Maaja Wentz

Tonya’s mother Helen is jailed for killing Jack Waldock, in the first book Helen and Tonya laid to rest his body when someone raised him from the dead. Tonya had been jailed for using dark magic and is now on parole. All of Tonya’s friends have had their minds wiped so cannot remember her. This book starts with Tonya trying to prove her mother was not a murderer. Tonya learns a lot about her mother and new plots come out as well. The Ashton’s are at it again, this time Donna is trying to become Mayor. There is also another mystery, something is happening around the lake and people are disappearing. I enjoyed the ending and need to get the third book to see what is going to happen to Tonya and her friends.… (meer)

Here's a solid UF for ya.

That's ya, not YA, in case you're wondering, for while a lot of the action takes place on a Campus, the action is all witches, ravenous hoards, and horror nods. The first half of the novel promises to be a humorous romp as students and teachers succumb to a strange illness/curse that makes them gobble up everything in sight and then walk around like a zombie afterward. I'd say Bulimia, but this is a bit of tight necromancy instead. The second half is an all-out zombie-ish apocalypse that is part food riot and part magical conspiracy.

I thought it was pretty fun! Pure popcorn, of course, but sometimes we just HAVE to have our popcorn reads. :) Fun is fun is fun. :)

I'm looking forward to eating the next book. :) Nom Nom Nom.… (meer)

Feeding Frenzy offers an interesting story and plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader's attention. The use of magic is well—but not over—done. Characters are well developed, and in the few instances that stereotypes are used Maaja Wentz adds nuances and further development to keep them from feeling stale. The plot has a clear arc, but occasionally suffers from logic flow and pacing issues that left me scratching my head. Overall the story delivers a satisfactory conclusion and doesn’t leave the reader hanging, so can be easily read as a standalone while the sequel works its way through editing. I am interested to see what develops at Loon Lake in book 2.… (meer)