Showing posts with label Chris Cannon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Cannon. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Trial by Fire: Review

From Goodreads:
Bryn's hopes for a peaceful new semester at school go up in smoke when someone tries to kill her—again. She's not sure which is scarier, facing the radicals who want to sacrifice her for their cause, or her impending nightmare-of-a-Directorate-arranged marriage to her nemesis, Jaxon.

The one bright spot in her life is Valmont, her smoking-hot knight who is assigned to watch over her twenty-four hours a day. Is what she feels for him real, or just a side effect of the dragon-knight bond? At this point, stopping the impending civil war might be easier than figuring out her love life.

My Review:
Wow, another fantastic book in this series! I enjoyed reading it so, so much, and it was just so great! I've loved the world, the characters, and the writing from the beginning, and this was just another level up! This series just keeps getting better and better!

There was such a cliffhanger ending for Bridges Burned, and this book, I'm a bit conflicted on how I feel about how this book dealt with it. On one hand, I wanted more, and on the other, it might lead to a bad place! Or maybe not!

The arranged marriage to Jaxon is still set to happen, and that really sucks, what with him being her nemesis, and Valmont, and the Dragon-Knight bond. Such a complicated love life, on top of the whole impending civil war thing!

Loved how things ended, this series isn't done yet, and we get more time at school, and we get more time with these characters, and it's going to be so great! The way things developed in this book, I want to see where they're going to go in future books!

Loved this book so much! I just can't wait for the next book!

Author: Chris Cannon
Series: Going Down in Flames #3
Read: April 5th, 2016
Source: YA Bound Review Book
Reason Why: Love this series! And it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2016 Book!
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Published: April 4th 2016
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars
Bio:
Chris Cannon lives in Southern Illinois with her husband and her three dogs, Pete the shih tzu who sleeps on her desk while she writes, Molly the ever-shedding yellow lab, and Tyson the sandwich-stealing German Shepherd Beagle. She believes coffee is the Elixir of Life. Most evenings after work, you can find her sucking down caffeine and writing fire-breathing paranormal adventures or romantic comedies.

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Monday, August 24, 2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #220, August 24th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #219
Teaser Tuesday #227
WWW Wednesday #227
WOW #224
Will the Time Come #220
Third Sentence Thursday #210
Random Reads #195
First Lines Friday #214
The Reward Challenge Update #205
Follow Friday #197
How Well I Stuck to It #49
Wrote that Review Update #54

Week 34 Reviews:
Second Star
Alienated
Until Midnight
Invaded
Sworn to Raise
Sworn to Transfer
Sworn to Conflict
Great
Frigid
Scorched
Deceptions

Tours:
Blackmail Boyfriend: Review
The Drowning God: Review

Random:
We Have the Cover of Soulfinders #2!!!!
We Have the Title of Untitled #1!!!!
We Have the Cover of Fever #8!!!!
We Have the Cover of Tell the Wind and Fire!!!!
We Have the Cover of Blackcoat Rebellion #3!!!!
We Have the Cover of Thunder Road #2!!!!
We Have the Cover of The Ward #2!!!!
We Have the Cover of Mirador #1!!!!
Ward Against Destruction: Cover Reveal

OK, so I got 29 posts in 7 days, which is pretty decent, seeing as I moved into residence over the weekend! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever catches my fancy!

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Blackmail Boyfriend: Review

From Goodreads:
Sometimes, blackmail is the only weapon a girl has…

Haley Patterson has had a crush on golden boy Bryce Colton for ages. But when she hears a rumor that he hooked up with her she gives him a choice: be her boyfriend for a month to show other guys that she's dateable—despite her overprotective and very intimidating brothers—or deal with the angry, cage-fighting boyfriend of the girl he actually did hook up with.

Bryce didn't know the other Haley even had a boyfriend. He was just trying to get his ex off his back. And now, not only is he being blackmailed, he's being blackmailed by an honor student. His new "girlfriend" has two three-legged dogs, her father mows grass at the country club, and she's…well, difficult. And different.

Can something so fake turn into something real? 

My Review:
This was such a fantastic book! I enjoyed reading it so much! There were just so many fantastic lines, that the whole book was my favourite line! They were just so smart and witty and just overall fantastic and amazing!

Her brothers are the reason why she blackmails him-they were very overprotective. And the situation that allows her to blackmail him-he hooked up with a girl who has an on and off relationship with a muscled guy. Yeah. A situation ripe for a book!

I really enjoyed a lot of this book, like the one liners, spoken or just thoughts. Loved how protective her family was of her, the brother's wood chipper, and her dad's back hoe and 5 acres of land. But there was one thing that I didn't like. And that was the lack of real conflict-there was a lot of emotional, relationship stuff, mostly with Haley and Bryce, but also Haley's mom. And I thought that the situation could've upped the ante, if the boy her mom had been with-the biological father of the twins-was Bryce's dad. That could've added so much conflict to the book, and it would've been pretty awesome to read!

The ending was really enjoyable, that while there wasn't a lot of conflict, what there was, was resolved, and they were happy together! Which was nice, and just really enjoyable to read-it was an ending that I love in books!

Just a really fantastic book! I enjoyed it a ton! Can't wait for more books by Chris Cannon!

Author: Chris Cannon
Read: August 15th, 2015
Source: YA Bound Review Tour
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and I've really enjoyed some of her other books! And it's a SAC 2015 Book!
Publisher: Entangled Teen: Crush
Published: August 11th 2015
5/5 Hearts
4.5/5 Books
5/5 Stars
Bio:
Chris Cannon lives in Southern Illinois with her husband and her three dogs, Pete the shih tzu who sleeps on her desk while she writes, Molly the ever-shedding yellow lab, and Tyson the sandwich-stealing German Shepherd Beagle. She believes coffee is the Elixir of Life. Most evenings after work, you can find her sucking down caffeine and writing fire-breathing paranormal adventures. Going Down In Flames is the first book in Chris Cannon's shape-shifting dragon series.

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Friday, January 23, 2015

Bridges Burned: Review

From Goodreads:
Don't just fight the system…burn it.

Since discovering she is a shape-shifting, fire-breathing dragon on her sixteenth birthday (surprise!), Bryn McKenna's world has been thrown into chaos. Being a “crossbreed”—part Red dragon and part Blue—means Bryn will never fit in. Not with dragon society. Not with the archaic and controlling Directorate. And definitely not when she has striped hair and a not-so-popular affection for rule-breaking…

But sneaking around with her secret boyfriend, Zavien, gets a whole lot harder when he's betrothed to someone else. Someone who isn't a mixed breed and totally forbidden. And for an added complication, it turns out Bryn’s former archnemesis Jaxon Westgate isn't quite the evil asshat she thought. Now she’s caught between her desire to fit in and a need to set things on fire. Literally. 

Because if Bryn can't adapt to the status quo…well, then maybe it's time for her to change it.

My Review:
I enjoyed this book so much! I really enjoyed the dragon society and the world in the first book, and loved to rage at it, and in this book, well, that was amplified for me. About 10 times. And it was pretty bad in the first book, too!

So apparently Chris Cannon wants to mess with our emotions. In the first book, Zavien was awesome, and Jaxon was evil. In this book, Zavien's just not very nice, and Jaxon isn't that bad. And that basically personality switch? Messing with mine, and Bryn's, heart!

Yeah, things in the dragon world are, wait for it, heating up. And while not all dragons have fire power, well, fire is what's commonly associated with dragons, so yeah. And all that politics and scheming, well, it's not going to matter much, soon, I hope!

That ending! It's just about killing me! I mean, much more of a cliffhanger, and just a lot of threads that are more like juggling balls, and a lot of those balls are in the air, and I want to see how they're going to all be caught, because there was quite a few!

I enjoyed this book os much! So good, and I really want, and hope for, and pray for, a 3rd book!

Author: Chris Cannon
Series: Going Down in Flames #2
Read: January 22nd, 2015
Source: YA Bound Review Book
Reason Why: Sounded good, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book!
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Published: January 19th 2015
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Bio:
Chris Cannon lives in Southern Illinois with her husband and her three dogs, Pete the shih tzu who sleeps on her desk while she writes, Molly the ever-shedding yellow lab, and Tyson the sandwich-stealing German Shepherd Beagle. She believes coffee is the Elixir of Life. Most evenings after work, you can find her sucking down caffeine and writing fire-breathing paranormal adventures. Going Down In Flames is the first book in Chris Cannon's shape-shifting dragon series.

Contact and Buy AKA Links:


Monday, January 19, 2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #189, January 19th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #188
Teaser Tuesday #196
WWW Wednesday #196
WOW #193
Will the Time Come #189
Third Sentence Thursday #179
Random Reads #164
First Lines Friday #183
The Reward Challenge Update #174
Follow Friday #167
How Well I Stuck to It #18
Wrote that Review Update #23

Week 3 Reviews:
Beautiful Darkness
Dark Dream
Sinner
Wither
Runes
Immortals
After
Return of the Warrior
The Warrior
Going Down in Flames

Tours:
Stefan: Promo

Random:
Life Unaware: Cover Reveal
Gayle Forman Author Page
Gina Rosasti Author Page
Jeri Smith-Ready Author Page
Jessi Kirby Author Page
Jessica Brody Author Page
Jessica Lee Author Page
Jessica Martinez Author Page
Jessica Shirvington Author Page
Jessica Spotswood Author Page
Jessica Verday Author Page
Jessie Humphries Author Page
OK, so I got 45 posts in 7 days, and I didn't read as much, but I watched a few shows, and I wrote a ton of reviews! And another pretty light, but hopefully doable week coming up! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Final Cut, Wild, Tease, All That Glows, All That Burns, The Emblazoned Red, Dead Time, Fuse, The Da Vinci Code, Feuds, Brutal Youth, Take My On, Beautiful Chaos, A Questionable Client, Magic Bites, Exile, Broken Skies, Blindsighted, Angel Fire, Angel Fever, Crystal Fire, Excavation, Sleep No More, Sleep of Death, Counting by D, The Things You Kiss Goodbye, Bridges Burned, Dark Bites, The One Percenters, Stray, Untouched, and Toxic.
An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last.

While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci—and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle—while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.
Thirty years ago, civilization collapsed. Few survived.
Ten years ago, the aliens arrived…and stayed.
One year ago, I killed two men and went a little crazy.
Today, the aliens took my brother and I will do anything to get him back.

In seventeen-year-old Jax Mitchell's world, humans are nearly extinct and alien settlers have arrived.

Until recently, the E’rikon have remained segregated in their city and ignored the few humans who have tried to engage them… but now they have taken Jax’s brother. To rescue him, she forms an uneasy alliance with a teenage E’rikon left stranded in the woods. She agrees to guide him to the city if he sneaks her past the human-proof barrier. Too bad it’s not that simple.

Jax, who cannot stand to be touched, finds that she’s drawn to the alien boy with bright green hair and jewel-like scales down his back. And he’s equally affected by her, the courageous redhead with haunted eyes. But she doesn’t know the alien’s true motives and he has no idea that she is much more than she seems.

In this world where alien and human are at odds, the connection forming between the two has consequences. What started off as a rescue mission sets a chain of events in motion which threatens not only the remaining humans and the growing alien society, but Earth itself.
High in the Andes, Dr. Henry Conklin discovers a 500-year-old mummy that should not be there. While deep in the South American jungle, Conklin's nephew, Sam, stumbles upon a remarkable site nestled between two towering peaks, a place hidden from human eyes for thousands of years.

Ingenious traps have been laid to ensnare the careless and unsuspecting, and wealth beyond imagining could be the reward for those with the courage to face the terrible unknown. But where the perilous journey inward ends--in the cold, shrouded heart of a breathtaking necropolis--something else is waiting for Sam Conklin and his exploratory party. A thing created by Man, yet not humanly possible. Something wondrous . . . something terrifying.
Don't just fight the system…burn it.

Since discovering she is a shape-shifting, fire-breathing dragon on her sixteenth birthday (surprise!), Bryn McKenna’s world has been thrown into chaos. Being a “crossbreed”—part Red dragon and part Blue—means Bryn will never fit in. Not with dragon society. Not with the archaic and controlling Directorate. And definitely not when she has striped hair and a not-so-popular affection for rule-breaking…

But sneaking around with her secret boyfriend, Zavien, gets a whole lot harder when he’s betrothed to someone else. Someone who isn't a mixed breed and totally forbidden. And for an added complication, it turns out Bryn’s former archnemesis Jaxon Westgate isn’t quite the evil asshat she thought. Now she’s caught between her desire to fit in and a need to set things on fire. Literally.

Because if Bryn can’t adapt to the status quo…well, then maybe it’s time for her to change it.
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Included novellas:
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Winter Born (Dante)
A Dark-Hunter Christmas (Gallagher)
Until Death We Do Part (Velkan)
A Hard Day’s Night Searcher (Rafael)
Shadow of the Moon (Fury)
Where Angels Fear to Tread (Zeke)
Fear the Darkness (First Time in Print)
House of the Rising Son (First Time in Print)
Unrelated Stories:
Love Bytes
Santa Wears Spurs

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Chris Cannon Author Page

The Story: I got Going Down in Flames from NetGalley, and it sounded really good, but then I kinda forgot about it. But then I got a chance to be a part of the Bridges Burned tour, so then I was just rearing to read Going Down in Flames, so I did! And now I can't wait to read Bridges Burned!

Website

Series: Going Down in Flames.

Going Down in Flames: Going Down in Flames and her site, my review, Bridges Burned and her site, my review.

Stand Alone's: Blackmail Boyfriend and her site, my review.

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Week 3 Review: Going Up in Flames

From Goodreads:
If her love life is going down in flames, she might as well spark a revolution.

Finding out on your sixteenth birthday you're a shape-shifting dragon is tough to swallow. Being hauled off to an elite boarding school is enough to choke on.

Since Bryn is the only crossbreed at the Institute for Excellence, all eyes are on her, but it's a particular black dragon, Zavien, who catches her attention.

Zavien is tired of the Council's rules. Segregated clans, being told who to love, and close-minded leaders make freedom of choice almost impossible. The new girl with the striped hair is a breath of fresh air, and with Bryn's help, they may be able to change the rules.

At the Institute, old grudges, new crushes, and death threats are all part of a normal day for Bryn. She'll need to learn to control her dragon powers if she wants to make it through her first year at school. But even focusing on staying alive is difficult when you're falling for someone you can't have.

My Review:
I enjoyed this book so much! It was fun, interesting, and unique, and those are my favourite combination of words, when in describing a book, because they're the things that I love most about books! So yeah, this was an excellent book!

Bryn was so amazing! I mean, she was sarcastic, and strong, and even though she's pretty much hated by this world that she was dumped in because she's a crossbreed, she doesn't back down, she keeps going, and she doesn't that keep her down! She was awesome!

I've only read one other dragon shape shifter series, the Firelight series by Sophie Jordan, so I really enjoyed all the details of this world, even how bad it was, saying that the different breeds of dragons shouldn't be together, that they couldn't have kids, when Bryn is proof they can-her mom is a blue dragon, and her dad is a red dragon-and yeah, that makes Bryn extra super special! So awesome!

I'm all up for a revolution in the dragon culture! I read in another review when I was getting research details, to think of the dragon government as a collection of Umbridges, and I think that's spot on, because they were just like that character, and they need to be taken down!

I enjoyed this book so much, it was just so good and entertaining, and I can't wait to read more!

Author: Chris Cannon
Series: Going Up in Flames #1
Read: January 15th, 2015
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded like a good book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book!
Publisher: Entangled Teen Ember
Published: June 30th 2014
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars