First Impression:A young girl who mysteriously turns kick-ass and has no idea where these powers come from. Some Japanese culture interwoven. Sign me up!While Reading:Katana was one of those books that you want to read SO BADLY, but when you get into the first pages, you are so afraid that some rand...
Cole Gibsen keeps the spirit of samurai well and truly alive in this contemporary American tale with warrior heart. Rileigh Martin learns that it's possible to integrate a past life into the present, and still retain one's current personality. Bonus points to Katana for containing a love interest th...
You know, I think the Japanese are cool. They have ninjas and samurai and awesome weapons that look more like pieces of art, but that can behead a person with a single swoop. I know they like tea, and that they wear funny white socks in flip flops. They are completely awesome with technology, and ar...
Blurb:Kill Bill meets Buffy in this supernatural samurai tale.Rileigh Martin would love to believe that adrenaline gave her the uncanny courage and strength to fend off three muggers. But it doesn't explain her dreams of fifteenth-century Japan, the incredible fighting skills she suddenly possesses,...
"Katana" has perhaps a very familiar premise to many stories centering around a contemporary teen embracing their roots as a pre-destined warrior/fighter. Unfortunately, the familiarity in its troupes are perhaps a bit too much, at least in my overall reaction to Cole Gibsen's work. I don't doubt ...
Rileigh Martin is your average seventeen year old skater girl. Who manages to fight off three muggers when they attack her one night. She doens't know where she got the strength from, or who the voice in her head that was guiding her through the fight was, or why she's so good with a sword, o why sh...
I loved this book! It had one of my favorite romance tropes - an enduring love that crosses over lifetimes - and a ton of action to keep things moving along. I couldn't put it down.Full review soon at www.mangamaniaccafe.com
It’s not unusual for a book to promise more than it can deliver. One can seldom blame the book itself for that, since so much time and effort from the publishers goes into making said book as marketable as possible. The temptation of a supernatural mash-up with Asian culture was one with immeasurabl...
Thought it would be a bit better but that's because of my astronomical expectations. Some of the conflicts seemed superimposed and unnecessary. Decent read overall but I wish it wasn't so predictable and a bit more spice between Rileigh and Kim. LOVED Quentin, though!
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