Tag: supernatural

Dec 28

{Review+Giveaw@y} Coexist by Julia Crane

Coexist by Julia Crane ebook, 210 pages Published June 10th 2011 by Valknut Press Age Group: YA Source: Author for Blog Tour Series: Keegan’s Chronicles #1 Challenge: None Buy this Book:Amazon Summary(from Goodreads) Sixteen-year-old Keegan is struggling to keep her huge secret from her friends–she’s an elf, descended from a long line of elves that live in secrecy alongside humans.In elfin society, mates are predetermined but not allowed to meet until they are eighteen. Against tradition, Keegan’s brother Thaddeus told her Rourk’s name because his visions warned him she’d need Rourk’s protection, especially since Keegan will play a key role in the coming war between the dark and light elves.Rourk finds himself drawn to Keegan’s side every time she thinks his name. He wants to talk to her but remains in the shadows, silently guarding her every time she mentally beckons him. A twist of fate thrusts the two of them together when Rourk is forced to step up his protection and make his presence known.An ancient prophecy deeply entwines Keegan’s family… Read more »

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Dec 22

{Review+Giveaway} On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane

On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane Paperback, 384 pages Expected publication: December 27th 2011 by Harlequin Teen Age group: YA Source: NetGalley for Blog Tour Challenges: None Series: None Pre-Order this book: Amazon Summary (from Goodreads) The choices I had made led to the moment when fate took over. I would learn a lesson I wasn’t prepared for. And Death would be my willing teacher.Five years ago, Abbey Chandler cheated Death. She survived a horrific car accident, but her “lucky” break came at the expense of her mother’s life and changed everything. After she crossed paths with Death—by taking the hand of an ethereal boy made of clouds and sky—she would never be normal again.Now she’s the target of Death’s ravens and an innocent boy’s life is on the line. When Nate Holden—Abbey’s secret crush—starts to climb Alaska’s Denali, the Angel of Death stalks him because of her.And Abbey finds out the hard way that Death never forgets. This is one of those books that I picked up not really knowing what… Read more »

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Nov 24

{Review} Farsighted by Emlyn Chand (Blog Tour)

Farsighted by Emlyn Chand ebook, 218 pages Published October 24th 2011 by Blue Crown Press Source: Blog Tour Age group: YA Buy this Book:Amazon Summary (from Goodreads) Alex Kosmitoras’s life has never been easy. The only other student who will talk to him is the school bully, his parents are dead-broke and insanely overprotective, and to complicate matters even more, he’s blind. Just when he thinks he’ll never have a shot at a normal life, a new girl from India moves into town. Simmi is smart, nice, and actually wants to be friends with Alex. Plus she smells like an Almond Joy bar. Yes, sophomore year might not be so bad after all. Unfortunately, Alex is in store for another new arrival—an unexpected and often embarrassing ability to “see” the future. Try as he may, Alex is unable to ignore his visions, especially when they begin to suggest that Simmi is in danger. With the help of the mysterious psychic next door and new friends who come bearing gifts of their own,… Read more »

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Nov 18

{Review} Stork by Wendy Delsol

Stork by Wendy Delsol Paperback, 368 pages Published September 13th 2011 by Candlewick Press Age Group: YA Source: finished copy from Publisher Series: Stork # 1 Challenges: None Buy this Book: Amazon Summary (from Goodreads) Family secrets. Lost memories. And the arrival of an ancient magical ability that will reveal everything.Sixteen-year-old Katla LeBlanc has just moved from Los Angeles to Minnesota. As if it weren’t enough that her trendy fashion sense draws stares, Katla soon finds out that she’s a Stork, a member of a mysterious order of women tasked with a very unique duty. But Katla’s biggest challenge may be finding her flock at a new school. Between being ignored by Wade, the arrogant jock she stupidly fooled around with, and constantly arguing with gorgeous farm boy and editor-in-chief Jack, Katla is relieved when her assignment as the school paper’s fashion columnist brings with it some much-needed friendship. But as Homecoming approaches, Katla uncovers a shocking secret about her past — a secret that binds her fate to Jack’s in a way… Read more »

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Nov 15

{Giveaway + Review} Enchanted by Rachel Wells (Blog Tour)

Enchanted by Rachel Wells ebook Published August 6th 2011 by Rachel Wells Source: Blog Tour Age Group: YA Challenges: None Buy This Book:Amazon Kindle Summary (from Goodreads) Mandy is a quiet teenager who just wants to blend in with the crowd rather than stand out as anything or anybody. Mandy’s pretty successful at this until her parents decide it’s time to move from Boston to the quiet seaside town of York Beach, Maine, to “be closer to Nana”. Although Mandy has been vacationing in York every summer since she was a child, she has no desire to live there and is worried about fitting in and finding friends during her senior year of high school. Nana owns a flower shop in town and while working alongside her, Mandy makes a few friends and observes the oddities of the little town and its inhabitants. When she finds some old and cryptic correspondance hidden inside an antique trunk handed down from her Nana, the “oddities” turn into full fledged mysteries. As she… Read more »

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Nov 12

{Giveaway+Review} Invisible by Jeanne Bannon (Blog Tour)

Invisible by Jeanne Bannon Paperback, 186 pages Published September 30th 2011 by Solstice Publishing Age Group: YA Source: Blog Tour Challenges: None Buy This Book:Amazon Summary (from Goodreads) Lola’s not pretty. Lola’s not popular. Lola wishes she could disappear … and then one day she does just that… For seventeen-year-old Lola Savullo, life is a struggle. Born to funky parents who are more in than she could ever be, Lola’s dream of becoming a writer makes her an outsider even in her own home. Bullied and despised, Lola still has the support of her best pal Charlie and Grandma Rose. Not only is she freakishly tall, Lola’s a big girl and when forced to wear a bathing suit at her summer job as a camp counselor, Lola’s only escape from deep embarrassment seems to be to literally vanish. Soon after, she discovers the roots of her new “ability”. Slowly, with Charlie’s help, Lola learns to control the new super power. The possibilities are endless. Yet power can be abused, too… Then, when… Read more »

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Nov 04

{Review} Eye Contact by Rebecca Royce

Eye Contact by Rebecca Royce Kindle Edition Published March 3rd 2011 by Decadent Publishing Company Age Group: Adult Source: Blog Tour Series: The Conditioned #1 Buy this Book: Amazon Summary (from Goodreads) Thirty years ago, after the breakdown of an oil negotiation, the President of the United States decided that all people born with unusual abilities, which he would now refer to as “the condition”, would be locked away from the general public where they couldn’t harm others. Parents and loved ones of these people, most of whom were children, were forced to turn them in upon penalty of death. Formed to keep the institutions secure, the Committee for the Protection of a Free Society now rules these institutions with an iron fist.The granddaughter of one the Committee members, Addison Wade has lived her life wary of the institutions and all they represent. A woman of secrets, she is forced to turn to Safe Dawn, one of the facilities designed to hold conditioned people, when her nephew is kidnapped and, despite… Read more »

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Nov 02

{Review} A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies

A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies Hardcover, 390 pages Published September 27th 2011 by HarperTeen Age Group: YA Source: NetGalley Series: A Beautiful Dark #1 Buy this Book: Amazon Summary (from Goodreads) On the night of Skye’s seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites;like fire and ice;Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is fair and aloof. Their sudden appearance sends Skye’s life into a tailspin. She has no idea what they want, or why they seem to follow her every move only that their presence coincides with a flurry of strange events. Soon she begins to doubt not just the identity of the two boys, but also the truth about her own past.In the dead of a bitingly cold Colorado winter, Skye finds herself coming to terms with the impossible secret that threatens to shatter her world. Torn between Asher, who she can’t help falling for, and Devin, who she can’t stay away from, the consequences of Skye’s choice will reach further than the three of them could ever imagine…. Read more »

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Oct 25

{Review} The Temple by Heather Marie Adkins

The Temple by Heather Marie Adkins Kindle Edition Published June 23rd 2011 by Heather Marie Adkins Age Group: Adult Source: Author Summary (from Goodreads) Vale Avari has a mysterious past and a laundry list of super-powers, but that’s nothing compared to what she finds upon moving from small town U.S.A to jolly-good England.A chance dart throw lands her in Quicksilver, an off-the-map place with a big problem – people are dying, and word is, it’s supernatural.At her new place of employment, a temple dedicated to the ancient Mother Goddess, Vale learns something even more shocking – women guards are disappearing at an alarmingly patterned rate; women who possess special gifts like her own.Supernatural powers aside, Vale isn’t ready to believe in the Wild Hunt as the culprit, and she’s determined to prove the deaths are acts of human violence. Plagued by a brute with a history of domestic violence and lusting after a dark-eyed man with a secret, Vale has a limited amount of time to discover the killer before he… Read more »

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Oct 23

Giveaway & Guest Post with Author Heather Marie Adkins {Blog Tour}

Thank you so much to Heather for joining us today and for allowing me to be a part of this blog tour. I loved her book The Temple, and my post will be up on the 25th. Finding the Princess: One Little Girl’s Dress Heather Marie Adkins I wanted to be a princess. I mean, what little girl doesn’t at some point? The tiara, the dress, the magic wand, the prince… But for most of us, being a real princess just can’t be a reality. Princes, after all, are few and far between—plus, the royals tend to keep it amongst themselves (ew?). So, to compensate, we play pretend princesses at Halloween. Don’t get me wrong; I love Disney movies. But that’s just not the kind of princess I was going for at eleven years old. Donning a bright blue Cinderella dress or a yellow, red, and blue Snow White gown just wouldn’t cut it for me. It’s such an in-between age—too young for Historical Romances with… Read more »