It's Monday! What Are You Reading #313, June 5th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date 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 #312
Teaser Tuesday #320
WWW Wednesday #320
WOW #317
Will the Time Come #311
Third Sentence Thursday #302
Random Reads #288
First Lines Friday #316
The Reward Challenge Update #298
Follow Friday #290
How Well I Stuck to It #150
Wrote that Review Update #147

Week 22 Reviews:
Before the Dawn
The Caretaker
The Cage
The Dastardly Miss Lizzie
Dare You
This Is Where the World Ends
The Here and Now
Just Kill Me
Spectacle
Songs About a Girl
Monstrous
Mind Games
The Beast is a Monster
Seeker
The Afterlife of Holly Chase
Last Breath

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge:
Update 14
Update 15
Update 16
Update 17
Update 18
Update 19
Update 20
Update 21
Update 22
Update 23
Update 24
Update 25 and Wrap Up

Random:
We Have the Cover of Lock & Mori #3!!!!
We Have the Cover of Torpedo Ink #1!!!!
Cynthia Eden Author Page

OK, so I got  posts in 7 days, What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Hunt, My Summer Job, Reset, and Royal Replica.

Siobhan Murphy is an average teenager: smart, hardworking, ambitious… and a bit of smart aleck. She has a terrific family and great friends. She also has out of control curly red hair, freckles on top of her freckles and a less than model like body. Siobhan has decided that this is her year to land the perfect summer job—a job that pays a ton of money, is a lot of fun, and will give her valuable experience to add to her resume.

After a chance encounter with the very stylish Natasha Romanoff, Siobhan is offered a job as her assistant. What she doesn’t realize, until she actually starts work, is that the very stylish Natasha runs an escort service.

Her job is pretty uncomplicated: type letters, book appointments, walk Natasha’s massive pair of Great Danes… the usual. But then Natasha and Lucius—her former husband and current business associate – ask Siobhan to befriend a couple of the escorts whom they suspect of indulging in a little hanky-panky on the side. Strictly against agency rules, BTW. Always game for an adventure Siobhan puts on her Sherlock Holmes hat and befriends the girls, but what Siobhan—along with her bestie and fellow sleuth, Marcy—discover is that there’s an awful lot more than just hanky-panky going on.

As the surrogate daughter of the Duke and Duchess of the 24th Ward, seventeen-year-old Victoria Sandalwood should look forward to days filled with the luxury of high society. Instead, she must settle for a cellar closet and is subjected to the abuse of the Duke—Master Ramsay.

Victoria's life is about to change with the chance meeting of the gorgeous and charismatic Kale. Besides the fact that she's kept under lock and key in the Ramsey estate, he is also dating the Ramsey's eldest daughter. But that doesn't stop him from perusing Victoria and trying to save her from her meager existence. Will she remain subordinate to her master or take a chance on love and the possibility of a fulfilling life outside the Ramsey estate?

Reset is the companion short story to the novel Royal Replicas and exclusively available to newsletter subscribers. Witness the events leading up to Victoria's heartbreaking "reset."

"Princess Amelia is dead... and one of you will replace her."

Seventeen-year-old Victoria Sandalwood has served the Duke and Duchess all her life. Over the years, she’s learned to make due with what she has and endure her surrogate father’s awful punishments. She dreams of escape, but never expected it to come in the form of a message from the Queen of Westeria.

Victoria learns that she’s the Queen’s daughter, the younger sister to Princess Amelia, and it’s time to come home and claim her birthright. When she arrives, she discovers she’s not the only one who received the royal message.

Victoria must compete with six other girls to earn the affection of both the Queen and a princely suitor… and to replace the secretly deceased Princess Amelia. If she fails to win the crown, Victoria may just have to fight for her life…

Royal Replicas is the first book in a YA dystopian series. If you enjoy courtly intrigue, heart-pounding adventure, and sweet romance, then you’ll love this captivating story. Perfect for fans of Kiera Cass, Bella Forrest, and Veronica Roth.

Week 22 Review: The Dastardly Miss Lizzie

From Goodreads:
Dr. Eliza Jekyll must turn to her dark side, Miss Lizzie Hyde, to stop a madman who's targeting London's most important scientists and sorcerers, terrorizing the city with dark magic, in this third Electric Empire novel—a dazzlingly original steampunk fantasy set in the gritty world of alternate Victorian London, with echoes of H. G. Wells's classic, The Time Machine.

Being two people in one body isn't easy. Metropolitan Police crime scene physician Eliza Jekyll is trying to maintain a semblance of control, even as her rebellious second self, Lizzie, grows increasingly wild—threatening the respectable Eliza's reputation and her marriage to Remy Lafayette, the Royal Society investigator and occasional lycanthrope. With England on the brink of war, Remy's away in sorcery-riddled Paris on a secretive mission that grows ever more sinister. Has he been an enemy agent all along? Or is coping with her secret divided self finally driving Eliza mad?

Eliza needs her mind clear and sharp if she's to catch an evil genius who is killing eminent scientists. The chase uncovers a murky world of forbidden books, secret laboratories, and a cabal of fanatical inventors whose work could change the world—or destroy it—and who may hold answers to Eliza's mysterious past.

As sorcery-wielding terrorists attack London, Eliza discovers her own enemies are closing in, driving her to desperate measures—enlisting the aid of the wily, resourceful, mercurial Lizzie—to thwart the killer. But Lizzie's got her own life now, and true to her nature, will resort to the devious and diabolical to keep it. Even if it means throwing Eliza to the wolves, and letting the world burn. . . 

My Review:
I loved reading this book! This series has been so great (and while my memory is horrible, so I don't remember a lot of the first two books) and this book totally joins its ranks, and overall improves the series, and each subsequent book in a series should!

Lizzie is a lot more present in this book.  Because Eliza can see her, it's not just a voice in her head-and as it turns out, someone else can see Lizzie. Maybe. So besides the whole murder case and investigation, there's also the personal stuff, Remy, and keeping her Lizzie secret, well, secret!

And I loved how things played out! Some of the attitudes were really annoying, like woman of science but not means just had to be whores to support themselves, that they shouldn't work. There was just so much going on, and I loved how things all came together!

With that ending, I'm not sure whether or not I want a 4th book or not. Things are pretty well wrapped up, just a few threads left, and both Eliza and Lizzie seem to be in a good place. So yeah, I'm conflicted, because reading about these characters in this world is just so great!

Loved reading this book, it was just utterly fantastic!

Author: Viola Carr
Series: Electric Empire #3
Read: May 29th, 2017
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Loving this series and her writing, and it's a Historical Fiction 2017 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Published: April 18th 2017

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 16

Ok, so I read The Dastardly Mizz Lizzie, and yeah, now to read Dare You! 

My Reading Journey:

Look Behind You by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen

Started On: May 3rd

Finished On: May 3rd, 9:14 AM 

Pages Read: 352

Death and Night by Roshani Chokshi

Started On: May 3rd

Finished On: May 3rd, 11:57 PM

Pages Read: 115

Can't Hardly Breath by Gena Showalter 

Started On: May 8th

Finished On: May 8th, 9:20 PM

Pages Read: 400

Bliss by Lynsay Sands

Started On: May 9th

Finished On: May 9th, 12:29 PM

Pages Read: 384

Dying Breath by Heather Graham

Started On: May 11th

Finished On: May 11th, 11:53 PM

Pages Read: 370

The Gathering Dusk by Cynthia Eden
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 6:41 AM
Pages Read: 62

After the Dark by Cynthia Eden
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 6:36 PM
Pages Read: 384

Grit by Gillian French
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 9:59 PM
Pages Read: 304

The Scandal of It All by Sophie Jordan
Started On: May 14th
Finished On: May 14th, 9:29 PM
Pages Read: 384

Discovering You by Brenda Novak
Started On: May 15th
Finished On: May 15th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 395

Shadow Reaper by Christine Feehan
Started On: May 16th
Finished On: May 16th, 11:51 PM
Pages Read: 480

Sister, Sister by Sue Fortin
Started On: May 17th
Finished On: May 17th, 11:15 PM
Pages Read: 364

Silver Silence by Nalini Singh
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 4:15 PM
Pages Read: 496

Before the Dawn by Cynthia Eden
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 4:34 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Cage by Megan Shepherd
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 10:21 PM
Pages Read: 416

The Dastardly Miss Lizzie by Viola Carr
Started On: May 29th
Started On: May 29th, 9:56 PM
Pages Read: 464

Dare You by Jennifer Brown
Started On: May 30th
Pages Read: 0 of 480

Books Read: 16

Goal: 25 Books

Pages Read: 4810

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 15

Ok, so I read The Cage, and yeah, now to read The Dastardly Mizz Lizzie! 

My Reading Journey:

Look Behind You by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen

Started On: May 3rd

Finished On: May 3rd, 9:14 AM 

Pages Read: 352

Death and Night by Roshani Chokshi

Started On: May 3rd

Finished On: May 3rd, 11:57 PM

Pages Read: 115

Can't Hardly Breath by Gena Showalter 

Started On: May 8th

Finished On: May 8th, 9:20 PM

Pages Read: 400

Bliss by Lynsay Sands

Started On: May 9th

Finished On: May 9th, 12:29 PM

Pages Read: 384

Dying Breath by Heather Graham

Started On: May 11th

Finished On: May 11th, 11:53 PM

Pages Read: 370

The Gathering Dusk by Cynthia Eden
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 6:41 AM
Pages Read: 62

After the Dark by Cynthia Eden
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 6:36 PM
Pages Read: 384

Grit by Gillian French
Started On: May 12th
Finished On: May 12th, 9:59 PM
Pages Read: 304

The Scandal of It All by Sophie Jordan
Started On: May 14th
Finished On: May 14th, 9:29 PM
Pages Read: 384

Discovering You by Brenda Novak
Started On: May 15th
Finished On: May 15th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 395

Shadow Reaper by Christine Feehan
Started On: May 16th
Finished On: May 16th, 11:51 PM
Pages Read: 480

Sister, Sister by Sue Fortin
Started On: May 17th
Finished On: May 17th, 11:15 PM
Pages Read: 364

Silver Silence by Nalini Singh
Started On: May 24th
Finished On: May 24th, 4:15 PM
Pages Read: 496

Before the Dawn by Cynthia Eden
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 4:34 PM
Pages Read: 384

The Cage by Megan Shepherd
Started On: May 28th
Finished On: May 28th, 10:21 PM
Pages Read: 416

The Dastardly Miss Lizzie by Viola Carr
Started On: May 29th
Pages Read: 0 of 464

Books Read: 15

Goal: 25 Books

Pages Read: 4346

Waiting on Wednesday #302, February 22nd

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

Missing by Kelley Armstrong
Expected Publication: April 18th, 2017
From Goodreads:
The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve’s End is that soon she’ll leave it. Like her best friend did. Like her sister did. Like most of the teens born in town have done. There’s nothing for them there but abandoned mines and empty futures. They’re better off taking a chance elsewhere.

The only thing Winter will miss is the woods. Her only refuge. At least it was. Until the day she found Lennon left for dead, bleeding in a tree.

But now Lennon is gone too. And he has Winter questioning what she once thought was true. What if nobody left at all? What if they’re all missing?

The Dastardly Miss Lizzie by Viola Carr
Expected Publication: April 18th, 2017
From Goodreads:
Dr. Eliza Jekyll must turn to her dark side, Miss Lizzie Hyde, to stop a madman who’s targeting London’s most important scientists and sorcerers, terrorizing the city with dark magic, in this third Electric Empire novel—a dazzlingly original steampunk fantasy set in the gritty world of alternate Victorian London, with echoes of H. G. Wells’s classic, The Time Machine.

Being two people in one body isn’t easy. Metropolitan Police crime scene physician Eliza Jekyll is trying to maintain a semblance of control, even as her rebellious second self, Lizzie, grows increasingly wild—threatening the respectable Eliza’s reputation and her marriage to Remy Lafayette, the Royal Society investigator and occasional lycanthrope. With England on the brink of war, Remy’s away in sorcery-riddled Paris on a secretive mission that grows ever more sinister. Has he been an enemy agent all along? Or is coping with her secret divided self finally driving Eliza mad?

Eliza needs her mind clear and sharp if she’s to catch an evil genius who is killing eminent scientists. The chase uncovers a murky world of forbidden books, secret laboratories, and a cabal of fanatical inventors whose work could change the world—or destroy it—and who may hold answers to Eliza’s mysterious past.

As sorcery-wielding terrorists attack London, Eliza discovers her own enemies are closing in, driving her to desperate measures—enlisting the aid of the wily, resourceful, mercurial Lizzie—to thwart the killer. But Lizzie’s got her own life now, and true to her nature, will resort to the devious and diabolical to keep it. Even if it means throwing Eliza to the wolves, and letting the world burn. . .

Oh, yes, these books! I want to read them so badly! Their books are amazing! What about you guys? Happy reading!

Emergency Review-a-Thon Update 13

I've written my next review, The Diabolical Miss Hyde, and I'm going to review Born of Betrayal next!

Reviewed: Emmy & Oliver, A Step Towards Falling, Good Counsel, Cyncerly Yours, Mortal Sins, Stray, The Killing Jar, Sweet Ruin, Did I Mention I Love You?, Passenger, Hunt the Moon, Zombie's Bite and Fury's Kiss, Unspoken, Expelled and Sweet, The Diabolical Miss Hyde.

Goal: 38
Reviews: 13

Emergency Review-a-Thon Update 12

I've written my next review, Expelled and Sweet, and I'm going to review The Diabolical Miss Hyde next!

Reviewed: Emmy & Oliver, A Step Towards Falling, Good Counsel, Cyncerly Yours, Mortal Sins, Stray, The Killing Jar, Sweet Ruin, Did I Mention I Love You?, Passenger, Hunt the Moon, Zombie's Bite and Fury's Kiss, Unspoken, Expelled and Sweet.

Goal: 38
Reviews: 12

The Devious Dr. Jekyll: Review

From Goodreads:
Dr. Eliza Jekyll, heroine of the electrifying The Diabolical Miss Hyde—an edgy steampunk retelling of the classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—investigates a bizarre murder case in an alternate Victorian London while battling her treacherous secret half: Lizzie Hyde.

Solving the infamous Chopper case has helped crime scene physician Dr. Eliza Jekyll establish her fledgling career in the chauvinistic world of Victorian law enforcement. But the scrutiny that comes with her newfound fame is unwelcome for a woman with a diabolical secret. And there is the mercurial Royal Society agent and wolf man Remy Lafayette. Does he want to marry her, eat her, or burn her at the stake? Though Eliza is uncertain about Remy, her dark and jealous shadow self, Lizzie, wants to steal the magnetic and persistent agent, and usurp Eliza's life.

It's impossible to push Remy away when he tempts her with the one thing she can't resist: a bizarre crime. The search for a bloodthirsty ritual torturer dubbed the Pentacle Killer draws them into a terrifying world of spies, art thieves, and evil alchemy, where the price of immortality is madness?—or damnation—and only Lizzie's dark ingenuity can help Eliza survive. 

As Eliza and Remy race to thwart a foul conspiracy involving the sorcerous French, they must also overcome a sinister enemy who is all too close: the vengeful Lizzie, determined to dispose of Eliza for good.

My Review:
Yeah, I absolutely loved this book! I'm so glad that I read what's out of this series back to back, because it meant that everything was fresh in my mind, and yeah, that was pretty pretty important for things that crossed the books, like the relationships between all the characters!

This book was infinitely more complicated then the first! The mystery had so many elements, that it wasn't a mystery, there were mysteries, however things turned out in the end! So yeah, that was really fantastic to read!

There was a bit of a downside to all that goodness-that sometimes there was so much going on, that I'd forget names or how things had connected, and how the current revelations would play into what had happened before!

Really fantastic ending, though there were parts that hurt. But with Sir Isaac Newton basically running the country, and the ill feelings going around about the government, well, there's plenty to happen in the next book!

Totally fantastic, so great to read, and so enjoyable! I can't wait to read more!

Author: Viola Carr
Series: Electric Empire #2
Read: November 2nd, 2015
Source: Pump Up Your Books Review Copy Through Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really fantastic, and it's a 2015 Retelling Reading Challenge Book, Historical Fiction 2015 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book!
Publisher: Harper Voyage
Published: October 27th 2015

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

 Bio:
Viola Carr was born in Australia, but wandered into darkest London one foggy October evening and never found her way out. She now devours countless history books and dictates fantastical novels by gaslight, accompanied by classical music and the snoring of her slumbering cat. She loves history, and pops down to London’s many historical sites whenever she gets the chance.  She likes steampunk, and thought it would be cool to investigate wacky crimes with crazy gadgets…just so long as her heroine was the creator of said wacky gadgets: a tinkerer, edgy, with a dash of mad scientist. Readers can follow her on twitter at @viola_carr  and online at http://www.violacarr.com.

Contact and Buy AKA Links:

Website

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Facebook

Pinterest

Goodreads

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Kobo

Google Play

Stops on the Tour:

October 26

Guest blogging at Tez Says

Book featured at 3 Partners in Sh0pping

October 27

Book featured at What is That Book About

Book featured at Teatime and Books

October 28

Interviewed at I’m Shelf-ish

Book featured at Angel’s Guilty Pleasures

October 29

Interviewed at The Cosy Dragon

Book featured at Kristy Centeno

Book featured at Night Owl Reviews

October 30

Book featured at Harmonious Publicity

Guest blogging at The Romantic World of Leigh Anderson

November 2

Book featured at Mikky’s World of Books

Book featured at Celticlady’s Reviews

November 3

Book featured at Kayl’s Crazy Obsession

Guest blogging at Working for the Mandroid

November 4

Book featured at Around the World in Books

Book featured at Lisa’s Louisiana Home

November 5

Book featured at Crystal’s Chaotic Confessions

Book featured at Curling Up by the Fire

November 6

Book featured at Sapphyria’s Book Reviews

November 8

Book reviewed at Rhi Reading

November 9

Guest blogging at One Book Shy of a Full Shelf

Book reviewed at Doing Some Reading

November 10

Book reviewed at Here’s to Happy Endings

Book reviewed at Words I Write Crazy

November 11

Book reviewed at Book Him Danno

Book reviewed at Worth Getting in Bed For

November 12

Book featured at Chosen By you Book Club

Interviewed at Urban Fantasy Investigations

Book reviewed at Reader Girls

November 13

Book featured at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews

Book reviewed at Moonlight Rendezvous

Book featured at Dawn’s Reading Nook

Book reviewed at Pink Fluffy Hearts

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #231, November 9th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date 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 #230
Teaser Tuesday #238
WWW Wednesday #238
WOW #235
Will the Time Come #231
Third Sentence Thursday #221
Random Reads #206
First Lines Friday #225
The Reward Challenge Update #216
Follow Friday #208
How Well I Stuck to It #60
Wrote that Review Update #65

Week 45 Reviews:
Expelled
Sweet
The Diabolical Miss Hyde
Born of Betrayal
The Lies About Truth
Dreamland
The Boyfriend App
The Pretty App
The Gauntlet
The Queen's Witch
The House at Cobb's End
Touch the Dark
Claimed by Shadows
Embrace the Night
Day of the Dead

Random:
We Have the Cover of Mediator #7!!!!
We Have the Cover of The Glittering Court #1!!!!
Viola Carr Author Page
We have the Cover of Dark-Hunter #27!!!!

OK, so I got  posts in 7 days, What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want to read!

Week 45 Review: The Diabolical Miss Hyde

From Goodreads:
Magic, mystery, and romance mix in this edgy retelling of the classic The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde–in which Dr. Eliza Jekyll is the daughter of the infamous Henry

In an electric-powered Victorian London, Dr. Eliza Jekyll is a crime scene investigator, hunting killers with inventive new technological gadgets. Now, a new killer is splattering London with blood, drugging beautiful women and slicing off their limbs. Catching "the Chopper" could make Eliza's career—or get her burned. Because Eliza has a dark secret. A seductive second self, set free by her father's forbidden magical elixir: wild, impulsive Lizzie Hyde.

When the Royal Society sends their enforcer, the mercurial Captain Lafayette, to prove she's a sorceress, Eliza must resist the elixir with all her power. But as the Chopper case draws her into London's luminous, magical underworld, Eliza will need all the help she can get. Even if it means getting close to Lafayette, who harbors an evil curse of his own.

Even if it means risking everything and setting vengeful Lizzie free . . .

My Review:
So it was really fantastic to read this book! And it's really only luck that I did, that I got a chance to be a part of the review tour for the second book, meaning that I just had to read this one! And I'm so glad that I did, because this was just an epic book!

I loved the mystery, there were a few moving pieces that made it seem at first like there were multiple mysteries, but that was just part of the complexity of this book, and that made it just so great to read! So awesome!

Then there were the characters. Dr. Eliza Jekyll, and Miss Lizzie Hyde, both stuck in one body that only one of them could be in charge of at one time. Which made for some complications, especially when you add Captain Lafayette!

Finally, this world of automations, and science just starting to become what it is today, and with the Royal Society who wants to keep science-and so called "magic" securely monitored, well, it made for really devastatingly good reading!

Loved this book, and with the threads that were left loose, I can't wait to see how things might be resolved in the next book!

Author: Viola Carr
Series: Electric Empire #1
Read: November 2nd, 2015
Source: Tuebl
Reason Why: I'm going to be part of a review tour for the sequel so I had to read it! And it's a 2015 Retelling Reading Challenge, Historical Fiction 2015 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2015 Book!
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Published: February 10th 2015

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Viola Carr Author Page

The Store to be a part of the review tour for The Devious Dr. Jekyll, and it sounded really good, so I signed up. And of course I had to read the first book! And then the second! They were both so good and so enjoyable, and I'm so glad that I did, and so glad that it's going to be at least 3 books in this series, yeah!

Website

Series: Electric Empire.

Electric Empire: The Diabolical Miss Hyde and her site, my review, The Devious Dr. Jekyll and her site, my review, The Dastardly Miss Lizzie and her site, my review.