ARC Review&Interview: Tell Me You Need Me by Joya Ryan

TELL ME YOU NEED ME
Author: Joya Ryan
Series: Search and Seduce #1
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Release Date: November 16th 2015

Book Length: 126 pages
Publisher: Entangled: Brazen (Thanks Joya <3)

Playing dirty can be the best kind of fun…

Chloe Franklin wouldn’t call herself a commitment-phobe, so much as she’s allergic to anything long term. She loves the sexy, sweaty, and intensely hot hours of the night that come before the sun rises, though. Especially when those nights are spent with Search-and-Rescuer Gage McGraw...

Gage loves his job, but there is one thing he’s starting to like more than the rush of a mission—a stacked blonde with a mouth that haunts his dreams. Every time he steps foot in the sleepy town of Beaufort, he hooks up with Chloe. But he’s tired of hooks-ups. He wants more.

Just the sight of Gage gets Chloe's blood going. Hot, bothered, and finally naked, she’s ready for their night to start. But before he takes her, he whispers what his intentions really are…and then the games really begin.

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Review: Winter by Marissa Meyer

WINTER
Author: Marissa Meyer
Series: The Lunar Chronicles #4
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Retelling, Romance
Release Date: November 10th 2015

Book Length: 827 pages
Publisher: Puffin

Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.

Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won't approve of her feelings for her childhood friend--the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn't as weak as Levana believes her to be and she's been undermining her stepmother's wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that's been raging for far too long.

Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Levana and find their happily ever afters?

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Review: The Iron Warrior by Julie Kagawa

THE IRON WARRIOR
Author: Julie Kagawa
Series: The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #3
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Release Date: October 27th 2015

Book Length: 384 pages
Publisher: Harlequin Teen

The Iron Prince—my nephew—betrayed us all.

He killed me.

Then, I woke up.

Waking after a month on the brink of death, Ethan Chase is stunned to learn that the Veil that conceals the fey from human sight was temporarily torn away. Although humankind's glimpse of the world of Faery lasted just a brief moment, the human world has been cast into chaos, and the emotion and glamour produced by fear and wonder has renewed the tremendous power of the Forgotten Queen. Now, she is at the forefront of an uprising against the courts of Summer and Winter—a reckoning that will have cataclysmic effects on the Nevernever.

Leading the Lady's Forgotten Army is Keirran himself: Ethan's nephew, and the traitor son of the Iron Queen, Meghan Chase.To stop Keirran, Ethan must disobey his sister once again as he and his girlfriend, Kenzie, search for answers long forgotten. In the face of unprecedented evil and unfathomable power, Ethan's enemies must become his allies, and the world of the fey will be changed forevermore.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway: Sugar Skulls by Glenn Dallas and Lisa Mantchev

 

Sugar Skulls Book Blitz!

SUGAR SKULLS
Author: Lisa Mantchev and Glenn Dallas
Publisher: Skyscrape
Publication date: November 10th 2015
Genres: Dystopian, SciFi, New Adult

Welcome to Cyrene, a city where energy is currency and music is the lifeblood of its young citizens. Everyone lives on the grid, and the residents of the world’s largest playground are encouraged to pursue every physical and emotional pleasure imaginable.
Vee is the lead singer of the Sugar Skulls, an all-girl band that is Corporate’s newest pet project. Micah haunts the city like a ghost after an overdose of a deadly illegal street drug knocks him off the grid. When Micah and Vee forge an immediate, undeniable connection, their troubled worlds collide.
Trading concert stages for Cyrene’s rooftops and back alleys, they have to evade vicious thugs and Vee’s possessive manager as they unravel the mysteries connected to their dark pasts. And before the curtain falls, Micah and Vee will bring the city to its knees in their desperate bid for love, home, and a future together.

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How amazing is that cover? It's absolutely gorgeous. I love dystopians so I can't wait to get my hands on a copy!

About the Authors:

When not working on puzzles for Penny Press or writing about them for PuzzleNation, Glenn Dallas is an author of short stories and at least half of one novel. After appearing in the acknowledgments of several outstanding novels, he looks forward to returning the favor in the future.
Lisa Mantchev is the acclaimed author of Ticker and the Théâtre Illuminata series, which includes Eyes Like Stars, nominated for a Mythopoeic Award and the Andre Norton Award. She has also published numerous short stories in magazines, including Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld, Weird Tales, and Fantasy. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State with her husband, children, and horde of furry animals. Visit her online at www.lisamantchev.com.

Author links
Lisa:
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Glenn:
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Entangled Teen's Sci-fi Sale - Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout is FREE!

Hey everyone!

I have some pretty amazing news for you all. The hugely popular Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout is being released by Entangled Teen on December 1st. Exciting right? but wait there's more....

Obsidian (Lux #1) is FREE!

That's right, from November 2nd - 29th Obsidian will be completely free for readers. 

Starting over sucks.

When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring… until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something… unexpected happens. 

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. 

If I don’t kill him first, that is.

Cover Reveal: Solider by Julie Kagawa

The Solider cover is here yaaaayy...

DRAGONS OH MY!

A fighter dedicated to saving humankind from dragons in strictest secrecy.

That was what Garret Xavier Sebastian thought he was part of as a soldier of the Order of St. George. What he learned from a fiery dragon hatchling twisted all he believed in and set him on a collision course with certain death-but not without a chance to put things right.

Betrayed and on the run again, Ember and rogue dragon Riley discover an unthinkable truth about Talon and St. George. They'll need Garret's skills and insider knowledge of the Order to negotiate an impossible deal-and if they fail, there will be no way to stop all-out war.

I'M READY TO GET BACK TO THIS SERIES

Julie Kagawa is a goddess, I'm always able to instantly connect with all of her characters, I adore her books and her writing-- there's always a gorgeous romance at the centre, all of her male leads are of the swoony variety and all are on my book boyfriends list *no shame*..... safe to say I'm obsessed.

But anyway it's all about dragons, so just read it!

So what better way to celebrate the third book in the Talon series than having it centred around Garret, aka the above mentioned swoony lead, aka my boyfriend, sorry ladies.

This series is full of love, betrayal, jealously, angst and so much action and adventure, to me it was the perfect combination of everything.

After the heartbreaking cliffhanger during Rogue, I am more than ready to dive back into this series and to find out what my darling characters have been up to--mischief I'm guessing. The synopsis promises more action, adventure and no doubt more conflict and betrayals between between characters but mostly importantly it's all about Garret. He's just everything, the forbidden romance between him the dragon hunter and Ember the dragon was at an all time high in Rogue, I was so frustrated with their actions but secretly loving all the angst. I'm thrilled that the release late was changed to April instead of August, if only all of my future books were released early *sigh*. 

It better be good, Kagawa has come explaining to do after breaking my poor heart!

"A flame that burns twice as bright lasts half as long."

This is another gorgeous cover, it's different from the others but I still love it!

It's released April 26th 2016, so get this on your TBR shelves now..
Soldier - Goodreads

Book Blitz & Giveaway! All The Way To Heaven by Becky Doughty

All The Way To Heaven Book Blitz!

ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN
Author: Becky Doughty
Series: The Fallout Series #1
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing
Publication date: November 2nd 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance

Anica Tomlin, business major, has just learned that the man she’s been planning her future around, her Global Finance professor, already has a beautiful wife and family. Ani cashes in her graduation gift to herself a little early—a trip to Tuscany—but from the moment she boards the wrong train in Pisa, her plans for solitude and self-indulgence begin to unravel around her.
When a bicycle accident thrusts Ani into the skilled hands of the dashing Dr. Cosimo Lazzaro, she reluctantly accepts his invitation to recover in his family’s country villa, perched on a hilltop surrounded by the Lazzaro olive groves. But it’s been a black year for olive growers all over Italy, and generations of tradition are being put to the test like never before.
Ani is swept up in the drama of life in Tuscany, the convergence of old and new, and the passions that drive people to pursue the desires of their hearts. Just as Ani begins to get her feet under her again, an unexpected turn of events leaves her doubting the very existence of happily-ever-after, unless she can learn to trust the desires of her own heart.
Although All the Way to Heaven is a stand-alone novel, it is the first book in The Fallout Series, a collection of sweet contemporary romances that follow characters featured in the first book.

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Excerpt:

Seven AM in Lucca, and the quaint medieval town was teeming with life, fueled by a caffeine-and-Mediterranean-air-induced high. Bicycle bells jingle-jangled, and boisterous greetings volleyed from one side of the narrow streets to the other. School children laughed and called out to comrades as they scurried off to class.
“Why is everyone so happy?” I pulled a lumpy pillow over my head, but I could find no entry back into the anesthetizing arms of sleep.
My first morning in this enchanted place, and I felt more like a forgotten princess in a tower than a girl on a much-anticipated trip to Italy.
I hadn’t expected to fall asleep right away, but after a hot shower and a bowl of the packaged soup my mom had slipped into my luggage before they drove me to the airport, fatigue settled its heavy cloak around my shoulders. Crawling between the crisp sheets that smelled of bleach and lavender, I was disquieted by the unfamiliar stillness of a town that collectively slept at night. My world was round-the-clock, where the freeway slowed, but never stopped, businesses stayed open twenty-four hours a day, and people lived in shifts, as though afraid the earth might cease turning on its axis the moment no one was looking. But sleep, I did, like a stone, in spite of the tears that made it impossible to breathe through my nose.
Morning, however, had arrived with a vengeance, the stillness before dawn exploding into a cacophony of sound as unfamiliar to me as last night’s stillness. Cobbled streets bordered by tall, ancient stone buildings made shouts and laughter echo and reverberate, each sound amplified. Everything felt so close, but no one here seemed to mind. Like an orchestra tuning its instruments before a performance, each noise outside the window was finding its perfect pitch in the symphony entitled, “A Day in the Life of Lucca.”

Author Bio:
Becky Doughty is the author of the best-selling Elderberry Croft series, The Gustafson Girls series, Waters Fall, and more. She’s also the voice behind BraveHeart Audiobooks. She writes Women’s Fiction with strong elements of romance, as well as Young Adult and New Adult Fiction. Becky’s favorite people are edge-dwellers, those who live on that fine line where hope and despair meet, where love is the only answer and grace becomes truly amazing. Becky is married to her champion of more than 25 years. They have three children, two of whom are grown and starting families of their own, and they all live within a few miles of each other in Southern California. They share their lives with too many animals, a large vegetable garden, and a strange underground concrete room they’re certain was built for dark and sinister purposes….

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Cover Reveal: The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven King cover is finally here...

THIS HAS BEEN LOOOONG OVER DUE!

The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.

All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.

BEYOND EXICTED FOR THIS

I am obsessed with The Raven Cycle series and the end if finally in sight... well sort of! I can't wait to see what plot twists Maggie will come up with next. But seriously, look at that cover? Me & Finnick approve, it's gorgeous and it's now my favourite one of the series.

However I will be having words if Maggie decides to kill off Gansey... yes it's been discussed at length in each book about his ultimate demise but I will not stand for it, please don't do it! </3

Looking for mystery, adventure, folklore, magic and a spot of romance? Then look no further.

This has this and much much more, following Blue who lives with her mother and aunts who are all physics, sounds pretty cool huh? Well not so when Blue's future has already been predicted; She is destined to kill her true love with a kiss. AWKWARD! The Raven Cycle follows Blue and four 'Raven Boys' from Aglionby Academy; Gansey, Adam, Ronan and Noah. Together they try to unravel and save the mystery of a long forgotten sleeping King. With intricate plot twists, multiple POV's and dark magic around every corner, you're sure to lose yourself in this epic adventure.

This is another gorgeous cover and I can't wait to have it!

It's released April 26th 2016, so get this on your TBR shelves now..
The Raven King - Goodreads