The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe, Romeo and Juliet

I'm finished with The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe now, so here is a summary (without spoilers): Gabe Ashe's house burned down, leaving his family no choice but to move in with his grandmother.  He soon finds a friend nearby, Seth Hopper, and they play a game in the woods between their homes, calling the forest Howler's Notch in their game.  They pretend to be Robber Princes, taking back innocent babies that The Hunter stole from villagers.  They play this game all summer, but when school begins Gabe finds other friends, and tells Seth that the game is stupid and he won't play it anymore.  But is it really just a game?  After Seth and Gabe fight, ending in Seth telling Gabe that The Hunter will come for him, strange things start happening.  Thefts, explosions, and dark figures hovering over beds at night become the main topic of conversation among kids at school.  Seth, Gabe, and their friend Mazzy look into these occurrences, leading them to believe that The Hunter is real.  But what is he?  Are their lives at stake?

Romeo and Juliet:
I've never really enjoyed reading romance, but I find it almost funny so far.  Romeo exaggerates his feelings for Rosaline, yet so quickly switches to loving Juliet the moment he sees her.  I think Mercutio is strange, and keeps the mood of the play from being too deep, at least for now, and takes your attention away from the fact that everything is leading up to Romeo and Juliet eventually committing suicide.
However, I also find many things confusing.  The Middle English language, in particular, is very difficult to understand, and it's also hard to comprehend the figurative language Shakespeare used.  I always feel like I've missed something important in the plot line, and find myself reading back several times only to find that I can't figure out where my thoughts got off track.

The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe

So far, the best thing about The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe is the basic idea behind the novel.  I say this meaning that it is fast-paced, interesting, and incorporates an idea of demons that has been in humanity forever, but in the story is presented in a fresh way.
In the novel, the name of the demon is The Hunter.  Gabe and his friend Mazzy, and his neighbor Seth, can't be sure in the point of the book where I am if The Hunter is real.  Seth is a firm believer.  The Hunter originated in a game between him and his older brother David.  David ran away, convinced that The Hunter was real and after him, and Seth missed the game so much that when Gabe moved in the summer before eighth grade Seth could hardly wait to play it again.
When school starts, Gabe makes new friends and they help him to be convinced that Seth is a freak, and not someone Gabe should be hanging around.  Several strange occurrences happen at school that Seth is seemingly behind, but only Gabe and Mazzy believe Seth when he pleads innocence, while the rest of the school only wants to make him even more of an outcast.
Something else must be behind everything, something greater than Seth.
I believe that The Hunter is real, but instead of a moster that has always existed, I believe it is something accidentally conjured up by Seth, Gabe, and Mazzy.  All three of them came from rough times in their lives, and all three try to convince themselves that they are fine when they really are not.  Before David ran away, other things were happening in his life he couldn't deal with, such as people making fun of him at school.  The Hunter didn't start bothering him until these prior things occurred.
So, what do you think will happen next?  Is The Hunter a demon that's always been there?  Is there even a demon at all?  Or is it just a product of their minds?

The Chaos of Stars

Isadora is the daughter of Isis and Osiris- two Egyptian gods.  Because they could have chosen to make her immortal and didn't, she thinks they don't love her, and she has learned to harden her heart from feeling any kind of love.  She has always lived her life only through the guidance of her birth star- Orion. 
Her mother feels danger has come, and when the opportunity comes for Isadora to go to San Diego, she gladly takes the chance to be away from her parents.  There she can follow her passion of interior design and make new friends.
But, even in San Diego her mother can reach her, and forces her to work at an exhibit in a museum about Ancient Egypt.  Isadora hates it at first, but soon gets into the work, softens her heart, and fins out that things aren't always what they seem...