Night Owls

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I always go into first books in series with a little trepidation. With world building, character introduction, etc., they can sometimes be a bit rough. While Night Owls did have some issues, especially in regards to some of the character development, overall, it ended up being an enjoyable first book in a series that manages to wrap the main plot up while leaving enough open to instill a sense of excitement about the next book. This book is loaded with over 750 diverse photographs that are used to help inform the reader about owls. Owls of the World: A Photographic Guide was written by the world’s most notable owl expert, Heimo Mikkola. Dr. Mikkola is associated with the University of Eastern Finland, Helsinki, and is known for having traveled across 128 different countries over the past 40 years, journaling on all 249 species of owls. This book summarizes his findings, with all the complex details penned down as simply as possible. Therefore, while this may be a tedious read for some, it’s the most well-structured book for an avid owl enthusiast. I am always on the lookout for great new Urban Fantasy series and Night Owls just might fit the bill. The story started out a little rough around the edges and had some growing pains, but I was completely on board by the end. I really enjoyed the dynamic between the group of main characters and think a lot of fascinating stories could come out of this world. Oliver, the curious owl, questions everything about him, and this story follows Oliver as he tries to find the answers to some of his most curious questions. Little Owl’s Day NIGHT OWLS is the start of a fun new urban fantasy series that will likely appeal to the book worm in all of us (and if you’re here, you probably like books at least as much as I do). Starring a vampire who runs a bookstore and a cast of other quirky characters, it’s quite original with a lot to like. Roy puts a spin on Urban Fantasy in this one, with a different take on shape-shifting monsters, and a Brotherhood of humans, along with vampires that hunt them.

Night Owls is fun. It manages to hit that balance that keeps all the dark, heavy scenes and all their impact – while still keeping a lightness that is fun which is really really hard to do. Usually one or other has to be sacrificed Are you looking for a book to answer all of your eight-year-old’s questions about owls? Whoo Knew? The Truth About Owls answers questions such as, “How do owls see in the dark?,” “How can they turn their head around to 270 degrees?,” and “Why do they randomly puke out selective pellets from their food?” I enjoyed the fact that Bex was comfortable in her own skin being a sort of “misfit” but okay with that. I admired that she was a hardworking teenager since her father left and the family’s funds were stretched, but didn’t wallow in self-pity. Her father was supremely selfish for leaving, and my heart broke for them. I felt for Bex’s mother, Katherine, and I thought she tried to do right by her kids for the most part, but I was very disappointed with her over one issue, but no one is perfect, and feelings of rejection can short circuit good thinking sometimes.Urban fantasy traditionally focuses on one main character right? Well, Night Owls has multiple PoVs including a number of chapters from secondary characters’ perspectives. I thought this worked great to convey more depth for each of the characters (seeing them from other perspectives was cool) and what all was going on in the plot.

This mentality is rooted in our agrarian past, when farm work had to begin at dawn, she says, since people who slept in were unable to provide for their families. These ingrained belief systems are evidenced through aphorisms that span cultures, such as “the early bird catches the worm”. Kring thinks that they no longer apply to the modern world: “We should say goodbye to our inner farmer – we don’t have to get up with the cows any more.” We’re brainwashed to believe that early birds are happier, more successful, more disciplined and all-round better human beings than night owls. The hours when I feel most alive are considered ‘ungodly’ and likened to a vampire’s schedule. Owls like myself internalise this message, and we believe we must be lazy, depressed and irresponsible.” A strange heat sparked inside my chest and spread over my skin.—I didn’t know what was happening between us, but I honestly wouldn’t have been surprised if the Owl had burst into flames, veered off the road, and exploded in a fiery inferno. So despite portraying a healthy young couple with some good chemistry, Night Owls didn’t do much for me. I admire the honest conversations about sex and the message that you should fight to make your (art) dreams come true, but for the rest this story had little tension, a few easily-solved problems and uninteresting side-characters. So if all the scientific evidence supports the idea of flexible schedules aligned with our individual sleeping patterns, why aren’t we there yet? Employers have long been hesitant to allow their employees to work flexibly and remotely, though this attitude has been undermined by the sudden shift to online working that the coronavirus pandemic has required.What, exactly, is the anatomical shape of a heart? I can tell you. It's a bloodied splat on the floor, with gory little pieces of bodily tissue everywhere because that's what it looks like after I've stomped on the figurative heart within this book for 10 minutes after having read it. The Barn Owls tells the story of a group of owls who call an abandoned barn their home and how they survive and thrive there. Owls

Valerie McTeague’s business model is simple: provide the students of Edgewood College with a late-night study haven and stay as far away from the underworld conflicts of her vampire brethren as possible. She’s lived that life, and the price she paid was far too high to ever want to return. Another thing that will impress you would be the whole plot of the book and its pacing and how it flowed until it ends. It's just so refreshing and very unique! Bex's interests are not the kind of stuff I usually encounter in this genre. It's actually the first time I read about it. And in YA! We need more ideas like this. Even the love interests character and story is not something you'll call cliché or been there, done that. Every little bit in this book is exceptional!

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Another theory is that variation is simply how genetics works. Colin Espie, professor of sleep medicine at the University of Oxford, says this mirrors differences in hair, eye and skin colour, or height. “It’s a bit like any other biological characteristic. There’s a normal distribution, so there are people on both extremes – and the majority of people are neither.”

I did *not* like the inclusion of the old virginity-means-purity trope. It wasn't *too* bad here, and was applied equally to both guys and gals, and didn't come with a side of shaming people who have sex, but it was still there in a way that left kind of a bad taste in my mouth.

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Have you ever wanted to throw a book because the damn characters wouldn't grow up and deal with the big problems instead of focusing on their less important personal ones? I have--plenty of times. But not with Night Owls. It was everything I want when it comes to character interaction. Oh, and those lesbian succubi? It's not what I thought. They are awesome, and in a healthy non-gazey relationship. So relieved, and also delighted. The large cast kept me from falling entirely in love. They were appealing character types, but there were so many main characters to be sold on at once. (Especially when almost all of them have at least a little mysterious past to be revealed.) I would've preferred a tighter focus in NIGHT OWLS, perhaps just on Valerie and Elly, to be expanded in the future books of the series.