Teaser Tuesday (15)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
Read more about Teaser Tuesdays HERE. 

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 weeks teaser:

"For one thing I don't know anyone there so the last thing I want to do is give the wrong impression, which wearing skanky clothes like that will definitely do for me. For another have you ever tried wearing those things? I have, and they are as uncomfortable as hell!"
P. 55 Tales Of Aradia: The Last Witch by L. A. Jones

Fast Forward (13)

Hello all my fellow bloggers and readers, another week has begun and it's time to look forward and see what this week will bring.
I hope you will play along.

Book related

It has been a crazy week last week and I had to do so many things that reading wasn't something I got to do much of. I still need to read about 200 pages to finish Unearthly by Cynthia Hand, but it's so great that I sure it won't take that long.
I'm also reading Tales Of Aradia the Last Witch by Laura Antonia Freeman, very interesting and mysterious book. So far it's very good.

I'm sorry that I still need to post my reviews for the last books I read, I hope I can get it done this week.

I need to mention my giveaway.
I have a giveaway going on where you can win an e-copy of Accidental Abduction by Eve Langlais.
The contest is open worldwide and last day to enter is Sunday 6/12.
There's a very good chance to win as there's not that many entries yet, so if you haven't entered and you think it's interesting, please do.
You can win an e-copy on the other tour stops as well.
Go to contest.

Other things this week

I don't have many things planned this week, it was a tough weekend so I'm relaxing today. I have plans with a friend to go to the movies one of these days, and then I need to catch up on some reading. (I always seem to need to catch up on some reading, there's to much I want to read:-)
I also need to do some cleaning, it's so boring but it needs to be done.

Tell me your FFW:
I would love to hear what you are reading this week and also tell me, what are your plans for the week?

GIVEAWAY! Win Accidental Abduction by Eve Langlais

Author Bio

So you want to know a little about me? Well, I'm in my mid thirties, married 11 years to a wonderful supportive man--yes, he's a hunk-- who gave me three beautiful--noisy-- children aged ten, seven and four. I work as a webmistress/customer service rep from home and in my spare time--of which there is tragically too little-- I write, read or Wii.

I was born in British Columbia, but being a military brat lived a little bit everywhere--Quebec, New Brunswick, Labrador, Virginia (USA) and finally Ontario. My family and I currently reside in the historic town of Bowmanville, about an hour or so out of Toronto.

Wow was that ever boring!!! Now for the fun stuff.

I'm writing fantasy the way I like it--hot with a touch of magic. I enjoy reading and writing stories that push the envelope of what we consider normal, and I love to cross the line into fantasy. I tend to have alot of sexual tension in my tales as I think all torrid love affairs start with a tingle in our tummies. My heroes are very male, you could even say border line chest thumping at times. So if you want a truly sensitive man, I am not for you. But that said, my men will do almost anything for the one they love. Even babysit.

I'd love to tell you more, but judging from the sounds in the living room the children are at it again, which means I'll need a mop and loads of patience. What I really need is a robot maid like Jane Jetson! Thanks for checking me out and hope to see you again soon.

Find Eve Langlais here:
Website
Blog
Facebook
Goodreads

Book Blurb

Accidental Abduction
Eve Langlais
Sci Fi Romance

Abducted by a space pirate, she fights the temptation to let him plunder her goods.

A boyfriend’s attempted murder leaves Megan floundering in the ocean. Sinking without hope, the bright light she sees in the night sky isn’t her doorway to heaven, but rather the beginning of her accidental abduction by a space pirate. While thankful of his rescue, Megan stays true to form and just can’t keep her mouth shut, even when he keeps threatening to kill her--or auction her off to the highest bidder. Even odder, despite her decision to not get involved with her wickedly hot captor, she can’t help craving his touch.

Tren retired from his job as a mercenary so he could enjoy life, but he never counted on the boredom of normalcy. The acquisition of rare items has somewhat filled the void, but his accidental abduction of an outspoken earthling, who doesn’t know when to shut up, turns his life upside. Her fiery spirit draws him while at the same time drives him insane. Struggling with his urges, he must decide-- throttle her barbarian neck or ravish her delectably lush body?

Despite what his heart tries to tell him, he’s determined to sell her to the highest bidder even as he seduces her body. However, despite his best intentions, he discovers he can’t let her go. And when a foe from his past thinks to steal her, he’ll do anything to get her back.

GIVEAWAY TIME!

Official Contest information:
To enter, please fill out the form below
Contest deadline is June 12, 2011
Contest is open Internationally
ONE ENTRY PER PERSON!

Good luck to everyone!

But wait that's not all, there're more chances to win. You can win an E-copy on every stop on the tour. Find the whole tour schedule HERE

There are two more stops today: Getting Naughty Between The Stacks and Paranormal Opinion.

Follow Friday & Blog hop (8)

  

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee's View

This week's question is:

 

How many books do you read in a week? And in what format do you read them, or listen to them?

 

A couple of books every week, that's my goal and what I normally have the time for. It depends on the size of the book and of cause what book it is.

 

 

 

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy-For-Books

This week's question is:

 

"What book-to-movie adaption have you most liked?  Which have you disliked?"

 

Harry Potter and Precious comes to mind as movie adaptions I liked as for some I didn't The Golden Compas and Eragon I felt like so much were missing even some important things to understand the story. So people who hadn't read the book could understand the details.

 

More news from authors and cover art (17)

News 1:

Caitlin Kittredge has announced the title for the second Iron Codex novel:

The Nightmare Garden

The series:
1# The Iron Thorn
2# The Nightmare Garden (publication date is 2/14/2012)

News 2:

Kat Richardson has revealed the cover for the 6th book in her Greywalker series, Downpour.
Expected publication: August 4th 2011.

News 3:

Kresley Cole revealed the cover of her next release, Lothaire. (Immortals After Dark #12).
Expected publication: January 10th 2012.

From the humblest of beginnings a millennia ago, Lothaire the Enemy of Old rose to power, becoming the most feared and evil vampire in the immortal world. Driven by his past, he will not rest until he captures the vampire Horde’s crown for himself. The discovery of his Bride, the female meant only for him, threatens to derail his plot.

Elizabeth Peirce is a mere mortal, a glaring vulnerability for a male with so many blood foes bent on annihilating anything he desires. Yet soon he discovers his Bride’s secret. A magnificent power dwells inside the fragile human, one that will aid his quest. But to possess that power, he will have to destroy her. Will Lothaire succumb to the torments of his past, or seize a future with her?

News 4:

Finally the wait is over the cover is revealed for Cassandra Clare's The Infernal Devices series, Clockwork Prince.
Expected publication: December 6th 2011.

News from authors and cover art (16)

News 1:

Jennifer Estep has revealed the cover for the 5th book in her Elemental Assassin series, Spider's Revenge.
Expected publication: September 27th 2011.

News 2:

Melinda Metz and Laura J. Burns have revealed the cover for book two in the Crave series, Sacrifice.
Expected publication: September 20th 2011.

Gabriel and Shay are convinced that they can make their relationship work. Knowing that Shay is half-vampire, Gabriel thinks that his coven will embrace her as one of their own, but instead they view her as an abomination, a thing that doesn’t belong in either world. And they want her dead. Now Gabriel must make the ultimate decision - watch his love be killed by his coven or defy the people closest to him, the people he has spent centuries with to save her.

News 3:

Kim Harrison has announced the title for book 10 in her the Hollows series:

A Perfect Blood

The series:
1# Dead Witch Walking
2# The Good, The Bad, and the Undead
3# Every Which Way But Dead
4# A Fistful of Charms
5# For A Few Demons More
6# The Outlaw Demon Wails
7# White Witch, Black Curse
8# Black Magic Sanction
9# Pale Demon
10# A Perfect Blood (2012)

Blogoversary and giveaway at Paperback Dolls

I normally don't blog about contests but this one is fantastic and I love Paperback Dolls site.

Paperback Dolls is having their one year blogoversary (Congratulations) and on that occasion there's a lot of great prizes to win.

Enter to win five different book packs and you also have the chance to win a Kindle!

I hope Paperback Dolls will have many great years ahead of them and I look forward to keep following them.

Enter blogoversary here

Contest is International and ends 5/26 2011

"Waiting On" Wednesday (13) Luminous

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

My pick this week are:

Luminous by Dawn Metcalf
Expected publication: July 7th 2011

As reality slips and time stands still, Consuela finds herself thrust into the world of the Flow. Removed from all she loves into this shifting world overlapping our own, Consuela quickly discovers she has the power to step out of her earthly skin and cloak herself in new ones-skins made from the world around her, crafted from water, fire, air. She is joined by other teens with extraordinary abilities, bound together to safeguard a world they can affect, but where they no longer belong.

When murder threatens to undo the Flow, the Watcher charges Consuela and elusive, attractive V to stop the killer. But the psychopath who threatens her new world may also hold the only key to Consuela's way home.

Teaser Tuesday (14)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
Read more about Teaser Tuesdays HERE. 

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 weeks teaser:

Am I even supposed to get to know him? Or just save him? I keep asking myself, why? Why him? I mean, people die in forest fires. Maybe not a lot of people, but some do every year, I'm sure. So why am I being sent here to save him? And what if I can't? What happens then?
P. 106 Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Fast Forward (12)

Hello all my fellow bloggers and readers, another week has begun and it's time to look forward and see what this week will bring.

Book related

At the moment I'm reading Unearthy by Cyndia Hand and I'm just about to finish The Unfinished Song: Initiate by Tara Maya.

As for reviews I'm going to post my reviews of Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick and Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes this week.

Other things this week

I'm going to a dog show this weekend, my dog Bonita is 8 months old tomorrow and I'm going to exhibit her in the puppy category. I don't expect anything and it's just for fun but it's a great way for her to meet other dogs and get socialized.

I'm sure I'm going to enjoy it no matter what and I look forward to a weekend getaway!

Here she is, new washed yesterday:

Tell me your FFW:
I would love to hear what you are reading this week and also what your're doing this week?

On My Wishlist (8)

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday.

It's a place where you can list all the books you desperately want but haven't actually bought yet.

They can be old, new or forthcoming.

Read more about it HERE.

My wishlist:  

I really want to read this series, I love Ilona Andrews Kate Daniel's series and I'm very excited to read this one.

On the Edge 

Ilona Andrews

(The Edge #1)

Published September 29th 2009

Bayou Moon 

Ilona Andrews

(The Edge #2)

Published September 28th 2010 

 

Fate's Edge

Ilona Andrews

(The Edge #3)

Expected publication: November 29th 2011 

Interview with Tessa Gratton author of Blood Magic

I'm so happy to welcome Tessa Gratton to the blog today. She's stopping by for an interview about herself and her debut novel, Blood Magic.
Blood Magic is a stand-alone novel and it's coming May 24th, 2011 from Random House Children’s Books.
Feel free to post any comments and/or questions you have for Tessa Gratton in the comments.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a wizard. Or a paleontologist. Maybe both.

I’m neither now, but magic and monsters are still my favorite things.

Born in Okinawa, Japan while my Dad was on duty with the US Navy, I moved around throughout my childhood and traveled even more. Reading and theater were the two things that got me through it all.

Despite having traveled all over the world, I settled in Kansas (where the flying monkeys live) with my partner, two cats, and a mutant mutt named Grendel.



Where is your favourite spot to read?
On the deck in my backyard, under the cottonwood and birch trees, when the wind is blowing and the sun is warm.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
Doing exactly what I’m doing now, but hopefully in a house with land.

If you could do magic what would it be?
I’d want to be able to control the wind.

What inspired you to write Blood Magic?
I wanted to write a book about siblings and put magic in it that is as close to what I think real magic would be, if it existed.

For people who are interested in reading your book, will you describe what
Blood Magic is about?
It’s about finding out your own power, about grief and family, about how history defines us but also how we can defy our own histories. And cemeteries and kissing.

Mention three words about Silla Kennicot and three about Nick Pardee.
Silla: determined, melodramatic, loyal
Nick: obnoxious, slick, compassionate

If you had to choose one thing you like the most from the cover of Blood Magic, what would it be?
The title font! I adore it!

What do you look the most forward to when your book is released?
Seeing it on shelves where I’ve always bought books.

What are you working on now?
A book I can’t tell you anything about. LOL. Sorry.

Which books are sitting at the top of your TBR pile?
DULL BOY by Sarah Cross, THE IRON WITCH by Karen Mahoney, SUPERNATURALLY by Kiersten White, SHIP BREAKER by Paolo Bacigalupi, THE IRON THORN by Caitlin Kitteredge, LAST SACRIFICE by Richell Mead.


Thank you so much Tessa for stopping by I'm really looking forward to reading Blood Magic.

For Nick Pardee and Silla Kennicot, the cemetery is the center of everything.

Nick is a city boy angry at being forced to move back to the nowhere town of Yaleylah, Missouri where he grew up. He can’t help remembering his mom and the blood magic she practiced – memories he’s tried for five years to escape. Silla, though, doesn’t want to forget; her parents’ apparent murder-suicide left her numb and needing answers. When a book of magic spells in her dad’s handwriting appears on her doorstep, she sees her chance to unravel the mystery of their deaths.

Together they plunge into the world of dark magic, but when a hundred-year-old blood witch comes hunting for the bones of Silla’s parents and the spell book, Nick and Silla will have to let go of everything they believe about who they are, the nature of life and death, and the deadly secrets that hide in blood.

Find Tessa Gratton here:
Website
Blog
Twitter
Facebook
Goodreads
The Elevensies


Now it's time for you dear readers to post any comments and questions you have for Tessa:-) Thank you for reading.

Review: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

Book two in the Hex Hall series

About Demonglass

Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch.

That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered the family secret, and that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth.

Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world—the other being her father. What’s worse, she has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is precisely why Sophie decides she must go to London for the Removal, a dangerous procedure that will destroy her powers.

But once Sophie arrives she makes a shocking discovery. Her new friends? They’re demons too. Meaning someone is raising them in secret with creepy plans to use their powers, and probably not for good. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they’re using Archer to do it. But it’s not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she?

Source: Goodreads

Review 

This book continues almost where Hex Hall left off.

 

I like how we got a layer deeper into the characters and we get to know them a little better.

There’s the whole issue with Chloe’s dad and there’s a love triangle between Sophie , Cal and Archer.

The book is a little slow in the middle but I didn’t feel it because of all the things that were going on at other times in the book.

 

Sophie must now juggle with some very hard decisions about herself and her future.

She struggles with her emotions and doing the right thins. She has a difficult time finding out who to trust and what the whole truth is.

 

Demonglass was for me even better than Hex Hall, it’s even more intense and I felt that I’m as a reader got answers to a lot of my questions from book one but I then got a whole bunch of new questions that hopefully get’s answered in the next book.

 

The ending, what can I say. There we have a cliff-hanger and a big one.

I’m a fan of this series and I will have a hard time waiting for the next book. I look forward to the release.

 

I give Demonglass 5 out of 5.

Other books in this series:

1# Hex Hall

3# Untitled (2012)

Review: The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

Book three in the Darkest Powers series

About The Reckoning

My name is Chloe Saunders. I’m fifteen, and I would love to be normal.

But normal is one thing I’m not.

For one thing, I’m having these feelings for a certain antisocial werewolf and his sweet-tempered brother–who just happens to be a sorcerer–but, between you and me, I’m leaning toward the werewolf.

Not normal.

My friends and I are also on the run from an evil corporation that wants to get rid of us…permanently.

Definitely not normal.

And finally, I’m a genetically altered necromancer who can raise the dead, rotting corpses and all, without even trying.

As far away from normal as it gets.

Source: http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/

Review

Finally I got to read this third and last book in Kelley Armstrong’s Darkest Powers series. I feel like I’ve been waiting to get the book from the library forever.
 
I really enjoyed this book and I liked it almost as much as the previous one.
However I felt like there were some things which were not finished and I was left with some unanswered questions. I know that the main plot got an ending but there were some of the side plots that did not have an end. I missed that but other than that, the book was a great read and I loved that I finally found out who Chloe chose, there was this whole love triangle going on.
 
All the treads and clues from the previous two books were finally put together and the “mystery” was solved. That was what I had hoped for and that made for a great ending to this series.
 
I’m very interested in reading more from Kelley Armstrong she did a fantastic job at writing this series. She has a way to really catch you with her writing and the story she creates.
 
I give The Reckoning 4 out of 5.

Previous books:
1# The Summoning
2# The Awakening

Review: Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione

Book one in the Demonica series

 

 

About Pleasure Unbound

 

In a place where ecstasy can cost you your life . . .

She's a demon-slayer who hungers for sensual pleasure-but fears it will always be denied her. Until Tayla Mancuso lands in a hospital run by demons in disguise, and the head doctor, Eidolon, makes her body burn with unslakable desire. But to prove her ultimate loyalty to her peers, she must betray the surgeon who saved her life.
 
Two lovers will dare to risk all.
 
Eidolon cannot resist this fiery, dangerous woman who fills him with both rage and passion. Not only is she his avowed enemy, but she could very well be the hunter who has been preying upon his people. Torn between his need for the truth and his quest to find his perfect mate before a horrific transformation claims him forever, Eidolon will dare the unthinkable-and let Tayla possess him, body and soul...

 

Source: Goodreads


Review 

I liked the story between the main character the tough demon slayer Tayla and the hot demon doctor Eidolon.
They have a very intense relationship from the beginning. It’s very classic love/hate and I love it.
 
Tayla is a strong character who put’s her foot down and have a very strong opinion of what’s right. Sometimes she sees the world a little too black and white even when she’s been proven wrong.
 
Eidolon is very interesting, I like how he’s not completely the good guy in the story, he is a demon after all and you get to see some of the darker motivations and urges that lures beneath the surface.
 
Between the two of them, they have a great attraction and passion that you feel as a reader.
The story is full of action and love with a lot of sex. It all goes well together in the story.
 
The plot was a little boring and forgettable I found myself looking forward to the interactions between Tayla and Eidolon and for me that’s what drove the story forward and it kept you wanting more.
 
I give Pleasure Unbound 3 out of 5.

Next books in this series:

2# Desire Unchained

3# Passion Unleashed

4# Ecstasy Unveiled

5# Sin Undone

"Waiting On" Wednesday (12) Possession and Hereafter

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

My picks this week are:

Possession by Elana Johnson
Expected publication: June 7th 2011

Vi knows the Rule: Girls don't walk with boys, and they never even think about kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn...and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi's future match, how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers may have brainwashed the rest of the population, but Vi is determined to think for herself.

But the Thinkers are unusually persuasive, and they're set on convincing Vi to become one of them...starting by brainwashing Zenn. Vi can't leave Zenn in the Thinkers' hands, but she's wary of joining the rebellion, especially since that means teaming up with Jag. Jag is egotistical, charismatic, and dangerous--everything Zenn's not. Vi can't quite trust Jag and can't quite resist him, but she also can't give up on Zenn.

This is a game of control or be controlled. And Vi has no choice but to play.

Hereafter by Tara Hudson
(Hereafter #1)
Expected publication: June 7th 2011

 
Can there truly be love after death?
 
Drifting in the dark waters of a mysterious river, the only thing Amelia knows for sure is that she's dead. With no recollection of her past life—or her actual death—she's trapped alone in a nightmarish existence. All of this changes when she tries to rescue a boy, Joshua, from drowning in her river. As a ghost, she can do nothing but will him to live. Yet in an unforgettable moment of connection, she helps him survive.
 
Amelia and Joshua grow ever closer as they begin to uncover the strange circumstances of her death and the secrets of the dark river that held her captive for so long. But even while they struggle to keep their bond hidden from the living world, a frightening spirit named Eli is doing everything in his power to destroy their newfound happiness and drag Amelia back into the ghost world . . . forever.

Teaser Tuesday (13)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
Read more about Teaser Tuesdays HERE. 

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 weeks teaser:

He wasn't sure he could handle never knowing who she had been. Didn't he owe it to her to learn that? People shouldn't just be able to disappear without anyone noticing.
P. 88 Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Fast Forward (11) & 200+ Fantastic Followers!

Hi everyone

I hope that your weekend and Monday was great and that you're having better weather than I have here in Denmark at the moment, it's raining a lot. (Don't get me wrong I like rain but not this much).

I'm still switching between reading The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan, The Unfinished Song: Initiate by Tara Maya and Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. I hope I get to read more this week than I did the last.

  


You are amazing all of you, thank you!! Over 200 followers, that is unbelievable I'm so humble, honoured and proud to have met so many great people and I really look forward to get to know all of you better.
You have inspired me to make this blog and I enjoy sharing my thoughts with you and reading your comments.

I would love to hear what you are reading this week and also what are happening on your blog?

In My Mailbox (11)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme created and hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren for bloggers to show all of the great books or book related things that you have gotten over the past week!  It can be books bought, gotten from the library, received for review ect.
Go HERE to read more about IMM.

For Review
Tales of Aradia: The Last Witch by L. A. Jones

- Thank you Laura for signing it and sending it to me, I cannot wait to read it.

Borrowed
Undone by Rachel Caine

- I love Rachel Caine's books and I'm very excited to start this series.

I would love to know what you got in your mailbox this week, leave a link in the comments and I'll check it out:-)

On My Wishlist (7)

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday.

It's a place where you can list all the books you desperately want but haven't actually bought yet.

They can be old, new or forthcoming.

Read more about it HERE.

My wishlist:

 

I really want to read these two series

 

Three Days to Dead 

Kelly Meding

(Dreg City #1)

Published November 24th 2009

 

 

 

They’ll never see her coming. . . .

When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue—in a stranger’s body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there—her troubles are only just beginning. Before that night she and the two other members of her Triad were the city’s star bounty hunters, mercilessly cleansing the city of the murderous creatures living in the shadows, from vampires to shape-shifters to trolls. Then something terrible happened that not only cost all three of them their lives but also convinced the city’s other Hunters that Evy was a traitor—and she can’t even remember what it was.

Now she’s a fugitive, piecing together her memory, trying to deal some serious justice—and discovering that she has only three days to solve her own murder before the reincarnation spell wears off. Because in three days Evy will die again—but this time there’s no second chance. . .

 

 

 

 

The Better Part of Darkness 

Kelly Gay

(Charlie Madigan #1)

Published November 26th 2009

 

  

Charlie Madigan is a divorced mother of one, and a kick-ass cop trained to take down the toughest human and off-world criminals. She's recently returned from the dead after a brutal attack, an unexplained revival that has left her plagued by ruthless nightmares and random outbursts of strength that make doing her job for Atlanta P.D.'s Integration Task Force even harder. Since the Revelation, the criminal element in Underground Atlanta has grown, leaving Charlie and her partner Hank to keep the chaos to a dull roar. But now an insidious new danger is descending on her city with terrifying speed, threatening innocent lives: a deadly, off-world narcotic known as ash. Charlie is determined to uncover the source of ash before it targets another victim — but can she protect those she loves from a force more powerful than heaven and hell combined?

Follow Friday & Blog hop (7)

 

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee's View

This week's question is:

The Blogger Apocalypse made me a little emotional. What is the most emotional scene in a book that you have read lately?

It's difficult for me to choose a specific scene but two books that have made an impression lately are: 

Hard Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #4, review here) and The Forest of Hands and Teeth that I'm reading now.

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Crazy-For-Books

This week's question is:

Are you going to Book Expo America (BEA) and/or the Book Blogger Convention (BBC) this year?

Oh I wish I was! I would love to meet other bloggers, there are so many of you bloggers and blogs that have inspired me and it would mean the world to me to get to know some of you better and meet you in person.

Unfortunately I live in Denmark so it's not that easy (it's kind of expensive and I need a place to stay;-) but maybe someday.

I hope all of you that are going will have a great time, enjoy it for me too!

Review: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Book one in the Hex Hall series

About Hex Hall

Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father--an elusive European warlock--only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment: exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.


By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to be the most hated person and only vampire student on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is the number-one suspect.


Source: Goodreads

Review

I have always enjoyed reading about witches since I was little. There has always been something really intriguing about them and I was jealous of how they could cast a spell and make things easier.

I remember the first time I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow almost instantly became my favourite character because of who she was. A little shy but a very good friend and she always had the best intentions even though she made mistakes sometimes.
Sophie the main character in Hex Hall reminds me a little of Willow and she has some of the same qualities as well as a great wit, maybe a little immature at times but she’s a very likeable protagonist.
 
This book has a lot of elements that was familiar to me and it had witches, werewolves, vampires and fairies which I have seen in many of the other books I have read.
The setting “The school” was also something that’s seen before and at times I found the book predicting.
One of the good things is that there are enough original things to make the story interesting and that makes the difference so it becomes memorable from other books in the same genre and setting it aside from many other books with the same theme.
 
I read this book in one setting. It's an easy book to get through and I was never bored.
There were a lot of twists and turns along the way, some I guessed and some I didn’t.
I think Rachel Hawkins did a fantastic job at keeping me entertained and there were some really fun moments in between.
 
I give Hex Hall 4 out of 5


Next books in this series:
2# Demonglass
3# Untitled (2012)

"Waiting On" Wednesday (11) Blood Bound and Silence

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

My pick this week are:

Blood Bound by Rachel Vincent
(Unbound #1)
Expected publication: August 23rd 2011


I'm very excited for this book. I cannot wait to start a new series and a new adventure with Rachel Vincent.

Most can't touch the power. But Liv Warren is special – a paranormal tracker who follows the scent of blood.

Liv makes her own rules, and the most important one is trust no one.

But when her friend's daughter goes missing, Liv has no choice but to find the girl. Thanks to a childhood oath, Liv can't rest until the child is home safe. But that means trusting Cam Caballero, the former lover forbidden to her.

Bound by oath and lost in desire for a man she cannot have, Liv is racing to save the child from a dark criminal underworld where secrets, lies, trauma and danger lurk around every corner...every touch...every kiss.

And more blood will be spilled before it's over...


Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
(Hush, Hush #3)
Expected publication: October 4th 2011

I've just finished Crescendo and I'm very interested to know how this story will continue.

The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They've overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark past...bridged two irreconcilable worlds...faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust...and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven and earth. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in one another, Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they've worked for—and their love—forever.

Teaser Tuesday (12)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
Read more about Teaser Tuesdays HERE. 

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 weeks teaser:

“Seven and seven times and seven times more,” said Great Aunt in a voice wheezing with age, “I have warned you and warned you about going off on your own. Didn’t I just say that strangers have been spotted in the woods?

P. 30 The Unfinished Song: Initiate by Tara Maya

In My Mailbox (10)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme created and hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren for bloggers to show all of the great books or book related things that you have gotten over the past week!  It can be books bought, gotten from the library, received for review ect.
Go HERE to read more about IMM.

For Review
Knight Of Swords by Sara Curran-Ross

- This book sounds intriguing and I'm very excited to read this
Thank you Sara for sending me a review copy.

Borrowed

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Token of Darkness by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel

I would love to know what you got in your mailbox this week, leave a link in the comments and I check it out:-)

Cover art (15) Silence, Timeless & Blood Bound

I'm almost finished with book 2 and I cannot wait to get my fingers in Silence. What an amazing cover.

How great does Patch look and the water that's beautiful. Normally i like a lot of colours in a cover but this really works.

Expected publication: October 4th 2011.

I really like that these books keeps the same theme and still are so different. I love Egypt so I'm crazy about the pyramids and the Sfinx in the background.

Expected publication: March 1st 2012.

Yah news from Rachel Vincent, I love her Shifters series and I love the covers on Blood Bound.

Both of them are amazing! The US cover is at the top and the UK cover is the one on the bottom. I have a hard time deciding which one I love the most.

"Waiting On" Wednesday (10) The Deadliest Bite

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

My pick this week are:

The Deadliest Bite by Jennifer Rardin
(Jaz Parks #8)
Expected publication: June 2nd 2011

I have not started this series yet, I've waited so I could read all of them together. Jaz sounds like a great character and I cannot wait for this to be released.

I have two choices. Carve Brude's name into Hell's bile-encrusted gates. Or lose my soul.

After an assassination attempt on Vayl, I find myself pulled into a tangled web that takes the gang to Romania. So how will I save a ghost, rescue a demon, and cheat the Great Taker out of a soul he's slavering for while defeating my nastiest foe yet so that Vayl can, at last, cherish a few precious years with his sons? With careful planning, major violence, and one (hopefully) final trip to Hell