Waiting on Wednesday: REIGN OF SHADOWS (Reign of Shadows #1) by Sophie Jordan

“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. This week I am excited about the upcoming release of Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan!

I am falling in love with Young Adult stories lately and this one if high on my TBR list. Sophie Jordan has such a wide range of books and genres under her belt and I am slowly working through them all! This new book and beginning to a new series sounds like a very interesting story I might just love! Reign of Shadows is LIVE on February 9, 2016! So mark your calendars and add it to your TBR list.

Destiny and darkness collide in this romantic, sweeping new fantasy series from New York Timesbestselling author Sophie Jordan.

Seventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, Relhok’s lost princess, has been hiding in a tower ever since. Luna’s survival depends on the world believing she is dead.

But that doesn’t stop Luna from wanting more. When she meets Fowler, a mysterious archer braving the woods outside her tower, Luna is drawn to him despite the risk. When the tower is attacked, Luna and Fowler escape together. But this world of darkness is more treacherous than Luna ever realized.

With every threat stacked against them, Luna and Fowler find solace in each other. But with secrets still unspoken between them, falling in love might be their most dangerous journey yet.

New Release + Review: CHASING SPRING by R.S. Grey

Prepare to be amazed! RS Grey has stunned me with a sweet and gut wrenching story of secrets and second chances. Chasing Spring will steal your heart and show the world a new side of Grey’s writing talent. Check out more about this new release and make sure to grab your copy today!

Chasing Spring

R.S. Grey

Release Date: February 1, 2016

Genre: Young Adult

I thought I’d left Blackwater, Texas behind for good. I didn’t belong in the small town, but my dad wouldn’t listen. He dragged me back home in his beat-up truck and dropped a bomb along the way: Chase Matthews was moving in with us. He was the golden boy of my high school, my former best friend, and the last person I wanted sleeping across the hall. His presence was too great a reminder of the ghosts I was trying to forget.

I didn’t ask for a hero. I don’t want to be saved.

To me, Lilah Calloway meant late nights sneakin’ out, moonlit hair, and sparklers in July. She was my best friend until the day she left and I’d assumed Blackwater had seen the last of her. Then, like a tempest, she rolled back into town for the final half of senior year. The chopped hair and dark devil-may-care attitude warned most people away, but I knew if I fought hard enough, I could find the lost girl.

I didn’t want to be her hero. Some girls don’t need to be saved.

You can purchase your copy of Chasing Spring today on Amazon!

RS Grey’s book have always been books that leave you smiling and satisfied. Her books have a way of blending comedy and romance that gives you a sense of hopeful romance and happily ever afters. Chasing Springs is VERY different. Make sure that you leave all preconceived notions at the door and prepare to be in awe. It is brilliant, just like all the others, but it takes the reader somewhere Grey has never taken them before. First off, this story is a Young Adult book. It is well placed in that genre and allows the reader to focus on an important life change as opposed to just a romance. It is a heartfelt story that focuses on healing and second chances. It has a romantic theme, but above all, it is about hope. That made this book even more stunning. When the author tells you that this book is unlike anything they have ever written, it makes me excited and a tad bit nervous. But there was nothing to worry about here. This book has the writing and story we come to expect from Grey but a new onslaught of emotions and something more a bit more serious. It makes me wonder what else this woman has up her sleeve.

Chasing Spring follows the return home of Lilah, a young woman who has lost her way, dealing with the continuing aftermath of tragedy and heartache. This character does not shy away from the nitty gritty. When we read chapters from her POV, you see the ugly that lives inside, something she longs to keep hidden. She wants to protect what is left of her heart and destroy the world if need be. Her counterpart in this book is Chase. These two were once best friends but life destroyed what they knew. He is the golden boy to her outcast, but Chase longs to find his friend in the ashes of their shared tragedy and bring her back to life. Sometimes these two are like oil and water. Other times they click back into the place they belong. It is a very emotional journey for these two to face the truth of what happened and to expose the secrets and hurt from the past.

Grey does a fantastic job of exploring the hurt and pain all the while bringing healing and hope. This book is so different from what her reader’s expect but that alone makes it so much more raw and impacting. Chasing Spring is a story that allows the heartache and hurt of life to till the soil and bring forth hope, life, and new beginnings. Lilah and Chase do not have an easy journey but what is on the other side is well worth the pain and brokenness. You will laugh, cry, and feel so much when you read this book! It is a story that puts Grey in a new genre on the book map and highlights another part of her writing prowess we never knew existed!

I am a lover of books, chocolate, reality TV, black labs, and cold weather. Seriously, if I had it my way, I would be curled up on the couch with all of those things… everyday.

I live in Texas where I spend my free time writing and reading. My favorite authors include Mindy Kaling & Jonathan Safran Foer. I’m a comedy geek and love all things “funny”. Women like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Mindy Kaling are definitely the biggest inspirations for my writing, though I think my work tends to skew a bit smuttier than theirs.

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Blog Tour + Review + Giveaway: THE UPRISING (The Union #3) by T.H. Hernandez

The Union Series has yet another fantastic adventure to add to the collection! Check out TH Hernandez’s latest book, The Uprising! Read more about this new release, as well as Tina’s Thoughts and an excerpt from the book. This Young Adult book and series is one you will not want to miss.

The Uprising
Union #3
T.H. Hernandez
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian
Release Date: January 19, 2016

Recovering from a near-fatal gunshot wound, eighteen-year-old Evan Taylor must find a way to stop the Uprising, an underground movement committed to destroying the Union, before her homeland is attacked.

After spending the last four months in the Ruins trying to get back to the only girl he’s ever loved, nineteen-year-old Cyrus needs to get past his jealousy over Evan’s involvement with Bryce or risk losing her again.

Together, Evan and Cyrus join with their friends to devise a plan to save both the Ruins and the Union, but when the pressure’s on, bickering and infighting threaten to undermine their goals. New information revealing a weakness in the Uprising is uncovered, forcing them to act quickly or risk losing everything.

With the help of old friends and new allies they set out to make history, but it might just take a miracle for everyone to make it out alive.

THE UPRISING is the third book in THE UNION series, a young adult romantic adventure set in the near future.

You can purchase your copy of The Uprising today on Amazon!

The Union Series from TH Hernandez has been a refreshing and well written Young Adult series from the very beginning! It captured me on page one of the first book and I have been waiting on bated breath to see what happens with the characters and the world that Hernandez has so wonderfully shared.  I am still a bit stunned at how this book progressed. And when I say stunned I mean it in the best possible way. There are so many moving parts and characters within the story that it comes alive as you read. There is a sense of adventure coupled with an urgency to do what is right and fight for the cause. The Uprising is a fast paced story that bring the best of the series to life and leaves you oddly satisfied while still wanting so much more.

First off I was not prepared for what happened in the end. I thought that this was the last book in the series, but now I am desperate for more. I read the last paragraph and found myself clicking frantically to the next page on my kindle with nothing there. I was shocked. Now I am even more invested than I was before and I cannot wait for what is to come. All I can say is that it had better come quickly or I just might freak out.

This story was filled with action. There is a common goal in mind for all the characters involved and watching that unfold was gripping. The story progresses logically and brilliantly adding to the series a sense of more excitement and danger. One thing that is different in this book than all the others before is that it is in dual POVs. I loved this idea. We see things unfold though Evan and Cyrus’ viewpoints and that helps to enhance the budding romance and the emotional attachment of the series. Everything in this book is a classic take on the dystopian story. There are teenagers and young adults fighting against an faceless tyranny, one that is set to destroy what they know. It is always interesting to see how an author spins that theme into something new. Hernandez does a great job of making the issues, emotions, and situations age appropriate. There is quite a bit of floundering. The characters must learn to work through emotional issues and roadblocks they encounter. It is messy which makes it plausible and a great story. I was invested in what happened to Evan and Cyrus. In my mind they were always meant to be.  Seeing them both muddle through what is happening in dual POVs gives more depth to the story and a more satisfying romantic storyline.

Adventure is this books source of intrigue. There is not a dull moment. As the plans to fight the Uprising become more complicated, so do the dangerous missions and plans. I loved seeing how this group problem solves. They must learn to enhance their strengths as a whole and compensate for weaknesses. We see that even the most brilliant and though out plans have the chance to go wrong and the adrenaline from what could happen and what does happen carry the book into something exciting. This book converges all the people we have met from the very beginning. We see the people from the Union working and planning with the people from the Ruins. There are so many different strengths that each person brings to the story, allowing everything to progress and bring a stunning story to life. I loved seeing everyone together and how the comradery grows with each situation.

The overall emotion and depth of this story is profound. In this book we see so much that happens and the characters are not immune. The reality of what happens and the consequences they face are heartbreakingly written. Hernandez does a great job of getting the reader to emotionally invest in what is taking place and rooting on the characters we meet. The Union Series is by far one of my most favorite Young Adult series ever! It is a story of love, loss, and fight. There is depth that surprises you and characters that will endear you to the series. The twists and turns of this book kept me on my toes, always wondering what would happen next and who would survive in the end. What I thought would be an epic conclusion became yet another gripping step in the ladder to see what would happen in the end.

To celebrate the new release of The Uprising, T. H. Hernandez is hosting an awesome giveaway! Enter this Rafflecopter giveaway for your chance to win a $25 Amazon Giftcard. To enter, simply follow the instructions listed and you will be entered for your chance to win. Don’t miss out! Good luck.

Don’t miss out on the first two books in the Union Series!

The Union: Goodreads | Amazon
The Ruins: Goodreads | Amazon

When not visiting the imaginary worlds inside my head, I live in San Diego, California, with one husband, three children, two cats, and one dog. In addition to my day job as a technical writer and editor, I write young adult fiction. I love the intensity of teen emotions and the way they’re still figuring out life. When I’m not writing, you can find me with my nose in a book, hanging out with family and friends, hiking, or knitting. I’m obsessed with Facebook, young adult novels, bad lip reading videos, pumpkin spice lattes, microbrewed beers, and the San Diego Chargers.

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New Release + Excerpt + Giveaway: THE UPRISING (Union #3) by T.H. Hernandez

It’s release day for The Uprising by T. H. Hernandez! This series is fantastic and I cannot wait to see what happens to Evan and the whole gang.  This is the third book in The Union Series, a captivating Young Adult Dystopian series. T.H. Hernandez is sharing an excerpt and giveaway with us to celebrate her release, so check it all out!

The Uprising
Union #3
T.H. Hernandez
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian
Release Date: January 19, 2016

Recovering from a near-fatal gunshot wound, eighteen-year-old Evan Taylor must find a way to stop the Uprising, an underground movement committed to destroying the Union, before her homeland is attacked.

After spending the last four months in the Ruins trying to get back to the only girl he’s ever loved, nineteen-year-old Cyrus needs to get past his jealousy over Evan’s involvement with Bryce or risk losing her again.

Together, Evan and Cyrus join with their friends to devise a plan to save both the Ruins and the Union, but when the pressure’s on, bickering and infighting threaten to undermine their goals. New information revealing a weakness in the Uprising is uncovered, forcing them to act quickly or risk losing everything.

With the help of old friends and new allies they set out to make history, but it might just take a miracle for everyone to make it out alive.

THE UPRISING is the third book in THE UNION series, a young adult romantic adventure set in the near future.

You can purchase your copy of The Uprising today on Amazon!

Hot showers, beds that conform to my body, soft clothes, public transportation — there’s a shitload of stuff to love about the Union, but by far my favorite is the beach. I never tire of watching the ocean, struggling to understand it, the way it seems to go on forever. Standing here, feeling the coarse sand beneath my feet and the cool mist on exposed skin, helps me think.

Like an idiot, I figured nothing else mattered as long as Evan and I were together, but every damn thing matters. It’s not safe to stay here, and it’s not safe to return to the Ruins. Not that she’d even agree to that. Hell, I don’t know what she wants. We barely talk and I know that’s mostly on me. I can’t pretend her sleeping with that douche doesn’t piss me off. I want to punch something every time I see him, which is pretty much every fucking day.

“Figured I’d find you here,” Rainey’s raspy voice comes from behind me.

I grit my teeth and turn to face her. “Hey.”

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”

“Yeah. Never thought I’d see the ocean, now I can’t seem to leave.”

She’s quiet for a few moments, staring out at the crashing waves. I’ve stared at them for plenty of hours myself, now I stare at her. She’s pretty, in a rough sort of way. The scar running from her ear to her jaw only enhances her looks. But she’s not someone you’d ever want to mess with.

“Quit staring at me.”

I turn back to the water. “Sorry.”

“Colin went with her. You know, in case you were wondering.”

“Not really.” I wasn’t, only because I chose not to think about it. But if it’d been Bryce, I’d have needed to pound something.

“Are you going to punish her forever?”

Dragging my gaze away from the surf, I glare at her. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Her eyebrows go up. “Really? You two were this sappy sweet, gag-inducing couple until her ex showed up. Now you’re always in a foul mood, and you barely talk to the girl you supposedly gave up everything to follow.”

“Fine, I don’t like the guy, never have. Why the hell is he here again?”

“We need everyone if we have any hope of doing what you’re planning. We can’t send him packing because he got naked and horizontal with your girl.”

If Rainey wasn’t a girl, I’d have no problem decking her, but she is, so I walk down to the water to get away from her.

Whatever went on between Evan and the douchebag was before she joined the Uprising, but it’s more than that. It’s everything. She had no idea what she was getting herself into and no plan to get out. She nearly got herself killed.

She’s impulsive and reckless, and I don’t know if I can deal with that.

To celebrate the new release of The Uprising, T. H. Hernandez is hosting an awesome giveaway! Enter this Rafflecopter giveaway for your chance to win a $25 Amazon Giftcard. To enter, simply follow the instructions listed and you will be entered for your chance to win. Don’t miss out! Good luck.

Don’t miss out on the first two books in the Union Series!

The Union: Goodreads | Amazon
The Ruins: Goodreads | Amazon

When not visiting the imaginary worlds inside my head, I live in San Diego, California, with one husband, three children, two cats, and one dog. In addition to my day job as a technical writer and editor, I write young adult fiction. I love the intensity of teen emotions and the way they’re still figuring out life. When I’m not writing, you can find me with my nose in a book, hanging out with family and friends, hiking, or knitting. I’m obsessed with Facebook, young adult novels, bad lip reading videos, pumpkin spice lattes, microbrewed beers, and the San Diego Chargers.

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Cover Reveal + Excerpt + Giveaway: THE UPRISING (The Union #3) by T.H. Hernandez

Today is the cover reveal for The Uprising by T. H. Hernandez! I love this great dystopian cover! I am dying to know what happens in this series and we are one step closer to knowing. Check it out and preorder your copy today!

The Uprising
T. H. Hernandez
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Genre: YA Dystopian

Recovering from a near-fatal gunshot wound, eighteen-year-old Evan Taylor must find a way to stop the Uprising, an underground movement committed to destroying the Union, before her homeland is attacked.

After spending the last four months in the Ruins trying to get back to the only girl he’s ever loved, nineteen-year-old Cyrus needs to get past his jealousy over Evan’s involvement with Bryce or risk losing her again.

Together, Evan and Cyrus join with their friends to devise a plan to save both the Ruins and the Union, but when the pressure’s on, bickering and infighting threaten to undermine their goals. New information revealing a weakness in the Uprising is uncovered, forcing them to act quickly or risk losing everything.

With the help of old friends and new allies they set out to make history, but it might just take a miracle for everyone to make it out alive.

THE UPRISING is the third book in THE UNION series, a young adult romantic adventure set in the near future.

You can pre-order your copy today on Amazon! 

The unevenly paved Mexico streets are as jacked up as any out in the Ruins. Rainey and I make our way past colorful buildings with chipping paint and rusted railings surrounding precarious balconies. But at least the ground isn’t moving.

“You’re looking a little less ripe, there, Cyrus,” Rainey says with her raspy voice.

I cut my eyes to her, but don’t respond. I’ve never been as sick in my life as I was on that boat. All I want to do is get to a hotel and lie down. Aside from the sea sickness, we had an uneventful trip. No one paid any attention to us when we docked, and we’ve walked for several hours now without being accosted.

Since we’re posing as a couple, when we approach the center of town, I reach down and take Rainey’s hand. It’s even smaller than Evan’s and feels foreign resting in mine.

Rainey lifts her gaze to mine and smirks. Yeah, she’s about as thrilled with this ruse as I am. We enter the lobby of a stained green two-story hotel with crooked, worn shutters. A stone floor lists to one side as we make our way to the registration desk where a guy with a thick mustache and a bright orange button up shirt greets us. He says something in Spanish with enthusiasm, smiling so hard his cheeks nearly touch his ears.

Rainey responds, indicating me and continues on in a rapid fire conversation. She hands him a few bills and he gives her a key.

I follow her back outside, carrying our bags. One duffel is filled with a handful of clothes and toiletries and the others are stuffed with more bags to carry guns and ammo back to the Union. Money is sewn in hidden pockets in our fatigues, a knife is strapped to my ankle, and a gun sits in the waistband of my jeans.

Rainey heads down an alley only wide enough for us to fit through single-file. Behind the hotel is a staircase that wobbles with each step. Great. She stops at a door at the end of a narrow balcony with only a suspect railing to keep us from tumbling down the rocks to the beach a hundred feet below.

We enter a dark room smelling of vomit and dirty socks. A queen-sized bed is against the wall and a beat-up upholstered chair and ottoman sit in the corner.

“Only one bed?”

“We’re supposed to be a couple visiting from the Northern Territories,” she says. “I couldn’t very well ask for two beds.”

Rainey is about half my size, but there’s no way I’m letting her sleep anywhere but the bed.

“Okay, I’ll take the chair.”

She snorts. “You don’t have to do that. Your virtue is safe with me. Plus, you’re not exactly my type.”

My head swings her way. “Wrong plumbing?”

“Ego much? Wow, just because I don’t want to get all sweaty and horizontal with you, I must not be into guys. Is it really that rare for a hetero girl not to fling herself at you?”

I roll my eyes, not in the mood for this, but if we’re going to share a bed, might as well get this conversation over with. “No. It was the way you said it. I don’t know, forget I said anything.”

“You’re not bad to look at or anything, I just prefer my guys to be…less pathetically in love with someone else.”

“Point made. I’m gonna lie down until my stomach stops heaving. Join me or don’t.”

I flop on the bed and close my eyes, still feeling the gentle, and then not-so-gentle, rocking of the waves until I doze off.

To celebrate the cover reveal for The Uprising, Hernandez is hosting an awesome giveaway! Enter this Rafflecopter giveaway for your chance to win a $15 Amazon GiftCard! Simply follow the instructions listed and you will be entered for your chance to win! Don’t miss out! Good luck.

Don’t miss out on the first two books in this awesome Young Adult Dystopian series, available now. Look for the links below!

The Union (Union #1): Goodreads | Amazon
The Ruins (Union #2): Goodreads | Amazon

When not visiting the imaginary worlds inside my head, I live in San Diego, California, with one husband, three children, two cats, and one dog. In addition to my day job as a technical writer and editor, I write young adult fiction. I love the intensity of teen emotions and the way they’re still figuring out life. When I’m not writing, you can find me with my nose in a book, hanging out with family and friends, hiking, or knitting. I’m obsessed with Facebook, young adult novels, bad lip reading videos, pumpkin spice lattes, microbrewed beers, and the San Diego Chargers.

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Waiting on Wednesday: OBLIVION (Lux #1.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Waiting on” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. This week I am excited about the upcoming release of Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout!

Years ago I started reading the Lux Series from Jennifer L. Armentrout and I have read it countless times since then. This series is one of my all time favorites. I can fall back into reading this series and it never gets old. I love all the characters coupled with the paranormal aspects and the writing is fantastic. Oblivion is like a special treat that you have been waiting for without knowing. It is part of the saga through Damien Black’s POV and that is something the world needs! This book is due to be released on December 1, 2015. You can bet my copy is already pre-ordered and I am excited to dive in when that baby hits my kindle.

Experience the epic love story of OBSIDIAN as told by its hero, Daemon Black…

I knew the moment Katy Swartz moved in next door, there was going to be trouble. Lots of it.

And trouble’s the last thing I need, since I’m not exactly from around here. My people arrived on Earth from Lux, a planet thirteen billion light years away. Plus, if there’s one thing I know, it’s that humans can’t be trusted. We scare them. We can do things they only dream about, and honestly, we make them look weak as hell. ‘Cuz they are.

But Kat is getting to me in ways no one else has, and I can’t stop myself from wanting her—or wanting to use my powers to protect her. She makes me weak, and I’m the strongest of our kind, tasked with protecting us all. So this one simple girl…she can mean the end for us. Because the Luxen have an even bigger enemy—the Arum, and I need to stay on my game.

Falling for Katy—a human—won’t just place her in danger. It could get us all killed, and that’s one thing I’ll never let happen…

REVIEW: Emerge (The Awakening #1) by Melissa A Craven

Emerge
The Awakening #1
Melissa A. Craven
Publication date: April 1, 2015
Genres: Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult

Allie Carmichael has always believed life is simple.

You’re born. You live. You die.
She has no cause to believe that equation works differently for her, but there has to be a reason the world treats her like a pariah.

When an unexpected move to Kelleys Island brings Aidan McBrien crashing into her life, Allie is thrown by his reaction. He doesn’t shrink from her touch. He doesn’t stutter or make a quick exit. He smiles and welcomes her into his circle of friends, who aren’t exactly comfortable with Allie, but they seem to get her in a way most people don’t.

Finally, Allie has a real shot at normal and rides that high right up to her sixteenth birthday when she wakes in agony—an experience Aidan insists they have all faced. She struggles in ignorance, uncertain of what is real and what isn’t. When she emerges, Allie is different. She has always been different, but even among her extraordinary friends, she and Aidan are special.

As Allie struggles to maintain her tenuous grasp on the power that threatens to overwhelm her, she worries she will lose herself in this strange new world. A dangerous world where she will have to fight tooth and nail to defend the power and freedom that is her birthright.

…only Allie hates to fight.

 Emerge takes the reader into a fantastic world full of old tales mixed with new interpretations and ideas. This Young Adult story couples the fantasy with modern day life so well. There is intrigue and mystery about what is happening to Allie and these new people who are in her filtering into her life. It was fascinating to learn about the new world she was a part of and to see the way it had filtered through with the history we know today. Allie is such a feisty heroine in this book. She is attempting to learn the purpose of who she is and what exactly she is, all while balancing normal teenage girl things. I loved that when you read this story, you learn with her side by side. This story is told in her POV and that allows for us to see what she experiencing and how she is handling everything. Allie is a sixteen year old girl and the story balances her teenager angst with a supernatural story very well.

One of the primary characters that is close to Allie is Aiden. He is such an important character, someone who is her equal in power and her confidant throughout the transition. He understands what she is going through on a deeper level than anyone else. It allows them to be linked in an important way. Watching them become best friends is sweet, and seeing Aiden fall in love with her is bittersweet. I am interested to see where that plot line leads. I have some theories and I cannot wait to see what happens between these two dominant characters.

I loved the new family that Allie is surrounded by. There are so many unique personalities and people that have brought her into the world she is now a part of. After moving to Kelleys Island, each person we meet in this story has a role to fill and many have an incredible story to tell. That was one of my favorite parts of what I read. Many of the  adults share their story of life and love with Allie, allowing her to see where they have come from and what they have endured in the centuries before. Mixing real life historical timelines with the story lines of the charters we meet in this book was an incredible idea, one that gives the paranormal realm a sense of authenticity. The history buff in me loved that thread and I was enraptured the more I learned about each person in Allie’s life.

This story has a good amount of mystery and adventure. There are things happening that you can feel as you read. Unknown forces are brewing and there is something big coming soon. Allie learns to tap into her power after her Awakening and watching her learn to fight, defend, and use her magic was a magical ideal brought to life. There is action in past experiences Allie witnesses and so much training in the present. The book flows constantly from one thing to another and it feels like it is gearing up to something great and dangerous. The story was well paced and the characters were perfect for the Young Adult genre. The story primarily focuses in Allie and her newfound power but there is so much more, giving the story a very broad spectrum with Allie in the middle. I am excited to see where the series leads and to see how the prophecies and story unfold.

BOOK TRAILER REVEAL: Oblivion by Jennifer L Armentrout

I am so excited to bring you all the Trailer Reveal for Jennifer L. Armentrout’s OBLIVION! OBLIVION is a Young Adult Paranormal Romance being published by Entangled Teen, and is a part of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling LUX Series. It is being released on December 1, 2015! Watch the trailer and make sure to pre-order your copy today!

OBLIVION
Jennifer L Armentrout
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal
Release Date: December 1, 2015

Experience the epic love story of OBSIDIAN as told by its hero, Daemon Black…

I knew the moment Katy Swartz moved in next door, there was going to be trouble. Lots of it.

And trouble’s the last thing I need, since I’m not exactly from around here. My people arrived on Earth from Lux, a planet thirteen billion light years away. Plus, if there’s one thing I know, it’s that humans can’t be trusted. We scare them. We can do things they only dream about, and honestly, we make them look weak as hell. ‘Cuz they are.

But Kat is getting to me in ways no one else has, and I can’t stop myself from wanting her—or wanting to use my powers to protect her. She makes me weak, and I’m the strongest of our kind, tasked with protecting us all. So this one simple girl…she can mean the end for us. Because the Luxen have an even bigger enemy—the Arum, and I need to stay on my game.

Falling for Katy—a human—won’t just place her in danger.It could get us all killed, and that’s one thing I’ll never let happen…

You can pre-order your copy of OBLIVION at the retailers listed below.

Amazon | Kobo | BAM | Barnes & Noble | iBooks

 

And don’t miss the first books in the LUX Series! This is a series you will NOT want to miss! 

LUX: Beginnings >> Amazon | Barnes & Noble

LUX: Consequences >> Amazon | Barnes & Noble

OPPOSITION >> Amazon | Barnes & Noble

# 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing, she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA.

She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

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New Release + Excerpt + Giveaway: HOOKAH (Insanity #4) by Cameron Jace

There is more! I am loving this series with a very interesting twist on the Alice in Wonderland story! Today is the release day for the fourth book in the Insanity Series! I cannot wait to read Hookah and see what Jace has in store for us. Check out more about the book, read an excerpt, and enter the giveaway for your chance to win books 1-4 in this series! If you haven’t started this series yet, Insanity, the first in the series is currently free on Amazon and B&N! Make sure to check it out.

Hookah
(Insanity #4)

Cameron Jace

Genre: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Young Adult
Publication date: September 28, 2015

A Plague Scarier than Death
Alice and the Pillar have to stop a Wonderland Monster who’d lashed out an incurable disease onto the world. Their biggest challenge is that the world loves this monster so much.

A Cure Larger than Life
The only way to save the world is to travel to the other side of the globe, and peek into one of Lewis Carroll and the Pillar’s darker pasts.

A Truth Madder Than Fiction
This time, the price of saving the world is too high. Alice will have to live with the consequences of the maddest logic of the world surrounding her.

Will Alice find who the Pillar really is? What he wants? Is she brave enough to handle the one Wonderland Monster she’d thought was a good friends? And even so, is the world ready the truth?

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“She’s not my daughter.” The Pillar purses his lips. He’s pissed at me. I know it. But you know what? I love the mushrooms’ effect. Because I don’t freakin’ care. “Don’t pay attention to her.”

“I’m beginning to lose my patience,” the machine gun man says. “You don’t know the password, and your daughter is a lunatic.”

“I told you she isn’t my daughter,” I hear the Pillar say while I’m trying to catch a diamond from the sky. “And I don’t know the answer to your puzzle. Divide a loaf by a knife? What kind of mathematical question is that?”

“Wrong answer.” The man is about to shoot the Pillar while I’m chasing stars.

This is when I find myself standing before the Pillar to protect him. “You will not shoot my father!” I have no idea what I am saying, or why I am saying it. It’s strange that in the middle of my hallucination I care for the Pillar.

“Tell her to move, or I will shoot you both,” the machine gun man warns.

Then another totally bonkers thing happens. This time it’s too insane to swallow.

“Tell you what? You look like you’re itching to shoot someone today,” the Pillar says, pushing me away toward the man. “Why not shoot her, and let me pass?”

Suddenly, I am two feet away from the machine gun itself, unable to determine if what I just heard was part of my hallucination or for real.

My attempt to turn back and confront the Pillar goes out the window when the machine gun man decides he’s had it with me.

He shoots me straight in the chest.

To celebrate this new release, Cameron Jace is hosting an awesome giveaway! For your chance to win a eBook set of first four books in the Insanity series, enter this RAFFLECOPTER GIVEAWAY! Follow the instructions listed and you will be entered for your chance to win! Don’t miss out. Good luck!

Cameron Jace is the bestselling author of the Grimm Diaries and Insanity series. A graduate of the college of Architecture, collector of out-of-print books, he is obsessed with the origins of folk tales and the mysterious storytellers who spread them. Three of his books made Amazon’s Top 100 Customer Favorites in Kindle 2013 & Amazon’s Top 100 kindle list. Cameron lives in California with his girlfriend. When he isn’t writing or collecting books, he is playing music.Sign up for his mailing list here: http://bit.ly/1sxp3p1

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Blog Tour + Review + Giveaway : THE AFFILIATE (The Ascension #1) by K.A. Linde

Escape into a world of excitement and intrigue! This Young Adult Fantasy is something you will not want to miss. Check out The Affiliate and read more about this book, Tina’s Thoughts, watch the book trailer and enter the awesome giveaway! K.A. Linde sets up a world you will want to lose yourself in.

The Affiliate
The Ascension #1
K.A. Linde
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Release Date: September 15, 2015

On the day of her Presenting, in front of the entire Byern Court, seventeen-year-old Cyrene Strohm’s lifelong plans come to fruition when she’s chosen as an Affiliate to the Queen.

Or so she thinks. When Cyrene receives a mysterious letter and an unreadable book, she finds nothing is as it seems. Thrust into a world of dangerous political intrigue and deadly magic, Cyrene’s position only grows more treacherous when she finds herself drawn to the one man she can never have…

King Edric himself.

Cyrene must decide if love is truly worth the price of freedom. Find out in this first book in USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde’s new Ascension series.

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I have found myself sucked into the world of NA and YA Fantasy lately and find that I never want to leave. There is something about a new world created with elements you recognize and ones that are unique that allows for something magical to happen. The Affiliate is one of those. This book is the first in a new series from Linde and it creates a world that is both fascinating and beautiful, heading in the direction of intriguing and slightly dangerous. There are new ideas and realities woven together into a realm that you will never want to leave.  I have mixed feelings about some of the plotlines (just personal preferences about relationships and whatnot) but overall I loved it and am excited for more.

The Affiliate is a story of a young heroine who is learning her place in the world and trying to keep her head above water in the crazy world of politics, monarchy, and love. Cyrene is thrust into a new life  of organized chaos. A world where things take a turn for the sinister and trust is not something to given lightly. Seeing the events unfold from Cyrene’s POV was perfect. Linde does a great job of balancing the reality of the world we dive into with the mystical. Things begin to change from the norm as Cyrene steps into her new role in life. Her life as she knows it transforms but so does the world as a whole. There are mysteries to be solved and lives to be saved. The buildup is a bit slow but it is something I understood. Linde lays the groundwork very well, letting the reader explore and understand the history of this realm and where they are now.

The cast of characters in this story is spot on. There are so many different people moving in and out of Cyrene’s life. She has a great family and a good life ahead of her, making friends and enemies alongs the way. She is in the spotlight due to her attention from the royals, something that will be interesting in development later on in the series, and her life seems to be spiraling out of control. Her role is set but her dreams take her to something else. If you feel like I am being vague, I am. I just enjoyed how the story unfolds and I do not want to ruin it for anyone.

Our young heroine grows so much in this book. She learns to think for herself and be an individual in a world where it is rare. She is kind and compassionate. She is strong and willful. She fights for what she wants and will find truth no matter the obstacles ahead. Cyrene is a girl to be admired as she transitions into womanhood. I am excited to see what happens when she begins to understand what is happening to her. Her reaction is paramount and I feel like it could take the story take off in any number of different directions. The romance is age appropriate but I am a bit hesitant about where a relationship with Edric would end up. My hesitancy is a personal preferences that many may not care about but I feel like too much crazy drama might unfold and I don’t like the other woman scenario, despite the chemistry they obviously have and fact I want them to be together. However, this will probably not deter me from reading more and I am excited to read how Linde unfolds that plotline.

If you love fantasy and Young Adult, this book is a great story to read and gear up for what is going to be a well written and developed series. I am excited to see what Cyrene discovers in her search for answers. I am excited to see more development of the secondary characters and their role in her life. I am curious about her blooming relationship and what will become of it.

To celebrate the new release and blog tour of The Affiliate, KA Linde is hosting an awesome giveaway! For your chance to win a $100 Amazon GiftCard (that’s right, $100), enter this Rafflecopter giveaway! Just follow the instructions listed for your chance to win! Don’t miss out. Good luck!

USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde is the author of The Affiliate, the first book in the Ascension Series. As a military brat, she traveled the world with her family, imaginary friends, and ever-increasing supply of books. She has spent much of her life dreaming up new worlds and characters and forcing them into uncomfortable, usually life-threatening scenarios. After graduating from the University of Georgia with a masters degree in political science, she began spending every waking hour putting those characters onto paper.

When not writing, she spends her time dancing, collecting paperbacks in the hopes of filling a Beauty and the Beast style library one day, traveling to visit her friends who live all over the country, and still reading anything she can get her hands on. She currently resides in North Carolina with her husband and two puppies, Lucy and Riker, where she is hard at work on her next novel.

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