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Book Review: The Savages by Matt Whyman

Title:  The Savages Author:  Matt Whyman Series:   ~ Pages:   280 Publisher:  Hot Key Books Date of Publication:  6th June 2013 Source:  Bought Synopsis from Goodreads: They'd love to have you for dinner . . . Sasha Savage is in love with Jack - a handsome, charming ... vegetarian. Which wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that Sasha's family are very much 'carnivorous'. Behind the family facade all is not as it seems. Sasha's father rules his clan with an iron fist and her mother's culinary skills are getting more adventurous by the day. When a too-curious private detective starts to dig for truths, the tight-knit family starts to unravel - as does their sinister taste in human beings . . . My Thoughts: I was absolutely desperate to read The Savages . I don't know why, just something about it really appealed to me. I used to really love vampires stories (not gonna lie, still do, a little bit), and the way it ...

Book Review: Zom-B Angels by Darren Shan

Title:  Zom-B Angels Author:  Darren Shan Series:   Zom-B, #4 Pages:   239 Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Children's Books Date of Publication:  20th June 2013 Source:  Publisher for review* Synopsis from Goodreads: After spending the last few months wandering around London--a city filled with the dead--B Smith has given up hope for any sign of normal human existence. But then B finds strange signs all over the city--a "Z" plus red arrows. Following them, B finds The Angels-- a group gathered in the hopes of combating the evil dead and the forces that introduced them. But all is not as it seems and it's up to B to find out: what battle are they truly waging? My Thoughts: Zom-B Angels is the fourth book of the Zom-B series by Darren Shan. I really like this series, and I look forward to each book dropping through my letterbox every few months (another great thing - it's only every few months, rather than a whole year in b...