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Summary from Goodreads There’s always one more grave to dig. Lately, life has been unnaturally calm for vampires Cat Crawfield and her husband Bones. They should have known better than to relax their guard, because a shocking revelation sends them back into action to stop an all-out war… A rogue CIA agent is involved in horrifying secret activities that threaten to raise tensions between humans and the undead to dangerous heights. Now Cat and Bones are in a race against time to save their friends from a fate worse than death…because the more secrets they unravel, the deadlier the consequences. And if they fail, their lives—and those of everyone they hold dear— will be hovering on the edge of the grave. Mass Market Paperback , 372 pages Published January 28th 2014 by Avon  My Review   *Sigh* Cat and Bones, oh how I love your wild adventures! I'm so sad that this series is ending *sob*. I'm so thankful that Jeaniene Frost ended her epic series with ...

"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: The Cure For Dreaming by Cat Winters Summary from Goodreads Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl—a suffragist—in an age that prefers its girls to be docile. It’s 1900 in Oregon, and Olivia’s father, concerned that she’s headed for trouble, convinces a stage mesmerist to try to hypnotize the rebellion out of her. But the hypnotist, an intriguing young man named Henri Reverie, gives her a terrible gift instead: she’s able to see people’s true natures, manifesting as visions of darkness and goodness, while also unable to speak her true thoughts out loud. These supernatural challenges only make Olivia more determined to speak her mind, and so she’s drawn into a dangerous relationship with the hypnotist and his mysterious motives, all whi...

Apologies for the long gap in posts! After a month settling (somewhat) into my new position as a Teen Librarian (yay!), I'm feeling the need to start posting again. I'll do a few catchup posts before getting back to the more regular one book at a time review. What have you been reading? Watching? Listening to? Making shadow plays of? Tell me in the comments!

Summary from Goodreads Listen — Travis Coates was alive once and then he wasn’t. Now he’s alive again. Simple as that. The in between part is still a little fuzzy, but he can tell you that, at some point or another, his head got chopped off and shoved into a freezer in Denver, Colorado. Five years later, it was reattached to some other guy’s body, and well, here he is. Despite all logic, he’s still 16 and everything and everyone around him has changed. That includes his bedroom, his parents, his best friend, and his girlfriend. Or maybe she’s not his girlfriend anymore? That’s a bit fuzzy too. Looks like if the new Travis and the old Travis are ever going to find a way to exist together, then there are going to be a few more scars. Oh well, you only live twice. CHAPTER SEVEN A PLACE LIKE HIGH SCHOOL Going back to school was something I never thought I’d have to deal with. By the time I elected to be a science experiment in Denver, I’d been out for about nine months, including ...

On The Cover is a feature I am going to doing every now and again. I will pick one book cover that sticks out, is really interesting or just beautiful - I particularly like a book cover that has a stunning landscape.   I think the cover of a book is very important, it's the first thing a person sees and some of the time it's the reason why a person will pick a book up and read the back. I will just pick a book that catches my eye from throughout the week.   So come on Book Cover Lovers, share with me your favourite book covers. My Pick This Week: Shiver the Whole Night Through by Darragh McManus   Summary from Amazon UK After months of bullying and romantic heartbreak, seventeen-year-old Aidan Flood feels just about ready to end it all. But when he wakes up one morning to find that local beauty and town swee...

Summary from Goodreads A shocking and compelling new YA series from debut author, Amy Ewing; The Handmaid's Tale meets The Other Boleyn Girl in a world where beauty and brutality collide. Violet Lasting is no longer a human being. Tomorrow she becomes Lot 197, auctioned to the highest royal bidder in the Jewel of the Lone City. Tomorrow she becomes the Surrogate of the House of the Lake, her sole purpose to produce a healthy heir for the Duchess. Imprisoned in the opulent cage of the palace, Violet learns the brutal ways of the Jewel, where the royal women compete to secure their bloodline and the surrogates are treated as disposable commodities. Destined to carry the child of a woman she despises, Violet enters a living death of captivity – until she sets eyes on Ash Lockwood, the royal Companion. Compelled towards each other by a reckless, clandestine passion, Violet and Ash dance like puppets in a deadly game of court politics, until they become each other’s jeopar...

Summary from Goodreads Words can change everything, but can they change your destiny? Meredith is leading a straight-laced life in London with her straight-laced fiancé, determined to forget her reckless, wild-child past. They're about to get married. Jamie is an old, poetic soul with a broken heart returning home to Cornwall to get his life back in order. What binds them? One chance meeting thirteen summers ago; one innocent spell spoken after one perfect night... And now history is unravelling; the past and present, merging... Words can change everything, but can they change your destiny? And in the messy world of magic, what part does love play? It's summer all over again, but the spell has only just begun. Full length, contemporary romantic fiction, written in British English. Paperback , 332 pages Published June 17th 2014 by Satin Smoke Press   My Review   The Spell of Summer is quite a bit different from Dianna Hardy's usual works. I went into it...

I'm so excited to share the amazing cover for Sarah Alderson's new book today. It's called Conspiracy Girl and it looks AWESOME! Be sure to check out the little exclusive teaser at the bottom! Summary from Goodreads Everybody knows about the Cooper Killings – the Bel Air home invasion that rocked the nation. There was only one survivor - a sixteen year-old girl. And though the killers were caught they walked free. Now eighteen, Nic Preston - the girl who survived - is trying hard to rebuild her life. She’s security conscious to the point of paranoia and her only friend is a French Mastiff bulldog, but she’s making progress. She’s started college in New York and has even begun dating. But then one night her apartment is broken into and the life Nic’s worked so hard to create is shattered in an instant. Finn Carter - hacker, rule breaker, player – is the last person Nic ever wants to see again. He’s the reason her mother’s killers walked free from court. But as the peo...

 "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: Dangerous Boys by Abigail Haas Summary from Goodreads Three teens venture into the abandoned Monroe estate one night; hours later, only two emerge from the burning wreckage. Chloe drags one Reznick brother to safety, unconscious and bleeding; the other is left to burn, dead in the fire. But which brother survives? And is his death a tragic accident? Desperate self-defense? Or murder? Chloe is the only one with the answers. As the fire rages, and police and parents demand the truth, she struggles to piece together the story of how they got there-a story of jealousy, twisted passion, and the darkness that lurks behind even the most beautiful of faces… Paperback: 336 pages   Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books (14 Aug 2014) Why This...

Hi guys, I'm so excited to be able to give 4...YES 4 UK residents a chance to win signed sets of Easy and Breakable by Tammara Webber. Easy was one of my favourite reads of last year any easily gained a 5 star rating from me (you can read my review here ). This awesome prize will be handled by Penguin, so your details should you win, will be passed on to them. Below is a little bit about each book and then the Rafflecopter for you all to fill in. Easy?! Right! Don't forget it's a UK only giveaway, the 4 winners will be notified via e-mail and each winner will receive signed copies of both Easy and Breakable. As this prize is handled by Penguin, I will not be held responsible for any postage losses or damages. Good luck! Summary from Goodreads The New York Times bestseller I took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly before turning around. It was Lucas who stood there. His gaze was penetrating, not wavering for a moment, and my pulse hammered under his silent scrutiny. I co...

Summary from Goodreads A chilling new trilogy from the author of the internationally bestselling The Last Apprentice series! Tom Ward is an apprentice no longer—now he is a fully fledged spook battling boggarts, witches, and other creatures of the dark. This three-book arc will introduce brand-new readers to Joseph Delaney’s haunting world, and delight longtime fans. Tom Ward is the spook, the one person who can defend the county from ghosts, ghasts, boggarts, witches, and other bloodthirsty creatures of the dark. But he’s only seventeen, and his apprenticeship was cut short when his master died in battle. No one trusts Tom’s skill, not till he’s proven himself. And a fifteen-year-old girl named Jenny knows more about the three mysterious deaths in the county than Tom does. She is a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and she wants to be Tom’s first apprentice—even though a female spook is unheard of. Together, Tom and Jenny will uncover the grave danger heading straig...

Summary from Goodreads "Pure genius... a sharp, clever re-imagining... if Austen was writing now, she might have created something like this." The Guardian on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries may have started as a school project for Lizzie, but it grew into so much more, as the videos came to inform and reflect her life and that of her sisters, beautiful Jane and reckless Lydia. People watched, debated, tweeted, tumblr'd, and suddenly Lizzie was YouTube sensation. But not everything happened on-screen. Lizzie kept a secret diary. The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet is everything you didn't see in her videos - and more. This is Pride and Prejudice as you've never experienced it before! Read The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet , watch the YouTube videos at lizziebennetdiaries.com and check her out on Pinterest, Tumblr and Twitter - become part of the sensation that's captured the imagination of millions of fans! Paperback , 380 pages ...

 "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:   Gates of Thread and Stone by Lori M. Lee     Summary from Amazon In the Labyrinth, we had a saying: keep silent, keep still, keep safe.   Lori M. Lee's debut ya fantasy novel, Gates of Thread and Stone , is about a teenage girl who must carefully stay under the radar and keep her ability—to manipulate the threads of time—a secret, until her brother goes missing and she must risk getting caught up in a revolution in order to save him. Kai learns that nothing is as it seems—including her brother’s past, her father’s identity, and her friendship with dark, troubled Avan. Publisher: Skyscape (5 Aug 2014) Why this book?   I love a time traveling adventure and this sounds a little different from the others. I read a review on Goodreads that ...

Summary from Goodreads Caroline still dreams about West. His warm skin, his taut muscles, his hand sliding down her stomach. Then she wakes up and she's back to reality: West is gone. Before he left, he broke her heart. Then, out of the blue, West calls in crisis. A tragedy has hit his family-a family that's already a fractured mess. Caroline knows what she has to do. Without discussion, without stopping to think, she's on a plane, flying to his side to support him in any way he needs. Though they are together once more, things are totally different. West looks edgy, angry at the world. Caroline doesn't fit in. She should be back in Iowa, finalizing her civil suit against the ex-boyfriend who posted their explicit pictures on a revenge porn website. But here she is. Deeply into West, wrapped up in him, in love with him. Still. They fought the odds once. Losing each other was hard. But finding their way back to each other couldn't be harder. Paperback , 3...

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 , 228 pages Published May 15th 2014 by Hot Key Books (first published May 6th 2014)  My Review   I read We Were Liars a couple of weeks ago and to be honest I'm still reeling and the only phrase that really sums up how I'm feeling after finishing is - Holy Shit I didn't really know what I was going to be picking up with this read. I had avoided reading most of the reviews for fear of the dreaded spoilers. Everywhere I looked I was seeing the hype, so it's fair to say I was excited. I bought it, took it home, started and finished it all in one sitting. Let's just say it more that lives up to the hype. Lockhart is an exceptional writer who's beautifully crafted story is a thing of thrilling wonder....

On The Cover is a feature I am going to doing every now and again. I will pick one book cover that sticks out, is really interesting or just beautiful - I particularly like a book cover that has a stunning landscape.   I think the cover of a book is very important, it's the first thing a person sees and some of the time it's the reason why a person will pick a book up and read the back. I will just pick a book that catches my eye from throughout the week.   So come on Book Cover Lovers, share with me your favourite book covers. My Pick This Week: The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black Summary from Goodreads Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a ba...

Summary from Goodreads Woods had his perfect life mapped out for him. Rise up the ranks of the family business. Marry the rich girl of his parents’ dreams. Pretend that wealth and privilege was all he’d ever wanted. Then a girl named Della breezed into town, a beautifully imperfect stranger who captured his heart and opened his eyes to a new kind of future. Woods is ready and willing to sacrifice everything for her when the sudden death of his father leaves him with his mother to care for and a business to manage. Della is determined to be strong for Woods, even as she’s quietly falling to pieces. No matter how far from home she’s run, the ghosts of her past have never stopped haunting her. Struggling to hide her true feelings from Woods, Della fears she can’t be his rock without dragging him down into the darkness with her. But is she strong enough to let go of the last thing holding her together? Paperback , 256 pages Published December 3rd 2013 by Simon...

Summary from Goodreads The Pre-Sloane Emily didn't go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn't do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell.But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just... disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-selected-definitely-bizarre-tasks that Emily would never try... unless they could lead back to her best friend. Apple Picking at Night? Ok, easy enough.Dance until Dawn? Sure. Why not? Kiss a Stranger? Wait... what? Getting through Sloane’s list would mean a lot of firsts. But Emily has this whole unexpected summer ahead of her, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected) to check things off. Who knows what she’ll find? Go Skinny Dipping? Um... Guest Post In Since You’ve Been Gone, Emily’s BFF Sloane disappears, and leaves behind a mysterious list of thirteen dare...