Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Monday, 1 October 2012
Fangs, Fur & Fey Giveaway Hop.
I'm excited to participate in this Giveaway Hop, hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer.
I'm giving people a chance to pick any book from any of the series I have below.
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.
Brought...
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.
Brought...
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| Rapture (The Fallen Angel #4) - J.R Ward |
Mailbox Monday.
Monday'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...
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...
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| The Taken (Celestial Blues #1) - Vicki Pettersson (Harper Collins Australia) |
Brought...
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| Boyfriend From Hell (Saturn's Daughter #1) - Jamie Quaid |
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| Flock (Stork #3) - Wendy Delsol |
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| A Fractured Light (A Beautiful Dark #2) - Jocelyn Davies |
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| The Other Normals - Ned Vizzini |
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| Shadows (Ashes Trilogy #2) - Ilsa J. Bick |
Cover Reveal: Every Never After - Lesley Livingston
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Book Review (148): The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back - Sariah Wilson
The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back
Publcation: 15th August 2012
Publisher: Fire & Ice Books
Pages: 194
Genre: Contemporary
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
Everyone knows how all those fairy tales go. The princess gets beautiful, nabs her prince, falls instantly in love, lives happily ever after and leaves her evil stepsisters in the dust.But what happens when you’re the ugly stepsister and your obnoxiously perfect—read pretty, smart, and, worst of all, sickeningly nice—stepsister is dating the charming, tall, devastatingly handsome guy you’ve had a thing for since you were nine years old?
Quirky, artistic and snarky Mattie Lowe does not lead a charmed life. Her mother is constantly belittling her on Skype. Mercedes, the school mean girl, has made it her personal mission to torment Mattie. But worst of all? Her stepsister Ella is the most beautiful, popular girl in school and is dating Mattie’s secret longtime crush, Jake Kingston.
Tired of being left out and done with waiting for her own stupid fairy godmother to show up, Mattie decides to change her life. She’ll start by running for senior class president against wildly popular Jake.
Ella can keep her Prince Annoying. Mattie’s going to rule the school.
And no one, not even a cute and suddenly flirty Jake, is going to stop her.
My Thoughts...
I've long been a fan of re-tellings of fairy tales, especially when they're done well and this book was no exception.
I loved the idea of hearing the side of the so-called 'ugly stepsister' it gave a new dimension to the Cinderella fairy tale.
Wilson has taken a classic, flipped it around to a character most people never liked in the story and made her an extremely likable character, it definitely works that the book is based in the present and it's a contemporary romance version.
The story is based on Mattie (Ugly Stepsister) who has a list of grievances against her stepsister Ella (Cinderella), the biggest one being that Ella's boyfriend Jake has long been Mattie's crush ever since she was nine years old and she's jealous that not only is Ella perfect in every way and has everything she wants, but she also has the one thing that Mattie really wants.
With her father whom is a famous painter and who spends more time painting than spending time with her and a mother who she only speaks to on Skype and not very often I might add, she feels the world is against her until one day she is in detention with Jake and he expects her to lie so he can leave and she refuses, shocked that a girl has finally denied him something that has never happened before, he verbally abuses her and Mattie feels that she's lost her chance of ever being with him until the day that they are partnered together for an english assignment and realise that they both have more in common than they ever would have guessed.
She also decides to compete against Jake for class president with the help of Ella, who Mattie realises isn't as bad as she once thought she was.
This book has it all romance, crush-worthy male leads, bitchy girls and a lot of fun all wrapped up into one story.
I was excited to read that there will be a second book based on Ella's character set four years later after this book and I'm excited to see where Mattie is at and what she's up to.
I give this a well deserved 4/5.
A Big Thanks To The Author Sariah for A Copy Of Her Book To Review.
I loved the idea of hearing the side of the so-called 'ugly stepsister' it gave a new dimension to the Cinderella fairy tale.
Wilson has taken a classic, flipped it around to a character most people never liked in the story and made her an extremely likable character, it definitely works that the book is based in the present and it's a contemporary romance version.
The story is based on Mattie (Ugly Stepsister) who has a list of grievances against her stepsister Ella (Cinderella), the biggest one being that Ella's boyfriend Jake has long been Mattie's crush ever since she was nine years old and she's jealous that not only is Ella perfect in every way and has everything she wants, but she also has the one thing that Mattie really wants.
With her father whom is a famous painter and who spends more time painting than spending time with her and a mother who she only speaks to on Skype and not very often I might add, she feels the world is against her until one day she is in detention with Jake and he expects her to lie so he can leave and she refuses, shocked that a girl has finally denied him something that has never happened before, he verbally abuses her and Mattie feels that she's lost her chance of ever being with him until the day that they are partnered together for an english assignment and realise that they both have more in common than they ever would have guessed.
She also decides to compete against Jake for class president with the help of Ella, who Mattie realises isn't as bad as she once thought she was.
This book has it all romance, crush-worthy male leads, bitchy girls and a lot of fun all wrapped up into one story.
I was excited to read that there will be a second book based on Ella's character set four years later after this book and I'm excited to see where Mattie is at and what she's up to.
I give this a well deserved 4/5.
A Big Thanks To The Author Sariah for A Copy Of Her Book To Review.
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Cover Reveal: Invisibility - Andrea Cremer & David Levithan
Invisibility
Stephen has been invisible for practically his whole life — because of a curse his grandfather, a powerful cursecaster, bestowed on Stephen’s mother before Stephen was born. So when Elizabeth moves to Stephen’s NYC apartment building from Minnesota, no one is more surprised than he is that she can see him. A budding romance ensues, and when Stephen confides in Elizabeth about his predicament, the two of them decide to dive headfirst into the secret world of cursecasters and spellseekers to figure out a way to break the curse. But things don’t go as planned, especially when Stephen’s grandfather arrives in town, taking his anger out on everyone he sees. In the end, Elizabeth and Stephen must decide how big of a sacrifice they’re willing to make for Stephen to become visible — because the answer could mean the difference between life and death. At least for Elizabeth.
Expected publication: May 2013 by Philomel/Penguin
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