{Book Blitz + Giveaway} Embrace & Hold Tight by Cherie Colyer

Embrace (The Embrace Series #1)
by Cherie Colyer
Release Date: 12/20/11
Omnific Publishing

Summary from Goodreads:
Madison is familiar enough with change, and she hates everything about it. Change took her long-term boyfriend away from her. It caused one of her friends to suddenly hate her. It’s responsible for the death of a local along with a host of other mysterious happenings. But when Madison meets a hot new guy, she thinks her luck is about to improve.

Madison is instantly drawn to the handsome and intriguing Isaac Addington. She quickly realizes he’s a guy harboring a secret, but she’s willing to risk the unknown to be with him.

Her world really spins out of control, however, when her best friend becomes delusional, seeing things that aren’t there and desperately trying to escape their evil. When the doctors can’t find the answers, Madison seeks her own.

Nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover.
Dangerous, intoxicating, and darkly romantic, Embrace is a thriller that will leave you spellbound.

Hold Tight (The Embrace Series #2)
by Cherie Colyer
Release Date: 08/20/13
Omnific Publishing

Summary from Goodreads:
What’s one little spell?

When you’re new to magic, one spell can be the difference between getting what you want...and ruining the lives of everyone you love.

Sixteen-year-old Madison has just embraced her magical powers. The trick now is learning how to control them. She and her boyfriend -and fellow witch- can’t even enjoy a simple kiss without getting shocked when their powers collide. Instead of mastering her new skills, though, Madison is stuck watching her kid brother and doing chores.

But being a witch does have its benefits. With a simple spell, Madison instantly conjures the help she needs around the house. Or so she thinks. Her idea of “help” invites trouble of its own as a pair of dangerous yet enticing beings enter her life. When a classmate disappears soon afterwards, Madison discovers she's the next victim of a threat she's powerless to resist...and there’s nothing it won’t kill to make her surrender.

Caught in the crossfire between two dashing but deadly creatures, Madison must figure out which one to trust and how to rid her world of the other—before one of them destroys her and everyone she cares about.

About the Author

A little about myself: I write young adult and middle grade novels. I love finding new stories that keep me up late reading. While my favorite genre is fantasy, if the book is beautifully written with characters that come alive I’m all over it.
My debut novel EMBRACE is now available from Omnific Publishing.

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Teaser Tuesday (20)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read(s)
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) -- or more -- “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

“My neck and cheeks are volcano-hot. My entire chest swarms with an uncontrollable butterfly attack. Butterfly riot. Butterfly massacre.
Person slaughtered: Me.
Method used: Dimple.”

location 296, Almost by Anne Eliot

{YA Minute Review} Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

 {YA Minute Review} Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don’t stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don’t thank her for being a good, kind, patient mother. Of course not—you launch yourself down the stairs and make a run for the corner.
Only, if it’s the last time you’ll ever see your mother, you sort of start to wish you’d stopped and did those things. Maybe even missed the bus.
But the bus was barreling down our street, so I ran.
Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong.

In Emmy Laybourne’s action-packed debut novel, six high school kids (some popular, some not), two eighth graders (one a tech genius), and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside. While outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemical weapons spill, seems to be tearing the world—as they know it—apart. (Blurb via Goodreads)

{Details} Hardcover, 294 pages. Published June 5th 2012 by Feiwel & Friends. Source: library

{Rating} 2/5 - I didn't really like it

{Review} I was engrossed, I'll give it that but engrossed in that it was like watching a bus crash, but I couldn't connect with the characters or care what happened about them, most of them I flat out disliked. On the positive side, it had a big cast of characters and Laybourne did do a pretty good job of giving each of the characters distinct personalities. It also felt very adult for a YA book - sex, drugs, alcohol, assault, etc. There's a sequel, Sky on Fire, but I don't plan to read it. 

 

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Stacking the Shelves (19)

 Stacking The Shelves, a weekly meme from Tynga's Reviews, where I write, and squee, about the books I've added to my physical and virtual shelves, what I've read, and what I'm planning to read

 Be sure to check out my Stuck in a Good Book Giveaway Hop Stop

• Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
• Dangerous Dreams by Aileen Harkwood
• Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill
• A Conspiracy of Alchemists by Liesel Schwarz
• The Billionaire's Bauble by Ann Montclair
• Dance with the Enemy by Linda Boulanger
• Impact by Cassandra Carr
• In Two Weeks  by Jen Talty
• Opiate Jane by Jessica Baker
• Liberty Begins by Leigh James
• Home to Walnut Ridge by Diane Moody
• Xander's Chance by Lizzy Ford
• Friday Night Alibi by Cassie Mae
• Trace Elements by Kate Donovan
• Soul Bonded by Meghan Malone
• New Sensation by Clare Cole

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

Reboot by Amy Tintera

Don't Bite the Bridesmaid by Tiffany Allee

Girl on Tour by Ciasey Quinn

Lions, Tigers, and Sexy Bears Oh My! by Candace Havens

Luck of the Dragon by Susannah Scott

Gone with the Wolf by Kristin Miller

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{Giveaway} Stuck in a Good Book Giveaway Hop

Stuck in a Good Book Hop hosted by I Am A Reader, Not a Writer and Stuck in Books

I've read so many wonderful books this year and I want to share some of my favorites, books that I've been 'stuck in'.

The prize:
(1) Kindle ebook, your choice of one of the following:

Trust in Me by J Lynn (preorder) Cam's perspective of Wait for You 

Keeping Her (Losing it Novella) by Cora Carmack

True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer 

Shark Bait by Jenn Cooksey

The fine print:
There will be (1) winner
The prize is (1) ebook delivered via Amazon
Must be able to receive Amazon Kindle ebooks
Must be 18+ years old or have parental permission
Winner will be notified by e-mail and will have 72 hours to respond or another winner will be selected

Check out my other giveaways -- Dear Adam by Ava Zavora (gift card + ebooks) and Hungry for Love book blitz (gift card + swag)

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This is a blog hop so be sure to hop along and visit all the other participating blogs!

{YA Review} Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

{YA Review} Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

It's been months since Aria last saw Perry. Months since Perry was named Blod Lord of the Tides, and Aria was charged with an impossible mission. Now, finally, they are about to be reunited. But their reunion is far from perfect. The Tides don't take kindly to Aria, a former Dweller. And with the worsening Aether storms threatening the tribe's precarious existence, Aria begins to fear that leaving Perry behind might be the only way to save them both. Threatened by false friends, hidden enemies, and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder,Can their love survive through the ever night? In this second book in her spellbinding Under the Never Sky trilogy, Veronica Rossi combines fantasy and dystopian elements to create a captivating love story as perilous as it is unforgettable.
(Blurb via Goodreads)

{Details} 352 pages, Published January 8th 2013 by HarperCollins. Source: library

{Rating} 4/5

{Review} Through the Ever Night picks up where Under the Never Sky (my review) left off with Perry and Aria reuniting, but there’s no happily ever after. Perry is blood lord, Aria is still half dweller and they still have different gifts. Everything is against them.

They've also got responsibilities. As blood lord Perry is responsible for more than a hundred lives, Aria has to find the Still Blue and save everyone. Their loyalties mean their paths divide. The separation is heart-wrenching. Perry feels betrayed, and with someone whispering in his ear, he's jealous and doubtful. Things have also gotten worse, aether storms more frequent, raiding parties threaten, no where is safe.

It was great to see how far Aria has come from that scared girl thrown out into the wilds. She has become one of my favorite characters in YA, she's strong, determined, capable, she's afraid but she still keeps going.

"We lose and lose, but we're still here. Shaking in place, afraid of doing something. I'm tired of settling for this because I don't know if something better exists. It has to. What point is there otherwise? I can do something about it now. And I will."
     page 86

And also I loved the deepening friendship with Roar, the love and acceptance and support they give each other.

I liked seeing Perry as blood lord, seeing his every day life, his interactions with the other members of The Tides. We get to see him make hard choices, to make the decisions that show us who he really is.

In Through the Ever Night there's more action, adventure, loss and betrayal and the maturing relationship between Aria and Perry. I can't wait to see what happens in Into the Still Blue.