Book Review (166): Vengeance (Transcend Time Saga #2) - Michelle Madow

Vengeance (Transcend Time Saga #2)

by Michelle Madow

Publication: 8th December 2011

Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing

Pages: 66

Genre: Romance/Fantasy

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

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How far would you go to get revenge?

When Chelsea Givens discovered that her ex-boyfriend Drew dumped her to be with her former best friend Lizzie, she'd never felt so betrayed in her life. Then her new friend Shannon tells her she can help set things right. Chelsea's willing to listen, but what Shannon wants her to believe -- that she shared a past life with Drew -- is impossible. And what she wants her to do to get him back … well, it's downright crazy. 

Could Shannon be telling the truth? And if she is, what lengths will Chelsea go if it means making Lizzie pay? 

Find out in Vengeance, the second part of the Transcend Time Saga.

*Vengeance is the short story that bridges the events in Remembrance and the final novel in the Saga.

My Thoughts...

And yet another gorgeous cover to go along with the first book in the series.

Vengeance is a short novella that is a bridge between books one and three, written from Chelsea's pov, the main heroine Lizzie's best-friend.

After the events in Remembrance, we find Chelsea bitter and angry, when she discovers that she shared the same past life with Lizzie and Drew, she is more determined than ever to make Drew hers again, no matter what it costs and to do whatever she has to do to make that happen.

I really liked Chelsea's character in the first book and I felt so bad for her after the events that unfolded, I expected her to be angry but the steps she took in this book to get Drew back were pretty out there especially when she didn't know the results her actions would have.

I'm really liking this series and I can't wait to see how the third book Timeless will finish off the series.

I give this 4/5.

Book Review (165): Remembrance (Transcend Time Saga #1) - Michelle Madow

Remembrance (Transcend Time Saga #1)

by Michelle Madow 

Publication: 27th July 2011
Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing
Pages: 314
Genre: Romance/Fantasy
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
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Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from Regency Era, England ... but she doesn't know it yet.

Then Drew Carmichael transfers into Lizzie's high school at the beginning of the year, and she feels a connection to him, almost like she knows him. She can't stop thinking about him, but whenever she tries talking with him about the mysteries behind her feelings, he makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her. Reaching him is even more difficult because she has a boyfriend, Jeremy, who has started to become full of himself after being elected co-captain of the varsity soccer team, and her flirtatious best friend Chelsea starts dating Drew soon after his arrival. So why can't she get him out of her mind?

Even though Lizzie knows she should let go of her fascination with Drew, fighting fate isn't going to be easy.

My Thoughts...

I've had this book sitting on my tbr mountain for quite a while now, so when I got the chance to review the third book Timeless it gave me a good excuse to finally pick this up.

From the absolutely gorgeous cover to the story inside, it did not disappoint.

Lizzie feels an instant attraction to Drew the first time he walks into the classroom, she has a feeling that she somehow knows him, but he makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her, and starts dating her best-friend Chelsea, and even though Lizzie has a boyfriend Jeremy she just can't seem to get Drew out of her head.

And then Lizzie starts having visions from the past featuring her and Drew and discovers that there's a reason for his demeanor towards her, and it's nothing she could have ever imagined.

I loved the idea of the storyline for this book, the idea of past lives and reincarnation is fascinating when written and incorporated into a story so well.

The imagery you get from Madow's writing is simply amazing, the setting, and the characters are all so very intriguing, this is one series I'm excited to continue on with.

I give this 4/5.

Blog Tour And Giveaway: Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries #1) - Michele Vail, Book Review (164).

Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries #1)

by Michele Vail 

Publication: 20th November 2012

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Pages: 272

Genre: Paranormal

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

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The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird...

Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper—and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. Within days, she's shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite boarding school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. 

Life at Nekyia has its plusses. Molly has her own personal ghoul, for one. Rick follows her there out of the blue, for another...except, there's something a little off about him. When students at the academy start to die and Rath disappears, Molly starts to wonder if anything is as it seems. Only one thing is certain—-Molly's got an undeadly knack for finding trouble....

My Thoughts...

I had this book on my wishlist long before it had a cover, and once the cover was released it had me wanting to read it even more, it is absolutely gorgeous and thankfully the story is as good as I hoped it would be.

Molly works part-time for her Dad at a business that creates and maintains Zombie's called Big Al's Zomporium, her Mum deserted the family when she was younger leaving her Dad and Grandma to raise Molly and her sister.

On her sixteenth birthday Molly is visited by the God Anubis in her dreams and accepts the role of a reaper, it's at her birthday party that she unintentionally inteferes in another reapers job, and the next morning is sent to Nekyia Academy, a boarding school for reapers, where she finds that one of her tutors is Rath, the reaper who's job she unwittingly stuffed up.

And then kids start dying, and people start suspecting Molly, but the question is who can she really trust?

There is a promise of romance between Molly and Rath which I hope will come to fruition in the next book, they would make such a good couple.

One aspect that I really loved about this book was the Egyption Mythology and the way it was incorporated into the story made for a very interesting storyline.

I look forward to continuing on with this series.

I give this 5/5.

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Author Bio...

Michele Vail writes young adult paranormal fiction about zombies and reapers. 

She likes reading, dogs, cats, board games, ghost-hunting shows, and Halloween. She believes in magic, in the impossible, and in the restorative powers of chocolate. 

Michele lives happily-ever-after with her Viking and their family.

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Feature And Follow Friday.

Q: Books are turned into movies all the time! Turn it around. What movie would make a great book?

I'm going to go with Titanic, the version featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

I'm already a huge fan of anything Titanic and so would love to read it as a book.

Beautiful Creatures Movie Poster.

I still need to read this book and get to it before the movie is released.

Book Review (163): A Job From Hell (Ancient Legends #1) - Jayde Scott

A Job From Hell (Ancient Legends #1)

by Jayde Scott

Publication: 1st May 2011

Publisher: Aurora Press

Pages: 371

Genre: Paranormal

Age Appropriate: Young Adult

Buy It: Amazon (U.S.A)   Amazon (U.K)  Barnes & Noble

In a world of love bonds, rituals, dark magic, ancient enemies and immortals, nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted.

Seventeen-year-old Amber enters the paranormal world by chance when her brother, Dallas, sets her up with a summer job in Scotland. Dallas has spied something in the woods he thinks could make them rich beyond their wildest dreams. But instead of finding riches, Amber unknowingly enters a paranormal race—and promptly wins the first prize—a prize for which many would kill. Soon, she discovers her new boss, Aidan, didn’t employ her for her astounding housekeeping skills and he isn't who he claims to be either. 

As the dark forces slowly conspire against Amber, her naivety and love for Aidan catapults her into a calamitous series of otherworldly events. With every immortal creature hunting for her, whom can she trust with her life?

My Thoughts...

I've had this book sitting on my wishlist for quite a while now so when I got a chance to review it I jumped at the chance.

Any book that has anything paranormal mentioned in the blurb I'm willing to read it and I wasn't disappointed with this book, I liked it so much that I read it in a day.

Amber is 17 and has taken a job over the summer to help with her school fees, helped by her brother she arrives in Scotland to a mansion where she is to be the new housekeeper, her new boss Aidan is only ever around at nighttime, along with his brother and his friends.

One night her brother stops by to tell her that he's spotted some gems in a hut out in the woods and he talks her into stealing them, what Amber doesn't know is that by stealing them she has won a race run by different species of paranormals that only occurs every 500 years, and she has also accquired the ability to see spirits which is the prize for the winner, but because she's human a whole lot of the paranormals are  after her, she discovers that there was a reason why she was hired by Aidan, she is meant to be his destined mate!

I loved all the characters in this book, Amber and Aidan were a cute couple and I loved the alternating pov's in the chapters between these two characters, it always interests me to read both sides of the hero and heroine's story.

Another favourite character of mine was Cassandra, she being Lucifer's daughter she was so lovable and completely opposite of what you would assume she would be like.

This book is dark and full of action, great characterisations and an exciting storyline, and I cannot wait to carry on with the rest of the series.

I give this 4/5.

Mailbox Thursday.

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...

Lullaby (Watersong #2) - Amanda Hocking (Pan Macmillan Australia)