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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Here is my teaser:
People shouldn't have to earn kindness.They should have to earn cruelity.
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron fey—ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. But no one believes her.
Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's stuck in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting anyone would be foolish. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can't help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart.
My Review:
I Love love love this series!
Once again I did a read along with fellow blogger's only via good reads this time. I find that to be so enjoyable.
Bringing back the beloved characters from Iron King as well as a few new players we get some questions answered and some more to ask while Meg,Ash,Puck and Grim take on another adventure to save the never never from the Iron fey. The love triangle gets more complicated , Meghan finds more of herself, a few surprises from Ash and Puck as well as Grim's always complicated self.   Leaving  off with an ending that will have you begging for more!
Another solid 5 stars for the second book in the Iron Fey series!

Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined…
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school…or at home.
When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.
But she could never have guessed the truth—that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face…and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.
My Review:
The Iron king lived up to all the hype I had read and heard about it!
As a bonus I read this book with a group of fellow blogger's via twitter which really helped catch all the detail.
The story line of wonderful characters,ever changing twists and turns that include good guys,bad guys, a fight to the death or two, friendship ,love, and a whole lot more  will leave you trying to decide which character you love more and dieing to know what comes next.
5 stars for this great book!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Wherever you go by Heather Davis


A poignant story about making peace with the past and opening your heart to love.
Seventeen-year-old Holly Mullen has felt lost and lonely ever since her boyfriend, Rob, died in a tragic accident. But she has no idea that as she goes about her days, Rob’s ghost is watching over her. He isn’t happy when he sees his best friend, Jason, trying to get close to Holly—but as a ghost, he can do nothing to stop it. As their uncertain new relationship progresses, the past comes back to haunt Holly and Jason. Her Alzheimer’s-stricken grandfather claims to be communicating with the ghost of Rob. Could the messages he has for Holly be real? And if so, how can the loved ones Rob left behind help his tortured soul make it to the other side?
My Review:
I found this to be a wonderfully written book!
Taking you through so many true to life heart wrenching issues with a splash of the paranormal world add in.
Just a completely amazing look at life with the loss of a loved one,teen depression,overload of responsibility that frequently happens to teens  and the older child today as well as one of the best views into the world of Alzheimer's disease from all different angles of the many people it effects. This book had me cheering,crying,my heart ached for everyone involved.
I without a doubt give this book 5 stars!

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Here is my teaser: It's a seaof human movement where red keg cups bob like buoys. Jason is a sole,static figure in the foyer of the house.

Wherever you go  by Heather Davis
page #39

Monday, May 30, 2011

Magic on the hunt by Devon Monk

Overview -

Magic on the Hunt (Allie Beckstrom Series #6)


Product Details


  • Pub. Date: April 2011
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback , 368pp
  • Sales Rank: 32,027

Synopsis


In the secret lockup of the Authority, the council that decides what can and can't be done with magic, an undead magic user has possessed one of the prisoners. He wants his freedom-and then some. Now Allie Beckstrom and her lover, Zayvion, are the first line of defense against the chaos he's about to unleash on the city of Portland...
My Review:
Let me start by saying I have read and loved everyone of Devon Monks Allie Beckstrom books.
Magic on the hunt was what I expected from this wonderful author. A fast paced book set in Portland Oregon which happens to be about a half hour from me!  Non- stop action,creepy crazy villain's, family drama, friendship, and love . Wonderful character detail which makes you instantly feel a part of their world which, leads me to the fact that I am totally in lust with Shame! I know not a detail on the book but important none the less ;)
The only thing I found disappointing was that it had to end.
I give this book 5 out of 5 stars

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Product Details


  • Pub. Date: March 2011
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Format: Hardcover , 432pp
  • Sales Rank: 4,036
  • Age Range: Young Adult

Synopsis


Nick Gautier’s day just keeps getting better and better. Yeah, he survived the zombie attacks, only to wake up and find himself enslaved to a world of shapeshifters and demons out to claim his soul.
His new principal thinks he’s even more of a hoodlum than the last one, his coach is trying to recruit him to things he can’t even mention and the girl he’s not seeing, but is, has secrets that terrify him.

But more than that, he’s being groomed by the darkest of powers and if he doesn’t learn how to raise the dead by the end of the week, he will become one of them...
My Review:
What can I say but as expected another great book by Kenyon!
As always I couldn't put the book down!
I love getting a view of nick as a teen and the rest of the characters that I fell in love/lust with while reading the dark hunter books from the view point of a smart mouthed teenager.Seeing nick go through life and death events ,meeting new people and discovering people are not at all what he thought they were is great. I am forever on the edge of my seat waiting to see how this or that will shape his life.
I totally recommend this book to all ages with 4.5 out of 5 stars!