Top 10 Tuesday (3): Sequels I'm Dying to Read

Top 10 Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Fairly certain that to anyone who reads and doesn't live under a rock knows about these series.  Yes, they are all pretty dang popular and I was late to the starting gate on some of them but I love love love them and can't wait to read the next books in the series...

1. Shine by Jeri Smith-Ready (Shade #3):  Zach & Aura and the whole Shift ideology just fascinates me and has me hooked.  This series is sure to be one I will re-read multiple times.
2. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead (Bloodlines #2):  Yes.  I realize Bloodlines was just released last week but I love Richelle's writing and this spin-off of Vampire Academy series just tickles me pink.
3. Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton (Angelfire #2): Ellie & Will captivated me in Angelfire.  I love their relationship but at the same time they give me heartache.  Courtney is an awesome storyteller and I cannot wait to see what she has in store for us next.
4. The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa (Iron Fey #4):  Ash, the Ice Prince.  He might be frosty but he melts my heart.  A book about Ash?  Yes, please!
5. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices #2):  This might be blasphemous to the TMI world, but I think I *might* just love the TID side a bit more.  Shadowhunters in period clothing in England!  Sullen, broody Will and violin-playing, tender Jem.  What isn't there to love?       
6. Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter (Gallagher Girls #5):  A school for spies, teenage antics, romance, mystery, Double-Oh-Seven type stuff...I devoured books 1-4 and cannot wait to see my favorite characters again.
7. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Divergent #2):  After reading The Hunger Games, I developed a taste for dystopian books and Divergent was spot-on AMAZING.  After the ending of Divergent, I am dying to know what happens next.
8. Immortal Beloved by Katie M. John (The Knight Trilogy #2):  Arthurian Legend stories rip me to pieces but in a good way I suppose.  What girl doesn't love reading about knights in shining armor performing chivalrous deeds and love stories destine to be?  
9. Bad to the Bone & Bring on the Night by Jeri Smith-Ready (WVMP 2 & 3):  Vampires + radio station = Adult series about vampire disc jockeys.  These vamps don't sparkle!  Humor, action, violence, and vampires
10. Cascade & Torrent by Lisa T. Bergren (Rive of Time 2 & 3):  Chivalrous hot Italian boys in ancient Tuscany.  This is a series that was meant for me!

What sequels are you simply hurting to read? :)  

Review: The Forest of Adventures by Katie M. John

The Forest of Adventures

Book 1 of the The Knight Trilogy

Katie M. John

Little Bird Publishing House

October 26, 2010

Kindle E-book edition

For seventeen year old Mina Singer, falling in love with an Arthurian Knight on a white horse was never part of the plan - especially being that she's an ordinary college girl living in the twenty first century.

As Mina finds herself catapulted into a land she believed only existed in the bedtime stories of her childhood, she soon discovers that Fairyland is not quite as innocent as she imagined.

The question is...who will come out alive? Haunting, beautiful and sexy, The Forest of Adventures, is a dark romantic quest into the land of true and forbidden love. -Goodreads.com

When we meet Mina she seems like a typical British, college-aged girl.  She attends college, hangs out with her friends, and lives at home with her mother.  Mina's future is already mapped out; she'll finish school and marry her loving and sweet boyfriend.  However, nothing ever goes as planned and destiny awaits her.

How many times have you thought that you had everything planned out, a set order of how your life will proceed and then in the flash of an instant, everything gets turned upside down?  This is exactly what happens to Mina.

Many stories begin with ordinary people that are unremarkable and seem very normal as they go about their everyday lives.  However, as the best fairy tales and stories progress we discover the ordinary protagonist is indeed destined for extraordinary adventures.  This is exactly what you will find when you read The Forest of Adventures.

You will also find a love triangle, of course, which will make your heart ache.  There are delicious knights in armor bound by chivalry, honor, and fighting the battle of good versus evil.  Romance, humor, honor, prophecies, magic, the impossible made possible, good vs. evil, knights on white horses, epic battles, castle towers...this story has it all!  What little girl doesn't dream of her prince charming coming along and sweeping her off her feet?!

This story will charge into your heart and leave you breathless and waiting for the next book in the series.  As with all Arthurian Legends have ever done, this one made my heart bleed and ache!  I cheered the heroes, laughed, boo'd the villains, and also wanted to comfort and console the characters when they needed it.

Katie painted a vivid picture of Arthurian knights and ladies with a new contemporary setting.  I cannot wait to see what she has in store for us in book two.

The story itself uses some British terminology but it didn't throw me for a big loop.  There were some grammatical things that made me shake my head but I'm not sure if it was editing errors or just a British vs. American grammar difference.  But don't let these things stop you from picking up this book.