Blog Tour And Giveaway: Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries #1) - Michele Vail, Book Review (164).

Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries #1)

by Michele Vail 

Publication: 20th November 2012

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Pages: 272

Genre: Paranormal

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

Buy It: Amazon  The Book Depository

The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird...

Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper—and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. Within days, she's shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite boarding school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. 

Life at Nekyia has its plusses. Molly has her own personal ghoul, for one. Rick follows her there out of the blue, for another...except, there's something a little off about him. When students at the academy start to die and Rath disappears, Molly starts to wonder if anything is as it seems. Only one thing is certain—-Molly's got an undeadly knack for finding trouble....

My Thoughts...

I had this book on my wishlist long before it had a cover, and once the cover was released it had me wanting to read it even more, it is absolutely gorgeous and thankfully the story is as good as I hoped it would be.

Molly works part-time for her Dad at a business that creates and maintains Zombie's called Big Al's Zomporium, her Mum deserted the family when she was younger leaving her Dad and Grandma to raise Molly and her sister.

On her sixteenth birthday Molly is visited by the God Anubis in her dreams and accepts the role of a reaper, it's at her birthday party that she unintentionally inteferes in another reapers job, and the next morning is sent to Nekyia Academy, a boarding school for reapers, where she finds that one of her tutors is Rath, the reaper who's job she unwittingly stuffed up.

And then kids start dying, and people start suspecting Molly, but the question is who can she really trust?

There is a promise of romance between Molly and Rath which I hope will come to fruition in the next book, they would make such a good couple.

One aspect that I really loved about this book was the Egyption Mythology and the way it was incorporated into the story made for a very interesting storyline.

I look forward to continuing on with this series.

I give this 5/5.

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Author Bio...

Michele Vail writes young adult paranormal fiction about zombies and reapers. 

She likes reading, dogs, cats, board games, ghost-hunting shows, and Halloween. She believes in magic, in the impossible, and in the restorative powers of chocolate. 

Michele lives happily-ever-after with her Viking and their family.

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Feature And Follow Friday.

Q: Books are turned into movies all the time! Turn it around. What movie would make a great book?

I'm going to go with Titanic, the version featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

I'm already a huge fan of anything Titanic and so would love to read it as a book.

Beautiful Creatures Movie Poster.

I still need to read this book and get to it before the movie is released.

Book Review (163): A Job From Hell (Ancient Legends #1) - Jayde Scott

A Job From Hell (Ancient Legends #1)

by Jayde Scott

Publication: 1st May 2011

Publisher: Aurora Press

Pages: 371

Genre: Paranormal

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

Buy It: Amazon (U.S.A)   Amazon (U.K)  Barnes & Noble

In a world of love bonds, rituals, dark magic, ancient enemies and immortals, nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted.

Seventeen-year-old Amber enters the paranormal world by chance when her brother, Dallas, sets her up with a summer job in Scotland. Dallas has spied something in the woods he thinks could make them rich beyond their wildest dreams. But instead of finding riches, Amber unknowingly enters a paranormal race—and promptly wins the first prize—a prize for which many would kill. Soon, she discovers her new boss, Aidan, didn’t employ her for her astounding housekeeping skills and he isn't who he claims to be either. 

As the dark forces slowly conspire against Amber, her naivety and love for Aidan catapults her into a calamitous series of otherworldly events. With every immortal creature hunting for her, whom can she trust with her life?

My Thoughts...

I've had this book sitting on my wishlist for quite a while now so when I got a chance to review it I jumped at the chance.

Any book that has anything paranormal mentioned in the blurb I'm willing to read it and I wasn't disappointed with this book, I liked it so much that I read it in a day.

Amber is 17 and has taken a job over the summer to help with her school fees, helped by her brother she arrives in Scotland to a mansion where she is to be the new housekeeper, her new boss Aidan is only ever around at nighttime, along with his brother and his friends.

One night her brother stops by to tell her that he's spotted some gems in a hut out in the woods and he talks her into stealing them, what Amber doesn't know is that by stealing them she has won a race run by different species of paranormals that only occurs every 500 years, and she has also accquired the ability to see spirits which is the prize for the winner, but because she's human a whole lot of the paranormals are  after her, she discovers that there was a reason why she was hired by Aidan, she is meant to be his destined mate!

I loved all the characters in this book, Amber and Aidan were a cute couple and I loved the alternating pov's in the chapters between these two characters, it always interests me to read both sides of the hero and heroine's story.

Another favourite character of mine was Cassandra, she being Lucifer's daughter she was so lovable and completely opposite of what you would assume she would be like.

This book is dark and full of action, great characterisations and an exciting storyline, and I cannot wait to carry on with the rest of the series.

I give this 4/5.

Mailbox Thursday.

Thursday's Mailbox.
I've decided that I will stop participating in In My Mailbox, the reason being I seem to get a lot of books every week and it takes me forever to put them all together in one post and link them up.
So I will be doing Mailbox Mon-Fri every week.

Review...

Lullaby (Watersong #2) - Amanda Hocking (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Official Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones Teaser Trailer.

Well here it finally is, I'm still unsure about the casting of Jace, but who knows once I see the movie I might be surprised.
Enjoy!

Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog

Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones Official Movie Poster.

Cannot wait for this movie, this may just be my new obsession!

Breaking Dawn Part 2 And The WTF Twist!

So it's 2.45am I just got back from the midnight screening, and WOW, what a great ending to this saga, but the twist that's been mentioned by a lot of the actors had me sitting there in the theatre with my jaw hanging open in shock.
I'm not gonna mention whether it's a good or bad shock because it will ruin it, but DAMN, I would never have seen it coming.
I will definitely be seeing this quite a few more times at the movies it's really, really good!
And after sitting through all the credits there was no extra scene so I don't know what Kellan Lutz was talking about.
So please see it, enjoy and let me know your thoughts on the twist, obviously no spoilers in the comments for those who have yet to see it.
A fantastic end to a fantastic saga.

Breaking Dawn Part 2 Midnight Screening.

So I'm wondering how many bloggers out there will be going to the midnight screening?

I will be there, I'm pretty excited but I'm also a bit sad knowing this will be the last ever Twilight movie.

I'm also a bit apprehensive about the change at the end, Breaking Dawn was my least favourite book of the series and I never liked the ending in the book so I'm wondering what this surprise twist will be, as long as no main characters are killed off.

And for those of you who don't know, stay after the credits Kellan Lutz has said in an interview that there's an extra scene that will appear.

Excited? Not Excited?

Let me know, and for all of you going to the midnight screening or whom are just going the day it's released or another day, I hope you enjoy it as much as I hope to.

Book Review (162): Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful #1) - Jamie McGuire

Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful #1)

by Jamie McGuire

Publication: 14th August 2012

Publisher: Simon And Schuster

Pages: 416

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Age Appropriate: New Adult

Price: $17.99

INTENSE. DANGEROUS. ADDICTIVE.

Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

My Thoughts...

Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow!

This book was amazing!

I've had extremely good luck with the Contemporary Romances I've read this year, this is usually a genre I steer clear of but I'm really starting to re-think that idea given the fantastic ones that I've read recently, this book has been on my wishlist for quite a while now but because of the genre I've shied away from actually purchasing it, and then I received a copy for review and I kept hearing so many good things about it that I finally gave in and read it and boy was I blown away!

I love the whole bad boy/good girl storyline, and Travis Maddox, there are just no words to describe how much I love him, bad boy or not he has the charisma and charm to knock your socks off and Abby is the perfect foil for his character.

Because of the terrific characterisations this was an extremely hard book to put down once I picked it up, it was addictive, and I grew to care so much for the characters I didn't want to leave their world for one minute.

Travis fights in a fight ring, reknowned for his fighting abilities, numerous tattoos, his way with the ladies and his reputation for one night stands, he is far from Abby's type, the complete opposite, she becomes friends with him through her best friend's boyfriend who happens to be Travis' cousin and they make a bet, if she loses she has to move into his apartment with him for 30 days, if he loses he has to remain celibate for the same amount of time.

They soon become close friends, but their feelings for each other soon change, but will a relationship between them be for the better or just tear them both apart?

This book had me laughing out loud, giddy with excitement and in a flood of tears, it's just that good, even if Contemporary isn't your thing just give this a chance, I did and I'm so happy that I did.

I cannot wait for the next book Walking Disaster, which is Beautiful Disaster from Travis' pov, I cannot wait I'm so excited and the cover is gorgeous!

See what I mean, I love this cover!

I give this a huge 5/5.

A big Thanks To Caroline @ Simon And Schuster Australia.

Waiting On Wednesday.

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking The Spine where you can spotlight an upcoming release that you're eagerly anticipating.

This week I'm waiting on....

Whisper Falls

by Elizabeth Langston 

While training for a mountain bike race, high-school senior Mark Lewis spots a mysterious girl dressed in odd clothing, standing behind a waterfall in the woods near his North Carolina home. When she comments on the strange machine that he rides, he suspects something isn’t right. When Susanna claims to be an indentured servant from 1796, he wonders if she's crazy. Yet he feels compelled to find out more.

Mark enters a ‘long-distance’ relationship with Susanna through the shimmering--and temperamental--barrier of Whisper Falls. Curious about her world, Mark combs through history to learn about the brutal life she's trapped in. But knowledge can be dangerous. Soon he must choose between the risk of changing history or dooming the girl he can't stop thinking about to a lifetime of misery.

Expected publication: November 2013 by Spencer Hill Press

Red

by Alison Cherry 

Felicity St. John has it all—loyal best friends, a hot guy, and artistic talent. And she’s right on track to win the Miss Scarlet pageant. Her perfect life is possible because of just one thing: her long, wavy, coppery red hair.

Having red hair is all that matters in Scarletville. Redheads hold all the power—and everybody knows it. That’s why Felicity is scared down to her roots when she receives an anonymous note:

I know your secret.

Because Felicity is a big fake. Her hair color comes straight out of a bottle. And if anyone discovered the truth, she’d be a social outcast faster than she could say "strawberry blond." Her mother would disown her, her friends would shun her, and her boyfriend would dump her. And forget about winning that pageant crown and the prize money that comes with it—money that would allow her to fulfill her dream of going to art school.

Felicity isn’t about to let someone blackmail her life away. But just how far is she willing to go to protect her red cred?

Expected publication: October 8th 2013 by Delacorte Press

Shades and Shadows (The Divine Sins #1)

by A.L. Laster

It’s easy to talk about haunted places. A haunted house. A haunted building. But what about haunted people?

After moving to a small town in Texas, sixteen-year-old Marian Jones learns that her new home is haunted by a handsome Victorian ghost. His name is Samael Lowood, and he isn't the first ghost she's ever met. He wants Ari to find something called a Nanorian, one of three powerful objects hidden long ago, so it can finally be destroyed.

The line between Heaven and Hell is blurred when Ari discovers a world where Shades—vampires, witches, shifters, and those called the Luménes—exist in disgrace. 

Pulled into a dangerous search when her father is kidnapped, Ari finds there is more at stake than she had originally thought. And when she learns the Nanorian is actually a sinister demon's heart, disastrous in the wrong hands, she realizes she needs to choose her friends carefully. 
The world is not painted in black and white…there's much more hiding within the grays.

Expected publication: September 28th 2013

Demonosity

by Amanda Ashby

An ancient myth + a mean girl + a reluctant warrior = a lively take on good vs. evil

The Black Rose--a powerful ancient force--has been let loose and has taken up residence in Celeste Gibson, popular girl at Cassidy Carter-Lewis' high school. Thomas Delacroix is the spirit of a fourteenth-century knight who is devoted to protecting the Black Rose, but he needs a contemporary living being to take on the challenge. That's where Cassidy comes in. She's a quirky high school junior who just wants to dress in her vintage clothes, hang out with her best friend, and take care of her father, who is recovering from surgery. She's the last person who would ever volunteer for such a task, but no one actually asked her. Now, like it or not, she finds herself training before dawn and battling demons at parties, the mall, and even at school. But hey, no one ever said high school was going to be easy. . .

Expected publication: August 15th 2013 by Puffin

Impostor (Variants #1)

by Susanne Winnacker

CAN TESSA POSE AS MADISON . . . AND STOP A KILLER BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE?

Tessa is a Variant, able to absorb the DNA of anyone she touches and mimic their appearance. Shunned by her family, she’s spent the last two years training with the Forces with Extraordinary Abilities, a secret branch of the FBI.

When a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, Tessa is given a mission: she must impersonate Madison, a local teen, to find the killer before he strikes again.

Tessa hates everything about being an impostor—the stress, the danger, the deceit—but loves playing the role of a normal girl. As Madison, she finds friends, romance, and the kind of loving family she’d do anything to keep.

Amid action, suspense, and a ticking clock, this super-human comes to a very human conclusion: even a girl who can look like anyone struggles the most with being herself.

(X-men meets The Silence of the Lambs)

Expected publication: July 11th 2013 by Razorbill/Penguin

Undercurrent

by Paul E. Blackwell

A shadowy figure. An intense roar. The sensation of falling—fast.

That’s all Callum Harris remembers from his tumble over the waterfall. But when he wakes up in a hospital bed and finds his best friend trying to kill him, Callum knows something is seriously wrong. Unfortunately for him, the mysteries are just getting started. 

Why are his parents acting like he’s some big sports star all of a sudden? And why are all the buildings in town more run-down than Callum remembers? Worst of all...what happened to Callum’s brother? Either Callum has gone seriously crazy or something happened when he went over the falls. Something impossible. Callum needs answers, and now. Because in this twisted new version of the life Callum knew, his former best friend isn’t the only one who wants to see him dead.

Filled with mind-bending suspense and unsettling thrills, Undercurrent is a grippingly paced teen debut that will pull you under and never let go.

Expected publication: July 23rd 2013 by HarperTeen

Mailbox Tuesday.

Tuesday's Mailbox.
I've decided that I will stop participating in In My Mailbox, the reason being I seem to get a lot of books every week and it takes me forever to put them all together in one post and link them up.
So I will be doing Mailbox Mon-Fri every week.

Review...

Shadow's Claim (The Dacians #1) - Kresley Cole (Simon And Schuster Australia)

(ARC) Scent Of Magic (Healer #2) - Maria V. Snyder (Harlequin Teen Australia)

(ARC) Touch Of Death (Touch Of Death #1) - Kelly Hashway (Spencer Hill Press)

The Skeleton Key (Pandora English #3) - Tara Moss (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Brought...

Iced (Fever #6) - Karen Marie Moning

Rebel Heart (Dust Lands #2) - Moira Young

Book Review (161): Eve & Adam - Michael Grant & Katherine Applegate

Eve and Adam

by Michael Grant, Katherine Applegate

Publication: 1st October 2012

Publisher: Electric Monkey/Hardie Grant Egmont Australia

Pages: 312

Genre: Science Fiction

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

And girl created boy…

In the beginning, there was an apple—

And then there was a car crash, a horrible injury, and a hospital. But before Evening Spiker’s head clears a strange boy named Solo is rushing her to her mother’s research facility. There, under the best care available, Eve is left alone to heal.

Just when Eve thinks she will die—not from her injuries, but from boredom—her mother gives her a special project: Create the perfect boy.

Using an amazingly detailed simulation, Eve starts building a boy from the ground up. Eve is creating Adam. And he will be just perfect... won’t he?

My Thoughts...

I've been intrigued with this book ever since it appeared on Goodreads, the synopsis sounded exciting and the cover looks fantastic, so when I received a copy for review I was very excited.

Most people know the story of Adam and Eve, incorporating a story around it was an incredibly good idea, having the apple mentioned in the first sentence, genius.

Evening 'Eve' is hit by a car and is critically injured, one leg is torn off and one of her hands is crushed, it's looking very grim and she's not expected to pull through, her mother who owns a biopharmaceuticals research facility has her transported there, against the doctor's better judgement.

After awakening in better health than when she left the hospital she makes the accquaintance of Solo, a boy around her age who has lived at Spiker ever since his parents were killed, he has been left in Eve's mother's care who is a cold woman and Solo despises her.

To help with her boredom, Eve's mum gives her a task, to invent a virtual perfect man, from his appearance, personality, interests etc, which is aptly named Project Adam.

But behind the scenes in the facility there are experiments taking place that are far from humane, and there are some people who don't want these experiments to be found out and they'll do anything to keep them a secret.

I really loved this book, the alternating pov's in each chapter is one thing that gave this book an extra something, it's interesting to read about what's going on in numerous characters heads and helps you to understand the characters better.

I hope there will be another book set in this world, it was very entertaining and I'm eager to see what happens next.

I highly recommend it.

I give this 5/5.

A Big Thanks To Jennifer @ Hardie Grant Egmont Australia.

Mailbox Friday.

Friday's Mailbox.
I've decided that I will stop participating in In My Mailbox, the reason being I seem to get a lot of books every week and it takes me forever to put them all together in one post and link them up.
So I will be doing Mailbox Mon-Fri every week.

Review...

Ironskin (Ironskin #1) - Tina Connolly (Tor/Forge U.S.A)

Foundation (Valdemar: The Collegium Chronicles #1) - Mercedes Lackey (Titan Book UK)

Intrigues (Valdemar: The Collegium Chronicles #2) - Mercedes Lackey

Blog Tour: After Dark (The 19th Year #1) - Emi Gayle, Book Review (160).

After Dark (The 19th Year #1)

by Emi Gayle 

Publication: 31st October 2012

Publisher: J. Taylor Publishing

Pages: 344

Genre: Fantasy/Paranormal

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

Buy It: Amazon   Barnes & Noble

What eighteen year old Mac Thorne doesn’t know will probably kill her.

In exactly eight months, five days, three hours and thirteen minutes, Mac has to choose what she’ll be for the rest of her life.

She has no choice but to pick. As a Changeling, it’s her birthright. To Mac, it’s a birthchore. Like going to school with humans, interacting with humans, and pretending to be human during the pesky daylight hours.

Once darkness descends, Mac can change into any supernatural form that exists—which makes her as happy as she can be. That is, until Winn Thomas, the biggest geek in her senior class figures out there’s more to what hides in the dark than most are willing to acknowledge.

In this first of the 19th Year Trilogy, Winn might know more about Mac than even she does, and that knowledge could end their lives, unless Mac ensures the powers-that-be have no choice but to keep him around.

My Thoughts...

What I loved about this book was the different species of paranormal from vampire, fairy, witch. demon,ghost etc, and that's all just the main character!

 Mac whom is a Changeling, and who happens to be the only one in existence (one only appears every fifty to a hundred years) can change paranormal forms at night, has until her nineteenth birthday to decide on what form she will take permanently and will then take charge of that faction at the council table.

But Mac is undecided and with less than nine months to decide, she begins to feel pressured, but when she see's the school geek Winn walking out of the local library one night with a book about her heritage she resolves to accquire it even if it means associating with humans, so when they are both paired together in class on a project she knows that this is her chance to find out about herself and where she came from, as she's been kept in the dark all of her life.

I loved Mac's character, a strong kick-ass female, and Winn who's so adorable and they make such a good couple.

This storyline was original and extremely well done and I really can't wait for the next book, what Emi has written here is a fantastic start to what seems to be an extremely good series.

Definitely check this out!

I give this 5/5.

Author Profile...

Emi Gayle just wants to be young again. She lives vicariously through her youthful characters, while simultaneously acting as chief-Mom to her teenaged son and searching for a way to keep her two daughters from ever reaching the dreaded teen years. 

Ironically, those years were some of Emi's favorite times. She met the man of her dreams at 14, was engaged to him at 19, married him at 20 and she's still in love with him to this day. She'll never forget what it was like to fall in love at such a young age — emotions she wants everyone to feel.

Blog: www.emigayle.com/blog/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmiGayle?fref=ts

Twitter: https://twitter.com/emijgayle

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5421861.Emi_Gayle

Mailbox Thursday.

Thursday's Mailbox...
I've decided that I will stop participating in In My Mailbox, the reason being I seem to get a lot of books every week and it takes me forever to put them all together in one post and link them up.
So I will be doing Mailbox Mon-Fri every week.

Review...

Beautiful Redemption (Caster Chronicles #4) - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Penguin Australia)

Echo (The Soul Seekers #2) - Alyson Noel  (Pan Macmillan Australia)