Showing posts with label Alexandra Adornetto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alexandra Adornetto. Show all posts

Monday, June 8, 2015

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #209, June 8th

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 #208
Teaser Tuesday #216
WWW Wednesday #216
WOW #213
Will the Time Come #209
Third Sentence Thursday #199
Random Reads #184
First Lines Friday #203
The Reward Challenge Update #194
Follow Friday #186
LLFL Reading Challenge Update 57
How Well I Stuck to It #38
Wrote that Review Update #43

Week 23 Reviews:
The Night We Said Yes
Icicles Like Kindling
Snow Like Ashes
Ice Like Fire
Rites of Passage
Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls
Born of Defiance
Eighth Grave After Dark
Dangerous Dream
Dangerous Creatures
Powerless
Empire of Night
Ghost House
Witchrise
Cat's Lair
Dead Over Heels
How to Meet Boys

Tours:
Modern Monsters: Review

OK, so I got 28 posts in 7 days, which is a pretty decent week, read a lot, which was really great! I enjoyed that a lot! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Dead Radiance, Dead Embers, Dead Chaos, Dead Wrath, Sworn to Raise, Sworn to Transfer, Sworn to Conflict, AliveThe Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak, A Sense of the Infinite, Extraordinary Means, Tiny Pretty Things, My Heart & Other Black Holes, Simon vs. the The Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Revenge Playbook, Don't Touch, A Wicked Thing, Prisoner of Night and Fog, Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke, Rebel Belle, Emancipated, Proof of Forever, Eat, Brains, Love, Undead With Benefits, Alienated, Her Dark Curiosity, Maddie's Tattoo, and Awaken.
Eighteen-year-old companion trainee Ciardis Weathervane has won the friendship of the royal heir and saved his claim to the throne. Yet her interference in the inheritance rights leaves more harm done than good. The Ameles Forest lies unprotected and its inhabitants are dying.

As humans begin to die in gruesome deaths, the Emperor dispatches the royal heir to the forests with the solution to the kith concerns.

With enemies closing ranks in Sandrin, Ciardis can little afford to leave the city’s nest of vipers to take on a new task. But she’s given no choice when her loyalty to the crown and courts are called into question.

To keep the Companions’ Guild happy and the favor of the Imperial Court, Ciardis will be tested in frightening new ways, especially when she’s faced with an obstacle that could risk the lives of her friends and the family she never thought she had.

This second novel continues the story of Ciardis Weathervane from Sworn To Raise.
The latest release in the high fantasy series which has drawn comparisons to Kushiel's Dart, Graceling, and the epic world of Tamora Pierce.

Ciardis Weathervane fought for the living dead and won. But worse than taking on a mass murderer, was her discovery that she had been deceived by her friends. Now she needs to not only fight a war in the North and survive, but also decide where she stands in the midst of competing sides.

A threat to all she holds dear lies in the North and her heart is not the only thing she might lose. A massive army awaits in the mountain pass, surging closer to the gates of the southern lands. Nothing the Algardis army has done so far has dissuaded their march forward and Ciardis finds out that her powers to enhance are needed now more than ever.

As she faces her greatest fears on the battlefields and her heart is torn between her love of Sebastian and loyalty to her family, Ciardis must choose her fate carefully. For in her path, lies the destiny of the empire.

This third novel continues the story of Ciardis Weathervane from Sworn To Transfer.
Stella Cross's heart is poisoned.

After years on the transplant waiting list, she's running out of hope that she'll ever see her eighteenth birthday. Then, miraculously, Stella receives the transplant she needs to survive.

Determined to embrace everything she came so close to losing, Stella throws herself into her new life. But her recovery is marred by strange side effects: Nightmares. Hallucinations. A recurring pain that flares every day at the exact same moment. Then Stella meets Levi Zin, the new boy on everyone's radar at her Seattle prep school. Stella has never felt more drawn to anyone in her life, and soon she and Levi are inseparable. 

Stella is convinced that Levi is her soul mate. Why else would she literally ache for him when they are apart?

After all, the heart never lies...does it?
Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper's destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal fighting instincts.

Just when life can't get any more disastrously crazy, Harper finds out who she's charged to protect: David Stark, school reporter, subject of a mysterious prophecy and possibly Harper's least favorite person. But things get complicated when Harper starts falling for him—and discovers that David's own fate could very well be to destroy Earth.

With snappy banter, cotillion dresses, non-stop action and a touch of magic, this new young adult series from bestseller Rachel Hawkins is going to make y'all beg for more.

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Week 23 Review: Ghost House

From Goodreads:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Halo comes the start of a beautiful and powerful new series.

After the loss of her mother, Chloe Kennedy starts seeing the ghosts that haunted her as a young girl again. Spending time at her grandmother's country estate in the south of England is her chance to get away from her grief and the spirits that haunt her. Until she meets a mysterious stranger…

Alexander Reade is 157 years dead, with secrets darker than the lake surrounding Grange Hall and a lifelike presence that draws Chloe more strongly than any ghost before. But the bond between them awakens the vengeful spirit of Alexander's past love, Isobel. And she will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who threatens to take him from her.

To stop Isobel, Chloe must push her developing abilities to their most dangerous limits, even if it means losing Alex forever… and giving the hungry dead a chance to claim her for their own.

My Review:
I had a really great time reading this book! The pages just flew, half because I wanted to read a lot this week, and was in a bit of a time crunch because we had a showing the day that I was reading it, and half because this book was just so darned entertaining!

I did enjoy reading about Chloe and her journey. Her voice was just a little bit strange, outdated, and some strange word choices, but part of that could be because of the whole seeing ghosts thing. But I did enjoy reading about her!

One of the best parts for me, was seeing Alexander and Isobel's past, leading up to their deaths. That was really interesting, and if Isobel hadn't made such bad decisions, then you'd feel sorry for her. Something else that was really great for me, was the ghost hunting sisters! They were so cute and fun, though I just kinda lumped them together as one person, it was a bit too hard to keep them separate!

And then there was that ending! Closing the ghosts out of her mind, and out dimension, that was hard. And going back home for school. And then having Alexander a new student there, seeing him, but not knowing he was real? Just being told he was there, and having the book ending? Oh, boy, that was a really great ending! Now I just need more!

Favourite lines: "When I came downstairs I found Gran and Rory donning coats and scarves as if they were preparing for battle rather than going outside to see the stable." Battle the weather! Charge! "'What’s a G-spot?' I walked over to him and calmly took away the copy of Cosmopolitan that had him so engrossed." Yeah, as a gentleman 150 year old ghost, there are things like that that he doesn't know about! "My knowledge of time travel came from Harry Potter and I was pretty sure didn't have a time turner." Well, you do see ghosts! So that could have something to do with it! "Rule Number One, Joe. You don't actively go looking for trouble." Yeah, you kinda run away from it! "'You don't remember anything? Joe, a chandelier fell on you.' 'Really? Cool.'" Uh, not really, silly guy! "His name is Joe. He's related to the Duke of Canterbury It's going to be a summer wedding and of course the Queen will be invited." I love how she played with them like that!

This was a really excellent start to this series, and I can't wait to read more!

Author: Alexandra Adornetto
Series: The Ghost House Saga #1
Read: June 4th, 2015
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really good, enjoyed her other books, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book!
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: August 26th 2014
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Friday, May 22, 2015

Write on Review-a-Thon Update 11

Write On Review-a-Thon
So I wrote my next review, Heaven, and I'll be reviewing A Fractured Light.


Goals: 30
Reviews: 11

Write on Review-a-Thon Update 10

Write On Review-a-Thon
So I wrote my next review, For Darkness Shows the Stars, and I'll be reviewing Heaven. Yeah! I made the part of the goal for today that I wanted to! And I'm not done for today, so more reviews to write, getting closer and closer to being done! Yeah!


Goals: 30
Reviews: 10

Monday, October 13, 2014

Alexandra Adornetto Author Page

The Story: I got Halo from the library, and yeah, it sounded really good, and it was really good, and yeah, I just had to read it, and the series, and I did, and yeah, now to read her new series!

Can't currently find a website.

Series: Halo, The Ghost House Saga.

Halo: Halo and my review, Hades and my review, my reread, Heaven and my review, my reread.

The Ghost House Saga: Ghost House and my review, Ghost Hour, Untitled.

Monday, November 12, 2012

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #75, November 12th

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 #74
Teaser Tuesday #83
WWW Wednesday #83
WOW #79
Will the Time Come #75
Third Sentence Thursday #66
Random Reads #50
First Lines Friday #71
The Reward Challenge Round 60 Part 3
Follow Friday #53
In My Mailbox #75

Week 45 Reviews:
The Fox Inheritance
4 Bodies and a Funeral
When Lightning Strikes
For Darkness Shows the Stars
Tiger's Destiny
Heaven
A Fractured Light
Bloodborn
Passing Strange
Spirit Bound
Audrey's Guide to Witchcraft
The Traitor's Smile
Enthralled
From Dead to Worse

Tours:
First Visions: Review

OK, so I got 26 posts in 7 days, another 2 weeks with the same amount of posts! This is the 3rd time! Anyway, great, great books, and some fantastic ones coming up! Can't wait! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Dead and Gone, 5 Bodies to Die For, Breaking DawnIlluminateDark Souls, The Iron Legends, New Revelations, The Crown of EmbersThe Dark LightProject 17, Matt Archer: Monster Hunter, CurveballBitter End, She Loves You, She Loves You Not, Infraction, Past Perfect, Falling in Love With English Boys, Temptation, Poison PrincessEnvy, Damaged, Second Chance SummerHow to Tempt a Duke, Shiver, The Shack, Flip, and When Snow Falls.

Currently Listening To: Stop by Spice Girls
Currently Reading: Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
Currently Watching: My Weekly Shows!

Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vamps-and nothing about weres.

Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie works-and she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it.

But there's a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beings-older, more powerful, and more secretive than vampires or werewolves-is preparing for war. And Sookie finds herself an all-too human pawn in their battle.
The Charmed Killer is on the loose in Atlanta and Carlotta Wren is caught up in the terror--especially when her body-moving side business brings her dangerously close to the action."And then..."

She's forced to take refuge in her former fiance's house--much to the chagrin of other interested parties...

Her brother Wesley begins to behave as if he has his own death wish...

And someone close to her is implicated in the mass murders.

Meanwhile, Carlotta can't shake the feeling that danger is dogging her seemingly cursed family--and that the serial killer's exploits are starting to get personal...
WHEN YOU LOVED THE ONE WHO WAS KILLING YOU, IT LEFT YOU NO OPTIONS. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?

To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to a werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs.

Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life - first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse - seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed...forever?
Enter the world of the internationally bestselling Iron Fey series. Dangerous faeries. Heartbreaking romance. Thrilling action and limitless adventure. The world of the fey has never been so powerful. This collection includes three novellas set in the world of the Iron Fey plus the Guide to the Iron Fey with exclusive information about Julie Kagawa's unforgettable world of Faery.

Winter's Passage

Never make a promise to a faery. They always come to collect. Now Meghan Chase must fulfill her promise to Prince Ash of the Winter Court and embark upon a dangerous journey into the heart of enemy territory—while being pursued by a relentless new foe and guarding her own foolish heart.

Summer's Crossing

What can turn enemies into reluctant allies? A call from the Exile Queen, Leanansidhe, ties legendary prankster Puck to his archenemy, Prince Ash, on a journey that may end in betrayal and will set them both on an irreversible path.

Iron's Prophecy

Before she ever knew what she might become, Iron Queen Meghan Chase was warned by the oracle that her firstborn child would bring nothing but grief. And even as Meghan and Ash celebrate their long-awaited union, the prophecy stirs.…
Life should’ve been perfect. Kate Edwards had won the heart of police detective Jared Corbett and was coming to terms with her psychic ability. Things were blissful—until the day she met Declan Brayden.

Declan also has psychic visions and wants to work alongside Kate. Kate doesn’t trust the damaged and arrogant seer, but she knows combining their abilities would allow her to help more people. This becomes vital when visions of a missing fitness instructor turn into a race against time to save the girl’s life.
Fourteen-year-old Matt Archer spends his days studying Algebra, hanging out with his best friend and crushing on the Goddess of Greenhill High, Ella Mitchell. To be honest, he thinks his life is pretty lame until he discovers something terrifying on a weekend camping trip at the local state park.

Monsters are real. And living in his backyard.

But that's not the half of it. After Matt is forced to kill a strange creature to save his uncle, he finds out that the weird knife he took from his uncle's bag has a secret, one that will change Matt's life. The knife was designed with one purpose: to hunt monsters. And it's chosen Matt as its wielder.

Now Matt's part of a world he didn't know existed, working with a covert military unit dedicated to eliminating walking nightmares. Faced with a prophecy about a looming dark war, Matt soon realizes his upcoming Algebra test is the least of his worries.

His new double life leaves Matt wondering which is tougher: hunting monsters or asking Ella Mitchell for a date?
Baseball reporter Cat McDaniel specializes in expos s. Now that very talent has left her unemployed. Desperate to get off the bench and back into the lineup, she is thrilled to land an interview with the Buffalo Soldiers' General Manager Roger "Rakin'" Aiken--Baseball legend, eight-time All Star ... and oblivious father to a Major League bratty co-ed named Paige. Aiken offers Cat the team writer position for the following spring, but the opportunity is tempered by a curveball of a caveat: she must first spend the winter as a blogger reporting on the Latin American training facility. She is also supposed to look out for Paige, nominally the team's newest scouting assistant. Being a glorified babysitter and chaperone still beats being an out-of-work sportswriter. Cat reluctantly leaves behind her gorgeous boyfriend Benji and accompanies the party girl to sunny Santo Domingo to balance baselines and conga lines. Paige falls for Chance Hayward, an agent who plays hardball-the figurative kind. Joining them on the field is Paige's ex, Junior DeLeon, one of the coaches who'd really like to score with Cat. When an aspiring player turns up dead, it is up to Cat and Junior to devise a game-changing strategy. Will Cat's snooping work in her favor this time, or will she strike out ... losing her job, her boyfriend and her life?
Violent nomads. The coming winter. Jack's unspoken feelings. Leaving the relative peace of the settlement is more difficult than Terra ever imagined. But what she should fear most is the government that professes to protect its citizens. Imprisoned in a labor camp, Terra learns just how much the corrupt regime wants absolute control. Never has she felt more powerless to act. But there's always the call of the ocean, and her captors just might underestimate how powerful that call can be.
She could save the world—or destroy it.

Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.

But she can’t do either alone.

With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?

Who can Evie trust?

As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side…
After growing up in cheap motels, moving from town to town with her sister and mother, Cheyenne Christensen is grateful to be on her own. She's grateful, too, for the friends she found once her family settled in California. But she's troubled by the mystery of her earliest memories, most of which feature a smiling blonde woman. A woman who isn't her mother.Although Cheyenne has repeatedly asked for explanations, the people who could help aren't talking. Cheyenne is set on finding answers, but without so much as a birth certificate, it won't be easy.

Things get even more complicated when her closest friend is attracted to the man Cheyenne has secretly loved for years. For Eve's sake, she decides to step aside—which lands her right in the arms of Dylan Amos, oldest and baddest of the hell-raising Amos brothers. He's the kind of guy she's sworn to avoid. She can't afford to make a mistake, not when she finally has a chance to learn who she really is and change her life for the better. But…maybe there's more to Dylan than she thought. Maybe letting him go would be a bigger mistake.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Week 45 Review: Heaven

From Goodreads:
Bethany, an angel sent to Earth, and her mortal boyfriend, Xavier, have been to Hell and back. But now their love will be put to its highest test yet, as they defy Heavenly law and marry. They don't tell Beth's archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, but the angels know soon enough, and punishment comes in a terrifying form: the Sevens, who are rogue angels bent on keeping Beth and Xavier apart, destroying Gabriel and Ivy, and darkening angelic power in the heavens.

The only way Bethany and can elude the Sevens is to hide in the open, and blend in with other mortals their own age. Gabriel and Ivy set them up at college, where they can't reveal their relationship, and where there is still danger around each corner. Will Bethany be called back to Heaven – forever – and face leaving the love of her life?

My Review:
Man, this was a fantastic book! Such a fantastic end, though it almost wasn't, but they worked hard for it, together and apart, and yeah, it was just so fantastic to read it! I enjoyed it so much, and I can't wait to read more books by Alexandria Adornetto!

I loved that they got married! It caused them a lot of trouble, but it was where their hearts led, and they deserved to have a legal paper to say that their emotions are legal and such! Though things got bad pretty quickly!

So them at college, well, yeah, that was really great! I wish the girl would've let them explain that they weren't siblings, it was a cover, though they shouldn't have gone with the married thing first! And how Gabriel was with that human dude that her friend was maybe going to marry! That was badass!

That ending, oh! That she decided not to be an angel, to go through that, ripping her wings off, falling, and then being human. And then for 5 years having gone by on Earth while all that was happening! But they got their happy ending in the end, which was really great!

Such a great book, such a great ending, and I just loved reading it!

Author: Alexandria Adornetto
Series: Halo #3
Read: November 4th, 2012
Source: Library
Reason Why: Loved this series, great books, and I wanted to see how it was going to end, and it's a WoW Book!
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: August 21st 2012
5/5 Hearts
4/5 Books
3.5/5 Stars

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday #55, May 23th

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

Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto
Expected Publication: August 21st 2012
From Goodreads:

Only sixteen when she started the series, Ally Adornetto knows how teen hearts beat, and this long-awaited conclusion is certain to be her most popular book yet. 

Bethany, an angel sent to Earth, and her mortal boyfriend, Xavier, have been to Hell and back. But now their love will be put to its highest test yet, as they defy Heavenly law and marry. They don’t tell Beth’s archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, but the angels know soon enough, and punishment comes in a terrifying form: the Sevens, who are rogue angels bent on keeping Beth and Xavier apart, destroying Gabriel and Ivy, and darkening angelic power in the heavens.

The only way Bethany and Xavier can elude the Sevens is to hide in the open, and blend in with other mortals their own age. Gabriel and Ivy set them up at college, where they can’t reveal their relationship, and where there is still danger around each corner. Will Bethany be called back to Heaven – forever – and face leaving the love of her life?

I've loved the first 2 books, and I can't wait to see how this series ends! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Monday, November 28, 2011

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #25, November 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 #24
Teaser Tuesday #33
WWW Wednesday #33
WOW #29
Will the Time Come #25
Third Sentence Thursday #16
First Lines Friday #21
A-Z Reading Challenge Update #21
Follow that Blurb Reading Challenge Update #22
The Reward Challenge Round 12 and 13
In My Mailbox #25
I Have An Update #23

Week 47 Reviews:
Touch of Power
Alpha
Moonglass
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Between Sea and Sky
Passion
Raven
You Belong to Me
Hades
Ruby Red
Wildefire
Where She Went

Well, 25 posts in 7 days isn't too shabby. And I'm happy with how much I got read this week! And some excellent books at that! Absolutely loved Touch of Power! So amazing!

Ok, so this week, I want to read The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, Blood Red Road, Soulstice, Fearscape, Incarceron, The Dark Divine, and The Lost Saint. Yep. Hopefully more!

Currently Listening To: Hot Mess by Ashley Tisdale
Currently Reading: Blood Red Road
Currently Watching: True Blood

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.

Just like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they’ve closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.
Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up—the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers.

Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.
Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to.

In the Maze, life was easy. They had food, and shelter, and safety . . . until Teresa triggered the end. In the world outside the Maze, however, the end was triggered long ago.

Burned by sun flares and baked by a new, brutal climate, the earth is a wasteland. Government has disintegrated—and with it, order—and now Cranks, people covered in festering wounds and driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the Flare, roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim . . . and meal.

The Gladers are far from finished with running. Instead of freedom, they find themselves faced with another trial. They must cross the Scorch, the most burned-out section of the world, and arrive at a safe haven in two weeks. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.

Thomas can only wonder—does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere in his mind? Or will he forever be at the mercy of WICKED?
Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba's world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back.

Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of the world outside of desolate Silverlake, Saba is lost without Lugh to guide her. So perhaps the most surprising thing of all is what Saba learns about herself: she's a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. And she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack and a gang of girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.

Blood Red Road has a searing pace, a poetically minimal writing style, violent action, and an epic love story. Moira Young is one of the most promising and startling new voices in teen fiction.
The terrifying, nail-biting, and grossly intriguing sequel toThe Devouring.

It's been six months since Reggie first discovered and fought against the Vours, malicious and demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on the eve of the Winter Solstice.

The Vours still haunt Reggie, but only in her dreams-until one night, when an unexpected visitor turns her nightmares into reality.
The Vours: evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the Winter Solstice.

It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the Winter Solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them. The Vours have imprisoned Reggie in a psychiatric hospital, where she is subjected to a daily routine of unfathomably sadistic experiments. Her life is a living Hell, but she won't give up. They attacked her brother. They killed her friend. And Reggie will never stop fighting back.
Incarceron -- a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology -- a living building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and a typical medieval torture chamber -- chains, great halls, dungeons. A young prisoner, Finn, has haunting visions of an earlier life, and cannot believe he was born here and has always been here. In the outer world, Claudia, daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, is trapped in her own form of prison -- a futuristic world constructed beautifully to look like a past era, an imminent marriage she dreads. She knows nothing of Incarceron, except that it exists. But there comes a moment when Finn, inside Incarceron, and Claudia, outside, simultaneously find a device -- a crystal key, through which they can talk to each other. And so the plan for Finn's escape is born ...
Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared--the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in his own blood--but she has no idea what a truly monstrous secret that night held.

The memories her family has tried to bury resurface when Daniel returns, three years later, and enrolls in Grace and Jude's high school. Despite promising Jude she'll stay away, Grace cannot deny her attraction to Daniel's shocking artistic abilities, his way of getting her to look at the world from new angles, and the strange, hungry glint in his eyes.

The closer Grace gets to Daniel, the more she jeopardizes her life, as her actions stir resentment in Jude and drive him to embrace the ancient evil Daniel unleashed that horrific night. Grace must discover the truth behind the boy's dark secret...and the cure that can save the ones she loves. But she may have to lay down the ultimate sacrifice to do it--her soul.
A family destroyed. A love threatened. An enemy returns.

Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She was infected with the werewolf curse while trying to save him, and lost her beloved brother in the process.

Desperate to find Jude, Grace befriends Talbot, a newcomer to town. But as the two grow closer, Grace's relationship with Daniel is put in danger - in more ways than one.

Unaware of the dark path she is walking, Grace begins to give into the wolf inside of her - not realizing that an enemy has returned and a deadly trap is about to be sprung.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Week 47 Review: Hades

From Goodreads:
Heaven Help Her.

Bethany Church is an angel sent to Earth to keep dark forces at bay. Falling in love was never part of her mission, but the bond between Beth and her mortal boyfriend, Xavier Woods, is undeniably strong. But even Xavier's love, and the care of her archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, can't keep Beth from being tricked into a motorcycle ride that ends up in Hell. There, the demon Jake Thorn bargains for Beth's release back to Earth. But what he asks of her will destroy her, and quite possibly, her loved ones, as well. 



My Review:
I loved Halo. It was great, and this doesn't meant that I didn't like Hades. I did. It added to the series, and to the plot, and overall made the story better, how the events in each book impact each other, like a chain of dominoes. And how it set up for Heaven. Especially the very ending. That was excellent! Such a cliffhanger, what's going to happen next!

Loved how it was in Hell, and how it was more high stakes then in Halo, and how there was less introductions, and less peace, and how it was just more. It was a great sequel that set up for a great final book, which I assume that Heaven is the last book.

Beth grew in this book. She was innocent in Halo, and she was mostly the same at the beginning of this book, but a bit more experienced. But she navigated Hell without dying, which is quite a feat for an angel. She had some tough decisions to make, though one of the worst was pulled from her in the ending with the death of a certain character whom I'm not going to name.

This was an excellent book, hope you guys check it out!

Author: Alexandra Adornetto
Series: Halo #2
Read: November 25th, 2011
Source: Library
Reason Why: Loved Halo, couldn't wait for more!
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Published: August 29th 2011
5/5 Hearts
4.5/5 Books
4.5/5 Stars

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Third Sentence Thursday #16, November 24th

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

1) Take the book you are reading now and post the third sentence
2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)
3) Post a link to your sentence at Sniffy Kitty's Mostly Books! For this month, TST is hosted by Proud Book Nerd!

"Occasionally the watery sunlight broke through and fingers of light danced across the grounds, warming the back of my neck." -Hades by Alexandra Adornetto

Well, that sounds peaceful. Bet it won't stay that way!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

WWW Wednesday #33, November 23rd

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 Raven, and it's pretty good!




I just finished reading Passion, and I just want to read Rapture! Now!!!!
I'm going to be reading Hades next, I really can't wait, since Halo was really good!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Will The Time Come #24, November 17th

Every Thursday l 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:
Heaven Help Her.Bethany Church is an angel sent to Earth to keep dark forces at bay. Falling in love was never part of her mission, but the bond between Beth and her mortal boyfriend, Xavier Woods, is undeniably strong. But even Xavier’s love, and the care of her archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, can’t keep Beth from being tricked into a motorcycle ride that ends up in Hell. There, the demon Jake Thorn bargains for Beth’s release back to Earth. But what he asks of her will destroy her, and quite possibly, her loved ones, as well. 

Why the time hasn't come yet...
Well, I just got it 3 days ago. And it wasn't on my list of books to read this week. It actually came pretty quickly! Can't wait to read it, though!