Mary Moss, who is Gaias' best friend,has died. She was tragically murdered. Mary made Gaia's out of the norm life seem almost regular. She also made Gaias' life worth living for, because she was pretty much Gaias' only friend,but now she's gone forever. This book is about how devastated Gaia is over her friends death.She is filled with rage and is after Marys' killer. She thinks she knows who it is and is ready to find and kill him for revenge. So, Gaia is after Skizz, a greasy drug dealer,whom Mary owed money.Since Skizz has threatend Mary's life before, she finds Skizz to be the most logical murderer.When Gaia finds Skizz she plans on giving him a taste of his own medicine,death.Gaia finds it crucial to kill Skizz because Mary was the only person who actually ment something to her,she feels she owes it to Mary. Fearless No.9 is an extremely deep and powerful book. It unravels a new Gaia and makes you feel her pain and hearthache. You also understand her need for revenge.This book is more intense than any other book in the Fearless series, so far. I found myself unable to put this book down.Francine Pascal has gone to a new,higher,and better level. The ending is a complete surprise. Blood(Fearless No.9)is a great addition to this series.

I have only read a few of the Fearless series but I think Francine Pascal has created a good series. This one proves it.
A bit of the background: Gaia Moore was born without the fear gene and her father Tom Moore trained her to become a ... fighter because of this. Her best friend Ed Fargo is in a wheelchair and is totally in love with Gaia and her other best friend Mary Moss has just been killed. And this is where Blood picks up from.
Fun, energetic Mary was shot by a killer hired by her drug dealer Skizz as a way to get back at Gaia for nearly beating him to death a few weeks earlier. Gaia vows to get Skizz to avenge Mary. But she doesn't want Ed to know anything about her plans to kill so she oushes him away from her and they end up getting in a huge fight. In turn this pushes Ed closer towards his ex-girlfriend and Gaia's worst enemy Heather Gannis.
Meanwhile Loki (Tom's twin brother) is waiting for the moment Gaia will kill Skizz so he can claim Gaia as his own as he figures that once she's killed someone she will forever want to kill.

This book was excellent and it definitely makes me want to read more of this series. It is a bit violent but not excessively so. If this sounds like your type of book go out and find a copy!!
Happy Reading :)

Mary Moss was Gaia's best friend. But now Mary is dead, and Gaia saw murdered by who she thinks was Mary's old drug dealer, Skizz, who has threatened Mary's life before. Mary, one of Gaia's only friends, whom ade her life seem almost normal and living for, is gone forever. Gaia is devestated. She decides to go after Skizz, and kill him herself, for revenge of Mary's murder, because Mary was the only thing in Gaia's life that actually meant something to her. She feels like she owes to to Mary. Skizz though, doesn't seem like he would be the best murderer, though. As each day goes on, Gaia is filled with even more rage, and is more determined to kill Skizz.

Fearless #9 was a great addition to the series. It has more action that any other book in the series so far. You can also feel the need for Gaia to get revenge.

This, in my opinion, is the best book yet in the Charmed series. In it, Pheobe gets warped back in time by a time demon. She ends up in Salem, Mass. where they kill witches. She meets her ancestor, the second one to have the families book of shadows. Prue and Piper don't know what happened to Pheobe and fall apart. The're also starting to act strange stealing warlocks powers.It's almost like they're turning evil. Also, Dark spells begin to apear in the Book of Shadows that Prue and Piper have. Now Pheobe has to stop a time demon, get home, and now she has to stop her ancestors from becoming evil. All of this is due to the time demon and what he did to the ancestor Phoebe is with. Will they be able to beat this time demon without the power of three???.............................. Yes, they will but read the book to find out how.

Okay, I so totally LOVED this book! The way it's written is so good! Phoebe being sucked into time, back to 1676's Salem, Massachussetts, and Prue and Piper turning evil. Crazy! Sometimes I wished they would turn one of those Charmed books into an episode! Cuz this book would definitely apply for it! READ IT!

p.s. AND ALL THE OTHERS TOO!

Whispers From The Past in my opinion was a well written book. While I was reading the book I felt like I was a ghostly character observing what was going on. The book takes you right away into the story. One of the reasons why I enjoyed reading this book so much because Phoebe was sent back in time to Salem, Mass. during the "Witch Hunt" times. I enjoy stories that deal with time travel. I was a little shocked about how Prue and Piper were behaving in the present they were bringing out their "Bad" sides but not by their choice, but by that slimy evil demon. The author captured the sisters very well and added a nice twist on Prue's and Piper's change of behavoir. If you like Charmed this would be a book for you. I would highly reccomend this book!

It's Suze's sixteen summer---her first in sunny California---but instead of relaxing and getting a tan, she's stuck working as a baby-sister at a hotel resort, not to mention the boy she is babysitting, Jack, turns out to be a young, budding mediator or that his older brother Paul does have some boyfriend potential. Things start going from okay to bad when Suze is awakened by Maria de Silva---the ex-finacee of the 150 year old hot ghost that shares Suze's bedroom, Jesse---with a knife to Suze's neck, telling Suze to stop her stepdad, Andy, from digging up Jesse's body from her won backyard. Suze has a good idea that when the body of Jesse is discovered she might lose him forever, but she isn't about to help Maria de Silva. Suze knows, however, Maria de Silva will do anything to stop the digging, even if it does mean killing Suze. As Suze digs deeper into the mystery surprising things happen in a world that Suze can't control, and helping Jesse might even risk certain death to herself, but Suze is ready for the challenge. Wow! What can I say? The best Mediator book yet with revelations at every corner that are more shocking that before. This is definitely a pivatol book in the series and a turning point. The cliffhanger ending makes you want the next book like crazy. Unfortunately Haunted: Mediator #5 isn't coming out until January 2003! I am really going to die waiting!!

Suze is spending her summer working at a hotel -- and that's not exactly how she planned to spend it. And she happens to be babysitting a young mediator named Jack -- a mediator who's a bit more mischievous than he looks. But trouble brews again when the dangerous ghost of Maria de Silva threatens Suze to stop her stepdad Andy from digging up the body of Jesse -- whom Suze knows a bit too well. Maria de Silva is determined that the truth about Jesse not be known, and she'll do anything to stop Suze -- even if it means killing her, which she won't hesitate at. While Suze may be a gifted mediator, there are forces and powers that she'd never even dream of tampering with to ultimately stop the troubles. And although she's faced many dangerous situations before, she will never be able to fathom what in the world she is getting herself into -- something beyond even what she can ever understand... The Mediator #4: Darkest Hour is the best of Jenny Carroll's thrilling Mediator series, and the mix of scares and laughs has never been better. In only four books, The Mediator series has gotten to be the best supernatural series I have ever read. No one should miss Darkest Hour, as it is a pivotal and important book in the series that will leave the reader in shock; the wait for the fifth book is going to be torture.

(...)Suze, a 16-year-old Mediator, is looking foreward to a summer of fun in the sun. Unfortunatly for her both her step father and a couple of ghosts have other plans for her. Her stepfather has made her sign up for a summer job, babysitting kids at a rich country club. Suze hates it, considering the kid she usually sits has something against ever leaving the house or moving away from the TV screen. She's shocked when she finds out the same kid she's babysitting is a mediator, an a very scared one at that. Her other problem arises when the ghost of her not so alive roomate Jesse (who she is secretly obsessed over) ex-fiance, Maria, wakes her up with a knife with threats. Suze finds her self thrown into a strange mystery that took place over 150 years ago. She soon realizes that in solving this mystery she may lose someone she cares about very much, Jesse.

I was shocked with this book. Once again Jenny Carroll manages to mingle humor with horror and mystery to create a great book that's even better than the last! Darkest Hour is a very important book in the series that I reccomend to any fans of the series. It's the best so far. I can't wait till Jenny writes another tale of Suze. The ending is quite a cliffhanger. Have fun!

This was a really good book. (In fact, I think it just might be the best.) It was really exciting and action-packed! There were so many surprises that I gave up trying to figure out what would happen next! The story goes like this: Lando Calrissian shows up and asks the twins and there friends if they liked to go on a "vacation" to Cloud City. ( I've always liked Cloud City, that's one of the things I like about this book.) So, they gladly accept and go to Cloud City and have a great time, right? Wrong. Well, the part that they gladly accept is true, but they find out that Lando's partner, who was working on Cloud City's new amusement park "Sky Center Galleria"with him, is dead. The Jedi Knights decide to investigate his death, and, in the process, end up having some pretty exciting adventures. So buckle up and enjoy the ride!

Well, I have to say that this was the best Young Jedi Knights book to come along in a while. Oh, but don't get me wrong, they're all good, but a few definitly stand above the others. Namely, Lightsabers, Jedi Under Siege, Jedi Bounty, and The Emperor's plague. And now Trouble on Cloud City has joined the ranks of the great. In this book, Lando askes Jacen, Jaina, Lowie, Tenel Ka, Anja, and Em Teedee to come with him to Cloud City to help supervise a new amusement park he is building there. When they get there however, they find that Lando's partner has been murdered, and they set out to find who did it. Anja knows of course, or at least guesses that her master Czethros is at work and she struggles on many moral points concerning her new friends, and her growing adiction to Andris Spice. Actually, in this book I found myself softening a bit towards Anja, who I previously hated. I still don't like her nearly as much as the other characters, but I began to realize that she is a victim is her own right, since it isn't her fault she was mislead and used and duped into Andris. Also, this book focused a lot on Tenel Ka, who is my favorite character in the series, and allowed us to get inside her, and see her thoughts and feelings in a way that has not been done since the masterpiece of Lightsabers. Her reaction when Jacen fell of Cloud City was heartbreaking, and I'll confess, that the scene where they all thought that they would never see him again almost had me in tears, and I never, EVER cry over books or movies or anything. I liked how this book let us see how much Tenel Ka truly cares about Jacen. Speaking of Jacen, his crush on Anja seems to have ended, which may in fact be what opened me up to her a bit, since I was always adamently against that. Anyway, I would recommend this series to any Star Wars fan, no matter what their age, even though they are generaly geared towards the 10-15 set. Also, this book would have a stronger effect on you and generally make more sense if you have read the previous twelve first, though if that is to much work, it is at least reccomeded that you read the one before it.

I have always loved Star Wars. I was a little ifish about reading the books thinking it wouldn't be as good. How wrong was I. It was cool how Jacen fell off of Cloud City. A very nice touch.his return was also interesting. It was nice how Tenel Ka can be so different when in mourning over her thought to be dead friend. It made her seem more real. If you don't like this book you must be crazy! And that is a fact!

Man i gotta tell ya, Lynne Ewing knows how to write VERY good books. I read it in less than a day and was so satisfied from the suspense of the long wait for the book to get here. I cried and laughed and cried some more.The ending makes you say why, oh, why - it was completely nerve racking and i didn't want what happens to happen or for the book to stop. Oh boy, the future looks so unclear now and raises sooooo many questions of whats to come. Ms. Ewing - i only wish you would write faster and not end the series because they seem to just keep getting better and better.

this book is simply one of the best daughters of the moon books i ever read! lynne ewing is a excellent writer! the plot of the book involves around jimena traveling back into the past in order to prevent her most terrifying premonition to come true!!she also discovers that new enemies are trying to stop her from trying to prevent that from coming true. in order to save the other daughters, she must join forces with her old rival payasa and together must save them. the plot of the story also deals with the mythlogy of Medusa. this book was really fantastic but the ending was really sad and it leaves you wondering what will happen next. one of my faves so far!

WOW! i read this book within one day! - okay okay, i have done it before but this was something i couldnt put down. From the second i bought it to the second i was going to bed i didnt put it down. I delayed eating and my favorite tv shows. - All the daughters of the moon books i have read and loved. But this was far most my favorite one. This one is based on jimena who used to be the tuffest chola in la. Now she only uses the forces of good because she is a goddess, a daughter of the moon "tues dea filia lunae" but now, she has to go back and gang up with some very least likely people. We find out who the betrayer is. - and if you do happen to come across this review - and you havent read the serious, i suggest you do because it is so so so worth it. Dont just say "oh, sounds like [it's] for 10 year olds" - because its not. Im seventeen and i love it! Okay - im shutting up now.

The New Year's Party was a pretty good book. I gave it four stars because I've read better R.L. Stine books. Don't get me wrong it did keep me on the edge of my seat at times. You could tell when the pranks started to get old because they did it so often you knew it would be them. I am glad that Reenie's boyfriend was there to pull her out of the water when the ice cracked on Fear Lake. She could have died, but it was "just a joke." I do recommend this book to people who want a mystery and are into scary books.

One thing you should do before reading The New Year's Party: buy it. I highly recommend everyone buy this book before casting your eyes on the first page because as soon as you've finished reading it for the first time you'll want to read it again and again to go over the story once more and to just pick up on those things you sorta missed the first time. Okay, enough buying recommendations, what about the book? Well, I loved it. I thought it was extremely clever and really entertaining to read, and it stands as one of R.L. Stine's finest achievements to date. That man writes much better when he knows he's writing for teens and not children. At the start I didn't really care about the characters in The New Year's Party, but when the horror really starts to roll around, you start to wonder if this mysterious killer is going to get Reenie and her friends or not and you really start to care about them. The mystery is really, well, mysterious. I kind of guessed the plot twist before the end came but that wasn't a problem because I still enjoyed reading the final few chapters. The book really builds on its suspense and is a total page-turner. I read this book in two days. Maybe that's a record for me and how fast I read chapter books. This fabulous mystery will probably be the most enjoyed by young adults and teenagers, but I recommend everyone have a good, scary time reading it!

The New Year's Party was a five-star,two thumbs up, all around awesome book. This book was really good and it had a shocker ending. I was horrified. The New Year's party is definitly for anyone who likes to be held in suspence. No one can ever guess the ending. I couldn't put the book down. It was a real pageturner. It is one of R.L. Stine's best Super Chiller books. It was great when,in 1965,two teenagers die,but they don't know it, and when they come back for revenge it leads to murder. You have to read the beginning thoroughly because when you reach the end of the book,the conclusion will make no sense at all, unless you understand the beginning. The New Year's Party was so scary,yet so fun to read. It was spine tingling. I recommend that you go out and buy the New Year's Party by:R.L. Stine.

I chose to read this book for a project at school because mysister Andrea in California is suffering from this disease. I havelearned a lot about the illness through the mind of Mary-Beth (Lori Schiller). I think that it is good that she was able to recognize that she was encountering an illness. To be able to see the problem and put it into remission, and then to turn around and write a book on how she did it, she helps other people get a better understanding. This disease can tear a person and their family apart very slowly. I know that my sister will soon end up the way Mary-Beth did if I do not seek help for her. By reading this book it gave me a preview of what things could be like. I only pray that they do not get any worse ... As far as the book, I liked it a lot and I thought it was very educational.

If you have any curiosity about the world of the schizophrenic mental patient and about mental hospitals, this book is a must read. Lori Schiller does an excellent job of describing that world in much descriptive detail as she experienced it during the 1980s. And she chronicles her descent into deeper and deeper illness and then her amazing recovery after she is placed on the dangerous drug, Clozapine. I could have used a scene or two with dialogue, but as a true personal account, the book is good even so. Lori Schiller's loving parents had the money or perhaps the insurance coverage to sustain her for years in private hosptals. One needs to note that for every Lori Schiller who amazingly recovers from schizophrenia, there are thousands of hopeless patients on back wards of state hospital who, unlike her, will never recover and will never be able to write about their worlds. Lori is a miracle-child in every way.

when i first heard about this book several years ago, i could not wait to get my hands on it. the story attracted me as it is my own story. and i was not to be disappointed. never before had i read a book that so expressively described my own illness. since it first came out, i have read it many times. this book is honest and direct and tells our story as it needs to be heard, for lori gives the true and painful portrayal of how a psychotic brain manifests itself through behavior. i was glad that she told so forthrightly of her experiences in the hospital. it is because of such honesty that people like us can learn to tell our own stories and demystify society's understanding of mental illness, particularly schizophrenia. through this telling the unfair stigma that has been placed upon us is exonerated. i also liked that the people in her life told their stories as well, for an illness such as this affects all involved. i am grateful to lori and amanda for helping me to gain insight into my own illness and understand better what my family and those closest to me have endured and still endure. i highly recommend this book to anyone interested in gaining an honest understanding of mental illness and the impact on the individual and their loved ones.

'Sick of mankind and its disgusting ways' Anne Bronte once scribbled on the back of her prayer book. Her evident harsh view of life, coupled with her moral strength as a woman, are beautifully interwoven to produce this novel; her masterpiece. Although never enjoying the popularity and success of 'Jane Eyre' and 'Wuthering Heights' - her sisters' books - 'Wildfell Hall' is quite fit to join any bookshelf of classic English literature. The themes include utter despair and the tragic consequences of a young woman's naivety; Helen felt that, although she could see Arthur's faults, she would be able to somehow change him once they were married. In reality, her marital experience was a disaster.

Anne Bronte creates a world in which the drunken, immoral behaviour of men becomes the norm and this may have been startling to contemporary readers - perhaps a reason for the book's panning at the critics. The narrative is built up delicately; first Gilbert; and then the racier, more gripping diary of Helen as she guides us through her married life; before returning again to Gilbert, whose tale by this time has become far more exciting as we know of Helen's past. Helen's realisation of the awful truth and her desperate attempts to escape her husband, are forever imprinted in the mind of the reader as passages of perfect prose.

One of the earliest feminist novels, the underrated Anne Bronte writes in this a classic, and - defying the views of her early (male) critics - a claim to the position of one of England's finest ever female writers.

I read "The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Bronte for my review of personal reading in English last year and I thought it was really gripping. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it.

It tells the story of a young woman's struggle for independence, against law and a society which defined a married woman as her husband's property. The novel, which uses extracts from her diary and narration from her neighbour, is very interesting and quite realistic.

It seems to me that the most interesting thing about the novel, is the build up of tension Bronte uses to sustain the reader's attention. It is stimulating and creates a little excitement in the book.

Helen Graham moves into Wildfell Hall with her son. She is a single mother and earns her living as a painter. Her neighbour, Gilbert Markham, takes a sudden interest in her and wants to find out everything about her. Although she is quite content being friends with him, she wants nothing more. As soon as he becomes too personal, she reminds him that friendship is the principal of their relationship. As they spend more time together, though, she learns to trust him and reveals the truth about her past. She is living at Wildfell Hall under a false surname, hiding from her husband who is an adulterer. The only other person who knows of this is her landlord, who Gilbert learns late in the novel, is in fact, her brother.

One thing which I found gripping about this story, was the build up of tension Bronte used. She took her time, revealing one thing, building up the tension again, then revealing another. She continued to do this throughout the story, and this is what kept me interested. It is a story, in which two people who love one another, are prevented from being together by society and their own natural reticence. We know romance often has this, but Bronte creates a strong desire in the reader for them to be together. She puts real obstacles in the way of their love for each other, such as the fact that Helen is already married and has a child to her husband. This therefore, causes the reader to understand the story more.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a riveting novel by the "least famous" Bronte sister Anne. The main character is Helen Huntingdon, who also uses the assumed name Helen Graham for part of the book.

Narrated in part by Mr. Markham, the gentleman farmer who falls in love with her, and partly by herself in diary form, the Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a sad portrayal of the miseries Helen Huntingdon endures at the hands of an immature self-centered husband.

The story starts out with Helen, an intriguing beautiful "widow" who comes to live in a deserted moorland mansion called Wildfell Hall with no one but her maid and young son as companions. She excites the gossip of the local townspeople by her refusal to mingle in the town's social life, her strong opinions on the upbringing of her 5 year old son, and by working to support herself as a landscape painter. Mr. Markham, the gentleman farmer, rather than being repelled by her fiercely guarded independence is intrigued by her and determines to learn more about her, falling in love with her in the process. Helen becomes the butt of sinister gossip when it is discovered that she and Mr. Lawrence, her landlord, are not the strangers to each other that they pretend to be in public, and it is rumored that something is going on between them romantically.

It is in response to this falsehood that she turns over her diary to Mr. Markham, who at last learns within its contents her true identity, why she is at Wildfell, and why she can not marry him. He also learns the astonishing identity of Mr. Lawrence. Helen's diary traces her life from a naive girl of 18 to a courageous woman of 26, and the sorrow and trials she endures in her marriage to a wretch of a husband, the womanizing, alcoholic Arthur Huntingdon.

This is one of the best books I have read Actually it is the best book I have ever read.It is about this girl Allie Parker who is going home for Christmas vacation she doesn't really want to go but she ends up going after all. When she goes to the rest stop on her way home she meets cute Ben Harrington and his little brother Tim.Later she finds out that they are going her way since by this time Tim has this huge crush on her he is really happy,but Ben isn't. Allie has two gorgeous twin sisters and soon finds out because of them and their superficial friends that Ben was a star jock when he went to school there. Well enough of this story if you want to know more you are just going to have to read the book The only thing I can tell you is that it's a wonderful book and it is really fun reading it. I know everyone who reads it will love it as much as I did maybe even more no I don't think anyone can like it more than I already do. Happy reading:))!!!!!!!!!

this book is great- one of the best Love Stories. it's so sweet, i just really liked the things he said to her, and the way that he treated her. she is so lucky to get a guy like that!

I have to admit, Im adicted to these books. But this one was better than I thought it would be. I when I first read the back cover, I thought that the storyline was kind of cheesey, but I read it anyway. I didn't really like it until the end though, when Ben told Allie that everytime he saw a silver car, he hoped it was her, and how he got jealous of Tim everytime she put her arm around him.

Now Im gonna tell you: YHTRTB (You Have To Read This Book)

I would recommend all you Sailor Moon fans to read this! I had a blast, I mean I loved the whole thing. Espicially the part where Chibi-usa kisses Helios to wake him up. The end also included all the senshi turning into them future selves and Sailor Moon finally for the first time turning into Eternal Sailor Moon! Cool.. Anyway read the book to see the great drawings and wonderful plot to this last book in the SuperS saga. Good Job Naoko!

THis book is fanastic. Coninuing after Super Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask get shot, they begin to melt into skeletons on planet planet Elysion! But you'll see what happens after that when you read the book. Anyway, in this book you find out that Sailor Moon is cursed! You get to see her change into Eternal Sailor Moon. And you finally get to see all the Scouts in their princess forms. (Also Sailor Star forms.) Plus you also find out that Queen Nepherina was part of the Silver Mallenium. (Sorry. This is all out of order.) *You also see bonus halarious Rini's Diary. THey fight against a ghost that haunts the dentist. It's so funny!* So, if you're I moonie, I reccomend this book! >^.^<

Bisoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Pretty Soldiar Sailor Moon) is SO GOOD! I know that most of you all think that it is some little kid thing like the DUB (don't get me wrong, the DUB is not terrible, I just like the Japanese version more [better songs and a lot of the show is cut out in the DUB]). But anyway, I was just like you, I thought ! OH GOSH ! how can people like that. But I gave it a chance and it ROX! I mean, I get on the internet every night and check it out and I order the movies and all! Please read this (you might want to read at least the other SuperS books first) hehehe! I promise you , you WON'T be disappionted! Also, if you like this series, check out some other series by the author that are SO COOL! CHERRY PROJECT, PQ ANGELS, PRISM TIME (this is a collection of short stories), MISS RAIN (so is this), MARIA, and, of course, Code Name wa Sailor V

I REALLY like PQ Angels, Code Name wa Sailor V and Cherry Project. They are in Japanese, so you might have to have someone translate them for you!