New Favorite Titles

It has been a literal year since I've written here, and it is a shame. My writing, however, has been in constant swing since. I'm delighted to announce that another novel of mine shall be released very soon. But, in the mean time, I've read some AWESOME novels that I'd like to give a short blurb about so that if anyone is interested in some different novels.

The White Princess by Philippa Gregory

Wow, this novel was intense. And being very ignorant to the series, I picked this novel without reading the ones before it. However, I was delighted when the novels themselves do not require prior reading unless you'd like to learn more on character motivations and history. Each novel of the series can be read independently and not leave a reader in the dark.

Anywho, what I liked about the novel is that there were many twists and mysteries that were to be discovered. I'd say it is like Game of Thrones only based on actual history, in reality. There aren't any dragons but there are certainly pretender to thrones, affairs, violence, and forced love. It is very exciting! Click here to learn more about the novel. 

Recommend to anyone wanting a historical fiction that isn't a "feel good" novel but more, a realistic one. 

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 

Again, I was out of the loop on this novel until it was recommended to me by a fellow reader who loved the series and knew my inclination to multi-genre novels. Diana Gabaldon writes an awesome story with every thing any reader wants, all wrapped in a big bow. I can rant and rave about this novel forever (because that's how long it felt like it lasted). All I have to saw as a down side is the fact that it is an overly large book so if you are not a talented, fast-paced or focused reader, it could be hard to finish it entirety. 

Outlander is about a woman who unknowingly walks through standing stones in Scotland and is transported back 200 years where war ravages the country as local Scots and British forces fight for their own claim on the land. She is lost within a world that she does not understand and is (basically) kidnapped by the Scots and impeded in her journey to her own time. Click here to learn more, and I highly recommend you read this at least once. 

Recommend for adult readers because there are many adult situation and gruesome scenes that wouldn't be appropriate for any reader under 18 years old. 

Lost Girl by R.L. Stine

Normally I cannot resist R.L. Stine because he totally shaped my childhood with his Goosebumps and Fear Street novels. He was a favorite for the longest time! However he has now graduated to higher reading levels for older teens and even adults to enjoy. At Barnes and Noble, I bought a book with two of his novels inside it, one of them being Lost Girl. It was a good novel (reviews rave about it) but it wasn't a new favorite for me. It kind of lacked that extreme feeling I get from scary novels. I'd say that it still feels like a middle grade novel more than a new adult book.

True to his writing story, there are some violent scenes in the novel like covering a man in honey and oats for starved horses to feed on. Yikes! There are plenty of mysteries to the new girl in town yet it doesn't seem to bother a group of teenagers being hunted by a dark figure feeling responsible for a murder during a snowmobile trip. Who is responsible for this? Find it here.

Recommend for anyone who likes a typical R.L. Stine type novel with lots of horror and terror and mystery and strangeness in a new package!

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Ready to hear me go CRAZY over this novel? Alright, here it goes. I LOVE THIS NOVEL AND COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN! Wowza. The originality of the novel as a dystopia  and coming of age story was in-genius. I cannot rave enough about the plot and the idea of it all. Please, whatever you do, just read it. It is a series of three novels, I believe, but I have only read the first and doubt if I'll continue on.

The novel is centered about a girl who is preparing to be matched with a husband and have her surgery to make her a woman. In a world where love is against the law, all young adults are submitted to a surgery that removes the part of their brain that loves. It is considered a disease. You are ill if you love. But, not everything in a society so perfect is what it seems. There are others who lurk outside town that live in the wilderness that are sick with love, and they've managed to seek into towns. This girl discovers that love is much more than a disease. For your new obsession, click here to buy it.

Recommend for anyone who loves YA fiction and a bit of sci-fi and coming of age mixed together in an original plot spanned over the course of three novels where you will truly come to appreciate the feeling of love.

What else is on my list to read? Well, I've got a lengthy list of novels on my shelf that are going to be read this year. You can always find my reviews on novels on my Goodreads profile, OR simply check my Facebook page, "author Raven Huffman" for my current reading list. 

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