Random Reads #215, January 7th

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 5058 which turned out to be Forecast by Rinda Elliott! It's been on my TBR pile since August 26th 2014, and I added it because I loved the first book! Happy reading! 

Rinda Elliott Author Page

The Story: I got Foretold from NetGalley, which looked great! And it was, I enjoyed it a lot! I can't wait to read more of the series!

Website

Series: Sisters of Fate

Sisters of Fate: Foretold and her site, my review, Forecast and her site, my review, Foresworn and her site, my review.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #169, September 1st

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 #168
Teaser Tuesday #176
WWW Wednesday #176
WOW #173
Will the Time Come #169
Third Sentence Thursday #159
Random Reads #144
First Lines Friday #164
The Reward Challenge Round 103 Part 1
Follow Friday #147
LLFL Reading Challenge Update 51

Week 35 Reviews:
The Burning Sky
Witchstruck
Witchfall
Breaking Point
Reborn
Foretold
Stitching Snow
MacRieve
Water Bound
Spirit Bound

ARC August:
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Update 19 and Wrap Up

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The Language of Silence: Promo

Random:
Kelley Armstrong Author Page

OK, so I got 43 posts in 7 days, gah, I don't know why I do this to myself, I know I'm not going to be able to read more then a quarter or so of the books listed, but still I try for it. Oh, well. I'm crazy, after all! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Perilous Sea, Push, Three, Played, Salvage, The Taking, After the End, The Eternity Key, Dream of Danger, Wake to Darkness, Death Sworn, Shadows, Obsidian, Onyx, Opal, Origin, Opposition, Obsession, Angel Burn, Get Even, Luminosity, Dark Skye, The Beautiful Ashes, Visions, Passion, The Language of Silence, Far in the Wilds, A Spear of Summer Grass, In A Handful of Dust, A Questionable Client, Magic Bites, Red Queen, The Rules for Breaking, Second Star, Kiss of the Highlander, Feral, Ice Hunt, Air Bound, Lord of Legends, The Fear Trials, The Murder Complex, The Legacy of Eden, Brutal Youth, Garden of Eden, Garden of Ashes, Originally Human, Mortal Danger, Midnight Thief, Rites of Passage, Cold Kiss, Beautiful Darkness, The High Priestess, Queen of Swords, Queen of Wands, The Half Life of Molly Pierce, Wither, Insignia, Dead Witch Walking, Claiming the Highlander, Born in Sin, Push, Maddie's Tattoo, Awaken, Sleep No More, Sunrise, White Space, and Afterworlds.

After spending the summer away from each other, Titus and Iolanthe (still disguised as Archer Fairfax) are eager to return to Eton College to resume their training to fight the Bane. Although no longer bound to Titus by a blood oath, Iolanthe is more committed than ever to fulfilling her destiny—especially with the agents of Atlantis quickly closing in.

Soon after arriving at school, though, Titus makes a shocking discovery, one that makes him question everything he previously believed about their mission. Faced with this devastating realization, Iolanthe is forced to come to terms with her new role, while Titus must choose between following his mother's prophecies—and forging a divergent path to an unknowable future.

Ember Miller and Chase Jennings are ready to stop running. After weeks spent in hiding as two of the Bureau of Reformation’s most wanted criminals, they have finally arrived at the safe house, where they hope to live a safe and quiet existence.

And all that’s left is smoking ruins.

Devastated by the demolition of their last hope, Ember and Chase follow the only thing left to them—tracks leading away from the wreckage. The only sign that there may have been survivors.

With their high profile, they know they can’t stay out in the open for long. They take shelter in the wilderness and amidst the ruins of abandoned cities as they follow the tracks down the coast, eventually finding refugees from the destroyed safe house. Among them is someone from Chase’s past—someone he never thought he’d see again.

Banding together, they search for a place to hide, aiming for a settlement a few of them have heard about…a settlement that is rumored to house the nebulous organization known as Three. The very group that has provided Ember with a tiny ray of hope ever since she was first forced on the run.

Three is responsible for the huge network of underground safe houses and resistance groups across the country. And they may offer Ember her only chance at telling the world her story.

At fighting back.

In this highly anticipated fifteenth novel in the Immortals After Dark series, #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole spins a sultry tale of a mighty warrior scarred inside and out and the beguiling sorceress with the power to heal him—or vanquish him forever.

ETERNAL OBSESSION

As a boy, Thronos, prince of Skye Hall, loved Lanthe, a mischievous Sorceri girl who made him question everything about his Vrekener clan. But when the two got caught in the middle of their families’ war, tragedy struck, leaving Thronos and Lanthe bitter enemies. Though centuries have passed, nothing can cool his seething need for the beautiful enchantress who scarred his body—and left an even deeper impression on his soul.

ENDLESS YEARNING

Lanthe, a once-formidable sorceress struggling to reclaim her gifts, searches for love and acceptance with all the wrong immortal suitors. But she’s never forgotten Thronos, the magnificent silver-eyed boy who protected her until she was ripped from the shelter of his arms. One harrowing night changed everything between them. Now he’s a notorious warlord with a blood vendetta against Lanthe, hunting her relentlessly.

CAN THE HEAT OF DESIRE BURN BRIGHTER THAN VENGEANCE?

With their families locked in conflict and battles raging all around them, will Thronos and Lanthe succumb to the brutal chaos that threatens everything they cherish? Or will the fragile bond they formed so long ago spark a passion strong enough to withstand even the darkest doubts?

In a world of shadows, anything is possible. Except escaping your fate.

Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been gripped by visions of strange realms just beyond her own. But when her sister goes missing, Ivy discovers the truth is far worse—her hallucinations are real, and her sister is trapped in a parallel realm. And the one person who believes her is the dangerously attractive guy who's bound by an ancient legacy to betray her.

Adrian might have turned his back on those who raised him, but that doesn't mean he can change his fate…no matter how strong a pull he feels toward Ivy. Together they search for the powerful relic that can save her sister, but Adrian knows what Ivy doesn't: that every step brings Ivy closer to the truth about her own destiny, and a war that could doom the world. Sooner or later, it will be Ivy on one side and Adrian on the other. And nothing but ashes in between…

As #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s new Cainsville series continues, Olivia’s power to read omens leads to the discovery of a gruesome crime with troubling connections to her new hometown.

Omens, the first installment in Kelley Armstrong’s exciting new series, introduced Olivia Taylor-Jones, daughter of notorious serial killers, and Gabriel Walsh, the self-serving, morally ambiguous lawyer who became her unlikely ally. Together, they chased down a devious killer and partially cleared her parents of their horrifying crimes.

Their success, however, is short-lived. While Olivia takes refuge in the old, secluded town of Cainsville, Gabriel’s past mistakes have come to light, creating a rift between the pair just when she needs his help the most.

Olivia finds a dead woman in her car, dressed to look like her, but the body vanishes before anyone else sees it. Olivia’s convinced it’s another omen, a sign of impending danger. But then she learns that a troubled young woman went missing just days ago—the same woman Olivia found dead in her car. Someone has gone to great lengths to kill and leave this young woman as a warning. But why? And what role has her new home played in this disturbing murder?

Olivia’s effort to uncover the truth places her in the crosshairs of old and powerful forces, forces that have their own agenda, and closely guarded secrets they don’t want revealed.

The sisters of Sea Haven, bound by the heart and the magical power of the elements, return in this soul-stirring new novel from Christine Feehan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Spirit Bound...

For as far back as she can remember, Airiana Ridell has always been aware of her extraordinary gift. She can intuit revealing and illuminating 'patterns' in the air around her-whether in a spray of mist, in billowing clouds, or in the dense swirls of an impenetrable fog. Her abilities led to her placement in a secret government training facility when she was a child, but everything changed after her mother was murdered.

Airiana fled the program, but she couldn't outrun the desperate members of a shadowy cabal who want her, who need her, who will kill to get her. Kidnapped and held aboard a ship bound for dangerous seas, her only chance for rescue is Maxim Prakenskii. He has his reasons for helping her, but he isn't about to reveal them to Airiana. Not yet. Not as the two are drawn together as moth to flame. Not when there are so many secrets yet untold that could shatter the quaint community of Sea Haven and all who reside there...

It has been four years.

Four years since the day the Catchers found her family.

Four years since she escaped capture.

And four years since the day her mother locked her and Will, a boy she hardly knew, in an attic, 'for their own protection'.

Now, Eden White is fifteen, and sick of being a prisoner of parents who all but abandoned her. It was as simple as one walk down a beautiful, foggy beach, but it ended with Eden and Will face to face with Catchers - and this time, there is no escape.

When Eden wakes, she finds herself on an island, surrounded by hundreds of stolen children. Enrolled in the island school, Jordan Hall, Eden quickly learns that the island is not what it seems.

And, in the woods surrounding the school, she discovers a wild, beautiful magic inside of herself - one she has no idea how to control. With three unlikely new friends, Eden begins to realize that the headmistress is hiding much more than the stolen children - and what they learn in the laboratories below the school could cost Eden her life.

After four years as a prisoner in her parents' attic, hidden away from the Catchers, Eden never dreamt the very people she was hiding from would be the beginning of such impossible things. She's found freedom on the island like she never imagined.

Eden is a sorcerer, with the power of the world in her fingertips. She is determined to never be helpless like she once was, and spends every minute of her spare time training to fight back. As she discovers more of her own power, she and her friends continue to uncover the secrets of the Council. Deadly secrets, hinting at something far larger than the island and the Catchers. Before they can find out exactly what the Council is hiding, Eden's magic begins to spiral out of control, and she loses it for just a second. Just half of a second, and it's enough to change everything.

Suddenly, lives are put at stake, and Eden and her friends must do something no one else has ever dared. They have to escape the island, or they have to die trying.

Write on Review-a-Thon Update 5

I reviewed Foretold, and I'll be reviewing Stitching Snow next. Another one done! Must do more!

Reviews Written: The Burning Sky, Witchstruck and Witchfall, Breaking Point, Reborn, Foretold.

Goal: 20 

Done: 5

Write on Review-a-Thon Update 4

I reviewed Reborn, and I'll be reviewing Foretold next. Got that! Just 6 more, at least, today!

Reviews Written: The Burning Sky, Witchstruck and Witchfall, Breaking Point, Reborn.

Goal: 20 

Done: 4

Week 35 Review: Foretold

From Goodreads:
It is written that three Sisters of Fate have the power to change the world's destiny. But only if they survive...

The Lockwood triplets have had the prophecy drummed into their heads since birth. Still, Raven, the eldest of the sisters, can't believe it's really happening. She's the reincarnation of a Norse goddess? One of the sisters is destined to die? When it starts snowing in summer in Florida, the sisters fear the worst has come to pass. Ragnarok, the Norse end of the world, has begun.

Raven finds herself the secret protector of Vanir, a boy with two wolves, a knowledge of Norse magic and a sense of destiny he can't quite explain. He's intense, sexy and equally determined to save her when it becomes clear someone is endangering them. Raven doesn't know if getting closer to him will make a difference in the coming battle, but her heart isn't giving her a choice.

Ahead of the sisters is the possibility of death at the hand of a warrior, death by snow, death by water or death by fire.

Or even from something else...

Sisters of Fate

The prophecy doesn't lie: one is doomed to die.

My Review:
This was a very excellent book! I mean, the first line is very catching, I mean, 3 days after the end of the world started, but compared to that, normal accidents still happening? Well, not so normal, because there's no such thing as coincidence when there's magic involved.

My one complaint is, that it almost seemed like they went from one bad thing to another, and usually that's OK, but in this book, it was just a smidgen harder to suspend reality for me, which really sucked, because it was really interesting and action packed, and it was just that bit harder to forget that it wasn't real, but that it was happening in a book.

And that's it. Because I loved everything else about this book, it was quick paced, and there was just such great romance, that they were pretty much instantly connected, and there was the mystery of who was doing this, if it was her mom. Because her mom has control over animals, and she used the spell/potion on other people before. But then her sisters are also thinking that their mom is with them, And then that it turns out that Loki's possessing their mom's body, and can travel really fast? I can't wait to read the next 2 books!

The magic, that was just great, and how she had to work to accept that the Norn's soul was a part of her, accepting her, using her name, and yeah, that was just the ticket to having more control, and making things easier, for when they go out to help her sisters!

I can't wait to read more of this series, because this book was just really fantastic!

Author: Rinda Elliott
Series: Sisters of Fate #1
Read: August 26th, 2014
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded good, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book!
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: April 1st 2014

5/5 Hearts

4.5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

WWW Wednesday #176, August 27th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing for starting and hosting this meme!

I'm currently loving Afterworlds, and I'm loving both parts to it!

I read Foretold, and yeah, such a great book, loved the opening!

I'm going to be reading Get Even, and I can't wait, because it looks really great!

What about you guys? Happy reading!

ARC August Update 13

So I read Foretold. I'll be reading something next.

Reading Journey:

All the Broken Pieces by Cindi Madsen
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 11:42 AM
Pages Read: 330

The Dark World by Cara Lynn Shultz
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 3:42 PM
Pages Read: 376

Renegade by Debra Driza
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 260

Unravel by Imogen Howson
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 11:44 PM
Pages Read: 472

The Heart of Christmas by Brenda Novak
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 11:30
Pages Read: 382

Panic by Lauren Oliver
Started On: August 5th
Finished On: August 5th, 6:41
Pages Read: 271

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 10:30 PM

Pages Read: 237

The Jewel by Amy Ewing
Started On: August 10th
Finished On: August 10th, 11:55 AM
Pages Read: 250

Inbetween by Tara Fuller
Started On: August 17th
Finished On: August 17th, 7:05 PM
Pages Read: 259

Sleep With the Lights On by Maggie Shayne
Started On: August 22nd
Finished On: August 22nd, 11:24 PM
Pages Read: 379

Witchstuck by Victoria Lamb
Started On: August 24th
Finished On: August 24th, 10:43 AM
Pages Read: 313

Witchfall by Victoria Lamb
Started On: August 24th
Finished On: August 24th, 3:21 PM
Pages Read: 328

Foretold by Rinda Elliot
Started On: August 26th
Finished On: August  26th, 10:49 PM
Pages Read: 310

Goals: 20
Read: 13
Pages Read: 4404