Random Reads #538, March 10th

Random Reads is a monthly meme (that I'm going to do weekly) hosted by I'm Loving Books to read some books that have been on our TBR piles for a long time. Using Random.org, I got 5378 which turned out to be Chaos by Lanie Bross! It's been on my TBR pile since August 3rd, 2014, and I added it because I really enjoyed the first book! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Will the Time Come #281, October 20th

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

Want to Join?

-Pick a book you have been meaning to read

-Do a post telling us about the book    

-Link the post up in the linky  

-Visit the other blogs

From Goodreads:

Can they change their destiny?

They kissed only once—and it was electric, like the air before a storm. But Corinthe and Luc broke the rules of the universe, and learned too late that their love would have consequences. In the dizzying aftermath, Luc refuses to accept his destiny—not if it means a life without Corinthe. As a fire rages through the Crossroads that connect worlds, Luc must find a way to turn back time and save Corinthe once and for all.

Meanwhile, Luc's 15-year-old sister Jasmine starts to realize things are not as they seem when time begins stuttering, sending her everyday life in San Francisco spinning into chaos. She’s thrown into the path of Ford, a troubled soul with a secret past, who helps her unravel the mysterious threads that connect them all.

Two breathtaking romances interweave across time in this story of what lies on the other side of Fate, as both Jas and Luc discover the incredible lengths they will go for love. 

Why the time hasn't come yet...
I don't know! I've loved her books, and yeah, I want to read it! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #227, October 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 #226
Teaser Tuesday #234
WWW Wednesday #234
WOW #231
Will the Time Come #227
Third Sentence Thursday #217
Random Reads #202
First Lines Friday #221
The Reward Challenge Update #212
Follow Friday #204
How Well I Stuck to It #56
Wrote that Review Update #61

Week 41 Reviews:
Ash & Bramble
The House of the Stone
The White Rose
It's a Wonderful Death
Da Vinci's Tiger
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Tangled Webs
The Great Hunt
Prince of Conjurers
A Madness So Discreet
Dumplin'
Don't Touch
Dangerous Lies

Random:
Patrick Ness Author Page
Cammie McGovern Author Page
R.J. Anderson Author Page
Julie Murphy Author Page

OK, so I got 28 posts in 7 days, which is pretty good, considering the packing going on! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Jane Unwrapped.

Some tombs should never be opened...

Fluorine uranium carbon potassium. Jane's experiment really went wrong this time. After a fatal accident, teen scientist Jane becomes the first modern-day...mummy. Waking up in the Egyptian underworld without a heart certainly isn't the best—especially when it means Anubis, god of embalming, has to devour her soul. Yuck. But when Jane meets the drop-dead gorgeous god, suddenly she's thinking this might not be the worst thing to happen. And then she is pushed to do the impossible—just time-travel and kill King Tut. Well, every experiment has variables which can end in disaster... Jane just wishes she could decide whether she wants to strangle Anubis or kiss him.

Week 41 Review: Tangled Webs

From Goodreads:
London, 1725. Everybody has a secret. Lady A will keep yours—for a price. This sumptuous, scandalous YA novel is wickedly addictive.

Lady A is the most notorious blackmailer in the city. With just a mask and a gown to disguise her, she sweeps into lavish balls and exclusive events collecting the most valuable currency in 1725 London—secrets.

But leading a double life isn't easy. By day Lady A is just a sixteen-year-old girl named Arista who lives in fear of her abusive master, Bones, and passes herself off as a boy to move safely through the squalor of London's slums. When Bones attempts to dispose of his pawn forever, Arista is rescued by the last person she expects: Jonathan Wild, the infamous Thief Taker General who moves seamlessly between the city's criminal underworld and its most elite upper circles. Arista partners with Wild on her own terms in the hopes of saving enough money to buy passage out of London.

Everything changes when she meets Graeden Sinclair, the son of a wealthy merchant. Grae has traveled the world, has seen the exotic lands Arista has longed to escape to her whole life, and he loves Arista for who she is—not for what she can do for him. Being with Grae gives something Arista something precious that she swore off long ago: hope. He has promised to help Arista escape the life of crime that has claimed her since she was a child. But can you ever truly escape the past?

My Review:
This book was so awesome! It made me think of a darker, a bit less funny, but still so good version of Meg Cabot's Nicola, and Victoria! Which is really great, because I really enjoyed those books! So good association right off the bat!

I just enjoyed reading about Arista, and her adventures, the people she knew, and just everything! So fantastic, so great to read, and just awesome! So glad that I got a chance to read this, that this book exists at all, because it was so awesome!

One thing that I didn't get, was that Arista felt owned basically by Bones. But I couldn't see what he held over her. Sure, when was young, her thievery was traded for food and shelter provided by Bones. But I didn't see how that extended to the Lady A escapades!

The relationships with Grae's family, the one between Arista and the family, the ones between all the family members, it was just really precious, something really good in this world where it seemed where there really was very little!

Awesome, awesome ending, and I think I know where the sequel could go, what with Bones still being alive, and yeah, I just can't wait for the sequel!

Author: Lee Bross
Series: Tangled Webs #1
Read: October 6th, 2015
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Loved her other book, and it's Historical Fiction 2015 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book!
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Published: June 23rd 2015

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

WWW Wednesday #234, October 7th

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 now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme!

I'm currently wearing The Great Hunt, and it's so awesome! I'm enjoying it so much, it's so great!

I read Tangled Webs, and it was a really great book! So amazing! Can't wait for the sequel!

I'm going to be reading A Madness So Discreet, I can't wait! It looks so great, and I've really enjoyed her other books!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

Teaser Tuesday #234, October 6th

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser comes from Tangled Webs by Lee Bross, page 30.

"Not that it mattered. Arista always wore the shirt under an even darker brown coat that hid it, and her shape, effectively."

And as a girl dressed as a guy, well, that's pretty useful! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Lanie Bross Author Page

The Story: I got Fates from NetGalley, and yeah, I just had to read it, it was just so entertaining, and I just wanted to read a lot! It was so good! And I can't wait to read more!

Website

Series: Fates, Tangled Webs.

Fates: Destined and my review, Fates and her site, my review, Chaos and her site, my review.

Tangled Webs: Tangled Webs and her site, my review.

Waiting on Wednesday #190, December 24th

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

Viper Game by Christine Feehan
Expected Publication: January 27th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Hailed as "the queen of paranormal romance" by J.R. Ward, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Christine Feehan continues to amaze readers” (The Eternal Night) with her phenomenal novels. Now, from the author of the Dark Carpathian series, comes the newest in Christine Feehan's explosive GhostWalker series…

GhostWalker Wyatt Fontenot knows the price he paid for the secret military experiments that gave him his special catlike abilities. After all, he left his bayou home a healer and came back a killer. While Wyatt and his GhostWalker brother Gator may have known exactly the sort of game they were getting into, Wyatt never anticipated where it would lead—or to whom.

The swamps hold many mysteries, but few are as sinuously seductive as Le Poivre de Cayenne. The woman the locals call Pepper is every bit as enigmatic as the three little girls she’s desperately trying to protect. From what, Wyatt is soon to discover. Right now Pepper needs a man like Wyatt. Passionately. But her secrets are about to take them both deeper into the bayou than either imagined—where desire is the deadliest poison of all.

Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost
Expected Publication: January 27th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Play with fire, pay the price.

Leila’s years on the carnie circuit were certainly an education. What she didn’t learn: how to be a vampire, or how to be married to the most famous vampire of them all. Adjusting to both has Leila teetering on a knife edge between passion and peril, and now the real danger is about to begin…

Vlad must battle with a centuries-old enemy whose reach stretches across continents and whose strength equals his own. It isn’t like Vlad to feel fear, but he does…for Leila, because his enemy knows she is Vlad’s greatest weakness. As friend and foe alike align against him—and his overprotectiveness drives Leila away—Vlad’s love for his new bride could be the very thing that dooms them both…

Beautiful Redemption by Jamie McGuire
Expected Publication: January 27th, 2015
From Goodreads:
The second of four novels chronicling the exciting, romantic, and sometimes volatile road to love for the Maddox brothers. The loves and loss of Thomas Maddox, the eldest Maddox brother, is told from the point-of-view of Liis Lindy, a no-nonsense agent of the FBI.

Fairest by Marissa Meyer
Expected Publication: January 27th, 2015
From Goodreads:
In this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Levana’s story is finally told.

Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of them all?

Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told . . . until now. 

Marissa Meyer spins yet another unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death. This extraordinary book includes full-color art and an excerpt from Winter, the next book in the Lunar Chronicles series.

Tear You Apart by Sarah Cross
Expected Publication: January 27th, 2015
From Goodreads:
An edgy fairy tale retelling of "Snow White" set in the world of Kill Me Softly for fans of Once Upon a Time and Grimm.

Faced with a possible loophole to her "Snow White" curse, Viv goes underground, literally, to find the prince who's fated to rescue her. But is life safe in the Underworld worth the price of sacrficing the love that might kill her?

Ignite by Sara B. Larson
Expected Publication: January 27th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Murder, abductions, and forbidden romance abound in this thrilling sequel to Sara B. Larson's acclaimed YA debut, DEFY.

Alexa remains by the newly crowned King Damian’s side as his guard, ever committed to helping him rebuild Antion and reclaim the hope of Antion's people, despite continuing to harbor a secret love for him. However, when another threat to Damian and his kingdom emerges, and blame is cast on their newly forged allies from Blevon, Alexa knows things are not what they seem. With the fate of her nation hanging in the balance once again, will Alexa be able to protect her king and uncover the true enemy -- before it's too late?

I Was Here by Gayle Forman
Expected Publication: January 27th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Cody and Meg were inseparable.
Two peas in a pod.
Until . . . they weren’t anymore.

When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything—so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels to Meg’s college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there’s a lot that Meg never told her. About her old roommates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end small town in Washington. About Ben McAllister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, who broke Meg’s heart. And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can’t open—until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend’s death gets thrown into question.

I Was Here is Gayle Forman at her finest, a taut, emotional, and ultimately redemptive story about redefining the meaning of family and finding a way to move forward even in the face of unspeakable loss.

A Cold Legacy by Megan Shepherd
Expected Publication: January 27th, 2015
From Goodreads:
After killing the men who tried to steal her father’s research, Juliet—along with Montgomery, Lucy, Balthazar, and a deathly ill Edward—has escaped to a remote estate on the Scottish moors. Owned by the enigmatic Elizabeth von Stein, the mansion is full of mysteries and unexplained oddities: dead bodies in the basement, secret passages, and fortune-tellers who seem to know Juliet’s secrets. Though it appears to be a safe haven, Juliet fears new dangers may be present within the manor’s own walls.

Then Juliet uncovers the truth about the manor’s long history of scientific experimentation—and her own intended role in it—forcing her to determine where the line falls between right and wrong, life and death, magic and science, and promises and secrets. And she must decide if she’ll follow her father’s dark footsteps or her mother’s tragic ones, or whether she’ll make her own.

With inspiration from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this breathless conclusion to the Madman’s Daughter trilogy is about the things we’ll sacrifice to save those we love—even our own humanity.

Chaos by Lanie Bross
Expected Publication: January 27th, 2015
From Goodreads:
Can they change their destiny?

They kissed only once—and it was electric, like the air before a storm. But Corinthe and Luc broke the rules of the universe, and learned too late that their love would have consequences. In the dizzying aftermath, Luc refuses to accept his destiny—not if it means a life without Corinthe. As a fire rages through the Crossroads that connect worlds, Luc must find a way to turn back time and save Corinthe once and for all.

Meanwhile, Luc's 15-year-old sister Jasmine starts to realize things are not as they seem when time begins stuttering, sending her everyday life in San Francisco spinning into chaos. She’s thrown into the path of Ford, a troubled soul with a secret past, who helps her unravel the mysterious threads that connect them all.

Two breathtaking romances interweave across time in this story of what lies on the other side of Fate, as both Jas and Luc discover the incredible lengths they will go for love.

Oh, I want to read these books! They look so good! Though I have Tear You Apart, I can't wait to read it! What about you guys? Happy reading!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #126, November 4th

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 #125
Teaser Tuesday #133
WWW Wednesday #133
WOW #130
Will the Time Come #126
Third Sentence Thursday #116
Random Reads #101
First Lines Friday #121
The Reward Challenge Round 85 Part 1
Follow Friday #104

Week 44 Reviews:
Endless Knight
Trust in Me
The King's Pleasure
The Shadow Cats
The Shattered Mountain
The King's Guard
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
The Crown of Embers
The Bitter Kingdom
Sweet Legacy
United We Spy
Career Day
I Hunt Killers
Game
Vesper
Havoc
Ravage
High Five
Shadow of the Mark
Fates
Dirty Little Secret
The Wicked Within

Just Like Fate
A Blood Seduction

Random:
We Have the Title of The White Rabbit Chronicles #3!!!!

OK, so I got 26 posts in 7 days, and what a great 7 days this week was! Busy, but lots of great books, so I'm happy, but tired, thus a much more relaxed schedule this week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Divergent, Free Four, Insurgent, Allegiant, Being Nikki, Runaway, Black and Blue, Sword of Darkness, and Unbreakable.

Emerson Watts is on the run: from school, from work, from her family, from her friends, from herself.

With everyone she loves furious with her for something she can't explain, and nothing but the live Stark Angel fashion show on New Year's Eve to look forward to, Em's reached the end of her rope... what's the point of even going on?

But when she discovers the truth about Nikki's secret, she knows there's only one person she can turn to.

Will Christopher be able to put aside his personal feelings and help her expose her employer to the world? Is it even fair to get Christopher involved—since if he agrees, there's every chance that Stark Enterprises will try to have them both killed—this time, permanently?

Maybe it would be better for Em to just keep on running.

He is every woman’s fantasy…

Corbin Blue is a man of many talents. One of the most powerful otherworlders ever born, he is wealthy, a professional football star, and a legend in the bedroom. But only a select few know he is also a black ops agent…and there is no better killer. When he and his crew are attacked and separated, he’s forced to turn to his boss’s daughter for help—a woman with even more secrets than Blue.

She becomes his only obsession…

Evangaline Black has always been wary, guarded. No man has ever breeched her walls. Until Blue. He has never been denied something he wants, and now, he’s decided he wants her. As he sweeps her into his double life of seduction, intrigue, and danger, he helps her see beyond the darkness of her own past. But as an enemy closes in, Blue will have to let Evie go to keep her safe—even though he'd rather die than live without her…

The new king of Camelot wears no shining armor: Arthur and his knights have fallen and a new king rules.

In the darkest forest...

A scared, forsaken youth has become the most powerful –– and feared –– man in the world. Ruthless and unrestrained, Kerrigan has long ceased to be human.

In the heart of London...

A spirited peasant mired in drudgery, Seren dreams of becoming her own woman, but never expects that by fleeing her fate, she will meet her destiny.

Their worlds are forever changed...

Kerrigan's goal is simple: barter or kill Seren to claim Arthur's Round Table. Yet she is the one person who holds no fear of him. More than that, her nobility sparks something foreign inside him. In his nether realm, kindness is weakness and a king who harbors any sort of compassion loses his throne.

For countless centuries, Kerrigan has lived alone in the shadows. Now Seren's courage has forced him into the light that will bring either salvation to both of them...or death.

Week 44 Review: Fates

From Goodreads:
One moment. One foolish desire. One mistake. And Corinthe lost everything.

She fell from her tranquil life in Pyralis Terra and found herself exiled to the human world. Her punishment? To make sure people's fates unfold according to plan. Now, years later, Corinthe has one last assignment: kill Lucas Kaller. His death will be her ticket home.

But for the first time, Corinthe feels a tingle of doubt. It begins as a lump in her throat, then grows toward her heart, and suddenly she feels like she is falling all over again--this time for a boy she knows she can never have. Because it is written: one of them must live, and one of them must die. In a universe where every moment, every second, every fate has already been decided, where does love fit in?

My Review:
Oh, this book! It was so good and captivating! I just wanted to read more! I really hope that the next book is up on NetGalley, and that I get approved for it, otherwise, the wait is going to be super long! Gah, I hate how bad my patience is!

So I just loved this world, of fates, and yeah, that Corinthe would have these tasks to do, because she broke the rules. And while we know that these tasks she's getting are from the bad guy, well, it's a good thing that she doesn't finish with Lucas, that she resists!

I enjoyed all the worlds that she and Lucas visit, not really together, but following one another! They were different and interesting and captivating, and I just wanted to know more about them, in the limited time that we had them, because they jumped around a lot!

That ending! Oh, my heart is still pounding after that! It was over so quickly, I had to take a breath, and just go back and remember what had just happened, because a lot happened in that time! And now I'm worried about Corinthe, and what Luc is going to do to save her!

I enjoyed this book so much, it was just fantastic! I can't wait for more!

Author: Lanie Bross
Series: Fates #1
Read: October 30th, 2013
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded good, and it's a DAC book!
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Expected Publication: February 11th 2014

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars