Book Review (43).

Shades of Midnight (Midnight Breed #7)

by Lara Adrian 

Publication: 29th December 2009

Publisher: Dell

Pages: 383

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Age Appropriate: Adult

**Warning May Contain Spoilers From Previous Books In The Series**

In a frozen wilderness steeped in darkness, the lines between good and evil, lover and enemy, are never black or white but drawn in Shades of Midnight.

Something inhuman is stalking the frigid Alaskan wilds, leaving unspeakable carnage in its wake. For bush pilot Alexandra Maguire, the killings stir memories of a horrific event she witnessed as a child and evoke in her the inexplicable sense of otherness she has long felt within herself but never fully understood . . . until a darkly seductive stranger with secrets of his own enters her world.

Sent from Boston on a mission to investigate the savage attacks and stop the slaughter, vampire warrior Kade has his own reasons for returning to the frigid, forbidding place of his birth. Haunted by a secret shame, Kade soon realizes the stunning truth of the threat he faces–a threat that will jeopardize the fragile bond he has formed with the courageous, determined young woman who arouses his deepest passions and most primal hungers. But in bringing Alex into his world of blood and darkness, Kade must confront both his own personal demons and the even greater evil that could destroy all he holds dear.

My Thoughts.

Alexandra 'Alex' is a pilot who delivers food and other necessities to people living far away from any amenities in Alaska it's while making a stop to a family that are one of her regulars that she finds them all dead with their throats ripped out, this brings to mind the murders of her mother and brother both killed in the same way by a vampire right in front of her eyes years ago.

Back in Boston they hear the new and send Kade off to Alaska having been born and lived there for all his life he knows his way around and his father is the darkhaven's leader there, it's not long before Kade and Alex cross pathsand they're instantly attracted to one another, although it's nearly halfway through the book before Kade realises she's a breedmate who has the power to touch someone when they're talking and knows when they're telling the truth or lying.

The Gen One who escaped at the end of the last book appears in Alaska  as does Dragos' operation set up in an old mine.

We also find out that Kade has an identical twin brother who has turned rogue so he has to hunt him down to kill him.

The next book is already set up with Brock meeting his mate towards the end of the book.

Another great one, can't wait for the next.

I give this 5/5. 

Feature And Follow Friday (12).

Q: Go count the number of unread books sitting on your shelf. How many?

Ok so after checking I have a total of 1,087 unread and owned books, that's not including the 18 books I have on pre-order.

City Of Lost Souls Cover Reveal.

I cannot wait for this book I love me some Jace.

I really love the cover too!

Waiting On Wednesday (10).

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

God Save the Queen (The Immortal Empire)

by Kate Locke

3rd July 2012 By Orbit

Queen Victoria rules with an immortal fist. 
The undead matriarch of a Britain where the Aristocracy is made up of werewolves and vampires, where goblins live underground and mothers know better than to let their children out after dark. A world where being nobility means being infected with the Plague (side-effects include undeath), Hysteria is the popular affliction of the day, and leeches are considered a delicacy. And a world where technology lives side by side with magic. The year is 2012 and Pax Britannia still reigns.

Xandra Vardan is a member of the elite Royal Guard, and it is her duty to protect the Aristocracy. But when her sister goes missing, Xandra will set out on a path that undermines everything she believed in and uncover a conspiracy that threatens to topple the empire. And she is the key-the prize in a very dangerous struggle.

Boyfriend from Hell (Saturn's Daughter #1)

by Jamie Quaid

31st July 2012 By Pocket Books

They say justice is blind. But Justine isn’t.

Justine (Tina) Clancy is just an ordinary law student with a faulty arrest record, a part-time job in Baltimore’s radioactive Zone, and a family secret so bizarre even she doesn’t believe it. That is, until in a fit of fury she damns her boyfriend to hell—and it’s exactly where he ends up.

Much to her own surprise, Tina is apparently one of Saturn’s daughters, with the power to wield vigilante justice. But poor Max didn’t deserve to go up in flames, even if he did almost run her over with her own car. Tina’s convinced someone cut the brakes—and now a relentless nemesis is stalking her through the Zone’s back alleys, where buildings glow, statues move, and chemical waste exposure comes with interesting consequences. Tina’s usually a loner, but now she needs a posse like no other: a shape-shifting kitten, an invisible thief, a biker gang, a snake-charming private detective, a well-meaning cop, and her sleazy, sexy boss. But in between freeing Max from hell, saving her own neck, and solving a mystery that threatens the Zone and her newfound friends, how is she ever going to study for finals?

Entasy

by Brynn Myers 

June 2012 By Brynn Myers

Kira is the granddaughter of two Celtic goddesses but due to a tragedy Kira's memories were taken to protect her. She has no idea who she is really but soon she will find out...soon she will have to confront her past in order to save her future.

Transcendence

by C.J. Omololu 

5th June 2012 Walker Childrens

Love isn’t the only emotion to survive death . . .

When a visit to the Tower of London triggers an overwhelmingly real vision of a beheading that occurred centuries before, Cole Ryan fears she is losing her mind. A mysterious boy, Griffon Hall, comes to her aid, but the intensity of their immediate connection seems to open the floodgate of memories even wider.

As their feelings grow, Griffon reveals their common bond as members of the Akhet—an elite group of people who can remember past lives and use their collected wisdom for the good of the world. But not all Akhet are altruistic, and a rogue is after Cole to avenge their shared past. Now in extreme danger, Cole must piece together clues from many lifetimes. What she finds could ruin her chance at a future with Griffon, but risking his love may be the only way to save them both.

Full of danger, romance, and intrigue, Transcendence breathes new life into a perpetually fascinating question: What would you do with another life to live?

Monument 14

by Emmy Laybourne

5th June 2012 By Feiwel & Friends

Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong.

A huge store isn’t the worst place to be stranded. There’s food and water, bedding and books. But what if it’s not safe to leave? Emmy Laybourne had us from the get-go with her utterly fresh and fast-paced debut.

Six high school kids (some popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a tech genius), and six little kids are trapped together in a chain superstore. Together they build a refuge for themselves inside, while outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemical weapon spill, seems to be tearing the world—as they know it—apart.

Beauty

by Lisa Daily

10th May 2012 By Razorbill

When we first meet Molly, she is plain, shy, and practically invisible to most of her fellow high school students. Hudson, the boy she cannot help but like, is handsome and popular. One day at a town carnival, Molly stumbles across an eccentric artist who offers to sketch her portrait. Thinking aloud, she wishes she was the most beautiful girl in the world. The following day, Molly gets her wish. All the guys at school are vying for her affection. Best of all, Hudson’s finally noticing her. As Molly’s relationship with Hudson heats up, violence threatens to erupt among the guys of their high school, and the newfound attention threatens to destroy the relationships she values

Australian Vs. U.S.A Book Covers.

The Vampire Stalker

by Allison van Diepen 

Australian.

American.

I personally prefer the American cover, cause it looks like she's stalking him as the title suggests.

Book Review (42).

The Future of Us

by Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler

Publication: 5th January 2012

Publisher: Simon And Schuster Australia

Pages: 356

Genre: Romance/Contemporary

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

Price: $16.99

It's 1996 and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet. Facebook will not be invented for several more years. Emma just got a computer and an America Online CD-ROM with 100 free hours. When she and her best friend Josh log on to AOL they discover themselves on Facebook... fifteen years in the future. Everybody wonders what life has in store for them.
Josh and Emma are about to find out.

My Thoughts.

Having never read anything by either author before starting this book I wasn't sure what to expect but I definately wasn't disappointed and will be seeking out other books by the authors.

The year is 1996 and Emma has been given a new computer from her Dad and it's while she's setting it up that her childhood best-friend and next door neighbour Josh comes over with a AOL cd with free internet usage, things are strained between the two after Josh admitted he liked Emma but she didn't feel the same.

It's when the cd is loaded that Facebook comes up on the screen and Emma and Josh discover that it's 15 years in the future and while Emma isn't happy with her life in the future, Josh discovers that he's married to the most popular girl in school.

Emma does whatever she can to change her future after discovering she's not happy in her marriage, it seems everyday one little action can and will change the future be it involving marriage, kids and jobs and the refresh button changes things as well.

It's while Josh is trying to start a relationship with his future wife that Emma realises she has stronger feelings for Josh than she realised, and she also tries to change her best friend Kellan's future too without telling her what's going on.

I loved the concept of this book and I also had to love at some of the status updates that Emma reads on Facebook , and the alternate chapters are great and becoming one of my favourite things in books lately.

I definately reccomend checking this out.

I give this 4/5

A big thanks to Caroline @ Simon And Schuster Australia,

Book Review (41).

Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices #2)

by Cassandra Clare 

Publication: 6th December 2011

Publisher: Margaret K. Mc Elderry Books

Pages: 502

Genre: Fantasy/Steampunk

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

**Warning May Contain Spoilers From The First Book In The Series**

In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends.

With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister's war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move and that one of their own has betrayed them.

Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will; the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?

As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.

My Thoughts.

As much as I loved the previous book in this series this one kicked it out of the park, when I got to the end of the book,  I sat there in disbelief and even let loose a few tears.

We find out that when Will was twelve he had a curse put on him by a demon that anybody that he loved would die and so that's why he pushes everybody away, of course I love Will and to find out why he's the reason he is, is just so heartbreaking so he tries to find the demon that cursed him with the help of Magnus Bane.

Tessa finds herself growing closer to Jem now that Will has told her he doesn't want to be with her, while she also tries to find out who and what she is.

Charlotte is threatned with being replaced as the head of the institute by Benedict Lightwood if she can't find Mortmain (Magister) within two weeks.

The love triangle between Tessa, Will and Jem is just tragic you know that Will and Jem both love Tessa, meanwhile Tessa believing that there's no hope with Will finds herself falling in love with Jem, we all know this can't end well and while I definately prefer Will I just couldn't bear how upset Jem would be if Tessa did end up with Will.

We find out about another spy in the institute who is helping Tessa's brother Nate with information to pass along to the Magister who still wants Tessa for his own.

I'm in two minds about the ending while I did like it I also ended up in tears and not for a good reason, I just hope the next book works out the way I want it to.

I give this 5/5.