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Friday, April 22, 2011

Noteworthy Passages: Born at Midnight

Born at Midnight (ARC) by C.C. Hunter
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date: March 29th, 2011
Pages: 416
Series: Shadow Falls, #1
Age Level: 14+
Source: For review from publisher.


Disclaimer: Please note that this is an ARC and passages and quotes below are subject to change in the final copy.

Synopsis via Goodreads
One night Kylie Galen finds herself at the wrong party, with the wrong people, and it changes her life forever. Her mother ships her off to Shadow Falls—a camp for troubled teens, and within hours of arriving, it becomes painfully clear that her fellow campers aren’t just “troubled.” Here at Shadow Falls, vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, witches and fairies train side by side—learning to harness their powers, control their magic and live in the normal world.

Kylie’s never felt normal, but surely she doesn’t belong here with a bunch of paranormal freaks either. Or does she? They insist Kylie is one of them, and that she was brought here for a reason. As if life wasn’t complicated enough, enter Derek and Lucas. Derek’s a half-fae who’s determined to be her boyfriend, and Lucas is a smokin’ hot werewolf with whom Kylie shares a secret past. Both Derek and Lucas couldn’t be more different, but they both have a powerful hold on her heart.

Even though Kylie feels deeply uncertain about everything, one thing is becoming painfully clear—Shadow Falls is exactly where she belongs…

Noteworthy Passages

Kylie and Della; pg. 167
"That wasn't a fight. We were just having a tiff."
"You threatened to sell her blood on eBay," Kylie said. "Where I come from, that qualifies as a fight."

Kylie and Kylie's mom; pgs. 324-325
When her mom turned around to say her final good-byes, she reached out and gave Kylie's arm a squeeze.
Kylie's chest tightened as the memory of needing a hug at Nana's funeral came barreling back at her.
"You know, some mom's hug their kids."
Shock crossed her mom's face. "Do you need me to hug you?"
"No," Kylie said. Who wanted a hug you had to ask for? It was like having to ask for an apology.

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A touch of humor and a touch of emotion, I hope you all enjoyed those two passages. To find out more on my thoughts of Born at Midnight, check out my Review.

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PLEASE NOTE: This is a feature hosted here at my blog in which I present you with selected passages or quotes that I deem Noteworthy from a book I've just reviewed. My hopes are of course, that these passages will make you want to pick the book up and read it. This feature was started and created by me in January in hopes of making my blog more unique. That being said, I would like to kindly request that you do not use this feature as it was intended to be for my blog only and is not a meme. If you see some one else using it, please know it is without my permission. Thank you.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love these! Can't wait to read Born at Midnight.

Nikki (Wicked Awesome Books) said...

Great choices! Each conveys an entirely different emotional aspect, but both made me want to check the book out even more. That second one is so sad too :( I haven't even read the book, but I already feel bad for Kylie. I'd give that girl random hugs all the time if I knew her.

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