Will the Time Come #692, September 5th

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!

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From Goodreads:

The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Phoenix Island, which reads like "Lord of the Flies meets Wolverine and Cool Hand Luke" (F. Paul Wilson, creator of Repairman Jack) and inspired the CBS TV show Intelligence.

With a chip in his head and hundreds more throughout his body, sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman was turned from an orphan with impulse control issues into a super-soldier. Forced into the mercenary Phoenix Force group, he begins to fear he'll never escape. Sent to a volcanic island to fight for them, he'll compete in a combat tournament that awards teens with survival for merciless brutality. But just when all looks lost, he spies a friendly face...and possibly a way out.

Why the time hasn't come yet...

I loved the first book, but it's been so long since I read it, so I need a reread before I get to this one. But I need to read it! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Waiting on Wednesday #217, July 1st

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

Dragonbane by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Expected Publication: August 4th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Out of all the mysterious boarders who call Sanctuary home, no one is more antisocial or withdrawn than Maxis Drago. But then, it’s hard to blend in with the modern world when you have a fifty foot wingspan.

Centuries ago, he was cursed by an enemy who swore to see him fall. An enemy who took everything from him and left him forever secluded.

But Fate is a bitch, with a wicked sense of humor. And when she throws old enemies together and threatens the wife he thought had died centuries ago, he comes back with a vengeance. Modern day New Orleans has become a battleground for the oldest of evils. And two dragons will hold the line, or go down in flames. 

Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews
Expected Publication: August 4th, 2015
From Goodreads:
In the latest Kate Daniels novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews, magic is coming and going in waves in post-Shift Atlanta—and each crest leaves danger in its wake…

After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate—former Beast Lord Curran Lennart—are adjusting to a very different pace. While they’re thrilled to escape all the infighting, Curran misses the constant challenges of leading the shapeshifters.

So when the Pack offers him its stake in the Mercenary Guild, Curran seizes the opportunity—too bad the Guild wants nothing to do with him and Kate. Luckily, as a veteran merc, Kate can take over any of the Guild’s unfinished jobs in order to bring in money and build their reputation. But what Kate and Curran don’t realize is that the odd jobs they’ve been working are all connected.

An ancient enemy has arisen, and Kate and Curran are the only ones who can stop it—before it takes their city apart piece by piece… 

The Nightmare Charade by Mindee Arnett
Expected Publication: August 4th, 2015
From Goodreads:
The final installment in a thrilling fantastical mystery series.

Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare. Literally. Dusty is a magical being who feeds on human dreams.

Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy is hard enough, not to mention the crazy events of the past year. Dusty may have saved the day, but there are many days left in the year, and with an old foe back to seek revenge, she'll need all her strength to defeat him and save her friends. 

Mindee Arnett thrills again in this stunning final installment in the Arkwell Academy series.


Crystal Kingdom by Amanda Hocking
Expected Publication: August 4th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Bryn must decide: follow her head or her heart.

Thrown into a world of suspense and intrigue, Bryn has to fight to clear her name. But she's not alone. With help from the Trylle - including Finn Holmes - she's on a quest to discover the truth.

With her life and her world on the line, will Bryn be able to risk it all?

Daughter of Dusk by Livia Blackburne
Expected Publication: August 4th, 2015
From Goodreads:
After learning the truth about her bloodlines, Kyra can’t help but feel like a monster.

Though she’s formed a tentative alliance with the Palace, Kyra must keep her identity a secret or risk being hunted like the rest of her Demon Rider kin. Tristam and the imprisoned assassin James are among the few who know about her heritage, but when Tristam reveals a heartbreaking secret of his own, Kyra’s not sure she can trust him. And with James’s fate in the hands of the palace, Kyra fears that he will give her away to save himself.

As tensions rise within Forge's Council, and vicious Demon Rider attacks continue in surrounding villages, Kyra knows she must do something to save her city. But she walks a dangerous line between opposing armies: will she be able to use her link to the Demon Riders for good, or will her Makvani blood prove to be deadly?

In this spellbinding sequel to Midnight Thief, Kyra and Tristam face their biggest battle yet as they grapple with changing allegiances, shocking deceit, and vengeful opponents.

Most Likely to Succeed by Jennifer Echols
Expected Publication: August 4th, 2015
From Goodreads:
In this sexy conclusion to The Superlatives trilogy from Endless Summer author Jennifer Echols, Sawyer and Kaye might just be perfect for each other—if only they could admit it.

As vice president of Student Council, Kaye knows the importance of keeping order. Not only in school, but in her personal life. Which is why she and her boyfriend, Aidan, already have their lives mapped out: attend Columbia University together, pursue banking careers, and eventually get married. Everything Kaye has accomplished in high school—student government, cheerleading, stellar grades—has been in preparation for that future.

To his entire class, Sawyer is an irreverent bad boy. His antics on the field as school mascot and his love of partying have earned him total slacker status. But while he and Kaye appear to be opposites on every level, fate—and their friends—keep conspiring to throw them together. Perhaps the seniors see the simmering attraction Kaye and Sawyer are unwilling to acknowledge to themselves…

As the year unfolds, Kaye begins to realize her ideal life is not what she thought. And Sawyer decides it’s finally time to let down the facade and show everyone who he really is. Is a relationship between them most likely to succeed—or will it be their favorite mistake?

Devil's Pocket by John Dixon
Expected Publication: August 4th, 2015
From Goodreads:
The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Phoenix Island, which reads like "Lord of the Flies meets Wolverine and Cool Hand Luke" (F. Paul Wilson, creator of Repairman Jack) and inspired the CBS TV show Intelligence.

With a chip in his head and hundreds more throughout his body, sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman was turned from an orphan with impulse control issues into a super-soldier. Forced into the mercenary Phoenix Force group, he begins to fear he'll never escape. Sent to a volcanic island to fight for them, he'll compete in a combat tournament that awards teens with survival for merciless brutality. But just when all looks lost, he spies a friendly face...and possibly a way out. 

Yeah, lots of really awesome books coming out on the 4th, I'm so excited! Though I've already read one or two! What about you guys? Happy reading!

John Dixon Author Page

The Story: I got Phoenix Island from NetGalley, and it sounded just so good! So I read it, and I loved it! And I really enjoyed the TV show, Intelligence, which was based off this book, and it's just too bad that it got cancelled after only one season!

Website

Series: Phoenix Island.

Phoenix Island: Phoenix Island and her site, my review, Devil's Pocket.

Emergency Review-a-Thon Part 2 Update 45

So I've written the review for Phoenix Island and next I want to review Trial by Fire. More, more, more, I just need 5 in 1 hour and 9 minutes! I can do that!!

Reviewed Part 2: The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos, Speak No Evil, The Hunt, Trusting an Angel, Champion, The Shadow Prince, Of Monsters and Madness, Community Service, Shatter Me, Destroy Me, Unravel Me, Fracture Me, Ignite Me, My Life With the Walter Boys, The Dark Discovery of Jack Dandy, The Girl With the Iron Touch, The Wild Adventures of Jasper Renn, The Girl With the Iron Touch, Dark Triumph, Dark Triumph, Goddess, Goddess, Taken by Storm, Taken by Storm, One Foot in the Grave, At Grave's End, Destined for an Early Grave, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, The Echoes of Love, The Alpha Alternative and Darkfever, Darkfever, Street Game, Some Quiet Place, Where Silence Gathers, Beyond the Highland Mist, The Undead Pool, Legacy and Allegiance, Devil to Pay and Destined for an Early Grave, First Drop of Crimson and Eternal Kiss of Darkness, First Drop of Crimson and Eternal Kiss of Darkness, The Girl With the Clockwork Collar, The Girl With the Clockwork Collar, Dreamless, Dreamless, Phoenix Island.

Week 19 Reviews: The Hunt, Champion, The Shadow Prince, Of Monsters and Madness, Street Game, Where Silence Gathers.

Reviewed All: Rebel Spring, Sacrifice, Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight, Cast in Secret and Cast in Fury, Cast in Silence, Cast in Chaos, Cast in Ruin, Cast in Peril and Cast in Sorrow, Up From the Grave, Magic Graves, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, Home for the Holidays, Once Burned and Twice Tempted, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Phantom of the Night, Size 12 is Not Fat, Size 14 Is Not Fat Either, Big Boned, The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos, Speak No Evil, The Hunt, Trusting an Angel, Champion, The Shadow Prince, Of Monsters and Madness, Community Service, Shatter Me, Destroy Me, Unravel Me, Fracture Me, Ignite Me, My Life With the Walter Boys, The Dark Discovery of Jack Dandy, The Girl With the Iron Touch, The Wild Adventures of Jasper Renn, The Girl with the Iron Touch, Dark Triumph, Dark Triumph, Goddess, Goddess, Taken by Storm, Taken by Storm, One Foot in the Grave, At Grave's End, Destined for an Early Grave, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, The Echoes of Love, The Alpha Alternative and Darkfever, Darkfever, Street Game, Some Quiet Place, Where Silence Gathers, Beyond the Highland Mist, The Undead Pool, Legacy and Allegiance, Devil to Pay and Destined for an Early Grave, First Drop of Crimson and Eternal Kiss of Darkness, First Drop of Crimson and Eternal Kiss of Darkness, The Girl With the Clockwork Collar, The Girl With the Clockwork Collar, Dreamless, Dreamless, Phoenix Island.

Emergency Review-a-Thon Part 2 Update 44

So I've written the review for Dreamless and next I want to review Phoenix Island. Must write more now!!!

Reviewed Part 2: The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos, Speak No Evil, The Hunt, Trusting an Angel, Champion, The Shadow Prince, Of Monsters and Madness, Community Service, Shatter Me, Destroy Me, Unravel Me, Fracture Me, Ignite Me, My Life With the Walter Boys, The Dark Discovery of Jack Dandy, The Girl With the Iron Touch, The Wild Adventures of Jasper Renn, The Girl With the Iron Touch, Dark Triumph, Dark Triumph, Goddess, Goddess, Taken by Storm, Taken by Storm, One Foot in the Grave, At Grave's End, Destined for an Early Grave, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, The Echoes of Love, The Alpha Alternative and Darkfever, Darkfever, Street Game, Some Quiet Place, Where Silence Gathers, Beyond the Highland Mist, The Undead Pool, Legacy and Allegiance, Devil to Pay and Destined for an Early Grave, First Drop of Crimson and Eternal Kiss of Darkness, First Drop of Crimson and Eternal Kiss of Darkness, The Girl With the Clockwork Collar, The Girl With the Clockwork Collar, Dreamless, Dreamless.

Week 19 Reviews: The Hunt, Champion, The Shadow Prince, Of Monsters and Madness, Street Game, Where Silence Gathers.

Reviewed All: Rebel Spring, Sacrifice, Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight, Cast in Secret and Cast in Fury, Cast in Silence, Cast in Chaos, Cast in Ruin, Cast in Peril and Cast in Sorrow, Up From the Grave, Magic Graves, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, Home for the Holidays, Once Burned and Twice Tempted, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Phantom of the Night, Size 12 is Not Fat, Size 14 Is Not Fat Either, Big Boned, The French Executioner, Inheritance, Bonnie, The Thirteen Hollows, Beauty Queens, Awaken, Tithe, Mercy and Exile, The Power of Six, Beautiful Chaos, Speak No Evil, The Hunt, Trusting an Angel, Champion, The Shadow Prince, Of Monsters and Madness, Community Service, Shatter Me, Destroy Me, Unravel Me, Fracture Me, Ignite Me, My Life With the Walter Boys, The Dark Discovery of Jack Dandy, The Girl With the Iron Touch, The Wild Adventures of Jasper Renn, The Girl with the Iron Touch, Dark Triumph, Dark Triumph, Goddess, Goddess, Taken by Storm, Taken by Storm, One Foot in the Grave, At Grave's End, Destined for an Early Grave, This Side of the Grave, One Grave at a Time, The Echoes of Love, The Alpha Alternative and Darkfever, Darkfever, Street Game, Some Quiet Place, Where Silence Gathers, Beyond the Highland Mist, The Undead Pool, Legacy and Allegiance, Devil to Pay and Destined for an Early Grave, First Drop of Crimson and Eternal Kiss of Darkness, First Drop of Crimson and Eternal Kiss of Darkness, The Girl With the Clockwork Collar, The Girl With the Clockwork Collar, Dreamless, Dreamless.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #142, February 24th

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

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #141
Teaser Tuesday #149
WWW Wednesday #149
WOW #146
Will the Time Come #132
Third Sentence Thursday #132
Random Reads #117
First Lines Friday #137
The Reward Challenge Round 93 Part 1
Follow Friday #120
LLFL Reading Challenge Update 39

Week 8 Reviews:
Devil to Pay
Destined for an Early Grave
First Drop of Crimson
Eternal Kiss of Darkness
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar
Dreamless
Phoenix Island
Trial by Fire
Bad Attitude
My Life With the Walter Boys
Wicked Nights

OK, so I got 20 posts in 7 days, and yeah, can't wait for more! The Undead Pool comes out this week, hope to read it this week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Grave Mercy, The Alpha Alternative, Darkfever, Beyond the Highland Mist, The Undead Pool, Legacy, and Allegiance.

Bonus sex scene from Barrons' POV found on Karen Marie Moning's website.

He would sell his warrior soul to possess her. . . .

An alluring laird...

He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart—until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistible challenge to the sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to keep him at arm's length—but his sweet seduction played havoc with her resolve.

A prisoner in time...

She had a perfect "no" on her perfect lips for the notorious laird, but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion he longed to ignite within her. Not even the barriers of time and space would keep him from winning her love. Despite her uncertainty about following the promptings of her own passionate heart, Adrienne's reservations were no match for Hawk's determination to keep her by his side. . .

Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering.

Rachel must stop the occurrences before the undead vampire masters who keep the rest of the undead under control are lost and it becomes all-out supernatural war. However, the only way to do so is through the ancient elven wild magic, which carries its own perils.

Week 8 Review: Phoenix Island

From Goodreads:
The judge told Carl that one day he'd have to decide exactly what kind of person he would become. But on Phoenix Island, the choice will be made for him.

A champion boxer with a sharp hook and a short temper, sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman has been shuffled from foster home to foster home. He can't seem to stay out of trouble, using his fists to defend weaker classmates from bullies. His latest incident sends his opponent to the emergency room, and now the court is sending Carl to the worst place on earth: Phoenix Island. 

Classified as a terminal facility, it's the end of the line for delinquents who have no home, no family, and no future. Located somewhere far off the coast of the United States and immune to its laws, the island is a grueling Spartan-style boot camp run by sadistic drill sergeants who show no mercy to their young, orphan trainees. Sentenced to stay until his eighteenth birthday, Carl plans to play by the rules, so he makes friends with his wisecracking bunkmate, Ross, and a mysterious gray-eyed girl named Octavia. But he makes enemies, too, and after a few rough scrapes, he earns himself the nickname "Hollywood" as well as a string of punishments, including a brutal night in the sweatbox. But that's nothing compared to what awaits him in the Chop Shop: a secret government lab where Carl is given something he never dreamed of. 

A new life. . . . 

A new body. A new brain. 

Gifts from the fatherly Old Man, who wants to transform Carl into something he's not sure he wants to become. 

For this is no ordinary government project. Phoenix Island is ground zero for the future of combat intelligence. 

And for Carl, it's just the beginning. . .

My Review:
Oh, this was such a great book! Plus the fact that it was the inspiration behind the TV show Intelligence, yeah, that just proves that it needs to be read, because yeah, it does, and yeah, I absolutely loved it!!!

So the beginning, was pretty creepy, well the whole book was creepy, but the beginning's creepiness, with the training, and then the pages that Carl finds, about a previous group, and then how bad things got? That was just more and more creepy!

The reason why Carl started fighting? Because his dad, a cop, was injured on the job, and was outside, and people started calling him names. So Carl started defending him with his fists. People can be just cruel, and yeah, it's not always an easy life for anybody, really, and they push their pain on others, and it gets put into a path of verbal abuse, to one person to the next, and it never stops unless someone intercedes, because people, are people, and that's a sad thought.

I loved the romance, how it slowly developed, was hindered by the fact that he found out why she was there, and there was some judging looks all around! But then the big fight scene, near the end of the middle, with the main bad till that point, and some of the others, have a fight with Carl, and he wins against a taser and a knife, and yeah, then he meets Old Man. And so he meets the new bad.

That's when he gets some upgrades, and his body moves better, and he learns more about the purpose of the Island, and yeah, it's not pretty, and it could be considered that the idea was corrupted, but it was that from the start, so yeah. And then things happen, and he gets the chip in his head, that goes over well, and then there's a lot of fighting, and then it ends, with a bit of hope, because she's going back to the US, and he's got a bit of an advantage, and I hope that he get's a chance to take it!

Loved this book, and I cannot wait for the sequel, that I know is going to happen!!!

Author: John Dixon
Read: February 19th, 2014
Source: Tuebl/NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded good, and it's a DAC Book!
Publisher: Galley Books
Published: January 7th 2014

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

WWW Wednesday #149, February 19th

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 reading Phoenix Island, and yeah, it's fantastic, and I'm enjoying it so, so, so much! It's so great and I need to keep reading it!

I read Dreamless and yeah, it was so great to read it again!

I'm going to read Bad Attitude, and I can't wait to reread it again! I know it's going to be great!

What about you guys? Happy reading!