Brand New Site!!!!

That’s right guys I finally made the change I have been talking about for forever!

I have been working hard for the past two weeks putting this together and making the needed changes.

And though I might be changing the theme of the outside of the site….

It will still have everything it had before, but a lot prettier and better working.

I really wanted to make this change and have a lot of stuff ( book reviews and such), up and working way better for you guys! And I really wanted to get it done before I move to my new college in a month. That way, even when I’m busy moving in and trying to find the closest bookstore. Everything for the site will be done and all set up so I wont miss as many posts!!!!!

So I hope you guys like the new site, for those of you that have followed me on the old site. I did transfer you to the new one, so you will not miss anything! And those of you that are just checking out this old site…. Well it wont be there ( or here, if this is on the old site) for that much longer. I think I will keep the old site up with this post being its last and then eventually taking it down in a week or two….

But you should really go check out the new site ( if you are not there looking at it already!)

Here is the Link for the New Site!!!!

Review of This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) by Victoria Schwab

This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1)  by Victoria Schwab

Review: I was excited for this book, just because I have started to fall in love with how Victoria Schwab writes. In all of her books that I have read so far, have I ever been board. You will not see any common tropes or plotlines in anything she writes. That I can  guarantee.

The characters and plot were different then most Young Adult I have read before. But in a good way. Schwab mostly focus’s on the development of the plot and then slowly letting you the reader find out who/ what the characters are.

Which in this case was a great idea. Kate and August are complex and at times can be misunderstood. I know I got lost a bit, but just kept reading to find my way through who they were. But I did go back and reread some parts because later on in the book, many more of the pieces to this puzzle fell together.

A great part of this book was that there was no romance at all. Like for real. Which was quite refreshing to see in young adult. Also it does prove that you don’t need romance or even a hint at it to be or sell a Young Adult book.

The music described and the rhyme on the back of the book, that shows up often. Was well thought up and well used through the book. It also leave s me felling like there is a lot more going on that I can look forward to in the second installment to the series.

Favorite quote:

” What’s a Sunai’s favorite food?”

“What?”

“Soul Food”.

Would I? Buy this book for a friend? Tell everyone I know to read it? Talk about it all the time? MAYBE.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.

464 pages. Hardback book.

Young Adult. Fantasy. Paranormal.

Published July 5th 2016 by Greenwillow Books.

Summary: There’s no such thing as safe.

Kate Harker wants to be as ruthless as her father. After five years and six boarding schools, she’s finally going home to prove that she can be.

August Flynn wants to be human. But he isn’t. He’s a monster, one that can steal souls with a song. He’s one of the three most powerful monsters in a city overrun with them. His own father’s secret weapon.

Their city is divided.

Their city is crumbling.

Kate and August are the only two who see both sides, the only two who could do something.

But how do you decide to be a hero or a villain when it’s hard to tell which is which?

-Summary from GoodReads.com

Review of A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2)  by Sarah J. Maas

Review: While I was excited for this book, I was also unsure if I would like it. The first book if this series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, was just an okay book to me. But all of Sarah J Maas books get incredibly better as they go on ( most the second book of a series and up). So I was hoping A Court of Mist and Fury would follow along these lines….

There was not one moment that I could put this book down, because if I did. I could not focus on anything around me, not school, papers to write, and working on this blog. So I waited to read this book after I got it, then worked hard to read it all the way through. But at the same time I did not want to finish it. It was just too good, and I didn’t want it to end.

The characters can to be real in this book, as did the plot. I can still barley believe the transformation that this series underwent in this second book.

Feyre – Not my favorite character in the first book, and didn’t really stand out to me at all. This book, she could not have been more amazing. Reading about her going through the struggle and the aftermath of book one, just blew my mind. She just seemed so much more human and real as she was dealing with what she had done and what she was feeling.

Rhysand – So much then he first seemed in book one, and not really that much of an asshole. I think I fell in hardcore love with him when he first shows up in this book. At one of the key moments. From then on I was lost. It also made me feel better knowing it was ok to love the ever loving heck out of him in this book, because it book one it was a guilty secret.

Tamlin- Still hot, but lost his appeal because of his personality. Or lack of a real one.

The plot itself- incredible!!!!!!!!! Like I thought I might die, or that my eyes and brain would explode from the sheer beauty of the words on the page.

The steamy- 400% more then any Sarah J Maas book so far. I had to go outside and fan myself this book was so hot. Oh wait, it wasn’t the book it was Rhysand. By bad, not really but those parts of the book ( Wink, Wink) will have you rereading for hours…

The ending? Well lets just say you might die from it and start a countdown till the next book in the series is out.

Favorite quote of the book: “Nude would be best.” – Rhysand

Would I? Buy this book for every one of my friends. Throw it at everyone I see, and think should read this book. Reread this book every chance I can get. Y-E-S!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars.

640 pages. Hardback.

Young Adult. Romance. Mature Themes. Mature Content. Fantasy. New Adult. Retelling.

Published ay 3rd, 2016.

Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens.

Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas’ spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.

Feyre survived Amarantha’s clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can’t forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin’s people.

Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.

With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas’s masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights.

-Summary from GoodReads.com

 

 

Review of The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash

The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash

Review: I kind of fell in love with this book as soon as I heard about it..

Because as some of you might know I’m pretty much a big nerdy geek. Loving almost too many fandoms and shipping anything.

I read this book in just about two hours, because no matter how many times I told myself to slow down or save some for later. I would get to another chapter and the chapter titles do nothing to stop you from taking a break.

In all honesty say that this was a very true description of Comicon and of all things fandom. There were many times I was laughing my butt off and nodding my head with the characters ( in feeling their pain about things at con). I felt like I was back at home while reading Graham’s point of view. I felt so bad for him at times in the book, but I did fall a little in love with him at the same time, he was just so sweet and geeky.

5 out of 5 stars.

256 pages. Hardback.

Young Adult. Romance. Contemporary.

Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Summary: John Hughes meets Comic Con in this hilarious, unabashedly romantic, coming-of-age novel about a teenager who is trying to get his best friend to fall in love with him from the author of Three Day Summer.

Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy…
Archie and Veronica…
Althena and Noth…
…Graham and Roxy?

Graham met his best friend, Roxana, when he moved into her neighborhood eight years ago, and she asked him which Hogwarts house he’d be sorted into. Graham has been in love with her ever since.

But now they’re sixteen, still neighbors, still best friends. And Graham and Roxy share more than ever—moving on from their Harry Potter obsession to a serious love of comic books.

When Graham learns that the creator of their favorite comic, The Chronicles of Althena, is making a rare appearance at this year’s New York Comic Con, he knows he must score tickets. And the event inspires Graham to come up with the perfect plan to tell Roxy how he really feels about her. He’s got three days to woo his best friend at the coolest, kookiest con full of superheroes and supervillains. But no one at a comic book convention is who they appear to be…even Roxy. And Graham is starting to realize fictional love stories are way less complicated than real-life ones. 

-Summary from GoodReads.com

Release Day Launch for TORN by Jennifer L. Armentrout

EXCERPT

I lifted my right hand, reaching for my iron stake out of instinct, even though I knew it would do no good against the prince.

              “You shouldn’t do that.” His voice was deep with what reminded me of an English accent. “I know you want to, but it would be very, very unwise of you, Ivy.”

              My hand twitched.

              Creepy Prince smiled slightly. “Your friend has been very helpful.”

              That got my hackles up. I slid my sunglasses onto my forehead and forced my tone to stay calm and level. “I’m sure she has. Speaking of Val, happen to know where I can find her?”

              His lips curled in a semblance of a smile as he stepped closer. The prince was tall, taller than Ren, who was pushing six foot two. My entire back stiffened as I forced myself to hold my ground, even though every instinct demanded that I run and run super fast, because he had almost killed me once before. Correction. He would have definitely killed me if he hadn’t realized what I was and had, I guessed, healed me.

              “I’ve been waiting for you,” he said, instead of answering my question, his pale blue eyes fixed on mine.

              My hand curled into a useless fist. “That is extremely creepy to hear.”

              That cold smile returned. “Why don’t we talk? There are seats across the way.”

              “Yeah, that’s not going to happen.”

              The slow smile increased but never reached his eyes. “Oh, I know it is.”

              Fine hairs rose on my arms.

              “What exactly can you do right now?” he said in the same coldly polite voice. “Refuse me?” Creepy Prince laughed, and it wasn’t a bad sound. Again, it was something that was just cold, as if he were mimicking what a human would do. “You can’t.”

              “I can.” My palm itched to grab the thorn stake secured under my pant leg, but I held still. I might be reckless, but I wasn’t stupid.

              “Really? I will have to beg to differ on that. You see, humans surround us. So many of them, and I have an extraordinary appetite.” His eyes appeared to glimmer as his gaze slithered from the top of my curly head down to my toes. “A rather impressive appetite for many, many things.”

              “Okay. First off, ew.” My lip curled. “Secondly, I don’t want to hear about any of your appetites.”

              One dark eyebrow rose. “Oh, but you should know that I could kill twenty of these humans in less than five seconds and feed on the rest, leaving them to believe that it was this little red-headed girl who murdered these innocent people.” His voice dropped even lower as he leaned in and icy air brushed my cheek. “You deny me this, those lives will be on your hands, little bird.”

              Anger flushed hotly as my eyes met his. There wasn’t a single part of me that doubted anything he said. He had me. God, I hated to admit it, but he had me.

 

“Drama! Action! Romance! Twists! Torn had it all…Torn was a perfect continuation of the Wicked Saga.” ~Kim, Kimberlyfaye Reads

 

TORN Synopsis:

Torn between duty and survival, nothing can be the same.

Everything Ivy Morgan thought she knew has been turned on its head. After being betrayed and then nearly killed by the Prince of the Fae, she’s left bruised and devastated—and with an earth-shattering secret that she must keep at all costs. And if the Order finds out her secret, they’ll kill her.

Then there’s Ren Owens, the sexy, tattooed Elite member of the Order who has been sharing Ivy’s bed and claiming her heart. Their chemistry is smoking hot, but Ivy knows that Ren has always valued his duty to the Order above all else—he could never touch her if he knew the truth. That is, if he let her live at all. Yet how can she live with herself if she lies to him?

But as the Fae Prince begins to close in on Ivy, intent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld, Ivy is running out of options. If she doesn’t figure out who she can trust—and fast—it’s not only her heart that will be torn apart, but civilization itself.

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“You need this book. You need this series. It’s paranormal at its best. It’s New Adult at its best…Can I give this book more than 5 stars? I would if I could.” ~Valerie, Stuck in Books

 

Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans…

Don’t miss the first title in the series, WICKED!

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About Jennifer L. Armentrout:

#1 New York Times and #1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA.

She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

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Manga Monday! -#87 Pretear by Junichi Sato (Creator), Kaori Naruse (Author/Illustrator)

Pretear  by Junichi Sato (Creator), Kaori Naruse (Author/Illustrator)

Review: Even though this is a short manga series, and a bit older. It still has a good storyline and characters, that are retelling that of snow white in a new way. What gets even better about this series is that it got one season of an anime show! Although not as good as the ones you see today, but still a really good classic.

The one thing I didn’t really care for, for this series was just how slow or too detailed some of it was. Yes the artwork and style is what I like but it did feel a bit off. Almost as if it was missing that something to make it great.

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.

1-5 volumes.

Manga. Romance. Paranormal. Fantasy. Shojo. Retelling.

Published by ADV Manga.

Summary: Himeno is a high school freshman who’s having trouble adjusting to the lifestyle of the very rich. Her father, Kaoru, is a one-time famous author of young girls’ novels. One of his greatest fans was Natsue, a wealthy woman who liked Kaoru so much that she snatched him up from their rundown apartment and married him. But Himeno’s life is far from rosy. Her dad tends to take the side of Natsue rather than her, and Natsue’s two daughters from a previous marriage aren’t very fond of their new stepsister. One day, Himeno takes a shortcut to school and meets a young boy. When she takes the boy’s hand, she’s transported to a fantasy world that lies on the brink of extinction. And the one person that can stop it is the girl called “Pretear.”

-Summary from GoodReads.com

Review of The White Rose (The Lone City #2) by Amy Ewing

The White Rose (The Lone City #2)  by Amy Ewing

Review: I have to start off by saying how much I love this cover! There is so much detail that you don’t even see at first and have to keep looking at it to see the rest.

Ok, now that is out of the way….

I really liked how the romance was not the main point of this book, I know it wasn’t in the first one… But it did kind of come out of nowhere. But the author did a great job having it in the background, while focusing the main story plot on more important things. Things like rebelling back.

Even though this book didn’t have a lot to it, meaning it really felt like a filler ( or set up for the next book). So it was still a good read even though it was just laying out the plan for the next in the series.

4 out of 5 stars.

308 pages. Hardback.

Young Adult. Romance. Fantasy. Science Fiction. Dystopia.

Published by HarperTeen.

Summary: Violet is on the run. After the Duchess of the Lake catches Violet with Ash, the hired companion at the Palace of the Lake, Violet has no choice but to escape the Jewel or face certain death. So along with Ash and her best friend, Raven, Violet runs away from her unbearable life of servitude.

But no one said leaving the Jewel would be easy. As they make their way through the circles of the Lone City, Regimentals track their every move, and the trio barely manages to make it out unscathed and into the safe haven they were promised—a mysterious house in the Farm.

But there’s a rebellion brewing, and Violet has found herself in the middle of it. Alongside a new ally, Violet discovers her Auguries are much more powerful than she ever imagined. But is she strong enough to rise up against the Jewel and everything she has ever known?

The White Rose is a raw, captivating sequel to The Jewel that fans won’t be able to put down until the final shocking moments.

-Summary from GoodReads.com

Review of The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Review: It seems that Patrick Ness knows what its like inside of a teens mind. While reading this book I felt as if Ness  broke into my mind and wrote one of the best books that teens have ever wanted.

Each character and storyline, will drive you nuts with the humor behind them and the thoughtfulness.

I’m still having a hard time  describing this book and all that has come with it.

Just the different problems that the characters faced together and on their own really leave something with you. It also helps in connecting with the plot as a whole and caring for the characters themselves.

4 out of 5 stars.

336 pages. Hardback.

Young Adult. Paranormal. Fantasy. Contemporary. GLBT. Romance. Fiction.

Published by HarperTeen.

Summary: What if you aren’t the Chosen One? The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?

What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.

Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.

Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions.

Award-winning writer Patrick Ness’s bold and irreverent novel powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.

-Summary from GoodReads.com

Review of Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Review: I was very excited to finally have my hands on this book, mostly because I love anything that has to do with the LUX series.

It was a little hard to remember where this book was taking place in the Lux time line and who all the side characters were again since it has been a few years.

But overall the story was okay and enjoyable.

I couldn’t really connect with the plot or characters that this novel surrounded, just because they didn’t have much to them and the story was fast and a bit rushed.  Hunter seemed t like the other  male characters Armentrout has written about many times before. So most of the time I was like ” Oh that’s just like, or that’s what he would have said too”….

The book was nice to read though, just to get back in that world after while of missing it.

3 out of 5 stars.

326 pages. Paperback.

New Adult. Romance. Paranormal. Fantasy. Science Fiction. Mature Themes. Mature Content.

Published by Entangled Embrace.

Summary: He’s to die for…

Hunter is a ruthless killer. And the Department of Defense has him firmly in their grasp, which usually doesn’t chafe too badly because he gets to kill bad guys. Most of the time he enjoys his job. That is, until he’s saddled with something he’s never had to do before: protect a human from his mortal enemy.

Serena Cross didn’t believe her best friend when she claimed to have seen the son of a powerful senator turn into something…unnatural. Who would? But then she witnesses her friend’s murder at the hands of what can only be an alien, thrusting her into a world that will kill to protect their secret.

Hunter stirs Serena’s temper and her lust despite their differences. Soon he’s doing the unthinkable breaking the rules he’s lived by, going against the government to keep Serena safe. But are the aliens and the government the biggest threats to Serena’s life…or is it Hunter?

-Summary from GoodReads.com

 

 

Review of Up in Flames (Rosemary Beach #13) by Abbi Glines

Up in Flames (Rosemary Beach #13)  by Abbi Glines

Review: We all knew this day was coming, Glines told us herself years before this book came out. That if she ever finished the Rosemary Beach series that Nan would be the last story she told.

From book one I have been a Nan hater, and I had no idea if that would change once I read her book. But after reading page one, it finally clicked. Nan might have been the villain in the past but she was trying to change.

After reading from her point of view for just a couple of pages I finally had the understanding of why Nan was the way she was.

One of the best quotes in this book ” I wanted to be someone’s Harlow. Or Blaire. But I’d always just be Nan. And Nan wasn’t enough. I never had been, and I was done trying to be.”

This showed how much Nan had felt and much depth her character really had. This was that moment that you wanted to punch anyone for hurting her and wanted to stand by her side.

I don’t think anyone could had been enough to be Nan’s equal but Gannon/ Cope, was it since the moment she laid her eyes on him. Major was a child compared to him.

I could keep ranting about how Nan was a boss and how much I love her now. Or about how she is now my favorite book and character of the series. But I won’t, I will talk about how Glines did a great job with the last book of her series, which was starting to lag a bit now.

To me the only not so great part of this book was Major’s part. The entire time he was annoying and stupid and an ass. Even at the end he did not learn one thing from the mistakes he had made and just kept going on as he was. Yes he felt sorry but was he going to change, no. No he was not.

Oh! Before I forget, Cope!!!! OMG!!! I loved him and thought he would be perfect for Nan. Because Nan needed a man and not some annoying boy. And man was Cope a Man. I about died when Nan was describing him. Even now thinking about him and those hot moments with Nan has me fanning myself and blushing.

Even if you don’t like Nan you should still really read the book for Cope! Because WOW!!!

 

256 pages. Paperback.

5 out of 5 stars.

New Adult. Romance. Mature Themes. Mature Content. Contemporary. Fiction.

Published by Atria Books.

Summary:The villain of Rosemary Beach finally gets her own happy ending in the long-awaited final novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling new adult romance series by Abbi Glines.

The blockbuster #1 New York Times bestselling Rosemary Beach series ends with a bang when the troubled character readers love to hate gets her very own happily ever after in this eagerly anticipated and overwhelmingly requested story. Known for causing problems for everyone in Rosemary Beach, Nan has been growing up lately, and she’s finally taking center stage—and finding love with the man she least expected.

-Summary from GoodReads.com