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You'll also end up spending more money buying these installments than you would spend on a decent novel. I absolutely love the characters! Jan 31, Shannon Benjamin-Boote rated it liked it Shelves: It was because of that poor editing that I had to give it 3 stars for volumes and 4 stars for volumes This was adapted from the podcast, if I am not mistaken, and I am sad that I have to go to the podcast for the series wrap-up because…yeah no volume 7, which in looking back was supposed to be out over a year ago, according to author blogs I found.
I will say that the characters made this series, you could have written them into any story and they would have been fun to read about. The comedic, witty, and delicious sarcasm was fun, but aside from that the true, simple, and heartwarming take on true friendship was shown in all its glory. We join the Monson Grey story, as the year old scarred to a point of scary is on the last leg of his journey to his new school. Monson does not remember his life, how he won the scholarship that gain him entry into this extraordinary school for the rich, or the accident that took his memory and his looks.
Monson makes quick friends with Casey and Artorius his accomplices in the amazingly sarcastic and funny banter that cements the three together. Sadly, just as quickly as he made friends, he also made enemies. Monson despite his visually unappealing looks soon has some of the most popular girls in school spending time with him, which adds fire to those who already hate him.
As the sole survivor of the accident, that not even the FBI can explain, he wonders if he was to blame for all those who died. He believes, to some degree, that he is to blame and to make the situation worse he believes he is slowly losing his mind. Again, great characters and great plot, but very poor editing that took a little away from the story, especially when you had to reread something because it did not make sense. All that aside, I truly enjoyed this series and got invested in the characters maybe a little too much. I have read so much girl power type YA fiction lately this was a nice change of pace with strong male and female characters all working together.
I am not much for podcasts, but after reading this I have started the podcast to see how it ends and I am enjoying that as much as I did the books. I do and have recommended this to all the teens I know as well as their parents…because every parent should share reading with their kids! Oct 17, Stacy Sabala rated it liked it Shelves: He is slowly getting his memories back, but he knows he is missing a lot. He starts remembering the competition for the scholarship to Coren.
As the winner of the scholarship he is the new Horum Vir. He has been given privileges as well as responsibilities. He is the first freshman to ever hold that title. He meets Casey and Arturo the first day and they become fast friends. Each boy seems to have a story that none are willing to share.
Many know of him and what happened. In fact some look at him hostilely. The expectations of being the Horum Vir are too new as the year starts off at a run. This book was a bit slow to start for me. It is setting the stage for more.
Yet he has no memory of this accident, or before it. It's interesting enough for me to want to read the next volume. The Volume system begins the written adaptation of that story. Monson doesn't remember much of his past or how he got accepted to this school. Unfortunately, due to a tragedy that left him scarred and without memory, he has no clue why he was chosen. I'm about to start book 5 and am dying with anticipation to see how Monson fairs in the end.
The author gives a view of the world that the school creates. The students are elite and judgmental. You know something is going on but you have no idea what. I was waiting for more clues to be dropped. Not many seem to be given in this first part. I like Monson, Casey and Arturo. They are a marvelous trio as they navigate through. Manson has a bit of something inside him that the author gives the reader glimpses of.
Monson, nor the reader, have a clue to what is going on. Then the story moves on. I was left scratching my head a bit trying to figure out what just happened. Then the incident with the statue was kind of thrown in too. It left me questioning a lot. I felt a bit lost in this story. Jan 03, Chaitanya rated it liked it Shelves: A few bits of the story are good but too much emphasis was laid on teen romance, much to my distaste. However, overall, the author had managed to keep the reader curious about the past of Grey. I will certainly read the second book out of curiosity. Nov 14, Bryan rated it it was amazing.
On par with Harry Potter. The reluctant new hero, or Horum Vir, of Coren University has no memory of anything much about himself. He woke up in a hospital after something happened on a bridge where he was the only survivor. Apparently no one really knows what happened. And he can't remember anything. All he knows is that he is Monson Grey and he won a scholarship to this famous school where all of the important and rich people go, the high society. Monson's face is a mess of scars that make people tend to shy away from h The reluctant new hero, or Horum Vir, of Coren University has no memory of anything much about himself.
Monson's face is a mess of scars that make people tend to shy away from him, and him away from other people. The scars are from whatever happened on that bridge. Monson is now called the Horum Vir, or Hero, because of his win in the competition. He unseated the guy that held the scholarship and it was a monumental win because it was very unexpected.
His first day at school he meets new friends, Arthur and Casey, and learns that he knows his way around a sword after a little case of mistaken identity. Settling into this new school has its difficulties for Monson. His friends help make things easier, but the other students just tend to not like him for one of many reasons. And no one at this school seems very normal.
I was pleasantly surprised at how good these novels are. The way that they are basically "cut up" to create more novels makes one wonder if you can still keep it as an amazing story. But Collin Earl did just that. Apparently his story was so big that it took creating several volumes so as not to have one massive and scary book that many wouldn't read because of its sheer size. I am now towards the end of the third volume myself and have noticed that the farther you go into the story, the more you uncover what a tortured soul Monson Grey really is. It seems that the darkness is closing in on his mind.
By the middle of the third volume, he is having trouble discerning what is a dream and what is actually reality or even latent memories. He feels an evil within himself and strange things are happening. It seems that the only reason he has made it this far is because of his good friends Arthur and Casey, and strangely enough, the very elusive Cyann Harrison. She is the one girl no one can beat with a sword, the girl no one has a phone number to except Monson , and the one that always shows up when Monson needs someone.
She knows things, but she isn't talking. And it is apparent that she has her own skeletons. This series not only spins a great story, but it is relatively clean as well. The language is minimal and no explicit situations that I have seen so far. A book young teens and possibly even tweens would enjoy reading without you having to worry! Like every other teen he is trying to makes his way through high school. He is faced with hard classes, food fights and girls. Monson has had a history where everyone seems to know who he is better than he knows himself.
As far as he knows he was the only one to survive a freak accident that had happened at a bridge leaving him with fuzzy memory and a face full of scars. It does not take Monson long to meet his friends, Cassius who goes by Casey and Arthur who wants to be called Artorius. These three boys are quick at comebacks that are fun and witty which makes it easier for Monson to get use to his new home.
Coren is nothing short of amazing, brings a blend of Arthurian, Greek, Latin, and Roman culture through the ancient looking painting on the walls and all of the statues that line the court yards. Soon after his arrival at Coren unnatural things being to happen such as the mysterious man in black who watched him through his window the first night and the statues that wink at him as he walks through the halls. Throughout the novel Monson develops a new perspective of the world as he is introduced to a world of magic.
Mysterious silver stones, adventurous professors, Merlin the wizard, and even Atlantis are brought into the world of this young boy. I found this book really good it kept me on my toes and wanting more with every word. As I read this book I kept being reminded of the Harry Potters series.
Very much like in Harry Potter the young male goes to school feeling as if everyone knows him better than he knows himself and is introduced to a world of mystery and magic. I found this book very relatable due to the fact that he is around the same age as me and is just trying to make his way through life like any young adult, and is constantly hitting bumps that keep him from trying to find out who he is and what his purpose is in life.
The House of Grey started off as a Podcast, and the early chapters definitely feel like it. The prologue's writing sounded more like a Podcast than a book, which was a bit disconcerting - what works audibly doesn't necessarily translate well to the written word. It's why movies or video games being made into books usually require a separate writer. They're two very different mediums.
The editing smoothed out as the book went on, but the first few chapters were almost painful to read. The story is The House of Grey started off as a Podcast, and the early chapters definitely feel like it. The story is supposed to take place over six books. It really doesn't feel like that's necessary.
The series probably should be closer to 3 books. It would feel more fleshed out that way. Not a lot gets answered in The House of Grey. The main character has amnesia of course , and a lot of the strange things about the school and Monson never get any sort of answer. That's another area where combining books would have helped.
This doesn't feel like the first part of a story - it feels like the first half of the first part of a story. The meta jokes were occasionally cute Casey comparing their life to a story, for example , but I swear I had to read "Holy Hannah freaking Montana" twice before I realized that yes, that was actually something a character said.
Fantasy, friendship, and fate await you in Collin Earl’s The House of Grey, based on the popular audio fiction by the same name. year-old Monson Grey faces the same challenges that any freshman high school kid would: difficult classes, weird teachers, food fights girls. The House of Grey - Volume 1 has ratings and 59 reviews. Renee said: I'm taking a break from Grey and reading another 'grey' book. I've only finish.
It felt like someone took a book, and cut it down the middle. There was no reason for the book to end where it did, how it did, except to drag the series out for as long as possible. I would also like to question Monson's supposed intelligence and brilliance when he can't even figure out who "M.
I very much wanted to bludgeon him the second he discovered those two sets of initials. I can't remember the male's initials, which is why I didn't include his. But it's incredibly, painfully obvious who they are. Gatt's class sounds exactly like something I would take. I was sad when it ended so suddenly. I really do want to see where all of this is going.
Dec 19, Heather Wiese rated it liked it. I think this could be a very interesting series, but not a whole lot happens in this first book. There's a lot of just regular kind of high school stuff trying to find classrooms, meeting teachers, classes, students. It starts with some sort of academic decathlon with two boys against each other, the defending champ and a freshman.
There is some sort of magician watching from the back of the room. Moves forward in time and Monson Grey is on his way to a prestigious private hig I think this could be a very interesting series, but not a whole lot happens in this first book. Moves forward in time and Monson Grey is on his way to a prestigious private high school, called Coren University, on scholarship. Monson has spent months and months in the hospital after a horrible accident that has left his whole body scarred and his memory in pieces.
Monson finds out that he is the boy who won the academic decathlon and therefore an all-inclusive scholarship to the school. He is called "Horum Vir" or "The Hero" as his title. On his first day he meets what will become his good friends, Cassius, who wants to be called Casey, and Arthur, who wants to be called Artorius. Both are very nice boys, obsessed with fencing and football and Casey is well-trained in martial arts. The accident is revealed as some sort of terrorist attack at Baroty's Bridge where people were killed and Monson is the only survivor.
Monson is picked on by a lot of people mostly upperclassmen who are trying to feel superior and when he is attacked at one point he gets very angry and releases some kind of unknown angry energy that scares the bejeezes out of the boys and makes them run away. But Monson has no idea what he did or how. There is one girl, Taris, who is super nice to him and she happens to be the most popular girl in school. In the end Casey is asking Monson about his martial arts training but Monson doesn't remember it.
So Casey tells him he has been in some sort of "special" training for years and decides to test Monson. Monson responds like he has had training also and somehow knows that Casey is exhibiting at least 5 different styles of fighting. Just when Casey is about to show him chakra energy something weird happens I haven't quite finished this book yet, I still have about 5 hours left to go, but I'm going to review it now anyway.
It's taken me well over a year to read this book possibly closer to two. I'm interested in the story, and it opens with an excellent and captivating intro, the characters are all interesting, there's a lot of suspense Even now, I really don't know what's going on, and I'm almost done. It's like I haven't quite finished this book yet, I still have about 5 hours left to go, but I'm going to review it now anyway. It's like there is so much mystery to keep the suspense going that nothing really gets revealed. I really feel like this should be broken up into a series of books for the reader to fully get the story, and to keep it from seeming like it will never end.
I would have loved to learn more about so many things the history of Coren, the relationships between Monson, Tarris, and Cyan, the incident on Barity Bridge, Monson's grandfather, the magic training, the mysterious colorful cave Tarris took Monson to, etc. I feel like I got a taste of all of these things that could have been great, but instead were just briefly talked about and could have really gotten me interested. With that said, this book was originally released one chapter each week, and maybe that would have made me enjoy it more, having it broken down for me instead of feeling like I have this huge book and time commitment to undertake.
I really like Monson's character, he often feels much older than 15, and I liked seeing him relate to others at school despite his appearance, and how his confidence or indifference to his scars made other students respect him. If you're into fantasy and don't mind spending countless hours trying to figure things out, it's a decent story, but I can't say I recommend it quite yet. Picked this up on a whim when BookBub let me know it was free for the kindle last week.
My main complaint is more about structure than content. Apparently this is adapted from an audioplay, and then published as a six-book series. If the other five are set up like this one, I'm guessing it should have actually been a two or three book series: The writing leaves a little to be desired as well. Much like my complaints about Ready Player One , the author continually uses references to existing pop-culture characters rather than developing his own.
A professor describes himself as "like Indiana Jones. Has anyone finished the series to give me some insight? For Kindle Fire users this novel is broken down into 6 digital books. From the 1st book I was hooked. While this is obviously geared for teens, the writing has a depth that will captivate a reader of any age. The journey of Monson Grey is wildly engaging and filled with you typical teen angst and frustrations but at the same time has an air of maturity to it. By the time you finish one book you're desparately downloading the next as you're completely drawn into Monson's life. I'm about to start For Kindle Fire users this novel is broken down into 6 digital books.
I'm about to start book 5 and am dying with anticipation to see how Monson fairs in the end. Ok, I so just finished the 6th installment of The House of Grey series. I know see why other have made Harry Potter references but in my opinion this whole series is way beyond Harry Potter. The ending, to me at least, was left open ended and leaves you wanting more. Overall, I really enjoyed this series and hope to see more of Monson Grey in the future. The book starts off at an academic competition, where a little girl witnesses a strange man doing "magic".
Flash forward a year later and Monson Grey has been accepted to a prestigious private school on a scholarship. Unfortunately, due to a tragedy that left him scarred and without memory, he has no clue why he was chosen. When he gets to school, it gets weirder. Someone or something tries to kill him by pushing a stone gargoyle on him, a cloaked and hooded man seems to be stalking him, a stat The book starts off at an academic competition, where a little girl witnesses a strange man doing "magic". Someone or something tries to kill him by pushing a stone gargoyle on him, a cloaked and hooded man seems to be stalking him, a statue of Zeus seems to wink at him, he finds out that he is "the hero" of the school and two girls, one snobby and one bratty, seem to know him The books ends rather suddnely but the ending leads into the next book.
I thought this was a great YA mystery and it did get me wondering what happened yet. Will I read it again? Yes Will I reccomend it to family and friends? I was confused in the beginning as to where the book was going to go, and then it flashed forward to a young man in the backseat of a car with a lady driving him to a new school that sounded much like a university to me but turns out to be a highly prestigious private high school. Needless to say I was baffled as to how this boy fit into the story that was being told in the beginning, only to realize that he was the winner of the competition.
The story meanders through the typical privileged hig I was confused in the beginning as to where the book was going to go, and then it flashed forward to a young man in the backseat of a car with a lady driving him to a new school that sounded much like a university to me but turns out to be a highly prestigious private high school. The story meanders through the typical privileged high school life, except for his near death experience. Everyone seems very weird in this book, and their history is all very vague.
That mere fact makes me want to continue to read the other volumes of the House of Grey, especially since it ended so abruptly. Hopefully the other books will reveal information that is so obviously missing from volume 1. Apr 08, Cheryl Krhovjak rated it liked it. Very mysterious at first, but the comradery between the main character and his two best friends added a fun, playful twist. At times the story was over descriptive and repetitive.
The author clearly loves to use alliteration, this alone made me laugh out loud. Unfortunately the ending of the series is a cliff-hanger and currently there is no indication that Collin Earl is going to finish the stor Very mysterious at first, but the comradery between the main character and his two best friends added a fun, playful twist. Unfortunately the ending of the series is a cliff-hanger and currently there is no indication that Collin Earl is going to finish the story.
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