Week 13 Reviews: No Intention of Dying, Burning Kingdoms, The Heir Apparent, Broken Crowns

From Goodreads:
Before Morgan, there was Daphne, the girl who asked too many questions and changed everything...

In this look back at Daphne, before her subversive paper led to her murder by order of the king, Daphne witnesses her seven-year-old sister Amy having a seizure-like event, a result of injuries sustained when she wandered too close to the Edge. Government doctors insist these seizures are punishment for Amy's bad behavior, but Daphne disagrees. Obsessed with finding out what lured her sister out there to the Edge to begin with, Daphne leads Judas, her betrothed, a young man with his own secrets, on an expedition near the Edge to reconstruct her sister's fateful event. But how close is too close? 

From Goodreads:
Danger descends in the second book of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy.

After escaping Internment, Morgan and her fellow fugitives land on the ground to finally learn about the world beneath their floating island home.

The ground is a strange place where water falls from the sky as snow, and people watch moving pictures and visit speakeasies. A place where families can have as many children as they want, their dead are buried in vast gardens of bodies, and Internment is the feature of an amusement park.

It is also a land at war.

Everyone who fled Internment had their own reasons to escape their corrupt haven, but now they're caught under the watchful eye of another king who wants to dominate his world. They may have made it to the ground, but have they dragged Internment with them?

From Goodreads:
Rise back up to the floating city of Internment in this original enovella, a dark look at life in the royal family after the events of Perfect Ruin.


When King Furlow begins to treat Prince Azure as the heir apparent that he is, he takes him to see the "re-education camps" for wrong-thinkers. But as he enters the camps, Azure discovers the dark underbelly of the kingdom—and the king himself. His view of his father can never be the same, but what about his view of himself? 

From Goodreads:
War rages everywhere and Morgan is caught in the middle in the haunting conclusion of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy.

The city is falling out of the sky…

Morgan always thought it was just a saying. A metaphor. The words of the dying. But as they look up at the floating island that was their home, Pen and Morgan make a horrible discovery—Internment is sinking.

And it's all Morgan's fault.

Corrupted from the inside by one terrible king and assailed from the outside for precious resources by another, Internment could be destroyed because Morgan couldn't keep a secret. As two wars become one, Morgan must find a way to bring her two worlds together to stop the kings that wage them…


Or face the furthest fall yet.

My Review:
It was so awesome to read these books! They were just so spectacular, and enjoyable, and I just loved them so much! I've loved her previous books, and these were just some really great ones! I loved reading the rest of this series!

It was great to have that story of Daphne and Judas, because it was what happened to her that was the impetus for this series happening when it did. So yeah, this was a bit of an important story! The same with The Heir Apparent, we didn't spend much time with Price Azure, but he was interesting to read about!

The world on the ground, well, yeah, it was different from Internment. They had more space, and that led to so many differences, like the number of children, the clothing, and class structures. And it was great to see how the characters that we got to know in Perfect Ruin, see this change!

It felt like each book, there were characters introduced, and then others that were the focus of the book. Like Morgan and her friends are all in all 3 books. But that the characters that didn't have much going on, weren't really in the series. Like Judas and Amy didn't have anything in Broken Crowns. And that was sad because they were pretty great characters!

It was hard for me to read the beginning of Broken Crowns. Because honestly, Morgan was part of the reason why the bad things were happening-she was the one that told Princess Celeste about Penn's discovery, and then Princess Celeste told the king. Which made him do the bad things in Broken Crowns. Yeah.

How things all worked out, was really great! It hurt, and there were deaths, but in the end, the good guys won, the bad guys lost, and people were pretty happy, though there is the 5 year wait. 5 years is a long time, so much can happen. But everybody made the best choices available to them!

It was so great to read this series, and yeah, it ended on a pretty great note!

Author: Lauren DeStefano
Series: The Internment Chronicles #1.5, 2, 2.5, 3
Read: March 23rd, 23rd, 23rd, 23rd, 2016
Source: Tuebl, Edelweiss
Reason Why: Love her books, this series, and they're 2016 Dystopia Books, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2016 Books and Burning Kingdoms and Broken Crowns are WoW Books, and Broken Crowns is a End of Series 2016 Book!
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: December 9th 2014, March 10th 2015, April 7th 2015, March 22nd 2016

No Intention of Dying:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Burning Kingdoms:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

The Heir Apparent:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Broken Crowns:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 3 Review: The Mirror King

From Goodreads:
Wilhelmina has a hundred enemies.

HER FRIENDS HAVE TURNED. After her identity is revealed during the Inundation, Princess Wilhelmina is kept prisoner by the Indigo Kingdom, with the Ospreys lost somewhere in the devastated city. When the Ospreys' leader emerges at the worst possible moment, leaving Wil's biggest ally on his deathbed, she must become Black Knife to set things right. 

HER MAGIC IS UNCONTROLLABLE. Wil's power is to animate, not to give true life, but in the wraithland she commanded a cloud of wraith mist to save herself, and later ordered it solid. Now there is a living boy made of wraith—destructive and deadly, and willing to do anything for her.

HER HEART IS TORN. Though she's ready for her crown, declaring herself queen means war. Caught between what she wants and what is right, Wilhelmina realizes the throne might not even matter. Everyone thought the wraith was years off, but already it's destroying Indigo Kingdom villages. If she can't protect both kingdoms, soon there won't be a land to rule.

In this stunning conclusion to THE ORPHAN QUEEN, Jodi Meadows follows Wilhelmina's breathtaking and brave journey from orphaned criminal on the streets to magic-wielding queen.

My Review:
Man, this book was just so freaking fantastic! My only things that I didn't like weren't the book itself, but my situation reading it-that it'd been so long since reading The Orphan Queen (I should have reread it) and that not all of the novellas were out to read together with this. (Can't complain of getting this eARC!) Oh, well. That didn't diminish the book in any way!

This book picks up right after The Orphan Queen ends. And that's a good thing, seeing that cliffhanger ending! And then things were kinda chaos, but enjoyable-to-read chaos, though not so fun to be going through for the characters chaos!

I really enjoyed watching Wilhelmina being Queen after being the Black Knife. It wasn't easy, especially with the Regent and Patrick and all the machinations there! So fantastic to read, so epic and a lot was happening, and things were learned, and I just loved everything!

The ending was a bit bittersweet, with the cost of winning, but they did win, and the world they live in is starting to heal. Which is a really great thing, seeing as their world had been slowly devoured and all, and now it was recovering!

So fantastic, now I need to read the prequel novellas when they're out, because this series is just so fantastic!

Author: Jodi Meadows
Series: The Orphan Queen #2
Read: January 11th, 2016
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Love her books, and it's a End of Series 2015 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books
Expected Publication: April 5th 2016

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 1 Review: The Iron Warrior

From Goodreads:
The Iron Prince—my nephew—betrayed us all. 

He killed me. 

Then, I woke up. 

Waking after a month on the brink of death, Ethan Chase is stunned to learn that the Veil that conceals the fey from human sight was temporarily torn away. Although humankind's glimpse of the world of Faery lasted just a brief moment, the human world has been cast into chaos, and the emotion and glamour produced by fear and wonder has renewed the tremendous power of the Forgotten Queen. Now, she is at the forefront of an uprising against the courts of Summer and Winter—a reckoning that will have cataclysmic effects on the Nevernever. 

Leading the Lady's Forgotten Army is Keirran himself: Ethan's nephew, and the traitor son of the Iron Queen, Meghan Chase.To stop Keirran, Ethan must disobey his sister once again as he and his girlfriend, Kenzie, search for answers long forgotten. In the face of unprecedented evil and unfathomable power, Ethan's enemies must become his allies, and the world of the fey will be changed forevermore. 

My Review:
Oh, man, this book! It was so fantastic, it wrapped things up, and it's finally out after that evil, evil, evil cliffhanger that was The Iron Traitor! Though I do wish that it's title hadn't changed from The Forgotten Crown, because it goes better with The Lost Prince and The Iron Traitor then The Iron Warrior, repeating Iron!

So this book picks up pretty quickly after that evil cliffhanger, and then it dives pretty quickly into the action again, and that was just great! This book was pretty single-focused-find a way to save Keirran from himself, basically.

There was a lot of travelling, because this was a pretty important quest to be on, finding out how they could save him. Part of me was pretty mad with Tatiana, if she'd let Annwyl back into Faerie, then this all might not have happened-she would've been saved from Fading, and Keirran wouldn't have been giving up his soul to keep her here. That loss of a soul being why he was leading the Forgotten Army and all!

I enjoyed how things wrapped up, there were a few losses, and it wasn't a perfect ending, all happy lovely dovey, there were consequences, but they were mostly ones that could be lived with. So it was a really enjoyable ending!

It'll suck to say goodbye to these characters, but hey, at least we got this spin off series!

Author: Julie Kagawa
Series: The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #3
Read: December 31st, 2015
Source: Tuebl
Reason Why: Love this series, and it's a End of Series 2015 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: October 27th 2015

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 1 Reviews: The King's Games, Ice Kissed, Crystal Kingdom

From Goodreads:
In this novelette set five years before the events in the Kanin Chronicles, Bryn Aven is struggling to find her place in the secret kingdom of the Kanin—a realm as beautiful as it is treacherous. 

Born of mixed heritage, fourteen-year-old Bryn has never felt like she completely belonged. Now, with the summer sun thawing the frozen province, the yearly King's Games are about to begin, and an opportunity has arisen to squire the popular guard, Konstantin Black. Bryn can finally prove herself and earn the respect she craves. 

From Goodreads:
In the majestic halls of a crystal palace lies a secret that could destroy an entire kingdom…

Bryn Aven refuses to give up on her dream of serving the kingdom she loves. It's a dream that brings her to a whole new realm…and the glittering palace of the Skojare.

The Skojare people need protection from the same brutal enemy that's been threatening the Kanin, and Bryn is there to help. Being half Skojare herself, it's also a chance for her to learn more about her lost heritage. Her boss, Ridley Dresden, is overseeing her mission, but as their undeniable attraction heats up, their relationship is about to reach a whole new level—one neither of them is prepared for.

As they delve deeper into the Skojare world, they begin to unravel a long-hidden secret. The dark truth about her own beloved Kanin kingdom is about to come to light, and it will change her place in it forever…and threaten everyone she loves.

From Goodreads:
The kingdom she loves has turned against her. Can she save it before it's too late?

Bryn Aven—unjustly charged with murder and treason—is on the run. The one person who can help is her greatest enemy, the gorgeous and enigmatic Konstantin Black. Konstantin is her only ally against those who have taken over her kingdom and threaten to destroy everything she holds dear. But can she trust him?


As Bryn fights to clear her name, the Kanin rulers' darkest secrets are coming to light…and now the entire troll world is on the brink of war. Will it tear Bryn from Ridley Dresden, the only guy she's ever loved? And can she join forces with Finn Holms and the Trylle kingdom? Nothing is as it seems, but one thing is certain: an epic battle is under way—and when it's over, nothing will ever be the same…

My Review:
It was just fantastic to be able to read these books! It's been a little while since I read Frostfire, but I got into this series pretty quickly, and it was just so enjoyable to read it! Just so enjoyable, and made me even more thankful that we got this spin off series!

These books were a bit of a roller coaster. There were so many ups, downs, twists and turns and it was such an incredible ride. Even with the hurtful bits, they were just so great, tempered with the really awesome stuff!

We didn't really get to know Konstantin Black until Crystal Kingdom, which is when he gets the most time "on screen." And there's so much there, things that we didn't know, that were pretty important to learn, and just so enjoyable!

The ending was a bit bittersweet. It was a win for the good guys, but there were some pretty significant losses. But they were heading for a better future. I really enjoyed Bryn and Riley together, that they're going to continue on!

Such a fantastic series, so enjoyable-we even got a Wendy and Loki scene!-and I can't wait to read more by Amanda Hocking!

Author: Amanda Hocking
Series: Kanin Chronicles #0.5, 2, 3
Read: December 29th, 30th, 31st, 2015
Source: Free, Bought, Tuebl
Reason Why: Love her books, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Books, Ice Kissed and Crystal Kingdom are WoW Books and Crystal Kingdom is a End of Series 2015 Book!
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: June 24th 2015, May 5th 2015, August 4th 2015

The King's Games:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Ice Kissed:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Crystal Kingdom:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 1 Review: Unforgiven

From Goodreads:
It's the book FALLEN fans have been waiting for: Cam's story, the brooding, bad-boy dark angel readers love.

High school can be hell.

Cam knows what it's like to be haunted. He's spent more time in Hell than any angel ever should. And his freshest Hell is high school, where Lilith, the girl he can't stop loving, is serving out a punishment for his crimes.

Cam made a bet with Lucifer: he has fifteen days to convince the only girl who really matters to him to love him again. If he succeeds, Lilith will be allowed back into the world, and they can live their lives together. But if he fails . . . there's a special place in Hell just for him.

Tick-tock.

Spread your wings and cry as bad boy dark angel Cam finally reveals his anguished heart in the epic new FALLEN novel, UNFORGIVEN.

My Review:
Yeah, this book exists! I'm so happy! I wasn't expecting it, and I only found out about it not too long before it came out. But I'm so glad that we got Cam and Lilith's story! It was so great, and so enjoyable, and it was awesome to be in this world again!

Cam was always a bit of a mystery in the series. He was on the bad guy's team, but not the initial bad guy. And he did some good stuff. And we only had a quick scene with Lilith in Passion. So it was really great to get to know them!

I agree with Cam-having a whole week, 7 days of school would be a Hell. Like, a mental torture one, because having school 5 days a week is pretty bad. But with no break? Awful! Especially given how Lilith was treated, given that it was a hell created for her!

Honestly, I would actually love to have more of this series, what with the rebellion that Roland seemed to be leading in the end! And it could star any number of the angels, because they deserve happy endings, though I wouldn't mind seeing more of Cam and Lilith!

Really great book, and again, I would really love more!

Author: Lauren Kate
Series: Fallen #5
Read: December 29th, 2015
Source: Tuebl
Reason Why: Love this series and her writing, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book and a End of Series 2015 Book!
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: November 10th 2015

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 1 Review: Their Fractured Light

From Goodreads:
A year ago, Flynn Cormac and Jubilee Chase made the now infamous Avon Broadcast, calling on the galaxy to witness for their planet, and protect them from destruction. Some say Flynn's a madman, others whisper about conspiracies. Nobody knows the truth. A year before that, Tarver Merendsen and Lilac LaRoux were rescued from a terrible shipwreck—now, they live a public life in front of the cameras, and a secret life away from the world's gaze.

Now, in the center of the universe on the planet of Corinth, all four are about to collide with two new players, who will bring the fight against LaRoux Industries to a head. Gideon Marchant is an eighteen-year-old computer hacker—a whiz kid and an urban warrior. He’ll climb, abseil and worm his way past the best security measures to pull off onsite hacks that others don’t dare touch.

Sofia Quinn has a killer smile, and by the time you're done noticing it, she's got you offering up your wallet, your car, and anything else she desires. She holds LaRoux Industries responsible for the mysterious death of her father and is out for revenge at any cost.

When a LaRoux Industries security breach interrupts Gideon and Sofia's separate attempts to infiltrate their headquarters, they're forced to work together to escape. Each of them has their own reason for wanting to take down LaRoux Industries, and neither trusts the other. But working together might be the best chance they have to expose the secrets LRI is so desperate to hide.

My Review:
I absolutely loved reading this book! It's the most complex, it has all 3 couples, and it's the end of the series. And while it's sad to say goodbye to these characters, it was just so enjoyable to read this book-they ended with a bang!

I really enjoyed having the story of Sofia and Gideon. We met Sofia in This Shattered World, and Gideon was mentioned, and that they had this story was just fantastic, and amazing to read! They were such awesome characters to read about!

There were quite a few twists and turns in this book, as well as action and romance, heartbreak, betrayal and trust and friends and just plain awesomeness! Everything, and I mean everything,came together, and that was so great! Just a fantastic story, epic and awesome and definitely a keeper!

Totally enjoyed all the ups and downs that made up this book, but especially the page between the chapters, which have been in all the books, and the ending. The in-betweens have always been great, and this time, we got the "whisper's" story from the beginning, and that was so great! As well as that ending, because it was just the best!

I enjoyed reading this book, so, so, so much, and I'm sad to say goodbye to this world, but I can't wait for more books by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, together and separate!

Authors: Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Series: Starbound #3
Read: December 27th, 2015
Source: Tuebl
Reason Why: Love this series, and it's a 2015 Dystopia Book, End of Series 2015 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: December 1st 2015

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 50 Review: Remembrance

From Goodreads:
Fifteen years after the release of the first Mediator novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot returns with a deliciously sexy new entry to a fan-favorite series. Suze Simon—all grown up and engaged to her once-ghostly soulmate—faces a vengeful spirit and an old enemy bent on ending Suze's wedded bliss before it begins.

You can take the boy out of the darkness.

But you can't take the darkness out of the boy.

All Susannah Simon wants is to make a good impression at her first job since graduating from college (and since becoming engaged to Dr. Jesse de Silva).

But when she's hired as a guidance counselor at her alma mater, she stumbles across a decade-old murder, and soon ancient history isn't all that's coming back to haunt her. Old ghosts as well as new ones are coming out of the woodwork, some to test her, some to vex her, and it isn't only because she's a mediator, gifted with second sight. 

From a sophomore haunted by the murderous specter of a child, to ghosts of a very different kind—including Paul Slater, Suze's ex, who shows up to make a bargain Suze is certain must have come from the Devil himself—Suze isn't sure she'll make it through the semester, let alone to her wedding night.

Suze is used to striking first and asking questions later. But what happens when ghosts from her past—including one she found nearly impossible to resist—strike first?

What happens when old ghosts come back to haunt you?

If you're a mediator, you might have to kick a little ass.

My Review:
Oh, goodness, I'm so happy that I was approved for Remembrance, because yeah, it was just so freaking good! I loved having more Suze and Jesse, and as adults at that, with the drama of high school done, and more focused on more adult things-like the fact that Jesse wants to keep to his Catholic upbringing and marital relations. Yeah.

And then of course Paul has to come back and try to screw with things, which is oh-so-pleasant. And out of context, well, some of what he brought up about Jesse seemed a bit plausible from the way that Jesse was sometimes. But who could blame him, after he's gone through?

Then there was the ghost and the human she was haunting to deal with. Which became one of the worst cases that Suze has had, between the connection to Kelly, as well as the nature of the case. Just horrible what some people will do!

Loved having Suze and Jesse together in the flesh, as well as all the updates to the characters that we love, Suze's family, who was married, what jobs they had. There was also Paul's brother, Jack, briefly, which was really great! Really great to have those bits of these characters having moved forward since Twilight!

Loved this book, it was so fantastic, and I'm so lucky that I got a chance to read it-one that I took reading it the same day I was approved! So yeah, I'm happy! Can't wait for you guys to be able to read Remembrance!

Author: Meg Cabot
Series: The Mediator #7
Read: December 11th, 2015
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Love this series and her writing! And it's a End of Series 2015 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book, and a WoW Book!
Publisher: William Morrow
Expected Publication: February 2nd 2016

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Week 48 Review: The Harder You Fall

From Goodreads:
From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter comes another scorching Original Heartbreakers tale featuring an aloof bad boy and the rowdy Southern belle who rocks his world… 

Millionaire video-game creator Lincoln West has a dark and tragic past. The sought-after bachelor lives by a rigid schedule and a single rule—one relationship per year, lasting no more than two months. No exceptions. He moved to small town Strawberry Valley, Oklahoma, with his brothers-by-circumstance hoping to escape the worst of his memories—until a brash beauty dredges up long-buried emotions. 

A reformed party girl, Jessie Kay Dillon is determined to walk the straight and narrow. But her love-hate sizzle with West is just too irresistible. They can't be near each other without tearing off their clothes, but the last thing she needs is to be his next two-month dump. Can she be the one exception? Because as any former girl-gone-wild knows: rules are made to be broken.

My Review:
This book! I loved reading it! So awesome to have West and Jessie Kay's story, even if it's the end of series series. Well, maybe. On Gena Showalter's site, for upcoming books, in 2017 it says 3 Original Heartbreakers novels. So I don't know what's going on there, but for now, this is the end of the series.

Both Jessie Kay and West have been a part of the series since the beginning-Jessie Kay's the sister of Brook Lynn, and West is one of the three guys that came to Strawberry Valley. And yeah, it was just a treat to have their story!

They both had their scars, West from being a foster child, and then his girlfriend, and the murder and the heroin, it's scared him, and he needed his time scheduled out, to have order. While Jessie Kay blames herself for her mom's death, and tried to find something that she couldn't name with countless guys which was the wrong way to go for her.

These two helped each other heal and grow stronger, and so it was just fantastic to read about them, as well as dealing with the crazy lady that had an obsession with West since he dated her college room mate. The good guys got their happy ending, and it was great!

Yeah, this was a really great, fantastic book, and I enjoyed it so, so, so much!

Author: Gena Showalter
Series: The Original Heartbreakers #3
Read: November 26th, 2015
Source: Bought
Reason Why: Love her books! And it's a End of Series 2015 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: November 24th 2015

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars