Saturday, 23 June 2012

Cover Reveal: The Gates Of Paradise - Melissa De La Cruz

The Gates of Paradise (Blue Bloods #7)

Watch out for the explosive finale in the Blue Bloods series.
The seventh and final novel in the epic saga.

All your questions answered. . . All the mysteries explained. . . Friends reunited. . . Hearts broken. . . Will Bliss return with the Hellhounds? Will Schuyler save the Blue Bloods? Who will live? Who will die?

Expected publication: January 2013 by Disney-Hyperion

Cover Reveal: Pivot Point - Kasie West

Pivot Point

by Kasie West

Reminiscent of the movie Sliding Doors, Pivot Point is about a girl who has the power to Search alternate futures. When faced with a life changing decision, she lives out six weeks of two different lives (in alternating chapters), both holding the potential for love and loss, and must ultimately choose which path she is willing to live through.

Expected publication: February 12th 2013 by HarperTeen

Cover Reveal: Altered - Jennifer Rush

Altered

by Jennifer Rush

When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe?

Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who’s stolen Anna’s heart. When the Branch decides it’s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them.

Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday life. But her father pushes her to flee, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs. There’s just one problem. Sam and the boys don’t remember anything before living in the lab—not even their true identities.

Now on the run, Anna soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected. And if they’re both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away.

Expected publication: January 2nd 2013 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Book Review (101). Dreamless - Josephine Angelini

Dreamless (Starcrossed #2)

by Josephine Angelini

Publication: 1st June 2012

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Pages: 512

Genre: Fantasy

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

**Warning This Review Contains Spoilers From The Previous Book In The Series**

Can true love be forgotten?

As the only scion who can descend into the Underworld, Helen Hamilton has been given a nearly impossible task. By night she wanders through Hades, trying to stop the endless cycle of revenge that has cursed her family. By day she struggles to overcome the fatigue that is rapidly eroding her sanity. Without Lucas by her side, Helen is not sure she has the strength to go on.

Just as Helen is pushed to her breaking point, a mysterious new Scion comes to her rescue. Funny and brave, Orion shields her from the dangers of the Underworld. But time is running out--a ruthless foe plots against them, and the Furies' cry for blood is growing louder.

As the ancient Greek world collides with the mortal one, Helen's sheltered life on Nantucket descends into chaos. But the hardest task of all will be forgetting Lucas Delos.

Josephine Angelini's compelling saga becomes ever more intricate and spellbinding as an unforgettable love triangle emerges and the eternal cycle of revenge intensifies. Eagerly awaited, this sequel to the internationally bestselling "Starcrossed" delivers a gritty, action-packed love story that exceeds all expectations.

My Thoughts.

This book was as good as the first book in the series and I loved that book, this is definitely one of my favourites of the year so far.

The only problem is that I have to wait till next year for the third book and after the ending in this book I don't know if I have the patience to wait that long!

After the last book we have Helen and Lucas avoiding each other after the revelation from Helen's Mum Daphne, that they are cousins, it's because of this that they can't be together (although how they haven't figured out that what they were told is a lie is beyond me, they're both meant to be really smart but can't seem to work out the simplest of sums like how her supposed father Ajax and Lucas' uncle died 19 years ago yet Helen is only 17), if they could just figure this out then they could be together instead of moping around, that's the only complaint I have about this story.

Helen now known as the Descender (the only Scion able to make her way into Tartarus) is on a mission to find the Furies and help stop the fights that occur when people from the four different houses are in each others company.

But the problem is she can only visit when she's asleep but she's not technically sleeping so it's making her ill, while down there she meets Orion who is sent down there to help Helen every night.

Now in the first book Starcrossed I was all for Helen and Lucas but now after reading this book I'm torn, while there is a love triangle forming between Helen, Lucas and Orion I really like the idea of Helen and Orion as a couple and I don't know who I'd rather she was with.

Lucas is mostly absent in this book and when he is in it he's very angry and sullen and as soon as he is in Helen's presence he turns around and walks away.

And that's a big thing that I missed, the interaction between these two characters that I fell in love with in the previous book.

Everyone in the previous book makes an appearance and while some of them don't have a lot of page time they still make their presence felt.

This has fast become one of my favourite series and I eagerly await the time till I have the third book Goddess in my eager hands.

I give this 5/5.

A Big Thanks To Pan Macmillan Australia.

Friday, 22 June 2012

Cover Reveal: Boundless - Cynthia Hand

Boundless (Unearthly #3)

by Cynthia Hand

Expected publication: January 22nd 2013 by HarperTeen

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Feature And Follow Friday (31). - I'm A Featured Blog!

Feature And Follow Friday Is Hosted By Alison Can Read and Parajunkee.Com.

This week I'm fortunate enough to be one of the featured blogs (I'm very excited)!

Have a read of my Q&A and head on over to the other featured blog Books & Blossoms and make sure also to stop by and visit Alison and Rachel.

I don't mind how you follow whether it be by (GFC, Linky or Networked Blogs).

I'll follow back even if I already follow you I'll just use a different way of following.

Thanks and enjoy!

(WHEN DID YOU START BLOGGING?)

I only started blogging October of last year, I used to visit all these different blogs and one day I thought you know what, I love reading why don't I start a blog of my own.

(WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PART OF BOOK BLOGGING?)

I love the fact that there are so many people interested in reading that are also reading the same genre's as I do, I'm the only person who reads in my house so it's nice to be able to communicate with people that share the same passion for reading that I do.

(WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK(S)?)

For anyone that visits my site during Feature Follow Friday most of the questions are answered with using my favourite series Twilight - Stephenie Meyer, the reason I got into the paranormal genre was because of Twilight, I also love Harry Potter - J.K Rowling, The Mortal Instruments - Cassandra Clare, The Black Dagger Brotherhood - J.R Ward I could go on and on.

(WHAT HAS BEEN THE BEST THING THAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU BECAUSE OF BOOK BLOGGING?)

I think that there's a lot of things not just one, I love it when an author sends me a message asking me specifically whether I'd review a book for them, or people that want me to take part in blog tours it makes it even more special when it's a publisher asking you it makes me feel like I'm doing something right and I feel extremely grateful, when I started this blog I never expected it to go as well as it has especially since there are so many other blogs out there.

And all the people you meet while blogging is fantastic, but mostly it's just people care enough to leave comments on your posts, I think it's the best decision I've ever made starting up this blog.

Oh and one of the best things so far is being a feature on Feature Follow Friday!

Here is the weeks question, answer it in your post.

Q: If you could "unread" a book, which one would it be? Is it because you want to start over and experience it again for the first time? Or because it was THAT bad?

Ok I will probably have quite a few people disagreeing with me about this but the one book I would unread if I could would be "Lord Of The Rings - J.R.R Tolkien".

I really didn't like this book I found it boring and unfortunately I'm one of those people that has to finish a book, this is one case where I definitely thought the movie was way better than the book.