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Children of the Apocalypse #1
The Beginning
Note: This was a free, serialized story collected into multiple volumes (intended to be the first of five), still available for download on the author's website.
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Passion. Vengeance. Redemption. Sacrifice. Destiny.
Three girls are thrust together by their shared abilities and the roles they are to play in the nearing apocalypse. They are guided only by the mysterious Michael, whose contempt and dislike of them is clearer than his motivations for saving their lives. With assassins and betrayal at every turn, the Children of the Apocalypse must fight to stay alive while discovering their gifts and respective roles in the approaching final battle.
Harder still, however, is knowing who to trust...
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Passion. Vengeance. Redemption. Sacrifice. Destiny.
Three girls are thrust together by their shared abilities and the roles they are to play in the nearing apocalypse. They are guided only by the mysterious Michael, whose contempt and dislike of them is clearer than his motivations for saving their lives. With assassins and betrayal at every turn, the Children of the Apocalypse must fight to stay alive while discovering their gifts and respective roles in the approaching final battle.
Harder still, however, is knowing who to trust...
194 pages, Paperback, eBook
First published January 1, 2007
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Award-winning author Skyla Dawn Cameron has been writing approximately forever. Her early storytelling days were spent acting out strange horror/fairy tales with the help of her many dolls, and little has changed except that she now keeps those stories on paper. She signed her first book contract at age twenty-one for River, a unique werewolf tale, which was released to critical and reader praise alike and won her the 2007 EPPIE Award for Best Fantasy. She now has multiple series on the go to keep her busy, which is great for her attention deficit disorder.
Skyla lives in Southern Ontario where she dabbles in art, is an avid gamer, and watches Buffy reruns. She’s naturally brunette, occasionally a redhead, and currently blonde. If she ever becomes a grown-up, she wants to run her own pub, as well as become world dictator. You can visit her on the web at www.skyladawncameron.com for free fiction, book news, a community forum, and tons of other totally awesome stuff.
Info about the current series she's working on--which begins with Bloodlines--can be found at www.ZaraLain.com
Please don't spam me with invitations to read your book. Thanks.
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Award-winning author Skyla Dawn Cameron has been writing approximately forever. Her early storytelling days were spent acting out strange horror/fairy tales with the help of her many dolls, and little has changed except that she now keeps those stories on paper. She signed her first book contract at age twenty-one for River, a unique werewolf tale, which was released to critical and reader praise alike and won her the 2007 EPPIE Award for Best Fantasy. She now has multiple series on the go to keep her busy, which is great for her attention deficit disorder.
Skyla lives in Southern Ontario where she dabbles in art, is an avid gamer, and watches Buffy reruns. She’s naturally brunette, occasionally a redhead, and currently blonde. If she ever becomes a grown-up, she wants to run her own pub, as well as become world dictator. You can visit her on the web at www.skyladawncameron.com for free fiction, book news, a community forum, and tons of other totally awesome stuff.
Info about the current series she's working on--which begins with Bloodlines--can be found at www.ZaraLain.com
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October 22, 2011
Notes for myself:
1st chapter:
Somehow I felt there was something missing from the beginning of the book, but I don´t know what. The chapter ends with Genevieve starting to run away from a man. I feel excited to know how that turns out (and hopefully the next chapter continues from that insteads of jumping to something else for a while). When there was a part with her and her parents I was shortly confused of the people it told about. Maybe I missed it because I was really tired when reading this, but I thought that first there were "mother" and father" and then all of a sudden they were written about with their names and I first thought that there were others there as well. At this point, I´m not hooked in any way, but I am interested in how the story will evolve.
2nd chapter:
Liked it, it kept me reading and I didn´t want to stop until the chapter was finished. I thought her feelings when she was not sure if someone was following her were nicely described, as I myself hate the dark I can relate to her feeling of "what if someone´s following me" and thinking "I´m not going to look behind"..at the end of the chapter I was a little surprised that it seemed like she forgot about some of the things that happened with the man. The man actually attacked her and had a knife held to her throat and told her she was going to die. And after the situation was over, she didn´t seem that scared or anything. If I had been in that situation I would have been terrified. I had hoped that something more would´ve been discovered about this man (and his friend the woman) in this chapter, but it seems I must wait to know who or what he is and why he´s after her.
3rd chapter:
Definately was not expecting Sage to turn all ninja! At the end of chapter 2 I wondered if it was real or a joke that Gen is a lesbian, and now obviously she is. Don´t remember to have read any book before with a lead character lesbian/gay, so it adds a little more interest to the book. I can´t decide whether it nice that Levi´s brother made Sage go to see Levi´s match. First I thought, why encourage Levi in any way? But then again, if it´s been going on for two years then yes, he should get used to her, not with her. Still I felt bad for Levi thinking of reasons why she had come to see the match.
4th chapter:
Ooh, the girl with the man from the very beginning is Meredith.. of course the chapter ends before anything happens with Gen and the man in the same place. Still waiting to know what the mans role in all this is and now Merediths too. Didn´t have many thoughts to write up for myself while reading this chapter, which probably says that I was really focused on the reading. Also waiting to know about Sage..
5th chapter:
The story continues at Meredith´s place. As Gen, I thought the actions of Michael strange if his meaning really is to protect her. But then again, it did make it a little more exciting maybe. Levi and Gen finally get together after all the commotion, but at the end of the chapter as Levi tells her about Sage, Gen does not tell about what she knows. Will she eventually or will she keep him out of it?
6th chapter:
Really don´t have much to say. I think it will be interesting having Gen and Sage having to work together. At this point I´m still finding this book easy to read, but I´m a little worried how things will turn out. I just mean that I hope the whole apocaplypse stuff don´t happen in a predictable way, something new and refreshing would be nice.
7th chapter:
Nothing on my mind really, I´ve just been enjoying reading. The book is pretty short, but I don´t think it´s a bad thing since things happen pretty fast in this book, and often.
8th chapter:
I think it´s good that Gen can´t do this witch stuff easily but really has to have and effort. Even though I feel bad for her being the one that has trouble with her powers instead one of the others. I´ve already read more than half. What I´m wondering, is it really a good book? Or am I just so eager to finish it before I have to start reading a book for a different group read? But it is not bad and I do like it, I´m just not sure how much. I do like a lot of the dialogue, feels somehow..maybe honest or straightforward? Like real people talking instead of lines that have been carefully thought of. Maybe.
9th chapter:
I´m pretty surprised that in a book like this so much happens (the man killed at Michael´s and now Hayden attacked). Doesn´t really give me the feel of a younfg adult book.
10th chapter:
I´m just thinking, who´s Michael?
11th & 12th chapter:
As I had thought, no apocalypse did start on this first book. And not much more information ever came of Michael and how he knows all he knows. Surely there is something more coming in the next book, but a little bit more of an explanation would have made the whole thing bit more believable. It seemed that Sage and Gen got into all of this with not much given to them. It felt like the author probably new a lot more than what she wrote for us to read, but at some point forgot to think what it all sounds like to someone who does not know everything? Or maybe she didn´t have it all in her mind yet as she wrote the first book and is waiting to come up with it in the next books?
Anyway, there was something more about the character Michael at the end of the book, but I´m leaving it for me to read later, also did not read the authors comments.
1st chapter:
Somehow I felt there was something missing from the beginning of the book, but I don´t know what. The chapter ends with Genevieve starting to run away from a man. I feel excited to know how that turns out (and hopefully the next chapter continues from that insteads of jumping to something else for a while). When there was a part with her and her parents I was shortly confused of the people it told about. Maybe I missed it because I was really tired when reading this, but I thought that first there were "mother" and father" and then all of a sudden they were written about with their names and I first thought that there were others there as well. At this point, I´m not hooked in any way, but I am interested in how the story will evolve.
2nd chapter:
Liked it, it kept me reading and I didn´t want to stop until the chapter was finished. I thought her feelings when she was not sure if someone was following her were nicely described, as I myself hate the dark I can relate to her feeling of "what if someone´s following me" and thinking "I´m not going to look behind"..at the end of the chapter I was a little surprised that it seemed like she forgot about some of the things that happened with the man. The man actually attacked her and had a knife held to her throat and told her she was going to die. And after the situation was over, she didn´t seem that scared or anything. If I had been in that situation I would have been terrified. I had hoped that something more would´ve been discovered about this man (and his friend the woman) in this chapter, but it seems I must wait to know who or what he is and why he´s after her.
3rd chapter:
Definately was not expecting Sage to turn all ninja! At the end of chapter 2 I wondered if it was real or a joke that Gen is a lesbian, and now obviously she is. Don´t remember to have read any book before with a lead character lesbian/gay, so it adds a little more interest to the book. I can´t decide whether it nice that Levi´s brother made Sage go to see Levi´s match. First I thought, why encourage Levi in any way? But then again, if it´s been going on for two years then yes, he should get used to her, not with her. Still I felt bad for Levi thinking of reasons why she had come to see the match.
4th chapter:
Ooh, the girl with the man from the very beginning is Meredith.. of course the chapter ends before anything happens with Gen and the man in the same place. Still waiting to know what the mans role in all this is and now Merediths too. Didn´t have many thoughts to write up for myself while reading this chapter, which probably says that I was really focused on the reading. Also waiting to know about Sage..
5th chapter:
The story continues at Meredith´s place. As Gen, I thought the actions of Michael strange if his meaning really is to protect her. But then again, it did make it a little more exciting maybe. Levi and Gen finally get together after all the commotion, but at the end of the chapter as Levi tells her about Sage, Gen does not tell about what she knows. Will she eventually or will she keep him out of it?
6th chapter:
Really don´t have much to say. I think it will be interesting having Gen and Sage having to work together. At this point I´m still finding this book easy to read, but I´m a little worried how things will turn out. I just mean that I hope the whole apocaplypse stuff don´t happen in a predictable way, something new and refreshing would be nice.
7th chapter:
Nothing on my mind really, I´ve just been enjoying reading. The book is pretty short, but I don´t think it´s a bad thing since things happen pretty fast in this book, and often.
8th chapter:
I think it´s good that Gen can´t do this witch stuff easily but really has to have and effort. Even though I feel bad for her being the one that has trouble with her powers instead one of the others. I´ve already read more than half. What I´m wondering, is it really a good book? Or am I just so eager to finish it before I have to start reading a book for a different group read? But it is not bad and I do like it, I´m just not sure how much. I do like a lot of the dialogue, feels somehow..maybe honest or straightforward? Like real people talking instead of lines that have been carefully thought of. Maybe.
9th chapter:
I´m pretty surprised that in a book like this so much happens (the man killed at Michael´s and now Hayden attacked). Doesn´t really give me the feel of a younfg adult book.
10th chapter:
I´m just thinking, who´s Michael?
11th & 12th chapter:
As I had thought, no apocalypse did start on this first book. And not much more information ever came of Michael and how he knows all he knows. Surely there is something more coming in the next book, but a little bit more of an explanation would have made the whole thing bit more believable. It seemed that Sage and Gen got into all of this with not much given to them. It felt like the author probably new a lot more than what she wrote for us to read, but at some point forgot to think what it all sounds like to someone who does not know everything? Or maybe she didn´t have it all in her mind yet as she wrote the first book and is waiting to come up with it in the next books?
Anyway, there was something more about the character Michael at the end of the book, but I´m leaving it for me to read later, also did not read the authors comments.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 30, 2009
***Please note that this Review is for all books up to book three Chpater seven and will be updated when I finish.***
Opener:
When I first read the title of Skyla Dawn Cameron’s “Children of the Apocalypse” my first thought was one of dismay. I was assuming that it would be a web novel about teen saving the world and I was right. I also assumed that it wouldn’t portray the teens the way it should. While surprising – though pleasant – I was wrong. Most times when you have someone writing a teen view they focus only on the story not on the teen’s everyday dramas. Especially when the so called teens are trying to save the world from some not-completely-identified threat. Skyla however managed to work the everyday dramas (and some of the not so everyday ones) into the story in ways that either causes you to feel sorry for the characters, or to laugh at their mentors and them.
Pros:
The story is for once devoid of overly common clichés. While one can never avoid one or two I found it free of most of the overly common ones. It was a happy day to see that. I was also glad to see it free of sickening amounts of teen angst. Angst – while amusing – becomes irritating to reader like me in large quantities. I am still a teen (19) technically and have had enough of my share of angst. If you want something with angst in amounts that isn’t overwhelming you’ve found a good little story.
The chapter length is perfect. Nothing is too long for a good before bed one chapter reading but it’s also not short enough to leave you on cliff hangers until the next chapter. Skyla has managed to find a fairly good balance for the size of her chapters.
Finally, the page layouts. I, personally, like it. Not everyone enjoys dark colours for their reading material but I enjoy it when reading supernatural or urban fantasy novels. You never want the lights on for a good horror movie so why should you when you’ve got evil murderers and monsters just around the bend in a fine book. It sets a good ambiance when reading for me.
Cons:
While I loved the layout out for when I was reading, navigating wasn’t quite such an enjoyable venture. It wasn’t the worst I’ve ever had to deal with but it was far from the best. Everything feels too crammed into the center divider. I wish it was a little bigger to give more room for all that is on it.
The active community. Or lack thereof. While I guess there must be quite a few people who read this I wonder vaguely if people just joined to be on a bandwagon of sorts. As I was glancing through the comments I notice there are generally people who keep coming back to comment, the same people though. Yes there are quite a few compared to some but for the amount of time this has been around the active community seems to have abandoned it.
I wish Skyla was a little more descriptive of her characters in the writing. While she has pictures up yes I wish that when writing about a characters look she would go into more detail. Not much more but just a little more. She does fairly well with Genevieve and later on with Meredith but Sage seems to have gotten to little description in the writing. This may have been my own misreading but I didn’t figure out Sage was black until I went and looked at a picture of her in the gallery.
In closing:
The few slight problems in it don’t take away from the experience nearly enough for me to say not to read it. I myself am going to start recommending it too all my online friends and I will to anyone who reads this as well.
Opener:
When I first read the title of Skyla Dawn Cameron’s “Children of the Apocalypse” my first thought was one of dismay. I was assuming that it would be a web novel about teen saving the world and I was right. I also assumed that it wouldn’t portray the teens the way it should. While surprising – though pleasant – I was wrong. Most times when you have someone writing a teen view they focus only on the story not on the teen’s everyday dramas. Especially when the so called teens are trying to save the world from some not-completely-identified threat. Skyla however managed to work the everyday dramas (and some of the not so everyday ones) into the story in ways that either causes you to feel sorry for the characters, or to laugh at their mentors and them.
Pros:
The story is for once devoid of overly common clichés. While one can never avoid one or two I found it free of most of the overly common ones. It was a happy day to see that. I was also glad to see it free of sickening amounts of teen angst. Angst – while amusing – becomes irritating to reader like me in large quantities. I am still a teen (19) technically and have had enough of my share of angst. If you want something with angst in amounts that isn’t overwhelming you’ve found a good little story.
The chapter length is perfect. Nothing is too long for a good before bed one chapter reading but it’s also not short enough to leave you on cliff hangers until the next chapter. Skyla has managed to find a fairly good balance for the size of her chapters.
Finally, the page layouts. I, personally, like it. Not everyone enjoys dark colours for their reading material but I enjoy it when reading supernatural or urban fantasy novels. You never want the lights on for a good horror movie so why should you when you’ve got evil murderers and monsters just around the bend in a fine book. It sets a good ambiance when reading for me.
Cons:
While I loved the layout out for when I was reading, navigating wasn’t quite such an enjoyable venture. It wasn’t the worst I’ve ever had to deal with but it was far from the best. Everything feels too crammed into the center divider. I wish it was a little bigger to give more room for all that is on it.
The active community. Or lack thereof. While I guess there must be quite a few people who read this I wonder vaguely if people just joined to be on a bandwagon of sorts. As I was glancing through the comments I notice there are generally people who keep coming back to comment, the same people though. Yes there are quite a few compared to some but for the amount of time this has been around the active community seems to have abandoned it.
I wish Skyla was a little more descriptive of her characters in the writing. While she has pictures up yes I wish that when writing about a characters look she would go into more detail. Not much more but just a little more. She does fairly well with Genevieve and later on with Meredith but Sage seems to have gotten to little description in the writing. This may have been my own misreading but I didn’t figure out Sage was black until I went and looked at a picture of her in the gallery.
In closing:
The few slight problems in it don’t take away from the experience nearly enough for me to say not to read it. I myself am going to start recommending it too all my online friends and I will to anyone who reads this as well.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 29, 2009
When the thought occurred to me, a couple of years ago now, to scour the internet in search of what sort of free reading materials were out there that could quench my need for a good story, I hadn’t had particularly high hopes of finding anything spectacular. “Who on earth with any skill would have their work free online?” I had asked myself. I knew of many wonderful fan fictions, of course, but that wasn’t what I wanted. I wanted something new, something entirely original, something that didn’t make me feel guilty getting attached to it.
Eventually I did find my way to many interesting online novels, or serials, rather, but very, very few ever really managed to successfully trip my trigger. No matter what my writing sometimes may suggest, I actually am aware of how spelling and grammar are supposed to work, how plots are supposed to flow, what makes a twist predictable and what doesn’t, and many, many stories online, for one of these reasons or another, eventually lost my interest over time.
Skyla Dawn Cameron’s Children of the Apocalypse, however, has had me glued like an addict since I first came across it. Her writing style is wonderfully intelligent for someone who offers her work free, and her characters are well rounded, with personality and depth that even some of the most published and popular authors have never managed to pull off (I’m looking at you, Meyer). What’s more fun than her skill at formulating these “real” characters however, is Cameron’s ability to weave them into a plot you just can’t tear yourself out of, with wonderfully refreshing twists that actually surprise, mystery that remains just that until the big reveal comes, and enough intrigue to make sure it’s always worth coming back for more. While this book is available for money on the physical plane, the fact that Skyla offers it to her readers for free online just makes it, and her, even more impressive to me in the end.
Her stuff can be "adult", but I would definitely recommend a visit.
-Saoirse
Eventually I did find my way to many interesting online novels, or serials, rather, but very, very few ever really managed to successfully trip my trigger. No matter what my writing sometimes may suggest, I actually am aware of how spelling and grammar are supposed to work, how plots are supposed to flow, what makes a twist predictable and what doesn’t, and many, many stories online, for one of these reasons or another, eventually lost my interest over time.
Skyla Dawn Cameron’s Children of the Apocalypse, however, has had me glued like an addict since I first came across it. Her writing style is wonderfully intelligent for someone who offers her work free, and her characters are well rounded, with personality and depth that even some of the most published and popular authors have never managed to pull off (I’m looking at you, Meyer). What’s more fun than her skill at formulating these “real” characters however, is Cameron’s ability to weave them into a plot you just can’t tear yourself out of, with wonderfully refreshing twists that actually surprise, mystery that remains just that until the big reveal comes, and enough intrigue to make sure it’s always worth coming back for more. While this book is available for money on the physical plane, the fact that Skyla offers it to her readers for free online just makes it, and her, even more impressive to me in the end.
Her stuff can be "adult", but I would definitely recommend a visit.
-Saoirse
September 22, 2009
Children of the Apocalypse is a great read so far, it is in short a pre-apocalypse story. The story follows 3 special girls with powers and one bastard of a mentor whose job it is to save the world. The “bad guys” are mysterious and varied and not everything is what it seems.
What I like about it: The story progresses smoothly without the perspective confusion that you find in stories that follow more then one main character. The characters develop nicely and the author stays true to the characters’ characteristics, there is never a question as to why a character did what they did. The overall plot is engaging with enough sub-plots and twists that keep the story interesting. The story never seems drawn out and stale, it always feels fresh. The character’s may have special powers however the story revolves more around the characters themselves and how they interact then their wham-bam powers (wham-bam is a technical term ). The chapter length is nice and long, no tid-bits here and there.
What I don’t care for: I would love to see this updated more frequently then once a month, but understand that, that is probably not feasible with the chapter length and the author’s other work (Curio Killed the Cat). The new 50 point system, a user must register and acquire 50 points (from commenting, donating, reviewing etc.) in order to read new chapters (old chapters are available for free until Part III Chap 8) while I can understand where the author is coming from and some of the problems they encountered, I would like to see a better way of doing this, maybe some type of yearly subscription service.
If you are looking for an engaging web-serial check this out or the author’s other works, the complete list can be found here: http://www.skyladawncameron.com/books.
What I like about it: The story progresses smoothly without the perspective confusion that you find in stories that follow more then one main character. The characters develop nicely and the author stays true to the characters’ characteristics, there is never a question as to why a character did what they did. The overall plot is engaging with enough sub-plots and twists that keep the story interesting. The story never seems drawn out and stale, it always feels fresh. The character’s may have special powers however the story revolves more around the characters themselves and how they interact then their wham-bam powers (wham-bam is a technical term ). The chapter length is nice and long, no tid-bits here and there.
What I don’t care for: I would love to see this updated more frequently then once a month, but understand that, that is probably not feasible with the chapter length and the author’s other work (Curio Killed the Cat). The new 50 point system, a user must register and acquire 50 points (from commenting, donating, reviewing etc.) in order to read new chapters (old chapters are available for free until Part III Chap 8) while I can understand where the author is coming from and some of the problems they encountered, I would like to see a better way of doing this, maybe some type of yearly subscription service.
If you are looking for an engaging web-serial check this out or the author’s other works, the complete list can be found here: http://www.skyladawncameron.com/books.
August 20, 2009
Children of the Apocalypse is one of those books that I would not mind reading again. Even though it is an eBook, I still get on my laptop all the time just to read my favorite parts. Skyla is a great writer/artist. Her art is muy bueno! I love the way she adds all her twists to the story, and then when it is all finished, it is true art. CotA is a great story to read. My brothers wanted to kick me for staying on the computer all day, and doing nothing else, except for reading Skyla's stories. I hope that more people read and enjoy her stories because they are truly GREAT! But Skyla brought so much more creativity and art into her writing. I am muy muy muy excited that I found this site. It lead me to Skyla's site, and from there I read a GREAT story! I have read CotA, CKtC, and Bloodlines. I give this first part of CotA four stars because in my eyes it was Excellent.
Lala...
Lala...
September 2, 2009
I just love love (and did I mention love?) the characters in this story. I was expecting a story of some teenagers 'suddenly' realising that they have powers and turn all uber - you know, run of the mill stuff. Fantastic how they actually have to work hard for their powers :P Their elation when things work out, and frustration when spells/plans fail was very well described and I like reading about how the girls try to get along, bonding for a common purpose even though one didn’t quite like the other at the beginning.
The relationship between a dark, brooding Michael as well as the girls not quite knowing what they are doing, makes the story very colourful, very real. He’s quite a reluctant mentor/hero in the story and sounds absolutely delish.
Mmm.. you really should read the 2nd book after this one. It just gets better and better.
The relationship between a dark, brooding Michael as well as the girls not quite knowing what they are doing, makes the story very colourful, very real. He’s quite a reluctant mentor/hero in the story and sounds absolutely delish.
Mmm.. you really should read the 2nd book after this one. It just gets better and better.
September 5, 2009
The first thing that caught me when I read this book was my 'imaginative' attraction between Gen and Michael. That idea got thrown out somewhere in the middle.
I've already read the second book and some of the third and I must say, the books are damn addicting. Every character has their flaws that's makes them all the more real and the plot just keeps jumping and moving and most authors would not be able to pull it off but Skyla did it excellently. I'm not one for descriptions because I prefer to see things in my head. It's more of the inner workings of a chracter that shapes their identity in a reader's world. Of course, not all descriptions can be left out and Skyla found that line too and didn't cross it either way. She found balance and that's what makes the books an excellent read.
I've already read the second book and some of the third and I must say, the books are damn addicting. Every character has their flaws that's makes them all the more real and the plot just keeps jumping and moving and most authors would not be able to pull it off but Skyla did it excellently. I'm not one for descriptions because I prefer to see things in my head. It's more of the inner workings of a chracter that shapes their identity in a reader's world. Of course, not all descriptions can be left out and Skyla found that line too and didn't cross it either way. She found balance and that's what makes the books an excellent read.
April 14, 2012
I liked this book enough to want to read the next book in the series. It's definitely never going to win any awards. The writing lacks a little something and the plot isn't the best...but somehow through the mediocre writing the author manages to create a suspensful story. She gives us just enough information to have a basic understanding of what is going on, but not so much that we get bored with the books.
February 2, 2009
Enjoyable easy and quick reading, a good variety of characters, and a fast moving plot. Yes, there are several cliches in the plot/characters, but said cliches have an almost tongue-in-cheek feel to them, and they make for fun reading anyway! I'm very impressed by how much effort this author has gone through to produce a freely available novel.
August 20, 2011
It was very funny yet action-packed, and I loved all the references to Buffy the Vampire Slayer! The cast of characters is interesting, and they seemed to be fairly well developed. There was commentary from the author at the end, which isn't my thing but might come in handy if a book club were reading and discussing the book.
June 16, 2011
Very interesting book. I like the story and the commentary on the book at the end but I was thrown out of the story sometimes by grammar mistakes or misspellings. This however is not unique to Cameron's book. Definitely good for fans of Buffy.
June 15, 2009
Can't wait to read book 2!
March 9, 2012
Very good read. Left me wanting to start the next!
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