spring break reading

This has been a busy spring break reading wise.
I began by finishing The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart. This is a fabulous book! Frankie comes of age and realizes who she is, and who she does not want to be. It is not the typical happy ending romantic comedy. It has bite and meaning.
Also this week, Glass Houses, by Rachel Caine. This one is a Tayshas book and has been quite popular. It is a bit different in the current vampire genre. The story was interesting and the action exciting. The ending definitely left a sequel (or 4) an option.
Eternal, by Cynthia Leitich Smith, rounded out my vampire books. I really liked the ending. I am getting really sick of happily ever after. This one definitely has "star crossed lovers" going on--an angel and a vampire falling in love. Apparently, characters from this book and Tantalize will cross paths in Blessed, a sort of sequel for both.
In addition to the vampire fair, I read The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie. This one was more difficult for me. Perhaps I have become more drawn to fantasy, but I had a hard time feeling any sympathy for Bindy. She was quite humorous in her self interested sort of way, but I was reminded of Renneson's Georgia Nicholson books, which I think are better.
Currently, I am reading The Secret Hour, book one of the Midnighters series, by Scott Westerfield. So far, so good. I'll add more about that later...