Tuesday 16 July 2013

Cover Reveal : Snake in the Grass ( Good Gods #2 )



Snake in the Grass (Good Gods #2)

By Staci Hart


Expected Release July 30th


Snake in the Grass (Good Gods #2) 
Author: Staci Hart
Expected Publication date: July 30th , 2013
Published by: Promise Socks Publishing
Genre: 18+ Contemporary Romance, Paranormal Romance

Book Blurb

It’s Round Two of high stakes Love Connection on Olympus, and this time, everything has changed. For Aphrodite, at least.

Ares is on deck, and Aphrodite is nervous. As much as she loves to hook up with him, she doesn’t trust him as far as she could throw him, which isn’t very far. He’s a big dude. They haven’t been together in a very long time, but she can’t resist him. She never could. Even when every part of her screamed that he was a liar.

He has a plan to keep Aphrodite, for good this time. He wants to win the game, but he’ll hold back to get what he wants. He’s sitting on a chance that he’s been waiting thousands of years for, and he’ll do what he has to do to convince her to stay forever.

The only thing that could stop him is the secret that he’s been keeping from her for eons. If she finds out, it will destroy everything.

Aphrodite is getting crap for her choice in player, because from the outside, it looks like a match that would never work.

Kat and Dillon have been through a lot, and everything has been to protect their younger siblings. They sacrificed everything to make sure their brother and sister would be safe. The players are tough and loyal. Fierce and determined. But they become each other’s weakness, even though they fight it, and even though it means danger for Kat and her sister. 

If Aphrodite can get the players over their egos long enough to see that they’re meant for each other, this competition will be a piece of cake. One that she’ll eat a la mode, right in front of Ares, if she beats him.


About the Author


Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom; she has three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife; even though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. Her favorite word starts with f, ends with k, and there a uc in there. Just saying. From roots in Houston, to a seven year stint in Southern California, Staci and her family ended up settling somewhere in between and equally north, in Denver. They are new enough that snow is still magical. When she's not writing, she's sleeping, cleaning, or designing graphics. But let's be honest, she's mostly writing.

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You can also find my review for Book 1 in the Good Gods series Deer in Headlights here.
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Monday 15 July 2013

Teaser Tuesday #20





Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!





This Week's Teaser:

He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his chin. What were the chances that this was the same Darcy? Pulling himself back up to the computer, he logged into his Facebook account and searched for a Darcy White in his area. After scrolling through the results, he grinned. There she was, just as beautiful as ever. She sat on a chair with a beer in her hand and a smile across her face, and she appeared to be having a good time. He scrolled quickly through her info, and then matched the email address listed on her page with the email address in his inbox.

It was her. ”  

―Lacey Wolfe. Wanted: Wife 


I'm reading this one for a blog tour and it seems pretty fun right now! Let's see how it goes. :)



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Saturday 13 July 2013

Review : The Goddess' Choice ( Kronicles of Korthlundia #1 )


The Goddess's Choice
Author:
 Jamie Marchant

Publication date:April 18th 2012
Publisher: Reliquary Press
Genre: YA Fantasy
Purchase from: AmazonB&N



The crown princess Samantha fears she’s mad; no one but she sees colors glowing around people. The peasant Robrek Angusstamm believes he’s a demon; animals speak to him, and his healing powers far outstrip those of his village’s priests. Despite their fears, their combined powers make them the goddess’s choice to rule the kingdom of Korthlundia.
Samantha's ability enables her to discern a person's character through their multi-colored aura, and Robrek's makes him the strongest healer the kingdom has seen in centuries. 

But their gifts also endanger their lives. Royals scheme to usurp the throne by marrying or killing Samantha, and priests plot to burn Robrek at the stake. Robrek escapes the priests only to be captured by Samantha's arch-enemy, Duke Argblutal; Argblutal intends to force the princess to marry him by exploiting Robrek's powers. To save their own lives and stop the realm from sinking into civil war, Robrek and Samantha must consolidate their powers and unite the people behind them.

Received from the author in exchange for an honest review.


Jamie Marchant. You are fabulous.

I love the fantasy genre, so when I received this one I certainly was excited what with that synopsis and that gorgeous cover. But I was pleasantly surprised as to how good this book was and how well the fairy-tale was integrated into it.

The Goddess' Choice is based on a Norwegian Fairytale, 'The Princess and The Glass Hill'. I'd never heard of it before so I took to the internet to find out more about it. Jamie Marchant mentions that the girl in the following fairy-tale is mentioned as nothing more than a prize handed off to the knight than manages to climb the Glass Hill and collect all the golden apples.

Boy did she make Samantha a lot more than that.
Samantha is a strong character from the get-go. I didn't like her very much in the beginning really. She didn't really seem to be really as good a princess as she really is. But she does make you root for her. Robrek is equally as strong as Samantha and though they both made me feel like punching their faces in I just couldn't help but root for them as I knew why they did behave the way they did. The things they went through. Gosh Robrek really does go through a lot.

If Robrek was at Hogwarts, he'd be a Gryffindor. Horribly brave and a whole lot of ego problems ;) .

This story has only the basics of The Princess and The Glass Hill. The rest is all her own. And the sheer brilliance of it!! The story line has it all a despicable villian Argbutal, romantic angst and drama, a few 18+ scenes.

Loved the characters, each of them had a well defined personality, even down to the those magical horses. If you like fantasy and sorcery this one is for you. Looking forward to the next book from Marchant.


I even had the pleasure of asking this great writer a few questions. Do head over to my Interview with Jamie Marchant to find out more about her book, what she's writing and herself.


Rating: 4 Quills




quill design: QioDen

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Friday 12 July 2013

Blog Tour : Catherine's Cross + Giveaway!




Catherins's Cross
Author: Millie West
Publication date: May 17th , 2013
Published by: Boutique of Quality Books
Edition: E-book
Purchase from: Amazon / B&N / BQB publishing



Book Blurb



When Jenks Ellington experiences a sudden, alarming sense of panic about her identical twin sister Gigi, she has to wait until nearly midnight before learning the reason for her unease: Gigi has drowned while diving for artifacts in a Low Country river near Beaufort, South Carolina. Although Beaufort County detective Seth Mason is suspicious of Gigi’s diving partner, there is no evidence of foul play. But, when Gigi’s Port Royal home is broken into and ransacked, Jenks discovers two clues—one of which leads her to the home of a local Gullah medium.


In a painstaking search for answers, Jenks delves more deeply into her twin’s life. Along the way, her bond with Detective Mason reaches unexpected depths. And what secrets could medium Meta Jane be holding? Was Gigi’s death really an accident?





Check out my Review of Catherine's Cross here..


About the Author



A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Millie West has a background in aviation, as well as in real estate, and has owned and been the broker of her own company. A licensed pilot, Millie was one of the first pilots hired by United Parcel Service when they started their flight crew department.
An artist in her own right and a collector of regional art—especially from Charleston—Millie is a supporter of charitable organizations, higher education, and the preservation of South Carolina’s historical treasures. A South Carolina history buff, Millie has spent countless hours exploring the rich historical vestiges of her home state. Her love of the fascinating, complex, and compelling history of the South is expressed in her writing.
Millie resides with her family near Columbia, South Carolina, and is an active participant in her local writer’s group, the Chapin Chapter of the South Carolina Writers Workshop.


Get in Touch


Available for Purchase 

Amazon / B&N / BQB publishing


Giveaway Time !!


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Go ahead and drop on by the other blogs hosting this tour.


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Tour Review : Catherine's Cross





Catherins's Cross
Author: Millie West
Publication date: May 17th , 2013
Published by: Boutique of Quality Books
Edition: E-book
Purchase from: Amazon / B&N / BQB publishing



When Jenks Ellington experiences a sudden, alarming sense of panic about her identical twin sister Gigi, she has to wait until nearly midnight before learning the reason for her unease: Gigi has drowned while diving for artifacts in a Low Country river near Beaufort, South Carolina. Although Beaufort County detective Seth Mason is suspicious of Gigi’s diving partner, there is no evidence of foul play. But, when Gigi’s Port Royal home is broken into and ransacked, Jenks discovers two clues—one of which leads her to the home of a local Gullah medium.

In a painstaking search for answers, Jenks delves more deeply into her twin’s life. Along the way, her bond with Detective Mason reaches unexpected depths. And what secrets could medium Meta Jane be holding? Was Gigi’s death really an accident?


A very short review and pretty to point review this time.

This book had a slow start for me. A bit too slow really. But once the story picks up, it sure captured and held my attention.

I found that Catherine's Cross had a good balance of suspense and romance. Though I felt that even the romance bits seemed a bit slow at first, which is good ofcourse since I am not a fan of insta-love. But this one is more about suspense and about Gigi's death than it could ever be about romance.

 Too much of either and the story would not have flowed like it did. I thoroughly enjoyed the dialect used, it just ushered me into the feel of the south which I adored. And gosh isn't that cover so tasteful yet pretty!?

I really enjoyed the suspense of this book but the really slow beginning put me off for a while and I had to force myself to carry on and read it. Therefore I give it 3.5 quills. That does not mean you shouldn't go ahead and pick this up, in fact you have to! This is a great 4 star read. I'm just being way to nit-picky ;)





Rating: 3.5 Quills






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Thursday 11 July 2013

Harry Potter Moment of the Week #8




This is a meme hosted by Leah Woods over at Uncorked Thoughts. The aim of this meme is to share with fellow bloggers a character, spell, chapter, object or quote from the books/ films/ J. K. Rowling herself or anything Potter related!  This weeks is:

Best odd thing from HP 

(Dumbledore's chamber pot incident, the mad knight etc.)



 Barnabas the Barmy.


An enormous moving tapestry depicting Barnabas the Barmy's foolish attempt to train a group of eight trolls for the ballet hung on the seventh floor corridor of Hogwarts Castle, opposite the entrance to the Room of Requirement. The small group was portrayed by a forest clearing, and some of the trolls were hitting Barnabas with their clubs.

I just need to understand why Barnabas felt the need to train trolls. To show that trolls could be tamed? I'm not really sure. But I've always imagined watching the tapestry and Barnabas repeatedly being clubbed by the trolls and eventually be sat on.

Imagine being famous for being so bonkers.



What do you suppose is  the best odd thing?

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Monday 8 July 2013

Teaser Tuesday #19





Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!





This Week's Teaser:

Jenks felt numb to her very core. She had known all afternoon that something was wrong, but not this. She tried taking deep breaths, but her strenghth failed her. Tears began to well in her eyes, and she nearly choked while speaking. "What happened to her?" ”  

―Millie West. Catherine's Cross 



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Friday 5 July 2013

Blog Tour : Legacy of a Dreamer ( Dreamer #1 )



Author: Allie Jean
Publication date: May 3rd , 2012
Published by: The Writer's Coffee Shop
Genre: YA Fantasy
Edition: E-book
Purchase from: Amazon / B&N / TWCS / iTunes



Book Blurb


Chantal Breelan is a ward of the state, living under the care of a woman who is cold and heartless. Her past is a mystery, and her future is even more uncertain. She can’t recall why she had been taken from her parents and so she’s left with nothing but an empty hole where her childhood should have been. When she awakens from her nightmares, she’s left with terrible, violent images, as well as a boy whose face is oddly familiar, yet can’t be placed.

Scared and alone, Chantal begins to confide in an imaginary friend – a shadow in the shape of a man who stands in the corner of her room. She is comforted when she believes he listens to her.
On her eighteenth birthday, Chantal is forced to leave her foster home. She moves to New York City, but the start of her new life doesn’t begin as smoothly as she’d hoped. In this environment, she faces a whole new set of challenges.

One night at a subway station, Chantal meets a young boy who runs away from her, and she’s compelled to follow him down into the tunnels. But this Rabbit Hole reveals a world where reality is a nightmare. Her dreams are clues to her future, and her life becomes twisted and dangerous when she learns that things that go bump in the night are not just in fairy tales and childhood stories.




Check out my Review of Legacy of a Dreamer here..



Let's have a 
Sneak Peek!

Excerpt

She had to be crazy to venture down here, she thought, chastising herself for the umpteenth time. What if a train came barreling down the tracks?
If nothing else, he needed help. If he happened to be homeless, maybe she could take him to a local shelter. He’d probably run from the system before she knew quite a few kids who’d done the same thing but she couldn’t leave him alone here.
“You know, you shouldn’t be down here. You could get hurt.”
A squeak of a passing rat sent her scurrying deeper into the tunnel, her eyes wide as she searched the surrounding area for any more of the offending creatures.
“Disgusting,” she said, her nose scrunching up. She’d always hated rats.
“Look, I’m going to call the cops if you don’t come out of here. This is ridiculous. You’re going to get hurt!”
A soft laughter could be heard from farther in. Frustrated, she glared toward the sound.
“I’m not going down there,” she said toward the sound. “It’s dark, and I can’t see a damn thing!”
“You’re swearing again,” the boy said, his voice full of humor.
“Hey, I promise I won’t call CPS. Just come out here, and I’ll buy you something to eat.”
“I’m not hungry,” the boy said, behind her all of a sudden. Chantal whirled around, and the boy smiled up at her with an innocent expression.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“Hiding,” he said with a shrug.
“Hiding? From who?”
“You know, you shouldn’t have followed,” he said, ignoring her question.
“I couldn’t walk away knowing that you were down here.” She gestured to their surroundings.
“It isn’t safe,” he stated bluntly, his shadowed eyes fixed on her, unmoving.
“Really?” Chantal said with a note of sarcasm.
“Come on, I’ll buy you a milkshake,” she said as she headed toward the direction of the platform, hoping the boy would follow her. When she didn’t hear him move, she turned to level him with a disapproving glare.
“No.” The boy’s firm tone made her pause. She faced him, seeing how he watched her with a stone posture, his resolve unbreakable. It made her wonder what he must have been through to make him act this way. She
knelt down so she could speak on his level.
“Hey, I promised I wouldn’t call anyone, and I meant that. I just want to make sure you have some food in your stomach, that’s all. You can trust me. My name’s Chantal. What’s yours?”
A hint of curiosity, bordering on mischief, lit his face.
“I’m called Damon,” he said. The way he said the name sent a spark of a remembered fear through her mind. His young, innocent voice had morphed into something new, carrying a deeper timber again. It changed him from a lost little soul to a sinister, mysterious stranger. Chantal paused for a moment, wary. That odd sense of déjà vu chilled her to the core, sending goose bumps along her arms and neck.
“Damon,” she said in a soft whisper as her heart rate picked up, and the boy laughed, seeming to be aware of her unease.
“What’s wrong, sweet girl?” he said, and the way he sneered the term of endearment brought up an old, painful memory: a man stood above her as she crouched in her closet, terrified. She could see in her mind’s eye sharp teeth glinting in the moonlight, red eyes glaring, a man’s face hidden in shadow. It wasn’t her werewolf that watched over her when she slept, leaving her feeling a sense of comfort or safety. In this sudden memory, the man’s menacing canines were terrifying, and he had appeared long before the wolf came to protect her.
“Who are you?” she said, stark terror clogging her windpipe, her throat feeling cold as ice.
“I’m sad you don’t remember me. I guess I didn’t make a memorable impression,” he said in his deep voice. He took a step back into the shadows, but not before he flashed a wicked grin. Unable to make her feet
move, she seemed frozen by confusion and fear.
“Help,” she cried, but it came out soft and inadequate just like the many times she’d awakened in the middle of the night, trembling from a hideous nightmare. Her pathetic attempt made the monster laugh all the harder.
A threatening growl rumbled from where the horrible boy disappeared, sending her searching for the source. The sound of scratching and tearing echoed off the stone walls. She heard a strangled cry of pain in the distance.
A dead silence followed, leaving her wondering why the hell she hadn’t taken off running yet.
“H-hello?” she said, her voice weak and timid, and she took a step backward, her shoe scraping across the loose gravel. It startled her, making her stop. A deep growl echoed from the darkness, and she backed away in earnest. Her head was screaming, run girl . . . danger, scary dude . . . growling! Her body barely able to move the few steps back due to fear and frank curiosity.
Out of the shadows, stepped a creature she’d only heard of in horror stories described as a hellhound. It was the size of a large horse but shaped more like a rabid dog, sharp teeth hanging from a gaping mouth. Smoke came from his huge nostrils as he breathed, his fangs dripping streams of nasty black liquid.
Holy God . . .
She took an unsteady step backward and then another, her mind catching up belatedly with her panicking, uncooperative body. The creature followed her retreat, eyes fixed on his captive. Snarling in anticipation, the thing opened its horrendous mouth and bared its enormous teeth.
Chantal screamed just as the beast leapt to attack, and then her unsteady legs gave out, sending her stumbling to the ground. She covered her head and neck in a vain attempt to protect herself, waiting to feel the bonewrenching pain that was sure to come at any moment.
The attack didn’t happen.
She flinched when she heard a loud bang echoing as if something big hit the brick tunnel hard. She heard the thing growl followed by the sound of scraping metal.
“Go!” a male voice said, and she lifted her arms to see a figure encased in odd wisps of shadow crouching in front of the beast, standing as her guard.
“Go!” he yelled again, turning with a fierce gaze, and when she saw his beautiful blue eyes, she gasped. She knew him, but didn’t know from where.
His features were somehow not completely solid, surrounded by a heavy fog. An odd sense of warmth enveloped her, the earlier panic completely forgotten. She was lost in him—time frozen—as he looked through her.
A terrifying war cry grabbed their attention, and her defender turned back to his enemy, ready to take him on to give her a chance to escape. Chantal stumbled to her feet. She turned and raced away from the battle, heading toward the direction she’d come, the faint hint of train tracks along the ground helping to guide her.
Forgetting the possibility that the train could round the bend at any second or even the reason she’d followed a young boy in the tunnel to begin with, her mind had one purpose: Get out of danger.
She ignored the strange looks from the truant station attendant as she ,climbed onto the platform. Without a single acknowledgment of his hollered questions and threats of police involvement, she sprinted up the stairs toward the street.
As she ran, her mind went into sensory overload, reevaluating everything from her sanity to whether she’d been asleep this entire time. A boy who turned into a rabid beast? She was going mad, but it had all seemed so real.
Who was the dark stranger and where had he come from? Why did he seem so familiar to her, and why did she feel safe once he’d appeared?
Chantal tried to convince herself that she was dreaming, but when she rounded the corner that lead into her apartment complex, she knew the she wasn’t.
Monica approaching their building as well only confirmed what just happened was real.
“Hey, sweets! How did the interview . . . are you all right?” Chantal watched as her friend’s face morphed to abject horror.
“I-I don’t feel good,” Chantal said, shaking.
“Let’s get you inside,” Monica said, ushering up the stairs toward her apartment door.
Chantal let her mind go as her friend helped her inside and pulled her purse from her frozen arm, but she didn’t have the conscious effort to do anything to help. She stared straight ahead blankly, seeing nothing but the gruesome red eyes of the beast, and then the calming of her savior’s gentle gaze.
She heard Monica saying something, but she couldn’t make it out. Her thoughts were consumed with more pressing, life-altering events. Then her answering machine came on. Monica had probably been trying to tell her that the phone was ringing.
“Uh, Chantal, this is Tony,” the manager of the diner said, sounding very timid. “I’m sorry about earlier. You ran out of here before I could explain. I meant no offense, honest. I was testing your ability to take care of yourself, that’s all. New York is a dangerous place. You never know what may blow through the doors.”

  

About the Author



Allie Jean was born with an overactive imagination. She spent her childhood inventing stories and telling tales. Her mind never shut down, even while she slept. Vivid dreams containing extensive, elaborate plot lines of good overcoming evil villains captured her nightly visions, lingering into her waking hours and filling the pages of her well-loved bounded diaries. She was encouraged by her parents, even at a young age, to write down her tales, and it has remained a somewhat secret hobby. As a busy wife, mother and critical care nurse, Allie’s love of storytelling has been reborn through the adventures of her unforgettable characters. 

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Tour Review : Legacy of a Dreamer (Dreamer #1 )



Legacy of a Dreamer ( Dreamer #1 )
Author: Allie Jean
Publication date: May 3rd , 2012
Published by: The Writer's Coffee Shop
Genre: YA Fantasy
Edition: E-book
Purchase from: Amazon / B&N / TWCS / iTunes

Chantal Breelan is a ward of the state, living under the care of a woman who is cold and heartless. Her past is a mystery, and her future is even more uncertain. She can’t recall why she had been taken from her parents and so she’s left with nothing but an empty hole where her childhood should have been. When she awakens from her nightmares, she’s left with terrible, violent images, as well as a boy whose face is oddly familiar, yet can’t be placed.

Scared and alone, Chantal begins to confide in an imaginary friend – a shadow in the shape of a man who stands in the corner of her room. She is comforted when she believes he listens to her.On her eighteenth birthday, Chantal is forced to leave her foster home. She moves to New York City, but the start of her new life doesn’t begin as smoothly as she’d hoped. In this environment, she faces a whole new set of challenges.

One night at a subway station, Chantal meets a young boy who runs away from her, and she’s compelled to follow him down into the tunnels. But this Rabbit Hole reveals a world where reality is a nightmare. Her dreams are clues to her future, and her life becomes twisted and dangerous when she learns that things that go bump in the night are not just in fairy tales and childhood stories.


Received as part of a Blog Tour !

When I initially saw the cover and the title, I believed this to be a contemporary novel and upon reading the vague synopsis seeming to hint at fantasy but don't really find that even during the beginning the book. And as soon as you hit the fantastical fantasy aspect, things took a turn for such awesome-ness. Let me stop being vague myself and get on with it!

Chantal Breelan is a ward of the state, an orphan treated badly by her foster parent and in addition is plagued by terrifying nightmares. As a result she creates an imaginary friend out of the shadows, named Nick, confiding in him about her horrible nightmares.

Soon after being kicked out of her Foster home on her 18th birthday Chantal and moves to NY city where she starts seeing shadows that seem to be after her life. 
Now here's where I'm thinking this girl's psychological  problems have finally gotten to her and she's falling apart. Oh boy........

So when she comes back to her apartment to find the dark evil shadows closing in, who should come out to save her but the warrior Nick himself. Now here's where everything gets going!

Nick who's real name is Mathias, is a warrior, the son of a fallen angel who breaks away from the evil one. He is her protector from creatures lurking in the dark. Chantal soon finds out that all she has known to be true has never been so, while as her nightmares are. Phew.

That's hard for me to grasp myself, imagine being the character!

Mathias was not mentioned in the synopsis, well a lot w
asn't, but not knowing helped me enjoy the story in a different manner. Discovering things about Chantal as she and Mathias discovered it themselves.

The main characters are great and so are a few of the others.  
Chantal maybe confused and afraid yet is strong-willed and determined to find out everything she can and help the warriors as much. Mathias is just great. Caring, affectionate, protective. Perfect boyfriend material I say.
I really liked Damon too, one of the warriors working for the Evil one, after Chantal's life.

The romance between Mathias and Chantal was meh. Nothing special but it certainly didn't turn me off so there's hope yet! Looking forward to it actually.

I'll tell you this. This book is worth picking up. Allie Jean gives us a different read with lots of twists and turns that just keep you turning the pages and wide eyed at the developments. I loved this one! Especially the vivid nightmares. Like wow! Hats off to your imagination.

Nothing left to say other than, looking forward to the next one in the series!


Rating: 4 Quills




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Feature & Follow Friday #17





Increase Blog Followers, gain Book Blog Followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers — but you have to know — the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Rachel of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

This Friday's question :

Today’s is the US’ Independence Day. Share your favorite book with a war in it, or an overthrow of the government.


A lot of dystopian novels could be featured here.

But only one seems to be coming to mind right now (in the dystopian genre) and it'd have to be The Hunger Games.
Then you have The Last Olympian in the Percy Jackson and Olympians series. Like woah the awesome war in that book! I can't believe how people are unwilling to read this series. Go and read it!!

And last but not least I just have to drag in Harry Potter (I can't help myself!). There was The second Wizarding War, with all those those horrible deaths in their fight against ol' Voldy.



So there it is. Which ones are your favorites?

I'd prefer if you could follow me via bloglovin since GFC is to go kaput. :)
Follow on Bloglovin

There's also Networked blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Whichever you prefer really just let me know how you followed down in the comments. :D

Leave a link to your Follow Friday post or let me know your answers in the comments below!
Happy Friday!



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Thursday 4 July 2013

Harry Potter Moment of the Week #7




This is a meme hosted by Leah Woods over at Uncorked Thoughts. The aim of this meme is to share with fellow bloggers a character, spell, chapter, object or quote from the books/ films/ J. K. Rowling herself or anything Potter related!  This weeks is:


Dumbledore's Army vs. Inquisitorial Squad,

who would you choose?


Pretty obvious there ain't it?



Dumbledore's Army all the way! 

Dumbledore's Army, also known as the D.A., was a secret organisation initiated by Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley to teach their fellow Hogwarts students proper Defence Against the Dark Arts, made necessary by the refusal of Dolores Umbridge, to teach anything in her classes other than textbook theory.

I love how the D.A started off as a means learn Defence Against the Dark Arts and went on to be more of a resistance against Umbridge's tyrannous regime. One thing's for sure, even if I didn't join the DA I don't think I could ever, EVER bring myself to join in with the Inquisitorial Squad...

They really do need a Slytherin or two. I think I'll just squeeze in next Michael Corner there.


Who would you choose?

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Tuesday 2 July 2013

Teaser Tuesday #18





Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!






This Week's Teaser:

“Reason fourteen.” I press my forehead against hers, locking her in my gaze. “You are so beautiful. Inside and out. I don’t just need you. I crave you. Everything about you. You are the only person I’ve felt this way about. You’re my best friend.”  

―Becca Ann (alias. Cassie Mae). Reasons I Fell for the Funny Fat Friend 


Heard sooo many good things about this one. This book is funny, period. But it's just not clicking with me so far. I like so many things about it! The chapters are split into reasons why Brody falls for Hayley, the FFF. Here's how it starts off, and tell me if you don't want to pick it up right away?
Reason 1 : You know how to sign the word 'balls'



Please leave a comment with a link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your teasers in a comment!

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