Teaser Tuesday (5)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Title: Chantress
Author: Amy Butler Greenfield

Release date: May 7th 2013

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Page: 58%

 “Sing, and the darkness will find you.” This warning has haunted fifteen-year-old Lucy ever since she was eight and shipwrecked on a lonely island. Lucy’s guardian, Norrie, has lots of rules, but the most important is that Lucy must never sing. Not ever. Now it is 1667, Lucy is fifteen, and on All Hallows’ Eve, Lucy hears a tantalizing melody on the wind. She can’t help but sing—and she is swept into darkness.

When she awakes in England, Lucy hears powerful men discussing Chantresses—women who can sing magic into the world. They are hunting her, but she escapes and finds sanctuary with the Invisible College, an organization plotting to overthrow the nefarious Lord Protector. The only person powerful enough to bring about his downfall is a Chantress. And Lucy is the last one in England.

Lucy struggles to master the song-spells and harness her power, but the Lord Protector is moving quickly. And her feelings for Nat, an Invisible College apprentice and scientist who deeply distrusts her magic, only add to her confusion...

Time is running out, and the fate of England hangs in the balance in this entrancing novel that is atmospheric and lyrical, dangerous and romantic

I felt my neck hairs rise. "You mean...you called up the dead?"

"The dead?" Lady Helaine raised her eyebrows.

"What a question, Lucy. I am a Chantress, not a necromancer."

Short and sweet.

Now that's done, who cares. Anybody seen the VA movie stills? Because I'm trying not. to. look.

Review: Maid of Secrets

Maid of Secrets
Author: Jennifer McGowan

Publication Date: May 7th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Source: Own

Seventeen-year-old Meg Fellowes is a wry, resourceful thief forced to join an elite group of female spies in Queen Elizabeth’s Court. There she must solve a murder, save the Crown, and resist the one thing that will become her greatest freedom–and her deadliest peril.

 

For Meg and her fellow spies are not alone in their pursuit of the murderer who stalks Windsor Castle.

 

A yo...moreSeventeen-year-old Meg Fellowes is a wry, resourceful thief forced to join an elite group of female spies in Queen Elizabeth’s Court. There she must solve a murder, save the Crown, and resist the one thing that will become her greatest freedom–and her deadliest peril.

 

For Meg and her fellow spies are not alone in their pursuit of the murderer who stalks Windsor Castle.

 

A young, mysterious Spanish courtier, Count Rafe de Martine, appears at every turn in the dark and scandal-filled corridors of the Queen’s summer palace. And though secrets and danger are Meg’s stock-in-trade, she’s never bargained on falling in love…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh My Queen. -curtsy-

Now, I don't dislike Historical Fiction, but usually it doesn't hold me as much as other genres,  but this has spies people, spies. I just had to read it. I had no clue what I let myself in for.

Let me introduce to you the Maid of (Freaking awesome) Secrets.

Meg Fellowes, orphan, a thief in the Golden Rose acting troupe who put on plays to entertain people before they take their money and any other valuable possessions on the unsuspecting victims. Meg's one of the best, but when she pick-pockets one of Queen Elizabeth Is' trusted men and gets caught she's taken and is brought forth to Windsor Castle and subjected to training to replace one of the Queens' Maid of Honour's. The five of them, the ever dangerous and every ounce of spy, Jane, the incredibly scholar Anna, the youngest, shy and unsure Sophia, whose fainting really should get an award, and the prim and proper (and sometimes over-indulgent bitch) Beatrice, and Meg.

Stacking the Shelves #5 & Recap

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

 

I haven't requested any this week, or heard any back but I did buy these two beauties!

 

 

                                             

                             

• Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
• False Sight by Dan Krokos

What did you get this week?

 

 

A recap of posts this week

• Monday I reviewed The Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond
• Teaser Tuesday from Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
• Waiting on Wednesday, Unbreakable by Kami Garcia
• Thursday I revealed the cover of Entice (Ignite #1.5) by Erica Crouch
• Booking Through Thursday: Tragedy or Comedy?
• Friday I reviewed When the World was Flat (and we were in love by Ingrid Jonach

This week I have read:

• Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
• In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters

Review: When The World Was Flat (and we were in love)

When the World was Flat (And we were in love)
Author: Ingrid Jonach

Publication Date: September 3rd 2013
Source : Received a digital ARC via Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry and Netgalley. (In exchange for an honest review. Thank you!)

Looking back, I wonder if I had an inkling that my life was about to go from ordinary to extraordinary.

When sixteen-year-old Lillie Hart meets the gorgeous and mysterious Tom Windsor-Smith for the first time, it's like fireworks - for her, anyway. Tom looks as if he would be more interested in watching paint dry; as if he is bored by her and by her small Nebraskan town in general.
But as Lillie begins to break down the walls of his seemingly impenetrable exterior, she starts to suspect that he holds the answers to her reoccurring nightmares and to the impossible memories which keep bubbling to the surface of her mind - memories of the two of them, together and in love.
When she at last learns the truth about their connection, Lillie discovers that Tom has been hiding an earth-shattering secret; a secret that is bigger - and much more terrifying and beautiful - than the both of them. She also discovers that once you finally understand that the world is round, there is no way to make it flat again.

 Review
Before I even go into detail... and well, to be a inclusive tease...

WHY.DID.YOU.DO.THAT.TO.ME?

Secondly, look at the pretty cover!

Thirdly, I couldn't stop listening to Amy Hit the Atmosphere- Counting Crows and Begin Again- Measure, while reading.

Fourthly (?) Such an appropriate title.

Booking Through Thursday: Tragedy or Comedy?

Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme, hosted by btt2, about (mostly) books and reading.
 

"All other things being equal (good writing, enthralling story, etc), which would you rather read—something serious, angsty, and tragic? Or something light, fluffy, and fun? Or a blend of both? (Since, really, isn’t that how real life works?)"

- I prefer Tragedy.

I love angsty books when they're done well and are not whiny. There's nothing more that puts me off a book than a whiny character. I love the type that by the end of the last page you want to throw it at the wall, (talking to you Shadow Kiss.) The type that make you feel something, and not simply forget it as soon as you start a new one.

I rarely read a light, fluffy book, (chick-it?) don't like them, basically, and when I do they pretty much bore me. It really has to be good for me to like it. I'm not saying I hate every one, but I'll only pick one up if I really need a break from all the rest.

Now, when it's entwined with angst, then yes, I prefer that over it's own.

 

Cover Reveal: Entice (Ignite #1.5)

If like me, you loved Ignite and it's gorgeous cover (You can read my review here) , then you'll be ecstatic to see Entices cover! (It's equally gorgeous. ) We also have an Ignite giveaway, don't forget to enter!

 

Before the reveal, let's learn what Entice is about.

With the aftertaste of Heaven still strong, Pen and Azael cloak themselves in their new demonic destinies, fighting for Lucifer against the angels. Pen, warring against former friends turned vengeful enemies, still struggles with defecting to Hell. But in one short battle, they go from forgotten to famous, thrust into the spotlight where she has no room for uncertainty.

Suddenly top-tiered demons, they’re tasked with seeing through hell’s new agenda: corrupting man. But tarnishing Eden isn’t as simple as they thought it would be, especially when they’re forced to work with another team of demons who are trying to claw their way up the ladder of power.

I, for one, am actually more excited for Entice than the sequel. Now, don't look at me like that. It's just there wasn't enough Azael in Ignite, and I loved the banter between the two.

 

Alright now. Here is Entice....