Wednesday, October 24, 2012
by Jane Nickerson
TBP: 3.12.13 by Random House
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The Bluebeard fairy tale retold. . . . When seventeen-year-old Sophia Petheram’s beloved father dies, she receives an unexpected letter. An invitation—on fine ivory paper, in bold black handwriting—from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather. With no money and fewer options, Sophie accepts, leaving her humble childhood home for the astonishingly lavish Wyndriven Abbey, in the heart of Mississippi.
Sophie has always longed for a comfortable life, and she finds herself both attracted to and shocked by the charm and easy manners of her overgenerous guardian. But as she begins to piece together the mystery of his past, it’s as if, thread by thread, a silken net is tightening around her. And as she gathers stories and catches whispers of his former wives—all with hair as red as her own—in the forgotten corners of the abbey, Sophie knows she’s trapped in the passion and danger of de Cressac’s intoxicating world.
Sophie has always longed for a comfortable life, and she finds herself both attracted to and shocked by the charm and easy manners of her overgenerous guardian. But as she begins to piece together the mystery of his past, it’s as if, thread by thread, a silken net is tightening around her. And as she gathers stories and catches whispers of his former wives—all with hair as red as her own—in the forgotten corners of the abbey, Sophie knows she’s trapped in the passion and danger of de Cressac’s intoxicating world.
Why I'm Hyperventilating:
So during last week's WOW session I heard about this from a blogger friend @ Debz Bookshelf who was waiting on this one. I FREAKED OUT. Literally on her blog. So now I'm going to hyperventilate on my blog. See, I kinda have this thing for the absurd, unknown fairy-tales out there, and Bluebeard is one of them. The only reason I know about it is from a BIG HUGE book we had when I was really little with lots of fairy-tales including lots of uncommon ones.
The story of Bluebeard has like ALWAYS fascinated me. Ever since that kids book. It's TOTALLY creepy, and So strange and weird, but awesome at the same time? It's funny how it works that way. lol. So that fact that this author decided to retell it is.....UH-MAZE-ING! People, if you haave NEVER-EVER heard of this book, you must read the read the gist on WIKIPEDIA. If you like creepy stories or uncommon fairy-tales then you will probably freak out like me.
So I'm TOTALLY totally looking forward to this book! It sounds like it will be just as creepy as the original, and with that gorgeous cover, it's bound to be delicious to me. And the rest of the bookiverse. Meeeeeeeeep!!!! Yay!
So whatcha hyperventilating/wishing/waiting for this week?
Leave a link peeps!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Welcome to the EMERALD TALISMAN Book Blast at Book Haven!
Lots of great stuff here today so don't miss out!
Read by Mary Morgan
You can run from your destiny, but you can't hide. If for no other reason than to help endure the hormonal rush of high school, sixteen-year-old Julia Parker would trade her ability to feel her fellow students' emotions in a heartbeat, especially half the boys in class. When the beguiling Nicholas uses his superhuman strength to rescue Julia from the edge of a cliff before she's devoured by a bloodthirsty stalker, Julia is suddenly thrust into an underground world where people and animals are often one and the same. Fellow high school students disappear and only Julia and Nicholas know the truth. While Nicholas, a vampire hunter, is out stopping the ever-growing coven, an old friend entices Julia to join him on the dark side and a psychic tells Julia she alone is the key to stopping the madness, problem is it'll require Nicholas' life.
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Brenda Pandos lives in California with her husband and two boys. She attempts to balance her busy life filled with writing, being a mother and wife, and spending time with friends and family. Working formerly as an I.T. Administrator, she never believed her imagination would be put to good use. After her son was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder her life completely changed. Writing paranormal romance became something she could do at home while tending to the new needs of her family, household, and herself.
Three years later, Brenda now has five books published, The Talisman Trilogy: The Emerald Talisman, The Sapphire Talisman, and The Onyx Talisman, and Mer Tales: Everblue and Evergreen. She is currently working on the third book of Mer Tales, Everlost, coming February 2013.
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Thanks to Kathy the amazing blogger who does everything for putting this together and to YOU for stopping by today! Have fun with the Blast! I'm excited to read this book (It's FREE on Amazon Kindle!) and it looks fabulous. XOXO,
Sunday, October 21, 2012
~~~~Review~~~~
TBP: 10.30.12 by Entangled Teen
Pages: 199
Goodreads / Purchase
Don’t. Ever. Peek. Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die. Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know — especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.
Inky's Blurbings
So I"m on the blog tour and I kinda feel that due to that fact,I'm supposed to have a good review. But maybe for the sake of the tour, it'll be good to have another opinion in there. Eh? I'm not impying I didn't like this book. Just that I didn't give me the right first impression and from there....well....here is my review, in impressions
My first impression: Oooh-Space? Intrigue, Romance! YES!
After the first two pages: What the heck is going on here?
Further in: So she didn't hardly notice you but as soon as she disobeys her societies one rule she's attracted to you. JINX,
A few chapters in: Thank you for avoiding the definition of this term. Oh and might I remind you that I'm not good at reading between the lines? Please tell me what this is!
1/4 way through: Interesting plot. I'm grasping at strings. This could get good.... Where is this insta-love coming from?
1/2 way through: Insta-love. Ick. You hardly know each other and then bing-bang-boom it turns into lets make-out. Oh and we have a plot going on what I half understand. But yay for your writing. You're really doing good at this. Minus the description point.
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Okay enough. It sounds like I didn't like it doesn't it. Darn. It's one of those wierd situations where you feel like it's a good read, but there are all these problems and you don't know how to bring out the good in the book. *sigh* I did enjoy reading this. I did. But......
Honestly, there are lots of great reviews out for this book. So don't believe everything I say. I can be charmingly misleading. Trust your heart. Use the force...whatever. I hope you like this book. I really do.........
Content: Mild
(A couple instance mild language and innuendo)
2 Stars
About Melissa...
Melissa lives in a tiny suburb of Atlanta, GA with her husband and daughter. She pretends to like yoga, actually likes shoes, and could not live without coffee. Her writing heroes include greats like Jane Austen and Madeleine L'Engle. She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and an M.S. in Graphic Communication, both from Clemson Universtity. Yeah, her blood runs orange.
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Soo thanks for coming by the tour here at Book Haven, and surviving my review. ;P I'd love to hear your thoughts. If you're on the tour link me to your post/review. I'd love to read what you liked about the book. Are you Super-Super-Psyched for this book?! Tell me why! I want to hear! Have a fabulous day! XOXO,
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Carrier of the Mark
by Leigh Fallon
Published: 10.4.11 by HarperTeenby Leigh Fallon
Pages: 342
Goodreads / Purchase
Their love was meant to be. When Megan Rosenberg moves to Ireland, everything in her life seems to fall into place. After growing up in America, she's surprised to find herself feeling at home in her new school. She connects with a group of friends, and she is instantly drawn to darkly handsome Adam DeRÍs. But Megan is about to discover that her feelings for Adam are tied to a fate that was sealed long ago—and that the passion and power that brought them together could be their ultimate destruction
Inky's Blurbings:
Even before I read this book I was at war with myself about reading this one. The cover and blurb looked fantastic, if a little cliche and the reviews were mostly Love-It or Hate-It. It kinda leaves a little room for doubt. But I was able to borrow a copy from my friend. I'm still at war with myself. I don't whether to love or hate this. I found a few things to be annoying, but at the same time I gobbled this up. Was it the moment? The writing? I don't know. But I will try to compose this into a realistic review. If that's possible...
So, we start off with a very cliched beginning. Girl-moves-to-new-town-sees-hot-guy-insta-attraction. It wasn't that bad at all. I didn't feel overwhelmed at it, but what did get to me was insta-attraction. She's drawn to him, almost obsessive like and she has a few run-ins and stuff but then when they finally talk/hook up it was just C-H-E-E-S-Y. Lol. I'm not kidding, like a few scenes were just *gag*choke* However, I think it wasn't devoid of all development. Luckily. As far as I can remember there is lots of romantic stuff, they have some moments of getting to know each other. I won't kid you though, Adam was pretty hot, and kinda cliche-hot boy. But I liked him.
Darn you addictive, half-cliche books.
Now, Megan was a good MC she wasn't hard to connect to, but she felt too easy? Oh, she was very realistic too the situations, she didn't have any unusually out of place feelings, but she didn't have as much depth as I would have liked in her. Past the romance and the part she's to play in the big "prophecy" I didn't feel like I knew her as well as I could have. But nontheless she got the story told. I liked the side characters. They were nice, adding some mild conflict, and more dimension to the story. Yay side characters.
By now you're probably thinking I didn't like this as much as I say I do after all that bashing. BUT, I really did like the originality behind the plots. I thought that it was an interesting idea and even though there is the issue of cliche "prophecy" it still held it's own and came out. BUT, I do have to say that I think this book could be more of a "set-up-the-plot-of-the-series" kinda book. Things don't revolve around much more than the romance until the last 3rd of the book and even then it's not alot. So plot-wise, I'm interested to see where it will in the next book.
Lastly, her writing is GORG. It wasn't over the top in descriptiveness, like too much butter on the popcorn, but it was easy to follow, and that's how it sucked me in. I just couldn't stop. So I really have to give Leigh a thumbs up for that. Good job. So there you have it. I have laid it on the table and now it's up to you decide how you feel. As for me, I enjoyed in the moment but after some thought I still found a few holes in the sweater. Luckily, I'm not frozen.
Content: Milderate
(Language throughout. Nothing explicit. Kisses, they sleep-onlysleep-together. Some innuendo.)
3 Stars - Cool Beans
(Great in a salad, mashed, or refried. A very nice appetizer, but I'm still hungry)
So, those are my blurbs on this book. What are yours? Have you read? Did you hate it? Love it? Are you interested to read it? Have you changed your mind about reading it? Love to hear! XOXO,
Heyo! It's been another week, meaning another Book Haul. I got three books this week so check them out in the blog below!
I'm kinda out of it today so I"m not going to bother with links. I hope YOU had a fantastical week in books. I'd love to see what you go. Leave a Link!
XOXO,
Friday, October 19, 2012
by Marie Rutkoski
Published: 10.16.12 by Farrar, Strauss &Giroux
Pages: 416
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Darcy Jones doesn’t remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn’t have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn’t happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population. Memories begin to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn’t thought possible. But Conn’s interest in her is confusing. It doesn’t line up with the way he first looked at her.
As if she were his enemy. When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can’t rely on anything—not herself, not the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate the Shadow Society and uncover the Shades’ latest terrorist plot. What she finds out will change her world forever . . .
As if she were his enemy. When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can’t rely on anything—not herself, not the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate the Shadow Society and uncover the Shades’ latest terrorist plot. What she finds out will change her world forever . . .
*A copy of the book was provided by the publisher for an honest review*
Inky's Blurbings:
This book has a very intriguing premise. It drew me in and I really enjoyed this book. I can't say I loved it or hated it, but it sits right in the middle place, where all the books you liked goes. So I had things I liked and things I didn't like.
Let us begin with Darcy, the MC. She has a cool name that made me think of Colin Firth the whole book, but otherwise it was good. So she doesn't know anything about what happened before she turned 5 and was put into the Foster Care system. But that all changes the day she sees this mysterious guy at school. I felt like at the beginning she was easy to understand and connect to, her quest for self-discovery, and what her past was. But where were a few times when she was just so.....not as gripping? I didn't feel like I ever hated her, there were just some parts where there were lapses in character development. But on the whole I thought Darcy was a nice MC.
Okay so Conn is obviously a big part of this book. And I just had to laugh because he literally is a Con-man. :P Oh the irony. I'm not sure what to think about Conn. He's mysterious for sure, and he's hot, but I felt I was missing part of him. So much of the book is left untold about him during the times we question his loyalty that I wish it was told in his perspective.
Especially since I think this book is meant to be a stand-alone. Which I base all my dislikes on. This book idea has the potential to at least have a sequel. I think it would have been better that way. Room for more things. I think it felt a little rushed and confusing when things came to and end and when we first meet and learn about the society. That WHOLE BOOK, I kept asking myself. "Why?" What is the motivation behind this? Why are they trying to do that? What happened between these two groups of people to ignite this fight? WHY? It was rather annoying not to find out when the questions were the base of the conflict.
I did really like the romantic nature of the plot. It does start pretty quick but then takes a sharp twist about 100 pages in. That gave to some unique things and changes to happen, and I pretty forgot that it was almost -well-kinda-was- insta-love at the beginning of the book. Darn you insta-loves. It was a very interesting concept on the whole and one that I would love to explore even more. Sadness about stand-alones. ;)
Soo, my overall thoughts were something along the lines of: Eeping awesome read! Yay so fun. Hot guys, Ghosts, but WHY? Why this? Why that? You can't have this happen without an explanation. Grr. But I still love you Conn.
Content: Mild
(A few instances of language and innuendo. Kisses)
3.5 Stars - Awesome Beans
Let us begin with Darcy, the MC. She has a cool name that made me think of Colin Firth the whole book, but otherwise it was good. So she doesn't know anything about what happened before she turned 5 and was put into the Foster Care system. But that all changes the day she sees this mysterious guy at school. I felt like at the beginning she was easy to understand and connect to, her quest for self-discovery, and what her past was. But where were a few times when she was just so.....not as gripping? I didn't feel like I ever hated her, there were just some parts where there were lapses in character development. But on the whole I thought Darcy was a nice MC.
Okay so Conn is obviously a big part of this book. And I just had to laugh because he literally is a Con-man. :P Oh the irony. I'm not sure what to think about Conn. He's mysterious for sure, and he's hot, but I felt I was missing part of him. So much of the book is left untold about him during the times we question his loyalty that I wish it was told in his perspective.
Especially since I think this book is meant to be a stand-alone. Which I base all my dislikes on. This book idea has the potential to at least have a sequel. I think it would have been better that way. Room for more things. I think it felt a little rushed and confusing when things came to and end and when we first meet and learn about the society. That WHOLE BOOK, I kept asking myself. "Why?" What is the motivation behind this? Why are they trying to do that? What happened between these two groups of people to ignite this fight? WHY? It was rather annoying not to find out when the questions were the base of the conflict.
I did really like the romantic nature of the plot. It does start pretty quick but then takes a sharp twist about 100 pages in. That gave to some unique things and changes to happen, and I pretty forgot that it was almost -well-kinda-was- insta-love at the beginning of the book. Darn you insta-loves. It was a very interesting concept on the whole and one that I would love to explore even more. Sadness about stand-alones. ;)
Soo, my overall thoughts were something along the lines of: Eeping awesome read! Yay so fun. Hot guys, Ghosts, but WHY? Why this? Why that? You can't have this happen without an explanation. Grr. But I still love you Conn.
Content: Mild
(A few instances of language and innuendo. Kisses)
(So we have a cool plot idea and fun name, but a few key tastes were missing.)
And there you have it folks! Have you read this? Like? Not like? Do you want to read? I'd love to hear what you think! Toodles! XOXO,
Thursday, October 18, 2012
hosted by Parajunkee & Allison Can Read
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It's another Friday, meaning more following, featuring and friending! Lots of F's. Try saying that sentence as fast as you can. I dare you. :P Anyway, it's lots of fun and a great way to meet new bloggers and get more followers! Check it Out!!!
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This Week's Questionaire:
Q: When you step out of your USUAL genre what do you like to read? Best books in that genre?
Inky's Response:
Anything not YA I guess? I don't read much other than YA, the occasional Historical Fiction series and classic. I don't read much non-fic unless for school stuff. But if I have to pick a genre, I'd say Sci-Fi. I don't read much of that, even in the YA genre, cuz I can get confused easily and I'm not very techy. However, I have read some good ones. Like....
Across The Universe by Beth Revis.
That book is AMAZING. I love it and it's sequel. It was for sure worth the branch-out.
SO! What's your response? Where have you branched out? Leave me a link to your FFF or if you don't participate I'd still love to hear!! XOXO,
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