Vortex (Tempest #2)
by Julie Cross
Expected publication: January 8th 2013 by St. Martin's Griffin
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Cover Reveal: Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices #3)
In Clockwork Princess, Tessa and her companions travel all over the world as they race to stop the clockwork army before it’s too late. As Jem’s health worsens alarmingly and his friends search desperately for a cure, can Tessa choose between the two boys she loves—even if it means never seeing the other one again?
Expected publication: March 19th 2013 by Margaret K. McElderry Books
(ARC) Book Review (107). Black Heart Blue - Louisa Reid
Black Heart Blue
by Louisa Reid
Publication: 25th July 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
Pages: 266
Genre: Contemporary/ Thriller
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
Price: $16.99
Hephzibah: You've no idea what it's like having a freak for a sister.
Rebecca: Born first, prettier, Hephzi's always been the popular one.
The Father: When he was busy with his bottle we were usually safe. Usually.
The Mother: Her specialist subject was misery and lessons of painful silence ...
Hepzibah and Rebecca are twins. One beautiful, one disfigured. Trapped with their loveless parents, they dream of a normal life. But when one twin tragically dies, the other must find a way to escape. Because if she doesn't, she'll end up like her sister.
Rebecca: Born first, prettier, Hephzi's always been the popular one.
The Father: When he was busy with his bottle we were usually safe. Usually.
The Mother: Her specialist subject was misery and lessons of painful silence ...
Hepzibah and Rebecca are twins. One beautiful, one disfigured. Trapped with their loveless parents, they dream of a normal life. But when one twin tragically dies, the other must find a way to escape. Because if she doesn't, she'll end up like her sister.
My Thoughts.
This was such a gut-wrenching and chilling book, that will send a shiver down your spine and have you still thinking about it hours after you've turned the last page!
This is a courageous story of a seventeen year old girl, who manages to overcome the adversity that tragically killed her twin sister.
This was a hard book to read in the sense of the abuse that these two sisters endured at the hands of their father - the local vicar - and the complete indifference that the mother showed to his treatment of them.
What I loved was the alternating chapters, Rebecca' s took place after the funeral of Hephzibah ' Hephzi', and Hephzi's chapters detail what happened to her leading up to her death.
I never would have picked this up myself it's only because I received this book for review that I gave it a go and I'm so glad that I did.
Although you know that Hephzi's story is never going to end well you still read along hoping that there will be some kind of a miracle and Rebecca and her could escape their miserable life, but ultimately it's not to be and you really feel the urge to get to that last page and make sure that Rebecca makes it out alive and happy and away from her sorry excuse for parents whom have never shown her or her sister love of any kind.
What makes it worse for Rebecca is her facial deformity Treacher Collins Syndrome, which unfortunately makes her the victim of their father's beatings more often than not, after reading the name of her deformity I immediately researched it on the internet to get a clearer idea of what it was so I could understand it more, and I loved that not only do we get a fantastic story but also the chance to learn about a facial deformity that I'd never previously heard of, but it also brought to light the mean comments people say about others suffering from any kind of deformity, I loved that towards the end Rebecca was able to feel more comfortable in her own skin and to be able to look people in the eye and not the ground that she was so used to doing.
The ending did bring me to tears when you realise the full extent of what these two girls went through and the people who turned a blind eye and just let it continue on which sadly resulted in the death of Hephzi.
Unfortunately this happens in real life all around the world every day, and if we only helped instead of ignoring the signs things like this wouldn't happen.
I highly recommend everybody pick this up.
I give this 4.5/5.
A Big Thanks To Penguin Australia.
Friday, 6 July 2012
In My Mailbox (35).
In My Mailbox Is A Weekly Meme Hosted By Kristi The Story Siren.
Review.
Cover Reveal: Edge Of Dawn
Edge of Dawn (Midnight Breed #11)
by Lara Adrian
Unofficial sneak peek summary from Lara:
Twenty years after the Order’s vanquish of their chief adversary, conflicts and skirmishes continue for the Breed, violence escalating toward war. Peace seems elusive, but the Order and their allies will not rest until it is won.
For Mira, raised with the Order from the time she was a child and now the formidable captain of her own team of warriors for the Order, the fight is personal. War has cost her a great deal, though nothing more precious than the life of someone she loved dearly. Vowed to avenge his death, Mira blazes into every battle like a Valkyrie, poised to make her enemies pay. Until an unexpected encounter with a rebel leader brings her face-to-face with a startling truth, and a betrayal that will cut through her every defense . . . straight to the core of the wounded woman whose faith has never been tested more, nor her heart more deeply torn.
Expected publication: January 22nd 2013 by Delacorte Press
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