Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Pen to Paper to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time. My Goodread page is not working right now, so I got the description from Shelfari.
Shelfari:
Emma and her friend Chloe are spending vacation in Florida. When Emma (literally) runs into a hot guy named Galen on the beach, little does she know he’s a prince of the Syrena. Galen and Emma both feel something strange – is it attraction? – and Galen suspects that Emma might well be the girl he’s heard of – a human who can communicate with fish.
What follows is a deadly scene with a shark in which Galen witnesses Emma’s gifts. He must know more about her, and follows her back to New Jersey, and high school, to find out for sure if she’s the key to saving his kingdom. Soon, Emma can’t deny her feelings for him, but can’t explain them, either – and both she and Galen must learn more about where she comes from and what her powers are before they can trust one another and their feelings.
It sounds like it'd be a really good book, it comes out May 22, 2012
Win a paperback ARC of Black City (Black City Chronicles #1) by Elizabeth Richards
Goodreads:
A dark and tender postapocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war
In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable—they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection, that causes Ash’s long dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they’re caught they’ll be executed—but their feelings are too strong. When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.
Only I saw Narian for who he truly was: a young man with courage and an independent mind, and made to pay for what was outside his control. He couldn't help his past any more than he could help the way those intense, deep-blue eyes pierced me and held me captive. An eighteen-year-old queen in love with the enemy as their countries pass the point of no return... Bound to a man she cannot love, Queen Alera of Hytanica must forget Narian, the young man who holds her heart. For Narian is destined to conquer Hytanica at the behest of his master, the powerful magic-user known as the Overlord. Alera doesn't truly believe Narian will fight against Hytanica-until Cokyrian troops attack with Narian commanding the charge. Faced with the greatest betrayal a heart can know, Alera must set aside personal feelings and lead her kingdom through its darkest time. And when all hope, will and courage seem lost, she must find strength and remember that even the blackest night must have a dawn....
Review:
A huge thank you to Harlequin Teen and NetGalley for the eCopy to review.
I was excited to start this book. It starts off where the first one left off, after the marriage of Alera and Steldor.
I think Alera matures a lot, in the beginning of the book she acted childish, but as the story moved on her maturity did was well.
In Legacy I did not like Stedlor at all, but he has changed into a completely different person. He still is as hotheaded as before, but the difference in him is a 180 in this book. I didn't know that Steldor actually has a heart beneath his pride, my feelings for him has changed. Although I'm still Team Narian!
Narian didn't appear in the book until the middle, I was confused about him and his intentions. Was he a threat to Alera and her kingdom? He was after all a Cokyrian.
Just like in the first book, I loved London! He was brave, and cared for others. I loved to learn about his past.
It was an amazing book. It takes you all over. I think it was kind of slow about half of the way in, I still love the series. It has everything, Historical fiction, fantasy, royalty and of course a love triangle! And what's better than a queen in love the enemy? I am eagerly awaiting book three, Sacrifice!
Every Friday I used to post what I called Free Friday, where I posted the book that they had for free for the Nook, but they haven't had that for a few weeks now, or at least I couldn't find it, so I decided to start Friday Five.
Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Pen to Paper to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.
Goodreads:
A startling novel about love and grief from the author of the acclaimed memoir I Don't Want to Be Crazy.Annaleah and Brian shared something special - Annaleah is sure of it. When they were together, they didn't need anyone else. It didn't matter that their relationship wassecret. All that mattered was what they had with each other.And then, out of nowhere, Brian dies. And while everyone else has their role in the grieving process, Annaleah finds herself living outside of it, unacknowledged and lonely.How can you recover from a loss that no one will let you have?
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab you'r current read
Open the book to a random page
Share with us two (2) "teasers" sentences form that page
Be careful not to include spoilers! (make sure what you share doesn't give away too much! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title of the book so other TT participants can add the book to their TBR pile if they'd like
Today my teaser comes from...
"Kids," said Hazel. "She want's kids. She wants to collect them. She puts them in snow globes. She traps them with promises, and if she can get them to agree to stay there forever, they're hers."
Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with partials--engineered organic beings identical to humans--has decimated the world’s population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. The threat of the partials is still imminent, but, worse, no baby has been born immune to the disease in over a decade. Humanity’s time is running out.
When sixteen-year-old Kira learns of her best friend’s pregnancy, she’s determined to find a solution. Then one rash decision forces Kira to flee her community with the unlikeliest of allies. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that the survival of both humans and partials rests in her attempts to answer questions of the war’s origin that she never knew to ask.
Combining the fast-paced action of The Hunger Games with the provocative themes of Battlestar Galactica, Partials is a pulse-pounding journey into a world where the very concept of what it means to be human is in question--one where our sense of humanity is both our greatest liability, and our only hope for survival.
Review:
Thank you to HarperCollins and NetGalley for kindly providing me a copy to review.
It was the cover that grabbed my attention. I could tell it was a Dystopian right away, even before I read about it. I can't get enough of these books. I love, love, love them! And Partials didn't disappoint. The idea of the book is awesome, robots that look, sound, and act like humans, made to fight in war.
Partials is set in the near future, in the year of 2076, when a deadly virus has wipes out 99% of humanity. Humans are an endangered race, babies are even more important than ever. But that's the problem, no child has lived past a few days in more than fourteen years.
Sixteen year old Kira Walker wants that to change. She works as a trainee in the maternity ward at the hospital and is trying to find a cure for the virus, before her best friend gives birth to her unborn child. Hoping to save the baby, Kira will sacrifice her life for a cure.
This was an amazing book! It is on the long side, but it was well worth it, the book had everything, romance and action.
If you'r a dystopian fan, you should read this. This book is released the 28th of February, go out and buy it, I know I will. Book two Failsafe is expected to be published in 2013. I can't wait to read more from Mr.Wells.
Every Friday I used to post what I called Free Friday, where I posted the book that they had for free for the Nook, but they haven't had that for a few weeks now, or at least I couldn't find it, so I decided to start Friday Five.
Wishlist Wednesday, hosted by Pen to Paper to post books that you have been really wanting for a long time.
Goodreads:
Blubaugh presents a smart and sexy tale of an outlaw theater troupe forced to escape into the realm of Faerie when the mortal world becomes too dangerous.
It doesn't say much about this book, but what it does say is intriguing.
(I know I participate in the 'Teaser Tuesday' but I've been wanting to try 'Top Ten Tuesday' for some time now, and today, Valentine's Day, seemed like a perfect time to start!)
(In no participial order)
(MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)
10) The Forest of Hands and Teeth- Carrie Ryan
9) The Giver- Lois Lowry
8) City of Bones and City of Ashes- Cassandra Clare
7) The Notebook: It's sad, I hope I don't get Alzheimer when I grow old.
6) Eragon: Brom's death was so sad.
5) The Diary of a Young Girl- Anne Frank
4) The Harry Potter series: I was only going to pick the third book, Prisoner of Azkaban , my absolute favorite, but I think each book is kind of sad, in a way.
3) The Way We Fall- Megan Crewe: This was just a heartbreaking book.
2) Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely #5): I may be weird by I did tear up at the end, of course I loved this series!
1) The Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3): The ending.
I'm your average butterbeer addict, animal loving, book worm. Reading is my drug of choice, and I don't have any interest to reform from my addiction. I could spend days in Borders (R.I.P. Borders) Barns and Noble and never be bored. I read just about anything but my favorite books are YA. Studying to be a veterinarian assistant.
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