Thursday, November 28, 2013

Book Blitz+GIveaway: Daughter of Isis by Kelsey Ketch


Daughter of Isis (Descendants of Isis, #1)
Release Date: 10/26/13
Cover Designed by: Steven Novak

Summary from Goodreads:
“Her mouth parted slightly, waiting for Seth to breathe life into her own body, just like in the story. She wanted him to awaken her senses.”

Their worlds collide in California’s high desert.

The last thing Natara “Natti” Stone wants to do is to start anew at Setemple High School. She wished she had never left London. Yet the brutal murder of her maternal grandmother has made her life very complicated. The only clue related to her murder is an ancient, encrypted necklace Natti discovered after her grandmother’s death. And if trying to adjust to American life is not enough, Natti is being stalked by a mysterious, charming high school senior, Seth O’Keefe, who is annoyingly persistent in his attempts at seduction.

Seth O’Keefe is secretly a member of the Sons of Set, an order that worships the Egyptian god of chaos. Seth’s blessing from Set, his “charm,” never failed, except with one person: Natti Stone. Her ability to elude him infatuates and infuriates him, and he becomes obsessed with the chase. But the closer he gets to her, the more his emotions take a dangerous turn, and he risks breaking one of the most valued covenants of his order. The punishment for which is a fate worse than death.

The adventure this unlikely couple becomes engulfed in could cost them their lives and their souls.

*Note: Content for Upper YA*

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Waiting on Wednesday (62)



Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine where that spotlights the upcoming books I am currently anticipating.

~Currently Waiting On~

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Bonus Scene+Giveaway: Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott

 I am so excited to share the exclusive bonus scene for Victoria Scott's upcoming
release, FIRE AND FLOOD! Plus be sure to enter the giveaway to win a 
SIGNED ARC of the book!!!

Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood, #1)Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott
Release Date: February 25th, 2014
Publisher: Scholastic

Goodreads Summary:
A modern day thrill ride, where a teen girl and her animal companion must participate in a breathtaking race to save her brother's life—and her own. 

Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to Montana for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents are driving her crazy, her brother is dying—and she's helpless to change anything.

Until she receives mysterious instructions on how to become a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed. It's an epic race across jungle, desert, ocean, and mountain that could win her the prize she desperately desires: the Cure for her brother's illness. But all the Contenders are after the Cure for people they love, and there's no guarantee that Tella (or any of them) will survive the race.

The jungle is terrifying, the clock is ticking, and Tella knows she can't trust the allies she makes. And one big question emerges: Why have so many fallen sick in the first place?

FIRE & FLOOD Bonus Scene
Harper Shaw, Minor Character

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Friday, November 22, 2013

The Thing About Books: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

The post where we unleash out feels...
Hey guys! This week we decided to fangirl over Sarah J. Maas' CROWN OF MIDNIGHT,
sequel to THRONE OF GLASS. So if you haven't read the first book GO READ IT THEN COME BACK ONCE YOU'VE READ BOOK 2!!
This post does contain spoilers!! But if you have read it and want to join us bathe in feels,
feel free!
~Crown of Midnight~

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Review: Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd

Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman's Daughter, #2)
Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman's Daughter #2) by Megan Shepherd
368 Pages
Release Date: January 28th, 2014
Publisher: Balzer+Bray
Genre: Historical Fiction/Retelling/Horror
Level: YA
Source: Publisher via Edelweiss
Rating: 4 STARS

Goodreads Summary:
To defeat the darkness, she must first embrace it.

Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father's island—and the secrets she left behind. Now, back in London once more, she is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying to forget Dr. Moreau’s horrific legacy—though someone, or something, hasn’t forgotten her.

As people close to Juliet fall victim one by one to a murderer who leaves a macabre calling card of three clawlike slashes, Juliet fears one of her father’s creations may have also escaped the island. She is determined to find the killer before Scotland Yard does, though it means awakening sides of herself she had thought long banished, and facing loves from her past she never expected to see again.

As Juliet strives to stop a killer while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness, she finds herself once more in the midst of a world of scandal and danger. Her heart torn in two, past bubbling to the surface, life threatened by an obsessive killer—Juliet will be lucky to escape alive.

With inspiration from Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this is a tantalizing mystery about the hidden natures of those we love and how far we’ll go to save them from themselves.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Waiting on Wednesday (61)


Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine where that spotlights the upcoming books I am currently anticipating.

~Currently Anticipating~

Monday, November 18, 2013

Review: No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale

No One Else Can Have YouNo One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale
384 PAGES
Release Date: Jan. 7th, 2014
Publisher: HarperTeen
Genre: Mystery
Source: Publisher via Edelweiss
Rating: 2 STARS

Goodreads Summary:
Small towns are nothing if not friendly. Friendship, Wisconsin (population: 688) is no different. Around here, everyone wears a smile. And no one ever locks their doors. Until, that is, high school sweetheart Ruth Fried is found murdered. Strung up like a scarecrow in the middle of a cornfield.

Unfortunately, Friendship’s police are more adept at looking for lost pets than catching killers. So Ruth’s best friend, Kippy Bushman, armed with only her tenacious Midwestern spirit and Ruth’s secret diary (which Ruth’s mother had asked her to read in order to redact any, you know, sex parts), sets out to find the murderer. But in a quiet town like Friendship—where no one is a suspect—anyone could be the killer.

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Cover Reveals: The Body in the Woods, She is Not Invisible, Just Like the Movies, and MORE

The Body in the Woods by April Henry
The Body in the Woods (Point Last Seen, #1)

Creepy title. Intriguing cover. Love the use of green eyeshadow and the mysteriousness of it all!! 

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Review: How To Love by Katie Cotugno

How to LoveHow to Love by Katie Cotugno
389 PAGES
Release Date: October 1st, 2013
Publisher: Balzer and Bray
Genre: Contemporary
Level: YA/NA
Rating: 2 STARS

Goodreads Summary:
Before: Reena Montero has loved Sawyer LeGrande for as long as she can remember: as natural as breathing, as endless as time. But he’s never seemed to notice that Reena even exists…until one day, impossibly, he does. Reena and Sawyer fall in messy, complicated love. But then Sawyer disappears from their humid Florida town without a word, leaving a devastated—and pregnant—Reena behind.

After: Almost three years have passed, and there’s a new love in Reena’s life: her daughter, Hannah. Reena’s gotten used to being without Sawyer, and she’s finally getting the hang of this strange, unexpected life. But just as swiftly and suddenly as he disappeared, Sawyer turns up again. Reena doesn’t want anything to do with him, though she’d be lying if she said Sawyer’s being back wasn’t stirring something in her. After everything that’s happened, can Reena really let herself love Sawyer LeGrande again?

In this breathtaking debut, Katie Cotugno weaves together the story of one couple falling in love—twice.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Truth About Books: Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Hey guys! This weeks review is SENTINEL by JLA! 
Its really good but is also the last book of the series so if you haven't read the first ones and you
don't wanna be spoiled go look up Half-Blood and read it! And then come back!
So without further ado:

~Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout~

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Waiting on Wednesday (60)


Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine where that spotlights the upcoming books I am currently anticipating.

~Currently Waiting On~

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Cover Reveal: Camp Christmas by J.K Rock

Title: Camp Christmas (Camp Boyfriend 1.5)
Author(s): J.K. Rock
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Publisher: Spencer Hill Contemporary

Goodreads Summary:
Hannah never meant to be a mean girl – at Camp Juniper Point or at her high school. It just sort of happened during one painful year when her parents split and her life fell apart. Who knew being mad at the world would catapult her to popularity? But since changing the status quo would make her some serious enemies, she’s prepared to ride out her time until graduation. That is, until a camp friend calls her on the act during their school ski trip. Will Julian out her to her friends? Or will the guy she once accused of being King of the Nerds make her wish she was a whole lot more like him?


Books in the series
Camp Kiss (Camp Boyfriend #0.5)
Camp Boyfriend (Camp Boyfriend #1)
Camp Christmas (Camp Boyfriend #1.5)
Camp Payback (Camp Boyfriend #2) April 2014
Camp Crush (Camp Boyfriend #2.5) Summer 2014
Camp Forget-Me-Not (Camp Boyfriend #3) August 2014

About the Authors 
J.K. Rock:
Writing partners Joanne and Karen Rock pen Young Adult books as a team in addition to solo careers as adult romance writers (learn more below). Married into the same big, boisterous clan, Joanne and Karen quickly bonded over a shared love of books. After a decade of re-plotting their favorite films during family parties, they decided to write a book of their own. They sold their first attempt to the Spencer Hill Contemporary imprint for Spencer Hill Press as the launch title. Joanne and Karen are busy plotting new camp stories and look forward to meeting readers next summer when they're not doing interviews online or blogging on the Scene 13 blog on the 29th of each month. Check out Karen's recent appearance on the USA Today blog, Happy Ever After! They love to hear from readers, so please contact them with questions or comments about their work.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Book Blitz: Damselfly by Jennie Bates Bozic {Excerpt+Giveaway}


Damselfly (Damselfly #1)
Release Date: 11/11/13

Summary from Goodreads:
In 2065, the Lilliput Project created Lina - the first six-inch-tall winged girl - as the solution to a worldwide energy and food crisis. Isolated in a compound amidst the forests of Denmark, Lina has grown up aware of only one purpose: learn how to survive in a world filled with hawks, bumblebees, and loneliness. However, on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, she discovers that she’s not the only teenager her size. Six 'Toms' were created shortly after Lina, and now her creators need to prove to the world that tiny people are the next logical step in human evolution. In other words, they need to prove that reproduction is possible.

Um. No thanks. Lina's already fallen in love with a boy she met online named Jack. Only he has no idea that thumbelina1847 could literally fit inside his heart.

When her creators threaten to hurt Jack unless she chooses a husband from among the ‘Toms’, Lina agrees to star in a reality TV series. Once the episodes begin to air, the secret of her size is out. Cut off from any contact with the outside world, Lina assumes Jack is no longer interested. After all, what guy would want to date a girl he can’t even kiss?

Slowly, very slowly, she befriends the six young men who see her as their only ticket to happiness. Perhaps she can make just one guy’s dream of love and companionship come true. But her creators have a few more twists in store for her that she never thought possible.

She’s not the only one playing to the cameras.


Sunday, November 10, 2013

Cover Reveals: Earthbound, Earthquake, The Murder Complex, The Rules for Breaking, and Fracture Me

Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike (New Cover) 
Format: Paperback
Release Date: June 17th, 2014
Publisher: Razorbill 
Earthbound

Oh. My. God. PRETTINESS. I LOVELOVELOVE this cover so much!
The blue color used is beautiful and works SO well with the clouds and the triangles and the way it connects to the book and the trees/branches and how they contrast is just GORGEOUS!!

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Blog Tour: Breakable by Aimee Salter {Promo}

BREAKABLE by Aimee L. Salter

Released Monday, November 4th! Breakable, by Aimee L. Salter, is the unique and compelling story of a young woman learning to value herself when no one else does. Oh, and she can talk to her future self…

Goodreads Summary:
BreakableIf you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust?
When seventeen-year-old Stacy looks in the mirror she can see and talk to her future self. “Older Me” has been Stacy's secret support through the ongoing battle with their neurotic mother, relentless bullying at school, and dealing with her hopeless love for her best friend, Mark. 

Then Stacy discovers Older Me is a liar. 

Still reeling from that betrayal, Stacy is targeted again by her most persistent tormentor. Only this time, he's used her own artwork to humiliate her - and threaten her last chance with Mark. 

She’s reached breaking point.

Literally.

"Original. Authentic. Heart-breaking. BREAKABLE has officially become one of my favorites!" -New York Times Bestselling Author, Cora Carmack

Friday, November 8, 2013

The Thing About Books: Sweet Evil and Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins

Wow it's been a while since we've done this! So sorry for out absence, we've been very busy with school and tests that we didn't get any time to do this over the past two weeks.
However today we decided to talk about SWEET EVIL and SWEET PERIL. So there WILL be spoilers from BOTH books! Come and read our gushy thoughts if you've already read the book :) 

~Sweet Evil and Sweet Peril~

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Waiting on Wednesday (59)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine where that spotlights the upcoming books I am currently anticipating.

~Currently Anticipating~

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Monthly Releases: November

Nov. 5th:
Champion (Legend, #3)Daylighters (The Morganville Vampires, #15)Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2)Cold Spell (Fairytale Retellings, #4)The NaturalsTwinmakerThe In-BetweenRevelations (The Elysium Chronicles, #2)A Desire So Deadly (A Need So Beautiful, #2.5)Olivia TwistedPalace of SpiesBroken

Champion by Marie Lu
Daylighters by Rachel Caine
Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Twinmaker by Sean Williams
The In-Between by Barbara Stewart
Revelations by J.A Souders
A Desire So Deadly by Suzanne Young
Olivia Twisted by Vivi Barnes
Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel 
Broken by C.J Lyons

Nov. 11th-17th:
Damselfly

Nov. 11th:
Damselfly by Jennie Bates Bozic

Empower (The Violet Eden Chapters, #5)Afterglow (Wildefire, #3)The F- It ListSave the EnemySplendor (Sacred, #2)

Nov. 12th:
Empower by Jessica Shervington
Afterglow by Karsten Knight
The F-It List by Julie Halpern
Save the Enemy by Arin Greenwood
Splendor by Elana K. Arnold


This Wicked GameFirebrand (Elemental, #2)

Nov. 14th:
The Wicked Game by Michelle Zink
Firebrand by Antony John

Nov. 19th:
The Fiery Heart (Bloodlines, #4)Horizon (Soul Seekers, #4)

The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead
Horizon by Alyson Noel

Nov. 26th:
Crash into You (Pushing the Limits, #3)Angel Fever (Angel, #3)Pawn (The Blackcoat Rebellion, #1)Fireblood

Crash Into You by Katie McGarry
Angel Fever by L.A Weatherly
Pawn by Aimee Carter
Fireblood by Trisha Wolfe

Not as much as releases I thought there would be...
But hey THE FIERY HEART, CHAMPION, THE NATURALS, and CRASH INTO YOU are being released! So book shimmy for that!

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