tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38882063169563902002024-03-14T01:04:20.491+11:00Fangirling missesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-57959969646306305082015-04-09T02:00:00.000+10:002015-04-29T21:50:19.318+10:00COVER REVEAL: Every Last Breath by Jennifer L. Armentrout<h3 style="text-align: center;">
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We are so excited to bring you the Cover Reveal for EVERY LAST BREATH, the hotly anticipated conclusion to the Dark Elements trilogy from #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout!!</span></h3>
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EVERY LAST BREATH is a Young Adult Paranormal being <a href="http://www.harlequin.com/author.html;jsessionid=764E4A90D8EF202BA1CE7A062ABDAA28?authorid=2874" target="_blank">published by Harlequin Teen</a> and is a part of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s The Dark Elements Series. It is being released on July 28<sup>th</sup>, 2015. Pre-order EVERY LAST BREATH and then be sure to read the first books in this amazing series before its release!</span></h3>
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Every choice has consequences—but seventeen-year-old Layla faces tougher choices than most. Light or darkness. Wickedly sexy demon prince Roth, or Zayne, the gorgeous, protective Warden she never thought could be hers. Hardest of all, Layla has to decide which side of herself to trust.<br />
Layla has a new problem, too. A Lilin—the deadliest of demons—has been unleashed, wreaking havoc on those around her…including her best friend. To keep Sam from a fate much, much worse than death, Layla must strike a deal with the enemy while saving her city—and her race—from destruction. Torn between two worlds and two different boys, Layla has no certainties, least of all survival, especially when an old bargain comes back to haunt them all. But sometimes, when secrets are everywhere and the truth seems unknowable, you have to listen to your heart, pick a side—and then fight like hell…<br />
<strong>“Armentrout is a major talent…I just can’t stop reading!”</strong>
<strong>--<em>New York Times </em>bestselling author Gena Showalter</strong><strong>“Armentrout works her magic with swoon-worthy guys and a twist you never see coming.”</strong>
<strong>--#1 <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author Abbi Glines on <em>White Hot Kiss</em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>The first books in the series have been given a new look too!!</b></span><br />
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Don't miss the previous titles in <em>The Dark Elements Series</em>-now with new covers! Readers interested in downloading the new cover jackets for their previously purchased Dark Elements Series titles, can download them <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47813633/Armentrout_redesign%20printable%20files.zip" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</div>
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Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses.</div>
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Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever.</div>
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Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considering Roth has no soul.
But when Layla discovers she's the reason for the violent demon uprising, trusting Roth could not only ruin her chances with Zayne…it could brand her a traitor to her family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way ticket to the end of the world.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Every touch has its price</span></strong></h2>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who’s pretty sure things can’t get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss. The Warden clan that has always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets. And she can barely think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no one else could.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">But sometimes rock bottom is only the beginning. Because suddenly Layla’s powers begin to evolve, and she’s offered a tantalizing taste of what has always been forbidden. Then, when she least expects it, Roth returns, bringing news that could change her world forever. She’s finally getting what she always wanted, but with hell literally breaking loose and the body count adding up, the price may be higher than Layla is willing to pay…</span><br />
<b>"Constantly entertaining...the narrative sizzles with as much tension as romance."
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And the Prequel Novella, BITTER SWEET LOVE...</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><strong><em>In a sizzling prequel novella to her new series</em></strong><strong> The Dark Elements, <em>#1</em> New York Times <em>bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout draws readers into the extraordinary, irresistible world of Wardens and demons.</em></strong></span></h2>
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Dez wasn't just Jasmine's crush. A gargoyle Warden like Jas, he helped her come to terms with her destiny—fending off demons and maintaining the balance between good and evil. He was her everything…right until the moment he disappeared without a trace.</div>
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It didn't help that Jas's father had just announced that she and Dez would one day be mated. Hard not to take that personally.
And now he's back, three years older, ten times hotter, ready to pick up exactly where they left off. But Jas isn't taking that risk again. Dez has seven days to meet all her conditions and earn back her trust. Seven days filled with terrifying danger and sweet temptation. Seven days to win her heart—or shatter it all over again…</div>
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<strong>"</strong><strong>With her signature flare for combining humor, romance and action, Armentrout weaves a fast-paced read that will have readers' hearts racing in more ways than one. Like Armentrout's previous heroines, Jasmine is fun and full of attitude, while Dez is as snarky as he is sexy. This is a must read for new and old fans alike!"</strong></div>
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY 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, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.<br />
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.<br />
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.<br />
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/jlarmentrout" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JenniferLArmentrout" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4476934.Jennifer_L_Armentrout" target="_blank">Jennifer L. Armentrout Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455817-every-last-breath?ac=1" target="_blank">EVERY LAST BREATH Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455815-stone-cold-touch?ac=1" target="_blank">STONE COLD TOUCH Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455585-white-hot-kiss?bf=500&from_search=true" target="_blank">WHITE HOT KISS Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455811-bitter-sweet-love?ac=1" target="_blank">BITTER SWEET LOVE Goodreads</a></h3>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-35013240482417324422015-04-01T23:16:00.000+11:002015-04-01T23:16:32.233+11:00Aristotle and Dane Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1134667737">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Very different in personality, with the exception that they are both loners. <br />
Of course, they become best friends. <br />
We follow both these boys in becoming men in this spectacular coming of age novel. <br />
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When I said beautiful, I was so not kidding! The author's writing style was reaaally nice. It wasn't really 'poetic', in a Markus Zusak sort of way, but it held this very weird sadness throughout the book that set the mood pretty well. You should see my quote book I probably used eight pages for this book hehe. Cassie's Book of Deepness. (Yes that's my actual title *flicks hair*)<br />
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<em>I renamed myself Ari. If I switched the letter, my name was Air. I thought it might be a great thing to be the air. I could be something and nothing at the same time. I could be necessary and also invisible. </em><br />
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That about sums his character up. Wants to be necessary, but also invisible. Since he's our narrator, it's only so that we know more about him than Dante. Ari was a sad character, to be honest.. He can't help it, but he's a sad person! Always more of a 'half empty' sort of guy. But you could relate to him really well because his emotions were raaaww. I loved seeing his development as a person throughout the book :D <br />
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<em>'He needs a friend. Everybody needs a friend.'</em><br />
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So, the secrets of the universe. Everyone wants to know the secrets of the universe, right? Why are we here, why do we exist. Every teen (and adult) goes through that phase of pondering. In this book, it’s just yet another ordinary teen going through <em>his</em> own phase in life. By the end of the book? he’s figured out more than most people do during their own phase, and that’s something I respect. The message was told across quite strongly as well, instead of lightly insinuating like a lot of books. Fitting but maybe a teeeny bit overdone? <br />
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Overall though, it was a sweet, consistent, heartbreaking/warming book about growing up and making your own desicions in life. Perfect if you like really deep and mysterious books with a eery (I don’t know why but it felt like that to me) tone. Recommended!<br />
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<em>'I mean, when do we start feeling like the world belongs to us?' <br />I wanted to tell him that the world would never belong to us. <br />'I don't know,' I said. 'Tomorrow.'</em><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-15864471673269465692015-03-17T01:19:00.000+11:002015-03-17T01:21:26.297+11:00Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22895264-wicked" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Wicked (A Wicked Saga, #1)" border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1410783827l/22895264.jpg" height="320" width="212" /></a>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22895264-wicked">Wicked</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4476934.Jennifer_L_Armentrout">Jennifer L. Armentrout</a><br />
Published on 8th December 2014<br />
300 pages<br />
Genres: new adult, romance, fantasy, paranormal<br />
Source: iBooks<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost </span><em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">everything</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny. Deep down, she wants… she needs more than what her duty demands of her, what her past has shaped for her.</span><br />
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No. NO. NOOO!!!!!!! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!!!!! YOU CAN'T JUST STOP THERE!!!! *SLAMS FISTS AGAINST DOOR* SO UNFAIRRR. I CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR FOR A SEQUEL *SLIDES DOWN DOOR*.....THIS IS TORTUREEEEEE.<br />
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Ivy was amazing, as expected. And I will forever think of her was a life-sized Merida (thank you Ren). She's kickass, totally reckless, and understandably closed off (although Ren knocks her walls down with a pickaxe....figuratively speaking, of course).<br />
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Ren. Oh <em>Renald</em>. *wink* He was gorgous. And hot. And sweet. And protective. And swoonworthy. And just downright <em>wicked</em>. I loved everything about him, and even though his attraction to Ivy seemed a bit insta-something, I couldn't care less because he's just perfect.<br />
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Tink.....*giggles* He's adorable.....in a creepy, totally weird way. And then he has a dirty mind, which completely throws you off the adorable factor. Yeah, he's creepy. But <em>reaallyy</em> entertaining. This (points down) is like, practically my favourite part of the book.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">"Well, at least it's not like you have a pet snake, because that shit would be weird. And I guess there are people who have more annoying roommates. I'll be honest, though. I don't trust the little shit, but I respect your decision."<br />"Well, I don't trust you either, so what-the-fuck-ever," Tink replied with a saucy grin as he stepped out from behind my leg.<br />Grabbing a scarf off the chair, I threw it at him.<br />He caught it, clutching it to his chest as he flew into the air. "You gave Tink a scarf. Tink is free!" He flew out into the hallway like a little cracked-out fairy, screeching, "Tink is freeeeee!"<br />Ren looked at me. "What in the actual fuck?"<br />I sighed. "He's obsessed with Harry Potter. I'm sorry."<br />Tink darted back into the room, holding the scarf to his bare chest. "There is no reason to apologize when it comes to Harry Potter."<br />"You do remember what happened to Dobby, right?" I said.<br />"Shit." Tink's eyes widened and then he dropped the scarf. "Fuck that shit. I'm hungry. Someone—no name mentioned—ruined my breakfast. So I'll be in the kitchen." He stopped and looked pointedly at Ren. "I got my eyes on you, buddy."<br />Ren lifted a brow.</span></blockquote>
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The book felt a bit short. But that might (definitely) have to do with the, idk, 8 whole chapters I read on Wattpad before the release. So that's my own fault, really. And besides, I was able to bum-rush through all the remaining chapters, finish the book at 3am, and promptly conk out. So I'm actually pretty proud of myself, since it usually takes at least 2 days to finish a book. I know, I usually suck at readathons because of my turtoise pace.<br />
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Now, focusing on the two major plot 'shocks', I have to say they weren't very hard to predict. For me, at least. But then again, I'm pretty good at predicting plot twists, so perhaps the plot twists will be a huuge shock to everyone and I'll be sitting over here shaking my head and sighing sadly. Yup, I'm a lonely soul.<br />
<a class="jsShowSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1024866592">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[I guessed that Ivy could be the Halfling from the moment Ren mentioned that she had been adopted. And yeah, I know that it was unlikely, but I still think it was sorta foolish for Ren to disregard the possibility. He could've taken his stake and checked just to be sure, but perhaps he was too scared to. Perhaps he was already too attached to Ivy and deep down he refused to entertain the idea because he wouldn't go through the same thing with her as he did with his best friend.<br />And now I'll just sit here and cry my eyes out because Ren is supposed to <em>KILL</em> the Halfling, aka Ivy, and that totally puts a damper on Ivy+Ren=4ever *sniffles into hanky*<br />I also suspected Val from the moment Ivy told her about Ren. She seemed.....idk, too calm about everything. And then she'd sometimes run off suddenly. Plus that hot date she kept going on about....I felt like that might've been a cover to go meet with the Fae. I didn't want to suspect her, believe me, but out of everyone, she was most obvious traitor. What I wonder about though, is <em>why</em>. Why did she betray them? <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3888206316956390200">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span><br />
And what is the significance of this healing crystal? Because I'm very certain we'll hear more of it in the future.<br />
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All in all, <em>Wicked</em> was a swoony, heartfelt, perhaps a bit light, story of a two young adults (in the very early 20s, not YA young adults) with tortured pasts who find each other amid a creeptastic fantasy New Orleans where Fae prowl the streets and come with evil plots to unleash the mighty Otherworld down upon us humans, and a special Order of humans who fight to stop them. (Oh wow, special Order......sounds very Law and Order-ish. You know, the TV show. With the signature music and constant mention the the 'criminal justice system'? Yeaah, that one.)<br />
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Anyway, it's catch-up time with my beloved bloggies and bookworms. I know I've been absent on and off for a while now, and I feel extra bad about it. Especially because Fangirling Misses 1st year Blogoversary just passed on the 4th of March. I KNOW. I'm the worst head blogger ever. Excuse me while I go cry in a dusty corner.</div>
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However, I'm back! I've been slowly getting back into the bookish scene, reading a book here and there, writing down some musings here or there.....and I think I'm finally ready to start posting again.</div>
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It's been a tremendous change for me to start school at an actual physical institute with lots of peers and distractions again, and I'm only just starting to get used to it. It can be hard, because you think you've got it all under control and then you get another set of assignments and it starts all over again. The trick is time management, which is a skill I've spent the last month chasing around like a mad woman. But no matter how hard it gets, it will get better. Eventually.</div>
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I ask for you all to bear with me. There will be times that I don't post for a week or two, and now you know why. Currently, I am very behind in many aspects of my blogging 'career'. I have more than a handful ebooks I am overdue to review on Netgalley, as well as a few physical review copies that I was sent by Bloomsbury and a some others. (Special lovee to Bloomsbury for being my hero and sending me A Court of Thorns and Roses. I ADORE YOU BLOOMSBURY. And I will pick ACoTaR back up asap. I feel really bad for not finishing it yet. Sob. It's an amazing book. Sob.)</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">After her father’s untimely demise in a mining accident and her mother’s abandonment, Lauren Lindsay is no stranger to loss. She’s used to living life for one person: herself.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">That is, until another family tragedy thrusts three children into her care and uproots her life in ways she could never imagine. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Lauren's first instinct is to run, until she meets their striking, mysterious neighbor Dean Powell. Their immediate chemistry and his connection with her late father just might be enough to keep her in town long enough to uncover pieces of her past that she never had answers to. Dean’s shady past and her reluctance to trust him could cost her the life she's always been searching for, but will she run back to her old life? </span><br />
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I wanted to like this book, but....I couldn't. I just couldn't.<br />
This whole story was so unrealistic, I couldn't believe a single thing that happened. Not to mention that the drama rivalled a YA Wattpad story. And hey, I'm not saying I don't like Wattpad stories, I do (well, depends on the story), but Watty stories usually need a lot of work. They might have potential, but they're generally extremely <em>raw</em>.<br />
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I had so many problems with Ignite. For instance, why were the three little step-siblings dumped on Lauren in the first place? Firstly, she's not <a class="jsShowSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1062260805?book_show_action=false">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[for the most part <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3888206316956390200">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span> blood related. Didn't Linda (the stepmum) have any family? Secondly, just because her Uncle's wife has 'flare ups' – whatever <em>that</em> means, doesn't mean they <em>can't</em> take the kids. It may have been a bit hard, but if push came to shove, they could've taken them. Thirdly, don't they have any Godparents or close family friends? Fourthly, Lauren has a twin brother, who had just as much legal connection to the kids as she does.<br />
So what then, she has to give up her youth to look after three kids who she'd never even properly met just because she's the only apparent female who isn't prone to 'flare ups'? What about the fact that she's 21? What about the fact that she's virtually a stranger? What about the fact that she's halfway through college?<br />
<a class="jsShowSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1062260805?book_show_action=false">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[And let's face it, if Lauren's dad didn't have this surprise magical money stash that he passed onto her and her twin (wow.....convenient much?), there's no way she could've single-handedly paid for her college fees at the more expensive sister campus (colour me surprised! *note the sarcasm*) that she'd need to attend to look after the kids. And if she couldn't pay for her college fees, she would've had to drop out of college, and then how would she be able to support herself and 3 kids? But of course she was saved by her huge inheritance. An inheritence she didn't even know about. That she finally receives 9 years after her dad actually died. It's completely ludicrous. <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3888206316956390200">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span><br />
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Another problem was how much of a weak, dramatic pushover Lauren was.<br />
Her Uncle and his wife literally ordered her to look after the three kids, and she just......let them. Forgetting the 'flare ups' joke, it seemed to me that they just didn't want the responsibility of taking care of the kids even though (1 they're older and Lauren's uncle is a lawyer so they'd have a steady income (2 there's two of them whereas Lauren would have to act like a single mum, and (3 they're much more familiar with the kids while Lauren has never even really met them (I can't help pointing out that it seems that Lauren was estranged from her dad....another reason why it's unlikely she'd be given the kids).<br />
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Then you have the love interest. Oh my. It just gets worse and worse. Dean's character fell flat from the get go. He was a total jackass at first (and I don't mean in Daemon's swoony style), and somehow Lauren was attracted to him? There was way too much insta-attraction and insta-jealousy, and Dean and Lauren's connection didn't feel one bit sincere.<br />
Oh, and then there's the matter of his past. What. A. Laugh. <a class="jsShowSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1062260805?book_show_action=false">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[Son of a drug lord?? Seriously?? <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3888206316956390200">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span><br />
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Lauren mentions how Dean 'somehow got through her walls', and that she's some kind of ice queen *snorts*, but tbh I don't think she had any to begin with. She's very.....*cough* emotional. Hell, she started crying because of clam chowder and food poisoning! Yeah, I get it, food poisoning has to suck, but she's 21 and she cries over practically everything. She should start carrying a tissue box.<br />
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The only aspect I liked about the story was how the six of them, Lauren, Dean, Callie (the oldest kid), Jenny (Dean's little sister and Callie's best friend), Chase (the middle kid), and of course little Emma (the baby of the three kids), were like one big motley family where Lauren and Dean were halfway between parents and older siblings to the kids/teens. It was cute, I admit.<br />
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So yeah, I couldn't get through Ignite, and ended up DNFing it, but quite a few of my blogger friends liked it enough, so I guess it's just me really. I'm glad other's enjoyed it tho :)<br />
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Hello my lovelies! I'm sorry for the huge lack of posts. I've just been so busy with all the blog changes and preparing for school *squee*. I've been editing all the blog pages and I'll also have to edit the blog posts to suit the new design. Yes that's right. Every. Single. Post.<br />
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It's exhausting and takes agesss, but so worth it. Although I've managed to make my mum a little mad because I spend all my time in my room typing away like a stereotypical teenage slacker. And well, Hell hath no fury like a mother. Hehe.<br />
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Now let's focus on what's changed/changing in this little corner of the bloggersphere. Here's a breakdown:<br />
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The new blog design. Well, you'd have to be blind not to notice, but still. I NEED TO FANGIRL SOME MORE!!! I liked the old look, but it was a generic Blogger template, and I really wanted something that was unique and all <i>Fangirling Misses. </i>Which brings us to this new design! Before you ask, no I didn't design it myself. I'd have to be a computer genius for that.....and well, I'm not. *sigh* However the wonderful Kelly at <a href="http://www.divabooknerd.com/">Diva Booknerd</a> <i>is</i> a genius! A very kind, amazing super genius! Thank you so much Kells for helping useless little ol' me and creating my dream blog for me. It's so gorgeous I'm in loveeee!<br />
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Our twitter acc is solely mine now and called Belle Shadowraith, but the twitter handle is still @FangirlingMisse since you can't change twitter handles. That I know of *taps chin*. You can find my twitter, as well as Cass's and Tia's, on the blog's new sparkly sidebar! *flourishes arm widely*<br />
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I'll be posting less than last year. It's a sad fact, but very true. I'm stopping homeschooling and attending grade 11 at a pre-tertiary college this year, and I need my head in the academic game. But I promise to start scheduling posts so that there's hopefully a new one twice a week. Pinkie promise! With cookies ;)<br />
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Another admission (since I'm rocking the trend here), I've hardly commented on a single blog so far this year. With school started and a slowly adjusting body clock, I've been struggling to organise myself for this new year. I feel terrible I've been neglecting my blogger buddies and their wonderful blogs! But now that the blog is (for the most part) ready to rumble again, I can't wait to get caught back up on what wonderful bookish yumminess you've all been concocting in my absence.<br />
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Lastly, you may have noticed that I'm a very social media type of person, so if you wanna chat about book and blog stuff, or hell, toffee apples (I loooveee toffee apples, just sayin'), just start tweeting or strike up a convo on Instagram or Facebook! Plus when I have something to say but it's not substantial enough to make an entire post on it, I usually post it on IG or Twitter so social media is a great way to keep up to date with all things Fangirling Misses.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-42561354529811652022015-01-13T04:15:00.000+11:002015-01-23T01:22:02.114+11:00Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20757528-whatever-life-throws-at-you" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Whatever Life Throws at You" border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1409508286l/20757528.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q-kcmrZ99gI/VMD5qeNh2FI/AAAAAAAAAp4/q-sn335ZCsk/s1600/5-2.png"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q-kcmrZ99gI/VMD5qeNh2FI/AAAAAAAAAp4/q-sn335ZCsk/s1600/5-2.png" /></a><br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20757528-whatever-life-throws-at-you">Whatever Life Throws at You</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3429117.Julie_Cross">Julie Cross</a><br />
Published on 7th Oct 2014<br />
320 pages<br />
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<em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Life loves a good curveball…</em><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas's life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she's living in Missouri </span><em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">(too cold)</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">, attending an all-girls school </span><em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">(no boys)</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">, and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own—most of which involve placing first at every track meet…and one starring the Royals' super-hot rookie pitcher.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But nineteen-year-old Jason Brody is completely, utterly, and totally off-limits. Besides, her dad would kill them both several times over. Not to mention Brody has something of a past, and his fan club is filled with C-cupped models, not smart-mouthed high school “brats” who can run the pants off every player on the team. Annie has enough on her plate without taking their friendship to the next level. The </span><em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">last</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> thing she should be doing is falling in love.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">But baseball isn't just a game. It's life. And sometimes, it can break your heart…</span></blockquote>
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Eeeeekk I loved this one so much! Definitely worth those few dollars on iBooks :D<br />
Let me just start off by fangirling over that gorgeous cover! IT'S SO CUTE I WANT TO HUG IT! *SCREAMS AND RUNS IN CIRCLES*<br />
Okay, I'm good now.<br />
No, waait, one more time. IT'S SO FRIGGING SWEET I'M MELTING!<br />
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Sorry, I had to do that. <em>Now</em> I'm good. Truly.<br />
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Whatever Life Throws at You was a cute heartfelt read that made me laugh or smile every couple of lines. In other words, it was <em>soooo</em> my kind of book.<br />
There was certainly a cliché element to it with Brody and Annie falling for each other and creating a secret/taboo relationship spin to the book. Throw in the media and you have a potential whirlwind of problems that could scream cliché.<br />
But what made the book unique was the depth of the emotional interaction of the characters. It wasn't a simple girl falls for boy and vice versa kind of story. I could feel real palpable emotion and relationships between Annie, Brody, and her dad. It wasn't solely about Annie and Brody and their romance. There was also Annie's relationship with her dad and how it was affected by her mum.<br />
The book was longer than I thought it would be, and it dragged out somewhat, but there was also a lot more depth and feeling than I expected.<br />
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I adored Annie. She wasn't anywhere close to the stereotypical YA female who gets flustered by male attention and has a severe lack of self-confidence.<br />
She had a good measure of maturity (I'd say resulting from having a mother like hers *cough* and looking after her family for so long), but she didn't develop a prissy stuck-up attitude. She wasn't afraid to be girly or flirtatious if she felt like it, and I liked that about her. Annie definitely still acted like a teenager and yes, she did have bouts of naivety, but that just made her human, and overall, she's the kind of girl I'd be content to be at 17.<br />
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I loved the interaction between Brody and Annie, and even in the beginning when they were constantly bickering they had a mutual sense of comradrie that connected them becuase of their shared interest in keeping Brody and Annie's dad securely in their respective jobs.<br />
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Brody wasn't the classic self-important bad-boy man-whore. Yes, he was sexy and witty, but he was also damaged and vulnerable with a serious lack of self-confidence. I loved how we slowly got to know who he truly was as the novel progressed. Brody was such an honest, sweet, gooey-centred romantic and he and Annie are just perfect for each other. And hot damn, do I love my hot foreign-speaking fictional boys!<br />
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I respected the sincerity of the story. I think the ending was well written, and also very realistic, for which I'm extremely grateful. If you know me, you'll know that while I can tolerate some unrealistic turn of events, too far is simply too far *cough*Ignite*cough*, and realistic and relatively happy endings are my favourite kind of endings.<br />
Speaking of which, I'm glad the animosity targeted at Brody by his teammates wasn't an issue tackled in the course of the book and was left to simmer down over time. Not all issues can be miraculously settled and sometimes you can't change something overnight.<br />
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P.s. And the FB updates are da bomb! So hilarious.<br />
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5 stars<br />
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—MissBloodsucker™ All Sucked Out!
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-58094769160383766382015-01-07T05:02:00.001+11:002015-01-24T01:26:54.202+11:00We will, we will rock 2015! Bookish style.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And talking of Fangirling Misses, I feel guilty. Really guilty. I know, I've been a very bad blogger and abandoned y'all lately *sniff* I'm sorry! Forgive me? *does killer puppy dog eyes* ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Started a blog with my besties!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Kept said blog running *gaasp*</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">• Read 59 books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Met some amazing people and bloggers</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">• Discovered the secretive Australian blogosphere. I'm Blog Agent 007, if you were wondering....</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">• Received my first physical ARC!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">• Won my first book giveaway!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">• Won my first book swag.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">• A proud owner of a tiny but dignified book shelf.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Discovered Twitter, Instagram and Netgalley!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Became addicted to said sites. Yes, that counts as an achievement. Don't question my logic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Joined some street teams. Hoped they would be more hands-on, but it's still fun nonetheless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><i>– I'M ALSO A GENERAL ACHIEVER! –</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• I started dancing again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• I received a trophy :D *huggles trophy*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Being the brainless newbie-who's-not-really-a-newbie-anymore-and-is-really-just-using-it-as-an-excuse that I am, I found myself at a bit of a loss at what to write even though I knew I wanted to signify the New Year in some way. So I (yes, I really really did) stalked some blogs for....wait for it....<i>inspiration</i>. Heh heh. And everyone seems to love writing blogger goals (why didn't I think of this? *sigh*). So here goes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Win more books. Yaasss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Buy more books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Get a job so I can buy more books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Write more informative reviews.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Write more funny reviews.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Go to bed earlier in the night *cough*it's always past 12 so morning*cough*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Get a new blog theme. Kelly, I love you (so keep slaving away! jk, jk *grins*)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Do something cool on my 16th birthday....except it's in less than 10 days, so I probably won't succeed in doing anything except sleep half the day and read books *scratches head*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Schedule posts and organise blogging better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• In fact, schedule my whole days (because I've been extremely unorganised lately *scowls*)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Hit 200 blog followers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Find a healthy reading pace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Be more careful when requesting ARCs on Netgalley. A very big issue for bloggers I imagine ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Celebrate FM's first blogoversary!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Now that I have a small load of books, start practicing the art of book photography.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Learn some CSS/HTML.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Write more thoughtful/discussion posts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Join a 2015 book challenge or two, but don't overload. So far I'm leaning toward the <a href="http://whatsarahread.com/tag/365-days-of-ya-reading-challenge/">365 Days of YA Reading Challenge</a>, the <a href="http://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/dac-2015-sign-ups/">2015 Debut Author Challenge</a>, and the <a href="http://thedailyprophecy.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/fairytale-retelling-reading-challenge.html">Fairytale Retelling Reading Challenge 2015</a>. Thoughts people?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Hopefully read 50 books (I read 59 last year, but I might not have as much time this year *sniff*)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Catch up in TVD and The 100.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">• Meet some bloggers in real life......is this too much to ask?! *kneels before the book deities*</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">• Ace my school studies.....*wink*</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">• Study for my drivers licence!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: inherit;">• Pet my cats more. I've been a bad mummy *cries*</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-12664143540859045682015-01-03T15:44:00.001+11:002015-01-03T15:44:12.555+11:00The Silence of Six by E. C. Myers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">“What is the silence of six, and what are you going to do about it?”</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">These are the last words uttered by 17-year-old Max Stein’s best friend, Evan: Just moments after hacking into the live-streaming Presidential debate at their high school, he kills himself.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">Haunted by the image of Evan’s death, Max’s entire world turns upside down as he suddenly finds himself the target of a corporate-government witch-hunt. Fearing for his life and fighting to prove his own innocence, Max goes on the run with no one to trust and too many unanswered questions.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">Max must dust off his own hacking skills and maneuver the dangerous labyrinth of underground hacktivist networks, ever-shifting alliances, and virtual identities — all while hoping to find the truth behind the “Silence of Six” before it’s too late.</span></span><br />
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The Silence of Six by E. C. Myers<br />
<span style="color: purple;">Standalone.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Page Count:</span> 368<br />
<span style="color: purple;">Genres</span>: YA, Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction<br />
<span style="color: purple;">Cover Rating</span>: 9/10<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The unknown is scarier than the truth.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>- Silence of Six, E. C. Myers</i></span></div>
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Okay, when I first started this, I had absolutely NO idea what this was about.
Which makes it more exciting for me, no? But I’m glad I went into it blind because all the events were more shocking and unexpected. This was really a high adrenaline suspense novel!<br />
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<u>Introduction dun dun duun: </u><br />
You and your best friend loved hacking for fun.<br />
It was how you bonded, and all your childhood memories lies in it.<br />
You, however, saw the dangers it was going to bring you.<br />
So you quit your hacking hobby successfully.<br />
But you also stopped talking with your friend as much as you did before.<br />
One day, there is an important school rally that involves the presence of USA’s potential President.<br />
They’re filming on TV! Your school is live to the country!<br />
But - suddenly your best friend comes on screen.<br />
You of course instantly recognise him.
Others don’t.<br />
What is he doing there?<br />
This is not part of the rally.<br />
He starts speaking.<br />
What is he saying? What does that mean?<br />
Then,
He puts a gun into his mouth.<br />
WHAT IS HE DOING?!<br />
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<i>Bang</i>.<br />
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Chaos.<br />
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<u>Plot</u>:<br />
First let me say the pacing was GREAT. It kept me guessing till the end!! I was never really confused either of what was happening. The only bits that left me a bit clueless was the computer terminology, since I have NO idea about any of that. If I could understand the story though, I think pretty much everyone else in the world can too... xD Techie impaired person over here *waves*<br />
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<u>Characters</u>:<br />
I liked all the characters a lot actually! I loved Penny and her sister Risse’s relationship the most :D<br />
It was so nice to see siblings working together with something they love and are so good at!! Makes me really really want an older sister. EVERYONE I know with older siblings adore their siblings… aw :(<br />
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I also liked Max/Penny’s relationship since it was a little complicated and technically wasn’t romance. So sweet. I don’t get the point of Courtney (Max’s gf).. I dun like her and she doesn’t deserve Max.<br />
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<u>Ending</u>:<br />
Aww the ending made me tear up ;( So sad. Anyways, it was funny how even though the whole book was so suspenseful and action filled, the world didn’t care. You know those movie scenes where for example there's a house, and inside the house there's something REALLY CHAOTIC going on, but then the camera suddenly zoomes out and there's this oblivious old lady walking by all peacefully, and the town is all quiet? The trouble is only in the house. No one really knows or cares except the people involved. It gave off that feeling! Like wow, our problems are really small to the world. Nothing really changed apart from you. Ahahaa I'm getting all deep and confusing but you get the point.<br />
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Ahem, anyways, what i’m saying is it's a really gripping read about computer hacking that you should definitely check out! :D<br />
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—MissOddball™ Over and Out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-88309021598704331522014-12-28T18:43:00.000+11:002014-12-28T22:21:22.905+11:00Edge of End by Suren Hakobyan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">Jonathan wakes up in a desert, his past wiped from his head. He’s alone having no clue who and what he is, where he has come from and where he should go. There is only one way – forward when he spots a little town in the distance. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">Empty streets, old houses, the town seems abandoned. There’s no one to ask for help, there’s nowhere to go. Jonathan wanders the town in search of any sign of life trying to bring his lost memories back, but odd visions haunt him from time to time. Soon Jonathan comes to the realization that he’s moments from death as absolutely evil dwells in the town seeking fresh souls. The seemingly dead town is only outwardly empty. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">Grey skies, no sun, no days and no nights. The town is stuck in time. With only one entrance and one exit, but the way leading to the exit is filled with creations that Jonathan has never envisioned, even in his worst nightmares. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.6000003814697px; line-height: 15.4559993743896px;">Who is he? Who brought him here? With a female resident – Elizabeth, Jonathan has to work his way through the horrendous town, figure out his past and find the exit.</span></span><br />
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Edge of End by Suren Hakobyan<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Page Count: </span>262<br />
<span style="color: purple;">Genres: </span>Mystery, Fantasy, Fiction, Thriller, Paranormal (Demons)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Synopsis sounds sooo interesting. This random dude, waking up in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no memories. Then he arrives in this supposed ghost <i>town</i> - (why was the word <i>town </i>italicised throughout the book, anyways? 0.o This <i>town, </i>that <i>town, </i>the <i>town </i>was like this, the <i>town</i> was like that.. aren't you getting annoyed with this already? -_-) - in which it starts getting creepy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The book wasn't necessarily bad, but it had points where it needed a lot of fixingg. By a lot I mean.. big time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First, the goods. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">— Pacing —</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was well paced out for a relatively short book! The events didn't happen to slow or too fast- it was even and well thought out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">— Concept —</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okaay well I admit I don't actually understand the concept that well.. but it seemed creative? And had that strong emphasis on the moral about second chances or something? But wasn't really executed as well as it could have been? I can only speak in questions?</span><br />
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Second, the boos.<br />
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Let me say that English wasn't the author's first language. Quite understandable. It had potential, but there were a lot of awkward sentences and the dialogue was really unrealistic. You know that very 'obvious' tone younger middle grade book characters seem to talk with? and you can tell instantly it's aimed for younger audiences? Like no one really talks like that but it has to be made easier for the kids to understand. It gave off that kind of vibe. Not necessarily bad but it didn't really fit the theme the book tried to have nor the content. Ehhh.<br />
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I didn't care about the characters, to be frank. Yes it's harsh but it's a cold cold worlddd xD They simply were not likeable for me to be concerned with. Elizabeth was hella annoying, and Jonathan didn't really have a standout personality. The side characters were mediocre.<br />
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Elizabeth ALWAYS was either weeping or screaming for Johnathon to come save her. Girl, grow some backbone -.- Sure, Johnathon has this weird 'superpower' that makes him super strong and he can punch? demon dogs away.. but standing there crying like a girl will not do you any good! At least TRY to help Jonathan SOMEHOW.<br />
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Me saying Jonathan didn't standout is because he really didn't >.< I can't remember a single thing about him.. *awkward pause* .. yeah.. Whoops?<br />
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— Romance —<br />
One word: Instalove.<br />
Is there really a survival instinct in people that they automatically fall in love with the first human being they see of the opposite sex when in a demon filled town? Ahah :P<br />
It didn't contribute to the story either. It felt like the girl was just thrown in there because it's a YA book, and most YA books have to have some kind of 'love'. Eh. Not interesting at all. <br />
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I skimmed the last 50% though. </div>
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Me: *lalala skim skim...*</div>
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*pauses to look over page*</div>
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*Sees 'Elizabeth' and 'crying, screaming, ect.' in the same sentence*</div>
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Me: oh shut up, you. Not again *groans* Go die in a hole!</div>
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*resume skimming*</div>
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*sees acknowledgements somewhere along skim*</div>
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*back pedals*</div>
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*reads Epilogue out of interest*</div>
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*shrugs*</div>
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*puts book down and goes to get a cookie*</div>
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Just wasn't for me. Not too bad but didn't capture my interest. But I do admit it was a spooky paranormal read- so if you like haunted towns and overly distressed damsels.... this is for you?</div>
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<i>**Thank you Suren for the review copy in exchange of a review!**</i><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-21963224471812450372014-12-15T20:37:00.002+11:002014-12-15T20:37:40.026+11:00The Paper Magician & The Glass Magician by Charlie M. Holmberg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4;">Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. And once she’s bonded to paper, that will be her only magic…forever.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Yet the spells Ceony learns under the strange yet kind Thane turn out to be more marvelous than she could have ever imagined—animating paper creatures, bringing stories to life via ghostly images, even reading fortunes. But as she discovers these wonders, Ceony also learns of the extraordinary dangers of forbidden magic.</span></div>
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First book of the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/133552-the-paper-magician-trilogy">Paper Magician Trilogy</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 17.8181819915772px;">The concept for this world was really interesting, but I thought it could have been executed better. I mean, you get to become a magician if you go to this particular school and get an apprenticeship of which magic you want to learn! How exciting! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, Ceony Twill did NOT get to choose herself which magic she got to learn because there wasn't enough Paper Magicians, but she gets the 'exciting' part none the less. Whyyy you say, since Paper is well known as one of the most boring Magic? Because <i>EMERY THANE. DUN DUN DUUUN!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You gotta love Emery Thane. Emery Thane is Ceony's new teacher! And quite an odd one at that. It must be a new trend to make teachers/bosses very kooky. (See <a href="http://fangirlingmisses.blogspot.com/2014/11/jackaby-by-william-ritter.html">Jackaby</a> .. Kind of similar.) I don't really mind this unless the weirdness is too unbelievably fake :D It's interesting to see how the term 'unique' crosses over between different authors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Back to the 'could have been executed better' part. The plotline was kind of.. bare. I know she somehow went literally 'into' his heart and all that (read the synopsis), but that was it? Uhh very interesting... XD The beginning was really cool; we saw Emery's character and got to know Ceony better, and then the middle just seemed to draaaggg onnnnn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The romance was barely there that you wouldn't even realise there was any. (Apart from the ending thing that happened) Ceony's feelings seemed to have developed too fast to be believable, if you add on to the fact that Ceony is like 19, only been in one relationship before, and Emery was 30 something- having been married and divorced once. Ooookay then. I would have liked to see her feelings develop. Why didn't we, since we've been in her head ever since she even saw Emery? Hmmm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Overall just a 'meh' book that didn't evoke any particular feelings for me. It was interesting though. Don't really have much else to say :/</span></div>
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So I read the sequel! Yeyyy xD This was definitely more fast paced and fun than the first book. But of course, it had problems of it's own. Since this one was not about Ceony running around by herself in Emery's heart, it had much more dialogue and many new characters.<br />
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Ceony was kind of annoying here toooo. Oh, she defeated Lira! Now ALL the consequences are HER fault, therefore she must go and fix everything herself in secret! Even if it means danger to everyone around her! and then she gets all upset when people try to fix her mistakes without her, like 'I should be there!! Why?!?" Well maybe it's because you <i>caused </i>them to gather in the first place *facepalm* It was alright in the end, I suppose, since her attempts to fix humanity often gave out useful information. But still. Did I mention she was kind of racist too? Like right after the mill explodes and everything's chaotic, she sees this Indian dude standing across the street and she's like 'Oh look, a dark skinned man! How suspicious! Maybe HE blew the mill up! Oh dear I shouldn't think that.' And then of course in the later chapters, still, she doesn't say much about him apart from his accent and his skin tone. Wth?<br />
The parts about women and cooking annoyed me as well, since from personal experience, I know all women can't cook. *cough cough not naming names* xD Just.. meh.<br />
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—MissOddball Over and Out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-37792122891686064562014-12-12T23:49:00.003+11:002014-12-12T23:49:29.513+11:00Semi-Sorta-Maybe-Hiatus?Hi lovlies. So I guess the title speaks for itself, but I might be a bit absent for the next 2 weeks because I've got my dance concert and then an interstate trip straight after. So I'll be a little busy, and even though I adore y'all, I don't know how much time I'll have for blogging during this time. Besides, I don't even know what the status of my precious wifi will be. Hopefully ample, but you never know. In other words, here's the warning if I suddenly drop of the blogosphere for 2 weeks. But never fear, <i>I'll be baaaack</i> ;)<br />
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—MissBloodsucker™ All Sucked Out!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-6956701066798963862014-12-10T02:07:00.000+11:002015-01-19T13:54:34.207+11:00Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455815-stone-cold-touch" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Stone Cold Touch (The Dark Elements, #2)" border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1394110942l/17455815.jpg" height="320" width="209" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17455815-stone-cold-touch" style="background-color: #45818e; text-align: center;">Stone Cold Touch</a><span style="background-color: #45818e; text-align: center;"> by </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4476934.Jennifer_L_Armentrout" style="background-color: #45818e; text-align: center;">Jennifer L. Armentrout</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Amaazing. This book......kakdjlehkdkjdhsfkj!! *dies* I couldn't keep my face away from the pages to the point I skimmed out of pure guiltylicious excitement. And then I had to wait till the story wasn't fresh anymore to reread it so I wouldn't get all the bookish deets confused. And the second time around I did a total bookfaceplant. Again. Except this time I managed not to skim. Achievement! Do I get a chocolate reward? Pwease?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The plot twists in SCT just kept coming. JLA really pulled out all the stops, and my brain was just going round and round in circles trying to figure out what was happening, why it was happening, and what was the cause. Or causes. It was madness, and that end, oh man, that ending was <i>meaan.</i> Everything took a 180 in the matter of two pages. The mother of all cliffhangers! Every Last Breath you better come soon or I'll unleash my very own personal Thumper ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh, and can I cheer for Layla with some pompoms?! She was so much more confident and defiant, and she didn't back down from a fight. In WHK she dealt the best she thought she could, but in SCT she was on <em>fiiireee</em>! *waves pompoms*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I admit she was a bit too reckless at times. She should've listened to Zayne when he told her not to go off anywhere with Roth *diehard Roth fans boo*, and not for the sake of listening to Zayne, but because going off with Roth seemed to end with either getting herself hurt, or hurting someone else. I don't suppose she has a slight problem with learning from her mistakes?</span><br />
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I warmed up to Danika in SCT, and I actually think that this weird Lanika friendship where they call each other sexy (I did say it was weird, okay) is sorta cool with epic proportions....and I admit I've been a bit harsh on her, especially in WHK, because I'm reading in, oh, I don't know, Layla's POV. Danika's innate Zayne-targeted flirtatiousness in WHK just got on my nerves, you know?<br />
In truth, Danika is in as much of a tough spot as Layla is over Zayne.....well, she doesn't know Zayne nearly as much as Layla does, so it's a bit of a unsubstantiated crush on her side, but then again people expect for her to be with Zayne, so I guess having that expectation that she'd end up with Zayne, and being encouraged to have such an expectation must have influenced her feelings quite a bit, whereas Layla's crush on Zayne occurred naturally and perhaps (probably not, he's too hawt to be denied *wink*) denied at one point. After all, Layla knew even as a kid that she could never be with Zayne.....or so she thought.<br />
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Roth was a total jerk at first, but he didn't do it because he wanted to, and it was rather obvious, so it was hard to get mad at him when I could see he was in as much pain as Layla. Plus, he still managed to be hilarious. In other words, Roth was classic Roth. 'Nuff said.<br />
And Bambi is officially my hero! *cuddles the oversized snake* She's the bestest familiar EVER! <a class="jsShowSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1024864973">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[She made Zayla kisses possible *squeals* <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3888206316956390200">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span><br />
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<a class="jsShowSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1024864973">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[I know a lot of people *cough*TeamRothies*cough* are mad at Zayne because of the possibility that he was present when Abbot threatened the kill Layla as a way to get Roth to stay away from her, but I think that's a moot point because Zayne never would've let Abbot threaten Layla's life like that. It's completely against his character, and it's obvious that the one thing Roth and Zayne share is their love for Layla. In other words, Zayne loves Layla. And a protective guy like Zayne would never let someone threaten the life of someone else, let alone the girl he loves. Plus, I doubt Roth would have 'grudging respect' for Zayne if he'd just stood by.<br />I am a little apprehensive why JLA wrote it so Roth didn't just tell Layla straight up whether Zayne had been there though, because if Roth won the polls (and it's very likely he did) and she uses that plot flexibility to 'make up Layla's mind on her choice between Roth and Zayne' in Every Last Breath, I will be really mad. Like, <em>reaallyy mad.</em><br />If Zayne is going to lose Layla, it shouldn't be because JLA writes that he let Abbot threaten Layla and then took advantage of Roth's absence to get closer to Layla romantically as a plot tool to make Layla hate or distrust Zayne and inevitably choose Roth. Hell, even Roth said that Zayne would've done the same that he did for Layla and stay away from her if it meant her safety. So I really, really hope that Zayne's character will stay true and that if he does lose Layla, it'll be in a fair way that doesn't destroy the sincerity of his character. Please. Please. Pretty please. <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3888206316956390200">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span><br />
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I loved how sweet and possessive Zayne was in SCT *dreamy look* My outlook of Zayne completely changed in this book. Layla pining over Zayne and Zayne being over protective/borderline possessive is a familiar scene, but when they're open about their feelings for each other? And actually act on them? Drastically different ballpark. You got to see an adorably vulnerable side to Zayne, as if he'd somehow lost some of his 21 years xD<br />
*whispers* I can't believe he's never 'done the deed' with a girl before because he's liked Layla for ages omg how cuuuteee *high pitched giggle* I almost want to coo and pinch his cheeks.....expect that would be....yeah. Kinda creepy, considering he's a fullgrown Warden. A hot fullgrown Warden.<br />
<a class="jsShowSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1024864973">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[And the fact that he was able to look past the Tomas-Warden-gobble <em>and</em> when Layla took part of that woman's soul <em>and</em> when she accidently started to take his soul just shows how much he loves her because, come on! He's had Warden ideals drummed into him since he was a kid, and sure he got mad for a little bit when she took part of that woman's soul in the club, but he got over it. He totally ignored those wretched Warden ideals. <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3888206316956390200">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span><br />
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I really don't want Zayne to lose Layla though, and it's probably cruel but I don't want him to be with Danika *sniffs resentfully*<br />
Besides, Danika and Zayne aren't actually a good match in my opinion. She needs someone where she's not always second best, someone who will accept her for her, including her need for independence, adventure and fighting......and yeah, that just cut out all the prospective Wardens *snickers* because even tho I find some of the classic male Warden protectiveness cute, they generally take it a couple <span style="font-size: small;">(a lot more than a couple)</span> notches overboard into smothering land high up the creep-o-meter, and I hate how sexist and illogical they are as a society.<br />
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I mean come on, how exactly is it smart to refuse to let the women train to fight, or even learn self defence, when they're usually the ones targeted? *facepalm* Maybe if the male Wardens weren't so prideful over their macho protective abiltites, and let the females train, they'd actually stand a better chance......but oh no, Wardens (the males that is, since the females are treated like smothered baby-makers and aren't allowed to fight, let alone make decisions) are always right because they have <em>pure souls</em>, so surely everything they say is correct and holy and just. <span style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah, whatever helps them sleep at night.</span><br />
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Even tho I love Roth (and would love to have his babies *cough*) I decided to vote for Zayne because he's adorable! Plus, he's the underdog and I don't want to see him become a lost puppy as well as an underdog *sniff* Well, if Layla rejects him in Every Last Breath, I'll have him ;) *coddles and glares at a certain Olivia from Fictionally Obsessed*</div>
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<i>A summer road trip changes everything in this unforgettable new tale from acclaimed author Katie McGarry.</i><br />
<i>For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip out west with her boyfriend means getting away and forgetting what makes her so . . . different. It means seeing cool sights while selling her art at galleries along the way. And most of all, it means almost three months alone with Noah Hutchins, the hot, smart, soul-battered guy who's never judged her.</i><br />
<i>Echo and Noah share everything--except the one thing Echo's just not ready for.</i><br />
<i>But when the source of Echo's constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants--even as foster kid Noah's search for his last remaining relatives forces them both to confront some serious truths about life, love, and themselves.</i><br />
<i>Now, with one week left before college orientation, jobs and real life, Echo must decide if Noah's more than the bad-boy fling everyone warned her he'd be. And the last leg of an amazing road trip will turn . . . seriously epic.</i></div>
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In <i>Crossing the Line</i>, a <u>Pushing the Limits Series</u> novella, we look at Lila, Echo's bestie <span style="font-size: x-large;">(I adore her *GIRLCRUSH*)</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>and her love interest, Lincoln.</div>
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In <i>Dare You To</i>, we peek into Beth's (one of Noah's best friends) life and her new love, while in <i>Crash Into You</i> we get to delve into the story of Rachel (I honestly don't know who this is...whoops) and her new love Isaiah (Noah's other best friend).....and I said new both times because, well, I'm pretty sure that when I read PtL, Beth was sorta in a relationship with Isaiah. <span style="font-size: small;">I'm so confused!</span></div>
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As for <i>Take Me On</i>, I've never heard of either MCs, so no help from me there. Sorry hons.</div>
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And now to, yes, <i>Breaking The Rules</i>! I'm a little surprised that Echo and Noah are having a sequel since I was quite happy with the ending of PtL, but it seems the author still has room for both characters to grow, which I guess can't be a bad thing (Echo and Noah are quite....ahem, complicated beings). I'm interested to see how McGarry has continued the great Echo and Noah saga. *claps hands*</div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“Did you fall into some paint, Echo?” Isaiah asks, changing the
subject.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Echo’s shoulder slumps as she pivots toward the mirror. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">She groans
as she touches her cheek and forehead that are more red and pink than skin. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“Dang it. Why am I such a mess?”</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“I think it’s sexy as hell,” I say.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“I think I’m going to barf,” Beth mocks my tone.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Death radiates from the look I send her way. Enough that it should
melt her. “Ever sleep in a tent, Beth?”</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Beth focuses on the screen while raising her middle finger in my
direction.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“Screw it.” Echo turns away from the mirror. “I need a shower.”</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">I smile, Echo blushes, then I laugh. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Damn me for inviting Isaiah and
Beth to share our room.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“Anyhow.” An excited glint strikes Echo’s eyes. “Are you ready? I
hope you like it. It’s sort of…for you. But it’s not done, okay? I mean,
something like this would actually take a while to perfect, so I guess I’m
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<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“No. I’ll have to start on that tomorrow.” </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">With a deep inhale, Echo
pulls out a chair from the table and rests the painting on the arms and leans
it against the back so it will stay upright.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Air rushes out of my body, and I sink onto our bed. It’s the same
damned shock as when she drew my parents this past spring. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">There’s awe and joy
and this ache that hits deep in my gut. I bend forward and rest my joint hands
on my knees and stare at the sight in front of me.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Fuck me, my eyes burn. I shut them, attempting to get my shit
together. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">It’s a painting. Only a painting. I reopen them, and it’s the same
disorientation as a right hook to the head. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">It’s more than a painting, and
that’s the reason my throat swells.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Last night meant as much to me as it did to her and she painted it,
capturing it in a way unique to Echo. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">She’s right, it’s not done. It’s a
skeleton compared to her other work, but I see enough to know what she desires,
what she plans to design. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Up close all those colors would look like chaos, but
when viewed as a whole it creates this beautiful picture. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">In the end, that’s
the best way to describe me and Echo, our relationship. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Our love.</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">The bed dips as Echo eases onto it, settles behind me and props her
chin on my shoulder. Her signature scent that reminds me of walking into a
bakery becomes an invisible blanket surrounding me. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“What do you think?”</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“It’s us,” I whisper, and knots form in my stomach. Echo always
finds a way to blow my mind. She tenses behind me and I continue, “It’s where
we spent last night.”</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“It is.” Echo relaxes, and her fingers curl around my biceps. “Do
you like it?”</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">Struggling for composure, I place my hand over hers and pause.
“It’s…” </span><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">I’m not Echo. I don’t have words for what happens inside me. If I
did, I’d fail at describing this. I shift to rest my forehead against hers. “I
don’t deserve you.”</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">“That’s my statement,” she says so only I can hear. “I wish we were
alone again.”</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt;">I press my lips to hers, slide my hand through her hair and watch as
the curls bounce back into place. “Me, too.”</span></div>
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Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan. Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON, BREAKING THE RULES, and NOWHERE BUT HERE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT.<br />
Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine's 2012 Reviewer's Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013.<br />
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Compulsion <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/118077-the-heirs-of-watson-island">(The
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by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6423161.Martina_Boone">Martina
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<b><i>Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient
curse.</i></b><i><br />
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All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she
lives with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put
some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her
aunt’s South Carolina plantation instead--a prison guarded by an ancient spirit
who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and
gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions.<br />
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Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot
see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. With the help
of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows
herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted secrets.
What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to
fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn’t what she seems, and very real
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to the human characters, I have to say that setting is very definitely a
character in the HEIRS OF WATSON ISLAND trilogy. Watson Island is loosely based
on Edisto Island, and I borrowed from actual Charleston area plantation history
to create the three plantations that shaped who the three families became.
There was tons of material to work with-I mean, pirate treasure, ancient spirit
witches, blood feuds, lonely, demented characters, curses, forbidden romance .
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of plantations would include Boone Hall Plantation, with bits of Magnolia
Plantation and Drayton Hall thrown in. For the ruins of Colesworth Place, I</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">d love to use part of the columns that are all that</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">s left of the Windsor Plantation in Port Gibson, Mississippi. There is a
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I</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">d love to Jennifer Lawrence play Barrie, of course, but basically, I</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-ascii-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">d like Jennifer Lawrence to play the main character in every movie, so
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<i><span lang="EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US">Yeah. Fan-freaking-tastic.</span><span lang="EN-US">”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US">Good, because we</span><span lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US">re going to get out of this. Look at me.</span><span lang="EN-US">”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> </span><span lang="EN-US">He ducked his head so he was eye level with her, and laced the fingers of both hands through hers. He spoke so intently, it was hard not to believe him. Not to believe in him. </span><span lang="EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US">We will get out.</span><span lang="EN-US">”</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><i>Maybe the human brain was hardwired to require faith. Some people believed in God. Others believed in sports teams. Some believed blindly in their own talent or intelligence, regardless of evidence to the contrary, and then there were those who believed in family no matter how often it betrayed them. The people who mattered were the people you chose instead of the people who were yours only by an accident of birth. Real family was heart as much as, if not more than, blood.</i></span></div>
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I've picked the following books as propective reads (plus two of them are review ecopies from Netgalley) during the Debutathon. Of course, I won't be able to read all of them because I wouldn't be able to read 6 books on a regular week (I used to be a fast reader I promise, but I lost the skill *sobs*), and this week will not be normal by any standards! I'll be having my first dance concert since the old tap days, so it's a very exciting time! Plus I'll also be off to Cairns almost straight after, so things are getting quite busy in my household. I still plan to read as many debuts as humanly possible tho. No concert or interstate trip is gonna stop me *maniacal laugh*</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-50993717697706183912014-11-30T00:05:00.000+11:002015-01-19T13:54:49.960+11:00Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout!<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13644055-opposition" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Opposition (Lux, #5)" border="0" src="http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/unnamed.jpg" height="320" width="214" /></a><span style="background-color: #45818e;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13644055-opposition">Opposition</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4476934.Jennifer_L_Armentrout">Jennifer L. Armentrout</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #45818e;">My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/840714120">5 of 5 stars</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #45818e;">Current Rating on Goodreads: 4.49 of 5 stars</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #45818e;">Pages: 534</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #45818e;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">She can't believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">They must team with an unlikely enemy if there is any chance of surviving the invasion. But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything— even what they cherish most—to ensure the survival of their friends…and mankind.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">War has come to Earth. And no matter the outcome, the future will never be the same for those left standing.</span></span><br />
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I am soooo late reading this. Like, soooo late. Reaally late. Reaaaa—*reader whacks frying pan over Dumbtastic Belle's head*<br />
HEYY! That hurt...*pouts*....*sniffles*....*readers shoot warning glare* Okaayy, okaayy. *holds up hands*<br />
But seriously, I can't believe I took this long to read Opposition. It's blasphemy.<br />
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When I read all the excerpts during the release (I totes stalked that tour), I got the impression that Opposition would be full of annoying teenage angst (and mayhap this is one of the reasons I put off reading Opposition) and that I'd be in need of a voodoo 'Sadi' doll to stab repeatedly with razor sharp pins in order to release my frustration. Thankfully – because you <em>reaally</em> don't want to see me lose my composure....it's not pretty – for me and any other readers who are prone to bookish anger issues, Daemon was his usual cheeky self, Sadi was disposed of rather quickly *smirk*, Katemon was melting my insides, and all was right in the world. Except for the worldwide apocalypse, that is.<br />
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Opposition starts a couple days after the events of Origin, and things heat up rather quickly when Katy is taken captive by the invading Luxen and Katemon is reunited. But the question stands, are Daemon, Dawson and Dee still themselves, or are they under the influence of the invading Luxen?<br />
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In this final instalment of the Lux series we learn a bit more on the Luxen, Arum, and Origins.<br />
To my understanding, the Luxen and Arum are just two sides of one coin, so to speak, and were created to keep each other in check.<br />
Although the Luxen that landed on earth were super evil and stoic, I have little idea what the Luxen were like back when they had their own planet. After all, if I remember correctly, Mathew was the equivalent of a kid or teenager back then and he didn't turn out <em>too</em> bad. Well, maybe he wasn't the most cute and cuddly Luxen out there, and he had some questionable morals, but he certainly wasn't the worst Luxen when compared to the creepy bunch that dropped out of the sky.<br />
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My favourite thing about Opposition simply <em>has</em> to be all the Daemon POVs.<br />
They were so addictive and fun to read, and, well, his head is always in the gutter XD And it's for this reason (Daemon's gutterhead) that Opposition is probably more NA than the preceding Lux books have ever been. Not that I'm complaining.....;)<br />
Daemon and his possessiveness over Kat is so freaking cute. Like the <em>wall scene</em> after they met Lotho and he gave his 'special request' *giggles*<br />
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<a class="jsShowSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/840714120">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[Poor Katy tho. Her mum was such a bubbly cool person! So sad that she was killed by the Luxen. And by the order of that psycho Origin, Ethan, no less. The fact that Ethan, the Elder of the Lux colony close to Seneca Rocks was actually the leader of the Luxen, was a bit of a surprise for me because, to be honest, I completely forgot about him and his purple eyes. Whoops. <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3888206316956390200">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span><br />
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I'm a little mad with the end of this book. Not because it sucked, but because JLA left us wondering what Daemon whispered in Katy's ear *pouts* I waanna know! It would've been cheeky and dirty, no doubt. That's Daemon for you.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The journey with the Lux series has been amazing, and I can't thank JLA enough for writing it <3 Katy and Daemon will stay with me forever, and I'll probably reread the series an uncountable number of times during my book filled life!!</span><br />
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5 holy alien babies of course!!! And one of said babies is a little Katemon!! *squeals* Yess that's right, if you read <a href="http://www.jenniferarmentrout.com/a-special-thank-you/" rel="nofollow">this</a> post in Jennifer's blog a while back, you would've heard that Katy and Daemon eventually have a baby!!!!!! *starts crying happy tears*<br />
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Tags tags tags....there are so many flying around all the time. We've been tagged for so many it's hard to keep up! And in most instances, we don't keep up. In fact, I have 7 tags to do after this one o.O Yup, holy smokies galore.</div>
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Today I'll be doing the TBR tag :) It's basically about sharing little tid-bits of your TBR pile (aka To Be Read pile) with your readers and tagging other people to share their TBR as well! Special thanks to the great Maisha over at <a href="http://booksequalawesomeness.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/tbr-tag.html">Books Equal Awesomeness</a> for tagging us (like 2 months ago now.....I told you I was behind on the tags didn't I? *guilty grin*)</div>
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Ebook. While I love print books, it's way more convenient for me to read ebooks.<br />
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HEIR OF FIRE!!! Yes, the third instalment of my favourite series EVER. I've sorta skimmed it (one of my worst bad bookish habits, I'm afraid) but I'm yet to read it properly and write up my review. Don't judge me *sniff* I can't help my bad habits....okay, I probably can, but still. *pouts*<br />
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Both my co-bloggers couldn't stand this book, and we're usually pretty similar when it comes to bookish opinions, so I'll be steering clear of this book xD<br />
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ACoTaR! A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas is totally up there on my anticipated reads for 2015! Most of you should know by now that ToG is my favourite series, so another YA series from Sarah? Sign me up now!!<br />
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Yes PJO fans, I suck. And I'm sorry, I really am.<br />
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A lot of people say this is an amazing book so we'll see. Really want to read it so hopefully I'll sneak it into my informal and scrambled-up reading schedule soon. *fingers crossed*<br />
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In The Afterlight! TDM is another favourite series so I feel really bad I haven't read the final instalment just yet. I've just been so busy with other stuff lately and am only just getting back into a reading frenzy!<br />
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Urmm.....at the moment, 800 exactly xD But that's just today. By tomorrow it'll probably jump again....it's always rising :O</div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">I tag:</span></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-82646586021399533032014-11-16T05:11:00.001+11:002014-11-16T05:11:43.931+11:00BOOK TOUR: Saving Raine by Fredrick Lee Brooke<div style="text-align: center;">
<strong>A country torn apart by greed, corruption, and chaos.</strong>
<strong>A boy sent on a mission that could kill him.</strong>
<strong>A girl who's in grave danger...and doesn't have a clue.</strong>
<i>Can Matt beat the odds stacked against him and outrun the drones raining down on his head in time to save Raine--and America?</i></div>
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<strong>Find†<em>Saving Raine</em>†on†<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Saving-Raine-Drone-Wars-Book-ebook/dp/B00HBMKPSC" target="_blank">Amazon</a>†and†<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/saving-raine-frederick-lee-brooke/1117915543?ean=9781494738471" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>.
</strong><strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19480025-saving-raine" target="_blank">Add†<em>Saving Raine†</em>to your Goodreads to-read list</a></strong>!</div>
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<strong>Find†<em>Inferno</em>†on†<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inferno-Drone-Wars-Book-2-ebook/dp/B00KQTCR8I" target="_blank">Amazon</a>†and†<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/inferno-frederick-brooke/1119684399?ean=9781499769074" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>.
</strong><strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22427890-inferno" target="_blank">Add†<em>Inferno†</em>to your Goodreads to-read list</a></strong>!</div>
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<strong>About†SAVING RAINE</strong></h3>
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When 19-year-old Matt Carney gets a cryptic message from his father telling him to go to California and save his girlfriend, Raine, he doesn't hesitate, grabs his AK-47, revs up his blue pickup, and gets ready to make the 2,300-mile roadtrip.
But cross-country travel in 2021 isn't easy, sometimes, even possible. The U.S. has become a near-military state: 17,000 checkpoints severely restrict interstate movement, Predator drones target innocent civilians without cause, and explosions rock cities daily. Matt and his stepbrother, Benjy, face deadly attacks from a corrupt government, ruthless local law enforcement, and bloodthirsty terrorist groups as they embark on their trek. They're about to find out that their trip is much more than a private journey, and their success could change the face of the country forever.
Can Matt and Benjy outrun the drone missiles raining down on their heads? Can they avoid assassination by government officials hell-bent on taking over what little is left of the country? Can they outsmart the deadly schemes set in motion against them?
<strong>Break the rules.</strong>
<strong> Save the girl.</strong>
<strong> He only gets one chance before she is gone forever.</strong>
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<strong>About†INFERNO</strong></h3>
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When 19-year-old Matt Carney saved his girlfriend, Raine, from the crossfire between the government increasingly ruthless Homeland Security and March22, a terrorist group taking steps to strike a new, legitimate path, he thought his work was done.
Was <em>he</em> ever wrong.
Kidnapped by the brutal Dark Fiber militia, Matt is shocked to discover he is been betrayed by those he trusted most. Stranded in an isolated location in the middle of Michigan, far away from the girl he fought so hard to regain, Matt is made March 22 is point man in a plot to get control over a cache of thousands of stolen ground-to-air missiles. As time runs out, he is their last and best hope of sparing the country of a heinous attack on commercial aviation that could quickly turn the United States into a permanent war zone.
In this action-packed, explosive follow-up to Saving Raine, the first book in Frederick Lee Brooke's The Drone Wars, Matt Carney finds himself at the center of a firestorm of stolen missiles, stolen drones, and stolen dirty nukes, tormented by stinging betrayals, clinging to a last hope for love. Sure, he was able to save Raine but as the inferno rages around him, can he find a way to save the country from further violent chaos and a way to save himself?
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About Frederick Lee Brooke</h3>
<img alt="Frederick Lee Brooke" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-927" src="http://badassmktg.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/frederick-lee-brooke-author-photo1.jpg?w=201" height="300" width="201" />Frederick Lee Brooke launched the <em>Annie Ogden Mystery</em> Series in 2011 with <em>Doing Max Vinyl</em> and following with<em> Zombie Candy</em> in 2012, a book that is neither about zombies nor sweets. The third mystery in the series, <em>Collateral Damage</em>, appeared in 2013.
<em>Saving Raine</em>, the first book in Fred's entirely new series, <em>The Drone Wars,</em> appeared in December, 2013.
A resident of Switzerland, Fred has worked as a teacher, language school manager and school owner. He has three boys and two cats and recently had to learn how to operate both washing machine and dryer. He makes frequent trips back to his native Chicago.
When not writing or doing the washing, Fred can be found walking along the banks of the Rhine River, sitting in a local cafe, or visiting all the local pubs in search of his lost umbrella.
<strong>Find Frederick Lee Brooke on his†<a href="http://www.frederickleebrooke.com/" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrederickLeeBrooke" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/frederickbrooke" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4856232.Frederick_Lee_Brooke" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>.</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-MY REVIEW of SAVING RAINE-</span></strong></div>
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There seems to be a lot of positive reviews on Goodreads, so i'll just be a biit critical.</div>
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First of all, the story was set in 2021. It's a really minor thing, but I think it would have been more believable if it was set in 2050 or something. I take pity on us all if this stuff is going to happen in 7 years.... Oh dear. Drones overtaking the world and whatnot, world ending, whenever I read this stuff all i'm thinking is 'People stop giving the government ideas! :o' Ahhh.</div>
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<u>The Characters</u></div>
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I couldn't really connect to the characters much because there were so many different PoVs, and it was all in third person. It's kind of hard to emotionally connect with someone if it keeps swapping around every chapter. However, there was potential and it was interesting to see because Brooke managed to make every character have a distinct personality, so I was never confused at who was talking. I do think that there were some unneeded PoVs that made the general story more messy though. But it wasn't a big deal. </div>
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Our MC Matt was cool. What annoyed me a little in the beginning was that all he thought about was Raine. We get it, you're in love and all that but you didn't have to constantly talk about her hair or eyes! I don't care about her lookssss. Oh SPEAKING of Raine, she was such a jerk! I didn't like her personality at all. She's so gullible and cold. I don't know why someone nice as Matt would fall for her. </div>
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It was kind of confusing for me because this was written in a more classic, Sci-Fi feeling instead of a YA book as i'm used to. So it took a while to adjust. As I read on, the plot became clearer and that twist at the end was really surprising/weird! </div>
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The beginning was so strange though... What kind of dad tells his son to risk his life to save his girlfriend? Uhhhh okaaayy then. Nice dad, I think. *shakes head* </div>
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It was a bit long as well, and I think without the extra PoVs and irrelevant scenes, the story could have been shorter and straightforward, but I loved reading the descriptions the author used. (Except the rat eating. I honestly felt nauseous at the rat eating >.<) The whole resistance March 22 thingy had my brain jogging to keep up with the pace as well.. need more explanations on that.</div>
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The ending was a gamechanger! I think that the second book will be more action packed than the first one, and more stuff happens. And there are also less PoV changes, hopefully. It was mentally <i>exhausting </i>to keep up with everybody's life. </div>
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Overall, it was a good sci-fi read! If you don't have much experience in this genre, It'll probably confuse you. A lot. But if you enjoy those old feeling classic science fiction books, then check this out! (-has some mature themes)</div>
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<i>*thank you Amy the lovely publicist for providing me with a free review copy!*</i></div>
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<u>My Rating:</u> ★★ ★<br />
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<u>Page Count:</u> 299<br />
<u>Recommended For:</u> Quick quirky mystery novels. Fans of Sherlock/Doctor Who, I suppose<br />
<u>Genres:</u> YA, Mystery, Paranormal<br />
<u>Cover Rating:</u> 9/10 !! SO PRETTY. But that model.. erm.. does not look like Jackaby.<br />
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Jackaby was a really interesting, quirky read. To me though, it felt a bit unoriginal because it felt like it was trying too hard to be a cross between Sherlock (BBC) and Doctor Who. Mind you, I've never seen Doctor Who (don't kill me), but the similarities to Sherlock were really obvious. First I had this feeling that Jackaby was a mix of Sherlock and the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp's version) because I don't know Doctor Who's personality and I didn't read the blurb... it was kind of a weird, fitting mix actually xD But anyways.</div>
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On the blurb, it bluntly states that it's a cross between Sherlock and Doctor Who. This made it feel a bit like fan-fiction instead of a novel. If you've never watched any of those shows though, I think you'll really enjoy it :) (-and you should totally watch Sherlock. I command you!!)</div>
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Getting past that issue, it put a nice twist on a classic detective plotline! I loved the paranormal aspect. And it was well descripted as well. You could really easily imagine being along with Abigail in her 'big adventure'. The place this took place was a bit confusing though... because it said in the beginning that it was set in America, but the language and scenery were clearly London :/ Meh.</div>
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There isn't really much to say about them though because they felt too similar to the TV shows. In books, I like it when authors put themselves inside the characters, (see my review of <a href="http://fangirlingmisses.blogspot.com/2014/11/every-ugly-word-by-aimee-l-salter.html">Every Ugly Word</a>. That's a really well done book.) but they don't seem emotionally real enough if they're mostly based on someone else's work. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16572521273343082310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888206316956390200.post-3376446533368467432014-11-15T17:33:00.001+11:002015-01-19T14:16:36.925+11:00Reluctant Prince by Dani-Lyn Alexander<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23263567-reluctant-prince" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Reluctant Prince (Kingdom of Cymmera #1)" border="0" src="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Reluctanct3-200x300.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a><span style="background-color: #45818e;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23263567-reluctant-prince">Reluctant Prince</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5779758.Dani_Lyn_Alexander">Dani-Lyn Alexander</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #45818e;">Current Rating on Goodreads: 3.38 of 5 stars</span><br />
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<i style="background-color: #45818e;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Betrayal lies cloaked in shadow. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Seventeen year old Ryleigh Donnovan is certain her life is cursed. Nothing ever goes smoothly, and her first job interview is no exception. An earthquake rocks the building, sending Ryleigh on a frantic search for her younger sister, a search which lands her in the hospital. Terrified they’ll push her for answers she can’t afford to give, Ryleigh flees with a mysterious stranger. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Jackson Maynard is about to be ordained as a Death Dealer, a warrior for the Kingdom of Cymmera, but first he must pass one more test. When he fails to acquire the human girl the prophet has chosen, he’s forced to stand trial for treason. Banished from his realm, he seeks out the girl from the vision, Ryleigh Donnovan, and together they embark on a journey to save his dying kingdom.</span></i><br />
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<em>***Thank you Netgalley and Inkslinger PR for the copy***</em><br />
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I was in the cover reveal for Reluctant Prince, so when the blog tour came up, I decided to give it a go. However, RP wasn't what I expected and I didn't end up putting my review in the tour. I still participated though :)<br />
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I guess my main problem was I couldn't connect with the story. I love this kind of genre, but in Reluctant Prince there were a number of issues and the writing started off quite awkward, though it did improve through the book.<br />
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There was a rather large misconception. The tagline in the synopsis says <em>'Betrayal lies cloaked in shadow.'</em> Yes, there was a betrayal. But I couldn't say that it was <em>'cloaked in shadow'</em>. I don't know about anyone else, but it seemed rather obvious where the betrayal lay from the start.<br />
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1095048466">(view spoiler)</a><span class="spoilerContainer" style="display: none;">[I guess it wouldn't be as obvious if I had known how Kai acted before the events in Reluctant Prince, but because all I've read is Kai acting 'off', I'm judging him purely off his recent behaviour, and his recent behaviour was obviously suspect.<br />There's also the part where Kai was talking to someone – presumably Daygan – via a portal, but when Kai mentioned that Ryleigh beared the mark of a Queen, the presumed Daygan was surprised. But Daygan already knew about the mark from when he captured Ryleigh. So it wasn't Daygan, but then who? I have a sneaking suspicion of Chayce *gnaws lip* It'd be a horrible betrayal, but it would explain how Daygan knew of the tunnels..... <a class="jsHideSpoiler spoilerAction" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3888206316956390200">(hide spoiler)</a>]</span><br />
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And then there's the issue of Cymmera's hierarchy. I understand that this is a fantasy story and it doesn't necessarily follow the usual ideals, but how could it even be remotely possible to condemn the crown prince over something as trivial as failure to complete a task? And that the kingdom's 2nd in command (since when did a monarchy hold such a mundane term as 2nd in command anyway?) has greater power than the crown prince and almost as much as the King? And a horrid 2nd in command that contradicts the king at every turn at that ^^<br />
Although I don't know a great deal about monarchies, this seems rather unseemly.<br />
That said, I enjoyed the fantasy aspect of the story, with the two realms vying for power. Yes, I'm an obsessed fantasy lover ;) #guiltyascharged<br />
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There was also the problem with Mia's –Ryleigh's little sister– age.<br />
It's like the author had trouble separating her views from that of the main characters. Sure, for Dani-Lyn's age, Mia can probably pass as a 'little girl' at 14 years of age, but in the eyes of Mia's sister Ryleigh, who is 17, or the eyes of Jackson, who is (equivalent to) 19, Mia isn't a little girl. She's a teenager, and only a few years younger than Ryleigh. And yet in RP, if Mia's age wasn't mentioned, I would have assumed that she was perhaps 8 or 9 years old, except for when she started blushing over a boy. So for me, Mia's character building was jagged and non-consistent.<br />
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The plot and most of the characters were interesting enough, but I couldn't really focus on the good points because of the distractions and issues I found while reading.<br />
Overall, I think the series has potential, but it wasn't executed as well as I'd hoped.<br />
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Seventeen year old Ryleigh Donnovan is certain her life is cursed. Nothing ever goes smoothly, and her first job interview is no exception. An earthquake rocks the building, sending Ryleigh on a frantic search for her younger sister, a search which lands her in the hospital. Terrified they’ll push her for answers she can’t afford to give, Ryleigh flees with a mysterious stranger. Jackson Maynard is about to be ordained as a Death Dealer, a warrior for the Kingdom of Cymmera, but first he must pass one more test. When he fails to acquire the human girl the prophet has chosen, he’s forced to stand trial for treason. Banished from his realm, he seeks out the girl from the vision, Ryleigh Donnovan, and together they embark on a journey to save his dying kingdom.<br />
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<span class="s3" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>Yes. She wanted to answer, but she couldn’t form the words. Humming, familiar, though she couldn’t quite place it. Something pricked her arm.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><span class="s3">Pressure against her head. </span><span class="s3">Oww</span><span class="s3">. Why did her head hurt so </span><span class="s3">bad</span><span class="s3">? Why wouldn’t these people leave her alone? A flicker of memory teased her. Rocking, bumping, the floor moving. Was she moving now? She reached for consciousness, only to be dragged back into oblivion.</span></i></span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>A bright light shone against her eyes. She lay still for a moment, enjoying the orange and black swatches of color that swirled behind her closed lids. The blackness began to take on shape, the oranges and yellows merging to form a halo around a human shaped silhouette. The silhouette of a guy, his broad shoulders.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>She struggled to respond. The dreamy image dissipated the instant her eyes fluttered open, but the memory plagued her, followed her into consciousness. Everything hurt, as if she’d been run over by a truck. Background noise intruded on her confusion, beeping, talking, footsteps, more beeping. Bright light burned her eyes, added to the already thunderous headache threatening to overwhelm her. Bile surged up the back of her throat.</i></span></div>
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Dani-Lyn Alexander lives on Long Island with her husband, three kids and three dogs. She loves spending time with her family, at the beach, the playground, or just about anywhere. In her spare time, which is rare, she enjoys reading and shopping—especially in book stores.</div>
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<i>Reality is only an illusion. Except for those who can control it…</i><br />
<i>Worst. Birthday. Ever.</i><br />
<i>My first boyfriend dumped me—happy birthday, Josie!—my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl’s tonsils. </i><i>Oh, and I’m officially the same age as my brother was when he died. </i><i>Yeah, today is about as fun-filled as the swamps of Dagobah.</i><br />
<i>But then weird things start happening… Like I make something materialize just by thinking about it. When hottily-hot badass Reid Wentworth shows up on a motorcycle, everything changes. Like, everything. </i><i>Who I am. My family. What really happened to my brother. Existence. I am Oculi, and I have the ability to change reality with my thoughts. Now Reid, in all his hotness, is charged with guiding and protecting me as I begin learning how to bend reality. And he’s the only thing standing between me and the secret organization that wants me dead…</i><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Corny Belle:</span> I got this on Netgalley and I can't wait to get started! Sounds pretty fun and.....<i>unreal</i> *cracks up* Bending reality, unreal....get it? XD *waggles eyebrows*</div>
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Every Ugly Word by Aimee L. Salter<br />
<u>My Rating: </u>★★★★★<br />
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<u>Page Count:</u> 257<br />
<u>Recommended For:</u> People looking for a great contemp/paranormal read.<br />
<u>Genres:</u> YA, Contemporary, Romance, Paranormal<br />
<u>Cover Rating:</u> 7/10<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It isn't what happens to you in your life that destroys you. It's what you do about it.</span></div>
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I for one, can't remember the last time I just plowed through a book and finished it just like <i>that.</i><br />
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It was just absolutely brilliant! From the first page and on, you can tell it's going to be different, original, and emotionally impacting.<br />
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The book touches a well..touchy subject: bullying. Bullying is real, and it's still going on strong in loads of places.<br />
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A lot of contemporary realistic books have trouble in getting in a fresh and intriguing perspective for the readers because frankly, there aren't THAT many things you can write about. It's either love, bullying, rape, ect. But Salter really made this stand out.<br />
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This book mixes in a bit of paranormal and the classic 'i'm in love with my best friend' structure. <3<br />
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What if you looked into the mirror, saw your reflection, <i>and it talked back?</i><br />
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This to me, was very spooky yet oddly creative. Because who's advice do you usually tend to listen to more? Yourself. Your Older Me is looking from the future, giving you advice and tips having lived everything through already. Would you trust yourself completely? I honestly don't know the answer to that..<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What was wrong with me? Why couldn't I be the kick-ass heroine, like in books? Or the strong noble star of a movie? Because it hurts.</span><br />
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I adored Ashley, our main. She goes through SO much, but she's always strong in her own way and refuses to give up. I had an instant connection with her although I've never experienced anything like she did (thank goodness), and throughout the book I just wanted to give her a box of chocolates. Is that weird? Totally random but yeah :P<br />
I loved how her therapy was art. For some reason, I feel drawn a person so much more if they can express through something they love doing. I just with I could do that :D<br />
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The author's note at the end was awesome to read, because it gave a more indepth PoV on our author and characters. As Salter got bullied in her life as well, she put herself in her writing. She knows <i>how</i> Ashley felt, and what simple words can mean to a person. That's why Ashley is such a great, believable character. One of the reasons I love it is because it felt like Salter did just what Ash did.<br />
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Except instead of art, it was writing in her case. When authors truly just mean what they're actually writing; when the characters, and the whole world they're putting from their hearts onto paper are real representatives of them; It becomes my fav :)<br />
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Matt was cute! He wasn't perfect, as told many times in the book. I don't trust his judgement, but I liked his character xD I want a bestie like him :( but Hmmm wonder when I'll pick up a contemp book where girl/guy bestfriend relationship stay platonic instead of either being unrequited love or they eventually start dating.. like Harry and Hermione! :P<br />
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Ending:<br />
The ending was sooo just well done! I don't want to give anything away. Go away and read it for yourself.<br />
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Overall, it was a very thought provoking read (the mirror bits are confusing because well.. it kind of felt psychological but also real so..), but I finished it really quickly.<br />
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Powerful and emotional, it raises awareness of how powerful words are, and how you can turn that power into something good if you just keep strong.<br />
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Seriously, I don't want to talk anymore..just shoo and pick up a copy. Or technically a kindle/ipad/ipod whatever because there apparently aren't any physical copies printed.. shame :(<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew this day was the turning point. The moment I'd look back on and say, "That's when my life changed."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>-Aimee L. Salter, Every Ugly Word.</i></span></div>
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**<i>Thank you thank you Netgalley for providing me with a review copy!!<3**</i></div>
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<strong><em>Betrayal lies cloaked in shadow.</em></strong></div>
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Seventeen year old Ryleigh Donnovan is certain her life is cursed. Nothing ever goes smoothly, and her first job interview is no exception. An earthquake rocks the building, sending Ryleigh on a frantic search for her younger sister, a search which lands her in the hospital. Terrified they’ll push her for answers she can’t afford to give, Ryleigh flees with a mysterious stranger. Jackson Maynard is about to be ordained as a Death Dealer, a warrior for the Kingdom of Cymmera, but first he must pass one more test. When he fails to acquire the human girl the prophet has chosen, he’s forced to stand trial for treason. Banished from his realm, he seeks out the girl from the vision, Ryleigh Donnovan, and together they embark on a journey to save his dying kingdom.<br />
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<i>Ryleigh stood. This couldn’t be happening. With only a few months left until graduation, she didn’t want to be forced to drop out, but what else could she do? “Look, Mr. Jacobs, can’t you just—”</i></div>
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<i>Vertigo assailed her. The room rocked, and she grabbed the desk.</i></div>
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<i>The building bucked, and she toppled, slamming her knee into the hard wood floor. Pain shot up her leg. She grabbed the chair to pull herself up, but the next wave threw her back down. She tried to regain her footing, but someone yanked her to the ground.</i></div>
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<i>“If it’s an earthquake, it should stop any minute. Just keep crawling toward the door.”
Desperately wishing she could cover her ears to block the screaming, she clawed forward. Her knee dragged behind her, pain pulsing with each movement. Falling apart wouldn’t help matters. She had to get to Mia.</i></div>
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<i>Ryleigh crawled through the doorway, into utter chaos. People trying to push through the mess, others huddled in corners shielding their heads. An injured woman cried as she rocked back and forth clutching her arm. A man crouched over her.
Fear and disorientation held Ryleigh immobile.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Belle:</span> I'm currently reading Reluctant Prince since I'm part of the blog tour! It's okay so far, tho I admit the writing is a little novice :P But of course, me being a lover of fantasy, I'm definitely happy to give it a go ;)<br />
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Dani-Lyn Alexander lives on Long Island with her husband, three kids and three dogs. She loves spending time with her family, at the beach, the playground, or just about anywhere. In her spare time, which is rare, she enjoys reading and shopping—especially in book stores.</div>
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