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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Friday 56 and Book Beginnings: Find Me If You Dare (Dreamcatcher #2) by Vicki Leigh

This is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice


These are the rules:
1. Grab a book, any book.
2. Turn to page 56, or 56% on your eReader.
3. Find any sentence (or a few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.
4. Post it.
5. Add the URL to your post in the link on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post.

Please join us over at RoseCityReader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

Synopsis:
They may have won the first battle, but the Apocalypse has just begun.
     Five weeks have passed since the battle that left Rome and Columbus in ruins. Sheltered in the hidden city of Caelum, Daniel and Kayla train alongside over one hundred Magus and Protectors, hoping that their unified ranks will be enough to take down their greatest threat yet: Richard, his followers, and his horde of Nightmares. Then a fallen comrade is returned to Caelum with a message carved into his chest and a note referencing the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Daniel knows their time for training is over.
     Finally understanding Richard’s plans for Kayla and the three other Magus born on Halloween, Daniel and the rest of Caelum’s volunteers scout the U.S. in a desperate attempt to stop their enemy before he can unleash his first Horseman. But when massive attacks claim thousands of lives, people all over the world begin to fall ill—including those Daniel and Kayla care about the most.
     With the Horseman of Pestilence released, Daniel knows it’s time to step aside and let Kayla take the lead. Only she has the power to rival her father’s. But when Richard’s plot turns out to be darker than they imagined, their fight is met with more death and destruction—and an enemy who might be unbeatable, after all. 




Book Beginning:
      Five weeks had passed since I slew another Protector, and Giovanni's face still haunted my thoughts. In my position as a Dreamcatcher, I'd destroyed thousands of demonic creatures, but from the moment Giovanni had betrayed everything we stood for, black and red blood had stained my blade.
   And the fighting hadn't stopped.

Thoughts:
     This is a great way to start the sequel. It picks up pretty much where the last book left off and does a nice recap.

My 56:
     He held up a hand, finally meeting my eyes. "Then about ten months ago, he sent me to his house to pick up something, and I found her corpse in the basement. She'd only been dead for a few days. For ten years, Richard syphoned her energy until her heart finally stopped beating."

Thoughts:
     I am pretty close to this part of the story, but far enough away that I am very curious about many things.

22 comments:

  1. I would pick this up based on the cover alone. :)

    Check out my Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings).

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    1. The cover for this book is much better than the cover for book one. It is very eerie, I love it.

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  2. Oh, scary cover and quote. Is it keeping you awake at night?
    My Friday Quotes,

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    1. The book itself really isn't that scary to me, but I don't really get scared by books. I saw a lot of horror movies when I was very young, so horror doesn't really phase me all that much.

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  3. The cover alone freaks me out too badly to want to pursue the series.

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    1. You probably wouldn't like this book very much then. It goes into detail on monsters and such.

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  4. That cover makes me want to pick it up and see what it's about, might have to go check out the first book. :)

    Stormi
    Friday Memes

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    1. I hope you do, while the book isn't that scary to me, it is pretty creepy. If you like that kind of book you should check it out for sure. :)

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  5. This book is probably too scary for me, but it sounds like a good plot. I'm always amazed at the imaginary worlds created by authors.
    My Friday post features HOOT.

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    1. The world in this series is really interesting and not like anything I've read before. I love when books have complex worlds, and I especially love it when the book has a map. I love maps in books.

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  6. This sounds a bit dark but interesting at the same time - thanks for visiting my My Friday Post
    earlier today:)

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    1. The plot and world is pretty dark, and creepy, with out losing really interesting plot and characters (Sometimes I feel that in a lot of horror the characters and the plot get a little ignored just trying to go for the next scare).

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  7. This one sounds a little too creepy for me....but thanks for sharing. And thanks for visiting my blog.

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    1. This series has a lot of pretty creepy moments. I hope you are having a great weekend. :)

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  8. I'm really liking this cover and the 56 makes it sound like the novel has a great antagonist. Happy weekend!

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    1. Yeah, the antagonist is kind of a spoiler since you don't really know who it is until pretty close to the end of the first book. But I can tell you he is a mage (or magus as they're called in this series) and likes to use necromancy and other dark magic. Summoning nightmares and torturing people.Not nice fellow.

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  9. The cover of this book is absolutely fantastic and I enjoyed both the beginning and the 56. The concept seems really interesting.

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    1. I hope you give the series a chance. The cover of the first book isn't as cool as this cover. Happy weekend. :)

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  10. I haven't heard of this series. It does sound interesting. I have Soundless by Richelle Mead this week. Happy reading!

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    1. Thank you for visiting. :) I hope you give this series a chance.

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  11. Creeptastic! Sounds like a series I need to read!
    Happy weekend!

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    1. I hope you do. It's pretty good, and has just the right amount of creepiness for my taste with out the plot getting lost in there.

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