Deity by Jennifer Armentrout
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 360
Summary: "History is on repeat, and things didn't go so well the last time. "
Alexandria isn't sure she's going to make it to her eighteenth birthday--to her Awakening. A long-forgotten, fanatical order is out to kill her, and if the Council ever discovers what she did in the Catskills, she's a goner... and so is Aiden.
If that's not freaky enough, whenever Alex and Seth spend time "training"--which really is just Seth's code word for some up-close and personal one-on-one time--she ends up with another mark of the Apollyon, which brings her one step closer to Awakening ahead of schedule. Awesome.
But as her birthday draws near, her entire world shatters with a startling revelation and she's caught between love and Fate. One will do anything to protect her. One has been lying to her since the beginning. Once the gods have revealed themselves, unleashing their wrath, lives will be irrevocably changed... and destroyed.
Those left standing will discover if love is truly greater than Fate..
My Thoughts: We are back with Alex, Aiden, and Seth. Oh gosh, how I love this set of characters.
The stakes are higher. Someone is out to kill Alex before she awakens. And Alex must choose between the two guys in her life. She must, she must, she must but she doesn’t know how. She likes them both. Maybe even loves.
She also finds out some family history that was pretty intense. Deity was intense.
During this one, Alex was on her own a lot. Her friends were upset with her, nobody quite understood what she had been through, not really.
I think this one was even better than the first two. It seems like the plots are thickening and the characters are getting cooler.
I love this series so much. I can’t believe I waited so long to actually start it. Now, I read the novels as quickly as I can! I just adore them!
Great characters, hot love interests, and a plot to love!
Overall: Loved it! Can’t wait until the next one. Alex is such a fantastic character and so are the rest of her minions. HAHA.
Cover: Like it. These covers are pretty cool.
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Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Publisher: Random House Books For Young Readers
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 384
Summary: Kami Glass loves someone she’s never met . . . a boy she’s talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn’t silent about her imaginary friend during her childhood, and is thus a bit of an outsider in her sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale. Still, Kami hasn’t suffered too much from not fitting in. She has a best friend, runs the school newspaper, and is only occasionally caught talking to herself. Her life is in order, just the way she likes it, despite the voice in her head.
But all that changes when the Lynburns return.
The Lynburn family has owned the spectacular and sinister manor that overlooks Sorry-in-the-Vale for centuries. The mysterious twin sisters who abandoned their ancestral home a generation ago are back, along with their teenage sons, Jared and Ash, one of whom is eerily familiar to Kami. Kami is not one to shy away from the unknown—in fact, she’s determined to find answers for all the questions Sorry-in-the-Vale is suddenly posing. Who is responsible for the bloody deeds in the depths of the woods? What is her own mother hiding? And now that her imaginary friend has become a real boy, does she still love him? Does she hate him? Can she trust him?
My Thoughts: Wish I would have loved this one more than I did. It was just ok for me. We are introduced to Kami who has had a voice in her head most of her life. His named is Jared. Some people think she’s weird, while others think its just her. As a kid, others thought it was just an imaginary friend, but Kami knows the truth.
Kami is determined to find out what has been happening in her town. She lives in the kind of town where everybody knows everybody and rumors sure do fly.
A family who has a pretty long history in Sorry-In-The-Vail moves back to town, and Kami is even more intrigued with them, because among them are two good looking boys. Their names are Jared and Ash. Hmmm Jared, huh?
I loved that Jared has become a real boy! HA! I loved their interactions and I also loved Ash. I loved that Kami is so determined, and she has a great mind.
I loved the concept of Unspoken. It was definitely imaginative, I just had a hard time connecting with the overall plot. It was ok, and I’ll read the next in the series, but I just didn't love it, and when I finished, I just wasn't feeling the wow feeling I wanted too.
Overall: Yep, I can see some people loving this one, I really can. But maybe it was my reading mood, or something else, I’m not sure. I've grown in my reading habits, because I know I can’t love every book I read, and there will just be some that are a hit or miss for me, and I’m ok with that.
Cover: It’s alright. Don’t love the cover exactly either. Oh well, can’t like everything.
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Chasing The Skip by Janci Patterson
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 240
Summary: Ricki’s dad has never been there for her. He’s a bounty hunter who spends his time chasing parole evaders—also known as “skips”—all over the country. But now since Ricki’s mom ran off, Ricki finds herself an unwilling passenger in a front-row seat to her father’s dangerous lifestyle.
Ricki’s feelings get even more confused when her dad starts chasing seventeen-year-old Ian Burnham. She finds herself unavoidably attracted to the dark-eyed felon who seems eager to get acquainted. But Ricki thinks she’s ever in control—the perfect manipulator. Little does she know that Ian isn’t playing their game by her rules.
My Thoughts: So, I've had this on my TBR pile for a while and every time I glanced at it, I thought it was titled Chasing The Ship, so in my mind I thought it was about ships. Boy was I wrong! LOL
We are introduced to Ricki who always lived with her mom, until one day she doesn’t anymore. Her mom takes off and she ends up having to spend time with her father, on the road. He’s a bounty hunter (more or less) and she’s stuck with him finding people and throwing them into jail.
It’s pretty entertaining and boring at the same time. They are surviving in this tiny trailer that really isn't much of a home for a teenage girl. Ricki is fascinated by skips.
And then it all begins, her dad agrees to go pick up a boy not much older than her. He’s in trouble for stealing cars and Ricki automatically feels for him. She even bonds with him, but he’s too much trouble for this girl.
I never really liked Ian. I knew from the start he was trouble and usually I go for the bad boys but I just didn't like him very much. He wasn't really smooth or didn't have the charm.
Chasing The Skip was an entertaining enough read and I did really enjoy Ricki and seeing how she dealt with what has become her life. This novel left me wanting more though. I just didn't like how it tied up and I wasn't quite sold yet.
Overall: Probably more of a 3.5 cupcake rating for me, but since I don’t do half cupcakes, can’t do that. I liked Ricki and I liked certain aspects of the book but I wasn't completely sucked in like usual.
Cover: Like it, like the handcuffs. At least now I know it’s not titled Chasing The Ship. HEHE.
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Venom by Fiona Paul
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Publisher: Philomel
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 432
Summary: Love, lust, murder, mayhem and high society converge in one thrilling debut
Part Gossip Girl, part Edgar Allan Poe, and wholly beautiful, elegant and suspenseful, this novel set in Venice during the Renaissance is a true romantic thriller. When Cassandra Caravallo visits her friend Liviana's crypt and finds a murdered courtesan inside, her world is turned upside down. Before she knows it, Cass is involved with Falco, a grave-robbing artist, and on her way to discovering corruption in the elite Venetian society.
But will she find the man who's been savagely murdering beautiful young girls before he finds her? Will she stay true to her fiance, who's off studying law in France? Or will she succumb to Falco's charms? Beauty, love, romance and murder combine in a novel that's as seductive and stunning as Venice itself.
My Thoughts: When I first started this one, I wasn’t really enjoying it, but I was motivated to finish it. It wasn’t until about 100 pages in until I truly started to love it and enjoy the characters and plot.
We are introduced to Cassandra who is engaged to a man named Luca. He is away studying so it takes a while before we get to meet him. One night she finds a crypt that is supposed to contain the body of her friend, only it doesn’t. Inside is another girl. Cass is stunned and scared. She doesn’t know what to think. She meets a guy named Falco who is going to help her solve the mystery. In the process, she starts getting threats so she knows her life is in danger too.
Cass was a lovely girl. I really enjoyed learning all about her life and what she is going through emotionally. Falco, oh I really liked Falco. He was such a cutie, and so funny. He was mischievous. You can’t help fall in love with him, because he’s a riot. Of course, this presents the problem of the love triangle. Should Cass be with Falco or Luca? By the end of the novel, we find out who the killer is and we are faced with the ultimate decision of Luca or Falco? So tough!
Venom did take me awhile to get into but by the end I was totally loving it. Once I found a love for the historical part, I really enjoyed reading about what was going on in the city, and how things worked. I’m just not a historical reader, but this one did it for me.
This novel is really good, loved the pace, the setting, the plot, and the characters.
Overall: Like I said above, I have problems finding historical novels that I enjoy. I usually do not like them but there was something special about Venom that I really enjoyed. It was engaging and such a great story.
Cover: Love it! And I love her mask! The cover is what attracted me to this one. Love the cover!
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Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Publisher: Flux
Age Group: Young Adult
Pages: 408
Summary: A steampunk faerie tale with romance, danger, and a strong-willed heroine
When spirited sixteen-year-old Noli Braddock and her best friend Steven "V" Darrow take a flying car out for a joyride, neither expects Noli to be sent to reform school to mend her hoyden ways. While at the dreadful school, Noli's innocent mid-summer's eve wish summons Kevighn, a mysterious man who takes Noli with him to the Realm of Faerie. At first Noli believes she has been rescued. But the sinister reason behind the handsome huntsman's appearance quickly become clear--he wants to use Noli as a blood sacrifice to restore his dying world. V, who has secrets of his own, shows up to help Noli escape and return to the mortal realm--but first, they must navigate the dangerous intrigues of the Otherworld.
If they are successful, Noli will live. But if Noli lives, the entire Otherworld civilization will die.
My Thoughts: I have heard tons of good and bad things about this one. Some people expected it to be steampunk while others realized it was about faeries.
I went into it knowing it had a faerie element to it so I wasn’t surprised.
We are introduced to Noli who has had a rough life. She lives with her mother and has to help her out with all she can. Women aren’t supposed to work so Noli is “supposed” to grow up to be a lady but Noli likes other things. Like building things such as flying cars.
Noli also has a neighbor named V that she’s best friends with. I loved him! He was very very cool and you could tell he had a crush on Noli.
Noli gets sent away to basically a reform school. She has to learn how to be a lady. This really does despise her. She gets there, and isn’t too surprised that the headmaster is a mean old lady. She beats and tortures the girls who don’t follow her directions.
She meets a man outside one day and has the opportunity to trust him another and decides running away with him is better than staying there. So she goes. She ends up in another world, a world run by fairies.
Gosh, she learns that she is very special and can save a bunch of people. And than V comes back into the picture. Oh sweet sweet V. I knew there was something different about you.
I’m going to stop right there. This book was pretty interesting. I really did enjoy it. I can see why some people are either going to hate it or love it. If you like fairy books like me, you’ll probably enjoy it. If you know what you are going into from the get go, you’ll enjoy it. It isn’t exactly steampunk just a fair warning.
Overall: I really enjoyed this one! And I loved Noli and V so much. They were perfect for one another and they had a very nice spark for each other. Hehe. I’m glad where things went but now I want another novel from Lazear now!
Cover: Like it! It does look very steampunk though, right? I like this cover but don’t think it fits the novel very well.
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