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Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly - Blogger Blast!

Summary from Goodreads Waterfire Saga is an epic new series set in the depths of the ocean where six mermaids seek to save their world. Written by Carnegie Medal winning author of A Gathering Light, Jennifer Donnelly. When Serafina, a mermaid of the Mediterranean Sea, awakens on the morning of her betrothal, her biggest worry should be about reuniting with handsome Prince Mahdi, her childhood crush. Instead she finds herself haunted by strange dreams foretelling the return of an ancient evil, and dealing with the deaths of her parents as assassins storm the betrothal ceremony, plunging the city into chaos. Led only by her shadowy dreams and pursued by the invading army, Serafina and her best friend Neela embark on a quest to avenge her parents' death and prevent a war between the mer nations. In the process they discover a plot that threatens their - and our - world's very existence. Hardcover , 368 pages Expected publication: May 1st 2014 by H...

Waiting on Wednesday #65

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Summary from Goodreads We are the Liars. We are beautiful, privileged and live a life of carefree luxury. We are cracked and broken. A story of love and romance. A tale of tragedy. Which are lies? Which is truth? Paperback , 240 pages Expected publication: May 15th 2014 by Hot Key Books (first published May 13th 2014) Why this Book? There has been a lot of hype surrounding this book already. I think it sounds tragically romantic and very real and beautiful. The summary doesn't give much away but the reviews are wonderful. Really looking forward to this one. What are you 'Waiting On'?

Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (review re-post)

Summary from Goodreads Their love has just begun. Now the end of days is coming . . . Ethan Wate is in love with a Caster girl. When he looks at Lena, it's like there's no one else in the world. But Ethan is mortal, and on her seventeenth birthday Lena made a choice that changed everything. The girl Ethan loves has broken the world with the supernatural powers she is struggling to control . . . Now, if they are to fix the chaos Lena has caused, one of them must make a terrible sacrifice. Sometimes there isn't just one answer. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending. Paperback , 516 pages Published October 18th 2011 by Penguin Books My Review The Caster Chronicles are one of my favourite series of all time, then I read Beautiful Chaos and fell in love all over again with the whole world. I love all the characters, and I really care what happens to nearly each and every one of them. Th...

Earthfall by Mark Walden

Summary from Goodreads The battle for mankind is about to begin in this riveting story of Earth’s invasion from the author of the H.I.V.E. series. Sam awakens to see strange vessels gathered in the skies around London. As he stares up, people stream past, walking silently toward the enormous ships, which emit a persistent noise. Only Sam seems immune to the signal. Six months later, he is absolutely alone. Or so he thinks. Because after he emerges from his underground bunker and is wounded by a flying drone, a hail of machine-gun fire ultimately reveals two very important truths: One, Sam is not, in fact, alone. And two, the drone injury should have killed him—but it didn’t. With his home planet feeling alien and the future unstable and unclear, Sam must navigate a new world in this gripping adventure. Paperback , 368 pages Published February 6th 2014 by Bloomsbury Childrens (first published June 1st 2010) My Review Why o...

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Summary from Goodreads Some loves are meant to be. Others are cursed . . . One night in the rain, Ethan Wate opened his eyes and fell in love with Lena Duchannes. His life would never be the same. Lena is a Caster and her family is locked in a supernatural civil war: full of darkness and demons. On her sixteenth birthday Lena made a terrifying choice, which now haunts her day and night. And as her seventeenth birthday approaches Lena and Ethan face even greater danger. A Caster and a Mortal can never truly be together. Every kiss is a curse. Ethan's next heartbeat could be his last. It is their curse now . . . Paperback , 503 pages Published 2013 by Penguin Books (first published October 12th 2010) Quickie Review I am in love with these Caster Chronicles books! They are a form of escapism for me and I love nothing more than to get wrapped up in the Gatlin bubble. I would actually love to liv...

The Dead Ground by Claire McGowan - Blog Tour!

Summary from Goodreads A stolen baby. A murdered woman. A decades-old atrocity. Something connects them all. A month before Christmas, and Ballyterrin on the Irish border lies under a thick pall of snow. When a newborn baby goes missing from hospital, it's all too close to home for forensic psychologist Paula Maguire, who's wrestling with the hardest decision of her life. Then a woman is found in a stone circle with her stomach cut open and it's clear a brutal killer is on the loose. As another child is taken and a pregnant woman goes missing, Paula is caught up in the hunt for a killer no one can trace, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Paperback , 391 pages Published April 10th 2014 by Headline About the Author Claire McGowan was born in 1981 in a small Irish village where the most exciting thing that ever happened was some cows getting loose on the road. After studying at Oxford and living in China and France, she now lives in ...

The Lost (Paula Maguire #1) by Claire McGowan

Summary from Goodreads Not everyone who's missing is lost... When two teenage girls go missing along the Irish border, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire has to return to the hometown she left years before. Swirling with rumour and secrets, the town is gripped by fear of a serial killer. But the truth could be even darker. Not everyone who's lost wants to be found... Surrounded by people and places she tried to forget, Paula digs into the cases as the truth twists further away. What's the link with two other disappearances from 1985? And why does everything lead back to the town's dark past- including the reasons her own mother went missing years before? Nothing is what it seems... As the shocking truth is revealed, Paula learns that sometimes, it's better not to find what you've lost. Paperback , 384 pages Published April 1st 2013 by Headline (first published January 1st 2013) My Review The Lost is an e...

Storm by Brigid Kemmerer‏ - Blog Tour Giveaway!

Summary from Goodreads Secrets are hard to keep when your life's at stake. Becca Chandler is suddenly getting all the guys; all the ones she doesn't want. When she saves Chris Merrick from a beating in the school parking lot, everything is about to change. Chris is different from the guys at school... really different. He can control water just like his brothers can control fire, wind, and earth. The brothers are powerful and dangerous. And now that Becca knows the truth, so is she. When the mysterious new kid, Hunter, turns up, Becca thinks she can trust him. But when he goes head-to-head with Chris, Becca's left wondering who's hiding the most dangerous truth of all. Paperback , 320 pages Expected publication: April 17th 2014 by Much-in-Little (first published April 24th 2012) Giveaway Right guys, I have up for grabs one paperback copy of Storm by Brigid Kemmerer (lucky ducks). The lovely folks over at Much-in-Lit...

Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi

Summary from Goodreads Their love and their leadership have been tested. Now it's time for Perry and Aria to unite the Dwellers and the Outsiders in one last desperate attempt to bring balance to their world. The race to the Still Blue has reached a stalemate. Aria and Perry are determined to find this last safe-haven from the Aether storms before Sable and Hess do-and they are just as determined to stay together. Meanwhile, time is running out to rescue Cinder, who was abducted by Hess and Sable for his unique abilities. And when Roar returns to camp, he is so furious with Perry that he won't even look at him, and Perry begins to feel like they have already lost. Out of options, Perry and Aria assemble a team to mount an impossible rescue mission - because Cinder isn't just the key to unlocking the Still Blue and their only hope for survival, he's also their friend. And in a dying world, the bonds between people are what matter most. In this final book in...

Waiting on Wednesday #64

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: Out of Control by Sarah Alderson Summary from Goodreads When 17 year old Liva witnesses a brutal murder she’s taken into police custody for her own protection. But when the police station is attacked and bullets start flying it becomes clear that Liva is not just a witness, she’s a target. Together with a car thief called Jay, Liva manages to escape the massacre but now the two of them are alone in New York, trying to outrun and outwit two killers who will stop at nothing to find them. When you live on the edge, there’s a long way to fall. Paperback , 320 pages Expected publication: May 22nd 2014 by Simon & Schuster UK Why this book? Well, I'm a fan of Sarah's writing style, so that had me checking it out. It...

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Summary from Goodreads Is falling in love the beginning . . . or the end? In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets . . . There is a girl. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head . . . Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes. There is a curse. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. And no one can stop it. In the end, there is a grave. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. Ethan never even saw it coming. My Review Beautiful Creatures is a gorgeous tale, set in a small town where nothing exciting ever happens - until Lena Duchannes that is.... Main character Ethan Wate, is blown away be the arrival of Lena, who he seems to recognise from his rather strange dreams. Lena doesn't fit into small to w n Gatlin life, where everything is ordinary and her quirky brand of weird sticks out like a sore thumb. There is a...

Flirty Dancing by Jenny McLachlan

Summary from Goodreads Bea Hogg is shy but fiery inside. When national dance competition Starwars comes to her school looking for talent, she wants to sign up. It's just a shame her best friend agreed to enter with school super-cow Pearl Harris. Bea will fight back! But when school hottie, Ollie Matthews, who also happens to be Pearl’s boyfriend, decides to enter the competition with Bea, she will have more than a fight on her hands. This warm, nuanced, hilarious story about friendship, fortitude . . . and dancing is impossible not to fall in love with. Jenny’s voice is fresh and convincing, and she handles both darker and lighter elements of the story with equal panache. Paperback , 300 pages Expected publication: July 3rd 2014 by Bloomsbury Childrens My Review Tee hee! This is an incredibly funny read that I thoroughly enjoyed snorting out loud to like an idiot! Even though it was funny, it had some more serious notes and also lots of little posi...

Hate by Alan Gibbons - Blog Tour!

Summary from Goodreads Eve's older sister, Rosie, was bright and alive and always loved being the centre of attention. Then one day, she is brutally murdered. Six months later, Eve meets Antony and discovers that he was there the night Rosie died and did nothing to help. Is there any way she can ever get past that? Inspired by the Sophie Lancaster murder in 2007, which saw Sophie and her partner Rob viciously attacked in Stubbylee Park, Bacup, Lancashire because of the way they dressed. This is a hard-hitting real-life thriller about friendship, courage, loss, forgiveness and about our society and communities. Paperback , 304 pages Publication: April 10th 2014 by Indigo My Review Hate is a powerful story, a moving story and a story that speaks volumes! It forces the reader to sit up and take notice....also think! This story is inspired by the tragic murder of Sophie Lancaster. It very powerfully pushes home the standing up for who and what you are p...

Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke - Blog Tour!

Summary from Goodreads Faded Gatsby glamour and thrilling gothic horror meet in this gorgeously told, terrifying and dreamy YA romance. You stop fearing the devil when you're holding his hand... Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White's sleepy, seaside town...until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet's crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Violet's grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who likes coffee and who kisses you in a cemetery... Violet's already so knee-deep in love, she can't see straight. And that's just how River likes it. Paperback , 368 pages Published April 3rd 2014 by Faber & Faber (first published August 15th 2013) My ...

Waiting on Wednesday #63

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: Murder Most Unladylike: A Wells and Wong Mystery (Wells & Wong Mystery 1) by Robin Stevens Summary from Goodreads Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secret detective agency, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't, really.) But then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym. She thinks it must all have been a terrible accident - but when she and Daisy return five minutes later, the body has disappeared. Now the girls know a murder must have taken place . . . and there's more than one person at Deepdean with a motive. Now Hazel and Daisy not only ...

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Summary from Goodreads Cassie Hobbes is not like most teenagers. Most teenagers don’t lose their mother in a bloody, unsolved kidnapping. Most teenagers can’t tell who you are, where you’re from and how you’re likely to behave within moments of meeting you. And most teenagers don’t get chosen to join The Naturals. Identified by the FBI as uniquely gifted, Cassie is recruited to an elite school where a small number of teens are trained to hone their exceptional abilites. For Cassie, trying to make friends with the girls, and to figure out the two very different, very hot boys, is challenging enough. But when a serial killer begins recreating the details of her mother’s horrific crime scene, she realises just how dangerous life in The Naturals could be... Paperback , 352 pages Published November 7th 2013 by Quercus My Review The Naturals isn't at all like I was expecting. It's a very intelligent read, that is very well researched - this is probably due...

Guest Post from Kat Ellis - Author of Blackfin Sky!

Summary from Goodreads When Sky falls from Blackfin Pier and drowns on her sixteenth birthday, the whole town goes into mourning – until she shows up three months later like nothing happened. Unravelling the mystery of those missing months takes Sky to the burned-out circus in the woods, where whispers of murder and kidnapping begin to reveal the town’s secrets. But Sky’s not the only one digging up the past – the old mime from the circus knows what happened to her, and he has more than one reason for keeping quiet about it. Paperback , 252 pages Expected publication: May 14th 2014 by Firefly Press Guest Post I was really late to the party with young adult fiction. I mean 10 years late. I read adult crime novels almost exclusively when I was a teenager – with a few classics mixed in because I had to read them for school. So I didn’t really discover YA fiction until I was in my mid-twenties, and then it was TWILIGHT – and not even the book. The film. It was...

Waiting on Wednesday #62

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick Summary from Goodreads Sometimes danger is hard to see... until it’s too late. Britt Pfeiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn't prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, wants to join her. Before Britt can explore her feelings for Calvin, an unexpected blizzard forces her to seek shelter in a remote cabin, accepting the hospitality of its two very handsome occupants—but these men are fugitives, and they take her hostage. In exchange for her life, Britt agrees to guide the men off the mountain. As they set off, Britt knows she must stay alive long enough for Calvin to find her. The task is made even more complicated when Britt finds chilling evidence of a se...