"Possessions" by Nancy Holder

Wow! Where do I begin?? This book is about a girl, Lindsay, sent to a boarding school following a nervous breakdown. Lindsay thinks she can start a new life here, only to discover eerie happenings, ghostly pranks, and rumors that the school is a centuries-old former insane asylum for wayward girls - and an operating theater with evidence lobotomies were performed. Now Lindsay is left to wonder if the events of the academy are real - girls are being possessed by the spirits of these long-dead wayward girls, or if she's losing her mind...again. I will admit, I DO NOT scare easily, but this book thoroughly creeped me out. I found myself turning on the hallway light if I had to get out of bed at night because I was just so on edge. This book is amazing. It's truly hard to find a SCARY book, but this one really is frightening. I couldn't wait to get my hands on the sequel! I will also definitely be looking into getting the rest of Nancy Holder's books. If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would in a heartbeat!

"The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" by Stephenie Meyer

I was expecting this book to be as good as the Twilight Saga since it is essentially a Twilight novella. But alas, it fell kind of short. It seemed kind of disjointed and hard to follow at times. I was very disappointed not to encounter any Twilight characters until the last 20 pages of the book. I have to say though, as far as seeing the epic battle fight between Victoria's army and the Cullens through another point of view, this book definitely did that. I think it would have been much better had the book been longer and its descriptions of people not as vague. It did make me want to re-read Twilight again and would buy another novella should Stephenie Meyer write one.

"The Reformed Vampire Support Group" by Catherine Jinks

I bought this book because the idea of vampires "reforming" and attending support groups sounded hilarious. Unfortunately, the first actual support group meeting doesn't take place until the epilogue. The story is very well written and engaging. All of the characters are quirky and stand out. The "support group" sets off to find the killer of one of their members, launching them across the australian outback. The author has a completely different view of vampires and their strengths and weaknesses, so that kept the excitement going. I will be buying the sequel ("The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group") when it releases next year. My only real complaint with this book, besides being slow starting on the action, was the title was a bit misleading on the support group part. Otherwise, it was a good read!