Waiting on Wednesday #156, April 30th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

Rebel by Amy Tintera
Expected Publication: May 13th, 2014
From Goodreads:
After coming back from death as Reboots and being trained by HARC as soldiers, Wren and Callum have finally escaped north, where they hope to find a life of freedom. But when they arrive at the Reboot Reservation, it isn't what they expected. Under the rule of a bloodthirsty leader, Micah, the Reboots are about to wage an all-out war on the humans. Although Wren's instincts are telling her to set off into the wilderness on their own and leave the battle far behind, Callum is unwilling to let his human family be murdered. When Micah commits the ultimate betrayal, the choice is made for them. But Micah has also made a fatal mistake . . . he's underestimated Wren and Callum.

The explosive finale to the Reboot duology is full of riveting action and steamy love scenes as Wren and Callum become rebels against their own kind.

Renegade by Debra Driza
Expected Publication: May 13th, 2014
From Goodreads:
There is no one left for Mila to trust. Except for a boy she barely knows.

But Hunter has no idea who—and what—Mila really is. She can’t bear to reveal her secret, even though he’s unwittingly joined her search for Richard Grady, a man who may know more details of Mila’s complicated past.

Yet the road to the truth is more dangerous than ever. With General Holland and the Vita Obscura scouring the earth for her whereabouts, Mila must rely on her newfound android abilities to protect herself and Hunter from imminent harm. Still, embracing her identity as a machine leads her to question the state of her humanity—as well as Hunter’s real motives.

Perfect for fans of I Am Number Four and Divergent, this action-packed and heart-wrenching second installment of MILA 2.0 will leave readers breathlessly awaiting the series conclusion.

Of Triton by Anna Banks
Expected Publication: May 13th, 2014
From Goodreads:
Emma and Galen s kingdom and their love is threatened by long-lost Syrena in the brilliant conclusion to Anna Banks bestselling trilogy.

Emma, half human and half Syrena, and her Syrena love, Galen, need time together alone. Away from the kingdoms of Poseidon and Triton. Emma s grandfather, the Poseidon king, suggests the two visit a small town called Neptune.

Neptune is home to both Syrena and Half-Breeds alike. But Emma and Galen didn t sign up to be peacemakers between the ocean and the land-dwelling, freshwater Syrena. They didn t bargain for meeting a charming Half-Breed named Reed, who can barely disguise his feelings for Emma. And they especially didn t expect to find themselves in the middle of a power struggle that threatens not only their love but their ocean kingdoms.

The Lovely and the Lost by Page Morgan
Expected Publication: May 13th, 2014
From Goodreads:
Ingrid and Gabby survived the Underneath. They saved their brother, Grayson, from a future of dark servitude and exposed a plot to undermine the Alliance. But danger still lurks in the streets of Paris, and the Dispossessed, perched on the city's bridges and rooftops, might not be able to save their human wards this time.

Oh, 4 fantastic books, can't wait till they come out, because yeah, lots of sequels,, though I already have Rebel and Renegade from Edelweiss, and Of Neptune I should get from NetGalley! What about you guys? Happy reading!

WWW Wednesday #159, April 30th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing for starting and hosting this meme!

I'm currently reread Torment by Lauren Kate, and I'm enjoying it!

 I finished reading The Kill Switch by James Rollin's and Grant Blackwood, and it was just so freaking good, especially the Kane POV's!

I'm going to read Rebel Springs by Morgan Rhodes next, can't wait, because I loved Falling Kingdoms!!!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

We Have the Title of The Malediction Trilogy #2!!!!

Yeah, we have the title and a synopis for the book after Stolen Songbird!!!

Teaser Tuesday #159, April 29th

Teaser Tuesday 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!

Today's teaser comes from Torment by Lauren Kate, page 263.

"Luce flipped the phone shut. She shouldn't have felt like Callie was intruding by inviting herself to Thanksgiving."

Huh. Well. Must read more of this book to find out the why's of this teaser! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Gena Showalter Author Page

The Story: I first found a Gena Showalter book when manning my first book table garage sale for church. I saw it in the pile of boxes, and it looked pretty interesting. The book, Heart of the Dragons, was interesting, and I started reading it right away. I read it when I was finished with the garage sale, and went to the mall. And when I got home. Heart of the Dragon was funny, and really great. And it got me hooked on Gena Showalter's writing. And this is my author page for her.

Website

Series: Lords of the Underworld, Angels of the Dark, Rise of the Warlords, Atlantis, Intertwined, The White Rabbit Chronicles, Everlife, Tale of an Extraordinary Girl, Alien Huntress, Otherworld Assassin, The Original Heartbreakers, Imperia, Gods of War, The Forest of Good and Evil, Immortal Enemies, Out of Ozland, Royal House of Shadows, A Jane Ladling Mystery, Kings of Fury.

Lords of the Underworld: The Darkest Fire and her site (Part of *Into the Dark*), my review, The Darkest Night and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Kiss and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Pleasure and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Prison and her site, (Part of *Into the Dark*), my review, The Darkest Whisper and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Angel and her site, (Part of *Heart of Darkness*), my review, The Darkest Facts and her site, (Part of *Into the Dark*), my review, The Darkest Passion and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Lie and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Secret and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, The Darkest Surrender and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, The Darkest Seduction and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, The Darkest Craving and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Touch and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Torment and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Promise and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Warrior and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Captive and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Assassin and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest King and her site, my review, my reread, The Darkest Destiny and her site, my review, my reread.

Angels of the Dark (Spin off Series of *Lords of the Underworld*): Wicked Nights and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, Beauty Awakened and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, Burning Dawn and her site, my review, my reread.

Rise of the Warlords (Spin off Series of *Lords of the Underworld*): The Warlord and her site, my review, my reread, The Immortal and her site, my review, my reread, The Phantom and her site, my review, The Wrath and her site, my review.

The Darkest Angel is a short story in Heart of Darkness, set in the Lords of the Underworld world, here's my review.

The Darkest Fire and The Darkest Prison are 2 short stories of Into the Night, set in the Lords of the Underworld world, and The Amazon's Curse, set in the Atlantis world, here's my review.

Atlantis: Heart of the Dragon and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, Jewel of Atlantis and her site, my review, my reread, The Nymph King and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, The Vampire's Bride and her site, my review, my reread, The Amazon's Curse and her site, (Part of *Into the Night*), my review, my reread.

Intertwined: Intertwined and her site, my review, my reread, Unraveled and her site, my review, my reread, Twisted and her site, my review, my reread.

The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, my fourth review, Cole...Meet Ali and my review, my reread, Through the Zombie Glass and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, The Queen of Zombie Hearts and her site, my review, my reread, A Mad Zombie Party and her site, my review, my reread, Kat in Zombieland and her site, my review, Down the Rabbit Hole and her site, my review. 

Everlife: Everlife and her site, my review, Lifeblood and her site, my review, Everlife and my review.

Tales of an Extraordinary Girl: Playing With Fire and her site, my review, Twice as Hot and her site, my review.

Alien Huntress: Awaken Me Darkly and her site, my review, my reread, Enslave Me Sweetly her site, and my review, my reread, Red Handed and her site, my review, my reread, Blacklisted and her site, my review, my reread, Savour Me Slowly and her site, my review, my reread, Seduce the Darkness and her site, my review, my reread, Tempt Me Eternally and her site, (part of *Deep Kiss of Winter*), Ecstasy in Darkness and her site, my review, my reread, Dark Taste of Rapture and her site, my review, my reread.

Otherworld Assassins (Spin off Series of *Alien Huntress*): Last Kiss Goodnight and her site, my review, my reread, Black and Blue and her site, my review, my reread, Dark Swan and her site, (Part of *Blood Red Kiss*).

Tempt Me Eternally is a short story in Deep Kiss of Winter, and set in the Alien Huntress world, here's my review, my reread.

Dark Swan is a a short story in Blood Red Kiss, and is set in the Alien Huntress world, here's my review.

The Original Heartbreakers: The Only One You Want and her site, (Part of *All For You*), The Closer You Come and her site, my review, The Hotter You Burn and her site, my review, The Harder You Fall and her site, my review, Can't Hardly Breathe and her site, my review, Can't Let Go and her site, my review, Can't Get Enough and her site, my review.

The Only One You Want is a short story in All For You, set in the Original Heartbreakers world, here's my review.

Imperia: The Stone Prince and her site, my review, my reread, The Pleasure Slave and her site, my review, my reread. Prince of Stone and my review, Prince of Forever and my review.

Gods of War: Shadow and Ice and her site, my review, Frost and Flame and her site, my review.

The Forest of Good and Evil: The Evil Queen and her site, my review, The Glass Queen and her site, my review.

Immortal Enemies: Heartless and her site, my review, Ruthless and her site, my review.

Out of Ozland: The Great and Terrible and her site, my review.

Royal House of Shadows: Lord of the Vampires and her site, my review, Lord of Rage and her site, my review, Lord of the Wolfyn and her site, my review, Lord of the Abyss and her site, my review.

*Note that only Lord of the Vampires is by Gena Showalter.*

A Jane Ladling Mystery: Romancing the Grave and her site, my review, No Gravestone Left Unturned and her site, my review, Game of Gravestones and her site, my review, Twelve Gravestones of Christmas and her site, my review, Falling for the Gravekeeper and her site, my review, Grave Wars and her site, my review, Grave New World and her site, my review.

Kings of Fury: The Wrong Bride and her site, my review.

Stand Alone's: Catch a Mate and her site, my review, Animal Instincts and her site, my review, my reread, Oh My Goth and her site, my review, my reread, Oh My Goth Revised and my review.

Anthologies: Mysteria and her site, my review, Mysteria Lane and her site, my review, On the Hunt and her site, my review, The Bodyguard and her site, my review.

Maria V. Snyder Author Page

The Story: Well, I technically read Inside Out first, but that was back in 2010, before I started blogging, and using Goodreads, and and while it I enjoyed it, Poison Study, the real first book that I read, was my favourite, which I got as my first RAK. I was utterly captivated by Yelena and Valek, and their world, and I wanted to read more!!! Poison Study was the book that got my hooked on Maria V. Snyder's writing. And this is my author page for her. I've read all of Maria V. Snyder's full length published novels that are currently out.  And I've reread the majority of them. Yep.

Website

Series: Chronicles of Ixia, Study, The Study Chronicle's: Valek's Adventures, Glass, Soulfinders, Insiders, Healer, Sentinels of the Galaxy, Archives of the Invisible Sword.

Chronicles of Ixia: Poison Study and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, my fourth review, Assassin Study and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, (Part of *The Study Chronicles*), Magic Study and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, my fourth review, Fire Study and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, my fourth review, Power Study and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, (Part of *The Study Chronicles*), Storm Glass and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, my fourth review, Sea Glass and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, Ice Study and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, (Part of *The Study Chronicles*), Spy Glass and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, Shadow Study and her site, my review, my reread, Night Study and her site, my review, my reread, Shattered Glass and her site, my review, my reread, (Part of *The Study Chronicles*), Dawn Study and her site, my review, my reread, Diaper Study and her site, my review, (Part of *The Study Chronicles*), The Study of Poisons and her site, my review, The Study of Magic and her site, my review. 

Study: Poison Study, Assassin Study, Magic Study, Fire Study, Power Study, Ice Study, Shadow Study, Night Study, Dawn Study, Diaper Study, The Study of Poisons, The Study of Magic.

The Study Chronicle's: Valek's Adventures: The Study of Poisons, The Study of Magic. 

Glass: Storm Glass, Sea Glass, Spy Glass, Shattered Glass.

Soulfinders: Shadow Study, Night Study, Dawn Study, Diaper Study. 

Diamond Study, Assassin Study, Power Study, Ice Study, Shattered Glass, Diaper Study, Wedding Study, and After Study are 8 short stories in The Study Chronicles, and her site, my review.

Insiders: Inside Out and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, Outside In and her site, my review, my reread, my third review.

Healer: Touch of Power and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, Scent of Magic and her site, my review, my reread, my third review, Taste of Darkness and her site, my review, my reread.

Sentinels of the Galaxy: Navigating the Stars and her site, my review, my reread, Chasing the Shadows and her site, my review, my reread, Defending the Galaxy and her site, my review.

The Archives of the Invisible Sword: The Eyes of Tamburah and her site, my review, my reread, The City of Zirdai and her site, my review, The King of Koraha and her site, my review.

Anthologies: Brave New World and her site, my review, The Eternal Kiss and her site, my review, Up for the Challenge and her site, my review.


her site

Bought Vs. Own

For me, in reviews, for "source" when I have a physical copy of the book, not from the library, it's either bought, or own. Bought, for me, means that I've recently purchased it, while own means that I've had it for a while, almost to the point where I don't know when or where I actually got the book(s).

So that was today's random post, because I was feeling like it. Yep. What about you guys? Happy reading!

The Rising King: Review

From Goodreads:
The summer before Dylan Kennedy’s senior year in high school is turning out to be anything but boring. Ridiculously hot girlfriend? Check. Killing evil Dark Souls who suddenly have aspirations of taking over the magical realm of Teag because its protective spell is gone? Check. Not even Teag’s King, Dylan’s father, Baun, can stop them. People are dying, and a dark magic that his girlfriend, Kera, received from Baun is growing stronger. Dylan wants to believe Kera is suppressing the darkness that’s in her, but every day he sees that control slip just a little more.

Baun sends Dylan to find a powerful magic that stop the Dark Souls, a magic so strong that Baun hid it so no one else could use it. When Dylan doesn’t expect to find along with it, are consequences that could end the lives of those closest to him.

My Review:
While a heartbreaking book, the ending, the loss of the could-have-been, this was a freaking fantastic book, and a great ending to a great series! I so enjoyed it, and yeah, I don't know why I took so long to read this series!!

I kinda suspected his dad, because from seeing both Dylan and Kera's perspectives, thing seemed off, that it didn't quite add up, though I didn't want him to end up not changing like he said he would. Because that was just...a waste, a loss of potential, and it made me disappointed in him (not the books thought, enjoyed them!!!)

Kera, poor girl, dealing with the dark powers, and that they were slowly corrupting her, to the point that she attacked Dylan, lied to him? Yeah, that was pretty hard to bear. But then things got better.

One thing I found really sad, and that didn't get dealt with, was Bodog's death. He's been with the series from the first book, the odd, strange, and full of headache-making statements, and we didn't get to see Dylan deal with his death, or have it mentioned that he even knew, just that Kera was there as he died, and he had died protecting her. So that, I was a bit disappointed on.

Dylan's grandpa did come to Teag like I wanted, but it wasn't very long, and we weren't with him for the majority of it, so that was something that I missed out on, because I thought something big might've happened because of that, but nope, just fighting the bad guys.

Yeah, this was a really good book, and while I didn't like some parts, that didn't mean that I didn't love this book, because I did, it was really great!

Author: Shea Berkley
Series: Keepers of Life #3
Read: April 27th, 2014
Source: Tour for Review
Reason Why: Enjoyed the first 2 books, and it's a End of Series 2014 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book!
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Published: April 28th 2014

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

 Bio:
I was thinking ... what does anyone really want to know about me, and I came up blank. So I asked a few friends and below are some questions.  Now me being me, the answers are an amalgam of fact and fiction. I'll let you decide what's real and what's not.


If you're itching to know more about me, then ask.  Depending what you ask, I'll add the question to the list with an answer that's as close to the truth as I can make it.

Contact and Buy AKA Links:

Website

Facebook

Twitter

Goodreads

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Stops on the Tour:

The Rising King Tour Page

The Witch With No Name: Cover Reveal

So yeah, we're getting the full cover of The Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison today!!!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #151, April 28th

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 #150
Teaser Tuesday #158
WWW Wednesday #158
WOW #155
Will the Time Come #151
Third Sentence Thursday #141
Random Reads #126
First Lines Friday #146
The Reward Challenge Round 96 Part 1
Follow Friday #129
LLFL Reading Challenge Update 44

Week 17 Reviews:
The Rising
The Dead Girls Detective Agency
Ashes of Twilight
Don't Look Back
Beauty Awakened
Life Before Legend
Legend
Falling to Ash
The Marked Son
The Fallen Prince

Tours:
The Hunters and the Queen: Book Blitz
Undying Desire: Guest Post and Review

OK, so I got 21 posts in 7 days, so all in all, it was a pretty great week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Whispered Lies, Prodigy, Hunting Lila, The Rising King, Undying Destiny, Undying Embrace, The Kill Switch, Rebel Spring, The Dream Thieves, Torment, The Daughter of Smoke and Bone, The Winner's Curse, Street Game, Far From You, Warrior, The Immortal Rules, In Seconds, V is for Villain, Gabriel's Redemption, and Sweet Evil.

The summer before Dylan Kennedy’s senior year in high school is turning out to be anything but boring. Ridiculously hot girlfriend? Check. Killing evil Dark Souls who suddenly have aspirations of taking over the magical realm of Teag because its protective spell is gone? Check. Not even Teag’s King, Dylan’s father, Baun, can stop them. People are dying, and a dark magic that his girlfriend, Kera, received from Baun is growing stronger. Dylan wants to believe Kera is suppressing the darkness that’s in her, but every day he sees that control slip just a little more.

Baun sends Dylan to find a powerful magic that stop the Dark Souls, a magic so strong that Baun hid it so no one else could use it. When Dylan doesn’t expect to find along with it, are consequences that could end the lives of those closest to him.

Kenric St. James is out for revenge. Over 300 years ago, an ancient female vampire turned him against his will and killed the woman he loved. He’s spent more than a century building an Enclave of warrior vampires who have sworn to defend humanity against his evil sire and her minions. But when Kenric finds a woman he finally burns to claim as his own again, Kenric knows loving her means giving his sire another target.

Emily Ross just wanted a fresh start. She’s a survivor, coming off the tail end of an abusive relationship, and craves time alone to learn who she is and to save the home that holds her heart. The last thing she needed was a controlling, alpha male calling all the shots.

Meeting Kenric might just have changed her mind, though. He is wrong for her in all the right ways. But in order to keep her heart from breaking, he first has to keep the hoards of evil vamps from stealing her very breath.

Arran MacLain is a vampire on a suicide mission, driven to kill his former partner who betrayed him and the Enclave they served. But two things stand in his way: Gabrielle, the human female who holds his heart, and the past that won’t let him go. If only death was enough to cleanse his soul.

Gabrielle Steven’s sister is missing. Her hunt for clues brings her face to face with the one vampire she can’t forget. Their missions combine and thrust them into the heart of evil. Will their passion be enough to overcome the pain from their past, or will their dark desires destroy them both?

Week 17 Reviews: The Marked Son, The Fallen Prince

From Goodreads:
Seventeen-year-old Dylan Kennedy always knew something was different about him, but until his mother abandoned him in the middle of Oregon with grandparents he’s never met, he had no idea what.

When Dylan sees a girl in white in the woods behind his grandparents’ farm, he knows he’s seen her before... in his dreams. He’s felt her fear. Heard her insistence that only he can save her world from an evil lord who uses magic and fear to feed his greed for power.

Unable to shake the unearthly pull to Kera, Dylan takes her hand. Either he’s completely insane or he’s about to have the adventure of his life, because where they’re going is full of creatures he’s only read about in horror stories. Worse, the human blood in his veins has Dylan marked for death...

From Goodreads:
There is a magical realm that exists alongside the human realm, but it wasn’t always so. The firsts are beings who were created to nurture the land. The world was split into two realms, and the firsts were allowed to redeem themselves. Sadly, the majority continued with their self-indulgent behavior to the point where one of their own, a king, became so obsessed with power, he was secretly banished by the court in hopes his absence would calm the masses. But a spark of madness was ignited and not even the lost king's absence could curtail what he set in motion.

My Review:
Oh, I loved these books! Alternating POV's of Dylan and Kera, so we got a fuller story, and more of what was going on, yeah, these were just 2 great books!!!

My favourite character was Bodog, he was funny in what he said, saying them in such a manner that it was hard to understand, like making prophecies, and yeah, he was shy, and he was helpful, and entertaining, and yeah, he was just my favourite character!!!

One thing that I want, is for his grandpa to go to Teag, because I think it'd be pretty hilarious!! Because he's such a down to earth guy, from the beginning, not knowing about the firsts, to in Prince, him taking him to Wyatt for Dylan to train to get control of his powers, and his grandpa soaking him, it was hilarious, and I want to see how he does in Teag!!!

Dylan makes a few close friends, and it's sad what happened to Jason? I believe his name was. Though the whole fight and afterwards in the forest in Prince, I'm a bit confused with that, because it didn't really make sense, they were looking for him, why did Dylan just let him go?

Yeah, these were 2 really good stories, they were fun, and I don't know why it took me so long to read them!!!

Author: Shea Berkley
Series: Keepers of Life #1, 2
Read: April 25th, 25th, 2014
Source: Publisher for Review
Reason Why: They sounded good, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Books!
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, Entangled Teen
Published: July 27th 2011, June 4th 2013

The Marked Son:

5/5 Hearts

4/5 Books

4/5 Stars

The Fallen Prince: 

5/5 Hearts

4.5/5 Books

4/5 Stars