Magic Bites-Ilona Andrews

Title: Magic Bites

Author: Ilona Andrews

Main Character(s): Kate Daniels is an unlucky mercenary,cleaning up magical problems for a living.

Summary/Plot: When Kate's guardian gets murdered,she sets out to find the killer but was drawn into a power struggle between the Pack(a paramilitary clan of shapechangers)and the Masters of the Dead(necromancers who are able to control vampires).

Themes: Fantasy

The Battle for Gullywith-Susan Hill

Title: The Battle for Gullywith

Author: Susan Hill

Main Character(s): Olly and his family moves to Gullywith, a jinxed house where the roof/walls collapse and things appear and disappear unexpectedly.

Summary/Plot: Olly's family moves Gullywith but he can't imagine being happy in his new home. It seems to be jinxed;roofs falls,walls collapse.Stones with strange markings keep appearing in unexpected places.Olly thinks they are angry about something.He makes a new friend with a local girl,KK,who takes him to see the mysterious Nonny Dreever for advice.They search for the answer to Gullywith's secret and found themselves entering a magical world deep inside the surrounding hills.

Theme(s): Fantasy,Adventure