Ever Winter ARC review

Ever Winter by Alexia Purdy

Book Synopsis.

Shade is left all but shattered. She must travel to the Ice kingdom along with her 'body guard' Dylan, who continues to be bound with a blood oath to her, where the holder of her magic dwells. Her only chance to right the warring Faerie lands to harmony will be to resist the enchantments of the Ice King, one of the Ancient rulers of Faerie, to regain her power and make it to the Summer Kingdom with her family to claim back her throne. 

Only the Ancients of Faerie don't want her to succeed and there are treacheries in every crevice of the land, even among the human mortals and trusted allies.

My review.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I fell in love with Purdy's work whilst reading Ever Shade, and the books just keep getting better and better. I literally jumped at the chance to get an ARC of Ever Winter.

Shade's world keeps getting bigger, her choices harder, and her love life more complicated. And the story just gets more involved, dragging you into her world at breakneck speeds.

Shade grows up a lot in this book. Considering how much she has grown since the first books that may sound surprising, but it's true. Events in the book make her stronger.

The ending leaves you with images of what may happen in the next instalment,and part of me almost wishes I hadn't accepted the ARC, because now I have slightly longer to wait before the next instalment is released. Almost.



Expected publication: March 15th 2013 by Lyrical Lit. Publishing

Endless Night

Endless Night by R.M. Gilmore

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Book Synopsis.

The bitch is back in this second installment of the Dylan Hart Odyssey of the Occult series. The irreverent Dylan Hart, once again, graces us with her presence, this time from down in New Orleans. She has drug along her band of misfit vampires, but this time blood drinkers are the least of her worries. Dylan finds herself entangled in the underground world of blood and lust when she encounters a new, and much more frightening, villain. Voodoo. Who do?

My review.

I really don't know where to start with this review so for now I am marking it as read with its rating and I will be back later when my brain is capable of processing what it has read and is able to use words to describe it. Because right now it's stuck between OMG and ARGHH! and honestly it deserves more than that.

So a couple of hours later and my brain still can't deal. This is what this book will do to you, it will drag you in with the pretty dresses and the man candy and then it will drop you in the middle of the action leaving you asking wtf?

For the record I LOVE Dylan Hart, she is my kind of Heroine, she is foul-mouthed and opinionated and she is real. She has you laughing along with her and cringing at her mistakes. This is the kind of girl you want as your BFF.

I was reading this on my kindle and I realised I was at 94%, and my little heart was beating so fast from the pace of the story and then I realised that this book was almost over and I wasn't ready for it to be over. So I just stopped reading mid-chapter, mid-paragraph, about half way down the page. Just stopped. And then the suspense was killing me and I had to carry on and find out what happened. Well I can tell you what happened... Ms Gilmore left us with the mother of all cliffhangers. Smart cookie that she is has left us all dangling, waiting on the release of Dylan Hart #3. And wait I will.



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Amazon.com
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Amazon UK
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Broken Gates by DT Dyllin

Broken Gates by D.T. Dyllin

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Book Synopsis.

My name is P.J. Stone and I'm a Seer. Unfortunately, I saw too little, too late… like the war between my kind and the alien ‘Riders’ who are trying to overrun our world. In the past my biggest worries were boys and school…but everything has changed. I guess war has a way of doing that, changing people and things. 

Now, as the last of our kind, my friends and I must find a way to save our world before there’s no world left to save. Talk about pressure.

Well, at least I have my man…for now. Because, with everything changing so quickly, who knows what the future will bring.

My Review.

I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review as a Beta reader.

Because this a Beta review I'm not supposed to post spoilers because the book can change so I shall simply say this... As it stands at the moment this book is brilliant. I loved it.

From the first scene this book grabs the readers attention and holds it to ransom until that awful but brilliant but brutal cliffhanger. Dyllin is a genius. An evil genius. The third book in this series cannot come quickly enough for me.





Expected publication: April 2013 by Dragonfairy Press

Purgatory Reign ARC review

Purgatory Reign by L.M. Preston
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Book synopsis.

Peter Saint’s life stinks. But things are about to get much worst. First, his parents are murdered in front of him. Then another victim dies in his arms. Visions plague Peter with warnings that something wants him for a sinister cause. It desires the one thing that Peter refuses to give—his blood. Peter carries within him the one gift or curse that could unlock a secret to destroy the human race.

On the run with Angel, a scruffy kid, Peter starts to unravel the mystery. It’s the one treasure the heavens sought to hide from the world. Unfortunately, when Peter finds the answer that he hopes will save the girl he loves, he opens the door to a great evil that happens to be salivating to meet him.

My review.

When I agreed to read this book I knew nothing about it. I literally gave the synopsis a quick peek but I didn't really take it in. Can I just say that this has to be my most favourite way to read books, I seem to find the best books this way.

Preston's world building is fantastic and it draws you in from the first page, I seriously struggled to put this book down and when I had to put it down I struggled to keep my mind off it. Once this book starts up the action doesn't stop until the very end.

Peter is understandably confused when his guardian Pastor Finn sends him on the run after Hanna's death, he has no idea who he is running from or where he is running to. Peter believes that anyone who gets too close to him will also die, but he doesn't understand why. He just tries to keep people away from him. Until he meets Angel. While searching for the answers to his questions Peter makes a few friends, friends who will save his life, give him purpose and stop him from feeling alone in the world. And unlike in plenty of other books it isn't an insta-friendship. These friendships take building, take earning of trust and is believable.

The book built towards this big climax which seemed to be over really quickly, almost too quickly really. So I re-read it. Only to find that I had in actual fact skimmed some of it to find out what happened next as it was so gripping.

Put this on your TBR list because you will not be disappointed, this book has it all: Secret societies, demons, romance, friendship, danger, blood and sacrifice. You will not be disappointed.

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Night Walker

Night Walker by Lisa Kessler

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads synopsis.

He gave up his soul for a second chance to love her...

Two and a half centuries ago, Calisto Terana lost everything when a zealous priest murdered the woman he loved. Now, desperate for another chance to love her, he wants redemption for the mistake that cost her life.

She's haunted by dreams of her own death...

After catching her fiance with another woman, Kate Bradley returns to San Diego to clear her head. The last thing she needs is romance, but after meeting Calisto she's drawn to him in ways she doesn't understand.

They've waited in the shadows for centuries...

Calisto has no doubt Kate is the reincarnation of his lost love, but the Fraternidad Del Fuego Santo has a new watcher with dark ambitions of his own. As old enemies re-emerge and a new threat arises, the betrayal that enslaved Calisto to the night might destroy the only woman he's ever loved again.

My review.

It seemed to take me ages to really get into the book, but mostly that was because i was distracted by real life and i found myself re-reading several pages to refresh my memory.
From the very beginning i felt involved with the characters and the story. I really enjoyed how the narrative moved from modern-day to where the story really began.
There was so many points in the book when i was literally begging Calisto to tell Kate who he was, who she was and what they meant to each other. Needless to say I was very pleased when she finally remembered/realised.
I wont say any more because I don't want to inadvertently spoil it for others, but i will say this; I have read many vampire stories of late.. and this is not like any of them. I would definitely recommend this to a friend, and I am keen to read the next installment.

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Surviving ELE

Surviving ELE by Rebecca Gober and Courtney Nuckles

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis.

"I am surrounded by people but I’ve never felt so alone. Every minute, every hour that Tony is being used by Zack, is torture to me. Can they not see that I die a little more each day that we’re apart?" ~Willow Mosby, Surviving ELE

In the aftermath of Project ELE, Willow's life has become a series of one traumatic moment after another. It spins around her in a cyclone of fury, ripping and ravaging her heart. She can't help but wonder: will the pain and heartache ever end?

Willow Mosby is not one to sit back and accept defeat. When Zack turns Tony against her, she decides that it's time to stop Zack once and for all. With the help of her friends and the occupants of Camp Cheley, she begins methodically hunting down the man who has caused her so much torment. What she doesn't realize is that she may not be the hunter, she might just be the prey.

Willow's time is running out and the man she loves is coming after her with a vengeance that can't be satisfied. Will Willow be able to save Tony? Or will she be forced to take down the man she loves?

From the authors of Project ELE comes Surviving ELE. The fourth book in an all-new apocalyptic series with a paranormal twist: The ELE Series.

My review.

Surviving ELE is the fourth book in the ELE Series which centres around 16-year-old Willow Mosby. Since we first met Willow in Project ELE she has grown so much more than she thought she would. At every turn she has faced new hardships, heart ache and despair. But she doesn't let that keep her down for long. When we left her in Finding ELE she was running for her life, from the man she was falling in love with, a man who was being controlled by Zack. True to form Willow fights back and refuses to give up on the man she loves and vows to get him back.

Gober and Nuckles have once again delivered in the series that never fails to amaze me. Just when you think you know where the story is going they blind side you with something completely different. At one point whilst reading I had this awful thought that this would be the last book in the series and it certainly looked that way for a bit, but I am pleased to report there will be more to come.

Once I picked this book up I literally couldn't put it down and devoured it in one sitting. Now I have the agonizing wait until the next in the series is released... but as I have found out the wait is definitely worth it. If you haven't started this series yet then you should.

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Beautiful Darkness

Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads synopsis.

Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.

Sometimes life-ending.

Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.

My review.

So my friend finished reading this book a few days ago (while I was finishing Beautiful Creatures) and she told me that this book was even better than the first. At the time I said I didn't believe her but OMG it is. I honestly did not think it could get better than that and yet here I am completely blown away and actually struggling to give you a proper review.

There was several points whilst reading that I honestly thought I was going to break down in tears. My heart broke repeatedly for Ethan in this book and I am glad we got the Happy For Now ending because I don't think I could take the heartache of a sad ending.

I love how this series is evolving, Ethan originally thought he was the only Mortal who knew about Casters but he soon discovers that some of the residents of Gatlin aren't quite as ignorant of the goings-on as he thought. I cant wait to find out what's going to happen next so please excuse me while I go and get started on the next in the series.

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Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

Let me start by saying in the last few months I have heard nothing but great things about this book, nothing about the plot just that it was good. So when my friend suggested we go see the upcoming movie I said "Yes, but we'll need to read the book first." And read it we did.

I don't even have the words to describe how I felt when I read this book... I do know that I couldn't put this down. I sat up late reading it and then when I woke this morning I stayed in bed where it was quiet until finally I had no option but to get up and deal with the day. I have taken 5 minutes to write this review and then I shall be diving into Beautiful Darkness. If you haven't started this series yet then I suggest you go grab a book and get started. You wont be disappointed.





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Soulstone

Soulstone by Katie Salidas

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Once again Salidas provides us with another cant-put-it-down-I-need-to-find-out-what-happens book. I have loved every other book in this series and this one is no exception. From the very first page you are in Alyssa's world and feeling her pain. At the end of Pandora's box Lysander was trapped within a crystal and Soulstone begins just a few weeks later with the clan trying to free him. We meet some more witches, Santino makes another appearance (and I'm really starting to like him), there are some deaths, some betrayal and some surprising allies. Honestly this book has it all.


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