8.19.2013

(review) Freak of Nature by Julia Crane

Freak of Nature by Julia Crane
Series: IFICS #1
Release date: January 9th 2013
Publisher: Valknut Press 
Pages: 167
Source: Bought (ebook)
Rating: ★★★★☆

When seventeen-year-old Kaitlyn checked the box, she never suspected she’d have her life–and her body–stolen from her. She awakens one day in a secret laboratory to discover that her body is now half-robot and is forced to hide her own secret: that she still has human emotions and a human mind. If the scientists who made her find out, they’ll erase what remains of who she was. Kaitlyn finds an unlikely ally in Lucas, a handsome, brilliant scientist who can’t get over the guilt he feels knowing she was once a vibrant, beautiful young woman. He never expected a science project to affect him the way she does. As he tries to help her rediscover her past, he finds himself falling for the brave girl struggling to find her place and acceptance between the human and computer worlds.

(review) Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White 
Series: Paranormalcy #1
Release date: August 31st 2010
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 242
Source: Bought (ebook)
Rating: ★★★★★

Evie’s always thought of herself as a normal teenager, even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shape-shifter, and she’s the only person who can see through paranormals’ glamours. But Evie’s about to realize that she may very well be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures. So much for normal.

8.17.2013

(review) Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
Series: White Rabbit Chronicles #1
Release date: September 25th 2012
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Pages: 304
Source: Bought (ebook)
Rating: ★★★★☆

She won't rest until she's sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever. Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that's all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone. Her father was right. The monsters are real. To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn't careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies

8.11.2013

Artwork: East of the Sun, West of the Moon



An Artwork by me, inspired by the Norwegian folk tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

(review) A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest

A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest
Series: A Shade of Vampire #1
Release date: December 14th 2012
Publisher: Self-published
Pages: 152
Source: Given by the author (ebook)
Rating: ★★★★☆


On the evening of Sofia Claremont's seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake. A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood. She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to shine. An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains. Sofia's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn when she is the one selected out of hundreds of girls to join the harem of Derek Novak, the dark royal Prince. Despite his addiction to power and obsessive thirst for her blood, Sofia soon realizes that the safest place on the island is within his quarters, and she must do all within her power to win him over if she is to survive even one more night. Will she succeed? ...or is she destined to the same fate that all other girls have met at the hands of the Novaks?

8.10.2013

(review) The Curse Girl by Kate Avery Allison

The Curse Girl by Kate Avery Allison
Release date: May 14th 2011
Publisher: Self-published
Pages: 194
Source: Bought (ebook)
Rating: ★★★

When Bee is imprisoned in a magical, cursed house because of her father's selfish choices, she has just one plan... escape! But she must solve a riddle and help her fellow prisoners break the curse that binds them all before she can leave, and that is proving more difficult than she originally thought thanks to the bitter young master of the house, Will. Will wants nothing to do with Bee or her help (and he certainly isn't planning on falling in love with her), but he might have underestimated just how determined and clever--and irresistible--she can be.


(review) Suddenly Royal by Nicole Chase

Suddenly Royal by Nicole Chase
Series: Suddenly #1
Release date: April 17rd 2013
Publisher: Self-published
Pages: 465
Source: Bought (ebook)
Rating: ★★★


Samantha Rousseau is used to getting her hands dirty. Working toward a master’s degree in wildlife biology while helping take care of her sick father, she has no time for celebrity gossip, designer clothes, or lazy vacations. So when a duchess from the small country of Lilaria invites her to dinner, Samantha assumes it’s to discuss a donation for the program. The truth will change the course of her life in ways she never dreamed. Alex D’Lynsal is trying to keep his name clean. As crown prince of Lilaria, he’s had his share of scandalous headlines, but the latest pictures have sent him packing to America and forced him to swear off women—especially women in the public eye. That is, until he meets Samantha Rousseau. She’s stubborn, feisty, and incredibly sexy. Not to mention heiress to an estate in his country, which makes her everyone’s front-page news. While Sam tries to navigate the new world of politics and wealth, she will also have to dodge her growing feelings for Alex. Giving in to them means more than just falling in love; it would mean accepting the weight of an entire country on her shoulders.

(review) Covet by Melissa Darnell

Covet by Melissa Darnell
Series: The Clann #2
Release date: October 1st 2012
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Pages: 304
Source: Bought (ebook)
Rating: ★★★★


Dangerous to be together. Painful to be apart. Savannah Colbert knows she broke up with Tristan Coleman for the right reasons. Most of all, to keep from killing him with her new vampire abilities. But try telling her heart. Now, lost in a sea of hostile Clann faces, Sav tries to come to terms with what she's becoming and what that means for her future. And that someone is doing their best to bully her into making a terrible mistake. Tristan can't believe Sav won't even talk to him. If being apart is her decision, fine. Just don't expect him to honor it. But even as he prepares to fight for the girl he loves, forces beyond their control take them both in directions neither could have foreseen or prepared for. A reckoning is coming...and not everyone will survive.

(review) Above by Leah Bobet

Above by Leah Bobet
Release date: April 1st 2012
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 368
Source: Bought (hardcover)
Rating: 

Matthew has loved Ariel from the moment he found her in the tunnels, her bee’s wings falling away. They live in Safe, an underground refuge for those fleeing the city Above—like Whisper, who speaks to ghosts, and Jack Flash, who can shoot lightning from his fingers. But one terrifying night, an old enemy invades Safe with an army of shadows, and only Matthew, Ariel, and a few friends escape Above. As Matthew unravels the mystery of Safe’s history and the shadows’ attack, he realizes he must find a way to remake his home—not just for himself, but for Ariel, who needs him more than ever before.

(review) Crave by Melissa Darnell

Crave by Melissa Darnell
Series: The Clann #1
Release date: October 25th 2011
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Pages: 416
Source: Bought (ebook)
Rating: ★★★★

Forbidden to Love Doomed to Fail Savannah Colbert has never known why she's so hated by the kids of the Clann. Nor can she deny her instinct to get close to Clann golden boy Tristan Coleman. Especially when she recovers from a strange illness and the attraction becomes nearly irresistible. It's as if he's a magnet, pulling her gaze, her thoughts, even her dreams. Her family has warned her to have nothing to do with him, or any members of the Clann. But when Tristan is suddenly everywhere she goes, Savannah fears she's destined to fail. For years, Tristan has been forbidden to even speak to Savannah Colbert. Then Savannah disappears from school for a week and comes back...different, and suddenly he can't stay away. Boys seem intoxicated just from looking at her. His own family becomes stricter than ever. And Tristan has to fight his own urge to protect her, to be near her no matter the consequences...

8.09.2013

(review) Winter Queen by Amber Argyle

Winter Queen by Amber Argyle
Series: Fairy Queens #1
Release date: June 19th 2013
Publisher: Starling Publishing
Pages: 254
Source: Bought (kindle edition)
Rating: ★★★★


~Becoming a winter queen will make Ilyenna as cold and cruel and deadly as winter itself, but it might be the only way to save her people from a war they have no hope of winning.~ Mortally wounded during a raid, seventeen-year-old Ilyenna is healed by winter fairies who present her with a seductive offer: become one of them and share their power over winter. But that power comes with a price. If she accepts, she will become a force of nature, lose her humanity, and abandon her family. Unwilling to pay such a high price, Ilyenna is enslaved by one of the invaders, Darrien. While in captivity, she learns the attack wasn’t just a simple raid but part of a larger plot to overthrow her entire nation. With the enemy stealing over the mountains and Darrien coming to take her to his bed, Ilyenna must decide whether to resurrect the power the fairies left behind. Doing so will allow her to defeat Darrien and the other invaders, but if she embraces winter, she will lose herself to that destroying power—forever.

(review) Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Series: Divergent #2
Release date: May 1nd 2013
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 525
Source: Bought (hardcover)
Rating: ★★★★★


One choice can transform you, or destroy you. Every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves, and herself, while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

(review) Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent by Veronica Roth
Series: Divergent #1
Release date: (UK version) February 2nd 2012
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 489
Source: Bought (paperback)
Rating: ★★★


In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her. 

Starting a book blog

This is just a starter post, the one I always made in every blog I made, to indicate the start (I think). I've probably made dozens of blogs by now, but never a book blog. So I think this might be fun. If you read this by any chance, thanks for visiting! hope you enjoy my posts.
(I apologize for any mistakes regarding my English, it's not my first language, so...)