Cao Đẳng Giáo Lý - Tập 8: Thánh Mẫu Học tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Marco Del delvenumbe466f — Nice job on having a creepy YA novel that's not about an apocalypse or dystopia and/or zombies, Blake! Much appreciated. First off: awesome cover. Absolutely lovely, and fits the tone of the book perfectly. Secondly: Kendare Blake is a girl. Given that the protagonist is a teenage boy and "Kendare" is not a common enough name to know it's usual gender, it's not surprising I thought the author was a guy when I picked it up. It doesn't make a difference to the actual story, but it's always surprising to me when I get an author's gender wrong. So just throwing that out there. Thirdly: Blake is good with the creepy. A petite girl in a white dress covered in blood is just kind of inherently spooky (see also: little twin girls) so Anna Dressed in Blood had it kind of built-in. But all the scenes with the ghosts were eerie, and I really liked the opening scene where Cas has to deal with the all-too-common urban legend of a ghostly hitchhiker. There is also a surprisingly high body count and lots of GORE. Which is kind of what you need in a supernatural horror book. Fourthly: The ghost mythology was good, with enough explanations that I could accept the world and enough questions that it's able to be filled in later. It's not like the supernatural world comes with a manual (THOUGH IT SHOULD), so it's not surprising that Cas only knows what experience and others can tell him. Fifthly: I liked Cas. He's a highly trained loner who doesn't get any real friends until this book. I kind of love teenage professionals. I also liked his ability to go toe-to-toe with ghosts is partly through his magical knife, which is what makes him faster/stronger/better. The kid is obviously talented in and of himself, but it's more realistic in a sense that it's not just that he somehow has mad martial arts skills, but that there is actual magic that heightens his senses/reactions and make him a better ghost hunter. Now, why the book is four stars instead of five: the romance. Or, really, lack thereof. Cas is pretty much hopelessly in love with Anna. And when she's not ripping people apart (literally), I can understand why: she's pretty and tragic and vulnerable yet powerful. And Anna is in love with Cas because, yeah, he is cute and he saved her (after)life. But it's a lot of tell-don't-show going on; it's pretty much love at first sight and that will never, ever feel epic or romantic to me. It makes the relationship feel hollow and shallow and when Cas spends so much time mooning over Anna I want more there. I pretty much liked everything BUT the romance. Since the next book is centered on saving Anna (again, some more), I hope more is done to give depth to the love between Anna and Cas. I want to root for these two crazy kids, I just need more to go on. This is one of those books that I hope starts a trend. Down with apocalypse/dystopia! Down with zombies! Up with horror! Up with ghosts!

Peter Hurley peterhurley — I first read this when I was about 17 and absolutely loved it- The Group should be required reading