Tuesday, June 11, 2013

REVIEW: Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron

Deeper We Fall by Chelsea M. Cameron


Title: Deeper We Fall
Series: Fall And Rise #1
Author: Chelsea M. Cameron
Publication Date: January 24th 2013
Publisher: DRC Publishing


Two years after her best friend was involved in a car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury, Lottie Anders is ready to start her freshman year of college. Ready to move on. Ready to start forgetting the night that ripped her life apart.
Her plans come to a screeching halt when not one, but both brothers responsible for the accident end up back in her life again.
Zack is cruel, selfish and constantly rubbing what happened to her friend in Lottie's face.
Zan is different. He listens to her awkward ramblings. He loves "To Kill a Mockingbird" as much as she does, and his dark eyes are irresistible. His words are few and far between, but when he does speak, she can't help but listen.
The trouble is, Zan was the driver in the accident, and now Lottie's discovered he lied to her about what happened that night. Now she must decide if trusting him again will lead to real forgiveness, or deeper heartache.
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*Review copy provided by NetGalley*

My Review


I really had high hopes for this book, and to be honest, it did reached my expectations in just some parts. I really like the plot, the characters and the relationship between the characters. 

Lottie (Charlotte) Anders' best friend, Lexie, was in a car accident involving two drunk boys, a car and a deer. Lexie now has a traumatic brain injury, she doesn't remember Lottie being her best friend and she doesn't remember the car accident or what happened before that either. Of course, I could feel the pain that Lottie felt whenever she visited Lexie, that this Lexie wasn't like the Lexie before. I could see the sudden empty space in her life whenever we get to see Lexie. 

Another thing I really love about this book was the relationship between the siblings and friends. I seriously am so jealous of Lottie and Will's relationship. I mean, I know that they are twins and everything, but they just make me so jealous and make me miss my older sister more. I seriously want a Twindar. HAHA!! And of course, how can I forget about Zack and Zan (Alexander). Zack is kind of a jerk towards girls and other people, but really, when it comes down to his brother, he's really protective. He tries to help Zan become himself again and I find that really nice between brothers. Normally, whenever you see brothers, you always see them fighting. But between Zack and Zan, they know everything about each other, and they support each other.

The only thing I have a problem with this book was that, I didn't feel a connection. Between Lottie and Zan, I couldn't feel the connection between them and I just couldn't picture their hate-like relationship going anywhere. I found myself liking the other characters more than the main characters. I mean, I fell in love with Stryker and felt in instant connection. It was like I NEEDED to read and know more about Stryker, but with Zan and Lottie, I just couldn't feel anything. 

I also have to say this. I LOVE SIMON!! I'm telling you!! He has got to be the best best friend and roommate EVER!! I just love him in every way that you can describe. 

Even though I couldn't feel a connection with Zan and Lottie, the next book is about Stryker and I REALLY NEED to know more about Stryker. I mean, I fell in love straight away, at his protectiveness. And of course, how can I forget? His lip ring!!! He has a lip ring!! AHHH!! 

I cannot wait to buy the next book "Faster We Burn" !!! Eeeeeeh!! So happy!!

About The Author


Chelsea M. Cameron is a YA/NA New York Times/USA Today Best Selling author from Maine. Lover of things random and ridiculous, Jane Austen/Charlotte and Emily Bronte Fangirl, red velvet cake enthusiast, obsessive tea drinker, vegetarian, former cheerleader and world's worst video gamer. When not writing, she enjoys watching infomercials, singing in the car and tweeting (this one time, she was tweeted by Neil Gaiman). She has a degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono that she promptly abandoned to write about the people in her own head. More often than not, these people turn out to be just as weird as she is.
Her New Adult Contemporary Romance titles include My Favorite Mistake, which has been bought by Harlequin along with a sequel, Deeper We Fall and Faster We Burn (April 20, 2013)
Her Young Adult books include Nocturnal, Nightmare and Neither, the first three books in The Noctalis Chronicles. The fourth and final book, Neverend will be out in 2013. Whisper, the first in The Whisper Trilogy is also available, with the second book in the series, Silence and the final book, LIsten coming out in 2014.


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Monday, June 10, 2013

BLOG STOP & GIVEAWAY: A Sliver Of Hope by Karla J. Nellenbach




Title: A Sliver Of Hope
Author: Karla J. Nellenbach
Publication Date: March 25th 2013
Publisher: Booktrope Editions



My twin sister was the only person in the world I thought I’d known inside and out. Apparently, I was wrong.
Twin sisters share a unique bond, one that can't be broken by miles, time, or even death. Hannah and Hope Morton are no exception. When Hope takes her own life, Hannah loses a sister and a best friend, a catastrophe she isn't sure she'll survive herself.
With her family in ruins, Hannah is slowly disappearing, drowning in a sea of misery. Even her wild, energetic best friend can't pull her out of her grief. Desperate to help Hannah, her brother comes home from college, bringing his best friend Julian along, the first boy to break Hannah’s heart. None of their efforts are enough to pull Hannah off her self destructive path, though. Julian is the only one who can get through to her, working his way into her frozen soul with cocky remarks and genuine love that warms her from the inside out.
As Hannah works to find answers, she continues to uncover new secrets and people that reveal a side of Hope she had never shared with her twin. Alone now, Hannah must make a decision of her own: move on and start a new life with the people she has left, or let the weight of her grief drag her down with her sister.

My Review


A Sliver Of Hope was really about not realising that you are disappearing until you're already too far gone. Hannah and Hope are twin sisters. They are two beans in a pod, two souls and one heart. So when Hope takes her own life, Hannah is left alone with nothing to clue her in on why Hope did it.

I really enjoyed this book! One surprising part of this book though, was that it was written in a diary entry. I found that really different and unique compared to other books out there and it was a great change. 

Hannah was a really likeable girl, I felt like I really connected with her in some ways. I haven't lost anyone really close to me yet, so I wouldn't know what it felt like. But I could feel that pain that Hannah felt inside by reading the author's words. It was just so addicting, like I was living as Hannah, feeling all of her emotions. Anger, happiness and pain.

By reading the diary entries that she wrote, I really could picture everything that she was describing. And of course, I really love Hannah's relationship with her brother. How he was so protective towards his sister, and how he cares so much about her. 

Of course, how can I forget about Julian? He was charming, he's really protective of Hannah as well, but in a really good way. I really love Karla's writing. I love how she wrote the story in a diary entry instead of a normal story, I really love how unique this book was!! 

It was a bit short, but that just made me want MORE!! I can't wait to see what Karla has in store next!! I just couldn't put this down!!!

GIVEAWAY!!

About The Author


Karla Nellenbach divides her time between day jobbing, writing, and indulging in her Winchester obsession. The rest of her day is spent playing butler to a cranky old man masquerading as a housecat and two rambunctious puppies that closely resemble small horses. Born and raised in the wilds of Michigan, she knows two immutable facts: (1) it is entirely possible to live in a thumb, and (2) you definitely can go home again…you just might not survive the winter. Having resided in the sunscape of Florida for the last decade, she’s still on a quest to see a real live alligator outside of the “petting” zoo. Karla is currently at work on her next novel.  You can find more information on Karla and her work at her website, The Last Word: http://www.karlanellenbach.com/




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Sunday, June 09, 2013

BLOG STOP & GIVEAWAY: Edge Of Truth by Natasha Hanova




Title: Edge Of Truth
Author: Natasha Hanova
Publication Date: June 6th 2013
Publisher: Sapphire Star Publishing



Citizens who report to work on time, obey the Overlord’s laws, and stay off the Synbot’s radar, live long lives. Long, dull, monotonous lives.
It’s not a bad plan for someone with a hidden, emotion-based ability to trigger earthquakes. In a world pitted against her, sixteen-year-old Rena Moon strives for a life beyond working herself to death at the factory. Seeing an alternative, she risks selling relics from the forbidden lands at Market. It becomes the worst decision she ever made. Someone kidnaps her best friend in exchange for the one thing that would end her oppression.
Driven by loyalty, Rena and seventeen-year-old Nevan Jelani, soulful composer, green thumb extraordinaire, and the secret love of her life, plot to rescue her friend and reclaim her salvage. Still, the thought lingers whether Nevan is a true hero or another thief waiting for his chance at her loot. Events spin wildly, deepening Rena’s suspicions and pushing her limit of control. With more than her chance for freedom at stake, she must decide if she’s willing to kill to protect what’s precious to her. For once, the Overlord isn’t holding all the power, but can Rena live with being reduced to what she’s trying so hard to escape?

My Review


I didn't expect to like this book as much as I thought. Edge Of Truth was different than some other dystopian books out there, in this book, it had a bit of paranormal twist in it. 

The main character Rena is a 16-year-old girl who is one of the "Others". She keeps it a secret because if the government found out, they would take her, as well as other "Others" out there. I can related to her in some ways, but to be honest, she was a bit weak for my liking. I ended up liking her best friend, Blaze, better than her. Rena is strong in some ways, like dealing with the death of her mother and now dealing with the new woman that has gotten into her dad's arms. I could feel her annoyance towards the fact that her mother just died and her father is already moving on with another woman. But to take her mind of her family problems, she has a secret crush on Nevan, a boy who is quite famous towards the girls. 

Nevan is pretty protective over Rena. When we first meet him, he seems quite and very secretive. But when we get deeper into the story, we get to know more about Nevan as he begans to open up more towards Rena. 

The only thing that I thought was missing from the story was that there were parts that were really confusing to understand, and there were a few questions left answered. Like, why are there "Others"? It doesn't seem genetic, but there were no reasons. And why did the Government take the "Others" away? What harm could they do? Those were the questions that I wanted the answers for while I was reading the book. But other than that, I like the plot, the characters and the mystery of the caves and the artifacts hidden within the caves.

GIVEAWAY!!



About The Author


Natasha Hanova is an award-winning author of young adult and adult dark fantasy/paranormal fiction. Her short stories are published in Undead Tales 2, October Nightmares and Dreams, and Once Upon a Christmas. She is a member of Novel Clique, YALitChat, and an Affiliate member of the Oklahoma Writer’s Federation, Inc. She lives in Kansas with her wonderful husband, twin boys, and daughter.


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Saturday, June 08, 2013

BLOG STOP & GIVEAWAY: Guardian Angel series by Skyla Madi




Title: Your Guardian Angel
Author: Skyla Madi
Series: Guardian Angel #1
Publication Date: December 2012


For Ruby Moore life is far more complicated than that of your average teen, for she is in no way average. Ruby is a vampire and her life as a vampire is far from traditional.
It has been one year since her normal life was brutally taken from her. Still adjusting to the shock of the change from mortal to immortal, her world is rocked again and she is taken under the wings of a guardian angel back to Sage Sanctum- a school beyond reach from the vampires that are determined to destroy her.
There, she is freed from her vampiric chains and her normal needs and urges return. However a new urge arises… Lust. A forbidden lust toward her savior, her guardian angel.
Attempting to control these desires is difficult, very difficult and when things couldn't possibly get any worse, her situation becomes life or death as someone, somewhere in the school is aiding those who want her dead.



Title: Sun Kissed
Author: Skyla Madi
Series: Guardian Angel #2
Publication Date: January 1st 2013



What if everything you knew, everything you believed
was a lie?
For Ruby Moore life doesn’t slow down. It’s just one roller coaster ride after another and when the higher power comes to visit, Ruby’s world is shaken to its foundations. He offers her a job and if she wants to protect those she loves, she has no choice but to accept it.
Face to face once again with love, loss and death, Ruby is being forced to sacrifice her own freedom in order to protect her world from the clutches of the evil vampires and if she fails, her loved ones will have to pay the price.



Title: Salvation
Author: Skyla Madi
Series: Guardian Angel #3
Publication Date: April 9th 2013


In the aftermath of a battle that forced Ruby to flee the safety of the guardian angels, she settles into a small town, hoping to blend in and forget about the ones she loved. It isn’t until Hunter stumbles across her working in a bar and a well-timed email from Ivan Aleksandrov that she realised she could go back to Sage Sanctum—for a few days, at least.
Out for revenge, Lucian will stop at nothing until he has Ruby for himself, but he isn’t the only one that needs her. The council, a group of gods/goddesses have a mysterious hand in Ruby’s return to Sage Sanctum and Mr Aleksandrov is eager to find out what it is.
Destroying Lucian is the least of her worries when Ruby comes face to face with Eli De Luca, the love of her life. It seems her departure has affected him more than she thought it would, but his frustration with her isn’t strong enough to hide the electricity that crackles relentlessly between them.
Determined to end her very real nightmare once and for all, Ruby fights the biggest battle of her life, one that affects not only her, but everyone involved.

Salvation (Guardian Angel #3)


Salvation is action-packed, fast-paced and it was SO COOL to read!! I just couldn't stop reading.

This book continues on a year from Sun Kissed (book 2), Ruby has been living on her own in a small town. Well, until she meets Hunter and Lucian again. Ruby then got invited back to the Sage Sanctum and of course, she didn't even have to think twice.

When Ruby came back to the Sage Sanctum, she realizes that nothing can be the same. The connection between her and Hunter is undeniable, they just can't stop the pull towards each other. I'm not really into forbidden romance since it gets on my nerves, but in this book, it was awesome!!

After being offered her dream job Ruby just can't help but things are a bit off in some ways. And after everything she had to go through, she wants to end things once and for all. The ending was just.......EPIC!! 

You HAVE to read this series if you like an awesome paranormal story with a few splashes of forbidden romance. The plot never gets boring and the characters are so likeable, LOVEABLE even. The series was so addicting, I just couldn't stop reading!! YOU HAVE TO READ IT NOW!!

GIVEAWAY!!




About The Author


Skyla Madi was born in the small town of Port Maquarie, New South Wales in 1993. She spent half her life growing up in Wauchope, a thriving rural town at the heart of the Hastings River Valley before making the leap to the busy city of Brisbane.
Whenever this young Australian writer isn't changing diapers, watching cartoons, cooking for her husband or doing other motherly-wife things she is actively working on her writing and improving her writing skills.
Skyla loves to read just as much as she loves to write and since discovering that YA/NA/paranormal romance/urban fantasy/ are her favourite genres, she has embarked on her own writing journey and is currently contracted with Limitless Publishing.
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Friday, June 07, 2013

STACKING THE SHELVES #7

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews
This week I:

Bought



1. Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff

For Review



4. Losing Francesca by J.A. Huss
5. Paris Love Match by Nigel Blackwell
6. Untellable by Suzanne Lilly

What's YOUR Stacking The Shelves? Link me below so I can check it out!!



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Thursday, June 06, 2013

REVIEW: Faking It by Cora Carmack

Faking It by Cora Carmack



Title: Faking It
Author: Cora Carmack
Publication Date: June 4th 2013
Publisher: William Morrow & Company


Mackenzie “Max” Miller has a problem. Her parents have arrived in town for a surprise visit, and if they see her dyed hair, tattoos, and piercings, they just might disown her. Even worse, they’re expecting to meet a nice, wholesome boyfriend, not a guy named Mace who has a neck tattoo and plays in a band. All her lies are about to come crashing down around her, but then she meets Cade.
Cade moved to Philadelphia to act and to leave his problems behind in Texas. So far though, he’s kept the problems and had very little opportunity to take the stage. When Max approaches him in a coffee shop with a crazy request to pretend to be her boyfriend, he agrees to play the part. But when Cade plays the role a little too well, they’re forced to keep the ruse going. And the more they fake the relationship, the more real it begins to feel.
*Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange of an honest review* 
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My Review


What can I say about this book? What can't I say about this book? IT WAS AWESOME! Cora did an amazing job at writing Losing It (I love that book too), and now she did an even better job at writing Faking It.

When Cora first announced that there will be a stand-alone sequel to Losing It, I was SCREAMING with delight and knew that I needed this book straight away. Unlike Losing It, this book was more realistic when it came to relationships. Even though I love Garrick, I love Cade too. 

We get to meet Max "Mackenzie". Her parents wants her to be the "good girl" and basically forces her to get a decent boyfriend. I hate it when parents do that, but deep inside I know that they love her and just want the best for their daughter. But Max isn't the "good" girl. She's the sort of girl who has a foul-smart-mouth, tattoos and the pole-dancing type of girl. I find her really likeable, maybe it was because I like a foul-mouthed girl...hehe. No only that, but Max had humour, she would turn a lot of sentences into really funny jokes and I found myself laughing a lot of the time. 

Also, how can we forget about Cade? For me, I never really liked Cade in Losing It because the second in the love-triangle always give me the crawlies. But in Faking It, I fell in love straight away. We didn't get to see a lot of him in the first book, but in here, we get to see his side of the story, his feelings, and his emotions. I get to feel what he feels and get to see what he sees, and I get to see the whole new side of him that I never got to see in Losing It.

Cora did an awesome job creating up these characters. I could feel the attraction between Max and Cade. I could feel the hesitant feeling that they had towards each other even though they try to not show it. I love how Cora quoted song lyrics in here, they were all so beautiful!!

I enjoyed this book so much that I read it all in one go!! I was just shaking with delight when I finally got to read it after being tortured by those that got signed copies from BEA...lol! But now that I've read it, I LOVE IT!! 

I swear, Cora can never disappoint me with anything. I cannot wait for FINDING IT, the 3rd stand-alone instalment in the Losing It series. I am ADDICTED to her writing!!

About The Author


Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. Her first book, LOSING IT, is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.


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