Review: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

HEIR OF FIRE
Series: Throne of Glass #3
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Release Date: September 2nd 2014

Book Length: 562 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Source: Physical Copy, Goodreads 

Review: 5/5 *Full Review Below.

She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one.

Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth...a truth about her heritage that could change her life—and her future—forever.

Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena must find the strength to not only fight her inner demons but to battle the evil that is about to be unleashed.

The king's assassin takes on an even greater destiny and burns brighter than ever before in this follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Crown of Midnight. 

ARC Review: The Secret Fire by C.J. Daugherty & Carina Rozenfeld

THE SECRET FIRE
Series: The Secret Fire #1
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Release Date: September 10th 2015

Book Length: 424 pages
Publisher: Atom
Source: ARC from publisher, Goodreads 

Review: 5/5 *Full Review Below.

Blurb: 

French teen Sacha Winters can't die. He can throw himself off a roof, be stabbed, even shot, and he will always survive. Until the day when history and ancient enmities dictate that he must die. Worse still, his death will trigger something awful. Something deadly. And that day is closing in.

Taylor Montclair is a normal English girl, hanging out with her friends and studying for exams, until she starts shorting out the lights with her brain. She’s also the only person on earth who can save Sacha.

There’s only one problem: the two of them have never met. They live hundreds of miles apart and powerful forces will stop at nothing to keep them apart.

They have eight weeks to find each other.

Will they survive long enough to save the world?

ARC Review: Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru by Tera Lynn Childs

TEN THINGS SLOANE HATES ABOUT TRU
Genre: YA, Romance, Contemporary
Release Date: September 14th 2015
Book Length: 245 pages

Publisher: Entangled Crush
Source: ARC, Goodreads 

Review: 4/5 *Full Review Below.

Blurb: 

When life gives you a blank canvas, make art.

Sloane Whitaker hates everything about moving to Texas. She hates leaving behind her friends and half her family in New York, starting over senior year at Austin’s NextGen Academy, and having to say she lives in Texas. Most of all, she hates that it’s all her fault. If she wants to earn her way back to the Big Apple, she has to prove she can still be the perfect daughter.

Which means no vandalism art, no trouble at school, and absolutely no Tru Dorsey, her serial screw-up neighbor, who loves nothing more than pushing her buttons.

But from the moment he vaults onto the roof outside her bedroom, there is something about him that makes her want to break every rule. Suddenly it’ s not the ten things she hates about Tru that are at the top of her list. It’s the ten reasons she doesn’t want to be without him. 

Review: How The Wolf Lost Her Heart by Sarah Brownlee

HOW THE WOLF LOST HER HEART
Genre: YA
Release Date: September 17th 2014

Book Length: 216 pages
Source: eBook from author (Thanks Sarah!!), Goodreads 

Review: 3/5 *Full Review Below.

Blurb: 

"A line that should never be crossed is about to be breached.

It puts this entire castle in jeopardy—and the life of your friend."

Set against the backdrop of a dystopian London where thugs and criminals run rife, Skye Archer possesses a rare gift, the ability to transform into her spirit animal at will. Widely regarding her morphing ability as a curse, Skye's aim is to keep it a secret at all costs. But one day she meets the intriguing and affluent, Raphael Renzo, who soon proves to have a secret of his own, one that could heal the downtrodden city and affect Skye in ways she never thought possible...

This debut Young Adult Paranormal Romance novel from Sarah Brownlee is a compelling and gripping read, taking the reader into a world where both the heart of a city and the heart of a girl are simultaneously pierced by one man.

ARC Review: Finding Perfect by Kendra C. Highley

FINDING PERFECT
Genre: YA, Romance, Contemporary
Release Date: September 14th 2015

Publisher: Entangled Crush
Source: ARC, Goodreads 

Review: 5/5 *Full Review Below.

Blurb: 

How far will you go for perfection? 

For “Perfect Paige” Westfield, today is “D” Day. As in, she just got one on her calculus test. With her dreams of Stanford, her reputation, and her parents’ expectations at stake, Paige needs to find a way to save face before everything she’s worked for goes up in flames.

Ben Franklin (yes, he’s related) is from the wrong side of town, with the wrong clothes and the wrong kind of life. He also knows an opportunity when he sees one, and he’ll be happy to tutor Paige—if she makes him into the kind of guy her best friend, the hottest girl in school, will date.

It’s the perfect arrangement. And Paige is determined not even the inconvenient—and utterly imperfect—attraction simmering between her and Ben will ruin it… 

Review: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

CROWN OF MIDNIGHT
Series: Throne of Glass #2
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Release Date: August 27th 2013

Book Length: 418 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Source: Physical Copy, Goodreads 

Review: 5/5 *Full Review Below.

Blurb: 

"A line that should never be crossed is about to be breached.

It puts this entire castle in jeopardy—and the life of your friend."

From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil.

Keeping up the deadly charade becomes increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. As she tries to untangle the mysteries buried deep within the glass castle, her closest relationships suffer. It seems no one is above questioning her allegiances—not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel heart.

Then one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. As Celaena's world shatters, she will be forced to give up the very thing most precious to her and decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie... and whom she is ultimately willing to fight for. 

Review: Write For Me by Michelle Holt

WRITE FOR ME
Series: Standalone
Genre: Romance, Contemporary 
Release Date: July 24th 2015

Book Length: 242 pages
Source: eBook (Thanks Michelle!!), Goodreads 

Review: 4/5 *Full Review Below.

Blurb: 
My name is Bently Young. I wouldn’t say I’m an angry person. In fact my life had been like a bubble gum infused sundae topped with happiness sprinkles up until the age of when I could date. And I started to date a lot. Guys were fun at first, a nice dinner, someone to tell me I was pretty and laugh at my sarcastic jokes. But then the little creeps started showing their true colors. And they were not my favorite colors. They were like barf green and overripe fungus tangerine. And it made me angry. 

Swearing off dating all together was too drastic, but I sure wanted to not do it for a while. I had my family and friends to keep me occupied. I didn’t need a man to take me to cheesy restaurants. One could only eat so much free bread and butter. Life could keep zooming along without the necessity of someone with chest hair being around. 

Oh but then I met Josh. If I could have just never known he existed, all would have been fine. Of course, I don’t mean that because if I never knew he was in the world, my own world would have been an awful place. He makes me want to dance under a happiness sprinkle hail storm. Pretty much he is gorgeous and has the insane ability to use his words to make my heart float out of my chest. That made things a lot better when everything else I knew in my life decided to implode. But we weren’t immune to the black hole of horribleness either. 

Ours is an epic love story and I just happened to write it down for you…

Review: The Unraveling by Laurel Wanrow

THE UNRAVELING
Series: The Luminated Threads #1
Genre: NA, Steampunk
Release Date: June 23rd 2015

Book Length: 302 pages
Publisher: Sprouting Star Press
Source: eBook (Thanks Laurel!!), Goodreads 

Review: 3/5 *Full Review Below.

Blurb: 
In 1868 England, the competition to control agriculture is fierce… 
…and nobody says no to Derby’s industrial magnate. 

Except Annmar Masterson. The nineteen-year-old rejects his improper advances and instead takes an advertising position on a farm. She discovers the isolated valley is home to gifted species—including animal and plant shifters—who hide their lives from the rest of England. The blue threads only she sees on their clockwork machinery prove her heritage is rooted with theirs, but their world is so different that Annmar doesn't know if she'll ever belong. 

Shapeshifter Daeryn Darkcoat blames himself for the death of his mate and swears he won't be responsible for another pack. But when the farm he loves falls victim to an endless run of strange pests eating the crops, he joins the hunt, taking charge of an unruly team of predator shifters. In the midst of the battle, Annmar stirs feelings he can’t resist. 

As Annmar becomes entangled in the fight against the pests, and with Daeryn, she discovers her magic might help…if she can learn to use it properly. If not, she’ll be forced to leave the people she has come to care for and become what she fears most: nothing more than another cog in the magnate’s gears. 

Like Fantasy? LOVE these... Top pick's of 2015!

Hey everyone!

As you may have guessed, one of my favourite genres is fantasy. Who's isn't?

What I love about this genre is that you can become completely immersed in a unique new world, usually full of magical creatures and rarely are two books the same.

My favourite magical creature would have to be the Fae but I do love witches, dragons, demons and all the rest of it. Although there doesn't have to be creatures like dragons in fantasy books for me to love them, just some semblance of magic and I'm hooked.

So I've spend the majority of my summer reading this genre and I've put together some of my top reads which I think you guys should check out and hopefully come to love as much as me. 

ARC Review: Shattered Blue by Lauren Bird Horowitz

SHATTERED BLUE
Series: The Light Trilogy #1
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Release Date: September 15th 2015

Book Length: 336 pages
Publisher: Skyscape
Source: ARC, Goodreads 

Review: 3/5 *Full Review Below.

Blurb: 
For Noa and Callum, being together is dangerous, even deadly. From the start, sixteen-year-old Noa senses that the mysterious transfer student to her Monterey boarding school is different. Callum unnerves and intrigues her, and even as she struggles through family tragedy, she’s irresistibly drawn to him. Soon they are bound by his deepest secret: Callum is Fae, banished from another world after a loss hauntingly similar to her own.

But in Noa’s world, Callum needs a special human energy, Light, to survive; his body steals it through touch—or a kiss. And Callum’s not the only Fae on the hunt. When Callum is taken, Noa must decide: Will she sacrifice everything to save him? Even if it means learning their love may not be what she thought?