Alternate by Marilyn Almondovar. Cover reveal.

 

Blurb:

When a portal leaves Baxter trapped and
powerless in an alternate world, she finds herself on the run and fighting for
her life. The world’s Council wants to hand her over to Declan, and her only
source of support is a broken Alternate Jack who blames her for all he’s lost.
Baxter soon realizes that if she’s going to defeat Declan and get back to her
world, she’ll have to reclaim her abilities and be stronger than she ever
imagined.

Declan and the Absorbers’ Initiative
wage war on everyone who opposes them in their hunt for Baxter. Their actions
reveal what her future will be like if she doesn’t make some drastic decisions.
She knows that one misstep on her part will lead to the destruction of not just
this world, but her own.

In a race against Time and bitter
enemies, Baxter will discover how much is at stake and just what she’ll have to
sacrifice to save those she loves. Can she learn from the fate of an alternate
world how to become the Time Bender she’s meant to be?

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Interred, Book 1

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Fissure, Book 2

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Review; Fissure (Chronicles of the Interred #2) by Marilyn Almodóvar

Baxter Jacobs just survived the worst Sweet Sixteen in history: buried in a coffin, hunted down by assassins, and losing almost everything that mattered to her. She’s ready for some normalcy, but “normal” won’t play any part of this Time Bender’s future.
Now that the immediate threat is over, Baxter learns just how much the English Council expects of the newest Interred. The pressure has her seriously considering her uncle’s offer to take her to New York, especially since she thinks it will keep her Healer, Jack, from overusing his abilities. Knowing the New York Council’s ranks are filled with beings using dark powers, however, makes her hesitate.

Before she can choose, the decision is wrenched from her. Fissures in Time result in a new battle with an old enemy. Someone she thought she’d lost reenters her life, and she’ll discover a web of lies woven into the fabric of Time…lies only she can unravel. Baxter will have to use her growing abilities to try and reveal the truth, even if it forever changes the reality she knows.


There are lies in the fabric of Time only she can unravel...

My thoughts
after Interred I was eager to get my hands on this book and as I never doubted Lyn did not let me down, it amazes me how she can write a book crossing many timelines and not get lost in what she as wrote not only that the but myself as a reader doesn't get lost either, and that says a lot as I have no sense of direction.

Baxter is back and is as snarky as ever and I love her for it, I hope she never changes. we also have the swoony and hunky Jack, he is another of my book boyfriends.

Baxter's journey in this book really as her questioning everything she thought she knew about the people she trusted. her boundaries are pushed and she will do things she can never be proud of and deeply regrets but self preservation is at the utmost of her mind if she wants to protect those she loves.

New characters are introduced in this book and I don't want to give anything away but it throws Baxter for a loop and not much can do that. We also have some of the same beloved (or not) characters from the first book and as Baxter evolve so do their, I think the way Lyn builds characters is amazing you really do feel like you know them... until you don't, they may not make a lot of sense but instead of reading my ramblings you could read the book yourself and find out what I mean.

As in the first book, I still love David, not in the swoony way because he is an elderly gent and that would be just weird, lol but I love him because he is Yorkshire like yours truly ;-)

I could quite literally scream at Lyn for the ending in fact I may have wrote he strongly worded email, however I cannot wait for the third book and hope I don't have to long to wait.

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Review; Spellbinding by Maya Gold

There's more than one way to be powerful . . .

It is during a routine school project that Abby Silva--sixteen and nearly friendless--makes a startling discovery: She is descended from women who were accused of witchcraft back in 1600s Salem. And when Abby visits nearby Salem, strange, inexplicable events start to unfold. Objects move when she wills them to. Candles burst into sudden flame. And an ancient spellbook somehow winds up in her possession.

Trying to harness her newfound power, Abby concocts a love potion to win over her longtime crush--and exact revenge upon his cruel, bullying girlfriend. But old magic is not to be trifled with. Soon, Abby is thrust headlong into a world of hexes, secrets, and danger. And then there's Rem Anders, the beautiful, mysterious Salem boy who seems to know more about Abby than he first lets on.

A reckoning is coming, and Abby will have to make sense of her history--and her heart--before she can face the powerful truth.

My thoughts
I really enjoyed this book, although it was similar to other ya fantasy I have had read, it was a bit like slipping inot your favourite little black dress, comfortable but still enticing.

Abby is your usual high school girl, kinda of invisible to nearly everyone but this as never really bothered her, after her 16th birthday she starts having strange dreams and bad headache. 
As part of a school project she begins to trace her family tree and discovers she is related to Sarah Good, a woman accused of being a witch during the Salem witch trials.
Not long after she meets Remy a gorgeous and mysterious boy who already seems to know Abby, she reconises him too as a man from the strange dreams she as being having.
When strange things begin to happen around Abby she realises she could be a witch, with the help of a spell book that some how finds it's way into her bag she begins to experiment.

Abby although is likeable does in fact abuse her powers to begin with in not such a nice way, she in no way does anything evil but she does use her powers to greatly benefit herself, having said that what teenage girl wouldn't especially when it comes to a boy she as had a crush on since she was a child.

all in all I enjoyed reading this book and will be keeping an eye out for other books from Maya Gold.

Blood Awakening By Jamie Manning book blast

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My name is Jamie and I am a writer.

I've always wanted to be a writer (like most writers, I'm sure) but not until the last few
years have I taken it seriously (after I read a tiny, unknown book called Twilight). I was
always told growing up that I had to get a job and take care of myself, so I pushed my
dream of writing a book to the back of my mind and entered the workforce. Fast-forward
many, many years and here I am, trying to make a go at it.



I stumbled across Blogger in 2010 and my world of writing exploded. I have met (via the
web) so many amazing writers and industry professionals and book bloggers that have
passed on their wisdom and experience and successes and failures. So many, in fact,
that I have no excuse to sit down and write out the stories living in my head. Which is
what I'm now attempting to do.



I enjoy reading more than most other things (well, except maybe for writing. And TV. No
way am I giving up my TV) . I attempt to write YA (paranormal and dystopian) and I love
it.



Blood Born, book one in The Blood Prophecy trilogy, was released by Pendrell Publishing April 24, 2012. Book two, Blood
Awakening, is coming April 2013.

Find Blood Born (Book One of the Blood Prophecy) at: Amazon • Barnes & Noble

Coming soon you can order Blood Awakening (Book Two of the Blood
Prophecy Series)

Week 1:

4/8 -   Once Upon a Twilight -
Conversation Interview

4/9 -   A Book Lovers Review
- Review

4/10 - Simply Infatuated - Review

4/11 - Books with Bite - Review

4/12 - Writing, Stuff and Nonsense -
Author Interview

Week 2:

4/15 - Winter Haven Books -
Review

4/16 - Live to Read - Character
Interview

4/17 - Me, My Shelf and I - Review

4/18 - Reading Date - Excerpt/Teaser

4/19 - Nikki's Book Blog: Vamp and Stuff -
Review

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River's Recruit (Sanctuary #1) by Charlotte Abel

Jonathan McKnight lost everything in Afghanistan. His left hand, his identical twin and his self-respect. He searches for redemption during a solo backpacking trip into the remote Sawatch Mountains of Colorado and discovers a secret tribe of shifters.

River, the beautiful young shifter that rescues Jonathan from certain death, wants to recruit him. He is equally determined to rescue her from her cult-like society — even if he has to kidnap her.

My thoughts

I am already a fan of Charlotte Abel's books so I had high expectations when I picked this book up. and I was not disappointed in the slightest. My initial reaction when I finished was... Wow... Just Wow. I loved this book from the first page, and really struggled to put it down.

River is one of my favourite female characters, she is so naive to the world of "outsiders" and the effect she as on Jonathan but she is a strong woman and will not be intimidated no matter the challenge she faces.

I Loved Jonathan too, he is determined to rescue River from what he believes is a cult society weather she wants to be or not. He as suffered the loss of his Identical twin brother, a loss he struggles to deal with everyday, he doesn't want to lose River too. as his feelings for River grow so does his determination to rescue River

I loved the whole shifter story too and the unique way in which the author as found for the community of New Eden to shift.

River is expected to court Eli who's only interest in River is so that he can advance his political career and free the woman he loves from a sentence that for most women would be worse than death.

I cant think of anything bad to say except I have to wait for the next in the series. The end left me gaping at the book like a monkey as if I expected words to magically appear on my Kindle. 

I now have two books by Charlotte Abel that I cant wait to get my hands on The next in the Channie series and the next in the Sanctuary Series

Waiting on Wednesday; Blood Awakening (Blood Prophecy #2) by Jamie Manning

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

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Title, Blood Awakening (Blood Prophecy #2)
Author, Jamie Manning
Expected publication, April 23 2013

The Blurb
Ava’s life went from bad to worse the night Chance became a vampire.

He won’t have anything to do with her. Ava understands why—because he blames her—but it doesn’t mean she likes it.

And it doesn’t help that she’s starting to feel something for Erik, the boy who once wanted her dead. Especially when Chance decides that he does still love her, and wants her to be with him for eternity.

Now she has a choice: Humanity…or forever as a vampire with Chance. 

But Ava wants nothing more than to be human again. At least, she thought that was all she wanted. 

Thankfully her best friend Kayla has a plan to distract Ava from her boy troubles, and they go in search of Kayla’s missing dad. A great idea, but one that brings Sebastian back into Ava’s life. Along with another, more sinister former member of his coven. 

Sebastian and Zyris face off against Ava and her friends, resulting in Ava making yet another choice that changes the course of everyone’s lives, and leaves her wondering if being human again is really worth losing everything.

Waiting on Wednesday; Lucifer (Sons of Old #1)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event 

hosted by Breaking the Spine 

highlighting upcoming releases we are eagerly awaiting 

This is my first week taking part in Waiting on Wednesday, I am looking forward to reading other peoples WoW's

                                                     Lucifer (Son of Old #1)

Author Annabell Cadiz

Publisher Self Published

Expected publishing Date 31st January 2013

The Blurb

Have you ever wondered what could be hiding in the shadows?

Well, for eighteen-year-old Zahara Faraday, she doesn’t have to wonder. You see she comes from a lineage of Light Witches, those who have chosen to help protect and serve between the supernatural world and the human world. The only problem is Zahara, like her father Solomon, is as human as a human being can be whereas her mother, Mia, and her Aunt Catalina, were born as Light Witches. As a family they hunt down rogue supernaturals—creatures who harm humans or who have committed an act against their kingdom. 

Zahara’s hunting skills are usually kept dormant since her parents would prefer she live life as a normal human girl without knowledge of the supernatural world. She plans on doing just that—except when she finds a couple being attacked by fairies, she has no choice but to step in. Before she can return to pretending to be blissfully ignorant, Zahara encounters a problem she isn’t the least equip to handle: Bryan Hamilton, the good looking new co-worker she has to help train. In a heartbeat, her best friend, Becca King, has set her up on a double date with herself and her new crush, Rekesh Saint-Louis, who happens to be the most powerful leader of the biggest Imago Coven in South Florida –supernatural creatures with the ability to control water . . . and suck out human souls. 

Zahara has no time to focus on how she’s going to explain her double date with her best friend and the enemy they have a tentative truce with to her parents because soon one of the members of Mia and Catalina’s coven is found murdered with a strange tattoo of a snake with wings carved into his arm.

Zahara is then thrown into a whirlwind battle with an angel determined to have revenge against God, an Imago coven she doesn’t think they should trust, and slew of dream-eating fairies and powerful Nephilims, hybrid children of angels and humans, more than happy to rip her to shreds.

Normal just got a deadlier definition.

Interred Release day

I am so excited that INTERRED by Marilyn Almodovar is finally released. Woo Hoo!

The Blurb

Time has never been an issue for Baxter Jacobs, but then she never knew she had the ability to Bend it.

As her sixteenth birthday approaches, Baxter inherits a pendant that will change her life. Connected to the pendant is a dark and mysterious young man named Declan Ashdown. Trapped in a Time loop for the past 122 years, Declan needs Baxter’s help to escape. The only problem is, she has no idea how to do it.

To acquire the power she needs to free him, she’ll become one of the Interred, those whose Magical abilities emerge as they come of age. When she does, she’ll discover that Declan isn’t the only one interested in the fact that she’s a Time Bender.

As the Interment arrives, Baxter knows this will be no Sweet Sixteen. A vengeful relative and ruthless Council are determined to control her. Declan’s powerful and charming descendant, Jack Ashdown, claims he can save her. She’ll soon have to decide who she can trust, and how to master her new abilities before Time runs out.


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Review; Avow (The Archers of Avalon #3) by Chelsea Fine

Scarlet remembers. Everything. Her past lives, Tristan, Gabriel, Nate: she remembers it all--including how to get to the Fountain of Youth. But time is running out. 

Heather and Gabriel have been kidnapped by Raven, while the curse that has plagued Scarlet and Tristan for centuries has shifted, putting the star-crossed lovers in more danger than ever before. Water from the Fountain of Youth is the only thing that can save Scarlet and her loved ones. But the water comes at a price.

With lives--and hearts--at stake, Scarlet leads her friends on a dangerous journey to the Fountain of Youth. Where eternal life is possible, but death is certain

My Thoughts

Wow. I loved this soooooo much. I am sure going to miss those Archer boys now the series is over.  Avow kicks off right where Awry left off, Raven as kidnapped Heather and Gabriel and Scarlett, Tristan and Nate are left to fight off the army of Ashmen. I loved how in this book there is even more flash backs where we discover more about each of Scarlett's past lives it cleared up a lot of unanswered questions from the past books and gave us a better understanding of the relationships between them all. 

Nate was definitely one of the my favourite characters in this book, I loved  his humour and I loved how he was a bit of a geek, a hot geek though. there is an Indiana Jones type moment that I absolutely loved. Nate is AMAZING.

Heather was great as always, she as got mixed up in Scarlett's crazy life and all that entails, she doesn't let it get her down even while she as been kidnapped the thing that upsets her most is that she lost her pink shoes ha-ha

Tristan is of course as sexy and as brooding as ever, although now the curse as shifted to him rather than Scarlett he seems much happier that could of course be because now his touch is no longer a threat to Scarlett's life, however that means that Scarlett's touch is dangerous to Tristan but he still seems to have little regard for his own life.

Gabriel is different  too, in a good way, as he tries to get Heather and himself out of Ravens clutches.

The end was brilliant. I had guessed what the outcome might be, but it wasn't any less shocking when it happened. 

I have loved this series and sad it's over but I am looking forward to what Chelsea will come up with next.

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Review and Giveaway Elder (Firstborn #3) by Raine Thomas

Clara Kate is one of the eight beings needed to activate the Elder Scroll, an ancient artifact causing tragedy and darkness on the Estilorian plane. She knows that her focus needs to be on finding the final piece and stopping the evil Mercesti, but Ini-herit isn't making it easy.

He’s working closely with Clara Kate on the quest to stop their enemies…too close for her comfort. His presence serves as a constant reminder of the love they shared on the human plane, a love that he no longer remembers at all.

Her life and the lives of those she loves are at risk, and she knows she has to put aside her personal problems. So far on their journey, she's endured heartbreak, terror, pain and loss. She’s even been brought to the brink of death.

She thinks things can't get any worse.

She's wrong.


Before I post my review check out the trailer.

My thoughts

Before I even began this book I knew I would find it emotional not for the story alone but because it is the last in the series. I began the journey a while ago with Becoming the first in the daughters of saraqael series followed by Central and Foretold when Raine announced she was writing the Firstborn series a follow up to the daughters of saraqael, I was over the moon and wasn't disappointed.
I loved both Defy and Shift.  I feel like the characters have become a part of my life and I have been on this amazing journey with them so when I began Elder I was prepared to be emotional but I wasn't prepared for the barrage of other emotions that ELDER evoked.

I have been looking forward to reading CK's story for so long, CK (Clara Kate) is the eldest of the Kynzesti class of Estilorian's and the daughter of Amber and Gabriel.
CK as an inner strength few could hope for, she carries around with her the love she feels for Harry/Ini-Herit knowing he cannot remember her or the love he felt for her while he was on the earth plane where he had been trying to relearn humanity, upon his return however everything he had learned had been forgotten including CK!

I was heart broken for her but she hid her pain and continued on the journey to rescue her cousin and find the Elder scroll before Erik. there where so many great moments in this book you will get no spoilers from me but I have to say one of my favourite moments is with one of my favourite characters Sparky  Zachariah, I love him so much.

There where a few shocking moments too some had me wanting me to punch the air with glee others had me gasping for breath.

I don't want to give anything away about the end but I will say this, there were many tears. As I have said I have loved the Estilorian journey that I have been on thanks to Raine Thomas. I am said it is all over but I will look forward to reading this books over and over again and I look forward to what ever Raine as planned next, I am sure it will be another great adventure.

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Brief author bio: Raine Thomas is the award-winning author of a series of YA fantasy/romance novels about the Estilorian plane, including the Daughters of Saraqael trilogy and the Firstborn trilogy. She is a proud member of Romance Writers of America and is a contributing blogger to The Writer's Voice. When she isn’t planning weddings, writing or glued to social networking sites, she can usually be found on one of Florida’s beautiful beaches with her husband and daughter or crossing the border to visit with her Canadian friends and relatives.


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Review; Broken Aro (The Broken Ones #1) by Jen Wylie

Open your eyes to darkness. What do you see? Does the darkness frighten you? Now imagine the darkness being the cargo hold of a slave ship. Your city has fallen. Your family is most likely dead. You don't know anyone around you, and some of them aren't even human. Giving up would be so easy to do, but not for Arowyn Mason. Not after being raised in a military family with seven brothers. Every great story should begin with a plan. Aro’s was to escape and to survive. 
Escape comes, but at a price. As they reach the shore, Aro and the other survivors learn that freedom doesn’t mean safety. The slavers want their property back and will do anything to get it. The party uses every ounce of their brute strength, a hearty helping of cunning, and even ancient magics to keep themselves alive. Sickness, danger, and even love surprise them at every turn. Dealing with danger becomes their way of life, but none of them ever considered that nothing can be quite as dangerous as a prophecy. Running turns into another race altogether as her world falls to pieces again and again

My thoughts

Aro Is a fifteen year old girl who actually reads like a fifteen year old girl which doesn't always happen in YA books. she is eager to grow up and resents been called a child but yet many of her actions are childlike and her innocence and naivety  add to this.

When taken from her brothers who are most likely dead she refuses to give in and makes unlikely friends with a prince, a Fey and some soldiers . her brothers have taught her to fight and to be strong and so she does just that and manages to escape from the slavers who captured her along with her new friends, bur the journey is only just beginning.

Kei and prince are the most protective of Aro although the two dislike each other the reasons are unclear to begin with, one thing is sure though the Prince as many secrets and he will tell no-one his really name.

the book moved along at a good pace stalling occasionally when the group where resting but overall I never felt like it was slow

The prophecy that is mentioned really had my intrigued especially as bits of it started to fall into place and more was revealed. I am anxious to know more about how the prophecy will finally be fulfilled.

I really enjoyed reading this story although YA Fantasy which I love it was also an adventure, something new for me. this is a unique series and one I cant wait to read more of.

Oh and lets not forget the dragon Damon I would love to read more about him, he was definitely a very interesting character.

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