I cannot say enough great things about this series!!! I love Martina's writing style. Grab your copy pronto!!!!
~Lynn
~Lynn
Dark Dreams & Dead Things
Book 2
by Martina McAtee
Published July , 2016
17-year-old November Lonergan spent her whole life feeling like an outsider; like she was different. She was right. She’s a reaper like her mother; like her two cousins, Kai and Tristin. The supernatural world believes they are part of a prophecy to save them from an evil known as the Grove. Ember just wants to survive high school and fix the fallout from bringing back her friend.
Old enemies are lurking; waiting for their opportunity to strike but the pack has a new problem. A group of legendary hunters has resurfaced, threatening the reapers and anybody who stands with them. They are making good on their threats too; attacking those closest to the pack.
Their only hope of defeating the Legionaries involves trusting a stranger to perform a dangerous spell to advance Ember and her cousin’s powers. But Ember has a secret; a secret she can’t tell the pack. One that leaves the pack vulnerable.
An attack on pack allies, leaves one member of the group injured and another missing, along with a mysterious girl named Evangeline who may play a bigger part in this than any of them realize. As the Legionaries are closing in, the pack must trust their enemies, enter hostile territories, and play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopath. Their entire plan lynches on a dangerous bargain, but rescuing one member of the pack could mean losing another in their place…possibly forever.
Old enemies are lurking; waiting for their opportunity to strike but the pack has a new problem. A group of legendary hunters has resurfaced, threatening the reapers and anybody who stands with them. They are making good on their threats too; attacking those closest to the pack.
Their only hope of defeating the Legionaries involves trusting a stranger to perform a dangerous spell to advance Ember and her cousin’s powers. But Ember has a secret; a secret she can’t tell the pack. One that leaves the pack vulnerable.
An attack on pack allies, leaves one member of the group injured and another missing, along with a mysterious girl named Evangeline who may play a bigger part in this than any of them realize. As the Legionaries are closing in, the pack must trust their enemies, enter hostile territories, and play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopath. Their entire plan lynches on a dangerous bargain, but rescuing one member of the pack could mean losing another in their place…possibly forever.
Review
5 Stars
This books grabs you, puts a vise grip on heart, and steals your breath. I felt like I had survived a battle when I finished the last page.
Wow. Just Wow. Pardon me while I regroup.
I love the diverse characters. No two are alike. It's a fast paced thrill ride. It needs to play out on the big screen. Someone make this happen!
This books grabs you, puts a vise grip on heart, and steals your breath. I felt like I had survived a battle when I finished the last page.
Wow. Just Wow. Pardon me while I regroup.
I love the diverse characters. No two are alike. It's a fast paced thrill ride. It needs to play out on the big screen. Someone make this happen!
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things ~ Book 1
17 year old Ember Denning has made an art of isolating herself. She prefers the dead. She spends her days skipping school in old cemeteries and her nights hiding from her alcoholic father at the funeral home where she works. When her own father dies, Ember learns her whole life is a lie. Standing in the cemetery that’s been her sanctuary, she’s threatened by the most beautiful boy she’s ever seen and rescued by two people who claim to be her family. They say she’s special, that she has a supernatural gift like them…they just don’t know exactly what it is.
They take her to a small Florida town, where Ember’s life takes a turn for the weird. She’s living with her reaper cousins, an orphaned werewolf pack, a faery and a human genius. Ember’s powers are growing stronger, morphing into something bigger than anything anybody anticipated. Ember has questions but nobody has answers. Nobody knows what she is. They only know her mysterious magical gift is trying to kill them and that beautiful dangerous boy from the cemetery may be the only thing standing between her and death.
As Ember’s talents are revealed so are the secrets her father hid and those in power who would seek to destroy her. What’s worse, saving Ember has put her cousins in danger and turned her friend’s lives upside down. Ember must learn to embrace her magic or risk losing the family she’s pieced together.
They take her to a small Florida town, where Ember’s life takes a turn for the weird. She’s living with her reaper cousins, an orphaned werewolf pack, a faery and a human genius. Ember’s powers are growing stronger, morphing into something bigger than anything anybody anticipated. Ember has questions but nobody has answers. Nobody knows what she is. They only know her mysterious magical gift is trying to kill them and that beautiful dangerous boy from the cemetery may be the only thing standing between her and death.
As Ember’s talents are revealed so are the secrets her father hid and those in power who would seek to destroy her. What’s worse, saving Ember has put her cousins in danger and turned her friend’s lives upside down. Ember must learn to embrace her magic or risk losing the family she’s pieced together.
Review
5 Stars
This cover is da bomb! I saw it first on Facebook & then when M&M Publicity did a feature on the author, I was sold. Once you’ve read the book the cover will speak volumes. Trust me. Whoever said “never judge a book by its cover” didn’t see Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things.
The Characters
Strip away all the supernatural and you’ve got average relatable teens. The MC, Ember, just wants a family and to fit in. Kai is struggling to be noticed by his perfect guy. He just wants to be loved with the same passion he exudes. Tristin is basically a moody teenager. You gotta have a bad guy so enter Mace. Add in channeling the dead, helping souls cross over, a banshee and a soul eater and you the makings of an epic story. Oh, did I mention the werewolves and witches. This book is a supernatural plethora of goodies.
The Story
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things is full of twists and turns you will not see coming. I laughed. I cried. I grieved. I cried some more – dang it. I held my breath and gripped the kindle. It really is a superb read. I felt Embers emotions of confusion and frustration while learning how to harness her power. I just wanted to slap Rhys for not loving Kai properly.
The Author
As debut novels go Martina McAtee NAILED IT! She weaves an epic, complicated, unique, paranormal tale with characters you love and a few you hate to love. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series.
This cover is da bomb! I saw it first on Facebook & then when M&M Publicity did a feature on the author, I was sold. Once you’ve read the book the cover will speak volumes. Trust me. Whoever said “never judge a book by its cover” didn’t see Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things.
The Characters
Strip away all the supernatural and you’ve got average relatable teens. The MC, Ember, just wants a family and to fit in. Kai is struggling to be noticed by his perfect guy. He just wants to be loved with the same passion he exudes. Tristin is basically a moody teenager. You gotta have a bad guy so enter Mace. Add in channeling the dead, helping souls cross over, a banshee and a soul eater and you the makings of an epic story. Oh, did I mention the werewolves and witches. This book is a supernatural plethora of goodies.
The Story
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things is full of twists and turns you will not see coming. I laughed. I cried. I grieved. I cried some more – dang it. I held my breath and gripped the kindle. It really is a superb read. I felt Embers emotions of confusion and frustration while learning how to harness her power. I just wanted to slap Rhys for not loving Kai properly.
The Author
As debut novels go Martina McAtee NAILED IT! She weaves an epic, complicated, unique, paranormal tale with characters you love and a few you hate to love. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series.
Martina McAtee lives in Jupiter, Florida with her teenage daughter, her best friend, two attack chihuahua's and two shady looking cats. When she isn't writing young adult books about worlds with reapers, zombies, werewolves and other supernatural creatures she's reading or watching shows that involve reapers, zombies, werewolves and other supernatural creatures.
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