Showing posts with label Jordanda Frankel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jordanda Frankel. Show all posts
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Random Reads #318, December 28th
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Random Reads #244, July 28th
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Waiting on Wednesday #241, December 23rd
Expected Publication: January 19th, 2015
From Goodreads:
In Karen Marie Moning’s latest installment of the epic #1 New York Times bestselling Fever series, the stakes have never been higher and the chemistry has never been hotter. Hurtling us into a realm of labyrinthine intrigue and consummate seduction, FEVERBORN is a riveting tale of ancient evil, lust, betrayal, forgiveness and the redemptive power of love.
When the immortal race of the Fae destroyed the ancient wall dividing the worlds of Man and Faery, the very fabric of the universe was damaged and now Earth is vanishing bit by bit. Only the long-lost Song of Making—a haunting, dangerous melody that is the source of all life itself—can save the planet.
But those who seek the mythic Song—Mac, Barrons, Ryodan and Jada—must contend with old wounds and new enemies, passions that burn hot and hunger for vengeance that runs deep. The challenges are many: The Keltar at war with nine immortals who’ve secretly ruled Dublin for eons, Mac and Jada hunted by the masses, the Seelie queen nowhere to be found, and the most powerful Unseelie prince in all creation determined to rule both Fae and Man. Now the task of solving the ancient riddle of the Song of Making falls to a band of deadly warriors divided among—and within—themselves.
Once a normal city possessing a touch of ancient magic, Dublin is now a treacherously magical city with only a touch of normal. And in those war-torn streets, Mac will come face to face with her most savage enemy yet: herself.
Expected Publication: January 19th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Nikki Kill does not see the world like everyone else. In her eyes, happiness is pink, sadness is a mixture of brown and green, and lies are gray. Thanks to a rare phenomenon called synesthesia, Nikki’s senses overlap, in a way that both comforts and overwhelms her.
Always an outsider, just one ‘D’ shy of flunking out, Nikki’s life is on the fast track to nowhere until the night a mysterious call lights her phone up bright orange—the color of emergencies. It’s the local hospital. They need Nikki to identify a Jane Doe who is barely hanging on to life after a horrible attack.
The victim is Peyton Hollis, a popular girl from Nikki’s school who Nikki hardly knows. One thing is clear: Someone wants Peyton dead. But why? And why was Nikki’s cell the only number in Peyton’s phone?
As she tries to decipher the strange kaleidoscope of clues, Nikki finds herself thrust into the dark, glittering world of the ultra-rich Hollis family, and drawn towards Peyton’s handsome, never-do-well older brother Dru. While Nikki’s colors seem to help her unravel the puzzle, what she can’t see is that she may be falling into a trap. The only truth she can be sure of is that death is a deep, pulsing crimson.
Shade Me is award-winning author Jennifer Brown’s first book in a thrilling suspense series about Nikki Kill.
Expected Publication: January 19th, 2015
From Goodreads:
After helping to rescue Princess Aislynn, Elanor has finally rejoined the rebel camp she calls home. Stolen from her parents at a young age and forced into service by the Wicked Queen, Elanor now wants nothing more than to see the queen removed from power. But Elanor has secrets, mistakes she’s spent years trying to forget, and the closer the rebels get to the throne, the harder it is for Elanor to keep her past hidden away.
With fellow rebels on her side—including Princess Aislynn, Thackery, and the handsome and mysterious Matthias—it is time for Elanor to make a decision. Will she protect her secrets? Or risk everything to save the people she loves?
The thrilling companion to Elissa Sussman’s masterful and original fairy tale, Stray, that will appeal to readers of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and fans of Wicked, Into the Woods, and the Disney princess movies.
Expected Publication: January 19th, 2015
From Goodreads:
This second book in the Prey trilogy is a harrowing story of survival as Book and Hope travel back to the eerie Camp Liberty, where Book was once raised to be hunted for sport, to save those left behind. With new twists, new turns, and a new love triangle, The Capture is a gripping adventure for fans of The Maze Runner.
Every night it was the same: dreaming of those Less Thans shackled in the bunker beneath the tennis court. I couldn’t let it go. As bad as the memory was, my dreams only made it worse....
It was why we had to get back to Camp Liberty. Why we had to free those Less Thans.
Book, Hope, and Cat cannot live with themselves—they cannot settle into a new free life knowing the rest of their fellow Less Thans and Sisters are still imprisoned. Now the teens must retrace their steps to save the others, destroy the compound, and thwart the evil plans of the Republic.
With new enemies lurking—deranged Crazies and ominous Skull People among them—the group must put their fate in the hands of unexpected allies, including the woman with the long black hair and Miranda, the daughter of the Skull People’s Chief Justice, who is drawn to Book. Both may come to their aid, but at what cost? As the teens race toward Camp Liberty, they must ask themselves what they’re willing to do to free their friends, for the path back is filled with even more danger as motives are questioned and relationships tested.
Expected Publication: January 19th, 2015
From Goodreads:
The heart-racing and thrilling sequel to The Ward about a teenage female drag racer who will do anything to save her sister—and a flooded futuristic Manhattan.
Drought season is coming....
The Ward is in trouble—its streets filled with seawater after a devastating flood and its impoverished inhabitants suffering from a deadly disease called the Blight.
Ren, with the help of her scientist friend, Callum, and her racing buddy, Derek, has discovered a cure—miraculous spring water—administering it to her sick sister, Aven. But when Aven is kidnapped by Governor Voss, the malevolent dictator of the United Metro Isles (UMI), Ren must go on a dangerous mission to save her sister, again.
The mysterious healing water is the only source of freshwater throughout the entire UMI—water that Ren had been tasked by the government to discover. Although she refuses to give up the water’s location, Governor Voss has his own selfish reasons for wanting it. And he will do anything to satisfy his thirst for unquenchable power.
But Ren and Aven have more enemies than the governor. An ancient order, the Tètai, has been guarding the magical water for hundreds of years. And they will kill to protect it. With the Ward in desperate need of freshwater and wracked by disease—and deadly enemies at every turn—the sisters face a dangerous journey, marred by mysterious secrets and horrifying truths, to save their friends and neighbors, and a city.
Expected Publication: January 19th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Raisa was just a child when she was sold to work as a slave in the kingdom of Qilara. Despite her young age, her father was teaching her to read and write, grooming her to take his place as a Learned One. In Qilara, the Arnathim, like Raisa, are the lowest class, and literacy is a capital offense. What’s more, only the king, prince, tutor, and tutor-in-training are allowed to learn the very highest order language, the language of the gods. So when the tutor-in-training is executed for teaching slaves this sacred language, and Raisa is selected to replace her, Raisa knows any slipup on her part could mean death.
Keeping her secret is hard enough, but the romance that’s been growing between her and Prince Mati isn’t helping matters. Then Raisa is approached by the Resistance—an underground army of slave rebels—to help liberate Arnath slaves. She wants to free her people, but that would mean aiding a war against Mati. As Raisa struggles with what to do, she discovers a secret that the Qilarites have been hiding for centuries—one that, if uncovered, could bring the kingdom to its knees.
Expected Publication: January 19th, 2015
From Goodreads:
In this genre-bending YA thriller, will Sarah Merson's shiny new prep school change her life forever or bring it to a dark and sinister end?
When Sarah Merson receives the opportunity of a lifetime to attend the most elite prep school in the country-Sanctuary Bay Academy-it seems almost too good to be true. But, after years of bouncing from foster home to foster home, escaping to its tranquil setting, nestled deep in Swans Island, couldn't sound more appealing. Swiftly thrown into a world of privilege and secrets, Sarah quickly realizes finding herself noticed by class charmer, Nate, as well as her roommate's dangerously attentive boyfriend, Ethan, are the least of her worries. When her roommate suddenly goes missing, she finds herself in a race against time, not only to find her, but to save herself and discover the dark truth behind Sanctuary Bay's glossy reputation.
In this genre-bending YA thriller, Sanctuary Bay by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz, Sarah's new school may seem like an idyllic temple of learning, but as she unearths years of terrifying history and manipulation, she discovers this "school" is something much more sinister.
Expected Publication: January 20th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Romance and action come crashing together when a teenage boy with incredible powers is brought to the attention of the government.
Jake Lukin just turned 18. He's decent at tennis and Halo, and waiting to hear on his app to Stanford. But he's also being followed by a creep with a gun, and there's a DARPA agent waiting in his bedroom. His secret is blown.
When Jake holds a personal object, like a pet rock or a ring, he has the ability to "tunnel" into the owner. He can sense where they are, like a human GPS, and can see, hear, and feel what they do. It's an ability the government would do anything to possess: a perfect surveillance unit who could locate fugitives, spies, or terrorists with a single touch.
Jake promised his dad he’d never tell anyone about his ability. But his dad died two years ago, and Jake slipped. If he doesn't agree to help the government, his mother and sister may be in danger. Suddenly he's juggling high school, tennis tryouts, flirting with Rachel Watkins, and work as a government asset, complete with 24-hour bodyguards.
Forced to lie to his friends and family, and then to choose whether to give up everything for their safety, Jake hopes the good he's doing—finding kidnap victims and hostages, and tracking down terrorists—is worth it. But he starts to suspect the good guys may not be so good after all. With Rachel's help, Jake has to try to escape both good guys and bad guys and find a way to live his own life instead of tunneling through others.
Oh, they sound so good, I want to read them so much! They look so fantastic, and of the ones that are part of a series, I've enjoyed, so I need more! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
We Have the Cover of The Ward #2!!!!
I'm so excited, we have the cover of The Isle by Jordana Frankel, sequel to The Ward, which I loved so much! So yeah, happy me!
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Monday, October 20, 2014
Emergency Review-a-Thon Part 2 Update 41
OK, so I've written my next review, The Ward, and I'm going to write a review for Dance of Shadows next!
Reviewed Part 2: Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller, Dragonfly in Amber, Crusade, Alienation, Stolen Away, The Darlings in Love, Daughter of the Centaurs, The Sky is Everywhere, Someone Else's Life, The Guardian Duke, The Lonely Girls Club, The Luxe, Finding Her Way Back, Wanderlove, Katana, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Shadowfell and Raven Flight, To the Nines, Naturals, This Strange and Familiar Place, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, Wild Justice, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Skeleton Key, The Devil Colony, Venom, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Platform 21, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts, Alice in Zombieland, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Glass, Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper, Midnight City, Rush, Pantomime, Etiquette & Espionage, Hooked, Arclight, The Ward.
Reviewed All: The Eternity Key, Unveiled and Fireblood, Outlander, Every Which Way But Dead, Every Which Way But Dead, H2O, A Fistful of Charms, A Fistful of Charms, Tail of the Devil, The Devil's Liege, Crusade, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller, Dragonfly in Amber, Crusade, Alienation, Stolen Away, The Darlings in Love, Daughter of the Centaurs, The Sky is Everywhere, Someone Else's Life, The Guardian Duke, The Lonely Girls Club, The Luxe, Finding Her Way Back, Wanderlove, Katana, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Shadowfell and Raven Flight, To the Nines, Naturals, This Strange and Familiar Place, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, Wild Justice, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Skeleton Key, The Devil Colony, Venom, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Platform 21, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts, Alice in Zombieland, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Glass, Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper, Midnight City, Rush, Pantomime, Etiquette & Espionage, Hooked, Arclight, The Ward.
Week 41: The Eternity Key, A Fistful of Charms, Tail of the Devil, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller.
Week 42: Dragonfly in Amber, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts.
Week 43: Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper.
Goal: 10, 50
Reviews: 10, 41
Reviewed Part 2: Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller, Dragonfly in Amber, Crusade, Alienation, Stolen Away, The Darlings in Love, Daughter of the Centaurs, The Sky is Everywhere, Someone Else's Life, The Guardian Duke, The Lonely Girls Club, The Luxe, Finding Her Way Back, Wanderlove, Katana, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Shadowfell and Raven Flight, To the Nines, Naturals, This Strange and Familiar Place, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, Wild Justice, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Skeleton Key, The Devil Colony, Venom, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Platform 21, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts, Alice in Zombieland, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Glass, Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper, Midnight City, Rush, Pantomime, Etiquette & Espionage, Hooked, Arclight, The Ward.
Reviewed All: The Eternity Key, Unveiled and Fireblood, Outlander, Every Which Way But Dead, Every Which Way But Dead, H2O, A Fistful of Charms, A Fistful of Charms, Tail of the Devil, The Devil's Liege, Crusade, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller, Dragonfly in Amber, Crusade, Alienation, Stolen Away, The Darlings in Love, Daughter of the Centaurs, The Sky is Everywhere, Someone Else's Life, The Guardian Duke, The Lonely Girls Club, The Luxe, Finding Her Way Back, Wanderlove, Katana, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Shadowfell and Raven Flight, To the Nines, Naturals, This Strange and Familiar Place, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, Wild Justice, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Skeleton Key, The Devil Colony, Venom, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Platform 21, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts, Alice in Zombieland, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Glass, Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper, Midnight City, Rush, Pantomime, Etiquette & Espionage, Hooked, Arclight, The Ward.
Week 41: The Eternity Key, A Fistful of Charms, Tail of the Devil, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller.
Week 42: Dragonfly in Amber, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts.
Week 43: Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper.
Goal: 10, 50
Reviews: 10, 41
Emergency Review-a-Thon Part 2 Update 40
OK, so I've written my next review, Arclight, and I'm going to write a review for The Ward next!
Reviewed Part 2: Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller, Dragonfly in Amber, Crusade, Alienation, Stolen Away, The Darlings in Love, Daughter of the Centaurs, The Sky is Everywhere, Someone Else's Life, The Guardian Duke, The Lonely Girls Club, The Luxe, Finding Her Way Back, Wanderlove, Katana, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Shadowfell and Raven Flight, To the Nines, Naturals, This Strange and Familiar Place, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, Wild Justice, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Skeleton Key, The Devil Colony, Venom, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Platform 21, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts, Alice in Zombieland, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Glass, Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper, Midnight City, Rush, Pantomime, Etiquette & Espionage, Hooked, Arclight.
Reviewed All: The Eternity Key, Unveiled and Fireblood, Outlander, Every Which Way But Dead, Every Which Way But Dead, H2O, A Fistful of Charms, A Fistful of Charms, Tail of the Devil, The Devil's Liege, Crusade, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller, Dragonfly in Amber, Crusade, Alienation, Stolen Away, The Darlings in Love, Daughter of the Centaurs, The Sky is Everywhere, Someone Else's Life, The Guardian Duke, The Lonely Girls Club, The Luxe, Finding Her Way Back, Wanderlove, Katana, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Shadowfell and Raven Flight, To the Nines, Naturals, This Strange and Familiar Place, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, Wild Justice, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Skeleton Key, The Devil Colony, Venom, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Platform 21, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts, Alice in Zombieland, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Glass, Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper, Midnight City, Rush, Pantomime, Etiquette & Espionage, Hooked, Arclight.
Week 41: The Eternity Key, A Fistful of Charms, Tail of the Devil, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller.
Week 42: Dragonfly in Amber, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts.
Week 43: Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper.
Goal: 10, 50
Reviews: 10, 40
Reviewed Part 2: Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller, Dragonfly in Amber, Crusade, Alienation, Stolen Away, The Darlings in Love, Daughter of the Centaurs, The Sky is Everywhere, Someone Else's Life, The Guardian Duke, The Lonely Girls Club, The Luxe, Finding Her Way Back, Wanderlove, Katana, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Shadowfell and Raven Flight, To the Nines, Naturals, This Strange and Familiar Place, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, Wild Justice, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Skeleton Key, The Devil Colony, Venom, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Platform 21, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts, Alice in Zombieland, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Glass, Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper, Midnight City, Rush, Pantomime, Etiquette & Espionage, Hooked, Arclight.
Reviewed All: The Eternity Key, Unveiled and Fireblood, Outlander, Every Which Way But Dead, Every Which Way But Dead, H2O, A Fistful of Charms, A Fistful of Charms, Tail of the Devil, The Devil's Liege, Crusade, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller, Dragonfly in Amber, Crusade, Alienation, Stolen Away, The Darlings in Love, Daughter of the Centaurs, The Sky is Everywhere, Someone Else's Life, The Guardian Duke, The Lonely Girls Club, The Luxe, Finding Her Way Back, Wanderlove, Katana, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Shadowfell and Raven Flight, To the Nines, Naturals, This Strange and Familiar Place, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, Wild Justice, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, The Skeleton Key, The Devil Colony, Venom, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Platform 21, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts, Alice in Zombieland, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Glass, Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper, Midnight City, Rush, Pantomime, Etiquette & Espionage, Hooked, Arclight.
Week 41: The Eternity Key, A Fistful of Charms, Tail of the Devil, Angel Burn, Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller.
Week 42: Dragonfly in Amber, Elusion and Etherworld, Hotter Than Hell, Cole...Meet Ali, Alice in Zombieland, Through the Zombie Book, The Queen of Zombie Hearts.
Week 43: Kiss of the Highlander, Cooper.
Goal: 10, 50
Reviews: 10, 40
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Week 51 Review: The Ward
Sixteen-year-old Ren is a daredevil mobile racer who will risk everything to survive in the Ward, what remains of a water-logged Manhattan. To save her sister, who is suffering from a deadly illness thought to be caused by years of pollution, Ren accepts a secret mission from the government: to search for a freshwater source in the Ward, with the hope of it leading to a cure.
However, she never expects that her search will lead to dangerous encounters with a passionate young scientist; a web of deceit and lies; and an earth-shattering mystery that’s lurking deep beneath the water’s rippling surface.
My Review:
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It was entertaining, action packed, and I never questioned a decision that Ren made. I questioned the options that she got sometimes, but not the final decision that she came to, because she always picked the right thing for her!
This world would not be a fun world to live in. Things have pretty much gone to crap, and society has slide back into less democratic governments, attitudes about what women can and and can't do lean more towards can't if it's not taking care of the household, and then here's Ren, who's a female mobile racer in a men dominated sport. Not fun!
Oh, and then there's the HBNC virus, which her sister (which is what she calls her closest friend, seeing as she doesn't have any family living anymore) and so Ren is taking care of her, and that's why she accepts the mission-but there's a ton of hidden agendas, secrets, and lies there. and dealing with that caused like, half the problems that she faced!
And then there's the one thing that's basically over everyone's head-the water. It's why what was Manhattan is now the Ward, it caused/causes the HBNC virus, maybe, and like the synopsis says, there's secrets in it. And yeah, unveiling those secrets was pretty explosive!
Really enjoyed this book, and I can't wait for the next book (though I think there's going to be a wait, #2 doesn't have a title, or a release date, the only info it has, is that it's going to be published by Katherine Tegan Books!) because I want to know what happens next!
Author: Jordanda Frankel
Series: The Ward #1
Read: December 14th, 2013
Source: Tuebl
Reason Why: Sounded good, and it's a DAC Book and a 2013 Dystopia Book!
Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books
Published: April 30th 2013
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