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...
Q: What hyped up book do you think was not worth all the talk?
I don't think that I've ever read a book that has been totally hyped up that I didn't like, Bloodrose - Andrea Cremer was one book I didn't like but I don't think it was necessarily what you would call hyped up.
Lionsgate’sSummit Entertainmentannounced today that the filmed adaptation of the young adult adventure novel Divergent will open wide in North America on March 21, 2014. So far, it has the release date all to itself (it’s sandwiched between Fox’s Me And My Shadow on March 14, 2014 and Paramount’s Noah on March 28). The book was written by 23-year-old author Veronica Roth and has topped the New York Times Best Sellers list since it was published in May 2011 by Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins Publishers.Divergent is set in a future where America is divided into five ideological factions to stabilize society and uphold peace. Every citizen must choose a permanent faction at age 16 – either their own or another. The story focuses on Beatrice Prior, who is struggling to survive her initiation into the most aggressive and physically demanding of the factions. Evan Daugherty is penning the screenplay along with a yet-to-be-announced filmmaker. Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce under their Red Wagon Entertainment banner, along with Pouya Shahbazian.
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...
A dystopian romance that takes place on an island and is the melding of mythologies from two different cultures.
Her destiny was written in the books...but can she change a course that has already begun thousands of years ago?
Mackenzy Evers had moved with her mother from Angel Island to Aeros Island during her senior year. What can be worse than to finish her senior year at a new school?
Living during the post-Erosion period on Earth where there is less land than before, Mac is happy to discover an island of rich beauty and lush landscapes, not to mention mysterious handsome boys and an ancient prophecy that is set to come true in Mac's lifetime.
Chance Cutter claims she is his Queen, his goddess to his Fire King, whom he had been searching for years. Their attraction to each other is undeniable, yet why does he seem to hate her? And who is she really?
My Thoughts...
Kailin Gow has accomplished the unaccomplishable, for the first time that I can remember I cannot decide who I want the heroine to be with, I love them both and I find it extremely impossible to choose between the two, what Gow has given us is two extremely interesting, handsome and charismatic cousins Chance and Varun.
Mac has just moved to Aeros Island with her mother, on her first day of school she is introduced to cousins Chance and Varun, Chance seems very familiar and she realises that he is the masked boy that she danced with the night before but his demeanor towards her is anything but friendly and so she starts out dating Varun but although there is mutual attraction between the two she is inextricably drawn to Chance who is aloof whenever they are together.
But what Mac discovers is that the island is filled with people who are embodiments of gods and goddesses, and that she may be a the embodiment of a goddess that is the cause of the friction between Chance and Varun, with Chance being the Fire King and Varun the Water King and she has to make the choice of who to be with, but will history repeat itself and have Mac and up with the one that she will end up leaving for the other?
I'm so loving this series, and can't wait to see where this series will go.
Mac Evers can't believe how close she is with Chance now that they've finally allowed themselves to be with each other. But her past with Varun and her quest for the goddess Vesta's magical stones can tear her away from him forever.
My Thoughts...
I'm loving these books, although the cliffhangers are a killer and I definitely recommend you have the next books in the series close by to carry on with.
Well book two and I'm still no closer to deciding who I prefer for the heroine Mac to be with, Chance or Varun I'm still torn, maybe she can just choose one and send the other one my way!
Mac has chosen to be with Chance although she still has strong feelings for Varun, she has the task of recovering all of the stones that the Vesta goddess had hidden to be found by someone worthy before she can take part in the ritual that may just prove that she is the embodiment of Vesta.
But with the attacks and threats against her life to stop her from fulfilling the ritual she may just find that her decision may be made for her.
I love the mythology throughout this book, you actually learn a lot about ancient gods and goddesses and I really like that.
I highly recommend this series, it's fantastic.
I give this 4/5.
Be sure to check out book 3 Fire Dance.
As the war between the water gods and fire gods rage on in the forms of their Embodiments, Mac was forced to take on the side of her mother’s, causing her to betray her eternal love Chance. Her destiny still calls for them to be together, but now with her taking on the abilities of her mother’s heritage, things have gotten much more complicated.
Kailin Gow uses her author platform to bring awareness to issues affecting young adult and women. She has appeared on national radio as a regular guest on topics such as body image, self-esteem, dating and sexual relationships, bullying, and more; often brought up in her fiction books for young adults and women. She has won multiple awards from the International Book Awards and the Green Book Festival. Selling over half a million books, Kailin Gow has been a bestselling author of over 100 distinct books which includes the Desire Series, PULSE, Wicked Woods, and the Frost Series. She has been professionally published since 2001. She was one of the first authors for young readers to write books for girls with supernatural elements. Her first book series about extraordinary girls guided by an angel in 2001, was a success, selling thousands of print copies in days, and inspiring girl book clubs around the U.S. In 2003, she came out with more series, including The Fairy Rose Chronicles, about fairies in Feyland. Her books have been recommended by PBS Kids, US Mental Health Association, the PTA, and homeschooling associations in the United States.
Her Bitter Frost Series, PULSE Series, and other book series are being developed into MMO Games by SEE GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT, one of the foremost entertainment developers in the world, known for developing world-reknown blockbuster films into games. The Frost Series and PULSE MMO Games are set to release late 2013 or early 2014.
She is a graduate of the Annenberg School for Communications Masters in Management program in journalism, marketing and publishing at the University of Southern California.
Wednesday'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...
Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment announced today that the filmed adaptation of the young adult adventure novel Divergent will open wide in North America on March 21, 2014. So far, it has the release date all to itself (it’s sandwiched between Fox’s Me And My Shadow on March 14, 2014 and Paramount’s Noah on March 28). The book was written by 23-year-old author Veronica Roth and has topped the New York Times Best Sellers list since it was published in May 2011 by Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins Publishers.Divergent is set in a future where America is divided into five ideological factions to stabilize society and uphold peace. Every citizen must choose a permanent faction at age 16 – either their own or another. The story focuses on Beatrice Prior, who is struggling to survive her initiation into the most aggressive and physically demanding of the factions. Evan Daugherty is penning the screenplay along with a yet-to-be-announced filmmaker. Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce under their Red Wagon Entertainment banner, along with Pouya Shahbazian.
