Showing posts with label Kate Avery Ellison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kate Avery Ellison. Show all posts

Sep 29, 2012

The Curse Girl

Title: The Curse Girl
Author: Kate Avery Ellison
Publisher:  CreateSpace
Publish Date:  26 March 2012
Pages: 194
ISBN:  978-1461197942
Source:  Bought
Genre:  YA, paranormal, romance
Series:  none
Rating: Really Liked

When Bee is imprisoned in a magical, cursed house because of her father's selfish choices, she has just one plan... escape! But she must solve a riddle and help her fellow prisoners break the curse that binds them all before she can leave, and that is proving more difficult than she originally thought thanks to the bitter young master of the house, Will.

Will wants nothing to do with Bee or her help (and he certainly isn't planning on falling in love with her), but he might have underestimated just how determined and clever--and irresistible--she can be.



Beauty aka Bee, is sent to the cursed house after her father gets in trouble.  This is the only way to help him and her sick step-mother.  She has heard of the cursed house before and has very little faith that she will come out alive.  After she goes through the door, she turn around and finds that her father is no longer “marked” and tries to leave.  This doesn’t happen.

She doesn’t want to like the people in the house.  They have simple names like “housekeeper” because it has been so long that they have been under the curse and don’t remember their real names.  Then there is beast.  Then, one night, she hears something and discovers that there is a prisoner in the basement named Liam.  She can relate to Liam, being a prisoner herself.  After a while, she warms up the people in the house, even Will, even though she doesn’t like him at time.  She is the one who is expected to break the curse that was set upon the house.  That is the only way she can escape.  Will Bee ever be free?

After reading Frost as part of a blog tour, I had to read another book by Ellison.  I liked that this was a new spin on an old tale.  It gave you a new perspective.  The characters in the book were different than the ones that you see in the cartoon, Beauty and the Beast.  Although, Bee calls Will “Beast” at first, she soon softens up and calls him Will.  She only calls him Beast when she is not happy with him.   To be fair, Will calls her “Curse Girl” at first.   I won’t hesitate to read another book by Ellison and would highly recommend her.


I like to go on Goodreads and read other people's reviews of books before I read them.  This was posted under The Curse Girl and I LOVED it.   This review was written by Lylaa Yeaah Oritee ♥ and can be found here.
He glanced up once, eyes bored. “Please stop talking. I’m trying to eat.”

First I was like :
Bee - You are a whiny selfish brat,
Will - You are a self absorbed attractive jerk,
Rose - You weakling,
Liam - Shut up with your screaming,
Marian - You. Are. Amazing. Evil.

Then I was like :
Bee - Make up your mind and please, keep slamming the doors ( you are so mature )
Will - Why Will ? Why didn't you tell her ?
Rose - What the hell is happening to you :O
Liam - It's nice to be able to talk to someone,
Marian - You are crazy, woman !

Now I'm like :
Bee - I'm proud of you intelligent human, I love your determination :')
Will - I think I'm in love with your hair ;)
Rose - You need to get out more ;D
Liam - No comment. You shocked me.
Marian - Haha, shame. You got what you deserved !

Most hated characters go to :
Drew - You selfish ass. I bet if your sister, if you have one, went missing you wouldn't even have cared. I wouldn't mind hitting you in the head with a rotten fish :D

Dad - I cannot believe you sold your daughter out for wife number two. I pity you. No toilet paper for you sir. Good for nothing loser.

Other :
I adored the ending !
I loved this re-write :')
I loved Marians mood swings,
On the edge of my seat much.
More, more, more !


The first chapter of The Curse Girl can be found on Ellison's website












Jul 24, 2012

Blog Tour and contest: Frost

Title:  Frost
Author:  Kate Avery Ellison
Publisher:  CreateSpace
Publish Date:  18 April 2012
Pages: 198
ISBN:  9781475005875
Source:  Book for review for tour
Genre:  Young Adult, romance, dystopia
Series:  The Frost Chronicles
Other Books in series:  Thorns (unknown release date)

In the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, one wrong move and a person could end up dead—and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone. After monsters kill her parents, she must keep the family farm running despite the freezing cold and threat of monster attacks or risk losing her siblings to reassignment by the village Elders. With dangers on all sides and failure just one wrong step away, she can’t afford to let her emotions lead her astray. So when her sister finds a fugitive bleeding to death in the forest—a young stranger named Gabe—Lia surprises herself and does the unthinkable.

She saves his life.

Giving shelter to the fugitive could get her in trouble. The Elders have always described the advanced society of people beyond the Frost, the “Farthers,” as ruthless and cruel. But Lia is startled to find that Gabe is empathetic and intelligent…and handsome. She might even be falling in love with him.

But time is running out. The monsters from the forest circle the farm at night. The village leader is starting to ask questions. Farther soldiers are searching for Gabe. Lia must locate a secret organization called the Thorns to help Gabe escape to safety, but every move she makes puts her in more danger.

Is compassion—and love—worth the risk?


Lia lives in the frost with her siblings, Ivy and John.  They are the Weavers, the ones who make yarn to meet their quota in the community.  Everybody has to make things to meet quotas for the benefit of everyone.  The Weavers have been orphaned since their parents were killed by the Watchers.  The Watchers are the monsters that live in deep in the Frost. Then there are the Farthers, people who are farther than the Frost.  

Everyone in the community knows that you don’t associate with the Farthers or Watchers.   What happens when Ivy finds a Farther in the forest who is hurt?  Does Ivy and Lia help him like their first instincts are, or do they do what the community has taught them?

When I first started Frost, I thought that it would be an interesting story because the synopsis was different.  I was blown away by how quickly I read the book.  I was really excited when I found out that there would be a sequel, Thorns.   I liked the pace of the book.  It is considered a short book by page numbers, but I feel that it is not lacking any information.  I liked how you got enough information but it didn’t feel like information overload.  

I really like how Lia is the main provider for her brother John and sister Ivy after her parents’ death.   Lia is a strong person who has to think twice about what to do with the Farther that they found in the forest.  The only reason she is second guessing herself is because she doesn’t want to “mess up” or they would take her siblings away and put them with other families in the community.    Living in the last farm in the community, it is sometimes hard for Lia to make it to all the required meetings.

What happens with the Farther they found and how will that impact Lia, John and Ivy’s lives?

 Here is the list of the websites that are participating in the blog tour for Frost.




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