Words I Write Crazy: October 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

Resisting Ruby Rose: Review

From Goodreads:
Still reeling from the heartbreaking events that unfolded on Grissom Island, Ruby Rose is trying to come to terms with the fact that she's gone from a vigilante in killer shoes to a stone-cold killer. Everyone from her therapist to her smoking-hot boyfriend keeps trying to convince her that she hasn't crossed over to the dark side, but Ruby isn't so sure. It doesn't help that her nemesis, Detective “Mastermind” Martinez, is still out there, waiting for another chance to take her down.

When an alleged CIA agent named Skryker shows up and asks for a meeting, Ruby figures it just means more questions about her case. But he has information of an entirely different nature and a job offer: join an elite force of young assassins, including Skryker's right-hand guy, Quinn Donovan. Quinn is distractingly charming, handsome—and deadly. Ruby resists becoming a killer again, but as she becomes more ensnared in a web of deceit, no one around her is safe.

My Review:
So this picks up about 5 months after the ending of Killing Ruby Rose, and yeah, it's different then Killing, a bit, because they know why the bad guy is doing what he's doing, and who is is. And then Skryker happens. Oh, and so does Quinn.

This book dives right into the action, with a bomb, and yeah, it pretty much never stops! That was something that I liked in Killing, and continued to like here, and it wasn't meaningless violence, either. There were points to it, whether good ones or bad ones!

I really enjoyed Quinn, though he basically signalled a change, one that I didn't want to like, but ended up pretty good-Liam pretty much joining the dark side, and yeah, that lost chance. But yeah, Quinn was there, and he was really entertaining!

I really enjoyed the mystery in this book, because hey, the CIA was watching Martinez, but didn't stop him? That raised a few red flags. And yeah, that led to the ending, with the teens being blackmailed into helping the CIA, which is not a good position to be in! Can't wait till they get out of it!

Favourite lines: "If my mom only knew how close Liam and I had become in the last few months, she'd die. Then rise from the grave to have him arrested again." This is just so funny! Loved it a lot!

Yes, this was an excellent sequel, and yeah, I really want more!

Author: Jessie Humphries
Series: Ruby Rose #2
Read: October 30th, 2014
Source: Elena Johnson Book Tour Review Copy!
Reason Why: Loved the first book! And it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: October 28th 2014

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Bio:
Hey, I'm Jessie. Full-time Mother, Part-time Attorney, Half-witted Writer, Full-blown Lunatic. Represented by the fabulous Sarah Davies of Greenhouse Literary. My debut, KILLING RUBY ROSE, will be published by Amazon Children's Publishing Summer 2013.

Contact and Buy AKA Links:

Follow Friday #156, October 31st

Follow Friday is a blog hop that expands your blog following by a joint effort between bloggers. Follow Friday is hosted by 2 hosts, Parajunkee's View and Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs! For more rules and how to participate, visit one of the hosts. Now for this week's question:

Q: What books would you give to newbies in your favorite genre?

A: Favourite genre? YA, I'd have to say either Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder or any YA Jennifer L. Arementrout or Richelle Mead book! Romance, Acheron and Styxx by Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Heart of the Dragon by Gena Showalter and Dark Prince by Christine Feehan! For thriller, any James Rollins book! What about you guys? Happy reading!

GFC

Any or all. I'm not too picky, there's options!

The Reward Challenge Update #163

The Reward Challenge is almost the complete opposite to a book buying ban as you'll end up buying lots of new books throughout the challenge but only after you've completed a certain amount of reading. It was hosted by Good Golly Miss Holly, so thanks to her for starting it!

So I said that I was going to be changing this, so yeah, that update number is right, this is the 163rd Reward Challenge post, and yeah. I'm going to do, for every count, I can put towards 50 cents.

OK, so I already had 1 count, and I read At Any Moment which counts twice as a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book, Ice Hunt which counts twice as a SAC 2014 Book, Poison Dance which counts 3 times as a Historical Fiction 2014 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book, Midnight Thief which counts 6 times as a DAC Book, Historical Fiction 2014 Book, NetGalley Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book and a WoW Book, Justice Buried which counts 3 times as a 2014 Dystopia Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge Book, Lexan's Pledge which counts 3 times as a 2014 Dystopia Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge Book, Balance Broken which counts 3 times as a review book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book, Resisting Ruby Rose which counts 4 times as a review book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book and WoW Book, Locke which counts 3 times as a End of Series 2014 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book, Claiming the Highlander which counts 3 times as a Historical Fiction 2014 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book, Born in Sin which counts 3 times as a Historical Fiction 2014 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book, Wild which counts 5 times as a Edelweiss Book, End of Series 2014 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book and a WoW Book!

So I have 41 counts which translates to $20.50 this week! I'll use it to buy In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken!

First Lines Friday #173, October 31st

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"Handsome as sin and more dangerous than the devil himself, Braden MacAllister had but one affliction in life. He adored all women. At a score and five years, he had claimed more hearts than anyone could count and charmed more women then there were stars in the heavens. It was said that one the hour of his birth, the midwife had been enthralled by the newborn's playful air." -Claiming the Highlander by Kinley MacGregor.

Well, soon, you'll meet your match, Braden! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Balance Broken: Review

From Goodreads:
Balance Broken is the second in the Starbright series. In the first book, Justice Buried, Astrea fights to remain independent in a world which demands she submit to an ancient prophecy. In Balance Broken, she learns that independence means little when the world is depending on her.

The world cries for Order, but she's igniting a revolution.

One hundred years before, the Great Sickness reduced the world to three cities. Now, Asphodel no longer lingers underground, and the Starbright Maiden of Justice has returned.

Everyone has faith in Astrea's ability to save the world - but only she knows the dark truth about her powers.

Astrea teams with Stian, Lexan, and Zarea to enlist the help of Lord Hadeon of Tartarus. They hope Hadeon will aid in attacking Asphodel's First Leader Keirna, but the Destroyer usually takes lives, not sides.

As Astrea discovers life outside of Asphodel, she begins to wonder whether the remaining world is too broken to save - especially since the price of freedom just might be her own life.

My Review:
Wow, I really enjoyed this book! Picking shortly after Justice Buried, things just start steam rolling over anything they could-including but not limited to my heart, my blood pressure, and my head! There was just a lot going on, and it meant a lot to Trea!

So this book, while there's still the triangle, which was put into a bit of a square with Zarea, it's not the most important thing, because Trea has decided that she does have a big part to play in the prophecy, and that's more important then her love life!

This book focused more on Astrea and Lexan, because they've known each other their whole lives, and now they're on the surface, and they're outsiders, and the know very little about what's going on-and the other is really the only familiar thing. Oh, and they both have a part to play in the prophecy!

This book really delved into the history, of the Cleansing, as it's called above, and how it was life for those that wasn't in one of the cities, which, honestly, would not be fun at all. And then tying in that with Keirna's actions, past and current, well, they have even more motivation!

Really enjoyed this book, it was an awesome sequel, and yeah, can't wait for more!

Author: Hilary Thompson
Series: Starbright #2
Read: October 29th, 2014
Source: IFB Book Tours Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded really good! And it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2016 Book!
Published: October 30th 2014

5/5 Hearts

4.5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Bio:
Hilary Thompson was born to parents who made a habit of taking roads less traveled. But she was also a first child, and an independent, willful child, so she has made a habit of taking a few roads on her own.

After trying on hats made for artists, architects, restaurant and retail workers, landscape designers, legal secretaries, and professional students, she retreated back to her first loves of education and writing.

Hilary now teaches high school full time, writes whenever and wherever she can, and reads as much as her eyes can handle. She also tries not to spoil her own independent, willful children or neglect her wonderful soul-mate of a husband too much. She tends to ignore laundry baskets and dirty dishes.

Contact and Buy AKA Links:

Random Reads #153, October 30th

Random Reads is a monthly meme (that I'm going to do weekly) hosted by I'm Loving Books to read some books that have been on our TBR piles for a long time. Using Random.org, I got 2703 which turned out to be Providence by Jamie McGuire! It's been on my TBR pile since April 24th 2012, and I added it because I really enjoyed Beautiful Disaster, and it sounded really good!! Happy reading!

Will the Time Come #178, October 30th

Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!

Want to Join?

-Pick a book you have been meaning to read

-Do a post telling us about the book

-Link the post up in the linky

-Visit the other blogs

From Goodreads:

The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser’s wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy — a time-traveler’s certain knowledge.

Born in the year of Our Lord 1918, Claire Randall served England as a nurse on the battlefields of World War II, and in the aftermath of peace found fresh conflicts when she walked through a cleftstone on the Scottish Highlands and found herself an outlander, an English lady in a place where no lady should be, in a time — 1743 — when the only English in Scotland were the officers and men of King George’s army.

Now wife, mother, and surgeon, Claire is still an outlander, out of place, and out of time, but now, by choice, linked by love to her only anchor — Jamie Fraser. Her unique view of the future has brought him both danger and deliverance in the past; her knowledge of the oncoming revolution is a flickering torch that may light his way through the perilous years ahead — or ignite a conflagration that will leave their lives in ashes....

Grand, sweeping, utterly unforgettable, Diana Gabaldon’s new novel is riveting entertainment, a vibrant tapestry of history and human drama. Crossing the boundaries of genre with its unrivaled storytelling, The Fiery Cross is a gift both to her millions of loyal fans and to the lucky readers who have yet to discover her.

Why the time hasn't come yet...
Same reason as the others-hadn't read the previous ones yet, and I still have 3 more after this! Yeah! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Third Sentence Thursday #168, October 30th

Create your own banner at mybannermaker.com!

Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme which likes to watch fireworks especially while eating a cookie!

1) Take the book you are currently reading and open it to a random page. Share the third full sentence on that page. (If there isn't a third one – like at the end of a chapter or a blank page – you can share the third sentence of the book or just choose another random page.) Feel free to share more than one sentence, if you feel the need to do so.

2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)

3) Post a link to your sentence at Words I Write Crazy (This Blog)

4) Visit one or two of the other blogs to check out their third sentences!

"Even if Liam wasn't convinced Martinez was behind the bombing, I was." -Resisting Ruby Rose by Jessie Humphries, page 30.

Well, a bomb doesn't sound good, and seeing as Martinez killer her adoptive father, even worse!

What are your guy's 3rd lines? Link up below!

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday #182, October 29th

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

The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter
Expected Publication: November 25th, 2014
From Goodreads:
From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter comes the long-awaited story of Torin, the most dangerous Lord of the Underworld yet…

Fierce immortal warrior. Host to the demon of Disease. Torin’s every touch causes sickness and death—and a worldwide plague. Carnal pleasure is utterly forbidden, and though he has always overcome temptation with an iron will, his control is about to shatter.

She is Keeley Cael. The Red Queen. When the powerful beauty with shocking vulnerabilities escapes from a centuries-long imprisonment, the desire that simmers between her and Torin is scorching. His touch could mean the end for her, but resisting her is the hardest battle he’s ever fought—and the only battle he fears he can’t win.

Captive by Aimee Carter
Expected Publication: November 25th, 2014
From Goodreads:
For the past two months, Kitty Doe's life has been a lie. Forced to impersonate the Prime Minister's niece, her frustration grows as her trust in her fake fiancé cracks, her real boyfriend is forbidden and the Blackcoats keep her in the dark more than ever.

But in the midst of discovering that her role in the Hart family may not be as coincidental as she thought, she's accused of treason and is forced to face her greatest fear: Elsewhere. A prison where no one can escape.

As one shocking revelation leads to the next, Kitty learns the hard way that she can trust no one, not even the people she thought were on her side. With her back against the wall, Kitty wants to believe she'll do whatever it takes to support the rebellion she believes in—but is she prepared to pay the ultimate price?

Endsinger by Jay Kristoff
Expected Publication: November 25th, 2014
From Goodreads:
A TREMBLING EARTH
The flames of civil war sweep across the Shima Imperium. With their plans to renew the Kazumitsu dynasty foiled, the Lotus Guild unleash their deadliest creation—a mechanical goliath known as the Earthcrusher, intended to unite the shattered Empire under a yoke of fear. With the Tiger Clan and their puppet Daimyo Hiro in tow, the Guild marches toward a battle for absolute dominion over the Isles.

A BROKEN REBELLION
Yukiko and Buruu are forced to take leadership of the Kagé rebellion, gathering new allies and old friends in an effort to unite the country against the chi-mongers. But the ghosts of Buruu’s past stand between them and the army they need, and Kin’s betrayal has destroyed all trust among their allies. When a new foe joins the war tearing the Imperium apart, it will be all the pair can do to muster the strength to fight, let alone win.

A FINAL BATTLE
The traitor Kin walks the halls of Guild power, his destiny only a bloody knife-stroke away. Hana and Yoshi struggle to find their place in a world now looking to them as heroes. Secret cabals within the Lotus Guild claw and struggle; one toward darkness, the other toward light. And as the earth splits asunder, as armies destroy each other for rule over an empire of lifeless ash and the final secret about blood lotus is revealed, the people of Shima will learn one last, horrifying truth.

There is nothing a mother will not do to keep her children by her side.

Nothing.

Deadly Obsession by Maggie Shayne
Expected Publication: November 25th, 2014
From Goodreads:
A cold-blooded killer with a burning obsession…

Rachel de Luca has a bad feeling about the new woman in Detective Mason Brown's life, the nurse taking care of him after he's injured in the line of duty. She'd like to think it's just jealousy, but intuition tells her it's something more, maybe something dangerous.

Mason knows Rachel's wary of commitment, and asking her to stay when he's in this condition would be the worst thing for their relationship. Then they receive chilling news that drives everything else from their minds.

Mason's psychotic sister-in-law has escaped from custody, putting her sons — the nephews he's raising — in the crosshairs. When his house is burned to the ground, he and Rachel are relieved that there are no bodies in the smoldering rubble, but now his nephews are missing and the clock is ticking.

As Mason and Rachel try to find the boys, she senses a new and unexpected danger stalking them. Soon, everyone close to Mason is in deadly peril — Rachel more than anyone…

The Shape of My Heart by Ann Aguirre
Expected Publication: November 25th, 2014
From Goodreads:
Some people wait decades to meet their soul mate. Courtney Kaufman suspects she met hers in high school only to lose him at seventeen. Since then, Courtney's social life has been a series of meaningless encounters, though she's made a few close friends along the way. Especially her roommate Max Cooper, who oozes damaged bad-boy vibes from every pore.

Max knows about feeling lost and trying to move beyond the pain he's been on his own since he was sixteen. Now it's time to find out if he can ever go home again, and Courtney's the only one he trusts to go with him. But the trip to Providence could change everything because the more time he spends with Courtney, the harder it is to reconcile what he wants and what he thinks he deserves.

It started out so simple. One misfit helping another. Now Max will do anything to show Courtney that for every heart that's ever been broken, there's another that can make it complete.

Another day in November with a lot of great, fantastic books coming out! I want The Darkest Touch the most, because it's BY GENA SHOWALTER AND IT'S A LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD BOOK!!!! Yesyes. I want the others, too, but not as much as I want The Darkest Touch! What about you guys? Happy reading!

WWW Wednesday #185, October 29th

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 reading Luminosity, and it's so weird! Love it!

Reread Ice Hunt, and yeah, just a bit terrifying that that could actually happen, the whole, melting the Arctic ice and creating a new ice age!!

Going to be reading Justice Buried, for reviewing Balance Broken tomorrow!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Dan Wells Author Page

The Story: People had said great things about Partials, and yeah, I just had to try it out! Loved it so much, but yeah, can't wait to read the whole series, and check out his other books!

Website

Series: Partials Sequence, John Cleaver, Mirador, The Zero Chronicles.

Partials Sequence: Isolation and his site, my review, Partials and his site, my review, Fragments and his site, my review, Ruins and his site, my review.

John Cleaver: I Am Not a Serial Killer and his site, my review, Mr. Monster and his site, my review, I Don't Want to Kill You and his site, my review, Next of Kin and his site, my review, The Devil's Only Friend and his site, my review, Over Your Dead Body and his site, my review, Nothing Left to Lose and his site, my review.

The Zero Chronicles: Zero G and his site, my review, Dragon Planet and his site, my review, Stargrazer and his site, my review.

Mirador: Bluescreen and his site, my review, Ones and Zeroes and his site, my review.

Stand Alone's:Extreme Makeover and his site, my review.

Cynthia Hand Author Page

Cristin Terill Author Page

The Story: I got All Our Yesterdays from NetGalley, and yeah, when I finally read it, it was just so fantastic! Loved it a lot, so unique, and while I'm sad that a full length sequel isn't happening, we are getting a short story!

Website

Stand Alone's: All Our Yesterdays and her site, my review, Here Lies Daniel Tate and her site, my review, The Stars Between Us and her site, my review.

Dan Krokos Author Page

The Story: False Memory looked really just good, and yeah, I just had to read it, and yeah, it was so great! Loved it a lot, it was so unique, and I enjoyed the sequel, and I can't wait to read False Future!

Website

Series: False Memory.

False Memory: False Memory and his site, my review, False Sight and his site, my review, False Future and his site, my review.

Dan Brown Author Page

The Story: I've read most of the series before, and yeah, I do have a copy of Deception Point, and yeah, need to reread it so I can finally read Inferno! Such a great series, though he goes through females, like, one per book! Love the history and the twists and the turns!

Website

Series: Robert Langdon.

Robert Langon: Angels & Demons and his site, my review, The Da Vinci Code and his site, my review, The Lost Symbol and his site, my review, Inferno and his site, my review, Origin and his site, my review.

Stand Alone's: Digital Fortress and his site, my review, Deception Point and his site, my review.

Cynthia Leitich Smith Author Page

The Story: I really had to read Tantalize, because it sounded so freaking good, and yeah, it was really addicting! I really enjoyed reading it, and the whole series, and yeah, it was just so good!

Website

Series: Tantalize, Feral.

Tantalize: Tantalize and her site, my review, Eternal and her site, my review, Blessed and her site, my review, Diabolical and her site, my review.

Feral: Feral Nights and her site, my review, Feral Curse and her site, my review, Feral Pride.

We Have the Cover of A Court of Thorns and Roses #1!!!!

Yes, we have the cover of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas! And it's pretty creepy and thrilling to me!

Teaser Tuesday #185, October 28th

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 Luminosity by Stephanie Thomas, page 91.

"It's a handsome smile, one that makes me hesitate. In one of our preparedness classes, our instructor told us that the things we should not trust are the things we want to trust most."

Well, that kinda sucks! What a way to live, huh? What about you guys? Happy reading!

Monday, October 27, 2014

Courtney Allison Moulton Author Page

The Story: Found the series, and yeah, it looked really great, so I read the first 2 books really quickly, and then had to wait for the last one! And yeah, really enjoyed this series a lot, and I can't wait to read what she writes next!

Website

Series: Angelfire.

Angelfire: A Dance With Darkness and her site, my review, Angelfire and her site, my review, Wings of the Wicked and her site, my review, Shadows in the Silence and her site, my review.

Stand Alone's: Wardens of Eternity and her site, my review.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #177, October 27th

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 #176
Teaser Tuesday #184
WWW Wednesday #184
WOW #181
Will the Time Come #177
Third Sentence Thursday #167
Random Reads #152
First Lines Friday #172
The Reward Challenge Round 102 Part 4
Follow Friday #155
How Well I Stuck to It #6

Week 43 Reviews:
Kiss of the Highlander
Cooper
Seventh Grave and No Body
Warrior
King
Get Even
Voyager

Emergency Review-a-Thon:
Part 2 Update 27
Part 2 Update 28
Part 2 Update 29
Part 2 Update 30
Part 2 Update 31
Part 2 Update 32
Part 2 Update 33
Part 2 Update 34
Part 2 Update 35
Part 2 Update 36
Part 2 Update 37
Part 2 Update 38
Part 2 Update 39
Part 2 Update 40
Part 2 Update 41
Part 2 Update 42
Part 2 Update 43
Part 2 Update 44
Part 2 Update 45
Part 2 Update 46
Part 2 Update 47
Part 2 Update 48
Part 2 Update 49
Part 2 Update 50
Part 2 Update 51 and Wrap Up

Write on Review-a-Thon:
Update 1
Update 2
Update 3
Update 4
Update 5
Update 6
Update 7
Update 8
Update 9
Update 10
Update 11
Update 12
Update 13
Update 14
Update 15
Update 16
Update 17
Update 18
Update 19
Update 20
Update 21
Update 22 and Wrap Up

Random:
We Have the Cover of Charley Davidson #8!!!!
We Have the Cover of The Titan #1!!!!
Cole Gibsen Author Page
Colleen Houck Author Page
Cora Cormack Author Page
Corrine Jackson Author Page

OK, so I got 69 posts in 7 days, which isn't as many as last week, but still a lot more then I usually post, so yeah, I'm tired! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Justice Buried, Lexan's Pledge, Balance Broken and Resisting Ruby Rose.

The people need Justice, but she's not listening. One hundred years before, the Great Sickness reduced the world to three cities. Now the community of Asphodel is trapped underground, waiting for the prophesied maiden of Justice to return and save them from their Fates. Sixteen-year-old Astrea is supposed to be this savior - too bad for them she isn't a believer. Trea fights against her false destiny: she rebels against her family and friends, then refuses her arranged marriage to the charming but deceitful Lexan. Learning her life is in danger, Trea is forced to trust Lexan - until she discovers a power she never knew she had, and one he already knew he did. As betrayal closes every door, Trea decides she must submit to her stars and accept her fate. Then a handsome stranger offers her an unexpected escape and the chance to create her own destiny.

There will come three...
A child of peace, born in a place of war.
A child of right, born in a place of many wrongs.
A child of lawfulness, born in a place with no laws.

The secrets of Asphodel continue to spill as Lexan tells his side of the story. Lexan has been pretending for so long that he barely remembers why. All he knows is that it's getting harder to be the image of perfection that everyone expects. With Keirna plotting murder, Saloman having visions, and Trea throwing tantrums, Lexan just might be ready to risk his world for the chance at a better one.

Balance Broken is the second in the Starbright series. In the first book, Justice Buried, Astrea fights to remain independent in a world which demands she submit to an ancient prophecy. In Balance Broken, she learns that independence means little when the world is depending on her.

The world cries for Order, but she’s igniting a revolution.

One hundred years before, the Great Sickness reduced the world to three cities. Now, Asphodel no longer lingers underground, and the Starbright Maiden of Justice has returned.

Everyone has faith in Astrea’s ability to save the world - but only she knows the dark truth about her powers.

Astrea teams with Stian, Lexan, and Zarea to enlist the help of Lord Hadeon of Tartarus. They hope Hadeon will aid in attacking Asphodel’s First Leader Keirna, but the Destroyer usually takes lives, not sides.

As Astrea discovers life outside of Asphodel, she begins to wonder whether the remaining world is too broken to save - especially since the price of freedom just might be her own life.

Still reeling from the heartbreaking events that unfolded on Grissom Island, Ruby Rose is trying to come to terms with the fact that she's gone from a vigilante in killer shoes to a stone-cold killer. Everyone from her therapist to her smoking-hot boyfriend keeps trying to convince her that she hasn't crossed over to the dark side, but Ruby isn't so sure. It doesn't help that her nemesis, Detective “Mastermind” Martinez, is still out there, waiting for another chance to take her down.

When an alleged CIA agent named Skryker shows up and asks for a meeting, Ruby figures it just means more questions about her case. But he has information of an entirely different nature and a job offer: join an elite force of young assassins, including Skryker's right-hand guy, Quinn Donovan. Quinn is distractingly charming, handsome—and deadly. Ruby resists becoming a killer again, but as she becomes more ensnared in a web of deceit, no one around her is safe.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

How Well I Stuck to It #6, October 26th

So I decided that I should have accountability on sticking to what should be in a week, so I'm doing How Well I Stuck to It every Sunday, because my schedule should be fixed in by now!

Week 44:
Saturday: Justice Buried by Hilary Thompson, Lexan's Pledge by Hilary Thompson, Balance Broken by Hilary Thompson, Resisting Ruby Rose by Jessie Humphries
Sunday: Nothing
Monday: Nothing
Tuesday: Nothing
Wednesday: Nothing
Thursday: Nothing
Friday: Nothing

Tour Books: Balance Broken, Resisting Ruby Rose. Check.

Review Books: NA.

NetGalley: NA.

Edelweiss: NA.

Meme Books: NA.

Rereads: NA.

New Books: NA.

So another free week, where I can read what I want to, in no particular order, once I get through the review books. Yeah!

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Write on Review-a-Thon Update 22 and Wrap Up

Wrote my last review, The Lives We Lost! And yeah, I made my goal, and yeah, I din't think that I'd make it yesterday, but I did, and yeah, so happy! Lots of reviews written!