What are you using as a bookmark today?

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In My Mailbox #15

IMM is a weekly meme inspired by Alea at the Pop Culture Junkie and hosted by the wonderful Kristi at The Story Siren.  All links are to Goodreads

Purchased

Soul Thief by Jana Oliver - This is book two of the Demon Trapper series.  I have the first one and I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but couldn't 't help but getting the sequel.

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto - I have been wanting to get started in this series for a while and now I can!

Jane by April Lindner - I love Jane Eyre (btw, have you guys seen the last movie? *sigh*) and I want to read this modern re-telling of the classic.

For Review

Silver and Stone by J.D. Thompson - I received this interesting book from the author for review. Thank you for the opportunity Ms. Thompson.

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