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<b>Title: </b>A Promised Fate<br />
<b>Author: </b>Cat Mann<br />
<b>Series: </b>A Beautiful Fate #3<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Devotion, passion and promises are no longer enough. Everything Ari has built his universe around threatens to come to a tragic end. Ava's seven Kakos foes have been vanquished, but a new and even deadlier terror threatens the Alexander home. As Ari struggles with his role as a deity, he is forced to reveal to Ava his true lineage and what his identity means for their future together. The Zilotis, an occult group of surviving Kakos extremists, rise up to set themselves against the Fates...and no one is safe, no one can be trusted. Ari’s fears control him. Trust crumbles and promises lose all meaning as Ari comes to grips with his past and the vows made in the past in his name. Ari will do anything for Ava, even if his devotion means his own death. Secrets are rampant, lies and new nightmares emerge. Will Ari be the man he promised he would be?</span><br />
<b>Review: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This is the third book by the talented Cat Mann that I have had the pleasure to read and review. I love this series and I can't wait to see where it will go next. One of my favourite parts of these novels are the covers, they fit in well with the story and I love how simple yet meaningful they are. My favourite part of the stories are the Greek mythology aspects. I love Greek mythology so any story pertaining to it is exciting in my books. But I also love the fact that this story contains mythology that may not be as popular as some other well known myths.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I love the ride that these characters are on. I also enjoy that despite the characters not being your average humans, I like that their relationships are very human-like. They have that amazing connection and love but they also fight with each other. In other words, they aren't perfect but they are realistic. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The ending wasn't a cliff hanger but it leads the reader in a direction that I for one don't like haha, only because it is going to stir shit up. It's a bittersweet ending but only half of the characters know that at this point. I look forward to reading the next book and find out what is going to happen. If you are a lover of mythology you should check out this series.</span><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainerauthor7142343" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Cat Mann is an Illinois author who writes teen and adult romance. She is happily married to a genius of a man and together they are raising two beautiful daughters.<br />With her dog at her side, Cat obsessives over French music, witty films and lengthy novels.<br />Cat’s books have been listed on numerous Amazon bestseller lists, including the Amazon Top 100, Literature & Fiction Fantasy Based Novels, as well as being a top contender in Mythology & Fairy Tales.<br /><br />To find out more about Cat’s projects and get dates on upcoming releases, find her on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorcat.mann" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/authorcat.mann</a> and follow her blog, <a href="http://authorcatmannblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://authorcatmannblog.blogspot.com/</a>.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708731886797749076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127118507195408653.post-63075884726735204742015-01-05T14:23:00.001-07:002015-01-05T14:30:55.204-07:00ARC Copy Review: Sway by Kat Spears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Title: </b>Sway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Author: </b>Kat Spears</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Publisher: </b>St. Martin's Griffin</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Synopsis: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">In Kat Spears’s hilarious and often poignant debut, high school senior Jesse Alderman, or "Sway," as he’s known, could sell hell to a bishop. He also specializes in getting things people want---term papers, a date with the prom queen, fake IDs. He has few close friends and he </span><em style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">never EVER</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">lets emotions get in the way. For Jesse, life is simply a series of business transactions.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">But when Ken Foster, captain of the football team, leading candidate for homecoming king, and all-around jerk, hires Jesse to help him win the heart of the angelic Bridget Smalley, Jesse finds himself feeling all sorts of things. While following Bridget and learning the intimate details of her life, he falls helplessly in love for the very first time. He also finds himself in an accidental friendship with Bridget’s belligerent and self-pitying younger brother who has cerebral palsy. Suddenly, Jesse is visiting old folks at a nursing home in order to run into Bridget, and offering his time to help the less fortunate, all the while developing a bond with this young man who idolizes him. Could the tin man really have a heart after all?</span><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;">A Cyrano de Bergerac story with a modern twist, Sway is told from Jesse’s point of view with unapologetic truth and biting humor, his observations about the world around him untempered by empathy or compassion---until Bridget’s presence in his life forces him to confront his quiet devastation over a life-changing event a year earlier and maybe, just maybe, feel</span><em style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> something</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"> again.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Pages: </b>308</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Review: </b><span style="line-height: 16px;">I received this book free at Book Expo America 2014. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am finally getting around the reading this novel after a very long reading slump that lasted almost 6 months. I was drawn to this cover even though my cover was not what was as used as the final cover. I read some other reviews and people said that the new cover suits the book better because the ARC cover is more for a love story. I feel like those people didn’t actually read this book. If you read the book right to the end you would realize that yes indeed, Sway, is a love story it is just portrayed in a messed up way. Not in a messed up way that I didn’t like the book but in a way that I feel teenagers can relate too. </span></div>
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I am a novelist, bartender, mother of three freeloading kids, non-profit management guru, and, apparently, the only person on the planet who reads in the shower. I am not a role model. My debut YA novel, SWAY, will be released in September 2014 by St. Martin's Press. Follow playlists for all my characters and the soundtracks to my books on Spotify under katbooks. Some of my characters have better taste in music than others, but if you like the character, chances are you will like their playlist.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708731886797749076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127118507195408653.post-50687481057366930172014-09-24T02:04:00.000-06:002014-09-24T02:04:01.762-06:00Blog Tour and Review: Imitation- Heather Hildenbrand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title: </b>Imitation<br />
<b>Author: </b>Heather Hildenbrand<br />
<b>Series: </b>Clone Chronicles #1<br />
<b>Pages: </b>272<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Everyone is exactly like me. There is no one like me.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Ven wrestles with these contradicting truths every day. A clone of wealthy eighteen-year-old Raven Rogen, Ven knows everything about the girl she was created to serve: the clothes she wears, the boys she loves, the friends she loves to hate. Yet she’s never met the Authentic Raven face-to-face.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Imitations like Ven only get to leave the lab when they’re needed—to replace a dead Authentic, donate an organ, or complete a specific mission. And Raven has</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><em>never<em> needed Ven . . . until now.<br />
When there is an attack on Raven’s life, Ven is thrust into the real world, posing as Raven to draw out the people who tried to harm her. But as Ven dives deeper into Raven’s world, she begins to question everything she was ever told. She exists for Raven, but is she prepared to sacrifice herself for a girl she’s never met?</em></em></span><br />
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My favourite character is the worst one lol, Titus. I love to hate him, he is a terrible human but that's what I like about him. He character out shined the rest of them, they really need to step up in the next book. This was a very enjoyable book and I look forward to continuing the series. I would recommend this to sci- fi lovers.</span><br />
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For more information on my books, release dates, or just general stalker material, um, I mean FAN material, visit my website. <a href="http://www.heatherhildenbrand.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.heatherhildenbrand.blogspot.com</a>. I love hearing from readers!<br />
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<b>Author: </b>Becca Fitzpatrick<br />
<b>Pages: </b>392<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Sometimes danger is hard to see... until it’s too late.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Britt Pfeiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn't prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, wants to join her. Before Britt can explore her feelings for Calvin, an unexpected blizzard forces her to seek shelter in a remote cabin, accepting the hospitality of its two very handsome occupants—but these men are fugitives, and they take her hostage.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">In exchange for her life, Britt agrees to guide the men off the mountain. As they set off, Britt knows she must stay alive long enough for Calvin to find her. The task is made even more complicated when Britt finds chilling evidence of a series of murders that have taken place there... and in uncovering this, she may become the killer’s next target.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<b>Review: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I received this ARC at BEA this year and I was so excited to get a copy. I thought the Hush, Hush series was okay, not my favourite, so I was a bit nervous about Black Ice before I started it. Surprisingly I really enjoyed Black Ice and it got me out of a big reading slump. I like that it's a standalone and and that it has a totally different vibe than Fitzpatrick's other books. I loved the murder/ mystery theme and I feel like the first chapter set the tone of the book perfectly. I also loved that it was such a dark a twisted tale, although I didn't find the villain unveiling very shocking because I had guessed who it was early on.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The characters were okay. Britt was a smart girl and she did show some growth over the course of the novel, I also found her to be smart in some aspects. She was also cool, calm and collected in times when I would have been freaking out. Mason is a good character but his hot/ coldness drove me mad. Calvin is probably the most thought out character in the book but he is kid of a jerk to Britt, well a lot of a jerk.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<b>Title: </b>Deadly Pack<br />
<b>Author: </b>Ashley Stoyanoff<br />
<b>Series: </b>Deadly Trilogy #3<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Since becoming the alpha female of the Dog Mountain pack, Jade certainly has had her share of challenges. She’s had to prove herself to a bunch of werewolves that she spent years hating; forgive her mate who’d done nothing but lie to her, and face the grueling fact that her father leads a pack of werecougars, who are responsible for tormenting her werewolves for many years.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">On the upside, the Dog Mountain pack is finally coming together—now that Jade and Aidan’s mate status is official. And now that they know where her father’s been hiding his nasty pack of beasts, Jade and Aidan can concentrate on stopping them once and for all.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But when Jade’s dad finds out that she’s become Aidan’s official mate, all hell breaks loose, and Jade and Aidan soon learn that his plans for their werewolves are bigger than anyone could have ever suspected.</span><br />
<b>Review: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I had mixed feelings on this book before I started on it because I loved book one Deadly Crush but I didn't care for book two Deadly Mates, so this made me a bit weary of this instalment. I would put Deadly Pack as my second favourite in the trilogy. I found the beginning of the story a bit slow (but mind you I have been in a bit of a reading funk lately), but it did pick up near the end about 60-70% in. Thats when the pace picked up and all the exciting stuff started happening. Although when I did get to the end I feel like it did lack a little bit of closure, and this is the last book so I am hoping for a novella or a companion. Mostly because it seems like Jade and Aiden have come out on top and that everything is wonderful, but what about Jason? Dun Dun DUHHHHHHH!!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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Ashley Stoyanoff is an author of paranormal romance books for young adults, including The Soul's Mark series and the Deadly Trilogy. She lives in Southern Ontario with her husband, Jordan, and two cats: Tanzy and Trinity.<br />
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<b>Title: </b>Exiled<br />
<b>Author: </b>Sophie Davis<br />
<b>Series: </b>A Talented Novel<br />
<b>Pages: </b>430<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Kenly Baker is alone. TOXIC has been defeated. Her friends from the McDonough School for the Talented are scattered to the wind. Even Kenly’s only living family member cannot hide the scared teenager from those who wish to contain her. Because Kenly is one of the Created.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For her, it’s a future worse than death.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">She travels across the Atlantic Ocean, to the slums of London. There, Kenly finds tentative acceptance among a group of outcasts. They have spent their enire lives dodging shadows, barely staying alive. Kenly thought she knew what horrors haunt the night, but her new companions reveal predators far more alarming than anything she’s ever faced. Suddenly, she is brutally aware of the dark side of humanity.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Kenly’s biggest concern was the UNITED trackers, who round up and capture the Created. But there are adversaries in this new world who are far more terrifying. And unfortunately for Kenly, now their sites are set on the Created.</span><br />
<b>Review: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">To start off I just want to acknowledge how gorgeous this cover is, I'm in love! It took me awhile to get into this instalment because I couldn't remember what the heck had happened in the last book. I also found it harder to get into Kenly's head. This made the beginning a bit slower for me, but then it did pick up and I really enjoyed the story. The human trafficking issue really peaked my interest and I hope that it will be explored further in the next books.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I really enjoyed these new characters and I am in love with James. He is the damaged bad boy and I love it. I hope he will get his revenge. My only criticism for the characters was sometimes it felt like their accents were dropped, then a random "love" was thrown in to cover it up. Otherwise I enjoyed the new and old characters.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<b>Title: </b>The Same Side<br />
<b>Author: </b>C.M. Doporto<br />
<b>Series: </b>University Park #2<br />
<b>Rating:</b> 4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The engagement's off and with Collin behind her, Lexi has decided that the temptations of Raven Davenport are too strong to be ignored. It doesn't take long for Lexi and Raven to find themselves wrapped in each other's affection, but not without the challenges that life poses. But can she withstand the world he's created or will the forces that are against them rip them apart? Love, faith, betrayal and heartache ripple through their lives as they fight to be on the same side.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The part that I like best about this series is that it's NA but the author is one of the few who doesn't think that NA= erotica. Therefore we are left with an amazing story about two people in love, who are sexually attracted to each other and I don't need it to be painfully graphic to know that. I love that there is so much sexual tension between these characters and when the tension is finally cut it is done in a classy way.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Raven is so hot and I want him as a book boyfriend, but in this book he made me so mad. He was so wishy washy, plus he did stupid things that affected him and Lexi. Now we are starting to learn new information about Raven, some of it may or may not be true but I need answers. I still like Lexi, she is really coming into her own.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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CM Doporto lives in the great state of Texas with her husband and son enjoying life with their extensive family along with their Chihuahua, Mexican Redhead Parrot, and several fish.<br />
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She writes Young Adult and New Adult Sci-Fi/Urban Fantasy stories about ordinary women who do extraordinary things, become a heroine, and find love along the way. Visit her heroine blog at:<a href="http://cmdoporto.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://cmdoporto.com</a></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Title: </b>A Whisper in Time<br />
<b>Author: </b>Elizabeth Langston<br />
<b>Series: </b>Whisper Falls #2<br />
<b>Pages: </b>360<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Immersed in the fun and demands of his senior year of high school, Mark Lewis longs to share his world with the girl who's captured his heart. But first he must tackle government bureaucracy to prove Susanna's identity.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Overwhelmed by her new home, Susanna seeks refuge in history and in news of the people she left behind. But when she learns that danger stalks her sister, Susanna must weigh whether to risk her own future in order to save Phoebe's happiness.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I loved book one in this series, Whisper Falls and I was elated when the author contacted me to read and review book two. I'm so glad that I got to continue on this journey of finding out where you belong in any century. I love that our characters were faced with issues relating to the relationships whether it be with family or friends no matter which time period they lived in. Even better than that I liked learning how they would overcome those said obstacles. I also really enjoyed the journal entries, it let us know what was happening or going on in the past and it let Susanna still have that connection despite living in the present.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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Hello, I'm Elizabeth Langston, and I write Young Adult (YA) fiction. <em>Whisper Falls</em> is book 1 of my debut trilogy. <em>A Whisper In Time</em> releases in April, and <em>Whispers From the Past</em> follows in October.<br />
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<b>Title: </b>The Iron Trial<br />
<b>Author: </b>Holly Black and Cassandra Clare<br />
<b>Series: </b>Magisterium #1<br />
<b>Pages: </b>295<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a riveting new series that defies what you think you know about the world of magic.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">From two bestselling superstars, a dazzling and magical middle-grade collaboration centering on the students of the Magisterium, an academy for those with a propensity toward magic. In this first book, a new student comes to the Magisterium against his will -- is it because he is destined to be a powerful magician, or is the truth more twisted than that? It's a journey that will thrill you, surprise you, and make you wonder about the clear-cut distinction usually made between good and evil.</span><br />
<b>Review: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I received an ARC copy of this book at BEA 2014 and it was one of the books I got that I was most excited for. The Iron Trial is technically a middle grade novel but it read like people of any age would enjoy it. The Iron Trial did not disappoint, I fell in love with this world and the characters. The pacing was perfect and there was just enough action and mystery to keep me interested. I flew through this novel in a few short hours and was left craving the next in the series, sadly The Iron Trial has just been released so i may be waiting awhile.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I love these characters! Poor Callum, he will have some tough decisions to make in the future and I can't wait to find out what he decides. He is a pretty awesome character. I also really enjoy Aaron and Tamara. They seem to all have secrets and I can't wait to find them out haha. Plus with that ending I need to know what will happen to our hero. I would recommend this novel to fantasy lovers.</span><br />
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Holly Black is a best-selling author of contemporary fantasy novels for kids, teens, and adults. She is the author of the Modern Faerie Tale series (<strong>Tithe</strong>, <strong>Valiant</strong>, and <strong>Ironside</strong>), The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), and The Good Neighbors graphic novels (with Ted Naifeh) <strong>The Poison Eaters and Other Stories</strong>, a collection of short fiction, and The Curse Worker series (<strong>White Cat</strong>, <strong>Red Glove</strong>, and <strong>Black Heart</strong>). She is also the co-editor of three anthologies, <strong>Geektastic</strong> (with Cecil Castellucci), <strong>Zombies vs. Unicorns</strong> (with Justine Larbalestier), and <strong>Welcome to Bordertown</strong> (with Ellen Kushner). Her most recent works are the middle grade novel, <strong>Doll Bones</strong>, and the dark fantasy stand-alone, <strong>The Coldest Girl in Coldtown</strong>.<br />
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"Cassandra Clare was born overseas and spent her early years traveling around the world with her family and several trunks of fantasy books. Cassandra worked for several years as an entertainment journalist for the Hollywood Reporter before turning her attention to fiction. She is the author of City of Bones, the first book in the Mortal Instruments trilogy and a New York Times bestseller. Cassandra lives with her fiance and their two cats in Massachusetts."</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708731886797749076noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127118507195408653.post-61124058633302729572014-09-21T01:04:00.001-06:002014-09-21T01:04:08.814-06:00Review: Juliet Immortal- Stacey Jay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title: </b>Juliet Immortal<br />
<b>Author: </b>Stacey Jay<br />
<b>Series: </b>Juliet Immortal #1<br />
<b>Pages: </b>306<br />
<b>Rating:</b><b> </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The most tragic love story in history . . .</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Juliet Capulet didn't take her own life. She was murdered by the person she trusted most, her new husband, Romeo Montague, a sacrifice made to ensure his own immortality. But what Romeo didn't anticipate was that Juliet would be granted eternity, as well, and would become an agent for the Ambassadors of Light. For 700 years, she's fought Romeo for the souls of true lovers, struggling to preserve romantic love and the lives of the innocent. Until the day she meets someone she's forbidden to love, and Romeo, oh Romeo, will do everything in his power to destroy that love.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<b>Title: </b>Dracula<br />
<b>Author: </b>Bram Stoker<br />
<b>Pages: </b>512<br />
<b>Rating: </b>3/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The vampire novel that started it all, Bram Stoker's</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><em>Dracula</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">probes deeply into human identity, sanity, and the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client. Soon afterward, disturbing incidents unfold in England—an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby, strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck, and a lunatic asylum inmate raves about the imminent arrival of his "Master"—culminating in a battle of wits between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries.</span><br />
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He was born Abraham Stoker in 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent – then as now called "The Crescent" – in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland. His parents were Abraham Stoker and the feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornely. Stoker was the third of seven children. Abraham and Charlotte were members of the Clontarf Church of Ireland parish and attended the parish church (St. John the Baptist located on Seafield Road West) with their children, who were both baptised there.<br />
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Stoker was an invalid until he started school at the age of seven — when he made a complete and astounding recovery. Of this time, Stoker wrote, "I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years."<br />
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After his recovery, he became a normal young man, even excelling as an athlete (he was named University Athlete) at Trinity College, Dublin (1864 – 70), from which he graduated with honours in mathematics. He was auditor of the College Historical Society and president of the University Philosophical Society, where his first paper was on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society".<br />
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In 1876, while employed as a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote a non-fiction book (The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published 1879) and theatre reviews for The Dublin Mail, a newspaper partly owned by fellow horror writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. His interest in theatre led to a lifelong friendship with the English actor Henry Irving. He also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society, followed by "The Chain of Destiny" in four parts in The Shamrock.<br />
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In 1878 Stoker married Florence Balcombe, a celebrated beauty whose former suitor was Oscar Wilde. The couple moved to London, where Stoker became business manager (at first as acting-manager) of Irving's Lyceum Theatre, a post he held for 27 years. The collaboration with Irving was very important for Stoker and through him he became involved in London's high society, where he met, among other notables, James McNeil Whistler, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the course of Irving's tours, Stoker got the chance to travel around the world.<br />
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The Stokers had one son, Irving Noel, who was born on December 31, 1879.<br />
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Bram Stoker died in 1912, and was cremated and his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders Green Crematorium. After Irving Noel Stoker's death in 1961, his ashes were added to that urn. The original plan had been to keep his parents' ashes together, but after Florence Stoker's death her ashes were scattered at the Gardens of Rest.</span></span></span></div>
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<b>Title: </b>Perception A New Adult Anthology<br />
<b>Authors: </b>Nealy Gihan, Scott C. Davis, Linda Davis, Mary Laufer and Heather Hildenbrand<br />
<b>Pages: </b>54<br />
<b>Rating: </b>3/5 Stars<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">There comes a defining moment in every young person's life that irrevocably shifts their point of view. For a new teacher who still compares herself to her students, it’s a missing girl and a false accusation that could cost her more than her career. For a young man who settles into a rut that not even his broken marriage can pull him out of, it’s a drifter’s gun to his head. For an idealistic college student, it’s her parents’ divorce pulling back the curtain on who they really are, shattering everything she thought she knew about love. And for a recovering addict who's not ready to change, it might just be an unhappy ending to her illicit affair.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">In Perception, discover five captivating stories that explore what it means to be a new adult.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;">As a member of the Rebel Souls, a self-appointed vigilante group whose only goal is to take down those who prey on the innocent, he is trained to kill or be killed.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;">After being attacked and left for dead, she is forced to watch her sister’s kidnapping. When the police refuse to pursue the case, she decides the only thing left to do is to take matters into her own hands, even if that means becoming a Rebel herself.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;">To ensure her loyalty, he must train her. And to train her, he must break her. But Claire refuses to give in and let a man strip her of who she is. Her stubborn ways and fiesty mouth only deepens Elias’ desperation for control while she revels in knowing she is the reason behind his slow undoing. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;">It’s not until they discover the truth about her sister’s disappearance that everything inside their already dysfunctional world changes and they soon learn that their survival depends solely on one another. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;">“You want answers, Blondie.” Claire turns her head and I snatch her chin in my free hand. “You truly want to know what it feels like to kill somebody - to watch the life drain from a stranger’s eyes because of your actions?” Her heart beats against my chest and I drop my hands to her shoulders, spinning her around and forcing her down into the chair next to us. Her knife pings as it hits the concrete floor. “It feels like nothing else in this world.” I lean forward, pushing all my weight into my palms as they rest on the arms of the chair. “It’s every feeling a person could possibly experience all at once. It’s blissful, calming, terrifying, satisfying, excruciating, but most of all - it’s powerful,” I whisper the last part. “Once you finally do it, murder someone, you can’t go back. You carry them with you anywhere you go. You see their faces when you sleep. You see their eyes when you at your own in the mirror. It doesn’t matter if they were a saint or a sinner. You become the reason they no longer exist. Do you really think you can do that, Claire?” I’m stuck staring at her, watching the way her lips parts as she nods, her sharp breaths cascading over my cheek. Her intense eyes seek solace in mine as if she’s listening to a bedtime story - not a horror story like how it plays in my mind. “Then why do you continue to do it?” It’s a simple question. Eight words I ask myself day in and day out and depending on when you ask me, I will answer differently each time. “Because if I don’t - no one else will.”</span></div>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">Sarah Ashley Jones was raised in San Diego, California, but currently wrangles her three dogs in Clarksville, Tennessee. When she's not writing she works in a pottery studio and comes home covered in paint on a daily basis. She has a slightly unhealthy obsession with cupcakes, chapstick, and all things Alice in Wonderland. She is an eternal optimist and can often be found dancing and singing to music at any given time. It's rare to see her not smiling or laughing, but if you do, just bring her a cupcake and it will cheer her up.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div align="center" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;">The books of the Promise Me Series is the first novels Sarah Ashley Jones ever sat down to write. The story weaseled into her heart and wouldn't leave her alone until she typed it all out. Now, stories won’t stop making themselves heard as she continues to write whichever character’s story is the loudest!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 25px;">She is a lover of all things adventure and romance and is constantly working hard on future releases. Her overactive imagination probably has something to do with being a theatre geek as a child and teenager and now she puts it to good use as an adult, creating and sharing stories that many already love.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A month ago, Avery thought the world ended outside Dome Four. Thought she was one of the few of her kind. Thought the war that brought the human race to the brink of extinction was over.<br />
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</span> <b>Series: </b>Periodic #2<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Review: </b>I received this ARC free from the author in exchange for an honest review.<br />
I am so excited that I got the opportunity to continue on this journey with Avery, Jaxon and the other amazing characters. I loved book one, Steel Lily so much and I couldn't wait for Iron Pendulum to be released. It did start off a bit slow for me because I haven't read the first one since last year and I was trying to remember who was who and what was happening. As soon as everything clicked I fell in love with the story again. There were lots of twists, turns and secrets that were revealed. I can't wait for book three!!<br />
I just want to throw this out there, Megan Curd is not afraid to break your heart. I enjoyed reconnecting with these characters and being introduced to new ones. I may have to tell Jaxon to move over for Vince, we will have to wait and see. Also I need to hear more about the Riggs/ Dana history as well.<br />
I will be anxiously awaiting book three. I would recommend this novel to fans of the series, dystopian lovers and those who also enjoy steampunk.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Megan Curd is a graduate of Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota. While having always enjoyed reading any books she could get her hands on, Megan didn’t begin writing until a friend encouraged her to do so while in college. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When not writing, Megan enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Photography, traveling and snowboarding are hobbies she loves, and she doesn’t turn down the opportunity to play xBox with her brother and friends when it presents itself.</span></div>
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<strong>OTHERWORLDS: TWELVE YOUNG ADULT FANTASY BOOKS TO BENEFIT THE HUNGRY</strong></div>
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<em>Across the country, teachers and school nurses have found that in some instances, Monday morning comes and they are forced to compete against hunger for the attention of their students. More than 18 million children qualify for free or reduced price meals through the National School Lunch Program, the fuel that they need to get them through the week. What happens to these children when they go home over the weekend?</em></div>
<em>For more than 15 years, the Feeding America BackPack Program has been helping children get the nutritious and easy-to-prepare food they need over the course of the weekend. Today, bags of food assembled at more than 150 local food banks are distributed at the end of the week to nearly 230,000 children every year. With your help, we can provide more.</em><br />
Feeding America is the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Their mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.<strong> For less than one dollar, you can help.</strong><br />
Twelve young adult authors have come together to form <em>Otherworlds: Twelve Young Adult Fantasy Books to Benefit the Hungry</em>. One hundred percent of the authors' proceeds from the sale of this charitable boxed set will be donated to Feeding America.<br />
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For ninety-nine cents, you can help feed America's hungry while feeding your imagination with twelve other worlds:<br />
<i>Eternal Starling (Emblem of Eternity, #1),</i> by Angela Corbett<br />
<i>Pawn (Nightmares Trilogy, #1), </i>by Sophie Davis<br />
<i>The Prophecy (Divinity Stone, #1), </i>by Desiree DeOrto<br />
<i>Through Glass Novella Series (#4, #5, #6), </i>by Rebecca Ethington<br />
<i>Final Life (The Transhuman Chronicles, #1), </i>by Rose Garcia<br />
<i>Reality (The Arie Chronicles, #1), </i>by Dani Hart<br />
<i>Hunted (Dark Secrets, #1),</i> by Allie Juliette Mousseau<br />
<i>The Amulet (Custodian Novel, #1), </i>by Alison Pensy<br />
<i>Betraying Innocence, </i>by Airicka Phoenix<br />
<i>The Gatekeeper’s Sons (Gatekeeper’s Saga, #1), </i>by Eva Pohler<br />
<i>Halo City, </i>by Mary Ting<br />
<i>Blood and Snow (Blood and Snow #1),</i> by RaShelle Workman<br />
<strong>Pre-order date: September 1st</strong> <strong>Release Date: September 15</strong><br />
<em>Otherworlds</em> is available now for pre-order at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/471898" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Otherworlds-Twelve-Fantasy-Benefit-Hungry-ebook/dp/B00N6HWYPI" target="_blank">Amazon</a> (You may have to wait a few days for Amazon to price match the ninety-nine cents).<br />
It will soon be available at your other favorite ebook sellers, so stay tuned and thanks in advance for your support!<br />
Here is a list of bloggers participating in the promo book tour. Please visit these other amazing blogs!<br />
<a href="http://www.shootingstarbookreviews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shooting Star Book Reviews 9/1</a><br />
<a href="http://platypire.com/" target="_blank">Platypire Reviews 9/1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.evapohler.com/" target="_blank">Eva Pohler Books 9/1</a><br />
<a href="http://seeingdoubleinneverland.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Seeing Double In Neverland 9/1</a><br />
<a href="http://ashleysbookshelf.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ashley's Bookshelf 9/1</a><br />
<a href="http://alittlebitofrnr.com/otherworlds-twelve-young-adult-fantasy-books-benefit-hungry/" target="_blank">A Little Bit of R&R 9/1</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePowerofThreeReaders" target="_blank">The Power of Three Readers 9/1</a><br />
<a href="http://sammiesbookblog.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Sammie's Book Blog 9/1</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Promoting-Authors-Books-Reviews/733596730038315" target="_blank">Promoting Authors, Books & Reviews 9/2</a><br />
<a href="http://sbkbooksandmore.wix.com/s-and-n-books-" target="_blank">S & N Books and More 9/2</a><br />
<a href="http://jomichaels.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jo Michaels Blog 9/2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.pageturnersbookblog.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Page Turners Book Blog 9/2</a><br />
<a href="http://paisleyreader.com/" target="_blank">Paisley Reader 9/3</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dowiesplace.com/" target="_blank">Dowie's Place 9/3</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/EscapingLifesCrazinessWithBooks" target="_blank">Escaping Life's Craziness With Books 9/3</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/codypimpsauthors?ref=hl" target="_blank">cody pimps authors 9/3</a><br />
<a href="http://writeawaybliss.com/" target="_blank">Write Away Bliss 9/4</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheCrazyBooksellers" target="_blank">The Crazy Booksellers 9/5</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fantasybookreader.net/" target="_blank">Fairiechick's Fantasy Book Reader 9/5</a><br />
<a href="http://wordwenches.net/" target="_blank">Word Wenches Guilty Pleasure 9/6</a><br />
<a href="http://opinionatedcupcakes.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Opinionated Cupcakes 9/6</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/GITaskForce" target="_blank">G.I.T.F. 9/6</a><br />
<a href="http://a1000liveslived.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Thousand Lives Lived 9/7</a><br />
<a href="http://justinevandale.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Shelves of Books 9/7</a><br />
<a href="http://readingforfun3.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Reading For Fun 9/7</a><br />
<a href="http://rainethomas.com/blog" target="_blank">Write as Raine 9/8</a><br />
<a href="http://bookcrazygals.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Book Crazy Gals 9/10</a><br />
<a href="http://girlswithbook.blogspot.com/?m=1" target="_blank">Girls With Books 9/10</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShortSideofTall" target="_blank">Short Side of Tall 9/10</a><br />
<a href="http://elliesewsweet.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">EllieSewSweet 9/12</a><br />
<a href="http://eskimoprincess.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Eskimo Princess Book Reviews 9/13</a><br />
<a href="http://angcorbett.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ang Corbett 9/14</a><br />
<a href="http://www.airickaphoenix.com/" target="_blank">Airicka Phoenix 9/15</a><br />
<a href="http://crossangels.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">CrossAngels 9/15</a><br />
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the ice, but most of all, the frozen pond she fell through as a child. Haunted by the voices and images of the strange beings that pulled her to safety, she hasn’t forgotten their warning to "stay away." For eleven years, she has avoided the winter woods, the pond, and the darkness that lurks nearby. But when failing health takes her grandparents to Arizona, she is left in charge of maintaining their estate. This includes the "special gifts" that must be left at the back of the property.</span><span style="font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span style="font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Salome discovers she’s a key player in a world she’s </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">tried for years to avoid. At the center of this world is the strange and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">beautiful Nevin, who she finds trespassing on her family’s property. Cursed </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">with dark secrets and knowledge of the creatures in the woods, his interactions </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">with Salome take her life in a new direction. A direction where she’ll have to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">decide between her longtime crush Colton, who could cure her fear of winter. Or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Nevin who, along with an appointed bodyguard, Gareth, protects her from the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">darkness that swirls in the snowy backdrop. An evil that, given the chance, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">will kill her.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708731886797749076noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127118507195408653.post-20038592991172533862014-08-30T04:32:00.003-06:002014-08-30T04:32:42.807-06:00Review #336: Uninvited- Sophie Jordan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT9hyphenhyphenPX2GooOn7k9oK2RErEh248gVXnVKXj-0X8x_yTP77gC0Nql0OxQ3pwCnalr-a17DPweMXMM35Cs6xsqu1UG6u-JZ0Gm1JOpTgaUn7KUwCU2R_VMXGvxB-xeLj5LSTZrFB6yF7ow/s1600/13645645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQT9hyphenhyphenPX2GooOn7k9oK2RErEh248gVXnVKXj-0X8x_yTP77gC0Nql0OxQ3pwCnalr-a17DPweMXMM35Cs6xsqu1UG6u-JZ0Gm1JOpTgaUn7KUwCU2R_VMXGvxB-xeLj5LSTZrFB6yF7ow/s1600/13645645.jpg" height="400" width="271" /></a></div><b>Title: </b>Uninvited<br />
<b>Author: </b>Sophie Jordan<br />
<b>Series: </b>Uninvited #1<br />
<b>Pages: </b>384<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><strong>The Scarlet Letter meets Minority Report in bestselling author Sophie Jordan's chilling new novel about a teenage girl who is ostracized when her genetic test proves she's destined to become a murderer.</strong></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">When Davy Hamilton's tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTS)-aka the kill gene-she loses everything. Her boyfriend ditches her, her parents are scared of her, and she can forget about her bright future at Juilliard. Davy doesn't feel any different, but genes don't lie. One day she will kill someone.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Only Sean, a fellow HTS carrier, can relate to her new life. Davy wants to trust him; maybe he's not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The first in a two-book series, Uninvited tackles intriguing questions about free will, identity, and human nature. Steeped in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan's trademark mix of gripping action and breathless romance, this suspenseful tale is perfect for fans of James Patterson, Michelle Hodkin, and Lisa McMann</span><br />
<b>Review: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I was very excited to read Uninvited when I heard about it because it sounded very original. I did enjoy the book but I was also left with a ton of questions. Does Davy's brother have the HTS gene? Did her parent pay someone off to change his results? How did it happen with him but not with Davy? Is the HTS gene just a way for the government to control/ instil fear into the population? What exactly is the HTS gene? (This was never fully explained). Where did the HTS gene come from? How was it first discovered? What was the point of the training camp? What happened to those sent to the detention camps? Gah, I have so many questions without answers, I need book two now!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I am really looking forward to see what will happen in the next instalment. Do they all survive? Will they meet other from the training camp again? Will they ever see their families again? I can't wait to get my hands on the second book. I would recommend this to those who want more of a unique read.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1046722.Sharie_Kohler" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Sharie Kohler</a><br />
Sophie Jordan took her adolescent daydreaming one step further and penned her first historical romance in the back of her high school Spanish class. This passion led her to pursue a degree in English and History.<br />
A brief stint in law school taught her that case law was not nearly as interesting as literature - teaching English seemed the natural recourse. After several years teaching high school students to love <em>Antigone</em>, Sophie resigned with the birth of her first child and decided it was time to pursue the long-held dream of writing.<br />
In less than three years, her first book, <em>Once Upon A Wedding Night</em>, a 2006 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Nominee for Best First Historical, hit book shelves. Her second novel, <em>Too Wicked To Tame</em>, released in March 2007 with a bang, landing on the USA Today Bestseller's List. </span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708731886797749076noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127118507195408653.post-9292743136423990472014-08-30T04:25:00.000-06:002014-08-30T04:25:14.554-06:00Review #335: Ruby Red- Kerstin Gier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title: </b>Ruby Red<br />
<b>Author: </b>Kerstin Gier<br />
<b>Series: </b>Precious Stone Trilogy #1<br />
<b>Pages: </b>336<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon--the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust.</span><br />
<b>Review: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I'm pretty sure I have had this book sitting on my shelf since it was released in 2011 and I have finally got around to reading it. I have read a few time- travel books in my time but this one was really extra special because not only did it have time- travel but it dealt with secret societies and conspiracies. I loved it! I did find it to be a bit slower of a read but only because there was so much information to learn about who is who and the rules and expectations of time- travel. I feel like we won't know who the bad guys are until the end of the series, but I like making predictions about it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I enjoy these characters just as much as in book one. I feel as though we have just scratched the surface with most of them so I have yet to make any conclusions about them. I don't know who I can trust, but I still want, no I need more.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This is a great sequel to what I know will be an intriguing series. I would recommend this to time- travel lovers.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708731886797749076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127118507195408653.post-50837084949522992922014-08-29T00:49:00.001-06:002014-09-20T23:17:02.970-06:00Blog Tour: Something Forever- M. Clarke<center>
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<b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/107736-something-great">Something Great #3</a><u><br />
</u><b>Genre</b>: Adult, Contemporary Romance<br />
<b>Release Date</b>: August 25th, 2014<br />
A heated moment.Desperate decision.<br />
Life altering choices.<br />
Max and Jenna are forced to test their relationship. Will they be able to embrace the challenges life throws their way?<br />
Secrets can ruin the foundation of a relationship. Will Matthew choose to withhold vital information from Becky that could consume her with doubt about their future?<br />
When it comes to love, Something Great can turn into Something Wonderful, but can it be Something Forever?</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I enjoyed the first two books in this series but unfortunately this one didn't do it for me. I felt like all the characters did for the first half of the book was have sex, like every other page people were having sex. I'm not a prude but I was getting bored of all the sex. Plus the author used the word clit so many times that I lost count. The story was told from four different POVs but I found if you only read every other one it would have sufficed, because the two corresponding ons basically told the exact same story but from two different POVs. I also found it very convenient that everyone happen to get pregnant at the same time. Overall I just felt like a lot could have been left out and more depth should have been added.</span><div>
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Mary Ting resides in Southern California with her husband and two children. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry. Writing her first novel, Crossroads Saga, happened by chance. It was a way to grieve the death of her beloved grandmother, and inspired by a dream she once had as a young girl. When she started reading new adult novels, she fell in love with the genre. It was the reason she had to write one-Something Great. Why the pen name, M Clarke? She tours with Magic Johnson Foundation to promote literacy and her children’s chapter book-No Bullies Allowed.</blockquote>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><em style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The light is darker than you think… </em><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">High school student Bobby Pendell already has his hands full—he works almost every night to support his disabled-vet father and gifted little brother. Then he meets the beautiful new girl in town, who just happens to be his boss’s daughter. Bobby has rules about that kind of thing. Nothing matters more than keeping his job.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">When Bobby starts to get blinding migraines that come with scary, violent hallucinations, his livelihood is on the line. Soon, he must face the stunning possibility that the visions of murder are actually real. With his world going dark, Bobby is set on the trail of the serial killer terrorizing his small town. With everyone else convinced he’s the prime suspect, Bobby realizes that he, or the girl he loves, might be killer's next victim.</span></b></span><br />
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Lisa has been a professor of graphic design at Bronx Community College where she has been tormenting and cajoling students for nearly eighteen years. She started writing eight years ago because she wanted something to illustrate, but somehow, instead ended up writing YA. Probably because her mind is too dark and twisted for small children.</div>
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<b>Series</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/107736-something-great">Something Great #3</a><u><br /></u><b>Genre</b>: Adult, Contemporary Romance<br />
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<b>Release Date</b>: August 25th, 2014<br />
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Max and Jenna are forced to test their relationship. Will they be able to embrace the challenges life throws their way?<br />
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Secrets can ruin the foundation of a relationship. Will Matthew choose to withhold vital information from Becky that could consume her with doubt about their future?<br />
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When it comes to love, Something Great can turn into Something Wonderful, but can it be Something Forever?</blockquote>
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Mary Ting resides in Southern California with her husband and two children. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry. Writing her first novel, Crossroads Saga, happened by chance. It was a way to grieve the death of her beloved grandmother, and inspired by a dream she once had as a young girl. When she started reading new adult novels, she fell in love with the genre. It was the reason she had to write one-Something Great. Why the pen name, M Clarke? She tours with Magic Johnson Foundation to promote literacy and her children’s chapter book-No Bullies Allowed.</blockquote>
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</b> <b>Title: </b>Opalescent<br />
<b>Author: </b>Sarah Elle Emm<br />
<b>Series: </b>Harmony Run Series #1<br />
<b>Pages: </b>400<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Still enslaved in a mixed-race zone within the United Zones of the Authority, Rain Hawkins is part of a secret resistance preparing to take on the tyrannical President Nicks before plans to kill the mixed zones across UZTA are executed. When unsettling dreams and a mysterious voice begin to haunt the dark nights, Rain fears someone more powerful than she has discovered the resistance and their secret abilities. With a known Authority spy on her heels, and her boyfriend, Jabari, suddenly acting strange, Rain doesn't know who to trust and if the voices calling to her are friend or foe. As conditions across all of the zones get worse and the stakes rise, Rain embarks on a quest for answers that will put the people she cares about most in more danger or take them one step closer to the truth and their eventual freedom.</span><br />
<b>Review: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I love this series and I am so grateful that the author sent me this book along with the first book to read and review. I am in love with the storyline it's so unique but also has "familiar" aspects because it has similarities to the holocaust. Plus it is a dystopian which is my favourite, but it had paranormal aspects as well. I did find this instalment to be a tab bit slower but only because there was so much information. The author broke my heart with that ending because we just get a small amount of information that may change everything and then BAM! it's over.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I have so many questions. What is up with the children's mom? Why have they been kept in the dark? Will a rebellion ever happen? What happened to Nata? GAH I need more!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Like I previously stated, I love this series! I can't wait for the third book and to continue on this journey. I would recommend this novel to dystopian lovers and those who are intrigued by the events of the holocaust.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br class="clear" style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 1px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /><span id="freeTextauthor5354926">Sarah Elle Emm is the author of the Young-adult fantasy and dystopian, HARMONY RUN SERIES, published by Winter Goose Publishing. (PRISMATIC, May 2012,OPALESCENT, February 2013, CHATOYANT due August 2014, NACREOUS, TBD.) Her debut fiction novel, MARRYING MISSY, an Amazon Best Seller in marriage, was published by Bird Brain Publishing in October 2011. Sarah shares her Southwest Florida photo blog, "Sarah's View from the Bottom," at SarahsViewfromtheBottom.com. Sarah is a graduate of The University of Evansville, she has lived and worked in Mexico, Germany, England, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and has traveled extensively beyond. Her love of journal writing, travel, and multicultural experience have all influenced her novels. Sarah lives in Naples, Florida. When she's not walking the plank on her daughters' imaginary pirate ship, she is working on her latest book.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708731886797749076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127118507195408653.post-71332871258832050332014-08-25T02:26:00.003-06:002014-08-25T02:26:18.282-06:00Review #333: Out of Time- Donna Marie Oldfield<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Author: </b>Donna Marie Oldfield<br />
<b>Pages: </b>268<br />
<b>Rating: </b>3.4/ 5 Stars<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Scarlett Shortt is just an average 18-year-old girl, but then her life takes an extraordinary turn following a road accident. She wakes up to find that the world has twisted beyond recognition – everything is very dark and different now and a bunch of teenagers she’s never met before claim to be her best friends. The group can do amazing things, such as fly, read minds and control electricity, and Scarlett is shocked to learn that she has special powers too.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The reluctant superhero soon finds herself caught up in their mission to make the world a better place and overthrow the evil prime minister, Adam Goulden. Will she learn how to use her powers in time to face their dangerous adversaries and will she ever discover exactly where she is and how she got there?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Out Of Time is the first book in a continuing series.</span><br />
<b>Review: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review. When this author approached me with a dystopian with superheroes I was sold. I was very excited to start this novel because dystopians are my favourite and I haven't read any with superheroes before. Now with that being said I didn't enjoy this book as much as I wanted to. It was definitely more superhero than dystopian. Also I found there to be way too much dialogue. Otherwise I enjoyed the story and look forward to the next one.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I found that I didn't really connect with any one character in particular because there were a lot of them. I also liked the small amount of romance in the novel. I am excited to see what is really up with Scarlett and Alex.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This is an interesting read and I will continue on with the series. I would recommend this to those who enjoy superhero reads.</span><br />
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Donna Marie Oldfield is a freelance writer who has been writing and editing for 15 years. She has worked for titles such as Heat, The Guardian, The Sun and Now as well as copywriting for a wide range of businesses. She likes cats, pasta, comic books and cake. She lives in the Peak District, England with her husband and young daughter, with a second on the way soon. Out Of Time is her first novel.</span></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708731886797749076noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127118507195408653.post-65968521408751835812014-08-25T01:14:00.002-06:002014-08-25T01:14:31.543-06:00Review #332: Panic- Lauren Oliver<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Title: </b>Panic<br />
<b>Author: </b>Lauren Oliver<br />
<b>Pages: </b>405<br />
<b>Rating: </b>4/5 Stars<br />
<b>Summary: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She’d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Dodge has never been afraid of Panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game, he’s sure of it. But what he doesn't know is that he’s not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">For Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them—and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most.</span><br />
<b>Review: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I really had a hankering to read this book so I picked it up and read it lol. I really love Lauren Oliver's writing so this was a must for my collection. I really enjoyed reading Panic, I'm pretty sure I would have been out on the first round. I found that reading the stunts didn't seem like they were very action- packed, where as if it were happening it real life I would be crapping my pants. I know this is a standalone but I want more background on the game Panic. Who created it? Who picks the judges? Why are those people picked to be judges? How do they chose the challenges? Also why did this year have more money in the pot? Maybe Lauren Oliver could write a "Rule Book for Panic". How frigging cool would that be? I'd read it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Despite all of my unanswered questions, Panic was a great read and I want more. Lauren Oliver continually proves herself as an amazing author. Everyone should read this book.</span><br />
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Lauren Oliver comes from a family of writers and so has always (mistakenly) believed that spending hours in front of the computer every day, mulling over the difference between “chortling” and “chuckling,” is normal. She has always been an avid reader.<br />
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She attended the University of Chicago, where she continued to be as impractical as possible by majoring in philosophy and literature. After college, she attended the MFA program at NYU and worked briefly as the world’s worst editorial assistant, and only marginally better assistant editor, at a major publishing house in New York. Her major career contributions during this time were flouting the corporate dress code at every possible turn and repeatedly breaking the printer. <em>Before I Fall</em> is her first published novel.<br />
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She is deeply grateful for the chance to continue writing, as she has never been particularly good at anything else.</span></span></span></div>
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